Badge Update

Badge update time!

I've gotten a lot of badges since I was last posting!
I currently have 49 out of 72 medals (about 68%).  

Skilled Bug Catcher - Catch 500+ insects
Expert Bug Catcher - Catch 2,000+ insects

Master Bug Catcher - Catch 5000+ insects
(Bug catching is easy but time consuming. Catching butterflies during the time of year they're active is a pretty easy way to do it.)

Skilled Angler - Catch 500+ fish
Expert Angler - Catch 2,000+ fish
Master Angler - Catch 5,000+ fish
(I'm focusing more on bug catching right now than fishing.)

Skilled Diver - Catch 100+ dive items
Pro Diver - Catch 200+ dive items
Dive Master - Catch 1,000 dive items
(I hate diving. And I have all the dive items in my museum so it's really only for the badge now.)

Insect Maniac - Catch 50% of all types of insects
Insect Encyclopedia - Catch 80% of all types of insects
Prof. of Entomology - Catch all types of insects
(I'm only missing one now! Just the scorpion... *shudder*)

Fish Maniac - Catch 50% of all types of fish
Fish Encyclopedia - Catch 80% of all types of fish
Prof. of Ichthyology - Catch all types of fish
Seafood Maniac - Catch 50% of all types of dive items
Seafood Encyclopedia - Catch 80% of all types of dive items
Prof. of Seafood - Catch all types of dive items
Balloon Hunter - Pop 30+ Balloons
Balloon Buster - Pop 100+ Balloons
Balloon Master - Pop 200+ Balloons
(I didn't used to carry my slingshot around with me, but now I do. Still, this is not one I work on often enough, so I think it will take a while.)

Bronze Medalist - Earn 300 medals from Island Tours

Silver Medalist - Earn 1,500 medals from Island Tours
Gold Medalist - Earn 5,000 medals from Island Tours
(Ugh, these take forever! I don't usually go to the island and you get like 8-12 per tour... So slow.)

Backyard Gardener - Plant 100 items
Village Gardener - Plant 250 items
Gardening Specialist - Plant 500 items

Weed Hunter - Pull 500 Weeds
Weed Buster - Pull 2,000 Weeds

Weed Menace - Pull 5,000 Weeds
(I've been really doing everything I can with this. Letting flowers wilt and pulling them, going to other towns that are having weeding days, etc. Still feels like a slog.)

Avid Bell Saver - Put 1,000,000 Bells in Savings
Wealthy Bell Saver - Put 10,000,000 Bells in Savings

Tycoon Bell Saver - Put 100,000,000 Bells in Savings
Amateur Turnip Trader - Make 500,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Pro Turnip Trader - Make 3,000,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Master Turnip Trader - Make 10,000,000 Bells on the Stalk Market

(I got this by TTing in my second town and visiting there to sell the turnips I bought in my town. Rinse and repeat.)

Good Shopper Spend - 500,000 Bells in shops
Expert Shopper - Spend 2,000,000 Bells in shops
Master Shopper - Spend 5,000,000 Bells in shops

Refurbishing Beginner - Have Cyrus remake 30 things
Refurbishing Expert - Have Cyrus remake 100 things
Refurbishing Master - Have Cyrus remake 200 things

(This one took forever!!! But I just stuck with it and finally got it.)

Catalog Maniac Bronze - Complete 20% of the catalog
Catalog Maniac Silver - Complete 50% of the catalog

Catalog Maniac Gold - Complete 80% of the catalog
Happy Homer Bronze - Earn 50,000 points with HHA

Happy Homer Silver - Earn 100,000 points with HHA

Happy Homer Gold - Earn 150,000 points with HHA
(Basically I just bought a few sets of furniture and completely refurnished my house and then I got it.)

K.K. Slider Fan - See K.K. Slider live 20 times
K.K. Slider Fangirl - See K.K. Slider live 50 times
K.K. Slider Diehard - See K.K. Slider live 100 times
(I hadn't really looked into this until recently. Apparently you can get them all in one night if you fill your pockets before seeing him and just keep making requests. I haven't tried yet, though.)
Good Samaritan - Fulfill 50 Villager Requests
Great Samaritan - Fulfill 100 Villager Requests
Town Concierge - Fulfill 200 Villager Requests

Letter Writer - Send 50 letters (*of 10+ characters)
Letter Author - Send 100 letters
Postmaster - Send 200 letters

(You have to have at least 10 characters in each letter and I think you can only send one to each villager each day, but this one is easy to get!)

StreetPass Beginner - StreetPass 100 times

StreetPass Expert - StreetPass 300 times
StreetPass Master - StreetPass 1000 times
Neighborhood Traveler - Visit other towns 100 times

World Traveler - Visit other towns 250 times
Space Traveler - Visit other towns 500 times
Good Hostess - Be visited by others 50 times
Great Hostess - Be visited by others 200 times
Goodwill Ambassador - Be visited by others 500 times
Dreamer - Visit 50 Dream Towns
Heavy Sleeper - Visit 200 Dream Towns
Mrs. Sandman - Visit 500 Dream Towns
Village Representative - Play for 50 hours
Village Leader - Play for 200 hours
Villager of Honor - Play for 500 hours



I feel like I've really made a lot of progress!

~ Mayor Blair

Slow Going and then... FINALLY!

Many of the badges in ACNL require a lot of steady effort over time, so it can feel like you're not making progress even though you're spending a lot of time on it.

That said, I've been catching a ton of bugs in order to get the badge for catching 5,000 insects.

I finally caught an orchid mantis, which means I only have 3 (I believe) bugs left to catch in the game!

I also got another piece of art for the musem (I need most of them):

I was able to get two new badges recently!

By sending a lot of letters, I earned myself this bad-boy:

And for constantly refurbishing the same clock at Re-Tail, I got this one:

I currently have 29 out of 72 medals (about 40%)!  

Which brings our list to:

Skilled Bug Catcher - Catch 500+ insects
Expert Bug Catcher - Catch 2,000+ insects
Master Bug Catcher - Catch 5000+ insects
Skilled Angler - Catch 500+ fish
Expert Angler - Catch 2,000+ fish
Master Angler - Catch 5,000+ fish
Skilled Diver - Catch 100+ dive items
Pro Diver - Catch 200+ dive items
Dive Master - Catch 1,000 dive items
Insect Maniac - Catch 50% of all types of insects
Insect Encyclopedia - Catch 80% of all types of insects
Prof. of Entomology - Catch all types of insects
Fish Maniac - Catch 50% of all types of fish
Fish Encyclopedia - Catch 80% of all types of fish
Prof. of Ichthyology - Catch all types of fish
Seafood Maniac - Catch 50% of all types of dive items
Seafood Encyclopedia - Catch 80% of all types of dive items
Prof. of Seafood - Catch all types of dive items
Balloon Hunter - Pop 30+ Balloons
Balloon Buster - Pop 100+ Balloons
Balloon Master - Pop 200+ Balloons
Bronze Medalist - Earn 300 medals from Island Tours
Silver Medalist - Earn 1,500 medals from Island Tours
Gold Medalist - Earn 5,000 medals from Island Tours
Backyard Gardener - Plant 100 items
Village Gardener - Plant 250 items
Gardening Specialist - Plant 500 items
Weed Hunter - Pull 500 Weeds
Weed Buster - Pull 2,000 Weeds
Weed Menace - Pull 5,000 Weeds
Avid Bell Saver - Put 1,000,000 Bells in Savings
Wealthy Bell Saver - Put 10,000,000 Bells in Savings
Tycoon Bell Saver - Put 100,000,000 Bells in Savings
Amateur Turnip Trader - Make 500,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Pro Turnip Trader - Make 3,000,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Master Turnip Trader - Make 10,000,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Good Shopper Spend - 500,000 Bells in shops
Expert Shopper - Spend 2,000,000 Bells in shops
Master Shopper - Spend 5,000,000 Bells in shops
Refurbishing Beginner - Have Cyrus remake 30 things
Refurbishing Expert - Have Cyrus remake 100 things
Refurbishing Master - Have Cyrus remake 200 things
Catalog Maniac Bronze - Complete 20% of the catalog
Catalog Maniac Silver - Complete 50% of the catalog
Catalog Maniac Gold - Complete 80% of the catalog
Happy Homer Bronze - Earn 50,000 points with HHA
Happy Homer Silver - Earn 100,000 points with HHA
Happy Homer Gold - Earn 150,000 points with HHA
K.K. Slider Fan - See K.K. Slider live 20 times
K.K. Slider Fangirl - See K.K. Slider live 50 times
K.K. Slider Diehard - See K.K. Slider live 100 times
Good Samaritan - Fulfill 50 Villager Requests
Great Samaritan - Fulfill 100 Villager Requests
Town Concierge - Fulfill 300 Villager Requests
Letter Writer - Send 50 letters (*of 10+ characters)
Letter Author - Send 100 letters
Postmaster - Send 200 letters
StreetPass Beginner - StreetPass 100 times
StreetPass Expert - StreetPass 300 times
StreetPass Master - StreetPass 1000 times
Neighborhood Traveler - Visit other towns 100 times
World Traveler - Visit other towns 250 times
Space Traveler - Visit other towns 500 times
Good Hostess - Be visited by others 50 times
Great Hostess - Be visited by others 200 times
Goodwill Ambassador - Be visited by others 500 times
Dreamer - Visit 50 Dream Towns
Heavy Sleeper - Visit 200 Dream Towns
Mrs. Sandman - Visit 500 Dream Towns
Village Representative - Play for 50 hours
Village Leader - Play for 200 hours
Villager of Honor - Play for 500 hours

Expect more progress updates soon! :D
~Mayor Blair

Steady As She Goes

It's been a really crazy time in my personal life, so I haven't gotten around to playing ACNL as much as I'd like, or blogging about it.

A lot of my free time was tied up with friends, in part because of a death in one of their families. On Sunday my family and I did our Easter thing (mountains of food) and watched Big Brother Canada. Since then my life's gone back to mostly normal and I've gotten back to my game and my badge collecting with renewed dedication!

If only there were; I'm sure I'd have the gold by now.

A lot of little things have been going on in Arcadia recently. I have now TT'd to mid-September, hoping to catch the last of my fish, etc.

I officially have only 4 bugs, 3 deep-sea creatures, and 2 fish left to catch in the game!

I have been having some mixed luck overall:

 In case you didn't notice from the previous pictures, I finally bought my (female) crown!
Which is apparently what put me over the line for my next shopper badge (although it started a weird rumour about me...?)

I dunno, dropping 1.2 mil on a crown seemed less-than-thrifty to me...

 I tried out working at Brewster's café, and used the guide to make sure I did it all right:

I continued working on the refurbishing badges:

"Someone already did a nice job on this."

Had a weird exchange between myself, Klaus, and Olaf:
(Olaf asked me for a cherry, then Klaus asked me for something and after I gave him a salmon, he gave me a cherry in exchange, which I passed on to Olaf.)

I got a couple badges (including the shopping one above):

And I now have both a (magical) white katana AND a black katana in my favourite room in my house:

Floating and glowing pink? NBD.

And that's what I've been up to! Not that much, but enough to have fun.
I also have another blog drafted, but I'm not ready to publish it yet, so I figured I'd just do a little update today.

Catch you on the flipside!

~ Mayor Blair