I'm wondering what everyone does to earn in-game bells? What's the most efficient way to earn the greatest amount of Bells...Is it selling high price "hot items"? Just trying to stack bells before update, along with everything else of course. Thanks everyone!
Best, quickest, or easiest way to earn in-game Bells?
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What kind of return can you sometimes get, doing that?
When the game first launched I managed to get about 5 million bells the first few weeks selling turnips. It’s the easiest way to make in game bells, but I gotta say the game becomes less fun when you no longer need to grind for money.
Lol I hear ya, I'm kinda tired of grinding for bells for now, soooooo I may look into this.
VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
Here is how I make bells easily:
1. The Stock Market: I mean its obvious but buying turnips and selling them for a high price is a great way to get bells faster.
2. Dig up Fossils, assess them, and sell them: They are really high in value so you can sell them for a decent amount of bells.
3. Sell a lot of non native fruit: For example my native fruit is Peaches, so I avoid selling them and only get non native fruit that sells for a lot more
4. Sell a lot of Pumpkins: Yeah pumpkins are also high in value so you want to grow a lot of them, harvest them, and sell them for a good chunk of bells.
5. Sell Blue Roses and Gold Roses: If you happened to have a lot of blues roses or gold roses on your island you can pluck them and sell them for a really good amount of bells. These things are hard to breed so make sure you have a lot of black roses to start breeding.
6. Sell a hot item at the Nook Cranny's Shop: I know this is one of those daily Nook Mile tasks that you sometimes have to do, but when you do it you can really make a lot of bells if you're lucky to get a value item that sells for a lot of bells.
7. Sell any items that are clogging your storage: Like anything you don't ever use anymore and you feel like you have no use for it just go ahead and sell it. You may not get much bells but its easier to have free storage for all the new items and you still get more bells.
8. Buy bell vouchers using Nook Miles: This is something I don't see a lot of people do, but if you have a lot of Nook Miles you can easily spend some of them on bell vouchers and get a lot of bells by selling them at the nook shop. Of course this one is pretty time consuming, so beware.
9. Sell Nook Mile Tickets: A lot of people don't realize this but every Nook Mile Ticket sells for 10,000 bells each. So if you were to sell like 400 nook mile tickets you can get up to 4,000,000 bells pretty quickly. I would not recommend this if you are only saving your nook mile tickets for villager hunting or trading, but if you seem to not care about using them anymore, then its a good way to sell them and get a whole lot of more bells.
10. Sell any bugs or fish to CJ or Flick when they appear on your island: If you have too many bugs and you want to sell them make sure that Flick is on your island or if you have a lot of fish and you have CJ make sure you sell them to him since he gives a lot more bells than the Nook Cranny's shop.
1. The Stock Market: I mean its obvious but buying turnips and selling them for a high price is a great way to get bells faster.
2. Dig up Fossils, assess them, and sell them: They are really high in value so you can sell them for a decent amount of bells.
3. Sell a lot of non native fruit: For example my native fruit is Peaches, so I avoid selling them and only get non native fruit that sells for a lot more
4. Sell a lot of Pumpkins: Yeah pumpkins are also high in value so you want to grow a lot of them, harvest them, and sell them for a good chunk of bells.
5. Sell Blue Roses and Gold Roses: If you happened to have a lot of blues roses or gold roses on your island you can pluck them and sell them for a really good amount of bells. These things are hard to breed so make sure you have a lot of black roses to start breeding.
6. Sell a hot item at the Nook Cranny's Shop: I know this is one of those daily Nook Mile tasks that you sometimes have to do, but when you do it you can really make a lot of bells if you're lucky to get a value item that sells for a lot of bells.
7. Sell any items that are clogging your storage: Like anything you don't ever use anymore and you feel like you have no use for it just go ahead and sell it. You may not get much bells but its easier to have free storage for all the new items and you still get more bells.
8. Buy bell vouchers using Nook Miles: This is something I don't see a lot of people do, but if you have a lot of Nook Miles you can easily spend some of them on bell vouchers and get a lot of bells by selling them at the nook shop. Of course this one is pretty time consuming, so beware.
9. Sell Nook Mile Tickets: A lot of people don't realize this but every Nook Mile Ticket sells for 10,000 bells each. So if you were to sell like 400 nook mile tickets you can get up to 4,000,000 bells pretty quickly. I would not recommend this if you are only saving your nook mile tickets for villager hunting or trading, but if you seem to not care about using them anymore, then its a good way to sell them and get a whole lot of more bells.
10. Sell any bugs or fish to CJ or Flick when they appear on your island: If you have too many bugs and you want to sell them make sure that Flick is on your island or if you have a lot of fish and you have CJ make sure you sell them to him since he gives a lot more bells than the Nook Cranny's shop.
fairysyndrome
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definitely playing the stalk market (although hoarding fossils & selling them in chunks can make a pretty decent penny too tbh). like I coordinated with a friend who had some massive turnip prices once and made around what was it... 25 million bells? in one day. requires a lot of back and forth, but it’s worth it.
Dream traveler
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About selling blue roses and gold roses, they sell for 1000 bells each. However, you can double that return if you take the time to craft them into wreaths (or crowns or whatever). The other day, I harvested all my blue and gold roses. I had enough to make 10 wreaths total and made 200,000 bells from those 10 wreaths. Each takes 10 roses to make which would sell for 10,000 bells if sold individually. A wreath sells for 20,000 bells. Just an idea.
One thing I did when the game first came out was go on a lot of Mystery Island Tours. They're a great way to get materials. I cut down all the trees and take the wood, hit all the rocks for the stone, clay, and iron, harvest all the fruit, and get the wasp/nest and furniture. You can use the materials to craft items with and make a lot of bells, too.
I've also used Nook Miles to get bell vouchers. Each bell voucher costs 500 Nook Miles and sells for 3,000 bells. You can get 4 bell vouchers for 2,000 Nook Miles, which is what a Mystery Island Tour ticket costs, and earn 12,000 bells, which nets more than a Mystery Island Tour ticket sells for.
One thing I did when the game first came out was go on a lot of Mystery Island Tours. They're a great way to get materials. I cut down all the trees and take the wood, hit all the rocks for the stone, clay, and iron, harvest all the fruit, and get the wasp/nest and furniture. You can use the materials to craft items with and make a lot of bells, too.
I've also used Nook Miles to get bell vouchers. Each bell voucher costs 500 Nook Miles and sells for 3,000 bells. You can get 4 bell vouchers for 2,000 Nook Miles, which is what a Mystery Island Tour ticket costs, and earn 12,000 bells, which nets more than a Mystery Island Tour ticket sells for.
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Brookie
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On top of hunting, fishing, and the stalk market, make sure you're taking advantage of the smaller things!
~ Plant tons of foreign fruit trees, harvest those every 3 days, and sell them.
~ Get all the fossils for the day. You can sell half and donate half. Or take the rest to sell if you already have a lot donated.
~ Try to do the hot item for the day but ONLY if it's worth it and not too much of a hassle.
~ Find the money rock and do it properly
~ Sell pumpkins
~ Sell seashells and other random things
~ Plant of a money tree
I'm sure others have touched on these, but this makes me a good amount (for what they are worth) when i don't feel like bothering with a huge hunt or stalk market session.
~ Plant tons of foreign fruit trees, harvest those every 3 days, and sell them.
~ Get all the fossils for the day. You can sell half and donate half. Or take the rest to sell if you already have a lot donated.
~ Try to do the hot item for the day but ONLY if it's worth it and not too much of a hassle.
~ Find the money rock and do it properly
~ Sell pumpkins
~ Sell seashells and other random things
~ Plant of a money tree
I'm sure others have touched on these, but this makes me a good amount (for what they are worth) when i don't feel like bothering with a huge hunt or stalk market session.
Selling bugs/fish. If you are willing to TT to summer (July/August) the bugs and fish can earn you a lot of bells quickly (while filling up your critterpedia).
If you are in the month of October (past 7pm), use an NMT and make your own scorpion island:
Pick all the flowers and weeds
Chop down all the trees with an axe and pull up the stumps with a shovel
Eat fruits to break all the rocks with a shovel or axe
Wait for the Scorpions to spawn.
I made one last night (while it was raining) and I actually thought this would be a good way for someone to earn bells! Just make sure the island can spawn insects and that the island is not a bamboo island!
Good Luck
If you are in the month of October (past 7pm), use an NMT and make your own scorpion island:
Pick all the flowers and weeds
Chop down all the trees with an axe and pull up the stumps with a shovel
Eat fruits to break all the rocks with a shovel or axe
Wait for the Scorpions to spawn.
I made one last night (while it was raining) and I actually thought this would be a good way for someone to earn bells! Just make sure the island can spawn insects and that the island is not a bamboo island!
Good Luck
I hate playing the turnip market myself. I don't know why, I just find it annoying? I work nights and sometimes my friends aren't awake to check turnip prices when my turnip prices stink, it's just too much of a hassle.
Diving is a great way to make bells that I only found out recently. You don't even have to be in any certain time of year, diving seems to be good all year round. Gathering up any of your non-native fruit to sell, selling pumpkins, and selling fossils aren't too shabby either. But also, if you gather up sea shells everyday, you can craft Shell Partitions, Shell fountains, or Sandy-beach flooring. Those items actually sell for quite a bit of money even when they're not hot items.
Diving is a great way to make bells that I only found out recently. You don't even have to be in any certain time of year, diving seems to be good all year round. Gathering up any of your non-native fruit to sell, selling pumpkins, and selling fossils aren't too shabby either. But also, if you gather up sea shells everyday, you can craft Shell Partitions, Shell fountains, or Sandy-beach flooring. Those items actually sell for quite a bit of money even when they're not hot items.
Turnips, hot items involving stone or iron (assuming you have surplus), selling bugs to Flick or fish to CJ, selling things you have to dive for, selling pumpkins (assuming you have surplus).
Besides selling turnips, those were / are the main ways I have earned significant chunks of bells.
It’s a lot harder to do now than it used to be, but I really like catching tarantulas and scorpions and selling them to Flick. I love those RUN AWAAAAAY moments when they start chasing after you.
Besides selling turnips, those were / are the main ways I have earned significant chunks of bells.
It’s a lot harder to do now than it used to be, but I really like catching tarantulas and scorpions and selling them to Flick. I love those RUN AWAAAAAY moments when they start chasing after you.
Fridaynightcatlady
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I sell stuff on Nookazon. Never fails!
daringred_
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i play the stalk market, but not usually outside of my own town. i don't have the energy to search for better prices elsewhere and guarantee that i don't make a loss, since that's kind of boring, and it's almost never a particularly big loss. (i only buy 1k turnips a week.) my strategy in all games has just been to fish and catch bugs for hours at a time. in NL, it was obviously easier thanks to the tropical island -- you could farm beetles and sharks all year round, then haul them back to your town. you can still do something similar in NH, but of course only the summer months are fruitful because there's no permanent tropical island to go to when it's a different season on your main one. still, you can make a decent chunk fishing on your island in any season -- especially if CJ is there, since he'll pay premium, which is why it's the only time i bother nowadays since i have over 41m at this point and never spend any of it.
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