How to Get a Golden Shovel in Animal Crossing: Wild World

Last Updated: October 21, 2021

A golden shovel in Animal Crossing: Wild World is similar to the regular shovel, except it allows you to plant money trees too. If you'd like to know how you can get a golden shovel, then keep reading this article.

Steps

1
Buy two shovels from Tom Nook's store. Know that Tom Nook will never stock two shovels at the same time, so buy a shovel and check back every day for the other one. If you do not want to wait, you can time travel.
2
Equip yourself with one of the shovels. Go to a spot that you can see easily. It's also typically easier to bury around a spot that you are familiar with, for example, near your house or Town Hall.

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3
Dig a hole with the shovel.
4
Go into your inventory and select the other shovel. Make sure that you are standing close to the hole, and select the "Bury" option from the menu that should appear once you click on the shovel.
5
Wait 24 hours. Dig it up after that and receive the golden shovel.

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Community Q&A

Question

I did the 5:59 a.m. tip and it didn't work. What do I do?

Community Answer

That may not be accurate! Just bury your shovel again and wait the full 24 hours.

Warnings

Be sure that you remember where you buried it. If you don't remember, then you will end up spending a lot of time digging up things such as fossils, gyroids and pitfall seeds.

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Avoid stepping on the area where the shovel is while it's buried, to prevent you from potentially not getting the golden shovel.

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