Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gold Nugget is a rare drop you can get out of rocks. Here's how to find some for yourself.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Gold Nugget

The Gold Nugget can be found when you hit rocks as you harvest iron and stones. It's rare, so to maximize your chance of finding one use your shovel to dig a line behind you before your start smacking. The holes will stop you from being pushed back, allowing you to hit the rock more times easily.

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Each rock on your island can be harvested, and if you run out of rocks domestically you can use Nook Miles Tickets to go to other islands and harvest their rocks.

Gold Nuggets can be sold for 10,000 Bells, but we recommend hanging on to them for future crafting endeavors. As the game just released, it's unknown how to acquire Gold Tools in New Horizons, but if Gold Nuggets have anything to do with them you'll be glad you kept them around.