Zipper T. Bunny
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Welcome to The Bell Tree's Thirteenth Annual Easter Egg Hunt! It is I, your illustrious host Zipper T. Bunny, returning to you once again with a challenging, yet rewarding, forum egg hunt! This year's hunt is not like any we've seen yet! There are twelve brand new egg collectibles, beautifully decorated by both staff and members, making this the most eggstravagant egg hunt yet! You can earn your choice of eggs by following the 28 clues, which will be posted in batches throughout the weekend.
If this is your first egg hunt on The Bell Tree, your objective is to follow the clues listed in the "Clues" table below. Clicking a found egg 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 on any of the many Easter egg collectibles offered this year! One person will even win the Golden Easter Egg collectible.
The first batch of eggs was released Friday, April 18th at 7:00 PM EDT. More will continue to be released throughout Saturday and Sunday. You have until Monday, April 21st at 10:00 PM EDT to find as many eggs as you can. After that point, they will no longer be redeemable and the answers will be posted so you can check how you did!
Some of you cautious coneys may be skeptical of this special thirteenth egg hunt, so we must continue observing an important lesson we learned during last year's hunt: don't put all your eggs in one basket. Each of you must choose which basket you'll pick from. The collectibles are split into two groups, so you'll only be able to purchase six of the available twelve collectibles, but which group is entirely up to you. Will you pick the Wondrous Waters or Lucky Light basket? Make your selection with the "Easter Egg Basket" setting in your account preferences. Choose wisely because you can't change your decision!
This year's large number of new collectibles is thanks to your entries from our first egg collectible creation contest. Our original plan was to pick one to three member-made collectibles, but this turned into a total of six in addition to another six created by the staff. Despite this change, it was still very difficult to narrow them down because you all did such a great job! Congratulations to our six winners listed below! If your entry wasn't selected for this year's egg hunt, we may consider picking more from this contest for future events, so please keep your files! If this happens, we'll give you comparable rewards and message you for permission ahead of time. Please note that the six winning collectibles were added to the shop as-is and may still be tweaked now that they've been announced.
| Collectible | Creator | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishbowl Easter Egg | @Mistreil | 10 Eggs |
| Seashore Easter Egg | @Chere. | 8 Eggs |
| Town Tune Easter Egg | @MrBox | 8 Eggs |
| Mt. Fuji Easter Egg | @Mokuren | 8 Eggs |
| Kiki Easter Egg | @Mistreil | 6 Eggs |
| Blue Pikmin Easter Egg | @Mistreil | 3 Eggs |
| Collectible | Creator | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Stained Glass Easter Egg | @Mistreil | 10 Eggs |
| Starshine Easter Egg | @Muna | 8 Eggs |
| Starry Night Easter Egg | @Aquilla | 8 Eggs |
| Chrysalis Easter Egg | @Millysaurusrexjr | 8 Eggs |
| Lala Easter Egg | @Mistreil | 6 Eggs |
| Lucky Cat Easter Egg | @Nefarious | 3 Eggs |
While we will not disqualify participants who privately work together on solo clues, we ask that you be respectful to those who wish to work alone. Don't beg for help or spoil answers publicly. Working alone may also be beneficial because of bonuses, which allow you to receive extra currency and, if you're this year's lucky egg hunt winner, the coveted Golden Easter Egg! These will be distributed after the event ends:
| Achievement | Reward | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 of only 75 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 |
There will be only one Golden Easter Egg winner per year. It's common for the number of first-found eggs to result in a tie, so the time it takes for these eggs to be found will be used as the tiebreaker.
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 publicly discussing these clues, be sure to clarify the egg number in your post so other users know which one you're talking about. After finding the egg, please don't link to answers directly, but feel free to share hints. These clues are typically more difficult, so the whole community can work together to solve them!
- Puzzle: For these eggs, you must submit a specific code, number, or word to receive them. Use the clue to work out your best guess and submit it by making a thread in the Puzzle Guess Submission board (click here). Input your guess and egg # into the fields. The thread's title and body can be anything. You may post up to three guesses per clue. Make a new thread for each one, but do not post more than three per clue. Currency will be distributed for correct answers on Monday night, so you won't know if you submitted the correct answer until the very end. Misspellings will not be accepted, but certain translations and similar variations may be accepted. Do not publicly share or ask for information that helps solve puzzle clues.
| Egg | First Sighting | Type | Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg 1 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Solo | Hidden behind a house, or hidden behind a tree. If it's an egg you seek, you'll have to fly over to me! |
| Egg 2 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Community | This is the hardest clue ever. |
| Egg 3 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Solo | A carrot, a cloud, maybe even a pot could help you find this egg. |
| Egg 4 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Puzzle | Online to offline. Tickets to tokens. Not concluded, but… |
| Egg 5 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Solo | Butterfly in the sky... (Update: this egg is now hidden in two different places) |
| Egg 6 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Community | We will be blind before all else. |
| Egg 7 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Solo | Who’s Hungry? |
| Egg 8 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Puzzle | No time for clowning around. Round up your friends and toss on a scarf. We have a birthday to celebrate. |
| Egg 9 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Solo | When your dream of exploring an uncharted paradise crash-lands into a nightmare. |
| Egg 10 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Community | The symbol of good luck is numbered for every day of a common year, yet earned without luck in the uncommon years. |
| Egg 11 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Solo | EGGS-TER-MIN-ATE! |
| Egg 12 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Puzzle | We were once craved by many bidding Farewell. Soon we'd be returned and float away for something new, is that Fair? |
| Egg 13 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Solo | You've got mail! |
| Egg 14 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Community | It has six arms and you're telling me that's the smallest number! |
| Egg 15 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Solo | Buried under unwelcome growth. |
| Egg 16 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Puzzle | The spores might have made fungi out of a few of us, but this number of site crew remained unscathed. |
| Egg 17 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Solo | Baby’s first mortgage. Baby’s first commodities investment. Baby’s first art brokerage. Etc. |
| Egg 18 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Community | Help, I'm frightened to be known by today's date! |
| Egg 19 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Solo | Goshdarnit! I don't have a clue for this one! Sorry for the colorful language, I hope it's not a red flag. |
| Egg 20 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Puzzle | This February and April were his chances to shine this year, but he was sadly overlooked. |
| Egg 21 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Solo | A round favorite that’s out of this world. |
| Egg 22 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Community | This long-awaited announcement left friends weeping. |
| Egg 23 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Solo | The call for ludomusicologists was nearly unheard. |
| Egg 24 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Puzzle | The most pungent item we've ever harvested. |
| Egg 25 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Solo | New and featuring…? |
| Egg 26 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Community | All the information is on the task. |
| Egg 27 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Solo | The night sky was first shown in Los Angeles on 1600577040. |
| Egg 28 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Puzzle | A flower so elusive that it doesn't even sparkle. |
| Egg | First Sighting | Type | Clue | Answer | Clue Writer | First Found By | # of Eggs Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg 1 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Solo | Hidden behind a house, or hidden behind a tree. If it's an egg you seek, you'll have to fly over to me! | TBT Neighbourly Games Hide and Seek thread. | pandapples | IonicKarma | 151 |
| Egg 2 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Community | This is the hardest clue ever. | Linked in the 2015 Easter thread answer table for egg 10. It shows that one person answered correctly, but this clue was never actually solved by anyone. | Oblivia | -Apples- | 153 |
| Egg 3 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Solo | A carrot, a cloud, maybe even a pot could help you find this egg. | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom thread. All 3 items are echoes you obtain in the game. | ~Kilza~ | a potato | 131 |
| Egg 4 | Apr 18th 7PM EDT | Puzzle | Online to offline. Tickets to tokens. Not concluded, but… | Complete. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete replaced the original Pocket Camp game. The new version is offline and uses the new Leaf Tokens currency. | Jeremy | Xara | 106 |
| Egg 5 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Solo | Butterfly in the sky... | Earned by clicking on the Bluesky link (the butterfly) at the bottom of the forum while viewing a board or thread. It was also hidden in the Bluesky announcement from February's Bell Tree Direct, after it was realized that the link may appear differently on mobile devices. | LadyDestani | Aniko | 143 |
| Egg 6 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Community | We will be blind before all else. | Reference to 2024's April Fool's Day when the new Rotating Fools egg was announced to start with Laudine's Eyes Closed Egg in this post. | pandapples and Oblivia | Mokuren | 146 |
| Egg 7 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Solo | Who’s Hungry? | Hidden in the "What did you eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner today?" thread. | Mairmalade | Kamzitty | 147 |
| Egg 8 | Apr 19th 10AM EDT | Puzzle | No time for clowning around. Round up your friends and toss on a scarf. We have a birthday to celebrate. | Pietro. His birthday is April 19. He's a clown who wore a scarf in New Leaf. Sheep are often part of roundups. | LadyDestani | BungoTheElf | 126 |
| Egg 9 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Solo | When your dream of exploring an uncharted paradise crash-lands into a nightmare. | Hidden in the Tarantula Island thread. Mystery Islands are reached by skyplane and many people are scared of arachnids. | Chris | Cirice | 128 |
| Egg 10 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Community | The symbol of good luck is numbered for every day of a common year, yet earned without luck in the uncommon years. | The Shooting Star collectible has ID 365, but it was given as a staff favorite reward during leap years 2020 and 2024. | Jeremy | deana | 152 |
| Egg 11 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Solo | EGGS-TER-MIN-ATE! | Hidden in the Doctor Who thread. Exterminate is a well-known catchphrase from Doctor Who, said by the Daleks with slight pauses between each syllable, thus the dashes. | LadyDestani | JemAC | 150 |
| Egg 12 | Apr 19th 2PM EDT | Puzzle | We were once craved by many bidding Farewell. Soon we'd be returned and float away for something new, is that Fair? | Sweet Balloons. Many people wanted them when they were first introduced during the Farewell to New Leaf event, but were disappointed to receive them during The Bell Tree Fair 2024's Confetti Collecting, prompting a sellback option to be added for them. | ~Kilza~ | deana | 77 |
| Egg 13 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Solo | You've got mail! | Hidden in the announcement for the return of mailbox and envelope items. | LadyDestani | You got mail! | 151 |
| Egg 14 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Community | It has six arms and you're telling me that's the smallest number! | In the poll for TBTWC 2024, ARMS only received 6 votes. The link is hidden directly in the ARMS poll option. | LadyDestani | mogyay | 150 |
| Egg 15 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Solo | Buried under unwelcome growth. | Located within Leif's weed-picking mini-game from Sakura Week, clearing all the weeds will uncover this egg. | ~Kilza~ | Cirice | 133 |
| Egg 16 | Apr 19th 6PM EDT | Puzzle | The spores might have made fungi out of a few of us, but this number of site crew remained unscathed. | 14. During the Mushroom Season event, Mick, Mistreil, and Nefarious all had mushrooms made representing them. The rest of the staff didn't. | ~Kilza~ | Xara | 103 |
| Egg 17 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Solo | Baby’s first mortgage. Baby’s first commodities investment. Baby’s first art brokerage. Etc. | In the "How old were you when you played your first Animal Crossing game?" thread. | Jeremy | a potato | 128 |
| Egg 18 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Community | Help, I'm frightened to be known by today's date! | In a thread from 2009 featuring a poem about being scared. The trick is that the thread ID is 42025, or 4/20/25, the same as the date this egg was posted. | ~Kilza~ | Rio_ | 152 |
| Egg 19 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Solo | Goshdarnit! I don't have a clue for this one! Sorry for the colorful language, I hope it's not a red flag. | Hidden below the flag reveal for the Blue's Clues team from The Bell Tree World Championship 2021. The team's name is referenced by "clue," "colorful," and "not red." | Justin | Briar | 124 |
| Egg 20 | Apr 20th 9AM EDT | Puzzle | This February and April were his chances to shine this year, but he was sadly overlooked. | Snake. It's the Year of the Snake, and rabbits are associated with Easter. Snake the Rabbit was overlooked on both occasions! | Chris | xlisapisa | 6 |
| Egg 21 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Solo | A round favorite that’s out of this world. | Hidden on the Galaxy Pizza item page. | Mairmalade | Millysaurusrexjr | 125 |
| Egg 22 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Community | This long-awaited announcement left friends weeping. | Xara's reaction to Tomodachi Life getting a new game. The post contains quotes from multiple years, tomodachi translates to friends, and the announcement left her in tears. | Nefarious | Xara | 149 |
| Egg 23 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Solo | The call for ludomusicologists was nearly unheard. | Only one person responded to this thread about K.K. Slider lyrics. | Chris | Millysaurusrexjr | 120 |
| Egg 24 | Apr 20th 12PM EDT | Puzzle | The most pungent item we've ever harvested. | Durian. A TBT collectible based on a stinky fruit. | Chris | Mokuren | 65 |
| Egg 25 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Solo | New and featuring…? | Hidden under What's new -> Feature content, which is currently empty. | Mairmalade | OswinOswald | 140 |
| Egg 26 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Community | All the information is on the task. | A common quote from the Taskmaster series, which is parodied in the banner art for the Farewell to New Leaf: Town Initiatives Event. The egg is hidden in the second post that lists the event's tasks. | LadyDestani | tiffanistarr | 144 |
| Egg 27 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Solo | The night sky was first shown in Los Angeles on 1600577040. | The instructions for the introduction to Historic Scenery uses the above Unix timestamp. The egg is hidden in the spoiler under step 5. | pandapples | Coach | 127 |
| Egg 28 | Apr 20th 3PM EDT | Puzzle | A flower so elusive that it doesn't even sparkle. | Blue Rose. Only 7 have been grown in TBT's hybrid flower breeding events over the past two years, under half that of the coveted Gold Rose. | ~Kilza~ | DaCoSim | 95 |
Let us know how you did! Which eggs were the most challenging for you? Before revealing this year's Golden Easter Egg winner, we noticed that some puzzle eggs ended up being a bit difficult and we wanted these collectibles to be more affordable, so we're giving away 1 free egg! Click here to redeem your free egg currency. Hopefully it helps you obtain the new egg collectible you're eyeing! If you're still a bit short and have some currency left over, we'll enable egg-to-bell converting later in the week.
Congratulations to Xara for finding three eggs first! Like last year's egg hunt, we've ended with redemption from a previous tiebreaker loss!
You may have noticed that one of Xara's winning eggs was hidden in her own post. Despite this, she still would have won without this clue after a five-way tiebreaker!
Special thanks to everyone who helped put this event together!
Clues: Chris, Jeremy, Justin, Mairmalade, Nefarious, pandapples, ~Kilza~, LadyDestani
Collectibles: Mistreil, Nefarious, and TBTers, see eggs above
Thread coordinator: Jeremy
Clues coordinator: Jeremy
Shop coordinator: Oblivia
Art coordinator: Pyoopi
Banners: Pyoopi
Bunny Breakdown backdrop: Pyoopi
Collectible contest judging: Chris, Jeremy, Justin, LaBelleFleur, LadyDestani, Mairmalade, Nefarious, Oblivia, pandapples, ~Kilza~, Mistreil
Setup: Jeremy, Oblivia, Justin
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anyway, I guess I'll try regardless, wishing everyone luck
