How to Get Iron Nuggets in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

How to get iron nuggets in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is thankfully quite easy as iron nuggets are one of the most important resources you'll need throughout the game. From the best tools available to special furniture to doing your part in the construction of Nook's Cranny Shop, iron nuggets are always needed.

To get iron nuggets, make sure you have any type of axe or shovel and find a large stone anywhere on your island. Then, all it takes is pressing 'A' while facing the rock to hit in and out will pop either stone, clay, iron nuggets, or bells if you have found the one rock on your island that drops bells (the rock changes daily). Make sure you have not eaten any fruit or you will completely break the rock when you hit it!

How to Get Iron Nuggets in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

If you have exhausted all the rocks on your island and still want more iron nuggets, you can use your nook miles to buy a Nook Miles Ticket and travel to another island. These islands will have more rocks to hit and, unless you're incredibly unlucky, more iron nuggets to pick up. Another tip: an invisible timer starts to tick once you hit the rock for the first time, so don't stray too far or you might not be able to get all the drops possible from a certain rock.