#hep plays animal crossing new horizons

[hepbaestus]

So uhhh you think this will pay off a debt to Tom Nook?

13 Ocean Sunfish

10 Great White Sharks

3 Whale Sharks

2 Hammerhead Sharks

Equated to 257,000 Bells

That at least pays off a third of my debt to Tom Nook for this house upgrade.

[hepbaestus]

Can you tell I have a favourite villager? like look at him

I've been taking so many photos of Sherb it's unreal, he just looks so good in this camera setting. I'm so lucky he was one of the villagers that moved in when I placed those first three houses.

I'm also just posting this as a way to ask for help (/j), I've spent the past 4 hours digging up manila clams (three whole inventories worth) to make into fish bait and I've finally caught all the available fish at the pier. Now for the pond and river (yippee /s).

[hepbaestus]

I miss them...

[hepbaestus]

Villager Hunting Trip 3 (29/07-31/07)

I have 20k bells, 10 NMT and a little amount of hope.

My island has a theme and to fit that theme, I'm looking for Ankha, Bill, Deirdre, Frobert, Peanut, Raymond and Static. I already have Chevre and Sherb who are also a part of the theme.

Realistically, I'm gonna have to get real lucky to get Ankha and Raymond because there are so many different cats in the game that it's not likely that I'll get either of them very quickly.

Nonetheless, the hunt begins...

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The first island of today's hunt was a bamboo island with Tiffany inhabiting it. Her look is definitely something. I respect the bold outfit and lippy. There was a recipe in a bottle but I already knew it sadge. I forgot to take a photo.

Orange fruit tree island was my second trip with Shari there.

Third island had Boone on it and was a regular tree island.

This fourth island was definitely the funkiest, It had a moat around a four tier island. Naomi was there was a fossil spot but they're not important when there's this cool mountain moat! This is the coolest island I've ever seen because there are only sharks in the sea. No other fish. This is the money making island.

Fifth island was a regular tree island with Peaches (the villager, not the fruit). There was both a fossil spot and a recipe in a bottle but besides that, nothing much else.

Margie the elephant was on a spiral island next, I quickly left after taking this photo.

Dobie the wolf was on a bamboo island, I've never even heard of this villager so meeting him was fun.

Zucker was on this short river island as was a recipe for a pear hat (one of the 2 fruits that I don't have on my island).

Elsie was on a spiral island. She gives me librarian vibes but that might just be the glasses and long sleeve dress. This is the eighth island of this third villager hunt During this time I've had Blaire move in to replace Celia who moved out earlier today (31/07).

On the ninth island, which was a waterfall island, Louie was there. Isn't he the donkey kong reimagination for animal crossing or is that a different monkey villager? I forgot to take a photo ;-;

On this final island, Eloise the elephant was there. I'll take her because she's cute but she's not going to be permanent. Nevermind, looking at her house, she might replace Ankha because I much prefer Eloise's house + decor over Ankha's.

[hepbaestus]

Villager Hunting Trip 2 pt.1

^reminds me of Supernatural, when Dean's telling Sam that "Dad's on a hunting trip and he hasn't been home in a few days" in season 1.

I have 20k bells, 20 NMT and a little amount of hope. I'm giving myself a limit of 20 NMT, so if I haven't found one of the few villagers I want, I must take the 20th villager.

My island has a theme and to fit that theme, I'm looking for Ankha, Bill, Chevre, Deirdre, Frobert, Peanut, Raymond and Static. I already have Sherb who's also a part of the theme.

Realistically, I'm gonna have to get real lucky to get Ankha and Raymond because there are so many different cats in the game that it's not likely that I'll get either of them very quickly.

Nonetheless, the hunt begins...

Under a read more because it's a fair amount of images and text :)

The first island and it's a spiral island! -_- reminds me of level 19 in Stardew Valley's mines. Snake was there and he freaks me out a lil bit not gonna lie.

The second island was a big pond island and Sly was there. There's a theme occurring in this hunt, I can already tell. Before I left I caught a Whale Shark on the dock!

The third island was pretty boring, though it did have both a fossil spot and a recipe in a bottle. Midge was there and she was cute but not what I'm looking for.

The fourth island was a mundane river island and had Sheldon on it. There's nothing really else to add about this island, it kinda sucked.

The fifth island was a money island! Rio was there too, she seemed pretty fun but I left her behind (desculpe Brasil!)

The sixth island was another river island with Naomi on it. There was nothing else to it other than a recipe in a bottle. Naomi freaked me out a lil, her colour palette is very bright.

The seventh island was a waterfall island with Erik on it! I was really tempted to take Erik because of his catchphrase being 'Chow down' (reminded me of a certain bald streamer's "Clown down")

The eighth island was another money island and Gayle was there.

Ninth island was another waterfall island with Phil on the second level. I forgot to take a photo for this island.

The tenth island was a mountain island with Deena at the top.

[hepbaestus]

Villager Hunting Trip 1

I have 20k bells, 10 NMT and a little amount of hope.

My island has a theme and to fit that theme, I'm looking for Ankha, Bill, Chevre, Deirdre, Frobert, Peanut, Raymond and Static. I already have Sherb who's also a part of the theme.

Realistically, I'm gonna have to get real lucky to get Ankha and Raymond because there are so many different cats in the game that it's not likely that I'll get either of them very quickly.

Nonetheless, the hunt begins...

Under a read more because it's a fair amount of images and text :)

I get some insane luck with my first mystery island being a money island (🤞 hopefully the luck continues). Marcie was waiting for me here, she was cute and would've likely fit with the theme but I didn't want to give the space to the first villager I saw.

Second island, not so lucky but I did catch an Ocean Sunfish (I already had one but the bells make up for the lackluster island). Ozzie inhabited this island.

Third island and what the fuck it's another money island. I didn't realise that money islands also double the amount that the coins/bags give you. Like I was getting 500 bells from the coins and up to 4K from the bags. Lobo was there too.

The fourth island was underwhelming; rain, flowers I already had and crappy catches. Tybalt was there too, reminding me of year 11 English class when we read Romeo and Juliet.

Fifth island and I am so confused. This is my third money island! They only have a 5% chance of being chosen/spawning. Also Chevre was here! And it only took 5 NMT! So obviously, she's invited back to my island. I am so so so glad that you can combine money bags and coins by holding down A, because my inventory was full of money (so much so that I couldn't pick up more from the rocks).

And because you can only invite one villager back to your island per day, that concludes trip 1 of villager hunting and what a successful one at that.

As I previously mentioned, I started with 20k. I ended up with a total of almost 139K from those 3 money islands and 8k from selling from fish/bugs.

I hope this luck continues.

[hepbaestus]

Everywhere I go, it makes me think of him T-T

[hepbaestus]

Everything makes me think of them ;-;

If you look closely my lil guys eyes are Pac Man shaped. I definitely did not do that on purpose.

[hepbaestus]

So I'm still playing ACNH, right and some new islanders moved in and I got Sherb!!!

Don't judge the outfit, it's a work in progress. Currently it's a mix of Luigi and Frisk.

[hepbaestus]

Welcome to what I've spent my day doing.

I have done literally nothing else today.

[hepbaestus]

Am I procrastinating writing by restarting my ACNH island?

Yes. Yes I am.

I already have all my villagers planned out :3

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Sherb had the thought bubble over his head, the one that means they're thinking of leaving, and the panic that set in me? Immeasurable.

Turns out he just had a dream about me wanting some full body tights. So he gave them to me.

I swear if he, Chevre or Eloise ever have the bubble over their head and want to leave I'll be extremely sad.

[hepbaestus]

Villager Hunting Trip 2 pt.2

I have 20k bells, 20 NMT and a little amount of hope. I'm giving myself a limit of 20 NMT, so if I haven't found one of the few villagers I want, I must take the 20th villager.

My island has a theme and to fit that theme, I'm looking for Ankha, Bill, Deirdre, Frobert, Peanut, Raymond and Static. I already have Chevre and Sherb who's also a part of the theme.

Realistically, I'm gonna have to get real lucky to get Ankha and Raymond because there are so many different cats in the game that it's not likely that I'll get either of them very quickly.

Nonetheless, the hunt begins...

Under a read more because it's a fair amount of images and text :)

Eleventh island was a normal with Hugh, the fact that his eyes are two different colours is cool but not cool enough for Isla Rosa.

Twelfth island was basic with just trees. Grizzly was there, very lumberjack looking with his plaid shirt.

Thirteenth island had Leonardo the Tiger.

Fourteenth island had Bubbles and was another mountain. Just like the previous couple, I left immediately.

Jambette was on the fifteenth island, there was nothing special about that island, just a pretty big river.

My island's sister fruit (oranges) island had Lyman inhabiting it. This is the sixteenth island and I'm losing hope :].

Friga was on the mountainous seventeenth island.

I think that the game's trying to tell me something with Erik's reappearance on this eighteenth mountain tree island. I think that I'm gonna end today's hunt here by inviting him to Isla Rosa. He may not fit the island but I can't wait to get his villager picture.

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