March

March is the third month of the year, marking the start of spring/autumn.

Events in March

• Festivale (City Folk, New Leaf, and New Horizons.)
  • Falls on the Monday before Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, which changes every year, so it could take place in late February or early March.
• Flea Market (Wild World & City Folk)
  • Occurs on the first Saturday of the month in Wild World
  • Occurs on the fourth Sunday of the month in City Folk
• Girl's Festival ends (Animal Forest)
  • The festival ends on March 3.
• La-Di-Day (Wild World)
  • This event occurs on the second Saturday of the month, and runs all day.
• Fishing Tourney (Wild World, City Folk & New Leaf)
  • Occurs on the second Sunday of the month in Wild World
  • Occurs on the third Saturday of the month in City Folk and New Leaf
• Shamrock Day (All games in the Animal Crossing series, except for Wild World)
  • Falls on the same date as St. Patricks Day (March 17) on which it is based on.
• Spring Sports Fair (Animal Crossing)
  • Occurs from March 20 to March 21.
• Yay Day (Wild World)
  • Occurs on the fourth Sunday of March.

Birthdays

Villagers born during this month fall under either the ♓ or ♈ signs.

Available collectables

Note: Several prices for critters were not updated for New Horizons.

Fish
Name	Location	Sale price	Time of day	Games
				AF	AF+	AC	AFe+	WW	CF	NL	NH
Anchovy	Ocean	200	4am - 9pm								✓
Barbel Steed	River	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barred Knifejaw	Ocean	5,000	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barreleye	Ocean	15,000	9pm - 4am								✓
Bass	River	300	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bitterling	River	900	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Black Bass	River	300	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Blue Marlin	Pier	10,000	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bluegill	River	300	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Brook Trout	Pool	150	All day			✓	✓
Carp	River	300	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Char	Waterfall	3,800	4pm - 9am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Cherry Salmon	River	1,000	4pm - 9am,	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coelacanth	Ocean (rain)	15,000	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Crucian Carp	River	120	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dab	Ocean	300	All day		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dace	River	200	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Football Fish	Ocean	2,500	4pm - 9am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Freshwater Goby	River	300	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Giant Trevally	Pier	4,500	All day							✓	✓
Golden trout	Waterfall	15,000	4pm - 9am								✓
Goldfish	River	1,300	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Herabuna	River	300	All day	✓	✓
Horse Mackerel	Ocean	150	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Koi	River	4,000	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Large Bass	River	3,000	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓
Loach	River	300	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Oarfish	Ocean	9,000	All day							✓	✓
Octopus	Ocean	500	All day				✓	✓	✓
Olive Flounder	Ocean	800	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pale Chub	River	160	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Popeyed Goldfish	River	1,300	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rainbow Trout	River	800	4am - 9am, 4pm - 9pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ranchu Goldfish	Pond	4,500	9am - 4pm								✓
Red Snapper	Ocean	3,000	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ribbon Eel	Ocean	600	All day							✓	✓
Sea Bass	Ocean	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sea Butterfly	Ocean	1,000	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Small Bass	River	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓
Squid	Ocean	400	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stringfish	River	15,000	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sturgeon	River (mouth)	10,000	All day								✓
Tadpole	Pond	100	All day							✓	✓
Tuna	Pier	7,000	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Whale Shark	Ocean	13,000	All day							✓	✓
Yellow Perch	River	240	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Bugs
Name	Location	Sale price	Time of day	Games
				AF	AF+	AC	AFe+	WW	CF	NL	NH
Ant	On rotten turnips, rotten fruit and candy	80	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bagworm	Shake trees	300	All day		✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Bee	Shake trees	2,000	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Centipede	Under rocks	300	4pm - 11pm						✓	✓	✓
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	On tree stumps	350	All day								✓
Cockroach	On trees, turnips and flowers.(GCN, WW)	5	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Common Butterfly	Near flowers	90	4am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Crab	On the beach	150	All day				✓
Emperor Butterfly	Near flowers	2,500	5pm - 8am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Fly	Near garbage	60	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Hermit Crab	disguised as seashells	1,000	7pm - 8am				✓			✓	✓
Honeybee	Near flowers	100	8am - 5pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Ladybug	On flowers	130	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓
Man-faced stink bug	On flowers	1,000	7pm - 8am								✓
Mantis	On flowers	430	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mole Cricket	Under the ground	280	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Moth	Near lights	60	7pm - 4am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Orchid Mantis	On white flowers	2,400	8am - 5pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Paper kite butterfly	Near flowers	1,000	8am - 7pm								✓
Peacock Butterfly	On purple, black and blue flowers	220	4am - 7pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Pill Bug	Under rocks	250	11pm - 4pm		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Snail	On flowers (rain)	250	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spider	Shake trees	300	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spotted Ladybug	On flowers	200	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stinkbug	On trees	120	All day							✓	✓
Tarantula	On the ground	8,000	7pm - 4am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Tiger Beetle	On the ground	1,500	All day							✓	✓
Tiger Butterfly	Near red flowers	160	4am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wharf Roach	On the beach	200	All day							✓	✓
Yellow Butterfly	Flying	80	4am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Deep-sea creatures
Name	Location	Sale price	Time of day	Games
				AF	AF+	AC	AFe+	WW	CF	NL	NH
Acorn Barnacle	Ocean	200	All day							✓	✓
Chambered Nautilus	Ocean	900	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Clam	Ocean	400	All day							✓
Dungeness Crab	Ocean	1,900	All day								✓
Ear Shell	Ocean	300	4pm - 9am							✓
Firefly Squid	Ocean	1,400	9pm - 4am								✓
Giant Isopod	Island	9,000	All day							✓	✓
Horsehair Crab	Ocean	4,000	All day							✓
Mantis Shrimp	Ocean	1,250	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Octopus	Ocean	1,000	All day							✓	✓
Pearl Oyster	Ocean	1,600	All day							✓	✓
Red King Crab	Ocean	6,000	All day							✓	✓
Scallop	Ocean	1,000	All day							✓	✓
Sea Anemone	Ocean	100	All day							✓	✓
Sea Cucumber	Ocean	150	All day							✓	✓
Sea Slug	Ocean	200	All day							✓	✓
Sea Star	Ocean	100	All day							✓	✓
Seaweed	Ocean	200	All day							✓	✓
Snow Crab	Ocean	4,000	All day							✓	✓
Spider Crab	Ocean	10,000	All day							✓	✓
Spotted Garden Eel	Island	600	All day							✓	✓
Turban Shell	Ocean	300	All day							✓	✓
Umbrella Octopus	Ocean	6,000	All day								✓
Whelk	Ocean	1,000	All day								✓
Notes: Location, price, and time, comes from the collectible's most recent appearance. For older information, please see that collectible's individual page. The flat stag beetle is listed under stag beetle, the Ladybug from Wild World and later is listed under Spotted ladybug and the water beetle is listed under Diving beetle. A bold name indicates that collectible makes its first appearance that month. A red background indicates that collectible will not be available in the next month. Collectibles that are available on New Leaf's Island are not listed if they do not appear in the town in this month, however, island-exclusive collectibles such as the whale shark are listed for every month. Please report any errors to Module talk:MonthCollectables.