Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Lopez was wondering why someone (me) left a plain wooden shop sign on the side of the road.

Has he never been to Apple Lane before? Maybe if he could read the sign, he wouldn’t be so confused. 😂

When I found Pascal, he told me people were telling him his shirt was on inside-out. But he didn’t care, because he was dressing for himself, not for them.

That’s fine and all, but there’s a problem with that story. Just on Monday, he told me that he never wears shirts! So how could his shirt be inside-out if he wasn’t wearing a shirt in the first place? 🤔 Anyway, he gave me some mermaid shoes in exchange for my scallop.

In the bug wing of the museum, I ran into Louie. There was an atlas moth seemingly hovering in mid-air as I spoke with Louie.

Kicks was in town, but I didn’t buy anything from him.

Back at home, I noticed my bathroom was filling up with garbage! 😉

Just kidding. I noticed that I had enough trash in storage that I was able to craft the garbage-heap wall and flooring. 😛 I can’t imagine actually using this wall/flooring in my house, but I put it into storage just in case.

Not much else was going on, and I felt like I was in a bit of a rut. So I brainstormed and tried to think of something new to put in my town. I came up with an idea (but not the specifics), but I’m not going to start on it until next week. But if any of my visitors Sunday night want to jump on the jumping pillars, I suggest you do it while you can. That’s where I’m planning on putting the new area.

Reminder: There is no Friday Night Forest tonight, but I’ll be opening on Sunday night for the final fireworks festival. The time is uncertain, but it will likely be somewhere around 9pm Eastern time. Just check Twitter for the exact time once Sunday night comes around.

Final thought for the night: I’d love to hear what everyone’s favorite parts of my island are. If you’ve visited or dreamed of Forest, could you rank your top three attractions? To refresh your memory, I’ll list some of them here: The frog race course, Peach Park, Rainbow Road, the AC cemetery, Apple Lane, the sumo ring, arches, campsite, amusement park, Sudden Valley, etc. Leave a comment below!

I received a letter from Gulliver in the mail, and he sent me a geisha wig for helping him out yesterday. I would say that’s disappointing, but I’ve reached the point where I wasn’t expecting anything good from him anyway, so I’m not all that surprised. 😛

Leif was in town, and I bought some rose seeds from him. Rose seeds are very rare in Forest, so I was glad they finally showed up. I want to start breeding some roses other than black and gold, so I planted a few in my flower garden.

Nook’s Cranny had a shaved-ice maker, so I bought one for Hornsby and wrapped it up.

When I ran into Rizzo, he told me he got in a fight with Hornsby. (I’m sure it was all Rizzo’s fault! 😉). He asked me to deliver an apology gift for him, so I agreed to help out. I took the gift (a camo tee) over to Hornsby, and he seemed to like it. In return, he gave me…a shaved-ice maker. So then I gave him the wrapped gift I already had for him in my pockets.

So yes, we exchanged shaved-ice makers, but it wasn’t the same one. 😛 Anyway, he gave me an arcade seat in return.

Over near town hall, Midge said she saw me with an axe and got scared!

Why were you spooked, Midge? You think I would hurt you? I thought we were friends!

I went diving in the ocean, and it took me 12 dives to find a scallop. Pascal popped up to tell me that eyeballs are like windows for the brain to look outside. 😀 He gave me a pearl for the scallop.

I played later on to check for Celeste or Wisp, but no luck. I haven’t seen Wisp in eight days and I haven’t seen Celeste in 16 days! Has anyone else noticed not seeing them as much lately? Not sure if Nintendo made a change to their frequency or if I’m just unlucky lately. Well, I don’t even care about Wisp that much, but I really miss Celeste because I’m trying to get her DIY recipes.

As you know, all villagers in New Horizons are technically islanders. But it wasn’t always that way. Originally, islanders were a separate set of animals that could only live on an island separate from your town. Here’s a video that takes a look back at the original Animal Crossing islanders on GameCube.

See you all next time!

To my surprise, Lopez asked about moving away yesterday. Even though I just said I could let him go now that I have his picture…I couldn’t do it. Not yet, anyway. I told him to stay. 😛

C.J. was in town, and he asked me to catch three big-time fish in a row. I caught two red snappers and a whale shark to complete the challenge. I grabbed a few fish out of storage, and sold him a total of 115k worth of fish.

Today, I was running around town, holding my net, when Hornsby pinged me. I pressed A to talk to him, but instead, I hit him with my net. 😮 He wasn’t mad after just one hit, of course, but the ping was negated. When I spoke with him, it was just the regular conversation prompt. Now I’ll never know what he was trying to tell me.

Gulliver was in town, so I helped him out by fetching his communicator parts. In return, he will be sending me a reward in the mail tomorrow.

Tybalt was sick with a cold, so I crafted some medicine for him. He gave me a soft-serve hat to thank me.

It also earned me 1,000 Nook Miles for fulfilling my 50th resident request. I don’t know what all counts as a request, because it’s surprising that there have only been 50 of them in 5+ months.

I went diving in the ocean and found a scallop on my 9th dive. Pascal showed up and wondered how you could possibly throw away a garbage can.

He gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a mermaid bed in exchange for the scallop. I made it and put it in my house.

At Nook’s Cranny, I spent 64,000 bells on an arcade mahjong game for my arcade at the amusement park.

I decided to take inventory of my 50 regular design slots to see how/where they were being used. Here’s the breakdown:

• Rainbow Road: 22 designs (including Lakitu)
• Frog Race course: 10 designs
• AC Cemetery: 5 designs
• Sudden Valley: 3 designs
• Amusement park: 2 designs
• Sumo: 2 designs (includes directional sign by airport)
• Default designs: 2 (I use one for my flower garden)
• Town flag: 1 design
• Apple Lane: 1 design
• Beware of Sharks sign: 1 design
• Unused: 1 design

I posted my latest video yesterday, New Horizons Moments #2. It has highlights of the past month or so, plus my ranking of my current villagers. You might be surprised where I ranked Tybalt (I know I surprised myself with that one).

See you all next time!