Zipper T. Bunny
NPC
Welcome to The Bell Tree's Tenth Annual Easter Egg Hunt! It is I, your illustrious host, Zipper T. Bunny, and we have another very exciting event this year. I'm well aware of the love each one of you have for the annual egg hunt, so this time I have extra eggs for you to find and extra collectibles for you to purchase. After all, this is the tenth one, so it should be extra special! And, as you may have heard, there are many changes happening this time, so be sure to read the eggstructions carefully! I'm sorry, I forgot to include an egg pun until the last minute.
If this is your very first egg hunt on The Bell Tree, your objective is to follow the clues listed in the table below which will give you egg currency. Some can be found in various places across The Bell Tree, while others require you to submit a correct word. Some should be solved privately, while others can be solved as a community, publicly in this thread. More about this will be explained in the egg types section below. Once you receive egg currency, you can spend it in the shop to receive egg collectibles! One person will even win the Golden Easter Egg collectible.
The first batch of eggs have been released Friday April 15th at 7:00 PM EDT. More will continue to be released throughout Saturday and Sunday. You have until Monday April 18th 2022 at 10:00 PM EDT to find as many eggs as you can. After that point they will all spoil and will no longer be redeemable. Then the answers will be posted so you can check how you did!
This year, we're not disqualifying participants who privately share answers. However, we do ask that you be respectful to users who wish to work alone. Don't beg for help or spoil answers without permission. In some cases, working alone may also be beneficial because we are adding new bonus rewards this year.
Bonuses will allow you to receive extra currency and, if you're this year's lucky egg hunt winner, the Golden Easter Egg. These will be distributed after the event ends:
| Achievement | Reward |
|---|---|
| 1 of only 100 or fewer people to redeem an egg (doesn't apply to community clues) | +1 egg currency |
| First person to find an egg | +2 egg currency |
| First person to find the most eggs | Golden Easter Egg |
With six brand new egg collectibles, it's the most we've ever released with an egg hunt! Spend your egg currency on these egg collectibles in the shop. The coveted Golden Easter Egg will, of course, now be given to the person who answered the most clues first instead of being sold directly in the shop.
Pay careful attention to the egg types because they describe how to solve each egg! Each batch has two solo clues, one community clue, and one puzzle.
- Solo Clue: This is a typical clue that will give you an idea of where you might find the egg around TBT. It will often (but not always) appear as a link or small egg graphic, which you can click to receive your egg currency. They don't all look the same. While many may be located in forum threads, this is not always the case. Solo clues are meant to be worked on individually or privately, so do not publicly share or ask for information that helps solve them.
- Community Clue: A community clue is like a solo clue in that it's hidden somewhere on TBT. However, community clues can be discussed and solved by the entire community, directly in this thread. When public discussing these clues, be sure to clarify the egg number in your post so other users know which one you're talking about. These clues are typically more difficult, so the whole community can work together in order to solve them!
- Puzzle: For these eggs, you must submit a specific code or word in order to receive them. Use the clue to work out your best guess and submit it by making a thread in the Private Contest and Event Submission board (click here). Input your guess and egg # into the fields. The thread's title and body can be anything. You only have one guess and the first four puzzles end early, so check the table to see the amount of time you have left. Once the clue ends, the staff will distribute the egg currency to each person who got it correct. Misspellings will not be accepted, but certain translations and similar variations may be accepted.
| Egg | First Sighting | Type | Clue | Early Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg 1 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT | Solo | Do not pass Nook's Cranny, do not collect 200 bells. | |
| Egg 2 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT | Community | Where your latest favourites unravel. | |
| Egg 3 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT | Solo | To find this egg you'll need to fashion a skeleton key. | |
| Egg 4 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT | Puzzle | Your identification to take you to the skies. | Apr 16 10:00 PM EDT (closed) |
| Egg 5 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Solo | Turn out your wallets and confess your sins. | |
| Egg 6 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Community | Reinforcements are sailing here this morning, but they must wait to see the horizon. (Hint posted Apr 18 6:00 PM EDT) | |
| Egg 7 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Solo | Maybe if we hide an egg here people will actually read it. | |
| Egg 8 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Puzzle |
A measterious letter lies before you,
One eggceptionally strange! Solve for the numerical value of ?? And you'll earn a prize in eggschange! You'll have to think like a detective hardboiled, But we'll give you a few more clues: Ruby and Cole work like opposites, White and red, black and blue. Hopkins and Cole are much closer, Like a collection of eggs in a batch. As for Coco: she's quite irreggular, With no known operation to match. 
| Apr 17 10:00 PM EDT (closed) |
| Egg 9 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Solo | Animal Crossing's big 2022 release. | |
| Egg 10 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Community | Window shopping outside for something new and shiny, but your wallet is always empty. | |
| Egg 11 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Solo | Weaponised children meltdown circa 2006. | |
| Egg 12 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Puzzle | Our favorite new neighbor arrived hopping into town. | Apr 17 10:00 PM EDT (closed) |
| Egg 13 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Solo | Behind them, a colorful refraction returned. But not in this form. | |
| Egg 14 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Community | Sprocket, Del, and Ribbot are in our campsite, but they cannot move in. | |
| Egg 15 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Solo | Make sure you get my good side! No, the other good side! | |
| Egg 16 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Puzzle |
Find these three special items:
| Apr 17 10:00 PM EDT (closed) |
| Egg 17 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Solo | Nudge your friends to race to this latest clue! | |
| Egg 18 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Community | A Christmas carol contains six digits most don't have, but none of the digits you do have. | |
| Egg 19 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Solo | The majority are fickle about fashion. | |
| Egg 20 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Puzzle | Remove the decimal, it's last year's most anticipated event. | |
| Egg 21 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Solo | I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid you're misspaken. | |
| Egg 22 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Community | For $1,000,000 TBT bells we will throw you a lifeline. (Update: this may not appear on mobile/tablet devices, or with some ad blockers.) | |
| Egg 23 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Solo | This timely egg is hiding in Easter. | |
| Egg 24 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Puzzle |
The image has been scrambled! Who is this Nintendo character?
| |
| Egg 25 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Solo | Halloween in July. | |
| Egg 26 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Community | Find me washed up ashore after the 2.0.4 incident. | |
| Egg 27 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Solo | Too much holographic meatloaf fries the brain. | |
| Egg 28 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Puzzle | Toy cannot compute at 232°C. |
| Egg | First Sighting | Type | Clue | Answer | Clue Writer | First Found By | # of Found Eggs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg 1 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT | Solo | Do not pass Nook's Cranny, do not collect 200 bells. | Play on the 'Go To Jail' card in Monopoly. Found in the Animal Crossing Monopoly thread. | Justin | Asarena | 210 |
| Egg 2 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT3 | Community | Where your latest favourites unravel. | Watched Threads page. | Mairmalade | lieryl | 234 |
| Egg 3 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT | Solo | To find this egg you'll need to fashion a skeleton key. | Click on the keySkull.png in the TBTs Home Para*DIE* event thread. | Chris | ~Kilza~ | 207 |
| Egg 4 | Apr 15 7:30 PM EDT | Puzzle | Your identification to take you to the skies. | Passport | Mairmalade | kikotoot | 129 |
| Egg 5 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Solo | Turn out your wallets and confess your sins. | How much money have you spent on PC? thread. | Chris | tiffanistarr | 171 |
| Egg 6 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Community | Reinforcements are sailing here this morning, but they must wait to see the horizon. (Hint posted Apr 18 6:00 PM EDT) | At the bottom of the Introduction Board, but only showing during TBT's morning nautical twilight period of its changing theme. | Jeremy | skweegee | 159 |
| Egg 7 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Solo | Maybe if we hide an egg here people will actually read it. | Frequently Asked Questions About The Bell Tree. | Chris | Millysaurusrexjr | 213 |
| Egg 8 | Apr 16 10:00 AM EDT | Puzzle |
A measterious letter lies before you,
One eggceptionally strange! Solve for the numerical value of ?? And you'll earn a prize in eggschange! You'll have to think like a detective hardboiled, But we'll give you a few more clues: Ruby and Cole work like opposites, White and red, black and blue. Hopkins and Cole are much closer, Like a collection of eggs in a batch. As for Coco: she's quite irreggular, With no known operation to match.
| 89 | Mistreil | Verecund | 96 |
| Egg 9 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Solo | Animal Crossing's big 2022 release. | Missions and rewards added to NSO, with AC:NH icons, backgrounds and frames thread. | Justin | ~Kilza~ | 179 |
| Egg 10 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Community | Window shopping outside for something new and shiny, but your wallet is always empty. | View the forum while logged out and the egg appears as a fake collectible at the bottom of the new items list. | pandapples | skarmoury | 211 |
| Egg 11 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Solo | Weaponised children meltdown circa 2006. | How many of you have actually thrown a wii remote? | Chris | ~Kilza~ | 173 |
| Egg 12 | Apr 16 2:00 PM EDT | Puzzle | Our favorite new neighbor arrived hopping into town. | Sasha. The new rabbit villager who is consistently voted as TBT's favorite. | Jeremy | BungoTheElf | 145 |
| Egg 13 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Solo | Behind them, a colorful refraction returned. But not in this form. | In the description of the Springtime Serenity backdrop. Last year's Easter event had two rainbow backdrops. Prismatic Glow was brought back this year, but Springtime Serenity wasn't. | Jeremy | Asarena | 179 |
| Egg 14 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Community | Sprocket, Del, and Ribbot are in our campsite, but they cannot move in. | Members > Current Visitors > Robots | pandapples | Muna | 216 |
| Egg 15 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Solo | Make sure you get my good side! No, the other good side! | In the Draw the user above you thread. | Kaiaa | digimon | 175 |
| Egg 16 | Apr 16 6:00 PM EDT | Puzzle |
Find these three special items:
| I3D7H4 | Mistreil | seliph | 163 |
| Egg 17 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Solo | Nudge your friends to race to this latest clue! | This post in the TBT Neighborly Games thread. | pandapples | Dio | 170 |
| Egg 18 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Community | A Christmas carol contains six digits most don't have, but none of the digits you do have. | Jingle (NPC) bell count in the richest users list. | pandapples | seliph | 212 |
| Egg 19 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Solo | The majority are fickle about fashion. | How often do you change your clothes? thread. Most people vote that they change clothing everyday. | Mairmalade | Celine | 175 |
| Egg 20 | Apr 17 9:00 AM EDT | Puzzle | Remove the decimal, it's last year's most anticipated event. | 20. Refers to the large Version 2.0 Update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons released last year after months/years of fans begging and waiting for a major update. 20 is 2.0 without the dot. | Justin | Genexte | 124 |
| Egg 21 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Solo | I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid you're misspaken. | Reference to Home Alone 2 combining 'misspelled' and 'mistaken.' Hidden in the What word can you never spell correctly on the first attempt thread. | Mairmalade | JellyBeans | 163 |
| Egg 22 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Community | For $1,000,000 TBT bells we will throw you a lifeline. (Update: this may not appear on mobile/tablet devices, or with some ad blockers.) | Reference to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? One of the lifelines is "phone a friend" - the WhatsApp icon is a phone. | Chris | Paperboy012305 | 207 |
| Egg 23 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Solo | This timely egg is hiding in Easter. | Change your time zone to Easter Island and the egg will appear. | pandapples | pipty | 160 |
| Egg 24 | Apr 17 12:00 PM EDT | Puzzle |
The image has been scrambled! Who is this Nintendo character?
| Pokey | Laudine | Zero. | 127 |
| Egg 25 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Solo | Halloween in July. | Refers to when Halloween items were added to the game in July 2021. Found in the New update!! New items in acnh! (Getting information as I look) thread. | Justin | daringred_ | 157 |
| Egg 26 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Community | Find me washed up ashore after the 2.0.4 incident. | In the about section of the Gyroid account's (NPC) profile. | Justin | BungoTheElf | 211 |
| Egg 27 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Solo | Too much holographic meatloaf fries the brain. | Reference to Spongebob Squarepants. Located in the What's currently on your content plate? where people talk about media they want to consume and how it can be stressful keeping up with everything they want to watch/read/play/etc. | Chris | BungoTheElf | 162 |
| Egg 28 | Apr 17 3:00 PM EDT | Puzzle | Toy cannot compute at 232°C. | Tin Robot | Mairmalade | Merielle | 137 |
And the winner of the Golden Easter Egg is...
Looking at the users who found an egg first, there's a tie, which means we have to look at the time spent to find the eggs, as explained in the egg hunt announcement thread.
At three eggs each, the tie is between, ~Kilza~ and BungoTheElf.
3. ~Kilza~ = 00:00:51
9. ~Kilza~ = 00:00:49
11. ~Kilza~ = 00:01:43
12. BungoTheElf = 00:02:32
26. BungoTheElf = 00:02:15
27. BungoTheElf = 00:29:44
Congratulations ~Kilza~!
9. ~Kilza~ = 00:00:49
11. ~Kilza~ = 00:01:43
12. BungoTheElf = 00:02:32
26. BungoTheElf = 00:02:15
27. BungoTheElf = 00:29:44
Congratulations ~Kilza~!
Special thanks to everyone who helped put this event together!
Clues
Chris
Jeremy
Justin
Kaiaa
Laudine
Mairmalade
Mistreil
pandapples
Graphics
Banner and mini banners - dizzy bone
Fossil and Paradise Planning Easter egg collectibles - Mistreil
Ladybug, Splat, Junimo, and Spring Bloom Easter egg collectibles - Laudine
Easter Blush backdrop - Mistreil
Easter Equinox backdrop - dizzy bone
Puzzle art: Mistreil, Laudine
Zipper banner monsters: Laudine
Other
Clue coordinator - Chris
Thread coordinator - Jeremy
Art coordinator - Mistreil
Technical set up - Jeremy, Justin
Clue set up: Jeremy, Chris
Help approving puzzle answers: Jeremy, LaBelleFleur, Laudine, Justin, pandapples
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