October

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October is the month in which the Animal Crossing series celebrates Halloween. (This holiday wasn't in Wild World.) Candy is sold throughout the month at Tom Nook's Store and Nookling Stores in preparation for Halloween (in Animal Crossing, candy starts being sold on the 16th, but is available throughout all of October on other games), whereas, in New Leaf, the Able Sisters shop will start selling Halloween masks and hats. The 31st is the only chance each year to see Jack. The grass and trees will also turn noticeably redder in the northern hemisphere this month, as it is during Fall. In the southern hemisphere, the trees will be covered in cherry blossoms from the 1st-10th of October.

Events in October

• Harvest Moon Festival in Animal Crossing (GCN), City Folk and New Leaf
  • This event is known as Autumn Moon in PAL regions, 月見 (Tsukimi) in Japan, and 추석 (Chuseok) in Korea.
  • Occurs on a different day each year. Check main article for recurrence dates.
  • In New Leaf, the in-game present from Isabelle varies by region. (eg different items for Japan, North America, Korea, and Europe)
• Flea Market in Wild World & City Folk.
  • This event occurs on the first Saturday of the month in Wild World, and the fourth Sunday of the month in City Folk.
  • Check main article for more information.
• Acorn Festival in Wild World.
  • Occurs from 3rd to 10th October.
  • Check main article for more information.
• Explorer's Day in Animal Crossing (GCN), City Folk, and New Leaf.
  • This event occurs on the second Monday of October, in North America only.
  • Visit Tortimer to receive a Bottled Ship. In New Leaf, the player can receive a Sailboat Model from Isabelle.
• Mushrooming Season in Animal Crossing (GCN).
  • Occurs from October 15th to 25th, from 8am each day.
  • Collect up to five mushrooms every day, sell for 5,000 Bells each.
• Fishing Tourney in 'Wild World, City Folk, New Leaf, and New Horizons'.
  • In Wild World this event occurs on the fourth Sunday of the month.
  • In City Folk, New Leaf, and New Horizons', this event occurs on the second Saturday of the month.
  • Also the start of the Fishing Tourney series except for New Horizons where it only takes place for this month for the Fall.
  • Check main article for more information.
• Halloween in Animal Crossing (GCN), City Folk, New Leaf, and New Horizons'.
  • This event occurs on October 31st.
  • Check main article for more information.

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								✓
Angelfish	River	1,000	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barbel Steed	River	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barred Knifejaw	Ocean	5,000	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barreleye	Ocean	15,000	9pm - 4am								✓
Bass	River	300	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓
Betta	River	2,500	9am - 4pm								✓
Black Bass	River	300	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Bluegill	River	300	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Brook Trout	Pool	150	All day			✓	✓
Carp	River	300	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Catfish	Pool	800	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Guppy	River	1,300	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Herabuna	River	300	All day	✓	✓
Horse Mackerel	Ocean	150	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Koi	River	4,000	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Large Bass	River	3,000	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mahi-mahi	Pier	6,000	All day								✓
Mitten Crab	River	2,000	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Moray Eel	Ocean	2,000	All day						✓	✓	✓
Neon Tetra	River	500	9am - 4pm						✓	✓	✓
Octopus	Ocean	500	All day				✓	✓	✓
Olive Flounder	Ocean	800	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pale Chub	River	160	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pike	River	1,800	All day						✓	✓	✓
Popeyed Goldfish	River	1,300	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rainbow Trout	River	800	4am - 9am, 4pm - 9pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rainbowfish	River	800	9am - 4pm								✓
Ranchu Goldfish	Pond	4,500	9am - 4pm								✓
Ray	Ocean	3,000	4am - 9pm						✓	✓	✓
Red Snapper	Ocean	3,000	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ribbon Eel	Ocean	600	All day							✓	✓
Sea Bass	Ocean	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Seahorse	Ocean	1,100	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Small Bass	River	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓
Snapping Turtle	River	5,000	9pm - 4am								✓
Sturgeon	River (mouth)	10,000	All day								✓
Tilapia	River	800	All day								✓
Whale Shark	Ocean	13,000	All day							✓	✓
Yellow Perch	River	240	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Zebra Turkeyfish	Ocean	400	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		✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Banded Dragonfly	Flying	4,500	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bee	Shake trees	2,000	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bell Cricket	On the ground	430	5pm - 8am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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				✓
Cricket	On the ground	130	5pm - 8am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Darner Dragonfly	Flying	200	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Flea	On villagers	70	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fly	Near garbage	60	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Hermit Crab	disguised as seashells	1,000	7pm - 8am				✓			✓	✓
House Centipede	Under rocks	250	7pm - 8am							✓
Ladybug	On flowers	130	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓
Long Locust	On the ground	200	8am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Man-faced stink bug	On flowers	1,000	7pm - 8am								✓
Mantis	On flowers	430	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Migratory Locust	On the ground	600	8am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Monarch Butterfly	Near flowers	140	4am - 5pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Moth	Near lights	60	7pm - 4am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Orchid Mantis	On white flowers	2,400	8am - 5pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Paper kite butterfly	Near flowers	1,000	8am - 7pm								✓
Petaltail Dragonfly	Flying	8,000	4pm - 7pm						✓	✓
Pill Bug	Under rocks	250	11pm - 4pm		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pine Cricket	On the ground	100	5pm - 8am	✓	✓	✓	✓
Red Dragonfly	Flying	80	8am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rice Grasshopper	On the ground	400	8am - 7pm							✓	✓
Scorpion	On the ground	8,000	7pm - 4am					✓	✓	✓	✓
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							✓	✓
Tiger Beetle	On the ground	1,500	All day							✓	✓
Violin Beetle	On tree stumps	250	All day						✓	✓	✓
Walking stick	On trees	600	4am - 8am, 5pm - 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
Abalone	Ocean	400	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Acorn Barnacle	Ocean	200	All day							✓	✓
Chambered Nautilus	Ocean	900	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Clam	Ocean	400	All day							✓
Ear Shell	Ocean	300	4pm - 9am							✓
Gazami Crab	Ocean	2,200	All day								✓
Giant Isopod	Island	9,000	All day							✓	✓
Mantis Shrimp	Ocean	1,250	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Mussel	Ocean	1,500	All day								✓
Octopus	Ocean	1,000	All day							✓	✓
Oyster	Ocean	400	All day							✓	✓
Pearl Oyster	Ocean	1,600	All day							✓	✓
Scallop	Ocean	1,000	All day							✓	✓
Sea Anemone	Ocean	100	All day							✓	✓
Sea Slug	Ocean	200	All day							✓	✓
Sea Star	Ocean	100	All day							✓	✓
Seaweed	Ocean	200	All day							✓	✓
Spiny Lobster	Ocean	3,000	9pm - 4am							✓	✓
Spotted Garden Eel	Island	600	All day							✓	✓
Sweet Shrimp	Ocean	650	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Turban Shell	Ocean	300	All day							✓	✓
Umbrella Octopus	Ocean	6,000	All day								✓
Venus' Flower Basket	Ocean	5,000	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.