Should You Sell The Gigas Giant Clam In Animal Crossing Or Donate It To Blathers' Museum?

Summary The Gigas Giant Clam is the most valuable sea creature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Donating or selling the giant clam can be a tough decision considering its value.

Completing the Museum in ACNH is a long-term goal, and the Gigas Giant Clam is a key part of achieving this milestone.

The Gigas Giant Clam is one of the more notable creatures available to collect in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, thanks in large part to it being incredibly valuable. Actually, catching a Gigas Giant Clam can also take time due to its behavior, making the potential money reward even more appealing. As a result, people can find themselves torn between selling the Clam and donating it to Blathers’ Museum.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is full of collectible items and creatures that can be put to a variety of purposes. Collecting things like fruit, bugs, and fish is, after all, the quintessential way of raising funds for various purposes in the game. Naturally, the values of foraged creatures and other objects can vary wildly, from just a few tens of Bells to thousands, with the value of turnips in Animal Crossing being particularly noteworthy given the nature of the Stalk Market. Nevertheless, none of the sea creatures featured in the game are worth more than the Gigas Giant Clam.

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How Much Is The Giant Gigas Clam Worth?

The Most Valuable Sea Creature

The Gigas Giant Clam can be found in Animal Crossing: New Horizons by diving, and is specifically represented by an enormous and very fast-moving shadow in the water. The Gigas Giant Clam is only one of two sea creatures in the game to appear as such, with the other being the Spider Crab. However, the Gigas Giant Clam is the most valuable sea creature in the game, and can be sold for 15,000 Bells; 3,000 more than the Giant Spider, which has a value of 12,000 Bells (as does the Giant Isopod),

In order to dive, players must first acquire a wet suit, with three different versions being available in the game via Nook’s Cranny, Nook Shopping, and the Nook Stop.

The immediate value of the Gigas Giant Clam is readily apparent. Although it is one of the rarest and most difficult sea creatures to catch, 15,000 Bells more than makes up for the time and effort needed to do so. Although it is far from enough to cover any tier of the loan debt owed to Tom Nook, 15,000 Bells is still a significant amount of money. For example, the boost to the player’s finances represents a perfect windfall when looking to buy large amounts of furniture or purchasing some artwork at Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler.

Because of its value, it is easy to see how the Gigas Giant Clam has become highly sought-after since its introduction alongside many other sea creatures in an update to ACNH. Its decidedly skittish nature and speed mean that successfully collecting even one can take a notable degree of effort. However, with that being said, once one is caught, the player faces a choice; they can, of course, simply sell their new catch, but they must also consider taking their Gigas Giant Clam to Blathers at the Museum.

Completing New Horizons’ Museum Requires The Giant Gigas Clam

A Goal For Most Players

Donating items to Blathers and the Museum is, of course, a large part of ACNH. Although it is entirely optional to do so, helping to fill the Museum with exhibits provides both a clear goal and a sense of progression in the game, ultimately making a completed Museum a key part of any Animal Crossing town. Of course, a Gigas Giant Clam will, by necessity, be part of this collection, making the donation of one a near-inevitability for most players. However, given its value, it is understandable for people to hesitate to give one to Blathers, especially their first catch.

It is worth noting that completing the Museum is a long-term project, especially given that sea creatures, as with fish and insects, are generally seasonal in Animal Crossing. With a few exceptions, such as the Sea Star, most have at least one month in which they are unavailable to catch, depending on which Hemisphere the player’s island is located in. This allows for an added degree of realism in ACNH, as well as ensuring a slow and steady change in content to maintain player engagement; aiming to complete the Museum helps ensure that people will regularly return to their island.

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In New Horizons, there are a total of 40 sea creatures to collect. Donating them all to the Museum can take the best part of a year, given their differing availabilities. The Gigas Giant Clam itself is available for five months of the year; May to September in the North, and November to March in the South. As a result, although there is not a truly infinite supply, it is perfectly possible to catch more than one Gigas Giant Clam whilst they are in season.

It Is Best To Donate The First Gigas Giant Clam To The Museum

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Ultimately, it only seems logical to give the first Gigas Giant Clam found to Blathers and the Museum. If one does, then they can sell any and all later giant clams without issue. Otherwise, selling the first would only lead to the same decision with the second, and then perhaps the third, and so on, especially given the fact that they are relatively rare. Instead, leaving Blathers with the result of the first successful hunt for this sea creature will allow future sales of the same to be made with no hesitation.

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There are many ways to make money in New Horizons, with selling the Gigas Giant Clam being only one option. Because of this, it can be argued that despite its individual worth, selling it would not be necessary even if it was a unique item. As it is not, there is truly no downside in donating the rare specimen to the Museum to help complete its collection. Any loss in Bells is only temporary and can easily be made up in other ways (quite possibly by catching another Gigas Giant Clam at some point after the first).

Considering that there only so many months of the year in which it is available, it is possible for one to sell the rare Gigas Giant Clam and be left unable to donate another to Blathers before it goes out of season. Animal Crossing’s bug-hating museum curator will naturally be glad of the addition, and his customary informative description can provide an additional flavor to subsequent discoveries of the same. Moreover, Animal Crossing: New Horizons can be played at a slow and steady pace, and a lack of Bells at any point is never more than a minor setback.