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When to Sell Turnips | Time Travelling Guide

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) - Turnip Guide: How to Buy and Sell Turnips

Learn everything there is to know about turnips: best price for selling, price patterns, and when to buy or sell from Daisy Mae to master the Stalk Market!

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When to Sell Turnips

Best Time to Sell Turnips

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Although you can sell Turnips throughout the week, it's a good idea to wait until the sell price is at least 50 Bells more than the price you bought them.

Sell Prices Change Twice a Day

Price before noon Price after noon

The sell price for Turnips changes twice every day: one in the morning and one at 12:00 noon.

Check Prices Everyday!

Since you can check two prices a day for a week, you have a total of 12 different sell prices each week.

Always check Nook's Cranny each day so you can easily determine the best possible sell price for your Turnips!

Turnip Price Trading Board

Sell Before Sunday

If it's afternoon on a Saturday, you'll want to sell your Turnips regardless of price. Any sale is better than your turnips rotting!

However, you can always just use Dodo Codes to fly to islands with high buying prices at any time of the week!

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Day Every day except Sunday
Location Nook's Cranny
Time of Day 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM

You can sell Turnips at Nook's Cranny any day of the week except Sunday.
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Time Travelling Guide for Turnips

Only Time Travel within the Week

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Once you've got your turnips you can time travel to any date within the week! This means you can jump to a date and time with a better price at Nook's Cranny.

But be sure not to time travel too far! If you time travel past Sunday all your turnips will rot.

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Rots on Sunday Morning

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Turnips will rot one week after purchase, on the same morning Daisy Mae appears to sell them. The last opportunity to sell Turnips is at 10:00 PM on a Saturday evening.

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Turnip Price Patterns

Predict Turnips Prices

Current Week's Pattern Next Week Pattern Chance
1 2 3 4
1. Standard Low Mid Low High
2. Sudden Spike High Low Low Mid
3. Downward Trend Mid High Low Mid
4. Slow Spike High Mid Low Low

1. Standard

ACNH - Standard Turnip Price Pattern
For the Standard Turnip Price pattern, the buying price repeatedly rises and falls, and generally results in a small profit.

If you bought Turnips and get the Standard pattern, it's recommended that you sell it when the price rises even a little.

2. Sudden Spike

ACNH - Sudden Spike Turnip Price Pattern
The Sudden Spike pattern is a pattern where the buying price suddenly shoots up, and is the pattern that gives the highest profit!

Most of the time, the selling price peaks after the price has gone up twice in a row.

Note: We have repeatedly tested this and got the best price after 2 price bumps, but it's not a 100% guaranteed result.

3. Downward Trend

ACNH - Downward Trend Turnip Price Pattern
The Downward Trend pattern is the hardest pattern to turn a profit, with the price starting low and continuously going down - often never once going up.

This pattern has one upside; the pattern following week has a high chance of becoming a Sudden Spike.

4. Slow Spike

ACNH - Slow Spike Turnip Price Pattern

The Slow Spike pattern is characterized by a steady increase in Turnip Prices, and is the second best pattern to turn a profit on.

The best price is usually the one after the price has gone up 3 times.

Note: Most of our testing resulted in this, but it's not 100% guaranteed that the best price will appear after 3 price bumps.

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Sell When You Have Pattern 2 or 4

The best times to sell Turnips is when you hit the Spike of either the Sudden or Slow Spike price patterns!

The best of the two is the Sudden Spike, but since the weekly patterns are mostly random and a matter of luck, it takes a long time to predict when it will happen.

Pattern 2 and 4

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2. Sudden Spike
ACNH -Slow Spike Turnip Price Pattern
4. Slow Spike

Visit an Island with a High Sell Price

If your friend or an online player has a high Sell Price on their island, you can visit them with Local Connection or Online to sell your Turnips there.

Offer and find Turnip prices on our Turnip Price Board!
Turnip Price Trading Board

Efficient Selling Between Two Players

Recommended Prices (Two Players/Islands Required)
  • An Island with a turnip price of 500 Bells in Nook's Cranny
  • An Island with a turnip price of 90 Bells from Daisy Mae

This method requires Time Travelling, but is an efficient way of earning bells through Turnip Trading.

One player time travels to a day when Turnip prices are high, while the other time travels to Sunday when Turnip prices are low.

Both players will alternate visiting each other's islands to maximize the profits from selling Turnips!

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