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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Louis Chilton

Animal Crossing players use Reddit to exploit the virtual stock market

New Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing: New Horizons has taken the gaming world by storm over the last week, with the cutesy social simulator breaking several sales records.

And some of its players have wasted no time in figuring out the most efficient ways to earn in-game money (which takes the form of the currency ‘bells’).

In New Horizons, players can purchase turnips every Sunday from a travelling turnip salesman, which act like stocks.

The value of the turnips, which players can then sell, fluctuates from day to day – and, crucially, from player to player.

On Reddit, players have created a subreddit called the “Turnip Exchange“. If players are able to sell turnips for particularly high prices on their islands, they let everyone know the going rate, and invite them to visit.

While visiting players are often encouraged to leave monetary or material tips in gratitude, the “stalk market” (named after turnip stalks) is still a means of making hefty profits.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now.

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