Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Jolly Redd was in town today, so of course I checked out the art that he had for sale. While I don’t look at art guides to find the answers, I do consult my own screenshots I’ve taken of the art I’ve previously encountered. The famous painting that Redd had today looked the same as a fake I previously bought. Two other paintings he had, I wasn’t sure about. However, I felt good about this ancient statue.

I’ve seen a different ancient statue before, and it had glowing eyes. I’m fairly sure that’s a fake. This one didn’t have glowing eyes, so I think it’s probably real. Please note that I’m not looking for any external help on these, I’m just explaining my own process.

As I was walking along my cliffs tonight, a ghost came out from around a corner. I was not expecting to see Wisp, and it actually scared me for a second! 😛

I collected his spirits for him, and in return, he gave me a lawn chair. Just one minute later, Keaton noticed my lawn chair and wanted to buy it. I sold it for 247 bells. So all that work searching all over town for Wisp’s spirits resulted in me scoring fewer bells than shaking one native fruit tree.

While I was near Sudden Valley, I decided to add a new attraction. It’s loosely based on a gag in Arrested Development. Technically, it should be a “severed” prosthetic hand, but Animal Crossing doesn’t exactly have one of those. So I put a skeleton in jail bars, along with a sign that says “he stole.”

The skeleton was previously in my house, but I didn’t need it after I remodeled. So I found a good use for him. 😛

While fishing in the river, I caught my first soft-shelled turtle. And of course, I donated it to the museum.

It also earned me 2,000 Nook Miles for being my 60th “fish.”

I then jumped off of Eagle Mountain and went diving for sea creatures. Unlike yesterday, I had no trouble finding Pascal today. I found a scallop on just my 4th dive of the day. Pascal was talking about asking trees what their five-year plans are.

He gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a mermaid table. I also earned 1,000 Nook Miles for giving him a scallop for the 20th time.

Hornsby asked about moving out today, but I told him to stay.

I know I haven’t done much dreaming yet (only one town that first night to try it out), but I plan on doing more very soon! See you all next time.

Midge was talking about her yard today, saying she likes to keep it nice. I’ve actually helped her out by adding more pink cosmos along the paths near her house in the past week or so.

While I was out banging rocks today, I came across a gold nugget. When I picked it up, I learned a new D.I.Y. recipe for a King Tut mask.

It requires five gold nuggets, so I got them out of storage and made the mask right away. I ran with it, and fell after just a few steps. I kept running past Apple and Louie, falling multiple times. I couldn’t run more than a few feet in this thing! I know the mask has always been cursed, but the fall rate seems to be much higher in New Horizons compared to previous games.

When I spoke to Apple a moment later, she gave me some free moccasin boots. The interesting part is that she called herself my fashion godmother!

Keaton had a treasure hunt for me, but he warned me that it would be tougher than usual. That was true, because he only gave me three minutes to find the buried item, instead of the usual six.

After I fell (because of the King Tut mask), I knew I had to remove it. With my time already being limited, I couldn’t afford to keep falling on the ground. But still, it only took me about a minute and 20 seconds to find it! It was buried next to Rizzo’s house, on the path leading to the stairs by Rainbow Road.

I took it back to Keaton, and he opened it up for me. There was a garden tank inside.

I spent some time diving, filling up my pockets with sea creatures three times. But I didn’t find a single scallop in all that time. So no Pascal today.

I posted my fireworks festival highlights video this morning, as Wi-Fi Moments #9. If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is. 🙂

Have a great day, and I’ll see you all next time!

The fireworks festival was held tonight (it’s the first of five this month). But earlier in the day, Isabelle was already standing outside of town hall to collect designs to use as fireworks. I gave her a few of my designs: a pitfall seed, banana, Apple Lane, and “Win Prizes.” I also gave her a couple of default patterns to use.

The fireworks didn’t start until 7:00 p.m., though. In the meantime, Lopez became the latest villager to call me his bestie. Everyone will say I’m their bestie, but they don’t prove it by giving me their photos. 😛

After 5:00 p.m., I uploaded a new version of my dream town. Now, visitors can have some proper daylight. You can also see my newly-redesigned house. I’m still not totally happy with it, but I think it’s better than it was. The dream address is 6717-1633-3682 if you’re interested. Note: There’s only one pitfall this time.

At 7 p.m., the fireworks festival began. Keaton gave me a sparkler, and Isabelle gave me a bulb bopper. Redd was also on-hand with a raffle. For 500 bells, you can reach into a box to pull out a ticket. The number on the ticket determines what prize you win. I won a bubble blower, a tweeter, a blue balloon, and a pink balloon.

I then stopped at various spots around town to watch some fireworks.

My item from Pascal today was a mermaid fishy dress.

While fishing, I caught my first moray eel. I didn’t even realize it was my first one until I saw the little notification light on my Critterpedia app. Fortunately, I hadn’t sold it yet, so I was able to run it over to Blathers and donate it.

At about 9:15, I opened my gate for some Sunday night fireworks. Logan, Alex, Nami, Alex, Sacky, Bran, and William came over to visit. However, Sacky left almost immediately.

I noticed that the bubble blower I was using (as people were entering) was suddenly no longer in my hands, nor my pockets. At first, I thought it was a glitch. But I was informed that the bubble blowers can be used up after blowing a few bubbles! The bubble blowers in City Folk and New Leaf didn’t do this. I was soap disappointed.

William fell into a pitfall that I buried behind Tummy (the raccoon figurine). 😛 We headed over to the plaza, and that’s when Timo (wearing a King Tut mask) showed up. Several people bought raffle tickets from Redd, and we soon headed over to the amusement park to watch fireworks…while holding balloons.

We went to various locations around town to watch the fireworks. Rainbow Road, Spectacle Rock, the campsite, and the frog race course to name a few. I just coincidentally took a screenshot right as Timo murdered Alex.

Later, we went to my house. In the basement, Logan said he was hacking my computer…and he turned the power off! 😉 By the way, wouldn’t a Metroid fit the theme of this wallpaper perfectly?

Once we were done in my house, we went swimming from the dock up and around to the north beach.

When we went back to the plaza, I was shocked at how crowded it was. There were eight villagers there, two NPCs (Isabelle and Redd), and eight players as well! Even though not quite everyone was in this screenshot, it gives you an idea of how crowded it was!

Just before 11:00, I ended the session for the night. Thanks for coming, everyone! It was fun. 🙂

As for the fireworks festival, I do have one complaint about it: the music. The fireworks music in City Folk and New Leaf was so happy and festive; it added to the mood. But in New Horizons, the fireworks music is subdued and almost a bit boring. I’m not saying it’s awful, but it doesn’t seem like the right fit for fireworks. Ehh, well maybe it will grow on me.

I’m going to try to put a video up tomorrow with highlights from the fireworks festival. Keep an eye out for it! 🙂