Today I Learned: New Horizons Edition

[SleepyMimeko]

Another thing I learned today is that you can go diving on mystery islands.

 

[Hedgehugs]

I learned that 99% of the stuff that I learn while playing this game is because I never really tried doing it before.

First thing I learned: You can't activate Island Designer in buildings. I thought you could because you're always allowed to go into buildings while having it on so it weirded me out for a bit.

The second thing I learned: You can put coconut trees on the secret/redd beach. Somewhat not surprising but considering it's a special NPC area and kinda small... yeah, I assumed you couldn't.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

iirc you can reset the catchphrase by complaining to Isabelle? Not completely sure

they do but it resets the nicknames too. i guess that should be ok

 

[Saga]

TIL that not everyone has the same size of rocks, and not everyone has tidepools in theirs. I got a bit jealous when I realized that my friend has two HUGE rocks you could each fit a while cafe/restaurant on, and all her space is useable because she doesn't have any tidepools! Meanwhile, my rocks are 2/3 the size of hers, and the tidepools make them hard to build on because they take away a lot of the horizontal space. ;_; If I had known that, I would have reset for an island with better rocks...

 

[SmoochsPLH]

Today I learned what Nodokana shared, thank you!

 

[Rubombee]

TIL that hermit crabs can spawn on the beach rocks, even if regular shells can't! So if you see one on the rocks, get your net out x)

Oh apparently according to this thread this is a glitch :0

 

[Alienfish]

Flies must be the rarest bug in the game. Basically tried everything so guess I'll just leave trash out and check it whenever not raining.

 

[JKDOS]

Flies must be the rarest bug in the game. Basically tried everything so guess I'll just leave trash out and check it whenever not raining.

I had placed 5 pieces of trash all throughout the town, and it took a few weeks before I found a fly. I left the trash there (It's been over a month now), and have never seen a second fly to this day. So I wish you good luck.

 

[Le Ham]

TIL it takes:

• 20 pearls
• 12 giant clams
• 17 coral
• 46 sand dollars
• 3 conches
• 5 sea snails
• 5 stones
• and 4 iron nuggets

to craft the entire mermaid set.

 

[Alienfish]

I had placed 5 pieces of trash all throughout the town, and it took a few weeks before I found a fly. I left the trash there (It's been over a month now), and have never seen a second fly to this day. So I wish you good luck.

Thank you! And yeah I've asked for tips and such and it seems you just need a lot of trash, and patience for them to appear... I don't remember them being this in NL so I got kinda baffled.

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TIL it takes:

• 20 pearls
• 12 giant clams
• 17 coral
• 46 sand dollars
• 3 conches
• 5 sea snails
• 5 stones
• and 4 iron nuggets

to craft the entire mermaid set.

Whoa holy **** I haven't even got a single pearl material yet... dammmmnnn

 

[Thom.02]

TIL you can place bridges diagonally

 

[minimoon]

TIL it takes:

• 20 pearls
• 12 giant clams
• 17 coral
• 46 sand dollars
• 3 conches
• 5 sea snails
• 5 stones
• and 4 iron nuggets

to craft the entire mermaid set.

This is really helpful! Thanks for posting this. Also, 20 pearls!? I've found one so far.

 

[Le Ham]

This is really helpful! Thanks for posting this. Also, 20 pearls!? I've found one so far.

I've found two so far, on day one (the night of the 2nd), and Pascal has graciously gifted me with two more. I'm hoping his variety of offerings will mean it's paced out evenly enough that we won't be left without pearls to finish the set for too long. And once his DIYs are exhausted he probably gives pearls more often?

 

[minimoon]

I've found two so far, on day one (the night of the 2nd), and Pascal has graciously gifted me with two more. I'm hoping his variety of offerings will mean it's paced out evenly enough that we won't be left without pearls to finish the set for too long. And once his DIYs are exhausted he probably gives pearls more often?

Yeah, he gave me one as well and I realised today that I can use my second character to get extra stuff from him, hopefully. I got Gullivarrr for the first time today so it's worth loading up my second character

 

[Flodorf]

Edges of paths are not on top of the grass (and looking weirdly ragged), but grass is growing over the edge of the path. Mind is blown!!

 

[Deliquate]

The fastest way to swim is to tap A to make your character stroke. Every tap is a stroke. Holding A is faster than nothing but it's much slower than propelling your character stroke by stroke.

 

[minimoon]

Today I learned that villagers can just plonk themselves down on your rocks. First time I've seen that.

 

[Rubombee]

!!! TIL, I'm so glad I saw this

You can wear wand outfits over the wetsuit

 

[Emmsey]

TIL... well not exactly today but in the last few weeks that you can listen in to villager conversations between two of them. I have no idea how I never knew this...!! It literally blew my mind when I found out. You can find out so much more about your villager characters and their interactions!

 

[Le Ham]

TIL if you go swimming with normal hat/accessories on, your hat gets wet the same way it does in the rain.