Nat gave me a re-orderable item

[kwark]

I got five items from Nat during the Bug-Off. One of them was a barber's pole.

Is this suppose to happen? I thought he only gave bug related furniture.

 

[Sanaki]

Isn't that if you break the record? If you have been idk i dont know anything about the bug off

 

[Orbis]

I think if you break the record but you're still below 80, he gives you a random item.

 

[kwark]

I think if you break the record but you're still below 80, he gives you a random item.

Oh, I see. Thanks.

 

[Hypno KK]

Whenever you break the record, you get items. To get items from the Bug series, you need to break the record with a score that is above 80. If you break the record with something less than that, you'll get a reorderable item.

For example, if the record is 35 and you break it with a bug worth 50 points, you'll get a random item. If you break it with a bug worth 82 points, you'll get a Bug Series item.

Keep in mind that the bug's base value can change depending on the stuff Nat evaluates for you. You can give him a rare bug and get a low score, or get a high score with a more common one, depending on those factors. What I personally did was save before giving him a rare bug (since those scores are random) so I could reset if it was ridiculously low or if I got an item I hated. You can also reset the record by TTing back, it'll be a low score by one of your villagers so you can give him another bug and get another item.

 

[Rumblethumps]

Also, even if you give him a bug that scores over 80, you still have to beat the record for him to give you something. Which means if you give him a bug and he scores it a perfect 100, you can't get any more items from him after that since you can't break a perfect record.

I made the mistake of giving him a perfect 100 bug first, and only being able to get one item from him. Never doing that again. >_>

 

[Hypno KK]

Also, even if you give him a bug that scores over 80, you still have to beat the record for him to give you something. Which means if you give him a bug and he scores it a perfect 100, you can't get any more items from him after that since you can't break a perfect record.

I made the mistake of giving him a perfect 100 bug first, and only being able to get one item from him. Never doing that again. >_>

You can TT backwards by any amount of time to reset the record. Just save and quit after he gives you your item, TT back (even a few minutes work, I think) and when you ask him about the current record, it'll be a random villager instead with a low record, instead of your last one, so you can give him more bugs and break the record over and over again.

 

[dahlialia]

Also, even if you give him a bug that scores over 80, you still have to beat the record for him to give you something. Which means if you give him a bug and he scores it a perfect 100, you can't get any more items from him after that since you can't break a perfect record.

I made the mistake of giving him a perfect 100 bug first, and only being able to get one item from him. Never doing that again. >_>

If you go to another person's town for the bug-off you can get furniture for beating the record, but your bugs don't count to set the record. I went to another town early in the day, and got items for all my bugs.

Also, 100 is not the highest. It is the highest *base* number of points, but then they are adjusted for size, color, etc. My highest was 135 points.