Zipper T. Bunny
NPC
Welcome to The Bell Tree's Twelfth Annual Easter Egg Hunt! It is I, your esteemed host Zipper T. Bunny, returning to you this year with an eggstraordinary and eggsclusive eggsample of your eggspected eggcitingly eggcellent egg hunt. How eggceedingly eggzhausting! Indeed, this forum egg hunt may be a bit... eggcessive. When word came to me that our next hunt would take place during The Bell Tree's twentieth year of existence, I knew the proud members of this establishment, you long and loyal fans of the one and only Zipper T. Bunny, would expect to be rewarded with the greatest and most astonishing eggs of all time.
I securely buttoned my overalls and started a great quest across the world! Through the highest of grasslands and the longest of meadows, into the deepest of burrows and the darkest of forests, I searched, I labored, and I collected... the most beautifully and delicately designed eggs this universe has to offer. I packed them into my egg basket... yes, my one egg basket. I should have brought one in each paw! This, I realized only in hindsight.
While hopping home with this heaping pile of treasures, I came into sudden contact with a mysterious being. The blank look on their face was enough to send me into a panic, not to mention those horrifying claws! Oh, the claws! And the fangs on this creature! I may be the one and only Zipper T. Bunny, but I am still beholden to my natural rabbit instincts. I hopped so rapidly away that my precious eggs came crashing out of their basket. They were ruined, and perhaps so was the egg hunt itself. Tragedy!
In reflection, I quickly realized the folly of my reaction. Who is it for me to respond so harshly to this misunderstood creature because of an unconventional appearance? After all, I know firsthand how hard it can be to see how people look at you... Or experience how they react to your sudden arrival... Or hear what they whisper about the look in your eyes! The creature I saw didn't even have eyes, so cut me some slack! Regardless, these reflections changed something in me. The tragedy that initially defeated my spirits, in the end, emboldened them. An opportunity to make something even better!
I knew that whatever would come from this was too great for even the legendary Zipper T. Bunny to accomplish alone. With no eggs for our hunt, I turned to my friend Cornimer for advice. He came up with a brilliant idea, one worthy of yours truly, Zipper T. Bunny. All of the Easter eggs from previous years will be made available again! As I learned on this journey, you should never put all of your eggs in one basket. For this reason, Cornimer and I have each brought our own. Each of you must choose which basket you'll pick from!
As for the mysterious creature that sent me into a panic, I can only wonder where it ended up or if it will make another appearance...
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, March 29th at 7:00 PM EDT. More will continue to be released throughout Saturday and Sunday. You have until Monday, April 1st 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!
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 |
This year's egg hunt has a special twist. You'll only be able to purchase one-half of the available collectibles, but which half is entirely up to you. Will you join the Party Animals to pick from Zipper's Party Basket? Or will you join the Nature Nuts to pick from Cornimer's Nature Basket? You can select which basket you'd like to pick your eggs from with the "Easter Egg Basket" setting in preferences. Choose wisely because you can't change your decision!
| Collectible | Debuted | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disco Ball Easter Egg | 2018 | 20 Eggs |
| Dreamy Easter Egg | 2019 | 16 Eggs |
| Nightmare Easter Egg | 2019 | 16 Eggs |
| Pastel Disco Ball Easter Egg | 2019 | 12 Eggs |
| Prismatic Easter Egg | 2021 | 12 Eggs |
| Dark Easter Egg | 2016 | 8 Eggs |
| Dragonscale Easter Egg | 2021 | 8 Eggs |
| Glitched Easter Egg | 2023 | 8 Eggs |
| Waluigi Easter Egg | 2015 | 8 Eggs |
| Yoshi Easter Egg | 2014 | 8 Eggs |
| Happy Ditto Easter Egg | 2019 | 4 Eggs |
| My Melody Easter Egg | 2021 | 4 Eggs |
| Poptart Easter Egg | 2017 | 4 Eggs |
| Splat Easter Egg | 2022 | 4 Eggs |
| Sweetheart Easter Egg | 2023 | 4 Eggs |
| Candy Easter Egg | 2016 | 3 Eggs |
| Easter Egg | 2014 | 3 Eggs |
| Paradise Planning Easter Egg | 2022 | 3 Eggs |
| Pikachu Easter Egg | 2016 | 3 Eggs |
| Turquoise Squid Easter Egg | 2021 | 3 Eggs |
| Collectible | Debuted | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxy Easter Egg | 2017 | 20 Eggs |
| Aurora Easter Egg | 2018 | 16 Eggs |
| Frost Easter Egg | 2018 | 16 Eggs |
| Spring Bloom Easter Egg | 2022 | 12 Eggs |
| Zen Easter Egg | 2017 | 12 Eggs |
| Chao Easter Egg | 2017 | 8 Eggs |
| Crescent Moon Easter Egg | 2023 | 8 Eggs |
| Eevee Easter Egg | 2018 | 8 Eggs |
| Stardust Easter Egg | 2023 | 8 Eggs |
| Togepi Easter Egg | 2014 | 8 Eggs |
| Blue Junimo Easter Egg | 2022 | 4 Eggs |
| Kirby Easter Egg | 2017 | 4 Eggs |
| Leaf Ticket Easter Egg | 2018 | 4 Eggs |
| Red Pikmin Easter Egg | 2019 | 4 Eggs |
| Sakura Easter Egg | 2016 | 4 Eggs |
| Baby Chick Easter Egg | 2023 | 3 Eggs |
| Daisy Easter Egg | 2021 | 3 Eggs |
| Fossil Easter Egg | 2022 | 3 Eggs |
| Froggy Easter Egg | 2023 | 3 Eggs |
| Ladybug Easter Egg | 2022 | 3 Eggs |
All of these collectibles are rereleases from our previous egg hunts. However, one special egg has been polished! Introducing the newly updated Golden Easter Egg!
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 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 | Mar 29th 8PM EDT | Solo | Did you look forward to this? |
| Egg 2 | Mar 29th 8PM EDT | Community | Tada! |
| Egg 3 | Mar 29th 8PM EDT | Solo | Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my! |
| Egg 4 | Mar 29th 8PM EDT | Puzzle | Keeping you up to date on all the latest news, 24/8 |
| Egg 5 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Solo | This paper is old and weathered, much like the subject matter within it. |
| Egg 6 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Community | Started 5 years ago, ending on the lucky 8th sounds good. |
| Egg 7 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Solo | I'm cute on the outside, but evil on the inside. |
| Egg 8 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Puzzle | In pursuit of silver, many were exposed to this alphabetical soup of an acronym. |
| Egg 9 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Solo | When fact meets fiction, your prayers will be answered. |
| Egg 10 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Community | I show off my brawn; yellow, strong and fine, But when I appear in the night's design, A feline startled by my sudden sight, Who am I, causing a fright? |
| Egg 11 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Solo | Theropods and youngsters shared view on fashion. |
| Egg 12 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Puzzle | You've known her for more than a decade, she just turned 3 this year. |
| Egg 13 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Solo | The breakout star of the summer. |
| Egg 14 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Community | Testing, testing, testing testing. I____D ###### is linked to the details. |
| Egg 15 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Solo | This astronomer's self-titled invention is perplexing and cold - but only sometimes! |
| Egg 16 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Puzzle | An affinity for alliteration led to an appalling appellation. |
| Egg 17 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Solo | Canada Post is closed. |
| Egg 18 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Community | The silence is lost, but the wails of agony are revived. |
| Egg 19 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Solo | Helpful, but not useful. Pay 5 credits to see this egg. |
| Egg 20 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Puzzle | What's all this nonsense with eggs and balloons? I'd prefer to spend my day in the bathhouse. |
| Egg 21 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Solo | This celestial malfunction wishes to remain as such; no need for a change! |
| Egg 22 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Community | Aim for the rich! Keep the 1% on top. |
| Egg 23 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Solo | Alphabetized on a palindrome, a sweet filling is mentioned. |
| Egg 24 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Puzzle | A phrase you'll hear uttered a lot this year, accompanied by gifts of china. |
| Egg 25 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Solo | Back to where it all began. |
| Egg 26 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Community | SHAKE!! |
| Egg 27 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Solo | 99.8% of the pie is good! The rest? Judges want to send the food back. |
| Egg 28 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Puzzle | Deciduously delicious, yet this face has no place. |
| Egg | First Sighting | Type | Clue | Answer | Clue Writer | First Found By | # of Eggs Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg 1 | Mar 29th 7PM EDT | Solo | Did you look forward to this? | In the What special things are you looking forward to in March? thread where ~Kilza~ said he was looking forward to this Easter Egg hunt. | Mistreil | daringred_ | 147 |
| Egg 2 | Mar 29th 7PM EDT | Community | Tada! | This could be looking at the page that shows which members had reacted to an individual post. If someone had used the Celebrate react on that post, you could click on this tab to find the egg. | Mistreil | Ananas Dragon | 197 |
| Egg 3 | Mar 29th 7PM EDT | Solo | Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my! | These animals are all associated with the names of professional sports teams, meaning you could find this egg in The Sports Thread. | ~Kilza~ | Ravenkitty22 | 150 |
| Egg 4 | Mar 29th 7PM EDT | Puzzle | Keeping you up to date on all the latest news, 24/8 | CEPHALOBOT: Cephalobot is the bot we use on Discord that sends direct notifications from TBT to your Discord messages. | ~Kilza~ | aericell | 96 |
| Egg 5 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Solo | This paper is old and weathered, much like the subject matter within it. | In the IRC Beginner's Guide thread in the Bulletin Board. It's the oldest thread and IRC is no longer considered a relevant chat platform. | Oblivia | IonicKarma | 167 |
| Egg 6 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Community | Started 5 years ago, ending on the lucky 8th sounds good. | This egg could be found in digimon's shop thread in the Re-Tail board. Their store opened 5 years ago (2019) and it closes on April 8th. Their friend code also ends in 8888, a lucky number. | Mistreil | digimon | 176 |
| Egg 7 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Solo | I'm cute on the outside, but evil on the inside. | This could be found on the Pink Toy Hammer shop page. This collectible has the ID number of 666. | Justin | You got mail! | 129 |
| Egg 8 | Mar 30th 10AM EDT | Puzzle | In pursuit of silver, many were exposed to this alphabetical soup of an acronym. | DEEEFLLSSS:
During the StreetPass Silver event, many spam threads were created in Brewster's Cafe with the same theme of ______ exposure. If you run a title search in the board for "exposure", you get this list of thread names:
Exposure exposure Stitch Exposure Expo exposure? Lead exposure disease exposure Silver exposure. sun exposure? Ear Exposure feet exposure? leg exposure? If you alphabetised these thread titles you would get the acronym DEEEFLLSSS. | Justin | cornimer | 3 |
| Egg 9 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Solo | When fact meets fiction, your prayers will be answered. | In this post where .: Meri :. posted a photo of a praying mantis they found in real life. | LadyDestani | Koi Karp | 136 |
| Egg 10 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Community | I show off my brawn; yellow, strong and fine, But when I appear in the night's design, A feline startled by my sudden sight, Who am I, causing a fright? | This poem relates to this post, where KittenNoir was startled by Zipzipzip appearing in the site banner in the middle of the night. | Laudine | Xara | 162 |
| Egg 11 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Solo | Theropods and youngsters shared view on fashion. | In this post written by Millysaurusrexjr, where she quoted Youngster Joey's iconic line about shorts from Pokémon Gold and Silver. | Nefarious | a potato | 154 |
| Egg 12 | Mar 30th 2PM EDT | Puzzle | You've known her for more than a decade, she just turned 3 this year. | LUNA: Luna was introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and has her birthday on February 29th. 2024 was the third time we could celebrate her birthday since she was introduced. | Nefarious | Snek | 118 |
| Egg 13 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Solo | The breakout star of the summer | In the About Me section on Whale Shark's page. Whale Shark was the mascot for the winning team, the International Space Cetaceans, in Space Camp TBT 2023. | ~Kilza~ | JemAC | 137 |
| Egg 14 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Community | Testing, testing, testing testing. I____D ###### is linked to the details. | On your Account Details page there is a "NH - Island Thread ID" field. Underneath this box is a description of how to use it, containing an example URL containing ".../test.51708". If you copied and pasted this URL into your browser it will have taken you to this thread in our Island Journals board where the site owner made four test posts. | pandapples | Xara | 192 |
| Egg 15 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Solo | This astronomer's self-titled invention is perplexing, and cold, but only sometimes! | In this post in the What Did You Learn Today thread containing a photograph of a Galileo thermometer, invented by the astronomer Galileo Galilei. | Chris | Saylor | 141 |
| Egg 16 | Mar 30th 6PM EDT | Puzzle | An affinity for alliteration led to an appalling appellation. | THPARKLINGTHERMOSPHERE: Mistreil's determination for alliteration for all of the backdrops in our Season of Giving 2023 event led to this name. | LadyDestani | Doo | 83 |
| Egg 17 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Solo | Canada Post is closed. | If you went to the Animal Crossing amiibo card post office board and filtered the threads by "Canada", you would come across this thread titled Closed. | Mistreil | JemAC | 148 |
| Egg 18 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Community | The silence is lost, but the wails of agony are revived. | This egg could be found in the Game Soundtracks thread. Many of the videos posted in this thread have since been taken down, yet the soundtrack for the notoriously difficult game The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth was still available. It also refers back to a 2015 egg hunt that is infamous for having never been legitimately found. | ~Kilza~ | Aznoth | 159 |
| Egg 19 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Solo | Helpful, but not useful. Pay 5 credits to see this egg. | At the bottom of the BB Codes page in our Help section. You could find it in the box explaining how to use the now defunct Charge feature. | pandapples | Foreverfox | 141 |
| Egg 20 | Mar 31st 9AM EDT | Puzzle | What's all this nonsense with eggs and balloons? I'd prefer to spend my day in the bathhouse. | KLAUS: Klaus' birthday is March 31st. In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, he would request that you design him an ancient bathhouse. | Chris | BungoTheElf | 43 |
| Egg 21 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Solo | This celestial malfunction wishes to remain as such; no need for a change! | In this post from StarlitGlitch in which they state they've never changed nor wanted to change their username. | Oblivia | .: Meri :. | 122 |
| Egg 22 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Community | Aim for the rich! Keep the 1% on top. | You could find this egg by going to our wealthiest user, Jingle's, profile and trying to donate him TBT bells. | LadyDestani | aurora. | 177 |
| Egg 23 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Solo | Alphabetized on a palindrome, a sweet filling is mentioned. | In this post in the A-Z of TBT members thread. Post 383 and references nougat, a sweet filling in candy and other sweets. | Oblivia | BungoTheElf | 125 |
| Egg 24 | Mar 31st 12PM EDT | Puzzle | A phrase you'll hear uttered a lot this year, accompanied by gifts of china. | HAPPYANNIVERSARY: it is TBT's twentieth anniversary this year. The standard gift for a twentieth anniversary is fine china. | Chris | Aurita | 83 |
| Egg 25 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Solo | Back to where it all began. | This egg was found in the The Bell Tree Code Store thread, which is the earliest non-announcement thread still in existence on TBT. | ~Kilza~ | Asarena | 149 |
| Egg 26 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Community | SHAKE!! | You could find this egg by shaking the tree in our Town Tree Tributes thread. This was a nod to our recently completed event, Farewell to New Leaf. | Mistreil | Xara | 178 |
| Egg 27 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Solo | 99.8% of the pie is good! The rest? Judges want to send the food back. | You could find this egg by clicking on any user's profile, going to the Feedback tab, and then clicking the Feedback stats link. It was located above the pie chart showing that 99.8% of feedback left on TBT between September 2013 and March 2024 has been positive. | pandapples | aurora. | 127 |
| Egg 28 | Mar 31st 3PM EDT | Puzzle | Deciduously delicious, yet this face has no place. | ORANGES: Zipper-ified fruit appeared on the tree during the second day of the egg hunt. The only primary fruit that didn't get this treatment was oranges. | Jeremy | BungoTheElf | 68 |
| Egg 29 | Apr 1st 1PM EDT | Community (Bonus) | A looming presence disrupts the campfire. | To redeem this egg you needed to click on the main artwork in the The Woods Expedition 2: The Bone Chilling Bell Hunt thread. Here, a spectral Wix looms over Lucky and Coco's campfire. | Oblivia | BetsySundrop | 183 |
For the third year in a row, we have a two-way tie!
Last year we felt a little bad that Kilza would win from a tie for the second year in a row. Fortunately, we won't have that problem this year and our tiebreaking rules have determined a single winner.
P.S. Even if a future egg hunt ends in a tie with another person who won in the past, we will not reward it to multiple people. We will only have one winner for every egg hunt going forward. 2023 was the exception.
P.S. Even if a future egg hunt ends in a tie with another person who won in the past, we will not reward it to multiple people. We will only have one winner for every egg hunt going forward. 2023 was the exception.
BungoTheElf and Xara. Both were the first to find three eggs. Good job! One user found their first-place eggs in less time, which makes them the winner.
Special thanks to everyone who helped put this event together!
Clues: Chris, Jeremy, Justin, Mistreil, Oblivia, pandapples, ~Kilza~, LadyDestani, Laudine, Nefarious
Thread coordinator: Jeremy
Clues coordinator: Chris
Shop coordinator: Jeremy
Banners: Mistreil
New Golden Easter Egg: Mistreil
Zipper abominations: Laudine
Setup and other planning: Jeremy, Oblivia, Justin, Chris
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