Today I Learned: New Horizons Edition

[wanderlust//]

I learned that Wisp is an idiot who will never learn that I am not a ghost cmon wisp this is like the fifth time you’ve see me

 

[Imbri]

Today I learned that if you stand on the light tile square in the art exhibit (where the statues are), it pulls back to view the room, kind of like the blue dots in the fossil section.

 

[niconii]

Today I learned that you don’t necessarily have to be wearing the snorkeling mask to be able to dive. All this time since the new summer update I’ve been making the effort to wear the snorkel mask before going into the water only to find out accidentally that it’s not needed.

The discovery left me reeling for a couple of minutes (also couldn’t help but laugh at myself tbh!). To think I’ve been wasting one inventory space all this time lugging around a snorkeling mask only to find it’s just there for decor/aesthetic purposes

 

[sunset_succulent]

I just shook all of my peach trees where several are in spots where not all the fruit can fall, and it's still the same.
It vanishes where it is meant to land.

maybe it’s just coconuts?

 

[Morningowl]

Isabelle talks more when she has no announcements then when she does.

 

[Hsn97]

Today I learnt that annoyingly, you can’t put items on tree stumps even though you and your villagers can sit on them.

 

[stiney]

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...

I'm actually jealous of your tidepools! I wish I had at least one rock with a tidepool.

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til that the new patch yesterday made it so you couldn’t shake fruit or coconut trees if there wasn’t room for the fruit to fall.

Sadly they didn't fix the wood issue when chopping trees. It kills me when there's a free spot around the tree but in the "wrong" direction so it's like NO WOOD FOR YOU OH THE TREE IS GONE BYE.

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I learned that swimming is actually fun! I hate diving in NL, I found it really frustrating because stuff disappeared so quickly, and the jellyfish were irritating, etc.

In NH there's no jellyfish to sting you, and you aren't on a clock to get to the diving creature in time--I chased a Gigas Clam across pretty much the entire length of the island before I cornered it the lower right by where the nets meet and was able to catch it. In NL it would have vanished before I got halfway across. And the sound design on swimming and diving is so good--the brrrp is really satisfying.

The only irritant left is the swim suit and clothes shopping. I was going to say "and that I will now be wearing the same outfit for all of time because I'll just always wear my wetsuit now like I did in NL but I saw that wands sit over wetsuits so I finally see a reason to start using wands!

 

[tajikey]

Inviting a camper does not reset the clock on a villager asking to move. I invited Frobert from the campsite on Sunday, then yesterday, Rodney asked to move.

 

[Mick]

Sadly they didn't fix the wood issue when chopping trees. It kills me when there's a free spot around the tree but in the "wrong" direction so it's like NO WOOD FOR YOU OH THE TREE IS GONE BYE.

Are you aware that you can still get wood with stone axes? They break a little quicker but they don't destroy the tree so you can keep trying if one of the swings misses (and also, you can get more wood from the same tree the next day )

 

[stiney]

Are you aware that you can still get wood with stone axes? They break a little quicker but they don't destroy the tree so you can keep trying if one of the swings misses (and also, you can get more wood from the same tree the next day )

I am, but I cut down my money tree after harvesting it to prevent my forest scope creep. So I use the regular ax because I want it to be cut down, but also if I'm gonna cut the tree down I want my three wood please and thank you.

 

[Sharksheep]

Til that you don't have to fill in the hole when you lay down a path. It'll fill the hole in for you and lay down the path!

 

[Mick]

I am, but I cut down my money tree after harvesting it to prevent my forest scope creep. So I use the regular ax because I want it to be cut down, but also if I'm gonna cut the tree down I want my three wood please and thank you.

Makes sense. Just wanted to make sure

 

[stiney]

Makes sense. Just wanted to make sure

Appreciated! There's so many little things to know about the game that I would rather have someone ask "Did you know..." instead of assuming I knew or not wanting to risk offending me.

 

[sarosephie]

MERMAID SETS ARE NOT CUSTOMIZABLE
I AM A SAD BOI

 

[SmoochsPLH]

Like, you mean the grass is growing over the path?

YES! Thank you! It was late and I couldn't word lol. Up until I noticed that I always thought it was just a patch of dirt on top of grass.

 

[ElenaSmiles]

I accidentally closed the curtains in my house today while I was moving furniture and I literally made the surprised pikachu face

 

[PemaGrey]

i learnt that you can’t gift flowers to your villagers which sucks lol

You can gift gold roses

 

[Shyria]

Today I learned that when you select a stack of fruit to give as a gift, it doesn't give the whole thing anymore!!! The villager will only receive one piece of fruit.
No more accidentally giving away 10 fruits at a time, or having to grab them one by one! Yay!!

 

[Shellzilla_515]

Redd visited my island today. When I looked closely at my character near the exit of the ship, I can see some outdoor lighting coming in ever so slightly.

 

[tajikey]

Today I learned that when you select a stack of fruit to give as a gift, it doesn't give the whole thing anymore!!! The villager will only receive one piece of fruit.
No more accidentally giving away 10 fruits at a time, or having to grab them one by one! Yay!!

It was always that way for me. Only when I wrapped the stack did it give the villager all of them (and still does).