The stalk trade is a tricky business in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but there are a few ways to know when it's best to sell Daisy Mae's turnips.
Knowing when to sell turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons can be a tricky business. Daisy Mae's prized vegetables are the best way to make Bells in Animal Crossing, as players can make over six times the amount they invest into them by trading with Timmy and Tommy at Nook's Cranny. However, players can lose even more money by selling or not selling on the right day.
The reason behind the great rewards and drastic consequences of the turnip trade is what is known as the Stalk Market. In the Animal Crossing series, the Stalk Market is the fluctuating marketplace in which the value of turnips rises and falls. Typically, turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons will sell for anywhere between 50 and 150 Bells, but their value can fall as low as 15 Bells and as high as 650 Bells.
Considering that Daisy Mae sells her valuable turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons between 90 and 110 Bells, players need to be cautious about when they choose to buy and sell them. If someone bought turnips at the highest price but could only sell them at the lowest value, this person could lose over seven times the amount of money invested. To help those looking to hop into the Stalk Market avoid such a financial tragedy, here are some tips on how to know when is the best day to sell turnips in ACNH.
Tips Of The Turnip Trade In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
To start becoming a turnip-trading master, one must first understand some of the general principles of how turnip trading works. This starts by looking at Daisy Mae and her practices. The young boar appears on players' islands to sell turnips on Sundays and stays there from 5:00 am to 11:59 am, although she will stay longer if players do not go inside. Finding Daisy Mae in Animal Crossing: New Horizons can be a difficult task because she can be anywhere. Once located, though, she will sell turnips to players in bulks of 10. This fact is an important reminder that investing in turnips can obliterate a player's bank account and take all of its Bells. The barrier of entry into the Stalk Market is at least 900 Bells because players must buy 10 at a time. Most invest more to receive better returns, though.
The price Daisy Mae sells turnips at can tell traders a lot about a week's prices. For instance, a week will only see the maximum value for turnips at 650 Bells if Daisy Mae sold her turnips at the maximum price of 110 Bells. However, Animal Crossing players on a budget should not become too excited if they see the boar is selling her turnips at higher prices. While the value of turnips is partially determined by Daisy Mae's prices, they never promise anything. Turnips bought at 90 Bells can net players tons of money, and turnips bought at 110 Bells can lead one to financial ruin in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Players should not let the risks of the Stalk Market prevent them from selling their turnips in ACNH, especially because not selling in time can result in the vegetables losing all of their value. A greater danger to players' bank accounts is turnips' one-week lifespan in Animal Crossing, as players must sell them before Daisy Mae returns lest they want their turnips to turn rotten and unsellable. On every day other than Sundays, though, turnips can be sold to Timmy and Tommy. There are morning and afternoon prices that change at 12:00 pm each day. Thus, savvy players will want to log into their games at around 11:50 am to check both of Timmy and Tommy's valuations to see if that particular day's values are worthy of selling turnips or not.
Use A Turnip Calculator In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
If players want to side-step the risks of the Stalk Market in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there is a way to predict turnip prices with high accuracy that requires no hacking or mods. One Animal Crossing fan created the "Turnip Calculator" that can estimate morning and afternoon prices of turnips for each day of the week. The device works by inputting the price turnips were purchased at and each following day's turnip price to see how this will affect Animal Crossing: New Horizons's turnip algorithm. Typically, by the time players enter Tuesday morning's prices, the rest of the week's turnip prices can be determined with nearly 100% accuracy.
The Turnip Calculator shows that there are 4 set patterns turnip prices will follow on any given week. These patterns are fluctuating, small spike, large spike, and decreasing. Each of the patterns varies a bit, as large spikes can go anywhere between 200 and 650 Bells, and declining patterns can be moderate or severe. The Turnip Calculator helps players find out which of these patterns is to be the most likely for any given week so that buying turnips isn't Animal Crossing: New Horizons's most annoying task.
To get an understanding of how likely each of the patterns are in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, one can enter the average price for a Daisy Mae turnip at 100 Bells into the Turnip Calculator. Doing show shows that the fluctuating pattern is the most likely of the four at 35%. This means that prices will usually fall within the 50- and 150-Bell range for the week, although higher or lower prices will be more likely on specific days depending on how the week develops. Players will be happy to know that the second most likely is the high spike at 26.25%, followed by the small spike at 25% and the decreasing pattern at 13.75%.
A notable takeaway from these probabilities and patterns is that very low prices at the beginning of the week does not mean players cannot make the type of money Tom Nook makes in Animal Crossing. In actuality, getting 15 Bells as the first price of the week makes it virtually impossible for players to get the decreasing pattern because prices are unable to go any lower. Thus, players can wait just a little longer and expect to make at least some of their Bells back if not a profit that week in a fluctuating or small spike pattern.
In short, the best day to sell turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is whichever day and time has the best price. Using the Turnip Calculator can help players determine exactly when this is. But if a week starts with prices anywhere over the 400-Bell range, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players would regret not immediately capitalizing on this opportunity even if the Turnip Calculator shows a possibly higher spike later in the week.
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Sources: Turnip Calculator
