New Leaf Animal Crossing Item Values

 I make no apologies for my guides at this point in time.  I no longer take assignments from IGN.  The Guides I write now are for my own benefit as well as that of other players who may enjoy my style and appreciate my own idiosyncratic methods of logging data.

My Guides always have been based on MY own game experiences.  There was a time when I was requested to write Guides on deadline and told to garner information as quickly as possible from any one and every one willing to provide it.  That resulted frankly in errors.  At least if the Guides are based on my own experiences, I and any players who use them KNOW they must be correct (unless I have made a typing error, which does occur from time to time, especially where numbers are concerned.  I am terrible with zeros.)  They may be less than comprehensive but in time, usually will become comprehensive.  If you look at my General Guide for the old Animal Crossing Wild World, you will see how much information ultimately was packed into THAT tome.

Here, therefore, is my own Items List in the New Leaf Animal Crossing, based solely on teh Items I have found, caught, obtained through purchase or barter or received as Gifts!

Initially, I only intended to include the selling value of any item if sold to the Retail Shop.  I had forgotten the significance of size, which can be critical with respect to the various contests.  Where size is included, it will be provided in brackets.  Note that every insect or fish can vary with respect to size, so what is given is but one specific example in any case.  The actual size of any insect or fish that you catch will be fairly close, however, to the size given here.

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STRATEGY FOR CONTESTS
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With respect to the Insect and Fish Contests, any entry you give will be lost forever.  You therefore will profit most if you know the size of the larger insects and fish and do not enter one that cannot win.  Before any entry you make, you will be told the size of the current insect or fish that holds first place.

During the course of the day, you can enter more than one insect or fish.  If your entry is larger than the current holder of first place, you will be given a prize at once.  This prize will be a piece of furniture usually.    The trick, therefore, is to make entries that will be better than the current holder of first place during the day and then, at the very end of the contrest, give the linsect or fish that will be a little larger than the current holder of first place.  No need to give the LARGEST fish or insect in the world...

Generally speaking, the shadow of any Fish in the water gives a good clue as to its identity.  All the Eels, apart from the 'Moray Eel' are long and thin.  Almost ANY Fish that displays a fin above the water will be very large and quite valuable.  In terms of saltwater, the Sea Bass has one of the larger shadows but its shadow is very much like that of many other, more valuable fish, including the Giant Trevally.

You can store Fish and Insects at home in a cabinet or other piece of Furniture, although they cannot be attached to letters.  It is a good idea to store some of the larger Insects and Fish if you wish to make certain that you will win the next Contest.  Your Neighbours even may speak of this strategy so it evidently is not frowned upon.

If you run out of storage space, you can attach Furniture, clothing, fossils and even flowers to letters and then store them permanently at the Post Office or temporarily in the Post Slots in your Pockets.

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Values of Insects and Fish and other Sundry Items
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SUMMER SEASON

In the Summer season, which would be June, July and August, the default insect found on Trees appears to be the Fruit Beetle, a small green beetle that sells for no more than 100 Bells.    If you go into a building and then come out again, the screen will reload with different Insects and Fish.

Two of the more elusive insects that can be caught only during the Summer Season are the Tarantula and the Scorpion.  Summer is the season when the Tree trunks tend to be loaded with insects.   The Scorpion and Tarantula are ground insects and sometimes more difficult to spy, even when they are present.  If you see a number of Insects on Trees in any area, you probably will not find either the Tarantula or Scorpion.  It is when no or very few Insects can be seen on Trees that you can expect a possible Scorpion or Tarantula sighting.

Both can attack but both can scuttle away quickly as well.  Move VERY slowly and position yourself to catch the Insect.  If you miss, you probably will suffer an injury that will place you back at your house.

Note that the size given in brackets can vary by 20 if not more... I try to give the largest size I have encountered whenever possible.

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JUNE
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Insects:

Tiger Butterfly: 160 Bells
Yellow Butterfly: 90 Bells
Common Butterfly: 90 Bells
Agrias Butterfly: 3000 Bells
Honeybee: 100 Bells
Mosquito: 130 Bells
Beehive: 500 Bells
Firefly: 300 Bells
Emperor Butterfly: 2500 Bells
Raja B. Bitterfly 2500 Bells
Moth: 60 Bells


Shells:

Sand Dollar 60 Bells
Venus Comb: 300 Bells special price
Giant Clam Shell 450 Bells
Cowrie: 30 Bells
Scllop Shell: 600G
Pearl Oyster: 1200 Bells
Oyster: 450G
Sea Snail: 90G
Coral: 250G
Conch: 350

Fruits:

Native Fruit: 100 Bells
Perfect Native Fruit (Cherry in my case): 600 Bells

'Foreign' Truits: 500 Bells
  Includes Apples, Cherries, Oranges, Pears if not native to your Village
Tropical Fruits: 250 Bells
  Includes Mangoes, Durian Fruit, Lemons, Bananas, Coconut
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Freshwater Fish:
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Crawfish: 200 Bells
Bluegill: 120 Bells
Barbel Steed: 200 Bells
Pale Chub: 200 Bells
Black Bass: 300 Bells
Piranha 2500 Bells
Killifish: 300 Bells
Crucian Carp 120 Bells
Pop eyed Goldfish: 1, 300 Bells
Freshwater Goby: 300 Bells
Carp: 300 Bells
Angelfish: 3000 Bells

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Saltwater Fish:
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Sea Bass: 200 Bells
Sea horse: 1100 Bells
Horse Mackerel: 150 Bells
Clown Fish: 650 Bells
Butterfly Fish: 1000 Bells
Brred Knifejaw: 5000 Bells
Zebra Turkeyfish 400 Bells






Carp: 300
gold Nugget: 4000 Bells

I have to pay 80 Bells to dispose of an Old Tire

Cherry Salmon: 1000 Bells
Frog: 120 Bells

Insects in June:

Spider: 300 Bells
Firefly: 300 Bells



Goldfish 1300 Bells

Tadpole: 100 Bells
Guppy: 1300 Bells

Crawfish: 200 Bells

Nibble Fish: 1600 Bells

Ruby: 2000 Bells
Frog: 120


Pitfall Seed: 10 Bells



Pill Bug: 250 Bells
Ladybug: 200

Red Snapper 3000
Butterfly Fish: 1000



neon tetra: 500 bells

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JULY
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Butterflies:
Monarch Butterfly: 140 Bells
Tiger Butterfly: 160 Bells
Yellow Butterfly: 90 Bells
Common Butterfly: 90 Bells
Agrias Butterfly: 3000 Bells
Emperor Butterfly: 2500 Bells
Raja B. Bitterfly 2500 Bells
Moth: 60 Bells
Oak Silk Moth: 1200 Bells

Beehive: 500 Bells



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Cicadas:
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Brown Cicada: 200 Bells
Cicada Shell: 100 Bells
Evening Cicada: 550 Bells
Giant Cicada: 500 Bells
Robust Cicada: 300 Bells
Walker  Cicada: 400 Bells

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Dragonflies:
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Banded Dragonfly: 4500 Bells

Darner Dragonfly: 200 Bells

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Beetles
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Miyama Stag: 1000 Bells
Horned Dynastid: 1350 Bells
Rainbow Stag: 10,000 Bells
Tiger Beetle: 1500 Bells
Scarab Beetle: 6000 Bells  (very early morning)
Giant Stag: 10,000 Bells (caught at night)
Horned Elephant: 8000 Bells

Longhorn Beetle: 260 Bells (found on tree stump)

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Other Insects
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Walking Leaf: 600 Bells
Walking Stick: 600 Bells

Lantern Fly: 1800 Bells

Stinkbug: 120 Bells

Pondskater: 130 Bells
Diving Beetle: 800 Bells 

Scorpion: 8000 Bells
Tarantula: 8000 Bells (68.7)

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Freshwater Fish:
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Giant Snakehead: 5500 Bells
Sweetfish: 900 Bells
Catfish: 800 Bells
Eel: 2000 Bells (40.95)
Arapaina: 10,000 Bells
Dorado: 15,000 Bells
Freshwater Goby: 300 Bells

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Saltwater Fish:
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(Caught on Island)

Ray: 3000 Bells
Moray Eel: 2000 Bells
Surgeonfish: 1000 Bells
Puffer Fish: 240 Bells
Squid: 400 Bells
Red Snapper: 3,000 Bells

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Insects on Islands
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Grasshopper: 160 Bells
Fruit Beetle: 100 Bells
Orchid Mantis: 2400 Bells
Mantis: 430 Bells
Migratory Locust: 600 Bells
Long Locust: 
Monarch Butterfly: 140 Bells
Peacock Butterfly: 220 Bells

Wharf Roach: 200 Bells
Saw Stag: (50.00 )
Cyclommatus Stag: 8,000 Bells
Goliath Beetle: 6,000 Bells


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Diving in July
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Acorn Barnacle: 200 Bells
Sea Anemone: 100 Belles
Spotted Garden Eel: 600 Bells
Sea Grapes: 600 Bells
Sea Star: 100 Bells
Sea Urchin: 800 Bells
Flatworm: 200 Bells
Octopus: 1200 Bells
Chambered Nautilus: 900 Bells
Sea Slug: 200 Bells

Diving in Asgard:

Mantis Shrimp: 1250 Bells
Seaweed: 200 Bells
Scallop: 1000 Bells*
Ear Shell: 300 Bells
Sea Grapes: 600 Bells
Sea Star: 100 Bells
Sea Urchin: 800 Bells
Acorn Barnacle: 200 Bells
Sea Anemone: 100 Bells
Sea Slug: 200 Bells
Pearl Oyster: 1600 Bells **


*This is a different type of Scallop from those found on the Beach.  The first one you find on any given day MAY cause Pascal to appear.  Or at least on Wednesday...
**  This is a different Pearl Oyster from the one you can find on the beach.

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Fish in July
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Freshwater Fish:

Catfish: 800 Bells
Sweetfish: 900 Bells
Angelfish: 3000 Bells
Sweetfish: 900 Bells

Eel: 2000 Bells
Arapaina: 10,000 Bells
Dorado: 15,000 Bells
Freshwater Goby: 300 Bells
Dace

Neon Tetra: 500 Bells
Bluegill: 120 Bells
Barbel Steed: 200 Bells
Pale Chub: 200 Bells
Black Bass: 300 Bells

Killifish: 300 Bells
Crucian Carp 120 Bells
Freshwater Goby: 300 Bells
Carp: 300 Bells
Angelfish: 3000 Bells
Goldfish: 1300 Bells
Guppy: 1300 Bells

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Island Fish in July
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Naooleonfish: 10,000 Bells
Blue Marlin: 10,000 Bells
Olive Flounder: 800 Bells
Puffer Fish: 240 Bells
Ribbon Eel: 600 Bells
Ocean Sunfish: 4000 Bells (112.)  This fish shows a fin above the water.
Saw Shark: 12,000 Bells
Whale Shark: 13,000 Bells
Shark: 15,000 Bells  (222.50)  This fish shows a fin above the water.
Red Snapper: 3,000 Bells
Hammerhead Shark: 8000 Bells (111.)
Giant Trevally: 4500 Bells (69.00)
Moray Eel: 2000 Bells (34.65)
Sea Bass: 200 Bells (40.)
Sea horse: 1100 Bells
Horse Mackerel: 150 Bells
Clown Fish: 650 Bells
Butterfly Fish: 1000 Bells
Brred Knifejaw: 5000 Bells
Zebra Turkeyfish 400 Bells

Caught with a Net:

Hermit Crab: 1000 Bells *

*Although I would consider the Hermit Crab to be a sea creature, it is housed in the Insect section of the Museum.

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AUGUST
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Fish:

Freshwater Fish:

Giant Snakehead: 5500 Bells
Saddled Bichir: 4000 Bells
Black Bass: 300 Bells
Dace: 200 Bells
Gar: 6000 Bells (79.)
Arapaima: 10,000 Bells  (117.)
Koi: 4000 Bells
Carp: 300 Bells
Sweetfish: 900 Bells
Crucian Carp: 120 Bells
Bluegill:
Eel: (41.
Soft-Shelled Turtle: 3,750 Bells (11.10)  (at night)

Saltwater Fish:

Shark: (204.25)

Island Fish:

Ocean Sunfish: (145.50)
Shark: 15,000 Bells  (245.)  This fish shows a fin above the water.
Giant Trevally: 4500 Bells (71.80)
Moray Eel: 2000 Bells (34.65)
Sea Bass: 200 Bells (40.)
Sea horse: 1100 Bells
Horse Mackerel: 150 Bells
Clown Fish: 650 Bells (5.50)
Puffer Fish: 240 Bells
Ribbon Eel (49.50)
Hammerhead Shark (119  This fish shows a fin above the water.
Zebra Turkeyfish: (12.80)
Whale Shrk: (260)
Ray: (68.)
Blue Marlin (86.35)
Saw Shark (76.)

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Insects
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Tiger Butterfly: 160 Bells
Yellow Butterfly: 90 Bells
Agrias Butterfly: 3000 Bells
Monarch Butterly: 140 Bells
Emperor Butterfly: 2500 Bells (155.)
Raja B. Bitterfly 2500 Bells  (198.)
Birdwing Butterfly: (253.)
Peacock Butterfly:  220 Bells  (139.)
Moth: 60 Bells
Oak Silk Moth: 1200 Bells (324.)

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Dragonflies:
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Banded Dragonfly: 4500 Bells  (105.4)
Darner Dragonfly: 200 Bells



Mosquito: 130 Bells
Beehive: 500 Bells

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Beetles
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Wharf Roach: 200 Bells
Cyclommatus Stag: 8,000 Bells  (95.1)
Goliath Beetle: 6,000 Bells (110.)
Golden Stag: 12000 Bells (61.6)

Rainbow Stag: 10,000 Bells (59.)
Saw Stag: 2,000 Bells (56.)
Miyama Stag: 1000 Bells (63.00)

Horned Dynastid: 1350 Bells (78)
Horned Atlas: 8000 Bells  (145.)
Horned Elephant:8000 Bells (149.9)
Horned Hercules: 12,000 Bells (180.8)
Goliath Beetle  6000 Bells (106.)
Jewel Beetle: 2400 Bells
Tiger Beetl: 1500 Bells

Lantern Fly: (68.6)

Mantis: (83.)

Long Locust: 200 Bells (63.00)

Rice Grasshopper: 400 Bells

Walking Stick: 600 Bells  (84.5)

Wharf Roach: (43.

Hermit Crab: (42.2)

Scorpion: (208,2)
Diving in Asgard:

Mantis Shrimp: 1250 Bells
Seaweed: 200 Bells
Scallop: 1000 Bells*
Ear Shell: 300 Bells
Sea Grapes: 600 Bells
Sea Star: 100 Bells
Sea Urchin: 800 Bells
Acorn Barnacle: 200 Bells
Sea Anemone: 100 Bells
Sea Slug: 200 Bells
Turban Shell: 300 Bells
Horseshoe Crab: 1500 Bells
Abalone: 400 Bells

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September
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Insects:

Bell Cricket; 430 Bells
Red Dragonfly: 80 Bells

Butterflies:

Monarch Butterfly: 140 Bells
Tiger Butterfly: 160 Bells
Yellow Butterfly: 90 Bells
Common Butterfly: 90 Bells
Agrias Butterfly: 3000 Bells
Emperor Butterfly: 2500 Bells
Raja B. Bitterfly 2500 Bells

September Fish:

Freshwater:

Angelfish: 3000 Bells


OTHER ITEMS

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Ores and Gems
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What's this?  The rock broke apart and there was soething inside!


Gold Nugget: 4000 Bells
Silver Nugget: 3000 Bells
Gems: 2000 Bells

MUSHROOMS:

Flat Mushroom: 200 Bells
Round Mushroom: 200 Bells
Famous Mushroom 2000 Bells

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FORTUNES
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Number 1: Mushroom Wall
Number 2: Block Floor
Number 4: Not a Winner: Consolation Prize is Dirt-Clod Wall
Number 5: Hero's Pants
Number 11: Great-Midna's Mask
Number 13: Red Pikmin
Number 36: Arwing
Number 37: Triforce
Number 21: Super Mushroom
Number 42: Varia Suit Pants
Number 45: Triple Banana

45 is Big Bro Stache or was that 42?


SPECIAL VISITORS SCHEDULE
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Katrina and her Fortune-Telling: Tuesday in the Plaza
Redd and his Art Works on Thursday in the Plaza
Gulliver on Friday morning at one of the two Beaches (can be either)
Saharah: on Monday
Shrunk: on Tuesday
K.K. Slider: Saturday night at the 101 Club
Pascal (catch something while diving)on Wednsday