Animal Crossing: New Horizons |OT4| The Hunt for Redd's Art Trawler

spyroflame0487 · Mar 1, 2021

Joining the finished museum club! Man that was great. I'm nearing 700 hours now I think which is another 200 over NL. I think playing for a year is just about perfect for me. It'll be weird putting it down for a bit since I've played every single day since launch lol

NotSelf · Mar 1, 2021

ned_ballad said:
...I'm running out of things to do in this game (after playing every day for almost a year)

Just art and making a perfect town left, I guess. Unless I start just making up goals like models of every bug or something

Collect new villager photos keeps me busy I currently have around 50.

Freezasaurus · Mar 1, 2021

NotSelf said:
Collect new villager photos keeps me busy I currently have around 50.

You should build a big graveyard on your island and put a photo by each grave.

MrPickles · Mar 1, 2021

I also just finished my museum. Spider crab might give me nightmares though....yeesh...

BarryFishFinger · Mar 2, 2021

"Customisation kits? We sell those singly or in bulk! 1 kit is 600 bells or we can sell you 5 for 3000 bells!"
"But that's exactly the same pri-"
"That's right BIG BULK BUY SAVINGS!!!!"

Also, spider crab is awesome, yuge. My wife has a load placed on her beach with lights and DJ decks etc, spidercrab disco! I've started on a spidercrab temple at the top of my island, all hail the creepy spidercrab gods.

.exe · Mar 2, 2021

I have to ask, where are all the items hiding and how do I get them? It's been like a year, and I've played a good four to five months out of it, and I still haven't seen most of any furniture sets. Like two or three of some — rattan being the exception, of which I have a bunch. Haven't even gotten any modern or classic furniture, pretty sure. I still don't even have many very basic recipes to compensate (despite having a basement full of dupe recipes). Does this game just have a lot less furniture or something?

LinkStrikesBack · Mar 2, 2021

.exe said:
I have to ask, where are all the items hiding and how do I get them? It's been like a year, and I've played a good four to five months out of it, and I still haven't seen most of any furniture sets. Like two or three of some — rattan being the exception, of which I have a bunch. Haven't even gotten any modern or classic furniture, pretty sure. I still don't even have many very basic recipes to compensate (despite having a basement full of dupe recipes). Does this game just have a lot less furniture or something?

There's a number of missing furniture series from New leaf, yeah. They've got more versions and customisations for included items, but that came at the expense of some older items. Unfortunately, they hamstrung the system themselves by tying different colour versions of a bunch of items to a random variable decided when you made the island, which makes getting variants a lot harder than it needed to be. You have ot either get them through Redds store, or visiting someone elses island/having them send you it.

Forkball · Mar 2, 2021

Holy god how is it already March?

Game really needs a Year Two update, I'm hoping for some big announcement later this month. I miss Gracie not being in my life.

.exe · Mar 2, 2021

LinkStrikesBack said:
There's a number of missing furniture series from New leaf, yeah. They've got more versions and customisations for included items, but that came at the expense of some older items. Unfortunately, they hamstrung the system themselves by tying different colour versions of a bunch of items to a random variable decided when you made the island, which makes getting variants a lot harder than it needed to be. You have ot either get them through Redds store, or visiting someone elses island/having them send you it.

Ah, that explains some things. I'll have to check a list of all furniture to set my expectations then.

Having "island exclusive" color schemes is disappointing. I suspected as much because I'd always get a certain color of some items. Why they didn't allow you to just customize those items to get alt colors is beyond me.

There are so many small things like this that add friction to this game. Like crafting at home still requiring you to put resources in your inventory, not being able to craft multiples of tools at once, being unable to see at a glance which items allow customization, etc. The more options they add, the more the ones that would be nice but are missing stand out, I guess. I'm limiting my play time to like 30-60 minutes max per day, so I don't get frustrated by having my fourth tool break in a day and other things like that :')

Arilian · Mar 2, 2021

LinkStrikesBack said:
Unfortunately, they hamstrung the system themselves by tying different colour versions of a bunch of items to a random variable decided when you made the island, which makes getting variants a lot harder than it needed to be.

I understand what they are trying to achieve with it (make the players communicate with each other), but it could also work if this system assigned two or three colors to each island instead of one.

.exe said:
Why they didn't allow you to just customize an item to get its alt color is beyond me.

Serge is busy travelling with his wife between islands to relive their marriage and isn't available to do what he did in New Leaf.

(😭)

Dizzy Ukulele · Mar 2, 2021

You can customise some of the Mario items. I wish you could customise the pipes and have them warp to matching ones but Nintendon't.

TheKeyPit · Mar 2, 2021

Freezasaurus said:
You should build a big graveyard on your island and put a photo by each grave.

Did someone say graveyard?

NotSelf · Mar 2, 2021

^ Looks nice TheKeyPit I have a graveyard but I wouldn't have any room for the photos.

r_n · Mar 2, 2021

mnk said:
I wonder how many people are just discovering the 5 item daily limit today.

the post office needs to come back so we can have 2 sets of item deliveries a day

And also I think 10 at a time

ned_ballad said:
...I'm running out of things to do in this game (after playing every day for almost a year)

Just art and making a perfect town left, I guess. Unless I start just making up goals like models of every bug or something

*looks up dead eyed from excel sheet tracking ownership of all items* do i have the horrible idea for you

Rolling Antony · Mar 2, 2021

.exe said:
Ah, that explains some things. I'll have to check a list of all furniture to set my expectations then.

Having "island exclusive" color schemes is disappointing. I suspected as much because I'd always get a certain color of some items. Why they didn't allow you to just customize those items to get alt colors is beyond me.

There are so many small things like this that add friction to this game. Like crafting at home still requiring you to put resources in your inventory, not being able to craft multiples of tools at once, being unable to see at a glance which items allow customization, etc. The more options they add, the more the ones that would be nice but are missing stand out, I guess. I'm limiting my play time to like 30-60 minutes max per day, so I don't get frustrated by having my fourth tool break in a day and other things like that :')

Adding to the previous answer, you can get color variations from Wisp, tree drops (2 on your island daily, 1 one each NMT island), balloons and islanders' gifts.

I don't know if it helps, but selecting the "Customisation" option on a workbench lets you see which items on your pockets can be customised, even if you don't have the kits/materials with you. The catalog on your NookPhone shows a little label on the left side for items that have either color variations/custom variations but misses the items that can be customised with your (or others) designs- this omission is not present on the catalog app of the NSO app. The NSO Catalog has a filter that shows every item that can be customised and also has the little labels for the color variations.

For reference, the game has 1,142 pieces of furniture as of 1.8 update. Base NL had 1,271 and amiibo'd NL had 1,764.

ned_ballad said:
...I'm running out of things to do in this game (after playing every day for almost a year)

Just art and making a perfect town left, I guess. Unless I start just making up goals like models of every bug or something

Not counting the time-impossible miles like K.K. concerts, have you/do you want to go for a complete Nook Miles Stamp thing? Some of those are really hard/grindy/take time.

ned_ballad · Mar 2, 2021

Dizzy Ukulele said:
You can customise some of the Mario items. I wish you could customise the pipes and have them warp to matching ones but Nintendon't.

Which ones can you customize?

It's weird you can't recolor the pipes, though. I would have liked to use blue pipes

r_n · Mar 2, 2021

ned_ballad said:
Which ones can you customize?

It's weird you can't recolor the pipes, though. I would have liked to use blue pipes

the 2 mushroom platforms

ned_ballad · Mar 2, 2021

r_n said:
the 2 mushroom platforms

I thought maybe we could make the Fire Flower into an Ice or Gold Flower...

...oh well

r_n · Mar 2, 2021

That's handy, warp pipes still work even if one is in your house.

It'd be cute if you gave one to a villager and they had dialog for warping into their house

BringBackSonics · Mar 2, 2021

How do we get the mario items?

Teriyaki Blues · Mar 2, 2021

BringBackSonics said:
How do we get the mario items?

They're in the Promotional tab of Nook Shopping (Special) at the kiosk in Resident Services, or the shopping app on your phone if you've unlocked that.

.exe · Mar 2, 2021

Rolling Antony said:
Adding to the previous answer, you can get color variations from Wisp, tree drops (2 on your island daily, 1 one each NMT island), balloons and islanders' gifts.

I don't know if it helps, but selecting the "Customisation" option on a workbench lets you see which items on your pockets can be customised, even if you don't have the kits/materials with you. The catalog on your NookPhone shows a little label on the left side for items that have either color variations/custom variations but misses the items that can be customised with your (or others) designs- this omission is not present on the catalog app of the NSO app. The NSO Catalog has a filter that shows every item that can be customised and also has the little labels for the color variations.

For reference, the game has 1,142 pieces of furniture as of 1.8 update. Base NL had 1,271 and amiibo'd NL had 1,764.

Thanks, all useful info. I thought it was just one furniture drop from trees. I've been missing out all this time! And that filter will be very useful. Never noticed it. Ideally, you could see it in your storage but that's good too.

r_n said:
That's handy, warp pipes still work even if one is in your house.

That's great! Wouldn't have even tried it if you didn't mention it. I'll have to place mine in the basement next to a crafting table. That will save me a lot of runs back and forth.

Skyfireblaze · Mar 2, 2021

Can you place more than two Warp Pipes?

ArkkAngel007 · Mar 2, 2021

Skyfireblaze said:
Can you place more than two Warp Pipes?

Yes, but your exit pipe will be randomized.

Skyfireblaze · Mar 2, 2021

ArkkAngel007 said:
Yes, but your exit pipe will be randomized.

I feared that, oh well.

NotSelf · Mar 2, 2021

I hope you guys are decorating your islands with the Spider Crab there awesome.

lazybones18 · Mar 2, 2021

Well shit, guess I'll have to catch another spider crab

TheKeyPit · Mar 3, 2021

This is such a typical Nintendo update. Why did they not add a Mario themed phone case?

🤦‍♂️

NotSelf said:
^ Looks nice TheKeyPit I have a graveyard but I wouldn't have any room for the photos.

I planned that right from the start so it worked out for me with the space :D

ShyMel · Mar 3, 2021

Gotta love the five item a day ordering limit when Nintendo dropped several times that with the Mario update.

GeoGonzo · Mar 3, 2021

It's one of those silly things... I'm dealing with it by ordering 5 extra items with a secondary character (which I mostly use to store more items).

Oh hey, I'm guessing most people know this but... if you customize an item like the Shell the new color shows up at the Nook Shopping catalog and you can order new copies already customized (not in the promotion tab, though! you have to browse/search the item catalog).

r_n · Mar 3, 2021

GeoGonzo said:
It's one of those silly things... I'm dealing with it by ordering 5 extra items with a secondary character (which I mostly use to store more items).

Oh hey, I'm guessing most people know this but... if you customize an item like the Shell the new color shows up at the Nook Shopping catalog and you can order new copies already customized (not in the promotion tab, though! you have to browse/search the item catalog).

Huh, I'm shocked the mario items actually show up in the catalog after buying them.
And when I checked the mushroom mural when the update hit it wasnt there...but now it is. And hey I see the pocket camp items now too.

...sadly the seasonal items don't. I'll never understand this game's decisions.

spyroflame0487 · Mar 3, 2021

r_n said:
Huh, I'm shocked the mario items actually show up in the catalog after buying them.
And when I checked the mushroom mural when the update hit it wasnt there...but now it is. And hey I see the pocket camp items now too.

...sadly the seasonal items don't. I'll never understand this game's decisions.

Seasonal items kind of make sense because they're on a rotation for the individual seasons. I believe the Mario (and Pocket Camp) items are permanent additions to the game.

GeoGonzo · Mar 3, 2021

spyroflame0487 said:
Seasonal items kind of make sense because they're on a rotation for the individual seasons. I believe the Mario (and Pocket Camp) items are permanent additions to the game.

Well, to be fair, clothing like "Tree sweater" are seasonal too (only sold during Winter) but once you catalog it you can order it all year round. The game isn't entirely consistent with these things. I guess they simply want to keep seasonal items rare, for some reason?

ev0 · Mar 3, 2021

I'll take 5 item limit over anything having to do with farming balloons. I'm so over that lol

BarryFishFinger · Mar 3, 2021

NotSelf said:
I hope you guys are decorating your islands with the Spider Crab there awesome.

Yep. I've built a temple to spidercrabs.

ned_ballad · Mar 3, 2021

the Thwomp being sort of a gate like prop is pretty neat

You can make a path look walkable but then BAM down comes the gate

Kamala · Mar 3, 2021

ned_ballad said:
the Thwomp being sort of a gate like prop is pretty neat

You can make a path look walkable but then BAM down comes the gate

Ooh, I didn't even think of that - the Thwomp'll make a good guard for the rock garden...

NotSelf · Mar 4, 2021

ned_ballad said:
the Thwomp being sort of a gate like prop is pretty neat
You can make a path look walkable but then BAM down comes the gate

Hey thanks for the idea I put one in front of my main entrances you can actually walk to the side to get in. I think it looks cool when it falls between my two tall lanterns.

lazybones18 · Mar 4, 2021

Anyone need real academic or flowery painting? Redd is here

wiiucollector · Mar 5, 2021

I have Diana visiting at the camp site if anyone wants her. First come, first served (I'll edit once she's been booked away).

Edit: she already had her'ses.

Teriyaki Blues · Mar 5, 2021

wiiucollector said:
I have Diana visiting at the camp site if anyone wants her. First come, first served (I'll edit once she's been booked away).

Edit: she already had her'ses.

Other people can't adopt a villager from your camp site anyway.

Common Knowledge · Mar 5, 2021

So I've come to the conclusion that the number one QoL change I want the most out of literally anything else for this game is being able to give villagers things when they're fucking sitting.

NotSelf · Mar 5, 2021

Common Knowledge said:
So I've come to the conclusion that the number one QoL change I want the most out of literally anything else for this game is being able to give villagers things when they're fucking sitting.

You might know this but I've noticed alot of players don't If there sitting outside on the floor just walk into them and they will stand up it doesn't work in the main plaza also if there sitting in there home you can just walk out then walk back in the house.

Freezasaurus · Mar 5, 2021

Common Knowledge said:
So I've come to the conclusion that the number one QoL change I want the most out of literally anything else for this game is being able to give villagers things when they're fucking sitting.

What? There's no way that should be as big a priority as being able to buy/craft quantity, craft with materials in storage, or be able to buy more than one of each clothing type at a time from Able's.

wiiucollector · Mar 5, 2021

Teriyaki Blues said:
Other people can't adopt a villager from your camp site anyway.

That might explain why they left quietly :)

Mike Works · Mar 6, 2021

Celeste and meteor shower and free DIYs at my island for the next hour or so:

Hidden content

thecouncil · Mar 6, 2021

It seems like flowers aren't creating new flowers (hybrids / duplicates) at the rate they used to. Feels like I'm barely getting any new flowers the day after watering.
Was the rate changed or something since last year?
(I removed all the flowers in my town over winter.)

Freezasaurus · Mar 6, 2021

thecouncil said:
It seems like flowers aren't creating new flowers (hybrids / duplicates) at the rate they used to. Feels like I'm barely getting any new flowers the day after watering.
Was the rate changed or something since last year?
(I removed all the flowers in my town over winter.)

I had a hell of a time getting black cosmos and purple windflowers to duplicate. It seems to help more when other people water, or when it rains.

thecouncil · Mar 6, 2021

Freezasaurus said:
I had a hell of a time getting black cosmos and purple windflowers to duplicate. It seems to help more when other people water, or when it rains.

This year in particular though? I'm feeling like they're not reproducing as quickly as they were last summer/fall. No matter what the combo is. Lol. I mean, I'm on no rush. Just wondering if lower reproduction rates for flowers was a thing that was patched in or something.

Johann Mistletoe · Mar 6, 2021

Say, does anyone have a black Safe? Thinking of giving one to Dobie

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