How To Get Bells In Animal Crossing

ACNH - How to Make Bells Fast

To make Bells quickly in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH), sell Items and Creatures at Nook's Cranny. Use Nook Miles Tickets to visit Mystery Islands. For more tips and tricks on earning Bells quickly, read on!

1	Sell Fruit	7	Mystery Islands
2	Sell Pumpkins	8	Money Rocks
3	Sell Critters and Shells	9	Sell Assessed Fossils
4	Sell Turnips	10	Sell Hot Items
5	Time Travel	11	Shake Trees for Bells
6	Make Bell Trees	12	Sell Weeds to Leif

Note: When playing single player, all items are sold at your own Nook's Cranny shop.

1	Sell Turnips	7	Mystery Islands
2	Sell Fruit	8	Money Rocks
3	Sell Pumpkins	9	Sell Assessed Fossils
4	Sell Critters and Shells	10	Sell Hot Items
5	Time Travel	11	Shake Trees for Bells
6	Make Bell Trees	12	Sell Weeds to Leif

ACNH - Daisy Mae greets the player
Daisy Mae comes to your island every Sunday to sell Turnips, which you can sell at Nook's Cranny. The price changes twice daily, so be sure to check in every day!

This is when online subscriptions come in handy, because...

ACNH - Timmy informs the resident that the price of turnips is 151 Bells

Sell turnips at other islands with higher prices. All you need is an open island and a way to visit the island. Some might charge a fee for you to visit, however, so we recommend asking your friends first.

Turnip Buying and Selling Guide

ACNH - A resident sits in a sandy path filled with Palm Trees

One of the most effective ways to farm Bells is to grow an orchard of fruit trees. Unlike other methods like gathering Fossils, Bugs or Fish, you can control the position and amount of fruit trees, ramping up the possibility for farming these items.

ACNH - An orange tree in various stages of growth
Fruits native to your island sell for 100 Bells each, Coconuts sell for 250 Bells a piece, and all other Fruits sell for 500 Bells, so you'll want to find non-native fruits for the most Bells.

You will always get 1 non-native fruit, either from the letter from your Mom or on Mystery Islands, the rest you will have to get from other players.

Sell your fruit when visiting another player's island! By visiting friends, your native fruit sells for 500 Bells, so take advantage of this money-making opportunity.

ACNH - Leif offers the resident a promotion on pumpkin starts

Buy Pumpkin Starts for 280 Bells at Nook's Cranny or 140 Bells from Leif during October.

Pumpkins sell for more than their starts cost, with a selling price of 350 Bells per pumpkin. Harvested pumpkins also grow back in two days and don't need replanting.

ACNH - A resident stands behind a pumpkin farm

To maximize the amount of bells you can get from selling Pumpkins, it's a good idea to create a Pumpkin Farm - preferably growing the four different types of Pumpkins.

Check out our article below for some pumpkin patch design ideas for your island!
Pumpkin Patch Ideas

ACNH - A resident patiently waits for the fish to nibble on the bait

Catch fish and bugs with your Fishing Rod and your Net. Pick up shells while walking along the Beach. Any of these items can be sold, and there's no limit to how many can be acquired in one day.

ACNH - Flick offers the resident 180,000 Bells

C.J. and Flick, who will start visiting your island after upgrading Resident Services, will buy fish and insects respectively at 1.5 times the normal price.

Store rare and more expensive fish and bugs in storage to sell them once they visit to maximize profit.

ACNH - Flick offers 12,000 Bells for a tarantula

Bugs that perch on Palm Trees during Summer, such as the Goliath Beetle and Horned Elephant are among the most profitable to sell. These bugs, however, are very difficult to catch and are only available during Summer.

Check out our list below for bugs that are very common, easy to catch, and fetch a good price when sold to Flick. He will buy these bugs at 1.5x the normal price.

Bug	Sell Price	Months and Time of Day / Remarks
Hermit Crab	1000	All Year Round / 0:00 to 8:00, 19:00 to 0:00 Appears on beaches all year round and is easy to catch when fishing at night or collecting shells.
Man-Faced Stinkbug	1000	March - October / 0:00 to 8:00, 19:00 to 0:00 Appears at night when there are flowers and are very easy to catch.
Orchid Mantis	2400	March - November / 8:00 to 17:00 Only appears on white flowers and are easy to catch.
Peacock Butterfly	2500	March - June / 4:00 to 19:00 Only appears when there are Blue and Purple Flowers. Since it flies very slow, it's easy to catch.
Wasp	2500	All Year Round / All Day Long Has a chance to appear when shaking trees in your island. You can catch up to five Wasps a day.
Agrias Butterfly	3000	April - September / 8:00 to 17:00 Appears during the day. Although it moves faster than other butterflies, it's still easy to catch.
Tarantula	8000	November - April / 0:00 to 4:00, 19:00 to 0:00 Requires some skill to catch and will attack you if you get too close while wielding a net. Visiting a Tarantua Island is a good way to make lots of bells.

Complete List of Bugs and Appearance Times

ACNH - CJ offers 1,650 Bells for a seahorse

The best season to make lots of money with fishing is Summer. All fish that have dorsal fins, such as the Great White Shark and Ocean Sunfish, sell for a lot of bells - especially when sold to C.J.

Check out our list below for fish that are very common, easy to catch, and fetch a good price. C.J. will buy these fish at 1.5x the normal price.

Fish	Sell Price	Months and Time of Day / Remarks
Seahorse	1000	April - November / All Day / Sea You can catch this fish from Spring to Autumn. It has a small shadow, which it only shares with the Clownfish.
Sea Butterfly	1000	December - March / All Day / Sea It's easy to catch during Winter since it's the only fish that has a small shadow during that season.
Red Snapper	3000	All Year Round / All Day Long / Sea A very common fish that you can catch regardless of seaon and time, and has a high sell price.
Coelacanth	15000	All Year Round (Rainy Day) / All Day Long / Sea This deep-sea fish is available all year round, but only appears during rainy days. Look for large shadows when it's raining and catch as much as possible,
Barreleye	15000	All Year Round / 0:00 to 4:00, 21:00 to 0:00 This small, deep-sea fish only appears at night. Since you can catch it all year round, you can get a lot of bells by looking for small fish shadows at night.

Complete List of Fish and Appearance Times

ACNH - Orville asks the resident where they want to go
Obtain a Nook Miles Ticket by exchanging 2,000 Nook Miles. This allows you to travel to another island, where you can find non-native fruit, fossils, and extra materials from trees and rocks.

Mystery Island List | Mystery Island Tour Guide

ACNH - A resident with pockets full of tarantulas

There are rare mystery islands that have a high spawn rate of Tarantulas. Earn a lot of bells by catching as many as you can and selling them to Flick when he visits your island.

Check out our article below to learn more about Tarantula Islands.

Infinite Tarantula Island - How to Get or Create It

ACNH - A resident digs up a fossil

Fossils sell for a good price at Nook's Cranny, but only if you have it assessed by Blathers at the Museum. There's a total of 4 to 5 fossils a day. Get more fossils by visiting certain Mystery Islands!

ACNH - Timmy offers to buy a T.Rex torso for 5,500 bells
The T-Rex fossils are among the most profitable, selling between 5000 to 6000 Bells a piece depending on the part.

T-Rex fossils aren't the only fossils that sell for a good price though! Check out our guide below to learn more.

Fossil List | How to Find Fossils

ACNH - Timmy informs the player that the Hot Items are the zen-style stone and wooden-block stereo
Certain Items sell at double the normal price each day. The Hot Items change each day, and can be crafted. Crafting Hot Items and selling them in Nook's Cranny is a reliable way to make Bells each day.

Furniture	Crafting Materials	Sell Price
Barrel	Wood ×5 Iron Nugget ×2	4200 Bells

ACNH - Timmy offers to buy a Bell voucher for 3,000 bells

Redeem Bell Vouchers from the Nook Stop Terminal, then sell them at Nook's Cranny for 3000 Bells each.

This is a very poor use of your Nook Miles though and we don't recommend this method. Focus on gathering extra materials at Mystery Islands or looking for Tarantula Islands instead!

What Should You Spend Nook Miles On?

ACNH - Leif buys Weeds at the Garden Shop

One of the best methods for gathering Bells early in the game is selling Weeds, which sell at Nook's Cranny for 10 Bells each.

When selling weeds, we recommend you wait until Leif visits your island. He buys weeds for 20 Bells each!

List of Nook Miles Activities

Use the clumps of weeds and craft them into a Leaf Umbrella and sell them for double the price!

Item	Selling Price
Clump of Weeds x15	150
Leaf Umbrella (Crafted using Clump of Weeds x15)	300

Each of these tasks can only be completed a limited number of times per day, and then you'll have to wait for the next day to reset. On the other hand, this makes them reliable tasks to complete every day and earn steady cash.

Things to Do Every Day

ACNH - A resident comes across a shining spot on the ground.png
Each day, a single shining spot will appear on the ground somewhere on the island. When you dig up the shining spot, you'll find a bag with 1000 Bells. But don't splurge and open that cash bag – there's more where that came from if you're patient!

As with previous games in the series, when burying this bag of Bells in the same spot where it was found, and tending to the root that grows, you can grow a real Money Tree.

That said, a single Money Tree will only grow Bells once, and after that, it's fine to cut down.

How to Grow Money Trees

ACNH - A player hits the Money Rock
Every day, one of the rocks on your island will be the designated Money rock. There's a time limit for hitting the rock, and the amount of bells you get increases the more times you hit the rock!

In order to hit the rock as many times as possible, dig holes behind you before you start hitting the rock. This allows you to hit the rock up to eight times, yielding the maximum reward.

Money Rock | How to Hit the Rock 8 Times

ACNH - A resident shakes trees.png
Shaking the trees around your island sometimes causes bells to fall out. Earn a steady amount of extra bells if you spend a few minutes shaking each tree every day.

ACNH - A resident catches a wasp

When shaking trees, it's a good idea to have your net ready as Wasp Nests may fall from the tree. If you manage to catch the Wasp, you can sell them for a high price at Nook's Cranny or to Flick.

Remember to sell their nests for 300 Bells each!

How to Catch a Wasp (Bee) Easily

ACNH - A Bank of Nook letter telling how much interest has been gained

From the Nook Stop in Resident Services, use the ABD (ATM) to deposit money. This money will collect interest over time, so by simply placing money in the ATM and allowing it to collect interest, you can earn huge amounts of money with almost no effort.

Of course, the fastest way to collect those interests is with Time Travel.

Step	Description
1	Deposit money in the ATM and save and quit your game
2	Change the Nintendo Switch Date and Time Setting
3	Start up the game, and save and quit again
4	Return the Nintendo Switch Date and Time Setting to the original setting
5	Start up the game again, and save and quit again
6	Go back to step 2

By changing the date, you can earn a maximum of 9,999 Bells of interest at a time. For calculations on how far in time you need to go, check out our Bank Interest guide below:

How to Get Bank Interest

ACNH - Beginner

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