The Roost - All things Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch

So I made the decision to start playing this again after 11 months. Amazed to see all my old friends still there - I guess they don't leave on their own? Also, way less weeds than I expected. I had almost 2mil bells saved up, looks like a good chunk of that's going to go to the house storage upgrade and the co-op stuff. Looking forward to getting Brewster on my island.

Anything else I miss in my long absence?
 
GritNGlitter said:
I have wheat, sugar, tomatoes, carrots, potatoes--and obviously pumpkins--growing on my island right now. Should be able to make flour tomorrow, though I'm not a big fan of eating in the game. My daughter, however, loves eating in the game, then using the bathroom. It's probably her favorite part of animal crossing. "That takes care of that!" and cue hysterical laughter.
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This reminds me of my wife, who out of nowhere last week told Blathers to "Get bent!" as she left the museum and now she's said it every time since. And she laughs hysterically.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
I have to remember that I bought some this week for the first time in awhile. Daisy Mae will send you some exclusive cooking recipes the next day after buying turnips so I had to get some.
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That's good to know! I've got plenty of bells to burn currently, so I haven't been buying turnips, but.

On a related note, since getting Redd in the co-op last week, I've almost doubled my art collection from the 6+ months I played it previously.
 
Fillip J Phry said:
That's good to know! I've got plenty of bells to burn currently, so I haven't been buying turnips, but.

On a related note, since getting Redd in the co-op last week, I've almost doubled my art collection from the 6+ months I played it previously.
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Glad SOMEONE is having luck with that guy...I've had nothing but fakes since he set up shop on Harv's island
 
Heath said:
Glad SOMEONE is having luck with that guy...I've had nothing but fakes since he set up shop on Harv's island
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The first 4 days all had something new that I didn't have. The last 3 have had the same two fakes every day. That being said, I only ever got a handful of real ones on the rare occasion when Redd would actually stop by the island, and he often had a lot of duplicates, so my collection is tiny.
 
Fillip J Phry said:
The first 4 days all had something new that I didn't have. The last 3 have had the same two fakes every day. That being said, I only ever got a handful of real ones on the rare occasion when Redd would actually stop by the island, and he often had a lot of duplicates, so my collection is tiny.
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I need to go through what I have and see what real pieces I have in my storage as extras and offer them up on here. I believe I have a handful of extras that I just keep getting over and over again instead of the stuff I still need. and I'm gonna banish Redd from my island if he doesn't stop trying to sell me more Quaint Paintings. I feel like every time I get a real piece as an option, it's that damn Vermeer.
 
Fillip J Phry said:
That's good to know! I've got plenty of bells to burn currently, so I haven't been buying turnips, but.

On a related note, since getting Redd in the co-op last week, I've almost doubled my art collection from the 6+ months I played it previously.
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That's good. My wife and I share an island so our art collection is probably 80% complete. Having said that, Redd on Harvs island hasn't yet had anything we actually need.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
What makes you bad at it? It's a fairly simple game.
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I’m just acquiring stuff, randomly, with no plans for what to do with it.

Everyone building elaborate buildings and decors and I’m out here wondering how I managed to cover every square foot of my entire island in trees and flowers while my house looks like alternately a dorm room/crackhouse/episode of hoarders.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
What makes you bad at it? It's a fairly simple game.
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Corycm said:
I’m just acquiring stuff, randomly, with no plans for what to do with it.

Everyone building elaborate buildings and decors and I’m out here wondering how I managed to cover every square foot of my entire island in trees and flowers while my house looks like alternately a dorm room/crackhouse/episode of hoarders.
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Yeah, this. It's not like I struggle with the literal mechanics, but I have a couple seasonal recipes each season, a lot--but not all--of the various museum creatures. My island is very unplanned natural. And now what the hell am I supposed to do with all this food? 💀
 
GritNGlitter said:
Yeah, this. It's not like I struggle with the literal mechanics, but I have a couple seasonal recipes each season, a lot--but not all--of the various museum creatures. My island is very unplanned natural. And now what the hell am I supposed to do with all this food? 💀
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Everybody plays the game a little different. It's always important to me to get all the bugs/fish/fossils/art and donate them to the museum. I also don't let a villager move out without getting their photo first. As for decorating, that's more of my wife's thing but like the museum items I'm a completionist so I like to acquire one of everything (furniture, clothing, etc) even if they just go into storage.
 
GritNGlitter said:
Yeah, this. It's not like I struggle with the literal mechanics, but I have a couple seasonal recipes each season, a lot--but not all--of the various museum creatures. My island is very unplanned natural. And now what the hell am I supposed to do with all this food? 💀
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I've got bits that are organized, like my music room inside, and little cafe and wrestling ring outside, but the whole north and middle south of my island has been almost entirely taken over by various flowers that have grown more than the weeds did in my absence. The other rooms in my house are in various states of organization. I have a farmland looking floor in my main room, and one of my friends on the island gave me a mat for wiping your feet. I laughed harder than I should have at the thought of having that at the entrance of my house. Can't have anyone tracking mud in on my dirt floor.

Like Leif says: "You gotta do what makes you happy." There's no right way to play this game.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
Everybody plays the game a little different. It's always important to me to get all the bugs/fish/fossils/art and donate them to the museum. I also don't let a villager move out without getting their photo first. As for decorating, that's more of my wife's thing but like the museum items I'm a completionist so I like to acquire one of everything (furniture, clothing, etc) even if they just go into storage.
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This is my M.O. too, I gotta collect all the things. Having a bit of an existential crisis now that I can customize items a lot more...like, do I count myself as getting all the variations when I get one item? Or do I make myself try to get all of the variations naturally, to the extent I can? These are the things that keep me up at night.

Also I really want more museum collectibles! Not sure what exactly they could add, but filling out my museum has been the most enjoyable part of the game for me.

Corycm said:
I spend a lot of time fishing and chasing bugs. I still have t figured out how to capture a dang wasp even a year plus later.
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Stand in front of trees to shake them. Then when there's a wasp, don't touch any buttons. Your character *should* automatically turn to face the wasp and put you in the perfect spot to just swing your net and catch the lil bugger
 
Heath said:
Stand in front of trees to shake them. Then when there's a wasp, don't touch any buttons. Your character *should* automatically turn to face the wasp and put you in the perfect spot to just swing your net and catch the lil bugger
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And already have your net in hand while you're shaking the trees
 
Heath said:
This is my M.O. too, I gotta collect all the things. Having a bit of an existential crisis now that I can customize items a lot more...like, do I count myself as getting all the variations when I get one item? Or do I make myself try to get all of the variations naturally, to the extent I can? These are the things that keep me up at night.
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Thanks to Cyrus I was finally able to get the last pinball table that I needed (the haunted house variation) for my basement arcade. I hadn't seen it in all these months of playing.
 
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