Jeff's New Horizons Blog

The campsite had its first camper today, Keaton the eagle.

He’s not a villager that I’m very familiar with. I don’t really have a strong opinion about him either way. He asked if he should move into town, and the options were both yes, so I didn’t really have a choice. But that’s okay. 😛

Today’s message bottle contained a DIY recipe for a woodland wall. But I also found an egg message bottle! It contained a recipe for a Bunny Day vanity.

Someone other than Shari finally taught me a new reaction: Agent S taught me aggravation today!

I invited Timo and Jorge over for some pitfall sumo this afternoon. This was my first time trying it out in New Horizons!

Jorge just got the samurai wig in a balloon this morning, so he wore it as part of his costume. For those who remember my ACCF videos, we often dressed up as characters and came up with nicknames for sumo battles. Jorge fought as “Pitfall-san.”

We played several one-on-one battles, and a couple of three-person battles as well. Jorge and Timo both played well and had some wins, and…well, I didn’t. 😛

We hung out for a while, both outdoors and in my house. At one point, Timo and I were playing our ocarinas.

After Jorge disconnected, I decided to end the session for the day.

Saharah was in town, so I bought a few things from her. I also accumulated enough “exchange tickets” to get a bonus. I didn’t end up keeping the rugs I bought, but I did decide to keep the dungeon wall and pyramid tile. I’ll show them at the end of this entry.

Tom Nook told me I could pick out a spot for Keaton’s new home. Since Keaton is an eagle, I thought he might enjoy living up on the mountain. I guess it’ll be interesting to see if/how he gets around, considering I don’t have any ramps yet. 😛

Over by town hall tonight, I spotted Celeste! This was her first appearance in Forest!

She gave me a recipe for a star wand, but I did not make it yet.

Before wrapping up my night, I made sure to pay off my bridge.

Even though I didn’t see Zipper in town today, I still collected eggs and acquired several more Bunny Day recipes. There have been too many for me to name individually, so I’ll just share a picture of what I’ve crafted so far. You can also see the wallpaper and flooring I got from Saharah (even though it clearly doesn’t fit the Bunny Day theme, lol).

See you (late) tomorrow night, after Friday Night Forest! 🙂

The Happy Home Academy sent me a rice cooker in the mail to celebrate the new addition to my house. I also got a letter from Gulliver, who sent me a lucky cat. In addition, Marlie sent me 10 pitfall seeds. Thank you, Marlie! 😀

At town hall, Tom Nook informed me that my new loan is 348,000 bells. I don’t think I’ll be in a rush to pay that one off. The campsite opened today, so I made sure to attend the completion ceremony. Wish me luck on my first camper! 😛

April is here now, and so is cherry blossom season! While the number of cherry blossom petals is greatly reduced from previous games, you can now catch them with your net! I’ve heard you can craft things with them, but I haven’t received any recipes for them so far.

Today is also the start of the lead-up to Bunny Day (Easter). Zipper T. Bunny was in town, but not where I expected. Instead of at the plaza, he was hiding up on the mountain! Well, the highest cliff.

Zipper told me there are six types of eggs around the island, and he gave me a recipe for a Bunny Day bed I can craft with the eggs I find. There are other DIY recipes hidden around the island.

He also told me to bring the eggs back to him. However, nothing happened when I did. I tried eating one to see if there was a ticket inside (like in previous games), but it was empty. The only thing it did was increase my power…and I later accidentally destroyed today’s money rock because of it. 😀

He said if I find and craft all of the DIY recipes, I’ll get a super present from him. So I guess I have to craft them all, but that line about bringing the eggs back to him seems like a mistake at this point. Unless he needs them later on? This is just the first day (of twelve), so maybe more will be revealed later on.

The six types of eggs are water eggs (found by fishing), leaf eggs (shaken down from trees), stone eggs from banging rocks, earth eggs (buried underground), sky eggs (from balloon presents), and wood eggs (from chopping trees).

The fact that there are no deep sea eggs (as in New Leaf) seems to confirm that New Horizons doesn’t have any swimming or diving. 🙁 That’s rather disappointing, especially since the game takes place on an island.

I decided to add a bridge to town, but I was unable to put one in this spot.

Perhaps I’ll have to wait until I can make changes to the land. I’ll just need to add one square of land for the bridge to fit there. 🙄 So for now, I put it further upstream. I just didn’t pay it off yet.

I got recipes for a Bunny Day stool and Bunny Day fence from balloon presents, and I later crafted them (and the bed recipe from Zipper). The fence is meant to be outdoors, so that’s why it’s just a generic fence icon when dropped indoors.

Wisp was in town tonight, and I recovered his five spirits for him. In return, he gave me a white-brick wall.

Midge was enjoying a drink under a tree, but she had an itching problem. I solved the problem by catching my first flea.

I ran into Agent S with a curious wardrobe choice. She was wearing sunglasses over the visor on her helmet!

I finished off my night by crafting a barrel for Donkey Kong. I mean, Louie. In return, he gave me a parka dress? Maybe he doesn’t appreciate the D.K. references. So I left his house before he got out his coconut gun. (If he shoots ya, it’s gonna hurt!) 😛

Have a great day, and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🙂

Update: Here is my latest New Horizons video.