Today I Learned: New Horizons Edition

[IndiaHawker]

Today I learned that while the gate is open, the day doesn’t change at 5am!

 

[Cpdlp92]

Today I learned that you can buy wall paper and flooring on nooks . All this time playing and never saw it.

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

TIL that villagers will actually try to attempt to catch bugs! I had only seen them holding their tents and following bugs slowly, but today I saw them trying to catch one and failing! They’ll respond with different reactions (like the star falling onto your head reaction or if there’s another villager seeing them, with the shocked reaction). Pretty neat! This happened at my Bug Catching Tourney!

 

[Alaina]

Today I learned that you can buy wall paper and flooring on nooks . All this time playing and never saw it.

It took me 6 months or more to realize that too! Idk if it’s because I was used to how you purchase them on the original, or if it’s poor UI design.

 

[Burumun]

It took me 6 months or more to realize that too! Idk if it’s because I was used to how you purchase them on the original, or if it’s poor UI design.

They do tell you it's there when the shop opens, and you can see it from the outside.

 

[6iixx]

this wasn't something i learned today, but over the past week; you can be blocked in by a visitor in front of a chair, etc. (as my sister so classically did for a total of ten minutes on this visit ), so i was curious if you could block a visitor while they were in the changing room. it turned rather.. weird? and i must say, i feel a little jibbed that she was able to just clip out of it perfectly fine, but i had to sit through her maniacal laughter the entire time she had me stuck on a bench

https://twitter.com/x/status/1350270195995013121

 

[JKDOS]

This is just a theory, but today it hit me that 12PM in New Horizons is actually just a rendition of Tom Nook's theme song

 

[Burumun]

I got a kadomatsu from Groucho today, which I thought was interesting. Makes me wonder how long that'll be possible, seeing as the item is no longer available to buy, and whether or not it's possible for the sunflower rug, which is the only limited time item I don't have yet.

 

[Feraligator]

Not quite a TIL but it's new to me!:
Kody came up to me to ask to look for his missing item (a bag). Is this new or is this the first time I've encountered this??

 

[DVD]

Not quite a TIL but it's new to me!:
Kody came up to me to ask to look for his missing item (a bag). Is this new or is this the first time I've encountered this??

I think it's always been there actually! Weird that you'd never encountered it before, I find missing items almost every week lmao

TIL that each villager has like a hobby! I only found out through this forum, I still don't really know how their hobbies affect gameplay, but it's interesting since I really thought every villager with the same personality was exactly the same

 

[Feraligator]

I think it's always been there actually! Weird that you'd never encountered it before, I find missing items almost every week lmao

I've seen lots of missing items before, but I've never had a villager come up to me and ask me to find it

 

[DVD]

I've seen lots of missing items before, but I've never had a villager come up to me and ask me to find it

Oh, I'm sorry, I totally misread that! I've actually never had that happen to me either but I have seen other people being asked by the villagers to find their missing items before

 

[GEEBRASS]

...that you can kill a cockroach in your house in decoration mode by dropping furniture on it.

 

[RollingAntony]

I think it's always been there actually! Weird that you'd never encountered it before, I find missing items almost every week lmao

TIL that each villager has like a hobby! I only found out through this forum, I still don't really know how their hobbies affect gameplay, but it's interesting since I really thought every villager with the same personality was exactly the same

Hobbies mostly affect the different activities the islanders do. For example, islanders with a "fitness" hobby will be exercising much more and with heavier dumbbells (and wear sporty shades), "education" inclined islanders will examine objects with a magnifying glass and read outside (with glasses), islanders with "music" hobby will be singing everywhere, even if a stereo is not around, etc.

I somehow ended with 4 very fit islanders. They work so hard.

 

[JKDOS]

It seems the shovel is 100% impervious to breakage while hitting rocks for resources. From my testing, if your shovel is 1 use away from breaking, it will not break unless you hit a dead rock. If you hit the rock a 9th time or after the resource timer has depleted, it will break.

If your shovel is one use away from breakage, you may hit every rock in town safely. Which means, you can set aside a shovel for rocks, and it should last a lifetime.

 

[Tiffany]

When you get all of the items in Labels clothing line and you do her challenge again she gives you the items in another color.

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

TIL that Label will have special dialogue and get embarrassed if you talk to her without wearing any clothing.

 

[annex]

I customized a corkboard with a custom pattern, and tried to drop it, so one of my alt characters could pick it up later, and put in their house. Nope. I had to customize it back to its original look, then have the alt character pick it up and customize it again with the custom pattern. What a waste of customization kits.

 

[Jam86]

i am actually amazed by how cute this mistake turned out to be

i put a mum crown on the wall in the wrong spot and it looked like it was placed on top of the pillows

i mean like, i didn't realise this game could get any cuter than it already was

 

[annex]

There are two different kinds of bunk beds. The regular bunk bed and a loft bed with desk. I've been playing for 10 months and have not had the loft bed for sale in my Nooks. I gotta get me some of those.