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Animal Crossing New Horizons: What Are the Glowing Spots on the Ground?

You may come across a glowing Spot in the ground while exploring your island in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Here's what you need to do.

During each day living on your Animal Crossing New Horizons Island, you'll come across certain items and curiosities that you may never have seen before. At the start of the game you're likely to find glowing Spots in the ground. To help get you up to speed, we've put together this guide explaining what these glowing holes are, and how to get the treasure hidden inside.

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What Are the Glowing Spots on the Ground in Animal Crossing New Horizons?

The glowing holes you'll find scattered throughout your island in Animal Crossing New Horizons are actually buried Bells. You'll need to dig them up to get to the Bells hidden within. To do so, craft a shovel, the recipe for which you will receive on completion of Tom Nook's DIY workshop class. Walk over to the gold, glowing hole and press A with the shovel equipped. This will dig up the Bells. For a look at earning as many Bells as quickly as you can, head here.

How Many Bells Are Hidden in the Golden Glowing Holes?

For the most part, you'll get 1,000 Bells for digging up these holes. From time to time, you may also get 10,000 Bells, though this is much rarer. You can also use these glowing spots to grow money trees. You can find more info in this guide.

We've been busy plugging away on a bunch more Animal Crossing New Horizons guides. You can find close to 100 guides right here on USG, and if you head to our AC: New Horizons Walkthrough you'll see them all in one handy place. From guides on the different kinds of buildings, to detailed breakdowns of how to catch specific bugs and fish, we've got you covered.

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Our Animal Crossing New Horizons Review is now live. Read it here to see what Caty thought of the game. For a look at the expanded selection now available at the Able Sisters' shop, read Mat's article.

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