"A new address, a familiar face, and a little room to grow."

483 characters. After New Horizons

Dynamic lorebook. Location- and time-based encounters. Calendar events. Home references. Collectible opportunities.

Temporal image: Art by @alleesaurus

WELCOME TO NOOK ISLAND ▼

There is already coffee brewing at The Roost, a parcel waiting behind the Airport counter, and somebody with an opinion about the flowers outside Resident Services. Nook Island is an established coastal community: homes, shops, a Museum, and a busy Plaza, with rivers, orchards, woodland, and open shore beyond the streetlamps. Tom Nook handles housing and public works; Isabelle keeps the civic office running. Your place among their neighbors begins with the opening you choose.

Spend a morning fishing, visit a neighbor's home, help with a festival, or take a quiet walk along the beach. The calendar brings seasonal celebrations, birthdays, and concerts; the setting and hour shape possible encounters and local finds. Houses have their own furnishings and histories, and shops, Paradise Planning, Photopia, and the Resort Hotel share the same inhabited island. Discoveries offer something to pursue, with the catching, collecting, buying, and conversations left to the scene.

START MESSAGES ▼

✦ SM01 — New Horizons Arrival

The last Dodo Airlines flight brings you to Nook Island on the night of March 21, 2026. Timmy and Tommy meet you at the Airport and lead the way to a lantern-lit Plaza, where Tom Nook has stayed up to welcome his newest resident. By 23:45, your tent kit, sleeping bag, map, and NookPhone are ready, and the office is closing for the night. The beach path, riverbank, and orchard clearings offer places to settle before meeting the neighbors in the morning. Where you spend your first night is yours to choose.

✦ SM02 — The Mayoral Mix-Up

You expect an ordinary fresh start after the late flight on March 21, 2026. Isabelle is waiting at the Airport with a municipal binder, a fountain pen, and an entirely different understanding of your arrival: she believes you are the new Mayor. It is 23:36, Tom Nook has the charter ledger open at Resident Services, and the island's provisional name is still penciled onto the appointment papers. Isabelle offers the pen with complete confidence. Whether you clear up the misunderstanding or explore the unexpected appointment is an open question.

✦ SM03 — Through the Sea Fog

You wake from a long nap aboard Wilbur's seaplane, still some distance from Nook Island. The window shades are closed, the cabin clock is broken, and your NookPhone will only be issued after arrival. Nothing in the cabin establishes the date, time, or weather. Your own watch, the window shade beside your seat, and the pilot in the cockpit offer three ways to get your bearings before the descent begins.

Player tip: To apply the current-date/time patch in this opening, use your first reply to perform one of the actions offered by the SM: check your own watch, open the window shade, or ask Wilbur for the date and time. Let the next response establish those details and fill in STATS.

✦ SM04 — Custom Opening

A brief welcome leaves the opening scene for the next response. Use your first reply to introduce your persona, role, and preferred starting situation. The opening can use the current date and time, or you can specify the date and time you want for your story in that reply.

IMPORTANT PLAYER RULE — STATS ▼

NEVER touch or modify the STATS parameters directly.

Leave the island, location, date, time, and weather values, field markers, and separators in the bot's STATS line alone. Describe travel, time passing, and other changes in your reply, and let the bot update STATS through the scene. If a value needs correcting, explain the correction in your message rather than editing the STATS line yourself.

The scripts read this line to understand the current setting and support encounters, calendar events, and local finds. Editing its parameters directly can break that continuity. This also applies to SM03's unknown starting values: use one of its offered actions and let the response resolve them.

Slice of Life ✦ Community ✦ Ensemble ✦ Exploration ✦ Sandbox ✦ Animal Crossing

CHARACTERS ▼

Ace · Admiral · Agent S · Agnes · Al · Alfonso · Alice · Alli · Amelia · Anabelle · Anchovy · Angus · Anicotti · Ankha · Annalisa · Annalise · Antonio · Apollo · Apple · Astrid · Audie · Aurora · Ava · Avery · Axel · Azalea · Baabara · Bam · Bangle · Barold · Bea · Beardo · Beau · Becky · Bella · Benedict · Benjamin · Bertha · Bettina · Bianca · Biff · Big Top · Bill · Billy · Biskit · Bitty · Blaire · Blanca · Blanche · Blathers · Bluebear · Bob · Bonbon · Bones · Booker · Boomer · Boone · Boots · Boris · Boyd · Bree · Brewster · Broccolo · Broffina · Bruce · Bubbles · Buck · Bud · Bunnie · Butch · Buzz · C.J. · Cally · Camofrog · Canberra · Candi · Carmen · Caroline · Carrie · Cashmere · Cece · Celeste · Celia · Cephalobot · Cesar · Chabwick · Chadder · Chai · Charlise · Chelsea · Cheri · Cherry · Chester · Chevre · Chief · Chip · Chops · Chow · Chrissy · Claude · Claudia · Clay · Cleo · Clyde · Coach · Cobb · Coco · Cole · Colton · Cookie · Copper · Cornimer · Cousteau · Cranston · Croque · Cube · Curlos · Curly · Curt · Cyd · Cyrano · Cyrus · Daisy · Daisy Mae · Deena · Deirdre · Del · Deli · Derwin · Diana · Digby · Diva · Dizzy · Dobie · Doc · Dom · Don Resetti · Dora · Dotty · Dr. Shrunk · Drago · Drake · Drift · Ed · Egbert · Elise · Ellie · Elmer · Eloise · Elvis · Erik · Eugene · Eunice · Faith · Fang · Fauna · Felicity · Filbert · Flick · Flip · Flo · Flora · Flurry · Francine · Frank · Franklin · Freckles · Frett · Freya · Friga · Frita · Frobert · Fuchsia · Gabi · Gala · Gaston · Gayle · Genji · Gigi · Gladys · Gloria · Goldie · Gonzo · Goose · Gracie · Graham · Grams · Greta · Grizzly · Groucho · Gruff · Gullivarrr · Gulliver · Gwen · Hamlet · Hamphrey · Hans · Harriet · Harry · Harvey · Hazel · Henry · Hippeux · Hopkins · Hopper · Hornsby · Huck · Hugh · Iggly · Ike · Ione · Isabelle · Jack · Jacob · Jacques · Jambette · Jay · Jeremiah · Jingle · Jitters · Joan · Joey · Judy · Julia · Julian · June · K.K. Slider · Kabuki · Kapp'n · Katie · Katrina · Katt · Keaton · Ken · Ketchup · Kevin · Kicks · Kid Cat · Kidd · Kiki · Kitt · Kitty · Klaus · Knox · Kody · Kyle · Label · Leif · Leila · Leilani · Leonardo · Leopold · Lily · Limberg · Lionel · Lloid · Lobo · Lolly · Lopez · Lottie · Louie · Lucha · Lucky · Lucy · Luna · Lyle · Lyman · Mabel · Mac · Maddie · Maelle · Maggie · Mallary · Maple · Marcel · Marcie · Margie · Marina · Marlo · Marshal · Marty · Mathilda · Megan · Melba · Merengue · Merry · Midge · Mineru · Mint · Mira · Miranda · Mitzi · Moe · Molly · Monique · Monty · Moose · Mott · Mr. Resetti · Muffy · Murphy · Nan · Nana · Naomi · Nat · Nate · Nibbles · Niko · Norma · O'Hare · Octavian · Olaf · Olive · Olivia · Opal · Orville · Ozzie · Pancetti · Pango · Paolo · Papi · Pascal · Pashmina · Pate · Patty · Paula · Pavé · Peaches · Peanut · Pecan · Peck · Peewee · Peggy · Pekoe · Pelly · Penelope · Pete · Petri · Phil · Phineas · Phoebe · Phyllis · Pierce · Pietro · Pinky · Piper · Pippy · Plucky · Pompom · Poncho · Poppy · Porter · Portia · Prince · Puck · Puddles · Pudge · Punchy · Purrl · Queenie · Quillson · Quinn · Raddle · Rasher · Raymond · Redd · Reese · Reneigh · Renée · Rex · Rhonda · Ribbot · Ricky · Rilla · Rio · Rizzo · Roald · Robin · Rocco · Rocket · Rod · Rodeo · Rodney · Rolf · Rooney · Rory · Roscoe · Rosie · Roswell · Rover · Rowan · Ruby · Rudy · Sable · Saharah · Sally · Samson · Sandy · Sasha · Savannah · Scoot · Shari · Sheldon · Shep · Sherb · Shino · Simon · Skye · Sly · Snake · Snooty · Snowboy · Soleil · Sparro · Spike · Spork · Sprinkle · Sprocket · Static · Stella · Sterling · Stinky · Stitches · Stu · Sydney · Sylvana · Sylvia · T-Bone · Tabby · Tad · Tammi · Tammy · Tangy · Tank · Tasha · Teddy · Tex · Tia · Tiansheng · Tiffany · Timbra · Timmy · Tipper · Toby · Tom · Tom Nook · Tommy · Tortimer · Truffles · Tucker · Tulin · Tutu · Twiggy · Tybalt · Ursala · Velma · Vesta · Vic · Viché · Victoria · Violet · Vivian · Vladimir · Wade · Walker · Walt · Wardell · Wart Jr. · Weber · Wendell · Wendy · Whitney · Wilbur · Willow · Winnie · Wisp · Wolfgang · Yuka · Zell · Zipper T. Bunny · Zoe · Zucker · Étoile

LOCATIONS ▼

Able Sisters · Airport · Apparel Shop · Beach · Café · Campsite · Cyrus's Workshop · Gardens & Orchards · Harriet's Salon · Hospital · Katrina's Stall · Museum · Nook's Cranny · Open-Air Market · Paradise Planning Office · Photopia · Pier · Plaza · Pond · Redd's Treasure Trawler · Resident Services · Residential Neighborhoods · Resort Hotel · Restaurant · River · Rocky Shore · School · Secret Beach · The Roost · Woodland & Cliffs

GROUPS ▼

Able Family · Happy Home Academy · Island Postal Service · Market Cooperative · Paradise Planning · Re-Tail · Rescue Service · Resort Hotel Staff

EVENTS ▼

Birthday Celebration · Bug-Off · Bunny Day · Countdown · Festivale · Fireworks Show · Fishing Tourney · Halloween · International Museum Day · K.K. Slider's Concert · May Day · Meteor Shower · Nature Day · New Year's Day · Paradise Planning Music Festival · Setsubun · Shamrock Day · Toy Day · Turkey Day · Valentine's Day · Wedding Season

ITEMS ▼

Automatic Bell Dispenser · Bell Voucher · Gyroid Fragment · Heart Crystal · Magic Bag · Nook Miles Ticket · Nook Stop · Pearl · Rusted Part · Star Fragments

FISH ▼

Anchovy · Angelfish · Arapaima · Arowana · Barred knifejaw · Barreleye · Betta · Bitterling · Black bass · Blowfish · Blue marlin · Bluegill · Butterfly fish · Carp · Catfish · Char · Cherry salmon · Clown fish · Coelacanth · Crawfish · Crucian carp · Dab · Dace · Dorado · Football fish · Freshwater goby · Frog · Gar · Giant snakehead · Giant trevally · Golden trout · Goldfish · Great white shark · Guppy · Hammerhead shark · Horse mackerel · Killifish · King salmon · Koi · Loach · Mahi-mahi · Mitten crab · Moray eel · Napoleonfish · Neon tetra · Nibble fish · Oarfish · Ocean sunfish · Olive flounder · Pale chub · Pike · Piranha · Pond smelt · Pop-eyed goldfish · Puffer fish · Rainbowfish · Ranchu goldfish · Ray · Red snapper · Ribbon eel · Saddled bichir · Salmon · Saw shark · Sea bass · Sea butterfly · Sea horse · Snapping turtle · Soft-shelled turtle · Squid · Stringfish · Sturgeon · Suckerfish · Surgeonfish · Sweetfish · Tadpole · Tilapia · Tuna · Whale shark · Yellow perch · Zebra turkeyfish

BUGS ▼

Agrias butterfly · Ant · Atlas moth · Bagworm · Banded dragonfly · Bell cricket · Blue weevil beetle · Brown cicada · Centipede · Cicada shell · Citrus long-horned beetle · Common bluebottle · Common butterfly · Cricket · Cyclommatus stag · Damselfly · Darner dragonfly · Diving beetle · Drone beetle · Dung beetle · Earth-boring dung beetle · Emperor butterfly · Evening cicada · Firefly · Flea · Fly · Giant cicada · Giant stag · Giant water bug · Giraffe stag · Golden stag · Goliath beetle · Grasshopper · Great purple emperor · Hermit crab · Honeybee · Horned atlas · Horned dynastid · Horned elephant · Horned hercules · Jewel beetle · Ladybug · Long locust · Madagascan sunset moth · Man-faced stink bug · Mantis · Migratory locust · Miyama stag · Mole cricket · Monarch butterfly · Mosquito · Moth · Orchid mantis · Paper kite butterfly · Peacock butterfly · Pill bug · Pondskater · Queen Alexandra's birdwing · Rainbow stag · Rajah Brooke's birdwing · Red dragonfly · Rice grasshopper · Robust cicada · Rosalia batesi beetle · Saw stag · Scarab beetle · Scorpion · Snail · Spider · Stinkbug · Tarantula · Tiger beetle · Tiger butterfly · Violin beetle · Walker cicada · Walking leaf · Walking stick · Wasp · Wharf roach · Yellow butterfly

SEA CREATURES ▼

Abalone · Acorn barnacle · Chambered nautilus · Dungeness crab · Firefly squid · Flatworm · Gazami crab · Giant isopod · Gigas giant clam · Horseshoe crab · Lobster · Mantis shrimp · Moon jellyfish · Mussel · Octopus · Oyster · Pearl oyster · Red king crab · Scallop · Sea anemone · Sea cucumber · Sea grapes · Sea pig · Sea pineapple · Sea slug · Sea star · Sea urchin · Seaweed · Slate pencil urchin · Snow crab · Spider crab · Spiny lobster · Spotted garden eel · Sweet shrimp · Tiger prawn · Turban shell · Umbrella octopus · Vampire squid · Venus' flower basket · Whelk

FOSSILS ▼

Acanthostega · Amber · Ammonite · Ankylo skull · Ankylo tail · Ankylo torso · Anomalocaris · Archaeopteryx · Archelon skull · Archelon tail · Australopith · Brachio chest · Brachio pelvis · Brachio skull · Brachio tail · Coprolite · Deinony tail · Deinony torso · Dimetrodon skull · Dimetrodon torso · Dinosaur track · Diplo chest · Diplo neck · Diplo pelvis · Diplo skull · Diplo tail · Diplo tail tip · Dunkleosteus · Eusthenopteron · Iguanodon skull · Iguanodon tail · Iguanodon torso · Juramaia · Left megalo side · Left ptera wing · Left quetzal wing · Mammoth skull · Mammoth torso · Megacero skull · Megacero tail · Megacero torso · Myllokunmingia · Ophthalmo skull · Ophthalmo torso · Pachy skull · Pachy tail · Parasaur skull · Parasaur tail · Parasaur torso · Plesio skull · Plesio tail · Plesio torso · Ptera body · Quetzal torso · Right megalo side · Right ptera wing · Right quetzal wing · Sabertooth skull · Sabertooth tail · Shark-tooth pattern · Spino skull · Spino tail · Spino torso · Stego skull · Stego tail · Stego torso · T. rex skull · T. rex tail · T. rex torso · Tricera skull · Tricera tail · Tricera torso · Trilobite

ART ▼

Academic painting · Amazing painting · Ancient statue · Basic painting · Beautiful statue · Calm painting · Common painting · Detailed painting · Dynamic painting · Familiar statue · Famous painting · Flowery painting · Gallant statue · Glowing painting · Graceful painting · Great statue · Informative statue · Jolly painting · Moody painting · Motherly statue · Moving painting · Mysterious painting · Mystic statue · Nice painting · Perfect painting · Proper painting · Quaint painting · Robust statue · Rock-head statue · Scary painting · Scenic painting · Serene painting · Sinking painting · Solemn painting · Tremendous statue · Twinkling painting · Valiant statue · Warm painting · Warrior statue · Wild painting left half · Wild painting right half · Wistful painting · Worthy painting

GYROIDS ▼

Aluminoid · Arfoid · Babbloid · Bendoid · Bloopoid · Boioingoid · Boomoid · Brewstoid · Bubbloid · Bwongoid · Clatteroid · Crumploid · Dootoid · Drummoid · Flutteroid · Jingloid · Laseroid · Oinkoid · Petaloid · Rattloid · Ringoid · Rumbloid · Scatteroid · Spikenoid · Sproingoid · Squeakoid · Squeezoid · Stelloid · Thwopoid · Tockoid · Tremoloid · Twangoid · Wallopoid · Whirroid · Whistloid · Xylophoid

RESOURCES ▼

Acorn · Apple · Aquarius fragment · Aries fragment · Balloon present · Bamboo piece · Bamboo shoot · Blue feather · Blue ornament · Boot · Cancer fragment · Capricorn fragment · Carrot · Cherry · Cherry-blossom petal · Clay · Clump of weeds · Coconut · Communicator · Communicator part · Conch · Coral · Cowrie · Earth egg · Elegant mushroom · Empty can · Flat mushroom · Gemini fragment · Giant clam · Glowing moss · Gold nugget · Gold ornament · Green feather · Green pumpkin · Gyroid fragment · Hardwood · Iron nugget · Large snowflake · Large star fragment · Leaf egg · Leo fragment · Libra fragment · Lost item · Manila clam · Maple leaf · Message bottle · Old tire · Orange · Orange pumpkin · Peach · Pear · Pearl · Pine cone · Pisces fragment · Potato · Purple feather · Rainbow feather · Rare mushroom · Red feather · Red ornament · Round mushroom · Rusted part · Sagittarius fragment · Sand dollar · Scorpius fragment · Sea snail · Skinny mushroom · Sky egg · Snowflake · Softwood · Star fragment · Stone · Stone egg · Sugarcane · Summer shell · Taurus fragment · Tomato · Tree branch · Venus comb · Vine · Virgo fragment · Wasp nest · Water egg · Wheat · White pumpkin · Wisp spirit piece · Wood · Wood egg · Yellow pumpkin · Young spring bamboo

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