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How to Get Rid of a Wasp (Bee) Sting

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) - How to Get Rid of a Wasp (Bee) Sting
This is a guide to how to recover from a Wasp (Bee) Sting in the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for the Nintendo Switch.

Read on to learn how to craft or buy Medicine to get rid of your Wasp sting.

What is a Wasp (Bee) Sting?

ACNH - Player stung by wasps
Have you ever shook a tree and were shocked to find a live swarm of wasps?

Well, if you weren't lucky enough to catch or outrun them, you'll get a lovely wasp (bee) sting on your face.

In spite of a dropping left eyelid, you can still progress through the game as normal. However, characters will make snarky comments about your appearance when you first talk to them.

How to Catch a Wasp (Bee) Easily

How to Get Rid of a Wasp (Bee) Sting

ACNH - Player learning the Medicine DIY recipe

The wasp (bee) sting can only be cured with Medicine. Fortunately, it's not too hard to get your hands on it:

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1 Craft Medicine from DIY
2 Talk to Villagers for Medicine
3 Buy Medicine from Nook's Cranny
4 Wait for the next day

Craft Medicine from DIY

Get the Medicine DIY Recipe

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After getting a bee sting, talk to the your villagers, and one of them will give you the DIY Recipe for Medicine.

Learn the Recipe and you'll be able to craft yourself some Medicine on a workbench!

Craft Medicine

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To craft the Medicine, you'll need one wasp nest and three clumps of weeds.

You'll need to go back to the scene of the crime to pick up the wasp nest where it fell. Don't worry— it's safe now!

Take the Medicine

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As soon as you take the Medicine, your eye will heal up right away, and you'll be back on your way!

Talk to Villagers for Medicine

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You may want to talk to your villagers for a quick and easy way to patch up your bee stings!

Once you reach a strong enough friendship with a villager, there's a chance they'll give you some Medicine, instead remarking on the state of your face.

You won't always get medicine from the same villager, so be friendly with everyone to better your chances!

Buy Medicine from Nook's Cranny

ACNH - How to Get Rid of a Bee Sting - Buy Medicine from Nook

If you don't happen to have the materials on hand, you can always buy Medicine from the Nook twins!

You can buy it for 400 Bells from Timmy at Resident Services or from the cabinet in Nook's Cranny, once the building is constructed.

Wait for the Next Day

ACNH - Start of the Day Isabelle Announcement
For the penny-pinchers, you can also wait for the next day to come! Once a new day starts, you'll exit your house with a perfectly healed face.

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10 Y/M/R/T Y/M/R/T over 4 years

You will have to gather your speed and outrun them!

9 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

How doe you prevent said sting? I've been trying but I can't seem to make them stop stinging hahaha. Every single time it seems I can't stop them lol

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