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Sell fruit, fish, shells, bugs, or other unused stuff to Nook. He’ll only give you 25% of what you paid for the item though.

Sell stuff at the Flea Market (Fourth Sunday of Each Month). You’ll be able to get twice as much as you’d get from Nook. You can’t sell bugs or fish at the Flea Market though.

Maximize your time by not selling cheaper fish. You’re better off throwing it back in the water and fishing for more expensive fish. That way you won’t have to go back and forth between Nook’s and the river/sea so many times.

Maximize your time by not selling cheaper shells. Only pick up White Scallops and Pearl Oysters. They’re the most and expensive. You may also find coconuts wash ashore. Pick them up and plant them near the shore to grow palm trees. Each coconut is worth 500 bells!

Send presents to the villagers in your letters and they’ll send you furniture or different kinds of fruit that are not native to your town. They’re worth 500 bells instead of 100, but if you plant them you’ll have many trees with lots of fruits that are worth 500 bells! You can also get non-native fruits by visiting your friends’ towns via DS to DS connection or WiFi.

Deposit money in your bank account and you’ll earn interest every month. You can also cheat by changing the date and get a lot of money in interest. However, be careful because the town will be full of weeds. If you decide to do it, you might as well do it several times to make it worthwhile.

Shake trees and you’ll find a few bells here and there or even hidden furniture. If the bees come out, they will most likely sting you, but you should try to catch them, as they’re worth 4,500 bells at Nook’s!
When you see “stars” in the ground, use your shovel to dig out a fossil, which you can donate at the museum (for free) or sell it to Nook for big bucks after it’s been identified by Blathers the owl. Sometimes it won’t be a fossil, but you can still sell the Gyroids. Pitfall seeds are worthless though.

You’ll receive money in a letter from your Mom on January 1st - It will contain 10,000 bells.

Fish in late July – early August to catch expensive fish: Hammerhead (8,000 Bells), Napoleanfish (10,000 Bells), Red Snapper (3,000 Bells), and Shark (15,000 Bells).

Fish in Winter to catch expensive fish: Red Snapper (3,000 bells), String Fish (15,000 bells), and Tuna (7,000 bells).

Hit all the rocks in town once a day. One of them will contain money bags. Hit it several times consecutively, and you’ll get more money. You can dig three holes around yourself and the rock so when you hit it you don’t accidentally step back. You have to do this before hitting each rock for the first time though.

Find an Elegant Mushroom in the fall (one per day) and sell it for 12,000 bells.

Change the date to Dec. 24 after 8pm, and find Jingle. He’ll give you a piece of the Jingle set, which you can sell at Nook’s for 12,000 bells.

Once you have the golden shovel, bury money. If you’re lucky, it’ll grow into a money-giving tree.

Bunny Day (Easter): Dig up Bunny Eggs with a shovel. Open them and eat if them if they’re candy. If it’s Bunny Foil, keep it and talk to the Bunny Man in front of the Town Hall. Sell the prizes at Nook’s, save the game, play on a different date, save, and then play on Bunny Day again!

NOTE: If you keep the candy and change the date to the Festivale, you can give the candy to Pave and he will give you furniture. If you get lots of furniture, it is worth lots at Nook's. (Thanks for the tip, Shanice M.!)

Send fruit to a Neighbor and include the word “Fruit” in the message field. Eventually they’ll send you other fruit or furniture.

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