Turnip (disambiguation)

Turnips are buyable items in every Animal Crossing game to date. They can be sold on the "Stalk Market" which is the Animal Crossing version of the Stock Market. There are two different types and both can be bought from Joan on Sundays, before 12 p.m.

Red Turnip
Red Turnips can be bought from Joan for a sum of 1,000 Bells. There are generally only one left in stock, so only one player a week can buy one. Oftentimes she has no stock if a player has time travelled. She has rarey been known to have no stock of red turnips regardless. Red turnips start off as seeds; you must plant it in the ground. It's best to keep it close by to look after it, e.g. outside your house, because the seed must be watered every day in order for it to survive. Ignoring it for a day, or over-watering, can kill it, making it useless (it must be dug up, being a rotten red turnip.) However, if you successfully water it, it will grow bigger. After a week's watering it will be full size (e.g. if you planted it on Sunday, you can dig it up on Saturday.) A big turnip sells for a maximum of 16,000 Bells to Nook, a profit of 15,000. Most players use this weekly profit money to buy more White Turnips on the next Sunday, because they are normally more profitable and you won't be risking much if they spoil. You can sell a red turnip when it is smaller, but for a lot less the earlier you dig it.

TIP: If the red turnip spoils, watering it with a Silver Watering Can will revive it BUT it will shrink to the size of a just-planted Red Turnip instead.

White Turnip
White Turnips can also be bought from Joan on Sundays. They are much more risky than red turnips. Firstly, Joan has a asking price which is usally around 100 Bells each (generally nearer 90.) Then, you can buy as many as you like, in bunches of ten. Next, the risky part; white turnips spoil after a week (the next Sunday.) You have to sell them as quickly as possible to Nook before the week for the highest price. Nook has two prices a day (one before midday (12 p.m.) and one afterwards) so check back regularly. The aim is to sell higher than your buy-price. Normally, the price is low (60-80) but can spike to over 200, and can sometimes almost reach to as high as 600 each! Sell as high as possible without risking a lot; but sell to early and you may miss the spike! Prices are somewhat random, but if you check daily, you may pick up a steady price rise, to a spike. If you fail to sell at a profit, sell on Saturday afternoon at least regardless of the price to stop you losing as little money as possible. If you spend 15,000 of red turnip money though, you don't have too much to lose.

TIP: In Wild World, there is a game-breaking glitch that stops white turnips spoiling: place them on a table and they will never rot. HOWEVER this glitch is not present elsewhere!!