Far Beyond The Black Horizon: Episode 5 – Bastard Spider

Episode 5 – Bastard Spider

There’s lots of mysteries to this place. Like these glowing spots in the ground.

The logic would be to dig them up, except I’ve no recipe (so weird calling it that) for making spades.

Was going to say ‘shovel’, but I prefer to call a spade a spade.

Another mystery is this whole Nook Miles Programme.

Convoluted and confusing, you get the impression these Nook Miles are earned almost at random.

What are these key words about, for instance? There appears no explanation.

It’s easy to understand you can trade them in for goods. The earning of them is another matter.

Easier to understand are the balloon gifts.

Until I can get a catapult, I’m not getting them.

Instead I get recipes for piles of crap like this.

But the biggest problem right now is an old enemy from New Leaf days.

That bloody tarantula spider.

Get bitten, so back outside the tent, take a few steps east …

 … little bastard was waiting on me!

Got attacked before I could take any avoiding action, never mind use the net.

Back out AGAIN …

Attacked in under a minute – AGAIN!

That’s three times in under three minutes.

Yeah, relearning the hard way not to run around with the insect net in my hands all the time because tarantulas will always go into battle mode if you do that, but three times in three minutes? What’s the odds on that?

Unless of course the odds have been vastly lowered in this version of Animal Crossing – so be warned!

For now, I’ll stick to hermit crabs – but as Plumbob is my witness I’m gonna nail that muthafunking tarantula with a Brazilian Wandering Spider’s attitude if it is the last thing I do!

Yeah but payment for weed is trash. I’ll show you a better way to make money off them in a moment.

Of more interest is Timmy’s tip about eating before smashing rocks or digging up trees – if only I had the right tool.

Or at least the recipe to make a spade.

Some items are worth acquiring for selling. Oranges – one thousand bells for ten, and all you need do is shake the trees when they appear. No risks, no tools.

Less worth it are insects where you know the value before you catch it doesn’t justify the usage of the net.

You don’t get a lot of catches with the flimsy net (or the flimsy rod). There is no guarantee there will be enough branches lying around to make new ones when they break, so once you know which ones don’t make money, leave them alone.

It’s a little trickier with fish, but in general small shadow means poor return.