Gold Nuggets are a rare resource in Animal Crossing: New Horizons that can be randomly obtained from hitting rocks. You’ve probably come across a couple of these by now and might be wondering what you can craft with them. This guide will show you all of the different Animal Crossing New Horizons Gold Nugget recipes.
How to Get Gold Nuggets
If you find a Gold Nugget, you will want to make sure you hold onto it until later in the game when you can craft some of the items listed below. Part of your daily routine in Animal Crossing: New Horizons should be running around your island and hitting all of the rocks and boulders.
You can also venture out to Mystery Islands which usually have rocks on them that you can hit as well. You can fly out to these mystery islands for 2,000 Nook Miles to start farming for your Gold Nuggets.
Animal Crossing New Horizons Gold Nugget Recipes – Golden Tools
Gold Nuggets can be used in rare recipes, such as Golden Tools recipes. The recipes for these tools can be found through completing tasks like catching all the various different kinds of bugs and fish. After completing each task, you’ll unlock the DIY recipe for that tool. Each Golden Tool recipe requires at least one gold nugget.
| Golden Axe | 1 Axe 1 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Fishing Rod | 1 Fishing Rod 1 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Net | 1 Net 1 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Shovel | 1 Shovel 1 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Slingshot | 1 Slingshot 1 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Watering Can | 1 Watering Can 1 Gold Nugget |
Other Animal Crossing New Horizons Gold Nugget Recipes
| Aries Rocking Chair | 5 Stone 1 Gold Nugget 3 Star Fragment 2 Cancer Fragment |
| Cancer Table | 3 Stone 2 Gold Nugget 3 Star Fragment 2 Cancer Fragment |
| Garden Rock | 15 Stone 1 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Wand | 2 Gold Nugget 3 Star Fragment |
| Golden Dishes | 2 Gold Nugget |
| Lucky Gold Cat | 3 Gold Nugget 3 Iron Nugget |
| Pisces Lamp | 3 Star Fragment 2 Pisces Fragment 2 Gold Nugget 4 Stone |
| Taurus Bathtub | 3 Star Fragment 2 Taurus Fragment 1 Gold Nugget 8 Stone |
| Trophy Case | 3 Gold Nugget 6 Iron Nugget 24 Hardwood |
| Garden Rock | 15 Stone 1 Gold Nugget |
| Gold Armor | 8 Gold Nugget |
| Gold Bars | 3 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Gears | 1 Gold Nugget 3 Iron Nugget |
| Golden Wall | 4 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Flooring | 4 Gold Nugget |
| Golden Dung Beetle | 3 Gold Nugget |
You can also sell Gold Nuggets for 10,000 Bells, but we would recommend holding onto them because you will probably want to craft some things with this rare resource. If you’re low on Bells, check out the best ways to make money in Animal Crossing New Horizons.
