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Most people have heard of the beetle farming trick to get hundreds of thousands of bells. However, there are some little tips and tricks to make the beetles show up more often and how to avoid scaring them off.
1. Easy Beetle Farming
2. Official Beetle Farming
3. Advanced Beetle Farming
4. Important Tip!!
5. Sharks! D:
6. Ending Note
Easy Beetle Farming
Beetle farming is simple, although a bit tedious and time-consuming. Oftentimes you may quit before you fill up your inventory a second time out of boredom, but the trick is to be determined and keep farming until you fill up the box! To beetle farm, you MUST start after 7:00 PM! The best time is 9:00 PM, but any time after 7:00 PM until 4 AM will work. Some say you should turn on Bell Boom, but since the ordiance doesn't go into effect until the next day, it'll be fairly useless. If you already have it, great! Now put all your tools in a wardrobe, fridge, closet, dresser, the floor, whatever. Go talk to Kapp'n and tell him you aren't traveling with anyone. (he'll only bring this up if you have Club Tortimer membership.) Listen to his song (Or hit the A button rapidly 5 or 10 times and skip it) then get to the island. When you get there, walk to the little island out back.
Official Beetle Farming
Now that you're here, rent a fishing rod, bug net, axe, and shovel from Lloid. Get the axe and cut the fruit trees in the MIDDLE (not the palm trees, the fruit trees!). If you don't have the fruit they wield in your town yet, take some of the fruit and put it in the take-home box. Dig up the stumps and bushes so the middle is entirely clear. Why? This lessens the chance of useless fruit beetles from appearing and butterflies, which makes less valuable bugs spawn. Return the axe and shovel, you won't need them again.
Advanced Beetle Farming
Here, we get to the tips and tricks. Grab your net and walk very slowly to the first tree. You most likely wont see a bug on the first tree. When you first arrive, walk VERY slowly, because there should be 2 or 3 beetles around. Don't catch the wharf roaches or hermit crabs unless you need them for your museum. Walk very very slowly. When you reach a tree, check if there's a bug. If there isn't, repeat walking slowly. Do this until you've looked at every palm tree. Two or three of the palm trees should have bugs. If you see a bug, STOP walking and hold A. Sneak slowly and quietly towards the bug and release A.
All the bugs look unique and sell for different prices. Here's a chart:
These are Easy Bugs. They sell for a good amount, and they're easier to catch.
Cyclommatus Stag - This bug has a small brown body and those huge mandibles. When you catch it, their mandibles surround your right eye, making a circle around it. They sell for 8,000 Bells.
Goliath Beetle - These bugs are big and look like a sunflower seed with a red heart on their back with long, black legs. These sell for 6,000 Bells.
These are Medium Bugs, which sell for a good amount. They're rarer than Easy bugs.
Elephant Beetle - This is a large yellow beetle, and that's about it. It takes up the width of the palm tree. These sell for 8,000 Bells.
Horned Atlas - These are black bugs with a trident-like head. They sell for 8,000 bells.
These are Hard Bugs. They are rare and sell for more. They also fly away INSTANTLY if you aren't very very careful.
Horned Hercules - These bugs have a body like an Elephant Beetle, but their heads are brown and trident-like. They sell for 12,000 bells.
Golden Stag - The king of the annoying bugs! This bug is very tiny and small. It looks like a cyclommatus stag without the big mandibles. If you aren't sneaking and you see it's entire body, it's probably too late and it'll fly away. Sometimes they fly away before you even SEE them. If you see one, go very very slowly and HOLD A while trying to get it! They sell for 12,000 bells.
Important Tip!!
When you catch 3 bugs from the palm trees, walk BACK into the little house, then walk back out. This automatically spawns 2 or 3 more bugs. If you only find 1 Easy bug, it means there's a shark, golden stag, or horned hercules in the area. If you only find 1 Easy bug, circle the island again until you catch 2 more, then go back into the house.
Sharks! D:
Sharks are commonly overlooked for the beetles. However, a regular shark sells for 3000 bells more than a golden stag! Note: All the shadows for all the sharks listed below look the same. You wont know what shark you've caught until you've actually caught it.
Ocean Sunfish - These little jerks have shadows exactly like a shark's, but they only sell for 4000 bells! Release these if you catch one.
Saw Shark - This shark sells for as much as a golden stag. It's 12,000 bells.
Hammerhead Shark - This shark isn't as good as the others, as it only sells for 8000 bells. Keep it, though!
Whale Shark - This big boy sells for 13,000 bells!
Shark - The king of all the sharks...the one that we all wish we could catch...the mighty shark who sells for 15,000 bells!
Sharks are hard to catch. When you see the shark swim towards your bobber, close your eyes and turn the volume up. Countless times, I've hit A too early or too late. Concentrate until you hear the *sploosh!* sound, then hit A the instant you hear it! Sharks are very fast and if you aren't quick, they will escape!
Ending Note
Now, no matter how well you are at slowly walking, you will mess up and scare off beetles. It happens to everyone. Last night I made 352k Bells by filling up the box, and I scared off 5 bugs and 1 shark doing it! Keep trying until you get really really good at it, then make tons of Bells! This trick is a great way to pay of PwP and home loans, but it wont be buying you Marshal anytime soon. It's more for quick cash (if you can consider 352k "quick cash...") and smaller numbers.
Thanks for reading!
1. Easy Beetle Farming
2. Official Beetle Farming
3. Advanced Beetle Farming
4. Important Tip!!
5. Sharks! D:
6. Ending Note
Easy Beetle Farming
Beetle farming is simple, although a bit tedious and time-consuming. Oftentimes you may quit before you fill up your inventory a second time out of boredom, but the trick is to be determined and keep farming until you fill up the box! To beetle farm, you MUST start after 7:00 PM! The best time is 9:00 PM, but any time after 7:00 PM until 4 AM will work. Some say you should turn on Bell Boom, but since the ordiance doesn't go into effect until the next day, it'll be fairly useless. If you already have it, great! Now put all your tools in a wardrobe, fridge, closet, dresser, the floor, whatever. Go talk to Kapp'n and tell him you aren't traveling with anyone. (he'll only bring this up if you have Club Tortimer membership.) Listen to his song (Or hit the A button rapidly 5 or 10 times and skip it) then get to the island. When you get there, walk to the little island out back.
Official Beetle Farming
Now that you're here, rent a fishing rod, bug net, axe, and shovel from Lloid. Get the axe and cut the fruit trees in the MIDDLE (not the palm trees, the fruit trees!). If you don't have the fruit they wield in your town yet, take some of the fruit and put it in the take-home box. Dig up the stumps and bushes so the middle is entirely clear. Why? This lessens the chance of useless fruit beetles from appearing and butterflies, which makes less valuable bugs spawn. Return the axe and shovel, you won't need them again.
Advanced Beetle Farming
Here, we get to the tips and tricks. Grab your net and walk very slowly to the first tree. You most likely wont see a bug on the first tree. When you first arrive, walk VERY slowly, because there should be 2 or 3 beetles around. Don't catch the wharf roaches or hermit crabs unless you need them for your museum. Walk very very slowly. When you reach a tree, check if there's a bug. If there isn't, repeat walking slowly. Do this until you've looked at every palm tree. Two or three of the palm trees should have bugs. If you see a bug, STOP walking and hold A. Sneak slowly and quietly towards the bug and release A.
All the bugs look unique and sell for different prices. Here's a chart:
These are Easy Bugs. They sell for a good amount, and they're easier to catch.
Cyclommatus Stag - This bug has a small brown body and those huge mandibles. When you catch it, their mandibles surround your right eye, making a circle around it. They sell for 8,000 Bells.
Goliath Beetle - These bugs are big and look like a sunflower seed with a red heart on their back with long, black legs. These sell for 6,000 Bells.
These are Medium Bugs, which sell for a good amount. They're rarer than Easy bugs.
Elephant Beetle - This is a large yellow beetle, and that's about it. It takes up the width of the palm tree. These sell for 8,000 Bells.
Horned Atlas - These are black bugs with a trident-like head. They sell for 8,000 bells.
These are Hard Bugs. They are rare and sell for more. They also fly away INSTANTLY if you aren't very very careful.
Horned Hercules - These bugs have a body like an Elephant Beetle, but their heads are brown and trident-like. They sell for 12,000 bells.
Golden Stag - The king of the annoying bugs! This bug is very tiny and small. It looks like a cyclommatus stag without the big mandibles. If you aren't sneaking and you see it's entire body, it's probably too late and it'll fly away. Sometimes they fly away before you even SEE them. If you see one, go very very slowly and HOLD A while trying to get it! They sell for 12,000 bells.
Important Tip!!
When you catch 3 bugs from the palm trees, walk BACK into the little house, then walk back out. This automatically spawns 2 or 3 more bugs. If you only find 1 Easy bug, it means there's a shark, golden stag, or horned hercules in the area. If you only find 1 Easy bug, circle the island again until you catch 2 more, then go back into the house.
Sharks! D:
Sharks are commonly overlooked for the beetles. However, a regular shark sells for 3000 bells more than a golden stag! Note: All the shadows for all the sharks listed below look the same. You wont know what shark you've caught until you've actually caught it.
Ocean Sunfish - These little jerks have shadows exactly like a shark's, but they only sell for 4000 bells! Release these if you catch one.
Saw Shark - This shark sells for as much as a golden stag. It's 12,000 bells.
Hammerhead Shark - This shark isn't as good as the others, as it only sells for 8000 bells. Keep it, though!
Whale Shark - This big boy sells for 13,000 bells!
Shark - The king of all the sharks...the one that we all wish we could catch...the mighty shark who sells for 15,000 bells!
Sharks are hard to catch. When you see the shark swim towards your bobber, close your eyes and turn the volume up. Countless times, I've hit A too early or too late. Concentrate until you hear the *sploosh!* sound, then hit A the instant you hear it! Sharks are very fast and if you aren't quick, they will escape!
Ending Note
Now, no matter how well you are at slowly walking, you will mess up and scare off beetles. It happens to everyone. Last night I made 352k Bells by filling up the box, and I scared off 5 bugs and 1 shark doing it! Keep trying until you get really really good at it, then make tons of Bells! This trick is a great way to pay of PwP and home loans, but it wont be buying you Marshal anytime soon. It's more for quick cash (if you can consider 352k "quick cash...") and smaller numbers.
Thanks for reading!
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