Animal Crossing New Horizons - How to get perfect fruit


There are so many creative ways to earn Bells in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, one of which is by selling fruit.

Fruit is one of the most common commodities in Animal Crossing, and vendors will always take any fruit you can give them. Of course, finding different kinds of fruit will take some time, like the process of finding apples, but you can eventually have a complete fruit garden.

However, there is a way to up your fruit game even more in New Horizons.

At a level above regular fruit, there is the perfect fruit, a rarer and more expensive form of the regular varieties. Perfect fruit are some of the most sought-after and profitable items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and we will show you exactly how to get this specific type of fruit.

Getting perfect fruit in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Luckily, there are a few ways to get perfect fruit. Your first chance to get it is at the beginning of the game, where some perfect fruit will spawn somewhere on your island. However, only native fruit trees can produce this variety, so ensure you have plenty of native fruit on your island.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Cherries on the ground
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Perfect fruit growing on your island is rare, but they are very valuable when they do appear.

If you want to increase your chances of finding it, you should plant a perfect fruit when you stumble upon one. If you do this, you may get a tree that will produce only perfect fruit.

What is perfect fruit?

Perfect fruit is a different variation of the regular fruit that will appear on trees within your village. The aspect that makes the fruit so valuable is that it's rare, and it can sell for anything from 600 Bells and upwards.

What fruit is in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

When it comes to fruit, you'll feel the urge to collect them all.

There are six to collect, with one type (at random) growing natively on your island. If you want to grow them all - and you will because you can sell 'foreign' fruit for lots of Bells - you'll have to travel a bit. 

Here are all of the fruit types available in the game:

  • Apple
  • Cherry
  • Coconut
  • Orange
  • Pear
  • Peach

Remember that only fruit trees native to your Island will spawn perfect fruit.

If you're playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons and want to make the most out of Island life, you should look at our guide on catching sharks. Also, we have a guide on how to get medicine in case you get stung on your adventures.

For more articles like this, take a look at our Animal Crossing New Horizons and Guides page.