You can get rich in Animal Crossing: New Horizons just by catching a whole bunch of tarantulas. Here’s how to do it.
For whatever reason, Timmy and Tommy Nook are real arachnophiles. They’ll buy each and every tarantula you capture in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for a cool 8,000 bells. That’s a lot of money for one itsy bitsy spider
The best part is that if you get lucky, you can farm these hairy, eight-legged creatures until your pockets are fit to burst in a shower of pedipalps and venom sacks. Here’s how you do it.
First, you need to find Tarantula Island. This is easier said than done since Tarantula Island is a mystery island that you can only arrive at when going on a random tour with Dodo Airlines. You also need to buy a Nook's Ticket for 2,000 Nook Miles, so this trip is a bit of an investment.
You'll know you've arrived at Tarantula Island when you find an island within an island covered in rocks, flowers, trees, and between 4 and 5 crawling tarantulas. Catch them all for money in the bank.
Or better yet, you can follow this guide helpfully posted on the Animal Crossing subreddit. First, catch all the tarantulas but one and let the last one bite you. Fortunately, tarantula venom is not fatal in the world of Animal Crossing, and instead it just causes you to take a quick power nap. Once you wake up, all the tarantulas will have respawned, allowing you to repeat the process until you've got pockets full of spiders.
Another helpful post describes an easy way of catching those pesky spiders in case you happen to be bad at bug catching. First, clear Tarantula Island of as much shrubbery as you can, then dig a ring of holes all around the island. Since the tarantulas can’t cross over the holes, this gives them limited space to either evade or attack. Now you can easily scoop up as many tarantulas as your pockets can hold.
If Flick is visiting, you can sell these tarantulas for even more cash--12,000 bells each! This may very well cause an eight-legged gold rush, so expect to see more bug catchers on these islands soon.
Source: Reddit