For players in the Northern Hemisphere, the first Animal Crossing: News Horizons Bug Off is here! In addition to a renewed fervor to catch as many creepy crawlies as humanly possible, it also means a ton of new Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Off rewards to unlock and collect.
You can enter the Bug Off by talking to Flick at the Plaza in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It will explain the rules, but basically, there are as many mistakes as you can catch 3 minutes. Fortunately, during these three minutes, it’s impossible for your net to break, so you don’t have to worry too much about having a spare, unlike the Animal Crossing: New Horizons fishing tournament.
Any bugs you manage to hook will automatically transfer to the large cage next to it, which you can then sell later for a few additional Bells.
For every mistake you catch you will earn points. This is what you can exchange for ‘loot’, also known as the full range of Animal Crossing rewards: New Horizons Bug Off. They are 10 points per prize.
The points work like this:
| 1 bug caught | 1 point |
| 2 bugs caught | 2 points |
| 3 bugs caught | 5 points |
| 4 bugs caught | 6 points |
| 5 bugs caught | 7 points |
| 6 bugs caught | 8 points |
| 7 bugs caught | 9 points |
| 8 bugs caught | 10 points |
| 9 bugs caught | 11 points |
| 10 bugs caught | 12 points |
Your first entry in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Off will be free, but after that it’s 500 Bells a pop. However, sell your mistakes to Flick between each round and you can more than recover that cost.
Also remember that Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Off starts at 9am and ends at 6pm sharp.
All Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Off rewards to unlock
- Termite mound
- Cockroach toy
- spiderweb
- Toy centipede
- Butterfly wall
- Ladybug rug
- Spider plate
- Handmade insect cage
- Error wand
- Aloha Bug Shirt
- Insect cage (green)
- Butterfly backpack (pink)
- Ladybug umbrella
- Bronze Bug Trophy (after earning 100 total points)
- Silver Bug Trophy (after earning 200 total points)
- Gold Bug Trophy (after earning 300 total points)
Top Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Off Tips
Before getting started with Bug Off, why not take a look at our top tips to make sure you catch as many bugs as possible in each round.
Do not run!
When you’re against the clock, it’s easy to think that pairing it around your island is the best course of action. But apart from butterflies, most insects will fly away if you run close to them, so take it easy.
Look in all the usual places
During a disabled error, the errors will still be in their usual hiding places while the timer is active. Remember to look on tree trunks, on stumps, hovering near or in flowers, and even in rivers or ponds.
Don’t worry about carrying a spare net.
Unlike your rod for the Fishing Tournament, the game has managed to keep your net from breaking if you’re halfway through the Bug Off. It may break at the end of a round, but at least then you have time to buy or create a new one.
This is certainly to balance the fact that there is no equivalent bait for errors, so it is entirely up to your network.
