100 Million Bells

On Sunday (the day after being “purified”), Katrina sent me a lucky gold turtle figurine. So I did get an item from her after all! This is what it looks like:

The gold turtle figurine from Katrina.

On Wednesday, Anicotti the ugly Muppet mouse was camping at my campsite. I had zero interest in letting her move in. 😛

Anicotti, at the campsite: Hi there! I'm Anicotti! I'm here on a camping trip! You live on this island? Tres cool.

There was a heavy meteor shower last night, and I wished on a bunch of shooting stars.

Wishing on a shooting star.

As a result, I found 17 star fragments and three Libra fragments on the beach today.

The fall fishing tournament was underway this afternoon, so I gave it a go. On my first attempt, I caught six fish in the three-minute limit, which was good for eight points.

Reel it in! The Fishing Tourney is over!

C.J. paid me 2,250 bells for those six fish, and I decided to play again. But my second attempt was even worse: I only caught four fish, although I caught a 5th one at the buzzer that didn’t count. He paid me 5,580 for those fish. I then redeemed ten points for a reward, a fish doorplate.

Since he was in town though, I decided to get a bunch of fish out of storage for him. It included the last of my summer shark hauls. I sold the 32 fish to C.J. for 524,400 bells.

The 32 fish I sold to C.J.

That was a nice chunk of change, and I immediately went into town hall to deposit my money. Thanks to this influx of fishy bells, I was able to bump my savings balance up to 100 million bells for the first time!

Savings Balance: 100,000,000 bells.

This is the 2nd Animal Crossing game in which I’ve reached this milestone, with New Leaf being the other. Of course, bells were considerably harder to earn in the older games.

There isn’t a K.K. Slider concert tonight due to the tournament. But here are a few other quick notes about this past week:

  • I helped Gulliver on Tuesday, and he sent me another sombrero.
  • Flick was in town on Wednesday, and he paid me 97k for 19 bugs.
  • I returned a lost item to Bob yesterday, and he rewarded me with a delivery jacket.
  • I shot down a balloon present and found 30,000 bells inside. 💰
  • Today, I caught three banded dragonflies! I actually saw one other one too, but it got away.

Purification Fee

On Monday, Rio told me that she recently had an argument with Agent S. So she asked me to deliver a gift to smooth things over. I hopped over to the squirrel’s house and handed over the present. It was a metal can, which seemed a bit minimalist (to put it nicely).

Agent S: A metal can! Are you even SEEING this color? It's amaze-tastic!

Her response seemed a little too enthusiastic for just a can, so I wondered if she was being sarcastic. Her next bit of dialogue also seemed to indicate that she knows the gift was junk. 😆

Agent S: Rio is the best! She knows me so well, it's almost like she goes through my garbage.

Tuesday was October 1st, and we’re now headed into Halloween season. Jack (the czar of Halloween) sent me a letter reminding me to prepare for the event. He also sent me his portrait.

Candy is now available at Nook’s Cranny (along with spooky furniture), and the shop has also started decorating for the holiday.

Nook's Cranny, decorated for Halloween.

On Thursday, Ed the horse was camping over at the campsite. This is the 2nd time he has camped here (the first time was in November 2023).

Ed, camping at the campsite: Hey, you're a local, right? The name's Ed.

Tonight, I went over to the plaza for K.K. Slider’s concert. June, Louie, Rio, and Agent S joined me for a performance of “K.K. Reggae.” After the show, Agent S told me the best thing about autumn:

Agent S: Fall fashion, duh! It's the one time all year I can wear my It's Fall Y'all! sweatshirt and not get funny looks!
I would still give you funny looks for that. 😛

Next, I flew out to Harv’s island, where I paid Katrina 1,000 bells to tell my fortune.

Katrina: A tummy rumbles... A restroom calls... Perhaps you've eaten a little too much?

She told me that my health will diminish!

Katrina: From this vision, I deduce that your luck with health...will diminish...

She insisted that something unfortunate might happen today, but fortunately she knew how to purify me. 😛 For a fee, of course.

Katrina: Let me see... Shall I purify you for... 10,000 bells?

I agreed to it, because I thought she might give me a rare item or something. She told me to close my eyes, while she let out a scream.

Katrina, looking into her glowing crystal ball: YEEeeeeee!

…and that was it. She said I’d be fine now. I didn’t even get a lucky hat out of it. 😛 Oh well.

Katrina: Now you should be fine.

After that bit of excitement, I wrapped up my game for the night. But here are a few other quick notes about this week:

  • Last Sunday, K.K. performed Hypno K.K. for me, Ankha, Merengue, and Bob.
  • I helped out Gullivarrr on Monday, and he sent me a sea captain’s coat on Tuesday.
  • Yesterday, I shot down a balloon present that contained 30,000 bells. Those are pretty rare, but always a pleasant surprise! 💰

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’ll see you next time!

Final Bug-Off of 2024

Sunday was Ankha’s birthday, so I crafted a Scorpio lamp for her. She was really excited to receive it; she seemed to know it was a valuable gift.

Ankha, at her birthday party: Are you serious? You're GIVING me a Scorpio lamp?

I know she’s not a Scorpio, but it was gold…and it was something I hadn’t crafted before, so I wanted to check it off my list. 😆 Anyway, Static was also at the party.

Static: The whole gang's here to celebrate Ankha on her big day!
You and me? That’s the whole gang?

Over by Resident Services, Bob, Ketchup, and Merengue were enjoying a barbecue! It looked good!

Merengue: What a great spot to set up a barbecue...

On Wednesday, Samson the mouse was camping at the campsite. He was talking like he wanted to wrestle! 😆

Samson, at the campsite: I just got here today, and I gotta say this island's really nice! Feels perfect for wrestling, pipsqueak.
If Rizzo was still here, you could wrestle him all you wanted. But he got exterminated three years ago.

Today, Flick hosted the final Bug-Off of the year. In the span of three minutes, I caught 11 bugs and scored 13 points. Not bad, I guess. But I decided to give it another try, and my second attempt went even better. Here is a video if you’d like to see the full round:

I scored a personal-best 19 points! My previous best was just 16, from back in August 2021. But admittedly, I haven’t played a lot of Bug-Off rounds, especially in the past couple years.

Flick: Well done. You earned 19 points!

After selling my bugs, I redeemed my points for some prizes. I got a ladybug rug, a spider doorplate, a toy cockroach, and a bug aloha shirt. I put the doorplate on my house door (perfect for Halloween season), and I decided to wear the shirt. As for the other two items, I just sold them. I didn’t really have a need for a cockroach right now. (And I already have one of the rugs in storage.)

Later, I saw Static and Ketchup chasing the same butterfly!

Static and Ketchup go after the same butterfly.

Ketchup swung her net, and missed, of course. So then I was afraid Static was going to hit Ketchup! He did…sort of. But his net kinda went through Ketchup instead of hitting her, so it wasn’t as violent (or funny) as I hoped. 😛 But I’ll be sure to include that clip in a future video.

Due to the Bug-Off, K.K. Slider was not in town tonight. But here are a few other quick notes about this week:

  • Wisp gave me a shoji screen on Sunday.
  • On Tuesday, I played a treasure hunt game with Static. I dug up a wide-brim straw hat.
  • Gulliver sent me an elder mask on Wednesday.
  • On Thursday, I sold 23 bugs to Flick for 160k bells.

I’ll see you next time!