Jeff's New Leaf Blog

Today was Harvest Festival day, and I found Franklin the chef at the event plaza.

He wanted to start the food preparation with a mixed salad. So he asked me to find a horse mackerel, a skinny mushroom, and an apple. Those were pretty easy to find, so he was able to whip up that salad pretty quickly.

He gave me a fruit basket to reward me for my help. Next up, he wanted to make some fruit soup. It was easy enough to find all the fruit in my town, but I did need some milk as well. So I had to help out villagers with their ingredient searches until one of them gave me some milk.

I took the ingredients back to Franklin, and he made the soup. He then rewarded me with a harvest bed.

For the main course, Franklin wanted to make some pan-fried red snapper. This recipe required some flour, so I had to resort to helping villagers again. And helping villagers involves a lot of fishing. They all want specific items (mostly fish), and finding those fish can be a time-consuming process.

Before I could get the flour I needed, the clock struck 10:00 p.m., and the event ended. Franklin and I did not complete the meal, but at least we made two dishes.

Inkwell summed up the event quite well. It’s a tedious process.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Teren from DalyCity and Nath from Duxton. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all enjoyed your Harvest Festival and Turkey Day!

When I visited Agent S last Thursday, I found that Big Top was also at her house. Agent S said it was like having a dance party. But to me, it seemed more like a superhero party with both of them there.

Olivia the snooty cat was camping at the campsite. I already have her in my Wild World town, and one of her is enough. 😛

I went to Katrina’s fortune-telling shop to check out her prices…and to get my fortune told. She charged me 500 bells to tell me that I need to wear western pants to improve my luck.

I realized that her prices have increased in almost every game.

Katrina's prices keep going up. If only somebody could have seen this coming. #animalcrossing #acnh pic.twitter.com/xyiwaoxaXx

— JVGS Jeff (@jvgsjeff) November 12, 2021

This is in sharp contrast to Brewster, who has always charged 200 bells for a cup of coffee.

Yesterday, Saharah was in town, and I paid her 3,000 bells for new carpet and wallpaper. She installed a lattice wall and a kiddie carpet; I had no interest in keeping them.

I was happy to find that the museum gift shop had a silver shovel for sale. I gladly paid the 500 bells to replace the shovel I lost on Halloween.

Tonight, I ran into Boots near the Roost. He said he was exhausted from doing 10,000 squats today! That’s impressive! Compared to Boots, I haven’t done squat. 😛

Shortly after speaking with Boots, I ran into mittens! Well, actually just one mitten.

I asked around to see which of my villagers had dropped the lost item. Eventually, I returned the mitten to its owner, Lolly. She thanked me by giving me her mango.

I hadn’t seen Cube around lately, and I was determined to say hello. So that meant I had to search the museum for him. Sure enough, I found him there…in the fossil room. He seemed a bit irritated that I haven’t spoken to him!

It’s not my fault he’s almost never in town! He’s always hiding somewhere, usually in the museum. Maybe I should just stick him in an ice cube tray and leave him in the freezer, so it’ll be easier to find him. 😉 🧊

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Noemi from Pachess, Tawnysky from Oakclan, and Spinal from SaladBlv. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your weekend!

I played yesterday (October 30th), and Cube warned me to have enough candy for Halloween, or else I’ll be getting pranked.

Even though the shop only sells one piece of candy a day, I decided to test my luck during the Halloween festivities tonight. The event works differently in New Leaf than it does in other games, at least when it comes to indoor villagers. We have to wear the specific mask that will scare each villager. If we choose correctly, they will give us candy.

I had notes for some of my villagers thanks to a previous blog entry. However, I didn’t have any notes for Boots, and I guessed wrong. That meant if I wanted candy from him, I had to play a game for it. Unfortunately, he chose the made-ya-look game. You have to guess which direction the villager will turn their head…and I guessed wrong.

He punished me, although I didn’t notice the problem immediately because my clothes didn’t change. But I did have some old flooring in my pockets that wasn’t there before. I later figured it out when I went to dig up a fossil: My shovel was gone! My silver shovel got turned into old flooring!

For some reason, I was thinking tools were safe…and the gold ones are safe. But I had been using the silver shovel, so I’ll have to check out the museum gift shop to replace it. Oops.

When I visited Cube, I also guessed his fear wrong…

But fortunately, he wanted to play charades. That mini-game is pretty easy to win, since it’s not just random chance.

Outside, the villagers dressed up as Jack are pretty easy to avoid (unlike on GameCube). But they do still try to chase you if you get too close to them.

Overall, the event went pretty well. I got some lollipops from villagers and gave them to Jack for creepy furniture.

I played long enough to acquire four of the creepy items: Jack gave me two creepy statues, a creepy coffin, and a creepy bat stone. I sold them all for a total of…2,600 bells? Wait, that’s it? This is not a profitable event in New Leaf. It wasn’t worth continuing, especially since I’ve already collected all the items in the past.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Jake from Florida and Cindie from Arrows. Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Halloween! 🎃