Animal Crossing: New Horizons sea creatures guide and complete list – Polygon

As soon as you equip a Wet Suit, you can push A versus the ocean to jump into it and swim. You can push An again as soon as youre in the water to swim around and press Y to select up any critters you find.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons gamers can now go diving for brand-new sea creatures.

Youll be able to find animals like Starfish and Oyster, in addition to Scallops. Finding a Scallop will summon Pascal, a red sea otter who will want the tasty animal. Hell offer you DIY recipes for mermaid furniture in return.

These critters can be contributed to the fish section of the Museum and have their own Critterpedia page on your Nook Phone. Like fish and bugs, certain sea animals just appear during certain seasons and times of the day. Sea creatures are a separate type of animal from fish, implying that C.J. will not buy them from you nor will he turn them into models.

Check out our table listed below for info on when to find the animals. Well be upgrading the table as we find more sea creatures.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sea creature list

Worth

Time

Sea Creature

Critter #.

Sea Creature.

Critter #

Month (Hemisphere).

Worth.

Month (Hemisphere).

Time.

1.

Seaweed.

600.

All the time.

October-July (Northern)/ April-January (Southern).

2.

Sea grapes.

900.

Throughout the day.

Year-round (Southern and northern).

3.

Sea cucumber.

500.

Throughout the day.

November-April (Northern)/ May-October (Southern).

4.

5.

Sea star.

500.

Year-round (Northern and Southern).

All the time.

6.

Sea urchin.

1,700.

May-September (Northern)/ November-March (Southern).

Throughout the day.

7.

Slate pencil urchin.

2,000.

4 p.m. – 9 a.m.

May-September (Northern)/ November-March (Southern).

8.

Sea polyp.

500.

Year-round (Northern and Southern).

All the time.

9.

Moon jellyfish.

600.

Throughout the day.

July-September (Northern)/ January-March (Southern).

10.

Sea slug.

600.

Year-round (Southern and northern).

Throughout the day.

11.

Pearl oyster.

2,800.

All the time.

Year-round (Northern and Southern).

12.

Mussel.

1,500.

June-December (Northern)/ December-June (Southern).

All day.

13.

Oyster.

2,000.

September-February (Northern)/ March-August (Southern).

All the time.

14.

Scallop.

1,200.

Year-round (Southern and northern).

All day.

15.

Whelk.

1,000.

All the time.

Year-round (Northern and Southern).

16.

All day.

March-May, September-December (Northern)/ March-June, September-November (Southern).

Turban shell.

17.

Abalone.

2,000.

4 p.m. – 9 a.m.

June-January (Northern)/ December-July (Southern).

18.

Gigas huge clam.

15,000.

May-September (Northern)/ November-March (Southern).

All the time.

19.

20.

Octopus.

1,200.

All the time.

Year-round (Northern and Southern).

21.

22.

Vampire squid.

4 p.m. – 9 a.m.

May-August (Northern)/ November-February (Southern).

23.

24.

Gazami crab.

2,200.

Throughout the day.

June-November (Northern)/ December-May (Southern).

25.

Dungeoness crab.

1,900.

November-May (Northern)/ May-November (Southern).

All day.

26.

Snow crab.

6,000.

Throughout the day.

November-April (Northern)/ May-October (Southern).

27.

28.

Acorn barnacle.

600.

Year-round (Southern and northern).

All day.

29.

30.

Tiger prawn.

3,000.

4 p.m. – 9 a.m.

June-September (Northern)/ December-March (Southern).

31.

Sweet shrimp.

4 p.m. – 9 a.m.

September-February (Northern)/ March-August (Southern).

32.

Mantis shrimp.

2,500.

4 p.m. – 9 a.m.

Year-round (Northern and Southern).

33.

Spiny Lobster.

9 p.m. – 4 a.m.

October-December (Northern)/ April-June (Southern).

34.

Lobster.

4,500.

April-June, December-January (Northern)/ October-December, June-July (Southern).

All day.

35.

Giant isopod.

12,000.

9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 9 p.m. – 4 a.m.

July-October (Northern)/ January-April (Southern).

36.

Horseshoe crab.

2,500.

9 p.m. – 4 a.m.

July-September (Northern)/ January-March (Southern).

37.

Sea pineapple.

1,500.

All day.

Year-round (Northern and Southern).

38.

Identified garden eel.

1,100.

4 a.m. – 9 p.m.

May-October (Northern)/ November-April (Southern).

39.

40.

Venus flower basket.

5,000.

You can push An once again when youre in the water to swim around and press Y to pick up any critters you find. Youll be able to discover animals like Starfish and Oyster, along with Scallops. Discovering a Scallop will summon Pascal, a red sea otter who will desire the tasty critter. Like fish and bugs, particular sea animals just appear during certain seasons and times of the day. Sea animals are a separate type of animal from fish, meaning that C.J. will not buy them from you nor will he turn them into models.

October-February (Northern)/ April-August (Southern).

All the time.

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