Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, I caught my 2nd gigas giant clam…but it wasn’t easy. It took me six minutes to track it down and finally grab it!

When I went into Midge’s house, I was not just surprised by what I saw…but also legitimately confused.

I saw Tia there…but not Midge! It turns out Midge was just standing behind Tia, and completely out of view. 😛

I found my daily scallop, and Pascal popped up to share his wisdom about change.

He gave me some mermaid shoes in exchange for the scallop.

It seemed like everyone wanted me to change their catchphrases yesterday. Apple, Midge, and Louie all asked me, but I told them all to stick with what they’re using.

Flick was in town, so I sold him every bug I caught last night.

Today, Gullivarrr was washed up on shore, and even he lampooned the infamous C+ sea bass “pun.”

I went diving for his communicator, and I actually found it on my very first dive this time! I stayed in the water because I wanted to get Pascal’s item too, and I found a scallop on my 3rd dive! Talk about efficiency! In return for the scallop, Pascal gave me a D.I.Y recipe for a mermaid screen.

I returned the communicator to Gullivarrr, and he should be sending me a reward in the mail.

Since I don’t need bells as much as now, I haven’t been selling all my fruit in recent weeks. So that has allowed me to use my fruit for crafting. I’m going through and making all the fruit-related recipes I have. I’ll be keeping one of each fruit hat in storage, too. Ever since the ACCF days, I’ve always enjoyed having a variety of fun hats to wear during online play.

I ran into Wisp tonight, and he was not happy to see me.

But I collected his five spirits for him, and he gave me a green molded-panel wall. Wisp has become one of my least-favorite special characters to see in New Horizons. Tracking down all five spirits is a time-consuming process, and the reward generally isn’t worth the trouble.

Apple had another bad trade for me. She gave me a concierge uniform in exchange for an arapaima I caught earlier. I accepted the deal, because I’m still at the point where I’m sucking up to everyone so that I can get their villager photos. 😛 Well, not Rizzo. If he asked for an arapaima, I would say no in an instant. 😛

Just a heads-up for people on my friend roster: There won’t be a Friday Night Forest this week, and I won’t be opening up on Sunday either. But I’ll still have blog entries tomorrow and Saturday, and perhaps a new video Saturday as well. See you soon! 🙂

Late last night, I caught my first giant stag beetle. I think I saw one of these at Friday Night Forest, but I failed to catch it then. But this one now resides in the museum, where it will freak out Blathers until the end of time.

Today, Rizzo sent me a letter in the mail, along with a heart doorplate (like the one I gave Agent S). Yikes. I think Rizzo is getting the wrong idea about us. 😛

I ran into him coming down the steps near Rainbow Road, and he told me he wanted the two of us to go sailing! He said he would be the captain, and I could be his first mate. Uh, no thanks.

Label was in town, and she wanted to see me in some theatrical clothes. She gave me a morning coat, and I put it on and spoke to her again. Butt, you see, there was a problem. Because I previously had a zap suit on, putting the shirt on meant that I wasn’t wearing pants. Oops.

So I just put the zap suit back on, and she said it fit the theme exactly. She gave me some Labelle shorts, and she’ll also be sending me a tailor’s ticket in the mail.

I posted my latest video, Wi-Fi Moments #8 today! It features highlights from my last two online sessions. Check it out!

See you all next time!

Hornsby sent me a table lamp in the mail today, along with this letter. Apparently he is just now discovering that electricity exists.

Nook’s Cranny had an arcade combat game (a space shooter) for sale, so I bought it and placed it in my arcade at the amusement park.

Claude the rabbit was over at the campsite, so I said hello. But I had absolutely no interest in asking him to move in.

Saharah was in town, and I bought an imperial wall and crop-circles flooring from her.

Lopez asked me to participate in a treasure hunt, and I agreed to play. For a moment, I thought it was going to be the easiest treasure hunt ever!

But that buried item was a fossil, not the treasure. 😀 It took me just over three minutes (of the six-minute time limit) to find the actual treasure, but it ended up with me scoring some free fishing waders.

Celeste showed up later on, and she gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a flying saucer! Yes! It’s nice to get something besides wand and Zodiac furniture recipes from her for a change. I was starting to wonder if the space items were even in New Horizons, so I’m glad to see they do exist after all. 😛 I made sure to craft my first flying saucer. It seems to hover higher in the air than it did in the older games.

While diving, I encountered another really fast sea creature. It was tricky to track it down, but I eventually did. I caught my first gigas giant clam!

After donating it to the museum, I continued diving. My first scallop of the day did not trigger Pascal for some reason (even though my pockets were not full and I wasn’t close to shore). But the 2nd one did trigger Pascal. He gave me a pearl for the scallop, and he mentioned whales (but completely devoid of context).

Shortly after that, I wrapped up my game for the night. See you next time!