Let's talk about 2021 egg clues!!

[Firesquids]

Eggs I didn't find are marked in red. This was my first egg hunt and all in all I'm pretty proud I found so many!
I'm super glad I stopped tortuing myself when I did, some of these were pretty tough! I thought I would feel stupid about the ones I missed but I can see why they gave me so much trouble.

Egg 1	Blinded by darkness.	This one was the easiest, as I'm pretty sure we all had the "dark" theme fresh in our minds
Egg 2	A stylish spin, rain or shine.	This one took me a while my guesses were "PINWHEEL", "TORNADO", "WHIRLPOOL", "WINDCATCHER", "WINDCHIME", "WHIRLIGIG", "PARASOL", and then finally I got "UMBRELLA"
Egg 3	The inbound 3:26PM flight from Puroland has been delayed.	I googled "Puroland" and when I saw it was Hello Kitty World I figured to check the Sanrio card thread
Egg 4	Chaotic chatter crossing channels.	Chaos is a synonym for discord, connected the dots pretty quick
Egg 5	Quick, there's an 577 in staff incubation unit #ABB,BAD!	I did not get this one and I posted in that thread a few times lol I thought "staff incubation" was referring to staff applications or new staff announcements, I was looking for one with enough posts to have a post 122 or 214 and didn't find anything
Egg 6	Currencies accepted here: coffee.	I thought for so long that this was referring to the Brewster's Cafe board, eventually I thought of Ko-Fi but then I looked in the Museum Store fruitlessly for hours, eventually I glanced at the home page and saw that it was right there in front of my face for so long lol This was the last egg I found
Egg 7	One year later, wanting something greater. Is saying adieu, worth something anew?	I happened to be in this thread and just stumbled across it by luck
Egg 8	If you'd be so bold as to leaf through the locked logs, then you may check this clue off the list.	Spent forever looking for some reference to "bold" in the locked threads in the New Leaf board lol
Egg 9	Honored with our latest and greatest gift givers.	I was one of the top gift givers so I would have felt really dumb if I missed this one
Egg 10	To be direct, you've seen this egg before. Time travel back to 16:14 EDT on March 22nd 2021 to see it again.	looked over this one so many times looking for an egg icon, but I knew it had to be there, so eventually I looked though it thoroughly enough to spot the tiny "this is an egg" text
Egg 11	Zinc, C, B, or D? Help from the sea if you go to page 3.	Just searched the term "vitamins" and it came up quickly
Egg 12	Want to express yourself using electronic apparatus? I recommend a flaming camelid mammal.	Thought "camelid mammal" was a reference to Saharah or Cyrus/Reese and had no idea where to even start looking
Egg 13	A dozen digits yields many sweet dreams.	12 digits in a dream address, figured this one out pretty much immediately
Egg 14	A surefire means of contacting Donatello's weapon. Posted!	Was a little nervous to post in the contact the staff thread so I just wrote a post saying something like I'm looking for egg 14 sorry if I'm a dummy and I'm wrong about this
Egg 15	The name given to the three-day woodland war fought between a lagomorph and a ghost.	First I had to google "lagomorph" and though I didn't participate in the Holloweaster event as I was taking a break from tbt at the time, I had recently looked though the event thread so it was fresh in my mind
Egg 16	A hooting parliament gathers to turn endless pages.	I literally searched the word "reading" and it was the fourth thread that came up, I don't feel like I deserved this one lol
Egg 17	You'll be searching every nook and cranny for this blue's clue.	I had a big brain moment and somehow knew exactly what to do and searched Nook's Cranny for threads posted by mods
Egg 18	Limited stock, people will flock They must have the neighbors Who are all island-locked.	I tried a few things like "MYSTERYISLAND" and "VILLAGERS"before thinking to write "SANRIO"
Egg 19	Make this extinct bird call and TBTers will line up.	This one feels unfair to me, I kept trying to find it in the How to post a dodo thread before giving up on it entirely
Egg 20	Take a step back and you'll be able to face this tailor-made creature.	This one kind of bums me out, at first I thought it would be in the Able Sisters board and checked there but couldn't find it so then I thought it was a reference to the Dollhouse of Horrors and searched old threads fruitlessly. The worst part about this one is that I has just been in the right thread before that egg was posted in it (I even liked the flatwoods post), probably why I overlooked it, the thread was already marked as read lol
Egg 21	Quail Quail Goose	Honestly I clicked on this egg every time there was a new set of clues posted, along with Vrisnem's signature, glad it eventually worked lol
Egg 22	Once a runner-up, now flies ahead in the baallots.	Figured this one out immediately, still bummed Etoile didn't win, I bet her collectable would be more sought after now than Vesta's is >>
Egg 23	On this day, we appreciate fan-art, signatures, stamps, poems, songs, or anything else made by you.	Not sure how I missed this one, I swear I looked though that thread, I must have just overlooked it
Egg 24	5x2 In full view Always right there under you	Figured this one out quick. It's funny at the start of the event I was most worried about the puzzle ones and they were some of the easiest for me
Egg 25	Help! I forgot how to smile.	I thought this one was a reference to the "What are you happy about today" or "What's bothering you" or "Send Memes" threads. I would have never thought to check the help section and then it's just tiny text that doesn't even say egg lol truly evil

 

[Halloqueen]

I solved 23 out of the 25 clues. The only ones I didn't figure out were #14 and #25.

My favorites would probably be #8, #17, #20 and #23.

My least favorites are #14 and #19. I don't like that you would have to actually create a thread for #14, and #19 depends on you having already made a trading thread or doing so for this purpose. While I fortunately do trade often, have made threads in the Nook's Cranny section in the past and did figure it out, I find #19 to be unfair in particular because not everyone plays online and/or trades.

 

[Airysuit]

I cannot believe, that in all my searches, somehow, I did NOT see the vitamins thread I knew i was looking for something with vitamins and had look all through brewsters cafe but...? I was quiet right about a lot of these, but just couldn't seem to find the right thread Hahah I'm good with puzzles but not with searching I guess

Nr 8 and 14 i would never have guessed/found I'm afraid

 

[Vsmith]

I loved the quail quail goose clue. I stared at the egg banner for awhile and thought it couldn't be... could it?? And low and behold!!! It was an egg!!! Some of those clues were really hard and I knew I was not going to solve those.

 

[Muna]

Ahh I knew #24 was about Collectibles and it was only egg I was a little angry that I couldn’t get right because I was so sure that my guess was right. With rest of eggs that I didn’t found I’m completely fine even when I overlooked some in correct places. I’ve tried so many guesses (COLLECTIBLES duh, INVENTORY, PURCHASABLES, VANITYITEMS, COLLECTION and many many other) and looked for threads explaining how Collectibles work in case I missed official naming or something.
Now I know I wouldn’t ever got it right by myself. English is not my first language and maybe that’s the case although I know what “lineup” means. It’s probably because I haven't seen anyone using this word in relation to the Collectibles. Or even when I did then obviously I didn’t registered it as something common. Well, at least I learned something new.

And about other clues:
#6 made me laugh when I’ve seen it.
Connecting dots of search results to get to the #12 was surprisingly fun.
#14 was really unique even though I didn’t guessed it.
I found #25 looking blindly around but it was clever!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I would've never gotten #25 cause I had no idea that there was a Smilies page in the Help section lol. I had no idea what it was referring to.

Post automatically merged: Apr 6, 2021

English is not my first language and maybe that’s the case although I know what “lineup” means. It’s probably because I haven't seen anyone using this word in relation to the Collectibles. Or even when I did then obviously I didn’t registered it as something common. Well, at least I learned something new.

the reason why I got it immediately is because I've personally heard the word "lineup" be used constantly for collectibles, particularly in the "Explain your lineup" thread, and in the TBT Collectibles Discord there's a channel called "lineup image share."

I guess it's something you really have to stick around to know.

 

[amemome]

For the first time in my life I found all of the eggs! My complete feedback:

Spoiler: Egg Feedback

Egg	Clue	Feedback / Thought Process
1	Blinded by darkness.	Knew this one almost immediately due to the April Fool's prank a couple days before the Egg Hunt.
2	A stylish spin, rain or shine.	Initially thought it was a reference to the magic wand, which changes your outfit in game ("stylish spin" and your character spins to change clothes). I also thought it might be a reference to poses due to the "stylish spin" line.
3	The inbound 3:26PM flight from Puroland has been delayed.	Knew this one immediately. Puroland = Sanrio Land, 3:26 as a reference to when Sanrio Amiibos were made available in this year's restock.
4	Chaotic chatter crossing channels.	Tried checking multiple Discord-related channels. Glad I found the right one!
5	Quick, there's an 577 in staff incubation unit #ABB,BAD!	This one was kinda annoying but I was able to find it! I think most of the time I was looking for mod posts since these tend to be the ones that are edited to include eggs.
6	Currencies accepted here: coffee.	Knew this was a Ko-fi reference but tried looking at Bell Tree Direct posts before ultimately clicking the Ko-fi link.
7	One year later, wanting something greater. Is saying adieu, worth something anew?	Struggled with this one. Thought it would be linked to New Horizon's One Year anniversary so I checked all the threads in the New Horizon's board that referenced the anniversary and maybe wanting improvements in game ("one year", "wanting something greater"). Eventually I tried looking for "adieu" and "goodbye", and then checked some resetting threads.
8	If you'd be so bold as to leaf through the locked logs, then you may check this clue off the list.	This was a bit tricky. I knew it was a reference to the archived Blog Tree, so I checked posts in it. I also looked for references to "check lists" ("check this clue") and New Leaf ("leaf through"). Eventually found the egg in "mark all read")
9	Honored with our latest and greatest gift givers.	Thought maybe there was a category in Ko-fi or in the Members menu for top donators. Then I remembered the donation drive for the Christmas event!
10	To be direct, you've seen this egg before. Time travel back to 16:14 EDT on March 22nd 2021 to see it again.	Checked Bell Tree Directs ("to be direct") based on the time frame and then looked for mod posts.
11	Zinc, C, B, or D? Help from the sea if you go to page 3.	First I looked in the Marijuana/Alcohol thread ("CBD" lol). Then I looked up "vitamin" ("zinc, C, B, D") and went to page 3.
12	Want to express yourself using electronic apparatus? I recommend a flaming camelid mammal.	I draw using FireAlpaca so I knew this was a reference to FireAlpaca. I went to different threads referencing FireAlpaca.
13	A dozen digits yields many sweet dreams.	Knew this was a reference to Dream Addresses.
14	A surefire means of contacting Donatello's weapon. Posted!	Struggled a bit due to not wanting to post any messages to staff. I knew this was a reference to contacting staff, but tottered between contacting staff (the board) versus contacting Bobo (Donatello's weapon is a Bo and he has two (Bo x2 = Bobo)). Eventually wrote a post in Contact Staff with a huge apology for potentially bothering them. Don't really know if this kind of egg encourages bad forum behavior (contacting staff for non-urgent purposes) or not...
15	The name given to the three-day woodland war fought between a lagomorph and a ghost.	Bunny + ghost = Halloweaster.
16	A hooting parliament gathers to turn endless pages.	Struggled. Thought it would be in the bird mafia threads (hooting = bird sounds, parliament = judgement). I also tried looking at Twitter or endless scroll, but no juice. Then I checked previous Easter Egg hunts just in case there were any hints/ types of questions that read similarly and got clued into books. I eventually found the correct thread there.
17	You'll be searching every nook and cranny for this blue's clue.	Nook Cranny was easy, and figured I'd be looking for mod posts (reference to username color have been used in previous egg hunts). Went through searching every mod until I found the right thread.
18	Limited stock, people will flock They must have the neighbors Who are all island-locked.	Sanrio. Pretty straightforward since I was also struggling to get the Sanrio Amiibo cards.
19	Make this extinct bird call and TBTers will line up.	Struggled a tiny bit. Wondered if this was a reference to the old Dodo Business Class board. Also tried looking up Celeste/ Shooting stars/ Turnips since those seems to make people "line up" to get on an island. This one was easier to solve after knowing how to solve the Blog Tree Archives clue and the Contact Staff clue, since both encouraged doing forum posting/reading behaviors.
20	Take a step back and you'll be able to face this tailor-made creature.	Knew it was Able Sisters related. The correct post was actually the top post at the time I was looking so I found it quickly.
21	Quail Quail Goose	Knew it was Egg decoration related ("quail" -> you can use quail eggs to decorate"), and coincidentally clicked the Goose pic.
22	Once a runner-up, now flies ahead in the baallots.	Struggled. I wanted to go to the Fairgrounds to search the Counting Sheep posts. I also looked through all of the Voting Booth posts to check for sheep. Also checked all posts about Vesta or Vesta versus. Also checked for Baabara posts ("baallots"). Eventually checked for Etoile posts and remembered seeing a Sanrio vote thread.
23	On this day, we appreciate fan-art, signatures, stamps, poems, songs, or anything else made by you.	Struggled. Knew it was going to be either an artist-related answer or a museum-related answer, since the clue uses the description of the museum board. Checked all variations of artist appreciation/ art contest threads before finally checking museum-related threads. Eventually found the museum day thread.
24	5x2 In full view Always right there under you	LINEUP!!! Super straightforward to me.
25	Help! I forgot how to smile.	First checked for Blanca posts and under Zipper T. Bunny's profile since neither smile. I don't really know how but I thought of forum emotes. I believe there were clues in previous easters that also utilized this kind of approach (looking at forum rules, checking menu bars for eggs, etc.)

Overall I'm not sure if Egg 14 was a "good egg" as it might encourage bad forum practices (spamming mods). But other ones were fair enough and I had a lot of fun looking for the eggs!

I encourage everyone to check all previous Easter egg clues if you get stuck. Lots of the same rationale/ thinking process involved.