I’ve put about 75 hours into this cute little game so far, and it’s a pretty great game to keep me occupied during the quarantine. I’ve been playing least a couple of hours every day since it’s release on March 20th, just doing the basic shaking trees and hitting rocks for my fruits and crafting items.
From what I remember when playing Animal Crossing on the GameCube, the most that you were allowed to customize was the items within your house. The game has really come a long way since then! The look stays true to the original, but is more smooth, vast, and beautiful to look at. Not only can you customize the interior of your home, but the whole island that you live on as well.
One new feature of the game includes DIY recipes, which you can buy, find, and be given to by other residents of your island. You can use the recipes to build things like furniture and decorations, and you can take it one step further and customize most items to be a different color or pattern. I used a few of my customization kits to make the furniture in my bedroom match, and I also looked up and used a few QR codes from other players that made some designs. The cat pattern is my favorite find so far 🙂
So for this post I’ll focus on prices for bugs and fish. Check it out below so you can work your way towards the big house 🙂
Sell high priced bugs to flick
Flick is a red chameleon in a black vest and he carries a black, spiked bug net. He’ll visit your town randomly throughout the year, but he buys any of your bugs at 1.5 times the prices you can sell them for at Nook’s. Personally, I’ll go ahead and sell the lower priced bugs at Nook’s as I go, but if I catch something that’s worth-while, like a tarantula, I’ll put it in my home’s inventory until Flick visits again and make some bank on what I’ve been hoarding.
I made a list below of all the bugs in the game from the most valuable to the least. They’re listed by the price you can get them at Nook’s (remember that their value is 1.5 times more if you sell them to Flick), location, time, months available, and by which hemisphere you live in, NH for Northern and SH for Southern.
Name
Price
Location
Time, Months, and Hemisphere
Golden Stag
12,000
On Coconut Trees
5PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
5PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Giraffe Stag
12,000
On Coconut Trees
5PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
5PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Horned Hercules
12,000
On Coconut Trees
5PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
5PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Scarab Beetle
10,000
On Trees
11PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
11PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Giant Stag
10,000
On Trees
11PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
11PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Cyclommatus Stag
8,000
On Coconut Trees
5PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
5PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Scorpion
8,000
Ground
7PM-4AM, May-Oct (NH)
7PM-4AM, Nov-Apr (SH)
Tarantula
8,000
Ground
7PM-4AM, Nov-Apr (NH)
7PM-4AM, May-Oct (SH)
Horned Elephant
8,000
On Coconut Trees
5PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
5PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Horned Atlas
8,000
On Coconut Trees
5PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
5PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Goliath Beetle
8,000
On Coconut Trees
5PM-8AM, Jun-Sept (NH)
5PM-8AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Rainbow Stag
6,000
On Trees
7PM-8AM, Jun-Sept (NH)
7PM-8AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Banded Butterfly
4,500
Flying
8AM-5PM, May-Oct (NH)
8AM-5PM, Nov-Apr (SH)
Emperor Butterfly
4,000
Flying
5PM-8AM, Dec-Mar, Jul-Oct (NH)
5AM-8AM, Dec-Mar, Jun-Sept (SH)
Queen Alenxandria’s Birdwing
4,000
Flying
8AM-4PM, May-Sept(NH)
8AM-4PM, Nov-Mar (SH)
Agrias Butterfly
3,000
Flying
8AM-5PM, Apr-Sept(NH)
8AM-5PM, Oct-Mar (SH)
Great Purple Emperor
3,000
Flying
4AM-7PM, May-Aug(NH)
4AM-7PM, Oct-Mar (SH)
Atlas Moth
3,000
On Trees
7PM-4AM, April-Sept (NH)
7PM-4AM, Oct-Mar (SH)
Rosalia Batesi Beetle
3,000
On Tree Stumps
All Day, May-Sept (NH)
All Day, Nov-Mar (SH)
Dung Beetle
3,000
Ground
All Day, Dec-Feb (NH)
All Day, Jun-Aug (SH)
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing
2,500
Flying
8AM-5PM, Dec-Feb and Apr-Sept (NH)
8AM-5PM, Oct-Mar and Jun-Aug (SH)
Madagascan Sunset Moth
2,500
Flying
8AM-4PM, May-Oct (NH)
8AM-4PM, Oct-Mar (SH)
Peacock Butterfly
2,500
Flying by Hybrid Flowers
4AM-7PM, Mar-Jun (NH)
4AM-7PM, Sept-Dec (SH)
Wasp
2,500
Shaking Trees
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Jewel Beetle
2,400
On Tree Stumps
All Day, Apr-Aug (NH)
All Day, Oct-Feb (SH)
Orchid Mantis
2,400
On White Flowers
8AM-5PM, Mar-Nov (NH)
8AM-5PM, Sept-May (SH)
Giant Water Bug
2,000
On Ponds and Rivers
7PM-4AM, Apr-Sept (NH)
7PM-4AM, Oct-Mar (SH)
Saw Stag
2,000
On Trees
All Day, Jul-Aug (NH)
All Day, Jan-Feb (SH)
Tiger Beetle
1,500
Ground
All Day, Feb-Oct (NH)
All Day, Aug- Apr(SH)
Horned Dynastid
1,350
On Trees
5PM-8AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
5PM-8AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Paper Kite Butterfly
1,000
Flying
8AM-7PM, Jan-Dec (NH)
8AM-7PM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Miyama Stag
1,000
On Trees
All Day, Jul-Aug (NH)
All Day, Jan-Feb (SH)
Man-Faced Stink Bug
1,000
On Flowers
7PM-8AM, Mar-Oct (NH)
7PM-8AM, Sept-Apr (SH)
Hermit Crab
1,000
On the Beach Disguised as Shells
7PM-8AM, Jan-Dec (NH)
7PM-8AM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Diving Beetle
800
On Ponds and Rivers
8AM-7PM, May-Sept (NH)
8AM-7PM, Nov-Mar (SH)
Blue Weevil Beetle
800
On Coconut Trees
All Day, Jul-Aug (NH)
All Day, Jan-Feb (SH)
Walking Leaf
600
Under Trees Disguised as Leaves
All Day, July-Sept (NH)
All Day, Jan-Mar (SH)
Walking Stick
600
On Trees
4AM-8AM and 5PM-7PM, Jul-Nov (NH)
4AM-8AM and 5PM-7PM, Jan-May (SH)
Migratory Locust
600
Ground
8AM-7PM, Aug-Nov (NH)
8AM-7PM, Feb-May (SH)
Bagworm
600
Shaking Trees
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Evening Cicada
550
On Trees
4AM-8AM and 4PM-7AM, Jul-Aug (NH)
4AM-8AM and 4PM-7AM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Giant Cicada
500
On Trees
8AM-5PM, Jul-Aug (NH)
8AM-5PM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Damselfly
500
Flying
All Day, Nov-Feb (NH)
All Day, May-Aug (SH)
Mole Cricket
500
Underground
All Day, Nov-May (NH)
All Day, May-Nov (SH)
Spider
480
Shaking Trees
7PM-8AM, Jan-Dec (NH)
7PM-8AM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Violin Beetle
450
On Tree Stumps
All Day, May-June and Sept-Nov (NH)
All Day, Mar-May and Nov-Dec (SH)
Bell Cricket
430
Ground
7PM-8AM, Sept-Oct (NH)
7PM-8AM, Mar-Apr (SH)
Mantis
430
On Flowers
8AM-5PM, Mar-Nov (NH)
8AM-5PM, Sept-May (SH)
Water Cicada
400
On Flowers
8AM-5PM, Aug-Sept (NH)
8AM-5PM, Feb-Mar(SH)
Citrus Long-Horned Beetle
350
On Tree Stumps
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Firefly
300
Flying
7PM-4AM, June (NH)
7PM-4AM, Dec (SH)
Robust Cicada
300
On Trees
8AM-5PM, July-Aug (NH)
8AM-5PM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Common Bluebottle
300
Flying
4AM-7PM, Apr-Aug (NH)
4AM-7PM, Oct-Feb (SH)
Earth-Boring Dung Beetle
300
Ground
All Day, July-Sept (NH)
All Day, Jan-Mar (SH)
Centipede
300
Hitting Rocks
4PM-11AM, Sept-June (NH)
4PM-11AM, Mar-Dec (SH)
Pill Bug
250
Hitting Rocks
11PM-4AM, Sept-June (NH)
11PM-4AM, Mar-Dec (SH)
Snail
250
On Rocks During Rain
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Brown Cicada
250
On Trees
8AM-5PM, Jul-Aug (NH)
8AM-5PM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Tiger Butterfly
240
Flying
4AM-7PM, Mar-Sept (NH)
4AM-7PM, Sept-Mar (SH)
Darner Butterfly
230
Flying
8AM-5PM, Apr-Oct (NH)
8AM-5PM, Oct-Apr (SH)
Honeybee
200
Flying
8AM-5PM, Mar-July (NH)
8AM-5PM, Sept-Jan (SH)
Long Locust
200
Ground
8AM-7PM, Apr-Nov (NH)
8AM-7PM, Oct-May (SH)
Drone Beetle
200
On Trees
All Day, Jun-Sept (NH)
All Day, Dec-Feb (SH)
Ladybug
200
On Flowers
8AM-5PM, Mar-Jun and Oct (NH)
8AM-5PM, April and Sept-Dec (SH)
Wharf Roach
200
On Beach Rocks
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Red Dragonfly
180
Flying
8AM-7PM, Sept-Oct (NH)
8AM-7PM, Mar-Apr (SH)
Rice Grasshopper
160
Ground
8AM-7PM, Aug-Nov (NH)
8AM-7PM, Feb-May (SH)
Grasshopper
160
Ground
8AM-5PM, July-Sept (NH)
8AM-5PM, Jan-Mar (SH)
Common Butterfly
160
Flying
4AM-7PM, Sept-Jun (NH)
4AM-7PM, Mar-Dec (SH)
Yellow Butterfly
160
Flying
4AM-7PM, Mar-Jun and Sept-Oct (NH)
4AM-7PM, Mar-Apr and Sept-Dec (SH)
Monarch Butterfly
160
Flying
4AM-5PM, Sept-Nov (NH)
4AM-5PM, Mar-May (SH)
Mosquito
130
Flying
5PM-4AM, Jun-Sept (NH)
5PM-4AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Cricket
130
Ground
5PM-8AM, Sept-Nov (NH)
5PM-8AM, Mar-May (SH)
Pondskater
130
On Ponds and Rivers
8AM-7PM, May-Sept (NH)
8AM-7PM, Nov-Mar (SH)
Moth
130
Flies Near Lights
7PM-4AM, Jan-Dec (NH)
7PM-4AM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Stinkbug
120
On Flowers
All Day, Mar-Oct (NH)
All Day, Sept-Apr (SH)
Ant
80
On Rotten Food
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Flea
70
Villager’s Heads
All Day, Apr-Nov (NH)
All Day, Oct-May (SH)
Fly
60
On Trash
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Cicada Shell
60
On Trees
All Day, Jul-Aug (NH)
All Day, Jan-Feb (SH)
Sell High Priced Fish to C.J.
This method is the same as selling bugs to Flick, except with fish. C.J. is a gray beaver with sunglasses and a black hat on top of his head, a yellow vest, and camouflage pants. Just like Flick, he’ll buy fish from you for 1.5 times more than you can sell them at Nook’s, so save your higher priced ones for when he makes his random visit to your town.
Just like above, I’ll share a list of every fish in the game from the most valuable to the least, as well as how much they sell for at Nook’s, location and size of each fish, times and months they show up, and which hemisphere they’ll show up in, NH for Northern and SH for Southern.
Name
Price
Location/Shadow Size
Time, Months, and Hemisphere
Golden Trout
15,000
Clifftop River/Medium
4PM-9AM, Mar-May and Sept-Nov (NH)
4PM-9AM, Mar-May and Sept-Nov (SH)
Stringfish
15,000
Clifftop River/Huge
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (NH)
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (SH)
Dorado
15,000
River/Very Large
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Great White Shark
15,000
Sea/Huge with Fin
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Barreleye
15,000
Sea/Medium
9PM-4AM, Jan-Dec (NH)
9PM-4AM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Coelacanth
15,000
Sea During Rain/Very Large
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Whale Shark
13,000
Sea/Huge with Fin
All Day, June-Sept (NH)
All Day, Dec-Mar (SH)
Saw Shark
12,000
Sea/Huge with Fin
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Arowana
10,000
River/Large
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Arapaima
10,000
River/Huge
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Napoleon Fish
10,000
Sea/Huge
4AM-9PM, Jul-Aug (NH)
4AM-9PM, Jan-Feb (SH)
Sturgeon
10,000
River Mouth/Huge
4PM-9AM, Sept-Feb (NH)
4PM-9AM, Mar-Sept (SH)
Blue Marlin
10,000
Pier/Huge
All Day, Nov-Apr and Jul-Sept (NH)
All Day, Jan-Mar and May-Oct (SH)
Oarfish
9,000
Sea/Huge
All Day, Dec-May (NH)
All Day, June-Nov (SH)
Hammerhead Shark
8,000
Sea/Huge with Fin
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Tuna
7,000
Pier/Huge
All Day, June-Sept (NH)
All Day, May-Oct (SH)
Gar
6,000
Pond/Huge
4PM-9AM, June-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Mahi-Mahi
6,000
Pier/Huge
All Day, May-Oct (NH)
All Day, Nov-Apr (SH)
Giant Snakehead
5,500
Pond/Very Large
9AM-4PM, June-Aug (NH)
9AM-4PM, Dec-Feb (SH)
Barred Knifejaw
5,000
Sea/Medium
All Day, Mar-Nov (NH)
All Day, Sept-May (SH)
Snapping Turtle
5,000
River/Medium
9PM-4AM, Apr-Oct (NH)
9PM-4AM, Oct-Apr (SH)
Blowfish
5,000
Sea/Medium
9PM-4AM, Nov-Feb (NH)
9PM-4AM, May-Aug (SH)
Giant Trevally
4,500
Pier/Very Large
All Day, May-Oct (NH)
All Day, Nov-Apr (SH)
Ranchu Goldfish
4,500
Pond/Tiny
9AM-4PM, Jan-Dec (NH)
9AM-4PM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Ocean Sunfish
4,000
Sea/Huge with Fin
4AM-9PM, Jul-Sept (NH)
4AM-9PM, Jan-Mar (SH)
Koi
4,000
Pond/Large
4PM-9AM, Jan-Dec (NH)
4PM-9AM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Saddled Bichir
4,000
River/Large
9PM-4AM, June-Sept (NH)
9PM-4AM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Char
3,800
River Clifftop/Medium
4PM-9AM, Mar-June and Sept-Nov (NH)
4PM-9AM, Mar-May and Sept-Dec (SH)
Soft-Shelled Turtle
3,750
River/Medium
4PM-9AM, Aug-Sept (NH)
4PM-9AM, Feb-Mar (SH)
Ray
3,000
Sea/Large
4AM-9PM, Aug-Nov (NH)
4AM-9PM, Feb-May (SH)
Angelfish
3,000
River/Tiny
4PM-9AM, June-Oct (NH)
4PM-9AM, Nov-Apr (SH)
Red Snapper
3,000
Sea/Medium
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Betta
2,500
River/Small
9AM-4PM, May-Oct (NH)
9AM-4PM, Nov-Apr (SH)
Piranha
2,500
River/Small
9AM-4PM, June-Sept (NH)
9AM-4PM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Football Fish
2,500
Sea/Large
4PM-9AM, Nov-Mar (NH)
4PM-9AM,
Moray Eel
2,000
Sea/Long and Thin
All Day, Aug-Oct (NH)
All Day, Feb-Apr(SH)
Mitten Crab
2,000
River/Small
4PM-9AM, Sept-Nov (NH)
4PM-9AM, Mar-May (SH)
Pike
1,800
River/Very Large
All Day, Sept-Dec (NH)
All Day, Mar-June (SH)
King Salmon
1,800
River Mouth/Huge
All Day, Sept (NH)
All Day, March (SH)
Nibble Fish
1,500
River/Small
9AM-4PM, May-Sept (NH)
9AM-4PM, Dec-Mar (SH)
Sucker Fish
1,500
Sea/Huge with Fin
All Day, June-Sept (NH)
All Day, Dec-Mar (SH)
Goldfish
1,300
Pond/Tiny
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Pop-Eyed Goldfish
1,300
Pond/Tiny
9AM-4PM, Jan-Dec (NH)
9AM-4PM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Guppy
1,300
River/Tiny
9AM-4PM, Apr-Nov (NH)
9AM-4PM, Oct-May (SH)
Seahorse
1,100
Sea/Tiny
All Day, Apr-Nov (NH)
All Day, Oct-May (SH)
Cherry Salmon
1,000
River Clifftop/Medium
4PM-9AM, Mar-June and Sept-Nov (NH)
4PM-9AM, Mar-May and Sept-Dec (SH)
Butterfly Fish
1,000
Sea/Small
All Day, Apr-Sept (NH)
All Day, Oct-Mar (SH)
Sea Butterfly
1,000
Sea/Tiny
All Day, Dec-Mar (NH)
All Day, June-Sept (NH)
Surgeonfish
1,000
Sea/Small
All Day, Apr-Sept (NH)
All Day, Oct-Mar (SH)
Bitterling
900
River/Tiny
All Day, Nov-Mar (NH)
All Day, May-Sept (SH)
Sweetfish
900
River/Medium
All Day, July-Sept (NH)
All Day, Jan-Mar (SH)
Rainbowfish
800
River/Tiny
9AM-4PM, May-Oct (NH)
9AM-4PM, Nov-Apr (SH)
Tilapia
800
River/Medium
All Day, June-Sept (NH)
All Day, Dec-Apr (SH)
Catfish
800
Pond/Large
4PM-9AM, May-Oct (NH)
4PM-9AM, Nov-Apr (SH)
Olive Flounder
800
Sea/Large
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Salmon
700
River Mouth/Large
All Day, Sept (NH)
All Day, March (SH)
Clown Fish
650
Sea/Tiny
All Day, Apr-Sept (NH)
All Day, Oct-Mar (SH)
Ribbon Eel
600
Sea/Long and Thin
All Day, June-Oct (NH)
All Day, Dec-Apr (SH)
Zebra Turkeyfish
500
Sea/Medium
All Day, Apr-Nov (NH)
All Day, Oct-May (SH)
Squid
500
Sea/Medium
All Day, Dec-Aug (NH)
All Day, June-Feb (SH)
Neon Tetra
500
River/Tiny
All Day, Apr-Nov (NH)
All Day, Oct-May (SH)
Pond Smelt
500
River/Small
All Day, Dec-Feb (NH)
All Day, June-Aug (SH)
Freshwater Goby
400
River/Small
4PM-9AM, Jan-Dec (NH)
4PM-9AM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Loach
400
River/Small
4PM-9AM, Mar-May (NH)
4PM-9AM, Sept-Nov (SH)
Sea Bass
400
Sea/Large
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Black Bass
320
River/Medium
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Dab
300
Sea/Medium
All Day, Oct-Apr (NH)
All Day, Apr-Oct (SH)
Killifish
300
Pond/Tiny
All Day, Apr-Aug (NH)
All Day, Oct-Feb (SH)
Yellow Perch
300
River/Small
All Day, Oct-Mar (NH)
All Day, Apr-Sept (SH)
Carp
300
Pond/Large
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Puffer Fish
250
Sea/Medium
All Day, Jul-Sept (NH)
All Day, Jan-Mar (SH)
Anchovy
200
Sea/Tiny
4AM-9PM, Jan-Dec (NH)
4AM-9PM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Pale Chub
200
River/Tiny
9AM-4PM, Jan-Dec (NH)
9AM-4PM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Crawfish
200
Pond/Small
All Day, Apr-Sept (NH)
All Day, Oct-Mar (SH)
Dace
192
River/Medium
4PM-9AM, Jan-Dec (NH)
4PM-9AM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Bluegill
180
River/Small
9AM,-4PM, Jan-Dec (NH)
9AM-4PM, Jan-Dec (SH)
Crucian Carp
160
River/Small
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Horse Mackerel
150
Sea/Small
All Day, Jan-Dec (NH)
All Day, Jan-Dec (SH)
Frog
120
Pond/Small
All Day, May-Aug (NH)
All Day, Nov-Feb (SH)
Tadpole
100
Pond/Tiny
All Day, Mar-Jul (NH)
All Day, Sept-Jan (SH)
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