Animal Crossing New Horizons: How to Get Flies

I have to be honest, I’m a bit skeeved out writing this guide. After all, who wants to attract flies, right? In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, though, catching and attracting bugs is the name of the game. So in this short guide we’re going to go over how to get flies in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Again, gross.

How to Get Flies in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Funny enough, the way to get flies in Animal Crossing New Horizons really isn’t that much different from real life: you have to leave garbage around.

Flies are ugly, annoying and they love garbage, the opposite of most of you reading this I’m sure! Still love you though if you can relate to flies.

During the course of your time on your island you’ll come across various “junk” items such as fished up boots and cans. Although they serve other purposes such as crafting or just being sold, you can also just leave them around if you don’t need them.

If you leave garbage around long enough, it will eventually attract flies. While I personally don’t understand it, big time Animal Crossing fans treat bugs like Pokemon. Gotta catch ’em all I guess!

That’s all you need to know for how to get flies in Animal Crossing New Horizons. If you’re interested in less disgusting AC pastimes, you can check out our New Horizons wiki guide which is filled with other tips and tricks that don’t involve attract garbage bugs to your island such as spending a beautiful and relaxing evening fishing.

Or if you’re just wondering what we think of the latest game in the long-running Nintendo franchise, you can check out our fully-scored review from our resident Animal Crossing expert, Rebecca, who has plenty to say about the latest and potentially greatest!