Wasps! They're a necessary evil in Animal Crossing games, because anyone who's been playing for a while knows that there's furniture in the trees, so they must shake them. However, there are also wasps, and they don't take kindly to being shook.
Not too long ago, it was discovered that party poppers would make the wasps disperse, and even before that, there was just the old-fashioned tactic of "run away". The problem with both of those is that you don't end up catching the wasps, and those suckers sell for 2,500 Bells!
There's a new wasp-escaping tactic (courtesy of Reddit user u/ladywhoneverknewit) that's been introduced with the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 update, though — and this one gives you the time and space to actually net yourself one of the pointy bad boys.
Grab yourself a Pergola — one of the new items, a large trellis of flowers that you can't place furniture underneath — and, when Wasp Time is upon you, just book it to the nearest pergola. The wasps, for whatever reason, can't get in. Or... maybe they're just distracted by the flowers. Who knows. What we do know is that you'll have plenty of time to get out your net and add the wasps to your growing collection of pocket trash!
In case you were wondering — it also works for tarantulas and scorpions, according to experimenters on Reddit. And you can use a gazebo, if you prefer!
Have you found any neat tricks in the ACNH update? Tell us in the comments below!
[source reddit.com]
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Facetank it, use medicine, shake another tree, profit.
Nice! Next time I mess up and I get chased I'll huff it my nearest pergola/gazebo.
But catching wasps is ridiculously easy: equip the net; stand in front of a tree and shake it; if a wasp nest falls, your character will automatically turn towards it and do the "Oh, crap!" reaction; press A to swing the net and catch the wasp; sell it for mucho bells.
This is nice if you don't have your net out already but if you do catching wasps is so braindead easy in this game.
That’s a fun tip, but as long as you always have a net in your hand and face north when you shake a tree, all you have to do is press A as soon as you regain control of your character (assuming the tiles to the left and right are unobstructed). I only ever get stung when I’m too lazy to whip out a net (or clear the area around the tree).
My solution was to simply move all the trees in my village near my house. Now when a wasp nest falls, I just run back to my house and slam the door on the suckers.
I rule.
@Mountain_Man Exactly!
Y’all might be leaning into this Animal Crossing update a bit to hard.
@Mountain_Man I did know this, but it took me way too long to figure this out. 😬
I wonder if that also works with the stone arch?
You can walk through that too, but it's only one tile deep so it might not fully protect you from wasps.
Okay, I caught a tarantella, but not a scorpion. I agree with others, wasps are quite easy, after a few tries. I love this game!
@faint I totally understand your point, but with the millions of ANCH games out there, people are interested.
Everyone is like "errr it's so easy just always have a net already in your hands" but I'm often just trying to chop for wood and it's a hassle to switch tools for every tree when I'm going through the whole forest. This new trick is perfect for me.
@Jmjfrank
That's why I shake all the trees in an area then go back thru to chop wood.
@k8sMum
I used to follow a method of chopping a tree from the side at an angle.
The wasps would always approach the player from the south side of the tree, giving enough time to switch to the next tool on your belt and swing a bug catching net.
It would be time-efficient if you did it right and your goal is to farm every tree, but it's not a flawless way to avoid getting stung.
@Mountain_Man Just make sure a space is open to your immediate left or right. If there's something in both those spaces, it'll have a chance of landing in a spot above them, which when you're pointing in that direction and try to use your net, you may hit the tree, and won't have enough time to recover from that before they get you.
It makes sense. You can't put small miscellaneous items inside of it - seems like there's an invisible barrier to all but the player. Good find, though.
Pretty cool for those who didn't manage to get the "catch 5 wasps in a row" mile achievement.
@faint I have to write a bunch of guides for the update and the DLC — this is just a bit of fun while I'm doing all that, or I'd go insane.
I've always shook a tree with a net in my hand sideways and always caught the wasps.
Pesky things. Though I did get the "achievement" for catching five of the ruddy things in a row - five trees in succession dropped a nest for me last night. I mean, there's only five trees on my island IN TOTAL at the moment due to refurbishment, BUT ANYWAY.
@KateGray I’m not bagging on this article. It probably seems that way because there are a ton of mean folks around here. I was just commenting on it being the 4th or 5th animal crossing article within 12 hours.
@faint no hard feelings! There has been a lot of AC content lately, and half of it is guides that don't even appear on the homepage
OMG and have pergolas all over your island? Forget it. It's SO simple...
Hold your net in your hands.
Stand under the tree (South of the tree? Stand between the tree and your camera.. you get the idea)
Shake the tree.
IF a wasp comes out, the game automatically turned you in it's direction!
Swing your net.
Wasp caught, problem solved.
Why is this so hard for people?
Folks, please try to remember that not everyone is an adult with good motor function. Catching wasps might seem "easy" to you, but I can guarantee that it's not easy for everyone. Please don't be rude about it.
@Mountain_Man This. I don't get why people are having such a hard time with this.
@KateGray I'm not sure why you think retreating to a pergola is somehow easier for the uncoordinated than the foolproof method of catching wasps that has been been described by others (equip net, stand in front of tree, shake tree, swing net; you don't even need to move your character). Seems to me that racing across your island while avoiding obstacles and then entering the narrow doorway of a pergola, all with zero room for error, would pose a considerably greater challenge for those lacking fine motor skills.
I found that running into the museum, (since it is open all the time) gets rid of the wasps as well. No you cant catch them but you can avoid being stung.
@Jmjfrank 100% this. They always drop on me when I'm using an axe!
Anytime I get stung the first thing I do is chop down that tree 😡
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