How to get the Shell Arc in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Butcher79

April 23, 2021

Animal Crossing : New Horizons is full of beautiful trinkets and craftable items to make your personal paradise stand out from the crowd. The shell arches and shell items created in the game are some of the most unique and perfect for decorating your island's sandy beaches.

New Horizons has taken fans of the series into the modern age with fantastic graphics and better gaming systems. There are many ways to earn money in the game by buying and selling turnips, as well as growing flowers and rare plants to create vibrant color variations.

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We've put together this handy guide to help you craft one of perhaps the cutest items in the game: the shell arch.

How to get a shell arch
How to make a shell arch
Shell arch options

How to get a shell arch

The shell arc in Animal Crossing can be obtained in several ways:

The lazy villagers can gift the recipe to you (Bo, Claude, Dizzy, Eric, Punchy, Stu and Zucker, to name a few).
Available through a message in a bottle.

However, unlike some items in the game, this item needs to be crafted before you can place it on your island or sell it.

The item itself can bring you a good profit. Selling it on Nook's Cranny can get you 12360 bells, though YouTubers like SpookyFairy , also noted that the sale price may increase if the shell arch is a sought-after item at the moment.

How to craft a shell arch in Animal Crossing

The shell arch has 6 variations that you can create.

Once you have the recipe in your inventory, you will need a few items to create the shell arch. All of these can be found scattered around the beaches of your island (especially in the early stages of the game):