Oh no - Nintendo has nerfed money-making bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Oh no - Nintendo has nerfed money-making bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons That's creepy-crawly bugs by the way - not game glitches. News by Vikki Blake Contributor Updated on 26 Apr 2020 24 comments Nintendo has been tinkering with the spawn rates of a number of our favourite money-making bugs, including Emperor and Peacock butterflies, Atlas moths, scorpions, and tarantulas. As detailed by data miner @_Ninji (thanks, Polygon) - who has been correct about changes in the past - Nintendo has reportedly unified the spawn rates of bugs and insects so that rather than popping up more often in certain months of the year, they'll now have the same spawn rate across every month they're scheduled to appear. "Agrias butterfly used to be less common in April than in its other available months. Wharf roach had a higher rate in March," Ninji explained. "Peacock butterflies have been cut by 80-90%; emperors and atlas moths by 50%. Regular stinkbugs are up 100%, man-faced ones down 50%. Tiger beetles up by 33%, Scarab beetles down 40%. "Scorpions and tarantulas have both been nerfed significantly as well." peacock butterflies have been cut by 80-90%; emperors and atlas moths by 50%regular stinkbugs are up 100%, man-faced ones down 50%tiger beetles up by 33%, scarab beetles down 40%scorpions and tarantulas have both been nerfed significantly as well#ACdatamining #ACspoilers- Ninji (@_Ninji) April 24, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings To help exemplify the changes, here's a helpful table that details what's different. In theory, this doesn't sound too troubling, but I'm personally already feeling the pinch. Typically, if I needed to make a little cash I'd dedicate an hour or two to standing around my blue windflowers, which habitually spawn a smorgasbord of pretty Peacock butterflies. Though I've had as many as five on the screen at once before now, in the last couple of days I've been lucky to catch just a handful. And now I know why. So even if you accidentally happen upon a wild tarantula island now, expect it to take much, much longer to grind enough to fill every slot in your inventory. Bad time for me to have missed Daisy and her turnips this morning, eh? :( Watch on YouTube Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store