First Ray

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.

Jeff finds several star fragments on the beach in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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!

I caught a ray! A few more and I'll have a tan!

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

Agent S: I was the mega jerk in this sitch, so she def shouldn't be apologizing! I'm going to apologize to her!
Sitch?

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.

Twenty large fish and sharks I sold to C.J.

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

C.J.: Oh, you got a whole school for me? All together that'll be... 327,000 bells. Deal?
Deal.

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.

A Lakitu pattern on the ground near Rainbow Road in Forest.

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.

The daily glowing spot in Jeff's flower garden.

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! 😂

Rizzo: Now, for legal reasons, I have to state clearly that I'm not a real pirate, I'm a rat.

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!