Shell Sell Prices
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, just like in all other Animal Crossing games, shells are an easy source of Bells that wash up on the beach, mostly in the mornings and evenings.
Simply walk down the beach and pick them up. No tools are needed except for the manilla clams found underground in the sand: dig them up with a shovel.
Shells sales price at Nook's Cranny varies from 20 to 700 Bells, so make sure to remember which are worth grabbing by checking the price guide table below.
Tips and tricks
- You might want to keep the shells, which are really DIY materials, to craft beautiful furniture, equipement and more, either to decorate your home and island or to sell for even more bells!
- Shells, unlike fish, bugs or fossils, can't be donated to the museum.
- Hermit crabs (categorized as a bug) hide on the beach inside empty shells, mainly at night. Catch them with a net before they run away!
ACNH shells price list
Click on the up & down arrows in the table to sort the shells by price (Nook's Cranny prices and drop-off box prices) or alphabetically (by name or by particularity).
Clicking once sorts the chosen column in ascending order — from the lowest to the highest price or from A to Z. The second click sorts its items in descending order — from the most expensive to the cheapest or from Z to A.
Please note: All prices are in Bells.
| Item | Category | Subcategory | Particularity | Sales Price | Drop-Off Box |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Conch |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach | 700 | 560 |
 Coral |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach | 500 | 400 |
 Cowrie |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach | 60 | 48 |
 Giant Clam |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach | 450 | 360 |
 Manila Clam |
DIY Materials | Shell | Digging in the sand | 100 | 80 |
 Sand Dollar |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach | 120 | 96 |
 Sea Snail |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach | 180 | 144 |
 Summer Shell |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach in the summer | 600 | 480 |
 Venus Comb |
DIY Materials | Shell | On the beach | 300 | 240 |
Total number of shells: 9
ACNH critters & shells iOS stickers
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