Like the real world, certain items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are constantly in-demand. While it's hard to say exactly what the most popular items and pieces of furniture in the game are, Polygon was able to get an idea of at least the most prized ones thanks to external marketplaces online.
According to the leading Animal Crossing marketplace on the net - Nookazon - the top spot goes to the Nook Miles Ticket. This is followed by the Cutting Board, Ironwood dresser, Crescent-moon chair, and in fifth place was fish bait. As the source points out, the cutting board is a "necessary crafting material" if you want to obtain the ironwood kitchenette - one of the most "sought-after" pieces of furniture.
Over on the online marketplace Nook.Market, players are also on the hunt for cool and cute things to decorate their homes with. The top five most purchased items on this buying, trading, and selling site were the Cute Bed, Soft-serve Lamp, Pinball Machine, Floor Light, and Cute DIY Table.
It's also worth pointing out that these marketplaces do not use real-world money. Each transaction is done with Bells (the in-game currency) or Nook Miles. Have you bought any of these items from one of these marketplaces before? Tell us below.
[source polygon.com]
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I spent way too much time the week before the first fishing tourney farming fish bait. I made something like 25 mil bells total that weekend.
Um... isn't the point of items is that you have to earn them?
What is revealed is that the in-game buying and crafting processes in ACNH are a pain in the butt.
Nook Miles Ticket... Needed to go to mystery islands
Cutting board and ironwood dresser... Both needed to craft ironwood kitchenette.
Fish bait... Needed to regularly spawn pier fish.
That first list is nearly all gateway items to do something else.
Putting the Ironwood Kitchenette recipe in the Wildest Dreams DIY Pack was such an annoying but clever move on Nintendo's part, it guarantees pretty much every player will get the recipe but not have access to the cutting board or the ironwood dresser to actually craft the recipe
So basically it lures people into playing the game more to get those items and uncover a lot of the other recipes
I have all of those, including duplicates of some but all I REALLY want is a proper toilet so I can take a... 200 hours and one has yet to appear....
@Simonmoskovits : I feel spoiled as I obtained a squat toilet fairly early on, two types of seated toilets, and a urinal.
However, I think it's stupid that the seated toilets can be used but the squat toilet can't.
I've bought Crescent Moon Chairs on Nookazon because Celeste hates me and has only visited my island once since launch date
@TimelessDesired I hear you. I have been playing since launch, over 160 hours and i have only seen Celeste twice! And no shooting stars and never Isabelle telling of a meteor shower. Granted, i don't play much after 7, when the shooting starts. I am not upset, and still loving the game. I just wonder if i am not doing something to trigger the shooting stars?
Rooting for “butt plug” to make the list.
I sold 20 Nook Miles Tickets on Nookazon for 4 million bells on Nookazon in just minutes. Paid off my house and upgraded all my bridges and ramps. I have no need for the tickets to hunt for neighbors, since I have amiibo cards of all my favorites, so I can turn my tickets into cash whenever I want.
@dugan apparently it's completely random, i guess we are some of the unlucky players 😂 Isabelle has told me about a meteor shower once and that was the one time Celeste visited
I bought the island tickets twice, see no incentive since the island has the same items my town has exactly, just fewer of them. Also, my Nookazon has same items every day, almost never changes...boring. However, my Museum is [almost] finished in record time.
@TimelessDesired You're probably right. Thanks for posting! 😊
@Simonmoskovits swap you
@SyFyTy You sometimes get an island with a bunch of rocks in the middle that always give you bells, or an island that has different fruit than your home island. Also every island has coconuts which you normally also can't find on your own island.
Nook Mile Tickets are also a fast way to convert Nook miles into bells, because you can sell them at the store. You get more if you sell Bell Vouchers but it takes a long time to print several vouchers at once.
Fish bait seems kinda odd considering how easy it is to make...but everything else I kinda get why it's sought after.
@gblock I’m guessing it’s in bulk. With the amount of time it can take to collect the clams and sit there crafting it, I’d pay bells for just a bunch of it.
I have never wondered that.
Since you asked.
I am severely tempted to use this to buy out all the real art for my museum.
Edit: You know I'm right on that considering how Redd easily steals your money by selling you fake art.
I find this insane. Don’t remember the other games having bloody EVE Online levels of accountancy behind the scenes.
Amazed they haven't addressed the cutting board/ironwood dresser bottleneck with one of the patches. Such a common issue for many.
@Simonmoskovits I will trade you my toilet for a cutting board.
I’m not surprised by any of these except for the fish bait. I never use it. Lol, I find it too annoying to craft and to hunt for clams.
The only thing I need for an Ironwood Kitchenette is the recipe for an Ironwood Dresser, which you can get from a Snooty villager, which I don't have. Time to break out the amiibo cards...
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