Animal Crossing: New Horizons sea creatures guide and complete list
Animal Crossing: New Horizons players can now go diving for new sea creatures.
Once you equip a Wet Suit, you can press A against the ocean to leap into it and swim. You can press A again once you’re in the water to swim around and press Y to pick up any critters you find. When you dive down, you’ll see bubbling shadows. Swim up to these to pick them up.
You’ll be able to find critters like Starfish and Oyster, along with Scallops. Finding a Scallop will summon Pascal, a red sea otter who will desire the delicious critter. He’ll give you DIY recipes for mermaid furniture in return.
These critters can be donated to the fish section of the Museum and have their own Critterpedia page on your Nook Phone. Like fish and bugs, certain sea critters only appear during certain seasons and times of the day. Sea creatures are a separate type of critter from fish, meaning that C.J. will not buy them from you nor will he turn them into models.
Check out our table below for info on when to find the critters. We’ll be updating the table as we find more sea creatures.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sea creature list
Critter #
Sea Creature
Value
Time
Month (Hemisphere)
Critter #
Sea Creature
Value
Time
Month (Hemisphere)
1
Seaweed
600
All day
October-July (Northern) / April-January (Southern)
2
Sea grapes
900
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
3
Sea cucumber
500
All day
November-April (Northern) / May-October (Southern)
4
5
Sea star
500
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
6
Sea urchin
1,700
All day
May-September (Northern) / November-March (Southern)
7
Slate pencil urchin
2,000
4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
May-September (Northern) / November-March (Southern)
8
Sea anemone
500
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
9
Moon jellyfish
600
All day
July-September (Northern) / January-March (Southern)
10
Sea slug
600
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
11
Pearl oyster
2,800
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
12
Mussel
1,500
All day
June-December (Northern) / December-June (Southern)
13
Oyster
2,000
All day
September-February (Northern) / March-August (Southern)
14
Scallop
1,200
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
15
Whelk
1,000
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
16
Turban shell
All day
March-May, September-December (Northern) / March-June, September-November (Southern)
17
Abalone
2,000
4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
June-January (Northern) / December-July (Southern)
18
Gigas giant clam
15,000
All day
May-September (Northern) / November-March (Southern)
19
20
Octopus
1,200
All day
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
All day
June-November (Northern) / December-May (Southern)
25
Dungeoness crab
1,900
All day
November-May (Northern) / May-November (Southern)
26
Snow crab
6,000
All day
November-April (Northern) / May-October (Southern)
27
28
Acorn barnacle
600
All day
Year-round (Northern and Southern)
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
All day
April-June, December-January (Northern) / October-December, June-July (Southern)
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
Spotted garden eel
1,100
4 a.m. – 9 p.m.
May-October (Northern) / November-April (Southern)
39
40
Venus’ flower basket
5,000
All day
October-February (Northern) / April-August (Southern)
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