Zipper T. Bunny
NPC
Welcome to The Bell Tree's Eleventh Annual Easter Egg Hunt! It is I, your renowned host Zipper T. Bunny back with another (in)famous forum egg hunt. This year we have another six fancily decorated egg collectibles you can receive by following 29 different clues. That's the largest amount of clues we've had yet!
If this is your very first egg hunt on The Bell Tree, your objective is to follow the clues listed in the table below which will give you egg currency. Some can be found in various places across The Bell Tree, while others require you to submit a correct word. Some should be solved privately, while others can be solved as a community, publicly in this thread. More about this will be explained in the egg types section below. Once you receive egg currency, you can spend it in the shop to receive new egg collectibles! One person will even win the Golden Easter Egg collectible.
The first batch of eggs has been released Friday April 7th at 7:00 PM EDT. More will continue to be released throughout Saturday and Sunday. You have until Monday, April 10th 2022 at 10:00 PM EDT to find as many eggs as you can. After that point, they will all spoil and will no longer be redeemable. Then the answers will be posted so you can check how you did!
Like last year, we're not disqualifying participants who privately share answers. However, we do ask that you be respectful to users who wish to work alone. Don't beg for help or spoil answers without permission. In some cases, working alone may also be beneficial because we are adding new bonus rewards this year. Bonuses will allow you to receive extra currency and, if you're this year's lucky egg hunt winner, the coveted Golden Easter Egg! These will be distributed after the event ends:
| Achievement | Reward |
|---|---|
| 1 of only 100 or fewer people to redeem an egg (doesn't apply to community clues) | +1 egg currency |
| First person to find an egg | +2 egg currency |
| First person to find the most eggs | Golden Easter Egg |
Pay careful attention to the egg types because they describe how to solve each egg! Each batch has two solo clues, one community clue, and one puzzle.
- Solo Clue: This is a typical clue that will give you an idea of where you might find the egg around TBT. It will often (but not always) appear as a link or small egg graphic, which you can click to receive your egg currency. They don't all look the same. While many may be located in forum threads, this is not always the case. Solo clues are meant to be worked on individually or privately, so do not publicly share or ask for information that helps solve them.
- Community Clue: A community clue is like a solo clue in that it's hidden somewhere on TBT. However, community clues can be discussed and solved by the entire community, directly in this thread. When publicly discussing these clues, be sure to clarify the egg number in your post so other users know which one you're talking about. These clues are typically more difficult, so the whole community can work together in order to solve them!
- Puzzle: For these eggs, you must submit a specific code, number, or word in order to receive them. Use the clue to work out your best guess and submit it by making a thread in the Private Contest and Event Submission board (click here). Input your guess and egg # into the fields. The thread's title and body can be anything. This year, you may post up to three guesses per clue. Make a new thread for each one, but do not post more than three per clue. Unlike last year, these clues have no early deadline, but currency will not be distributed for them until after the event ends on Monday night, so you won't know if you submitted the correct answer until the very end. Misspellings will not be accepted, but certain translations and similar variations may be accepted. Do not publicly share or ask for information that helps solve puzzle clues.
| Egg | First Sighting | Type | Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg 1 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Solo | Let's grow old together on this familiar farm. |
| Egg 2 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Community | Once lost, now found! ... What page was I on again? |
| Egg 3 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Solo | Three years stuck on an island? That's plenty of time to reflect. |
| Egg 4 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Puzzle | Although our friends came to life thanks to numerous wizards and mages, us nonuplets descended from one and the same. |
| Egg 5 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Solo | A decade later, it’s time for our fourth expedition to a Planet that’s Naturally Fruitful. |
| Egg 6 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Community | Title: Everything Everywhere All at One. |
| Egg 7 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Solo | A sandy spine sure sounds fine! |
| Egg 8 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Puzzle | In a nest, within a tree, you spy a twinkling galaxy. (Click here for a Sunday update!) |
| Egg 9 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Solo | If your first press went out of date, why not try again in the future? |
| Egg 10 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Community | This unfamiliar sea creature has a lot to say, even where a common error may be encountered. Over a cup of coffee, they express their preference for a natural feel. |
| Egg 11 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Solo | All that glitters IS gold… it only took 300 days to find one! |
| Egg 12 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Puzzle | The number of trees in a forest and the number of bells for a tree (round down!) ###. |
| Egg 13 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Solo | As it turns out, Joe has a variety of different flavors to help combat that chapped feeling. Who knew?! |
| Egg 14 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Community | Sort the tree's branches and pick out the artificial one. |
| Egg 15 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Solo | RSVP... Somebody? Anybody! |
| Egg 16 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Puzzle | Fruit found on your island, but this version is sentient. How many heads are floating in the network? ##. |
| Egg 17 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Solo | Not officially sanctioned but marked with a star, the shiniest trinkets are between few and far. |
| Egg 18 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Community | That N.F.T. thing was fun! Can someone recommend me a similar game? |
| Egg 19 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Solo | Mmm, the perfect island getaway for a sunny day! |
| Egg 20 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Puzzle | The non-existent opposite of Pascha, directionally. |
| Egg 21 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Solo | Who reads these anyway? But you should! |
| Egg 22 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Community | Only the slipperiest of nuggets will suffice for the guardian signs. |
| Egg 23 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Solo | This one's Really Simple, Surely! |
| Egg 24 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Puzzle | That one time yew wracked your brains trying to decipher an erroneous palindrome. ###. |
| Egg 25 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Solo | Knotgrass, leeches, and Victoria sponge. |
| Egg 26 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Community | Hey from the day Sackboy came to play. |
| Egg 27 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Solo | A big thumbs up for the spindly and striped. Positivity aired, experience shared. |
| Egg 28 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Puzzle | The biggest guy at the island's gym. |
| Egg 29 | Apr 9th 4PM EDT | Puzzle | Bonus!
The image has been scrambled! Who is this Nintendo character?
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| Egg | First Sighting | Type | Clue | Answer | Clue Writer | First Found By | # of Eggs Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg 1 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Solo | Let's grow old together on this familiar farm. | In the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life thread. | Mistreil | JellyBeans | 173 |
| Egg 2 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Community | Once lost, now found! ... What page was I on again? | Click the bookmark button on the Lost Book collectible. | Mistreil | Asarena | 215 |
| Egg 3 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Solo | Three years stuck on an island? That's plenty of time to reflect. | Found in the What is your opinion of New Horizons 3 years on? thread. | Jeremy | ~Kilza~ | 192 |
| Egg 4 | Apr 7th 7PM EDT | Puzzle | Although our friends came to life thanks to numerous wizards and mages, us nonuplets descended from one and the same. | Potion - TBT has nine potion collectibles, all created by Laudine. | Laudine | Merielle | 32 |
| Egg 5 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Solo | A decade later, it’s time for our fourth expedition to a Planet that’s Naturally Fruitful. | In the "Pikmin 4 has been announced. Which are your hopes for the game?" thread. Pikmin 3 was released July 13, 2013, nearly ten years ago. A Place that’s Naturally Fruitful refers to PNF-404, the planet all of the Pikmin games take place on, and in Pikmin 3, the main collectible is fruit. | LaBelleFleur | Sharksheep | 174 |
| Egg 6 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Community | Title: Everything Everywhere All at One. | Search "everything" in the search bar with "title only" filter (everywhere is one of the filter options within a board), and the egg is found in this thread where everything is sold for one bell. | pandapples | JellyLu | 200 |
| Egg 7 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Solo | A sandy spine sure sounds fine! | In the 1 Hour Collectible Poll where users voted on the book collectible background. | Oblivia | Asarena | 150 |
| Egg 8 | Apr 8th 10AM EDT | Puzzle | In a nest, within a tree, you spy a twinkling galaxy. | Ione - The squirrel villager from new horizons whose tail is a galaxy. | Oblivia | Aquilla | 112 |
| Egg 9 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Solo | If your first press went out of date, why not try again in the future? | In the Is anyone buying the ACNH 2.0 guide? thread. Future Press published a guide for Animal Crossing: New Horizons in 2020 that became out of date due to major updates. They are releasing an updated version of the guide in 2023. | Justin | ~Kilza~ | 141 |
| Egg 10 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Community | This unfamiliar sea creature has a lot to say, even where a common error may be encountered. Over a cup of coffee, they express their preference for a natural feel. | In this post by Alienfish in a thread on page 404 of Brewster's Café. They have the most posts on TBT and a common error refers to the board page number. | Oblivia | Saylor | 191 |
| Egg 11 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Solo | All that glitters IS gold… it only took 300 days to find one! | In the Share your shiny Pokémon stories and screenshots thread. | Kaiaa | JellyLu | 147 |
| Egg 12 | Apr 8th 2PM EDT | Puzzle | The number of trees in a forest and the number of bells for a tree (round down!) ###. | 316 (森 is 49 Bells, which is made of 木 * 3 -- so divided by 3 you get 16.333, rounded down is 16). | Mistreil | Blink. | 55 |
| Egg 13 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Solo | As it turns out, Joe has a variety of different flavors to help combat that chapped feeling. Who knew?! | In this post from the Lip Balm thread that references Trader Joe’s lip balms/different flavors. | Oblivia | xara | 163 |
| Egg 14 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Community | Sort the tree's branches and pick out the artificial one. | Go to the Nintendo Tree House board, filter by prefix, and select the mysterious prefix for a fake game. It will lead you to one thread where the egg is hidden. | Jeremy | Rio_ | 191 |
| Egg 15 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Solo | RSVP... Somebody? Anybody! | In the threads with no replies page. | Mistreil | Rio_ | 136 |
| Egg 16 | Apr 8th 6PM EDT | Puzzle | Fruit found on your island, but this version is sentient. How many heads are floating in the network? ##. | 39 - There are three villagers that share names with fruit in New Horizons: Apple, Peaches, and Cherry. Selecting villagers to trade in the New Neighbor Network board adds an image of their head to the listing. The total number of trades for these three villagers is 39. | Jeremy | hestu | 38 |
| Egg 17 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Solo | Not officially sanctioned but marked with a star, the shiniest trinkets are between few and far. | In the Collectible Tier List thread. The thread title has a star at the end and the posted values are all unofficial market value. | Oblivia | OswinOswald | 143 |
| Egg 18 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Community | That N.F.T. thing was fun! Can someone recommend me a similar game? | This post recommending the game Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. | Mistreil | aurora. | 191 |
| Egg 19 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Solo | Mmm, the perfect island getaway for a sunny day! | In the Yo has anyone tried the Switch games flavors at Coldstones Creamery it’s really good thread. | Justin | You got mail! | 128 |
| Egg 20 | Apr 9th 9AM EDT | Puzzle | The non-existent opposite of Pascha, directionally. | Wester - Pascha is another word for Easter, therefore the directional opposite would be Wester, which doesn’t actually exist. | Oblivia | Merielle | 78 |
| Egg 21 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Solo | Who reads these anyway? But you should! | In the Rules and Guidelines thread. | Kaiaa | ~Kilza~ | 192 |
| Egg 22 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Community | Only the slipperiest of nuggets will suffice for the guardian signs. | In this thread posted by Oblivia in 2017 seeking Chicken Smoothie pets. Slippery nuggets refer to the site name, and Guardian Signs is a Pokémon Rangers game that takes place in the region of Oblivia. | Oblivia | JellyBeans | 184 |
| Egg 23 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Solo | This one's Really Simple, Surely! | Linked in the RSS icon at the bottom of the site. | Mistreil | Saylor | 161 |
| Egg 24 | Apr 9th 12PM EDT | Puzzle | That one time yew wracked your brains trying to decipher an erroneous palindrome. ###. | 242 - The answer to a Spirit Tree challenge during last Halloween before the clue was corrected. | Chris | ~Kilza~ | 78 |
| Egg 25 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Solo | Knotgrass, leeches, and Victoria sponge. | Hidden within the spoiler of this Hogwarts Legacy post. | Chris | Merielle | 135 |
| Egg 26 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Community | Hey from the day Sackboy came to play. | This thread on the last page of the introductions board from October 27, 2008. | Mistreil | Gene. | 181 |
| Egg 27 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Solo | A big thumbs up for the spindly and striped. Positivity aired, experience shared. | In the first feedback left for the Wix NPC account. He’s spindly, striped, and thrives on positivity. | Oblivia | hestu | 125 |
| Egg 28 | Apr 9th 3PM EDT | Puzzle | The biggest guy at the island's gym. | Axel - Axel is the only jock elephant in Animal Crossing. Elephants are the biggest villagers. | Jeremy | Merielle | 58 |
| Egg 29 | Apr 9th 4PM EDT | Puzzle | Bonus!
The image has been scrambled! Who is this Nintendo character?
| Golbat
| Laudine | xSuperMario64x | 78 |
Looking at the users who found an egg first, there's a tie.
At four eggs each, the tie is between, ~Kilza~ and Merielle!
Technically, we forgot to say what we would do to break a tie this year!
Last year, we said it would be whoever got the first-place eggs the fastest. Out of their four eggs, the fastest was ~Kilza~.
However, if we look at all 29 eggs, Merielle found them the fastest between the two of them.
~Kilza~ was also our winner last year.
Either way, we'll be sure to come up with a better system next year.
Who should be our 2023 winner?
Last year, we said it would be whoever got the first-place eggs the fastest. Out of their four eggs, the fastest was ~Kilza~.
However, if we look at all 29 eggs, Merielle found them the fastest between the two of them.
~Kilza~ was also our winner last year.
Either way, we'll be sure to come up with a better system next year.
Who should be our 2023 winner?
Congratulations to both ~Kilza~ and Merielle!
Special thanks to everyone who helped create another TBT event!
Clues
Oblivia
Mistreil
Jeremy
Chris
Kaiaa
Laudine
Justin
LaBelleFleur
pandapples
Graphics
Banner and mini banners - Mick
All new Easter egg collectibles - Laudinesp
Opalescent Oleander backdrop - dizzy bone
TBT banner Zippers: Laudine
Other
Thread and clue coordinator - Jeremy
Art coordinator - Mick
Technical set up - Jeremy, Oblivia, Justin
Clue set up: Jeremy, Mick, Oblivia
Help approving puzzle answers: TBD
