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Post by littlemama on Jul 13, 2021 20:54:02 GMT
Next time you go to the museum, stand next to Blathers and show off a bug. 😂😂
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 13, 2021 21:06:55 GMT
Next time you go to the museum, stand next to Blathers and show off a bug. 😂😂 Ohhh, logging on now! I am also going to open up my island, still need to do lots of stuff, but I have a pool and a few other new spots. If anyone comes by let me know if you can tell which is my new favorite feature!
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 13, 2021 21:07:19 GMT
I suspect that dh and I will both stop playing after our week's vacation. We wont take it with us and we are both currently just obsessively doing the daily chores and not much more. It has kind of lost its luster for us since there is nothing new and none of us seem to be opening up our islands. I have been totally lazy about opening my island but I think you can't if you are in construction mode and I am 90% of the time.. blah...I really don't need to be but I am.
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 13, 2021 21:08:28 GMT
Oh, and I have lots of DIYs I will be selling soon, so please come check them out. Any flowers by the DIYs are free to good home.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 13, 2021 21:28:42 GMT
I suspect that dh and I will both stop playing after our week's vacation. We wont take it with us and we are both currently just obsessively doing the daily chores and not much more. It has kind of lost its luster for us since there is nothing new and none of us seem to be opening up our islands. My island was open this afternoon. Lately I've just been doing the daily chores also but for some reason I don't mind that. I do all the double Nook Mile tasks, find all the fossils, find the money tree spot, find the bottle, catch sharks if it's still early enough, check on my gold roses, dig up a few flowers, gift my one villager whose photo I don't have...etc. Occasionally I think about some decorating. I've started an ice cream area but it will probably be Fall before it's done. hahaha I don't really mind doing it this way. I know I still have some bugs to catch, and some art to get for the museum. Once I figure out what those are I'll put my mind to looking for those when Redd visits.
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Post by baylorgrad on Jul 13, 2021 21:44:01 GMT
I know we can't share fish or bugs, but can we share models of fish or bugs? I have some spare coelacanths that I was going to have made into a model the next time CJ visits. I already have a coelacanth model, so I thought I'd see if it were possible to share models.
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 13, 2021 22:06:01 GMT
I know we can't share fish or bugs, but can we share models of fish or bugs? I have some spare coelacanths that I was going to have made into a model the next time CJ visits. I already have a coelacanth model, so I thought I'd see if it were possible to share models. It is possible to share models!
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 13, 2021 22:29:26 GMT
Does anyone have any orange life rings? I can send gold or red life rings in exchange!
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 13, 2021 22:39:21 GMT
Does anyone have any orange life rings? I can send gold or red life rings in exchange! Just sent you two!
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 13, 2021 22:43:05 GMT
Does anyone have any orange life rings? I can send gold or red life rings in exchange! Just sent you two! Thank you!
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naby64
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Post by naby64 on Jul 14, 2021 2:43:30 GMT
Ok, setting the clock forward got me the horned atlas immediately and then the horned dynastid. I have been running all over the island with my net and can't lure a stinkin' scorpion out for anything.
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Post by naby64 on Jul 14, 2021 2:50:32 GMT
And it is hard to capture it but it is so cute when you go stand next to Blathers with a bug. Thanks littlemama for that fun tip!
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 14, 2021 10:13:36 GMT
And it is hard to capture it but it is so cute when you go stand next to Blathers with a bug. Thanks littlemama for that fun tip! I'm going to try this! hahaha I'm with Blathers and his opinion of bugs.... ick ick ick. Especially these big huge Animal Crossing ones which I have learned (just since I started playing AC) are REAL BUGS! The stuff of nightmares!
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Post by baylorgrad on Jul 14, 2021 19:03:09 GMT
I have Saharah today. It took me awhile this morning to find my visitor -- she was wandering around behind Nook's and my house, so not easily seen. I got a mysterious flooring (street flooring) and mysterious wallpaper (can't remember).
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Post by baylorgrad on Jul 15, 2021 1:47:43 GMT
I’m about to give up on catching the very rare beetles. 😕 I practically make laps around my island, checking the palm trees. Very depressing.
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Post by redbusc on Jul 15, 2021 2:00:04 GMT
Opening my gate. Music items out to catalog and all the umbrellas (first level and beach to the right of the airport).
Free items to the left of the airport and the left beach as well.
Have fun! I might just keep the gate open all night in case somebody wants to catalog before I get up in the morning.
I forgot to mention that I have extra copies of the music stand diy and a stack of hardwood to go with it. I believe there are enough for 13 in case you need it.
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Post by Minnesota*Mom on Jul 15, 2021 2:43:03 GMT
I’m about to give up on catching the very rare beetles. 😕 I practically make laps around my island, checking the palm trees. Very depressing. Use your Nook Miles to go to a mystery island with mostly empty pockets. (I only bring tools that are useful. I leave the slingshot and watering can at home) Clear everything except the palm trees. (You have to crush all the rocks, pick all the flowers, weeds, and chop down all the other trees). Drop the flowers you picked on the beach, and anything else you picked up. Getting rid of everything makes it so there are fewer places for bugs to spawn. Move the palm trees to a convenient location if there is a river or something that makes it hard to get to them on your rounds of the island. Scare away any bugs you do not want. (Like the green drone beetle, it's not worth much) Be extra careful not to miss the hermit crabs as they count as a bug but look like a shell. Catch and release mosquitos or any other bug that doesn't scare away. Run around the island and continue to check the 4 palm trees. They will attract most of the bugs, and now you can catch and keep what you want. I have been spending a lot of time over the last few weeks doing this and last night I finally caught my last beetle for June/July. You can stay as long as you want on the mystery island, so take your time. The beginning work can be boring and tedious, but is is worth it to catch those rare bugs. Just remember to sneak up on them! They scare so easily. If nothing else, you can go home with a pocket full of high value beetles. edit: I forgot to add that after you chop down all the trees you don't want, be sure to dig up the stumps as well. Otherwise bugs will spawn on the stumps. The goal is to get more high value/rare bugs on the palm trees and leave little to no other options for them to spawn.
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Post by sassyangel on Jul 15, 2021 3:26:59 GMT
I’m about to give up on catching the very rare beetles. 😕 I practically make laps around my island, checking the palm trees. Very depressing. Some of them don’t come out till after 11pm I just noticed, so maybe try moving your clock forward a bit at night to give yourself a longer time to get them?
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Post by kluski on Jul 15, 2021 4:37:30 GMT
Opening my gate. Music items out to catalog and all the umbrellas (first level and beach to the right of the airport). Free items to the left of the airport and the left beach as well. Have fun! I might just keep the gate open all night in case somebody wants to catalog before I get up in the morning. I forgot to mention that I have extra copies of the music stand diy and a stack of hardwood to go with it. I believe there are enough for 13 in case you need it. Dang it.. I forgot to stop over. I followed @minnesota*Mom ‘s suggestion for catching the July beetles. I actually found it quite therapeutic to clear the island down to six trees and just run around the island catching what I wanted and chasing away the others. I did catch one new one, the giant something...
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Post by redbusc on Jul 15, 2021 5:04:13 GMT
I will leave my gate open all night just in case anybody wants to come over. Shops are closed now, but feel free to catch whatever you can and catalog whatever you want. Also, please take as much of the free stuff you want. (Free items to the left of the airport… catalog items in their own fenced in read even on the beach to the right of the airport.)
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 15, 2021 10:09:55 GMT
Next time you go to the museum, stand next to Blathers and show off a bug. 😂😂 I tried this just now but he didn't do anything. Maybe it has to be done at night when he's awake?
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Post by littlemama on Jul 15, 2021 11:51:04 GMT
Next time you go to the museum, stand next to Blathers and show off a bug. 😂😂 I tried this just now but he didn't do anything. Maybe it has to be done at night when he's awake? Oh, yes! You have to wake him up first. I left that out!
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 15, 2021 13:25:43 GMT
I went to kluski's island last night.. Turtle Bay... SO cute... love your island! only one opened... I am afraid that everyone closes up before I can play.. but that is okay.. lol
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Post by kluski on Jul 15, 2021 13:31:14 GMT
I went to kluski 's island last night.. Turtle Bay... SO cute... love your island! only one opened... I am afraid that everyone closes up before I can play.. but that is okay.. lol I appreciate the compliment but I wasn’t open and I’m under construction so definitely not cute. 😳 There’s another Pea with Turtle Bay maybe she was open.
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Post by naby64 on Jul 15, 2021 13:58:54 GMT
I’m about to give up on catching the very rare beetles. 😕 I practically make laps around my island, checking the palm trees. Very depressing. Some of them don’t come out till after 11pm I just noticed, so maybe try moving your clock forward a bit at night to give yourself a longer time to get them? This is exactly what I did the other night. I caught 2 almost immediately that were needed. Minnesota*Mom I have heard that advice before but I don't think I had ever really read what was needed to do in the clearing of the island. Your explanation made so much sense. I have some extra Nook miles tickets and need to try this.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 15, 2021 14:04:38 GMT
Some of them don’t come out till after 11pm I just noticed, so maybe try moving your clock forward a bit at night to give yourself a longer time to get them? This is exactly what I did the other night. I caught 2 almost immediately that were needed. Minnesota*Mom I have heard that advice before but I don't think I had ever really read what was needed to do in the clearing of the island. Your explanation made so much sense. I have some extra Nook miles tickets and need to try this. I'm going to go try it right now. I'll set my clock ahead to 11:00 p.m. and we will see.... I'll report back
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 15, 2021 14:49:55 GMT
I went to kluski 's island last night.. Turtle Bay... SO cute... love your island! only one opened... I am afraid that everyone closes up before I can play.. but that is okay.. lol I appreciate the compliment but I wasn’t open and I’m under construction so definitely not cute. 😳 There’s another Pea with Turtle Bay maybe she was open. HAHA.. I have no idea then!! So funny. If I am not familiar with another island I check the list to see who I am visiting, and your name I guess came up first under Turtle Bay! I didn't think anything else about it. So whatever pea island I visited.. very cute... Maybe seveerb ... lol sorry!
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 15, 2021 14:56:27 GMT
I went to kluski 's island last night.. Turtle Bay... SO cute... love your island! only one opened... I am afraid that everyone closes up before I can play.. but that is okay.. lol I am usually opened at 6 pm PST on, but haven’t had visitors in ages. I will open up in a few hours since I am off today. I will be AFK, but will open up. I have a few new areas and my new favorite thing, but still lots of open space. I have a lot of DIYS I am going to sell tonight though, and gold rose plants that are up for grabs too.
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Post by kluski on Jul 15, 2021 15:18:19 GMT
How do you leave the game open when you’re afk? Mine goes to sleep then disconnects from the internet. I’m sure there must be a setting somewhere that I’ve missed.
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Post by baylorgrad on Jul 15, 2021 15:19:15 GMT
I went to kluski 's island last night.. Turtle Bay... SO cute... love your island! only one opened... I am afraid that everyone closes up before I can play.. but that is okay.. lol I am usually opened at 6 pm PST on, but haven’t had visitors in ages. I will open up in a few hours since I am off today. I will be AFK, but will open up. I have a few new areas and my new favorite thing, but still lots of open space. I have a lot of DIYS I am going to sell tonight though, and gold rose plants that are up for grabs too. I saw your island was open the other night, so I tried to visit...kept getting an error, so I figured you were in the process of closing your gate.
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