Apart from new in-game events to celebrate the start of spring, Animal Crossing: New Horizons will also introduce fresh seasonal fish and bugs, and players can also celebrate the birthday of some of their favorite villagers. Now, for players who want to know everything that they can do in the game this April, here’s a comprehensive guide of all the things that will happen in Animal Crossing: New Horizons this month.
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Animal Crossing New Horizons Bunny Day and Earth Day
First, a couple of events are scheduled to occur for April in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The first event, which is called Bunny Day, was already commenced a couple of days ago, and the other, which will celebrate Earth Day, is set to occur sometime this month.
Bunny Day - A new event to celebrate Easter in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As previously mentioned, the event is already live in the game until April 12, via a new update that brought the adorable yet slightly creepy Zipper T. Bunny as a visiting character who will also serve as Bunny Day’s host. Throughout the event, players will find literal Easter Eggs scattered across the island, which they need to obtain DIY recipes that will only be available during Bunny Day.
Overall, there are 28 new DIY recipes available during Bunny Day, and 12 of those can be acquired through the collection of Easter Eggs. However, the remaining DIY recipes can be obtained by participating in the following activities:
Shoot down Bunny Day Balloons Collect and open egg message bottles that wash up on shore Talk to Zipper T. Bunny (even if he creeps you out) Talk to other villagers
Earth Day - This event was previously announced last March 28, during the surprise Nintendo Direct presentation that was live-streamed by the company. As of the moment, not many details about Earth Day have been revealed except that Leif, who is the sloth from Animal Crossing: New Leaf will, serve as the event’s host, and it is expected to launch on April 22.
Villager Birthdays
Although Animal Crossing: New Horizons won’t pressure players to talk to villagers, continuously ignoring them will result in them leaving the island. Apart from talking to them on a daily basis, players should also be aware of each villager’s birthday so they can attend their parties and even give them gifts on their special day. Of course, if the player is not to keen on a certain villager, they can always select them to leave the village, but ignoring them completely will do the trick.
However, if the player wants to keep their companions happy, then celebrating their birthday, and talking to them all of the time will be more than enough and may even prompt the villager to provide players with a DIY recipe. So, here is the list of all villagers that will be celebrating their birthday in April.
April 2: Cashmere, Tammi April 3: Eunice April 4: Buck April 5: Beau April 6: Hopper, Resetti April 7: Rasher April 8: Maelle April 9: Stella April 10: Shari April 11: Punchy April 12: Melba April 13: Candi April 14: Rocket April 15: Grams April 16: Vesta April 17: Charlise, Porter April 18: Piper April 19: Pietro April 20: Stu April 21: Agnes April 22: Phoebe April 23: Booker, Miranda April 24: Walt April 25: Bertha April 26: Kevin April 27: Katt April 28: Ava April 29: Coach April 30: Angus
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All Bugs in April
Although Animal Crossing: New Horizons has introduced a wider set of customization options and the ability to craft tools and items, several of the franchise’s staple activities have also returned to the game. One of these returning activities is Bug Hunting, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons included a wide variety of species for players to collect. Now, those who want to take advantage of Bugs that are available in April, here is a list of all Bug species that can be collected in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, with their corresponding value in Bells.
Note: Bugs marked in bold are new additions this month, those with an asterisk (*) are the species that are set to leave or will be harder to find after April, and those that are in bold and contain an asterisk are creatures that are only available in April.
Northern Hemisphere Bugs:
Agrias Butterfly | 3000 Ant | 80 Atlas Moth | 3000 Bagworm | 600 Centipede | 300 Citrus Long-horned Beetle | 350 Common Bluebottle | 300 Common Butterfly | 160 Darner Dragonfly | 230 Flea | 70 Fly | 60 Giant Water Bug | 2000 Hermit Crab | 1000 Honeybee | 200 Jewel Beetle | 2400 Ladybug | 200 Long Locust | 200 Madagascan Sunset Moth | 2500 Man-faced Stink Bug | 1000 Mantis | 430 Mole Cricket | 500 Moth | 130 Orchid Mantis | 2400 Paper Kite Butterfly | 1000 Peacock Butterfly | 2500 Pill Bug | 250 Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing | 2500 Snail | 250 Spider | 480 Stinkbug | 120 *Tarantula | 8000 Tiger Beetle | 1500 Tiger Butterfly | 240 Wasp | 2500 Wharf Roach | 200 Yellow Butterfly | 160
Southern Hemisphere Bugs:
Ant | 80 Bagworm | 600 * Banded Dragonfly | 4500 * Bell Cricket | 430 Centipede | 300 Citrus Long-horned Beetle | 350 Common Butterfly | 160 Cricket | 130 * Darner Dragonfly | 230 Flea | 70 Fly | 60 * Goliath Beetle | 8000 Hermit Crab | 1000 * Ladybug | 200 Long Locust | 200 * Man-faced Stink Bug | 1000 * Mantis | 430 Migratory Locust | 600 Monarch Butterfly | 140 Moth | 130 Orchid Mantis | 2400 Paper Kite Butterfly | 1000 Pill Bug | 250 * Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing | 4000 * Red Dragonfly | 180 Rice Grasshopper | 160 * Scorpion | 8000 Snail | 250 Spider | 480 * Stinkbug | 120 Violin Beetle | 450 Walking Stick | 600 Wasp | 2500 Wharf Roach | 200 * Yellow Butterfly | 160
All Fish in April
Similar to Buy Catching, Fishing is also another important activity in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Throughout the island, players can find a wide variety of fish that can be spotted either in the river, the ocean, or the river mouth, which is the spot where the river and ocean meet. Similar to Bugs, the month of April is set to bring new species of Fish, and there will also be a handful that players may not be able to catch after the month passes.
Here is a list of all Fish species that can be collected in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, with their corresponding value in Bells.
Note: Fish marked in bold are new additions this month, those with an asterisk (*) are the species that are set to leave or will be harder to find after April, and those that are in bold and contain an asterisk are creatures that are only available in April.
Northern Hemisphere Fish:
Anchovy | 200 Barred Knifejaw | 5000 Barreleye | 15000 Black Bass | 400 * Blue Marlin | 10000 Bluegill | 180 Butterfly Fish | 1000 Carp | 300 Char | 3800 Cherry Salmon | 1000 Clownfish | 650 Coelacanth | 15000 Crawfish | 200 Crucian Carp | 160 * Dab | 300 Dace | 240 Freshwater Goby | 400 Golden Trout | 15000 Goldfish | 1300 Guppy | 1300 Horse Mackerel | 150 Killifish | 300 Koi | 4000 Loach | 400 Neon Tetra | 500 Oarfish | 9000 Olive Flounder | 800 Pale Chub | 160 Pop-eyed Goldfish | 1300 Ranchu Goldfish | 4500 Red Snapper | 3000 Sea Bass | 400 Seahorse | 1100 Snapping Turtle | 5000 Squid | 500 Surgeonfish | 1000 Tadpole | 100 * Tuna | 7000 Zebra Turkeyfish | 500
Southern Hemisphere Fish:
Anchovy | 200 * Angelfish | 3000 * Arapaima | 10000 Barred Knifejaw | 5000 Barreleye | 15000 Black Bass | 400 Bluegill | 180 Carp | 300 * Catfish | 800 Char | 3800 Cherry Salmon | 1000 Coelacanth | 15000 Crucian Carp | 160 Dab | 300 Dace | 240 Freshwater Goby | 400 Golden Trout | 15000 Goldfish | 1300 Guppy | 1300 Horse Mackerel | 150 Koi | 4000 * Mahi-mahi | 6000 Mitten Crab | 2000 * Moray Eel | 2000 Neon Tetra | 500 Olive Flounder | 800 Pale Chub | 160 Pike | 1800 Pop-eyed Goldfish | 1300 * Rainbowfish | 800 Ranchu Goldfish | 4500 Ray | 3000 Red Snapper | 3000 * Ribbon Eel | 600 Sea Bass | 400 Seahorse | 1100 * Snapping Turtle | 5000 Sturgeon | 10000 * Tilapia | 800 Yellow Perch | 300 Zebra Turkeyfish | 500
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for the Nintendo Switch.
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