Jeff's New Horizons Blog

I found Gulliver on the beach today, so I dug up the five pieces of his communicator for him. He’ll be sending me a reward in the mail. I’m hoping it’s not an accessory this time; give me some furniture please!

Here’s the new outfit I mentioned yesterday: Where’s Waldo? 😂

I went diving, and I actually caught two gigas giant clams before I found a single scallop! But I did eventually find the scallop and Pascal, who gave me a DIY recipe for a mermaid dresser.

Midge asked for a new catchphrase, so I told her to change from “or fly away” to “fly with me.”

My slingshot broke, so I crafted a new one. And as I held it up, I spotted a bug on a tree behind me that I otherwise wouldn’t have noticed: A walking stick. I got my net out, caught it, and donated it to the museum.

At 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Ryan, Nami, Logan, William, Timo, and Alex from Pawnee showed up. Once everyone was ready, I had them look for me. I was hiding in town, as Waldo. Behind this tree next to the arch, to be specific.

As they were searching, Ryan left, and Alex from A-Nation joined in. About three minutes after the game started, William walked right past me, and I thought he found me. But he didn’t see me, and he kept walking. Nami, Timo, and Logan also walked past me. Nearly eight minutes after starting, Timo fell into a nearby pitfall I had buried. 😛

Nami left, but the search continued. After 11+ minutes, I asked if they gave up yet. Of course my speech bubble gave me away, and Logan was nearby, so he quickly tracked me down. 😛 Congrats, Logan!

We ran a frog race next, and I won my own race! I had home pad advantage.

I don’t know if people are getting tired of the frog race yet, but it is starting to feel a bit stale. I do have two other things planned for this area in the future, but I still need more items and/or recipes. So I may still leave the frog race course up for a while, but I might not use it every week.

After the frog race ended, Nami returned…dressed as a frog. I suggested that we play some museum tag, since we hadn’t done that in a while. Alex was the first seeker, and I was one of the first ones found. I guess my hiding skills diminish indoors. 😉 When I returned to the lobby, I saw that Blathers had other things on his mind.

After some fishy behavior, I was the next to seek. I found four hiders, and then time ran out. Logan was next, and I believe he also found four people. With the five minute time limit we’ve been using, it’s difficult to find everyone. But of course, ten minutes would be too long. 😛

After that, William suggested sumo since he hasn’t played it before. Even though I crafted some pitfall seeds earlier in the day, I had fewer than 20. That might sound like a lot, but it’s not. You go through them quickly when you play sumo.

We played several one-on-one matches: Alex defeated William, the other Alex defeated Logan, Timo beat Nami, and I defeated William. I had just enough pitfalls for one last match, so I suggested all seven of us battle. Just as I was digging the final hole….Ryan returned. 😛

So I invited him to join us for what was now an 8-player sumo match. And wouldn’t you know, he won the match!

Timo left some art on my bulletin board, so thanks Timo! ….I think. 😀

We went to my house for a bit, but William left for the night. Logan was about to leave too, when Ros started to arrive. But as she was entering, we all got disconnected. Since it was already late, I didn’t reopen. But thanks to all who came, I had fun! And sorry Ros that your visit only included the inside of the airport. 😛

After I closed the gate, I found Wisp in town. I collected his five spirits and returned them to him. In return, he gave me some dark parquet flooring.

Look for a new Wi-Fi Moments video at some point this weekend! Never Stop Crossing!

With my ordered items that arrived in the mail today, and a hat pattern I designed, my new costume is basically complete. Unless I find a hat that looks better than the one I made, that is. But I plan on using the new costume for something tomorrow night.

I found a lost item on the ground today, and I investigated it to learn that it had pins of different pop stars on it. That immediately made me think of Agent S, since she’s always talking about being a pop star.

Of course, Apple is a peppy villager too, so it could be hers. But I tracked down Agent S first, and she had a thought bubble over her head. She actually asked me to find her bag for her. So I immediately spoke to her again and handed it over. 😛 She gave me a toga for helping her out.

Kicks was in town today, and I bought some jester shoes from him. And no, I don’t yet have a wand outfit set up for a jester, but that is something I could consider.

I went diving to find a scallop, and Pascal was talking about dragons sitting on piles of gold?

After I deposited today’s money into the bank, my balance topped five million bells for the first time.

I also earned a lot of Nook Miles today, because the Nook Miles+ goals were easy ones. For example, I had to catch five bugs, water 8 flowers, catch a sea bass, etc. And the easy ones kept coming up over and over, so I racked up the miles.

I’ll be back with another entry late tomorrow night. See you then! 🙂

After wishing on a bunch of stars in Pawnee last night (and a couple in Forest as well), I found quite a few star fragments on the beach today.

There were 12 regular star fragments, three Leo fragments, and one large star fragment…just on my first run. I later found an additional Leo fragment and two more regular star fragments. That’s a grand total of 19!

While fishing in the ocean, I caught my first ray. It covered my whole face!

Tia wanted to apologize to Agent S, so she had me deliver a steampunk costume to Forest’s nuttiest squirrel. Agent S loved it!

She rewarded me with a kappa costume.

C.J. was in town, and he had a fishing challenge for me: I had to catch three “big-time” fish in a row. So I snagged two black bass and an olive flounder to complete the mission. But C.J.’s presence in town allowed me to do something even better: Clean out my large shark/fish collection I had in storage. I’ve been saving these just for C.J.

He gave me a whopping 327,000 bells for them all.

As I mentioned on Sunday, I recently downloaded the Nintendo Switch Online app. Not only does it allow me to see my dream visitor count (currently 3,116), but I can finally use QR codes as well! This makes it much easier for me to use designs in my town since I don’t have to make them all by hand. I already replaced my banana design (on the banana stand) with a better-looking version, and I also added Lakitu near Rainbow Road.

The bad thing is that most of my pattern slots are currently being used by Rainbow Road and the frog race course. But I have a few open pattern slots, and I’m sure I’ll be using them in the fairly near future.

I saw on the bulletin board that two birthdays are coming up next week: Tybalt on the 19th, and Lopez on the 20th.

The daily glowing spot was in an unusual spot today: my flower garden! It was in a spot where it was surrounded on all side by fences or flowers! I wonder if the recent update changed where the glowing spot can appear, because it used to only appear in wide open areas.

I found a scallop today, and Pascal gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a mermaid lamp. Finally, something new!

At my house, I used my wardrobe to set up a couple more wand outfits, a pirate and a bear. (I’m still missing pieces for the pirate outfit, so I substituted the shirt that says “GOLD” for now). 😛 I also ordered a couple items from my catalog for another outfit.

But speaking of pirates, Rizzo acted like a pirate when he asked me to go on a treasure hunt. And his catchphrase fit the situation perfectly! 😂

He gave me six minutes to find the buried item, but it only took me two and a half minutes. My reward was a collarless shirt.

With that, I wrapped up my game for the night. But I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow. And for those on my Switch friend roster, I do plan on opening for Friday Night Forest this week.

Update: I have now added a Forest Island page. It shows my current map, list of villagers, dream address, town history, and more. Check it out and let me know what you think!