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How to Get Shark Island Guide

Shark Island is a mystery island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons that only spawns sharks. Learn about how to get to this island and other tips tricks with our ACNH guide below!

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How to Get to Shark Island

Find the Shark Mystery Island in the Summer

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There's only one way to get to Shark Island and that's by going on a Mystery Island Tour during the Summer over and over again until you get the right island.

List of Sharks

Mystery Island Tours

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There's a bunch of island types you can get in a Mystery Island Tour, one of them is the Shark Island which will spawn nothing but sharks since that's all you'll be able to catch!

To learn more about other types of islands, check out our Mystery Island Tours guide.

Mystery Island Tours

Nook Miles Ticket is Required

To fly to a mystery island, you need to redeem 2,000 Nook Miles or trade online for a Nook Miles Ticket. So stock up on your NMTs!

How to Get Nook Miles Fast

Shark Island Tips and Tricks

Maximize Pocket Space

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Upgrade your pocket space first to be able to carry 40 items before you go fishing for sharks. Don't forget to empty your pockets before going on Mystery Island Tours!
How to Increase Inventory Space

Only Keep Rare Sharks

If you happen to get Shark Island try to avoid filling your pockets with the Suckerfish and Hammerhead Shark as these 2 have the lowest selling price of the bunch.

Only bring back Sharks that sell for at least 10000 Bell to make the most out of the trip and your NMTs!

Sell Sharks to CJ

ACNH - C.J. talking to a villager
If you're planning to make money out of your Sharks, save them for CJ when he drops by your town! CJ will buy any fish at double the value than what it sells for at Nook's Cranny.

How to Find CJ

Wait for the Fishing Tourney

ACNH - CJ at Fishing Tourney

If you can't find CJ on regular days, wait for the next Fishing Tourney to sell your rare Sharks.

CJ's Fishing Tourney

Why Go to Shark Island?

Sharks are Rare and Expensive

Sharks are some of the rarest and most expensive fish available in the game, so getting to Shark Island is a great way to earn bells and complete your Critterpedia!

The Hammerhead Shark has the lowest selling price of 8000 Bells and the Great White Shark with the highest selling price of 15000 Bells, Shark Island's starting to sound like a gold mine.

Money Making Guide

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