Ore

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An ore rock after being hit in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Ores (also called gems or minerals) are items introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. They are colorful crystals that spawn from rocks when struck with a shovel or axe.

Appearances

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, one ore rock spawns in town each day. When hit with a shovel it will shatter, revealing either an amethyst, emerald, gold nugget, ruby, sapphire, or silver nugget.

If a money rock is hit with a silver shovel, there is a 20% chance that ore will come out of the rock instead of Bells.

Ores can be sold or used at Re-Tail to customize pieces of furniture. In addition, Cyrus can create a random piece of furniture from the Golden Series using three gold ores and 10,000 Bells.

In Pocket Camp

Minerals are also found in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, appearing in Shovelstrike Quarry. Types of minerals that can be obtained include gold, silver, ruby, and sapphire. Collecting these minerals in the Shovelstrike Quarry rewards Bells and crafting materials.

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, while gold nuggets remained and are rarely found from rocks or balloons, other ores are removed from the game and are replaced by stone, clay, and iron nuggets. Gold nuggets can now be used to craft golden tools if the player achieves requirements to earn DIY recipes, as well as items from the Golden Series.

Item list

In New Leaf

Ore	Sell price	Chance of appearing
File:Amethyst NL Icon.png Amethyst	File:99k Bells NH Inv Icon cropped.png 2,000 Bells	18.2%
File:Emerald NL Icon.png Emerald	File:99k Bells NH Inv Icon cropped.png 2,000 Bells	18.2%
File:Gold Nugget NL Icon.png Gold nugget	File:99k Bells NH Inv Icon cropped.png 4,000 Bells	13.6%
File:Ruby NL Icon.png Ruby	File:99k Bells NH Inv Icon cropped.png 2,000 Bells	18.2%
File:Sapphire NL Icon.png Sapphire	File:99k Bells NH Inv Icon cropped.png 2,000 Bells	18.2%
File:Silver Nugget NL Icon.png Silver nugget	File:99k Bells NH Inv Icon cropped.png 3,000 Bells	13.6%

In New Horizons

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Customizing furniture

In New Leaf

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A Modern Series item made using an emerald ore

By giving a furniture piece along with an ore to Cyrus, he can create custom, sparkling furniture that is dependent on the color of the ore being used. Once given a piece of furniture and an ore of the appropriate color, the two items will be combined leaving only a single item in the player's inventory. Both the furniture item and the ore must already be in the player's inventory when initiating the dialogue with Cyrus. Offer him one of the pieces of furniture listed below while possessing the corresponding color of ore. This will automatically trigger a dialogue where Cyrus will offer to use the ore to customize the item. Cyrus will also offer the option to use the normal color customization options if the player prefers. Below are the furniture series and colors of ore that will trigger the dialogue when asking to customize furniture at Re-Tail.

	Amethyst	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Silver nugget	Gold nugget
Blue Series
Cabana Series
Green Series
Lovely Series
Modern Series
Polka-Dot Series
Chess Set
Apple Set
Dharma Set
Bilboquet
Claw-foot tub
Executive toy
Piggy bank
Plate armor
Raccoon figurine
Shogi piece
Super toilet
Toilet

Gallery

• Amethyst (New Leaf model)
  Amethyst (New Leaf model)
• Emerald (New Leaf model)
  Emerald (New Leaf model)
• Gold nugget (New Leaf model)
  Gold nugget (New Leaf model)
• Ruby (New Leaf model)
  Ruby (New Leaf model)
• Sapphire (New Leaf model)
  Sapphire (New Leaf model)
• Silver nugget (New Leaf model)
  Silver nugget (New Leaf model)