Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Celeste showed up in town yesterday, for the time time in nearly a month! She gave me a DIY recipe for a Virgo harp. That’s fine and all, but I really want more of the space items/recipes!

I found a lost item on the ground outside, and it mentioned “xtreme xercises.” That sounded like Louie, so I asked him about it in Nook’s Cranny. Sure enough, it was his training notebook. He thanked me by giving me a cycling shirt.

While I was there, I checked out the cabinet and saw a cute frog umbrella for sale! I just had to buy it, even though it wasn’t raining.

Today, Louie sent me a letter (with a fossil attached) in the mail, talking about dinosaurs. He was wondering how much they could deadlift.

But the fossil he sent me was coprolite. In other words, dino poop! Why is he sending me this 💩?!

Nook’s Cranny had a bubble blower available from the cabinet. It was 150 bells, so I bought it.

I took it outside and blew it once…and it was gone. It’s just a one-time use item! Even the ones from Crazy Redd could be used five times! What’s worse, is that you can’t even buy them in bulk! You have to buy them one blow at a time. What a joke.

Label was over at the plaza today, and she wanted to see me wearing a goth outfit: something dark and moody. She gave me a vampire costume to use as an example. I put it on, and then I went home to check my storage.

There, I found a skeleton hood. It should match the “dark and moody” theme, even if it’s not exactly a vampire thing. So I put it on and returned to Label. She liked the outfit, and she gave me a Labelle hat. She’ll also be sending me a tailors ticket (or two) in the mail.

I posted a new video today, and it shows 65 things you can do in New Leaf, but not in New Horizons. Don’t take it the wrong way, I love New Horizons…and not all features are equal. Many of the features shown are minor things. But still, I think it’s fun to look at the differences between games. I hope you enjoy it!

As for this blog, I am making a small change to the frequency of new posts. I’ve been posting 6 times a week, but I’m now changing that to 5-6 entries per week. So some weeks will only have five entries, other weeks will have six. This just gives me a little break on days when not much happens.

By the way, I am planning on hosting Friday Night Forest this week at the usual time (10pm Eastern time) for people already on my roster. I may not have any new activities planned, but at least everyone can see the Donkey Kong Country area “in person.” 😛

A letter from Nook Shopping informed me that there is a new seasonal item available. It’s a moon rug for “Moon-Viewing Day,” and it costs 2,000 bells. It’s available until October 8th, so you may want to order one while you can.

C.J. was in town, and he wanted me to catch three big-time fish in a row. So I caught a puffer fish, a salmon, and a red snapper to complete the challenge. After selling him those fish, I returned home and got 16 other fish out of storage. They sold for 180,000 bells.

Tia wanted a new catchphrase to replace “in my tea,” so I told her to say “I’m a hot tea” instead.

If you’re wondering, that balloon present contained five pieces of clay. Exciting, I know. 😛

Hornsby had a secret confession to tell me: He said he collects eraser dust!

That sounds odd enough on its own, but he also said that it’s fun to smell it!

Apparently, it reminds him of his previous ideas that have now been turned to dust. It almost sounds deep, if it wasn’t so crazy. 😛

I found nine regular star fragments and one Virgo star fragment on the beach.

Today is Labor Day in the United States. But unlike New Leaf, City Folk, and the GameCube version of Animal Crossing, New Horizons does not celebrate the holiday.

I found Lopez sitting on the bench in Peach Park today. It’s a shame this bench doesn’t get used more often! It’s cute to see villagers sitting there…even if it’s just Lopez.

When I visited Hornsby, he asked about my hobbies. He knows me too well! 😉

Tia had plans to move out of Forest, but obviously, I made her change her mind.

There was a meteor shower tonight, so I stopped to wish on several shooting stars. Fortunately I didn’t get run over, even though I had my eyes closed while on Rainbow Road. 😉

I toyed with the idea of moving Louie’s house near the entrance of Donkey Kong Country. I expanded the cliff, moved some things around, and imagined what it would look like…

But I didn’t like how it partially blocked the view of the waterfall. And because of the bridge and the relative closeness of Rainbow Road, moving the waterfall wasn’t feasible.

The other alternative would be to first move Midge’s house (the house in the lower-left corner of the above pic) further west… and then make more room for Louie’s house on the cliff. But I wasn’t sure I wanted to do all that. So I just put things back the way they were. (Besides, moving Louie would create a vacancy on Apple Lane, and I’d have to move a third house to fill in the gap).

After a short break, I went diving so that I could catch a scallop and get a reward from Pascal. So I swam, and dived…and dived. Again and again. A scallop did not appear until literally my 46th catch of the night! That’s 46 catches, and 31 minutes, all for a single pearl from Pascal.

But there was something good that came out of it. I caught something new, an umbrella octopus. And because it was my 30th sea creature in my Critterpedia, I earned 2,000 Nook Miles for it. So I’ve caught 75% of all the sea creatures in the game now.

After that, I wrapped up my game for the night. See you all next time!

Never Stop Crossing!