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Golden Stag Times and How to Catch
The Golden Stag is one of the stags from Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Find out the Golden Stag's sell price, location, how to catch scorpions, and more below!
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Golden Stag Sell Price
| Golden Stag | ||
|---|---|---|
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Sell Price | 12,000 Bells |
| Type | Stag | |
| Rarity | ★★★★★ | |
The Golden Stag is a very rare bug and sells for 12,000 Bells.
Golden Stag Location and Times
Golden Stag Times
| Location | On palm trees | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | July and August North Hemisphere 5 PM to 8 AM |
January to February South Hemisphere 5 PM to 8 AM |
You can find the Golden Stag on palm trees from 5 PM to 8 AM.
Find it from July and August on the Northern Hemisphere, or from January to February on the Southern Hemisphere.
Golden Stag Months
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
How to Catch the Golden Stag
| Steps | Directions |
|---|---|
| 1 | Equip your Net  |
| 2 | Approach the Golden Stag |
| 3 | Swing your net! |
Steps to catching Golden Stag will the same for bugs on trees, stumps, and rocks.
1. Equip Your Net
To catch a bug, you'll need to equip your net! Press the X Button to go into your pockets and select your net.
You can also select it from your Tool Ring!
2. Approach Bug
The Golden Stag can fly away if you move too closely too quickly. Hold down the A Button and move the Right Stick to approach it carefully.
3. Swing Your Net
Once you've inched close enough, release the A Button to swing your net. You'll then be a proud owner of the Golden Stag!
Golden Stag Additional Info
Dialogue When Caught
“I caught a golden stag! Does this mean I can retire?” |
Dialogue When Donated to Blathers
| “Yes. Yes. The golden stag beetle is quite the prize thanks to its metallic gold coloring. But let me speak plainly... The golden stag is NOT made of gold. It is made of BUG, through and through. And thus it is vile! Golden stag? Bah! Gross stag is more like it.” |
Related Guides
| Related Bugs |  Giraffe Stag |
 Golden Stag |
 Cyclommatus Stag |
 Rainbow Stag |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giant Stag |
 Miyama Stag |
 Saw Stag |
|
| How to Catch Bugs | List of Rare Bugs | |||
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Anonymous over 5 years
Anonymous over 5 yearsBest way to get them to spawn is a mystery island, I found money rock island the best. Cut down all trees apart from the palm trees, remove all fruit, wood, weeds and flowers etc, but leave the money rocks in the middle. Then basically run in circles around the island checking each palm tree as you pass. You may need to vault into the middle to remove bugs that spawn there, and it will take many runs around but eventually they will spawn. Thank you to below, will try the creep and stop tomorrow.
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This is very late but I just had the most incredible stroke of luck. I went to a nook miles island and after a long time running around and checking the palm trees I have successfully caught the three rarest and most expensive bugs: the golden stag, the horned Hercules and the giraffe stag. I didn’t know of them closing and opening mandibles as a cue or that they even look at you. It was a lot of trial and error and just carefully controlling how close I get to them. Good luck!