Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Gulliver was in town today, and I dug up the five pieces of his communicator and returned them to him. I’ll be getting a reward (or two?) in the mail tomorrow.

I walked by the newly-vacated house plot, and I took a last look at all the trash around the area. 😛

I cleaned up the area after taking that picture, although I plan on leaving the garbage can there.

At town hall, I told Tom Nook that I wanted to attend a ceremony. So we headed up to my new ramp to celebrate its opening. Yay!

Apollo was sick with a cold, so I bought him some medicine. He rewarded me with a garbage can…and then told me I deserve it. Thanks a lot.

Once I finished making my rounds, I bought some Nook Miles Tickets and headed to the airport. It was time to find a new villager! I wanted to find a villager who was either a villager that I liked a lot, or a snooty that was halfway decent.

On the first two islands, I found Stu and Rasher. They made for easy decisions: heck no. The third island had Bangle the tiger, and that was a tougher decision. I decided that if she was a snooty, I’d take her. But I googled her and saw that she’s a peppy instead. Sorry Bangle, not today.

Del the gator was on the 4th island, and I was very tempted to take him. He was kinda my buddy in ACCF back in the day, and I have some good memories with him (including some Wi-Fi Moments that I remember fondly). But ultimately, I resisted the urge to take him and kept looking.

Paolo was on island #5. He’s not bad, but if I didn’t take Del, I sure wasn’t taking him either. Ditto for Simon the monkey and Sterling the eagle. I considered stopping at this point and trying again tomorrow (if nobody moved in randomly). But I ultimately decided I’d buy three more tickets and stop at ten if I didn’t find anybody.

However, the 8th try was the charm! I found Eloise the elephant. Not only do I like her, but she’s a snooty! Say hello to Forest’s next islander! 🙂

Now Bones is going to be sandwiched in between two elephants! He’ll have Tia on one side and Eloise on the other.

With that settled, I again took flight…but this time, I used my May Day ticket. I tried out the new maze, and it’s a bit more complicated than the one we got last year.

I apparently took a wrong turn and couldn’t advance further. So I had to restart the maze. But on my 2nd attempt, I was able to complete the maze and chat with Rover.

I enjoyed the maze, and I hope they keep adding new mazes for years to come. It’s one of the most unique events in New Horizons.

Before wrapping up my game for the night, I paid Tom Nook 10,000 bells to bury Rizzo to demolish that extra incline that I mentioned yesterday.

I’ll be back with another entry soon! Hope to see you then! Enjoy your May Day Maze!

Today was Rizzo’s moving day, so I went to say goodbye to my arch enemy. So long, rat!

A message on the bulletin board announced that the May Day event starts tomorrow (even though it’s still April). It runs from April 29th through May 7th. Head to the airport to check out this year’s maze!

The campsite has now been moved to its new location near the waterfall. I took out two of the benches that were there, because it was very rare that we needed all eight of those seats at once. Besides, we can always use the sitting emotion to sit around the fire now, so we don’t need as many benches.

I continued reshaping the land at the campsite and Eagle Mountain, and I decided on a location for my 8th incline. I also paid the 168,000 bells required to complete the project.

But since this is extremely close to another ramp, I will soon be removing the one to the far left in the screenshot above. This area is still far from finished.

I found a lost item (a book) on the ground near Able Sisters. It was a difficult-looking novel, so I figured it belonged to a “normal” villager. I asked Tia about it, but she told it probably belonged to Midge. It took me about five lifetimes to find Midge (after I circled town twice, checked every villager’s house, and every exhibit in the museum). But once I did, she gave me a sailor-style shirt to thank me for returning the book.

Tomorrow, I’ll be doing some mystery island hopping to look for a new villager! There’s also the May Day Maze, so I may check that out tomorrow as well.

No Friday Night Forest this week, but I’m going to try to have it next week…once my town is a bit more organized and not still undergoing construction. See you soon!

Rizzo was walking around with a thought bubble over his head today, so I quickly walked over to check things out. We had a great talk! He said he was thinking about moving out! And of course, I told him to go for it! YES! I’ve been waiting a year for this!

Later, Apple was singing to Rizzo and Apollo at the plaza. Rizzo mentioned that some people probably won’t mind seeing him go (that would be me), but he said most people won’t forget him. That’s true. We may try, but we’ll be haunted by these memories for a long time to come. 😂

I paid 50,000 bells to move the campsite (again). It will now be closer to the waterfall and pond. This will give me space to add a new incline. I’m still not 100% sure how this is all going to turn out, but I’m just taking the renovation one step at a time.

The latest game update went live tonight, so I downloaded it and started up my game. Surprisingly, there was no letter or gift for downloading the update, like there usually is. In fact, I didn’t see anything different initially, but then I checked the seasonal items. A carp banner and newsprint helmet are now available, so order them while you can!

It’s a very minimal update. It actually reminds me of City Folk and New Leaf, where we’d get 1-2 downloadable items each month…and that’s it. Sure, there will be a different May Day maze this year, but a slightly different returning event isn’t exactly what any of us have been hoping for.

But I’m not going to let that bring me down too much. Rizzo is finally leaving, and I’m happy about that. I’m also excited to see which new villager I’ll be getting in the coming days.

I posted New Horizons Moments #7 today. I hope you enjoy it!

See you all next time! 🙂