Learn how to effectively fill your pockets with scorpions by getting or creating the Infinite Scorpion Island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Read on to learn strategies, as well as tips and tricks on catching scorpions.
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| Scorpion | |
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| Sell Price | 8000 |
| Where to Find | On the ground |
| Rarity | ★★★☆☆ |
| January | February | March | April |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | None | None | None |
| May | June | July | August |
| 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM |
| September | October | November | December |
| 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM | None | None |
| January | February | March | April |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM |
| May | June | July | August |
| None | None | None | None |
| September | October | November | December |
| None | None | 7 PM to 4 AM | 7 PM to 4 AM |
Scorpions only appear late at night. If you want to catch this critter, you'll either need to wait until 7 PM, or set your clock forward a few hours.
Scorpions are one of the highest-selling bugs, so if you need that quick cash to pay your house loan, getting to Scorpion Island is a great way to earn lots of Bells. With a selling price of 8,000 Bells at Nook's Cranny, catching scorpions is a high-risk, high-reward activity.
The biggest benefit to hunting Scorpions on a mystery island is that you wake up on the same, small island if you get stung and pass out.
They will also spawn at a higher rate than on your own island, so you can quickly get back to hunting without worrying about missing out if one of them catches you!
There are two ways to find a Scorpion Island:
There is a variety of island types you can land on in a Mystery Island Tour, and one of them spawns infinite scorpions at a high rate!
To learn more about other types of islands, check out our Mystery Island Tours guide.
To fly to a mystery island, you need to redeem 2,000 Nook Miles or trade online for a Nook Miles Ticket.
If you still have no luck getting to the Infinite Scorpions Island, you can create your own. Read the next section to learn how.
| 1 | Pick all the flowers and weeds by pressing the Y button. |
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| 2 | Chop down all the trees with an axe and pull up the stumps with a shovel. |
| 3 | Eat fruits to break all the rocks with a shovel or axe. |
| 4 | Wait for the Scorpions to spawn. |
Rain keeps most bugs away such as crickets and butterflies, which led us to believe that rain may be a big factor for the mystery island to only spawn scorpions.
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After upgrading your pocket space, you should be able to carry 40 items. Upgrade your pocket space first before you go scorpion-hunting!
How to Increase Inventory Space
If you're planning to sell the scorpions, it is better to sell them to Flick than at Nook's Cranny, because Flick buys bugs for double the price!
| Nook's Cranny | 8,000 Bells |
|---|---|
| Flick | 16,000 Bells |
Since just a bit of patience will get you 16,000 Bells per scorpion, we recommend saving your Scorpions until Flick visits, or for the next Bug-Off!
After getting bitten by a scorpion, you will faint and the screen blacks out. However, you will wake up at the island port, and you can continue your bug catching.
You can dig a perimeter of holes that you can jump into for safety. Scorpions will not be able to jump over them, so you can safely stay out of reach.
While in your safe space, you can catch a scorpion chasing you by using your net to catch the critter, since it will reach across the hole!
First, you should get rid of all the weeds, flowers, and rocks for better visibility and to avoid surprise attacks. Drop the items cluttering up your inventory on the beach!
To learn more about scorpions, see our page dedicated to them.
How to Catch a Scorpions Easily
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Does anyone have a basketball hoop that I could maybe have? I could pay up to 10000 Bells
Just updated my island for halloween. New dig site, grave yard and pumpkin patches added. A large greenhouse/ plant shop behind Nooks Cranny. 3 hotels with the center as the main one. Unfortunately, the owner of the white one is missing and it has become abandoned.( or has it) Stop by and enjoy. DA-1924-7645-8159.
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