🔴ACNH Hardmode 2.0 Day 1 - Let's start the island!

Welcome to Hardmode 2.0! Let's see which map, airport (i.e., design challenge), and who our two starter villagers are going to be!
As always, a huge shout-out to @Nintentalk and the Hooligan community for being the inspiration of this challenge.
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Community tab list of Hardmode 2.0 rules: • Post
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BASE RULES
Pick your island design challenge: no items; 15 items; DIY-only; New Leaf
If NOT resetting, get rid of ALL bells and items (can keep one of each fruit)
MUST USE native fruit tree, flower, and seasonal shrubs
HHP and multiplayer trading is okay
END GOALS
Fully decorated five star island
House has S-tier rank
Island is accessible to villagers
10 mil bells from Stalk Market
RESET RULES
1 re-roll on layouts, airport determines challenge: no items; 15 items; DIY-only; and New Leaf
Starting villagers pick their plot
MUST PUT “ACNH Hardmode: 2.0” on Bulletin Board + which design challenge you’re doing
VILLAGER RULES
You must earn BOTH starting villagers’ photos until they can leave. If re-rolled, you must earn one of the other starting villager’s photos.
Starting villagers are one ticket hunts OR autofilled
You must have AT LEAST ten villagers you’ve never had on an island before
You are limited to 10 tickets per hunt
Trading villagers is allowed BUT it is FREE and you can’t know who you’re taking
THE DAILIES
Time travel is unlimited
Support the local businesses and interact with the traveling NPC
Complete 2x Nook Miles+ goals
All new bug/fish/etc. must be donated to the museum
DESIGN RULES
Design your island based on the challenges listed above
Make seasonal custom clothes to post in Ables in all formats (aka: shirt, sweater, hat, dress)
You can only use custom codes YOU make on your islands
Design your own flag and town tune
You cannot move OR redesign villager homes until you can gift them
ECONOMY RULES
You can sell three stacks of fruit and six stacks of crops each day
You can buy and sell turnips with other players (Tip hosting island 10% or perform a chore)
Bugs and fish are reserved for Flick and CJ, weeds from Leif
All items (except for specific island challenge allowances) sold ONLY to Nook’s Cranny Deposit Box
Money tree amount is what you dig up OR 99k
Resource, flower, and DIY trading is okay
THE DESIGN CHALLENGES:
(BLUE AIRPORT) NO ITEMS ISLAND -
An island decorated without using ANY items that have the green leaf icon in your inventory
(ORANGE AIRPORT) 15 ITEMS ISLAND -
An island decorated with the use of fifteen specific items (green leaf icon) throughout your island
(YELLOW AIRPORT) ALL DIY ISLAND -
An island decorated using ONLY what you can craft
(GREEN AIRPORT) NEW LEAF ISLAND -
An island decorated without terraforming/waterscaping, and decorated with items ONLY found in AC:NL as public projects (nookipedia.com...)
Buildings can NOT be moved once placed
THE DESIGN CHALLENGE EXCEPTIONS:
You can choose the challenge you want regardless of airport color
You can design your interiors any way you want
If you have a 2x NM+ goal to sell a hot item, that can be sold directly to Nooks
After you have had ten villagers never previously on an island, you can keep/kick the villagers you want
You can interact with non-Hardmode: 2.0 players, just follow the rules the best you can
THE DESIGN CHALLENGE ALLOWANCES:
ALL islands except DIY-only challenge can use other items before THREE stars
NO ITEMS ISLAND
Can sell flowers, shrubs/trees, and fossils directly to Nooks
15 ITEMS ISLAND
Can sell sea creatures directly to Nooks
You can catalog those 15 items any way you want, but you MUST buy/make them yourself
ALL DIY ISLAND
Can sell DIY COOKING items directly to Nooks
NEW LEAF ISLAND
Can sell fruit and crops directly to Nooks
Bridge/incline exception to “no tf/ws” rule
Is allowed a ladder/vaulting pole/swimsuit through spicy means
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