Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the latest title in Nintendo's long-running series, is finally here. Following on from Animal Crossing: New Leaf back in 2012, New Horizons brings a return to the series' staples of exploration, gathering and delivery missions.

The main reward for most of these tasks is Bells, Animal Crossing's primary currency. Bells can be spent to pay off mortgages, upgrade the island, or buy new clothes and furniture. With so many important uses for the currency, getting enough to spend can sometimes be difficult. Fortunately, a little bit of time travel and a good investment account is all players need to make a million Bells in no time. Here's how to do it.

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Investing in Bells

This method is available from the moment that the player gets access to the ABD Bank, and should be done as soon as possible afterward. First, players should put all of their Bells into the bank, where they will earn interest. Then save and exit the game, and change the system clock on the Switch to the year 2000.

Start New Horizons again, and Tom Nook will think it's the year 2000. Read all the mail, which may include a letter saying that interest has been gained from the bank account. Ignore this, as interest is never gained from moving backward in time, only forward. Again, save and exit the system, and prepare to jump into the future.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Seaplane

Playing the Market

This time change the system clock to the year 2060, and start the game again. Just like before, read all the mail that New Horizons' main character has received. If everything has been done correctly, there should be a letter saying that the investment account has earned an interest of 99,999 Bells. This is the maximum amount of interest that can be earned, and it should have automatically been added to the investment.

Go to the bank to check that the money is there, and then simply repeat the process until enough money has been earned. It is possible to jump back in time, to avoid getting too far into the future, but remember that interest is never added while jumping backward. Eventually, the main character's ABD bank account should be overflowing with enough Bells to last for the rest of the game. It's important to do this early, as time-traveling once the island has been further developed will lead to rampant weeds and departing Residents.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now, exclusively for Nintendo Switch.

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