Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, I received the mystic statue in the mail from Jolly Redd. I took it over to the museum, and Blathers confirmed its authenticity.

Keaton said he wanted to move out of town, but I changed his mind for him. As most of you know, I’m really trying to get Rizzo out…but it seems to be taking forever. So if Keaton asks me again in the next few weeks, I might give him a different answer. Forest really needs some fresh blood at this point.

I decided on a place to put my robot hero: right near the entrance to town. So instead of the pink and green frozen sculptures, you’ll soon see a giant robot welcoming visitors to Forest.

While diving, I pulled up a scallop. Pascal popped up, and I gave him the scallop. He said that if every star was a candle, we’d have wax all over the place. That’s… uh… enlightening.

Tonight, there was a heavy meteor shower going on…but no sign of Celeste.

Hornsby broke the 4th wall by telling me to move the right stick to look up at shooting stars…even though he didn’t know what that meant.

As you can see in those screenshots, K.K. Slider was in town. I let him pick a song for me, and he performed “Only Me.” Hornsby, Tia, Apple, and Keaton were all there to enjoy the song with me.

I visited some more dream islands lately, and I just posted a video today. Here is Dream Island Hopping #4:

Midge used her catchphrase in an unusual way today: She said she forgot to eat lunch, for lunch!

After checking the recycle box at town hall, I realized I had finally accumulated a total of 30 rusted parts. That, along with the rocket recipe I recently learned, meant I finally had everything I needed to make the robot hero!

I made one, and it’s big…3 by 3 spaces. So it was hard to find a place to even put it down! But I temporarily put it on the beach, just to take a look at it. It’s really cool, and it shoots lasers out of its eyes!

I actually don’t have any immediate plans to use it, but I will keep it in storage until the time comes to roll it out. (Out of curiosity, I checked the selling price at Nook’s Cranny: 250,000 bells!)

More good news came in the form of Jolly Redd’s ship being anchored off the north shore. He had a fake serene painting, a fake detailed painting, a warrior statue I wasn’t sure about, and a real mystic statue. Naturally, I went with the sure thing.

I also bought an anthurium plant and plastic canister from Redd, since they were color variations I didn’t already have in my catalog.

After leaving his ship, I got a Nook Phone notification for meeting a new Nook Miles goal. It was the “True Patron of the Arts” achievement, and I earned 1,000 Nook Miles for buying my 20th piece of art.

As for my obstacle course/race, it’s slowly coming along. I’m adding a theme to each obstacle (or set of obstacles). I still have some things to figure out, and I also have items to order and designs to make.

Yesterday, Tybalt sent me some art in the mail. That was nice of him, even though I figured it was probably a fake like all the others that villagers have sent me.

Still, I took it over to the museum. I was shocked when Blathers told me that the famous painting was real! Wow, Tybalt! Thank you!!!

When I shot down a balloon present, I learned a DIY recipe for an iceberg wall.

I found Gulliver in town, washed up on the beach. I dug up his five communicator parts for him.

Today, I received my prize from Gulliver. And it was an “ancient administrator hat.” WHAT. IS. THIS.

Gulliver, you need to stop. I’m tempted to just keep your communicator parts for myself when you send me stuff like this.

Shortly after I started playing, my shovel broke. So I bought a new one at the store. I returned home, caught an ant, and then my net broke too. Two tools broken in my first 90 seconds. -.-

However, my day improved a bit when I found Celeste in town! She taught me the DIY recipe for a rocket, which is one that I’ve wanted for a while.

Saharah was also in town today, and I bought one of everything from her. That included a magic-circle rug, mangrove wall, blue Persian rug, flowing-river flooring, and a green kitchen mat.

Bones was shopping in Nook’s Cranny, and he commented on the temperature in the store. He said it was so warm in there that he felt like a cup of hot cocoa, full of marshmallows.

He then admitted that he actually was full of marshmallows right now.

After identifying some fossils at the museum and collecting Nook Miles for the task, I earned more Nook Miles. For the “Nook Miles for Miles” achievement, I earned 3,000 Nook Miles for completing my 3,000th Nook Miles+ goal.

As for my obstacle course/race, I’ve decided I’m not happy with what I have so far. It feels too much like some of my previous races, just with ice obstacles…and I want to be more creative with it. If I’m able to pull it off, the end result will be better. But unfortunately, this means it likely will not be done this week. And there probably won’t be a Friday Night Forest this week either. But once I do finish it, I’ll try to host a few FNFs in a row.