Ore

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. Amethysts, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires each have a 18.2% of appearing from an ore rock, while gold and silver nuggets have a 13.6% chance.

If a Bell 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.

Customizing furniture

A modern cabinet customized using an emerald

Certain furniture items can be customized by Cyrus using ore to create a solid-color, shining variation of the item matching the given ore. The following furniture series and individual items can be customized using ore:

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

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 in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Item	Image	Icon	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Amethyst			Not for sale	2,000 Bells	Rocks
Emerald			Not for sale	2,000 Bells	Rocks
Gold nugget			Not for sale	4,000 Bells	Rocks
Ruby			Not for sale	2,000 Bells	Rocks
Sapphire			Not for sale	2,000 Bells	Rocks
Silver nugget			Not for sale	3,000 Bells	Rocks

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, AlgebraManiacABC, Chubby Bub, Cuyler, HylianAngel, Kalina70, PanchamBro, SuperHamster, and vmario.

In New Horizons

Materials in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Item	Image	Icon	Available from	Sell price	Recipes	Total needed
Clay			Rocks	100 Bells	57	256
Gold nugget			Rocks  Balloons	10,000 Bells	58	154
Iron nugget			Rocks	375 Bells	135	702
Stone			Rocks On ground (near rocks)	75 Bells	73	851

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.