Ohayo Gozaimasu! I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on Twitter and Reddit [i have Twitter and Reddit accounts] about gaming the stalk market in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I thought I’d collate some of the best info I found, and add some of my own.
Turnips can be bought in stacks of 10 from Daisy Mae every Sunday between 5am and 12 pm. The cost varies from 90 to 110 bells.
There are two turnip prices every day - one before 12pm noon and one after. These are NOT universal and vary from island to island.
You can’t store turnips in your storage. You’re going to have to either hold on to them, or drop them on the ground. Be wary of visitors to your island if you choose the latter!
The Sunday after you buy your turnips, your turnips will rot. Time travelling backwards [reverting the your switch’s internal clock to an earlier time] will also cause your turnips to rot. Rotten turnips CAN attract flies, so you might want to intentionally let just one go, for the sake of the museum.
Turnips can be sold every day of the week [except Sunday] to either Timmy or Tommy. You can talk to them at any time to find out what the current sale price is, except for when the Nook Stop is closed.
There are 5 patterns in total. To find out which pattern you have, follow the following equation:
[[Monday Morning Sale Price PT (Per Turnip) + Monday Evening Sale Price PT (Per Turnip) ]/2] / Sunday Purchase Price PT (Per Turnip) = X
If 0.8 < X < 1: Pattern 2 or Pattern 4
If 0.6 < X < 0.8: Pattern 3
If 0.4 < X = 0.6: Pattern 1, Pattern 2, or Pattern 4
If X < 0.4: Pattern 2 or Pattern 3
If X = 0.8, X = 0.6, or X = 0.4: Pattern 5
Pattern 1: Hump Day. Prices will will steadily increase [at a rate based on your initial Purchase Price PT (Per Turnip)] until Thursday Morning - at which point they will steadily decrease. Sell on Wednesday Evening.
Pattern 2: Early Bird Gets The Worm. Prices will be high in the morning, and low in the evening. Exactly how high and how low seems to be derived from your initial Purchase Price PT (Per Turnip), but how exactly I’ve yet to figure out. [Maybe a follow-up post…?] Sell in the evening when you see a profit you’re happy with.
Pattern 3: Rise-And-Fall. Prices will fall initially, then spike sharply upwards. Prices will then decrease once more, increase three more times, and then increase SHARPLY on Saturday evening. Wait till then to sell.
Pattern 4: The Fruits Of Your Labours. Prices will be based on the amount of fruit you’ve sold ON YOUR OWN ISLAND the day before. Native or foreign fruit doesn’t seem to make a difference. Sell the day after selling at least 60 fruit - that seems to be the cap. [Seems!]
Pattern 5: Static Cling. Prices will remain mostly static, fluctuating randomly within 5 bells of your initial Purchase Price PT (Per Turnip). Check the prices daily, and sell as soon as you see a profit.
I bought turnips on Sunday for 100 bells PT (Per Turnip). On Monday Morning, the selling price PT (Per Turnip) was 95 bells. On Monday Evening, the selling price PT (Per Turnip) was 105 bells.
Since X is equal to 1, I know I’m faced with Pattern 1: Hump Day. Presented here is a graph of the turnip prices throughout the week [of course, I sell on Wednesday Evening!].
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