September

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September is the 9th month in the Animal Crossing series. It is the first month of Autumn/Fall in the northern hemisphere, and the time when the trees begin to change colors. In the Southern Hemisphere, the trees also change colors, but they are much greener.

Events in September

• Labor Day in Animal Crossing, City Folk and New Leaf
  • Labor Day occurs on the first Monday of September.
  • Visit Tortimer to receive a Shop Model in AC, or a Picnic Basket in CF.
  • Visit Isabelle in NL to receive a Picnic Basket.
• Weeding Day in New Leaf (Japan)
  • An event in which the player removes weeds from the town with Leif in exchange for furniture or three new Public Works Projects. The event takes place on September 3rd in Japan, but takes place in April in North America, and March in Europe. Flea Market in Wild World & City Folk.
  • This event occurs on the first Saturday in WW, and the fourth Sunday in CF.
  • Check the main article for more information.
• La-Di-Day in Wild World.
  • La-Di-Day occurs on the second Saturday of September, and runs all day.
  • Check main article for more information.
• Sports Fair in Animal Crossing.
  • The Sports Fair occurs on September 23rd or 24th.
  • Check main article for more information.
• Bug Off in Wild World, City Folk, and New Leaf.
  • The Bug Off occurs on the third Saturday of the month, and runs from 9:00am - 6:00pm.
  • Check main article for more information.
• Yay Day in Wild World.
  • Yay Day occurs on the fourth Sunday of September.
  • Check main article for more information.
• Harvest Moon Festival in Animal Crossing.
  • The Harvest Moon Festival occurs in September or October (check the in-game calendar).
  • Visit Tortimer to receive a model of the Moon.
• Autumn Moon in New Leaf
  • Autumn Moon (Otsukimi, お月見 lit. Moon Viewing) occurs in September or October, and the in-game present from Isabelle varies by region. (eg different items for Japan, North America, Korea, and Europe)

Birthdays

Villagers born under 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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Arapaima	River	10,000	4pm - 9am		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Arowana	River	10,000	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					✓	✓	✓	✓
Blue Marlin	Pier	10,000	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bluegill	River	300	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Brook Trout	Pool	150	All day			✓	✓
Butterfly fish	Ocean	1,000	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,	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clownfish	Ocean	650	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Coelacanth	Ocean (rain)	15,000	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Crawfish	Pond	250	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Crucian Carp	River	120	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dace	River	200	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dorado	River	15,000	4am - 9pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Eel	River	2,000	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Freshwater Goby	River	300	4pm - 9am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gar	Pond	6,000	4pm - 9am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Giant Catfish	Pool	3,000	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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hammerhead Shark	Ocean	8,000	4pm - 9am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Herabuna	River	300	All day	✓	✓
Horse Mackerel	Ocean	150	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
King Salmon	River	1,800	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						✓	✓	✓
Nibble Fish	River	1,200	9am - 4pm							✓	✓
Ocean Sunfish	Ocean	4,000	4am - 9pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Octopus	Ocean	500	All day				✓	✓	✓
Olive Flounder	Ocean	800	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pale Chub	River	160	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pike	River	1,800	All day						✓	✓	✓
Piranha	River	2,500	9am - 4pm, 9pm - 4am	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Popeyed Goldfish	River	1,300	9am - 4pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Puffer fish	Ocean	240	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
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							✓	✓
Saddled Bichir	River	4,000	9pm - 4am							✓	✓
Salmon	River	700	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Saw Shark	Ocean	12,000	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Sea Bass	Ocean	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Seahorse	Ocean	1,100	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shark	Ocean	15,000	4pm - 9am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Small Bass	River	200	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓
Snapping Turtle	River	5,000	9pm - 4am								✓
Soft-shelled Turtle	River	3,750	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Sturgeon	River (mouth)	10,000	All day								✓
Suckerfish	Ocean	1,500	All day								✓
Surgeonfish	Ocean	1,000	All day						✓	✓	✓
Sweetfish	River	900	All day	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tilapia	River	800	All day								✓
Whale Shark	Ocean	13,000	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
Agrias Butterfly	Near flowers	3,000	8am - 5pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
Ant	On rotten turnips, rotten fruit and candy	80	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Atlas moth	On trees	3,000	7pm - 4am								✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Birdwing Butterfly	Near flowers	4,000	8am - 4pm					✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coconut Crab	Shake native palm trees (they do not appear on the island)	300	7pm - 8am	✓	✓	✓	✓
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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Diving Beetle	In the river	800	8am - 5pm				✓		✓	✓	✓
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	On the ground	300	All day								✓
Emperor Butterfly	Near flowers	2,500	5pm - 8am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Flea	On villagers	70	All day				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fly	Near garbage	60	All day					✓	✓	✓	✓
Fruit Beetle	On trees	100	All day					✓	✓	✓
Giant water bug	In the river	2,000	7pm - 8am								✓
Goliath Beetle	On palm trees	6,000	5pm - 8am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Grasshopper	On the ground	160	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hermit Crab	disguised as seashells	1,000	7pm - 8am				✓			✓	✓
House Centipede	Under rocks	250	7pm - 8am							✓
Lantern Fly	On trees	1,800	4pm - 7pm, 11pm - 8am					✓	✓	✓
Long Locust	On the ground	200	8am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Madagascan sunset moth	Near flowers	2,500	8am - 4pm								✓
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					✓	✓	✓	✓
Mosquito	Flying	130	5pm - 4am		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Moth	Near lights	60	7pm - 4am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Oak Silk Moth	On trees	1,200	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	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pondskater	On ponds	130	8am - 7pm		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rainbow Stag	On trees	10,000	7pm - 8am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Raja Brooke Butterfly	Near flowers	2,500	8am - 5pm						✓	✓	✓
Red Dragonfly	Flying	80	8am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rice Grasshopper	On the ground	400	8am - 7pm							✓	✓
Rosalia batesi beetle	On tree stumps	3,000	All day								✓
Scorpion	On the ground	8,000	7pm - 4am					✓	✓	✓	✓
Snail	On flowers (rain)	250	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spider	Shake trees	300	All day		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Stinkbug	On trees	120	All day							✓	✓
Tiger Beetle	On the ground	1,500	All day							✓	✓
Tiger Butterfly	Near red flowers	160	4am - 7pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Violin Beetle	On tree stumps	250	All day						✓	✓	✓
Walker Cicada	On trees	400	8am - 5pm	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Walking Leaf	On the ground, beside trees	600	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							✓
Flatworm	Ocean	200	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Gazami Crab	Ocean	2,200	All day								✓
Giant Isopod	Island	9,000	All day							✓	✓
Gigas Giant Clam	Ocean	15,000	All day								✓
Horseshoe Crab	Ocean	1,500	9pm - 4am							✓	✓
Mantis Shrimp	Ocean	1,250	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Moon Jellyfish	Ocean	600	All day								✓
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 Grapes	Ocean	600	All day							✓	✓
Sea Slug	Ocean	200	All day							✓	✓
Sea Star	Ocean	100	All day							✓	✓
Sea Urchin	Ocean	800	All day							✓	✓
Slate Pencil Urchin	Ocean	1,700	All day								✓
Spiny Lobster	Ocean	3,000	9pm - 4am							✓	✓
Spotted Garden Eel	Island	600	All day							✓	✓
Sweet Shrimp	Ocean	650	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
Tiger Prawn	Ocean	1,600	4pm - 9am							✓	✓
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.