This is a guide to all the seasons and seasonal materials in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). To learn what seasonal recipes you can craft with these time-limited materials, please read on.

List of Seasons and Dates in New Horizons

Click on the season to jump to its explanation!

The Season Ends Next Day at 4:59 AM

Even though the dates change at 12 AM, a new day in Animal Crossing doesn't actually start until 5 AM, which means everything available on that day will still be available until 4:59 AM, just before the daily island-wide broadcast is made.

For example, in the Northern Hemisphere, summer ends on August 31, so Summer Shells will also be gone. However, it'll still be summer, and Summer Shells can still appear on your island until Septemeber 1 4:59 AM.

When Does a New Day Start?

Seasonal Months Depend on Your Hemisphere

The Northern and Southern Hemisphere have opposite seasons. For example, if you are playing in July, it will be Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but Winter in the Southern one.

The island will also look drastically different depending on the season. Some bugs and fish will also appear depending on the season.

Which Hemisphere Should You Choose?

List of Seasonal Materials

How to Get Seasonal Materials Fast

Click the material to go to their pages if you want to learn how to quickly farm these limited-time materials.

Seasonal Material		Northern Hemisphere	Southern Hemisphere
Young Spring Bamboo		February 25 to May 31	August 25 to November 30
Cherry-Blossom Petal		April 1 to April 10	October 1 to October 10
Summer Shell		June 1 to August 31	December 1 to February 28
Acorn	Pine Cone	September 1 to December 10	March 1 to June 10
Elegant Mushroom	Flat Mushroom	November 1 to November 30	May 1 to May 31
Rare Mushroom	Round Mushroom
Skinny Mushroom	-
Maple Leaf		November 16 to November 25	May 16 to May 25
Snowflake	Large Snowflake	December 11 to February 24	June 11 to August 24
Red Ornament	Blue Ornament	December 15 to January 6	December 15 to January 6
Gold Ornament	-

How Do You Use Seasonal Materials?

Used for DIY Crafting

The Mushroom furniture and item series that is only available in fall.

Seasonal materials are used to craft seasonal DIY items using recipes that are only available during that season.

List of Seasonal DIY Series

This is the list of all seasonal DIY's that include furniture and accessories crafted using the respective materials.

Seasonal DIY's in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Bamboo Series	Cherry-Blossom Series
Shell Series	Tree's Bounty Series
Maple-Leaf Series	Mushroom Series
Ice (Frozen) Series	Snowflake Series
Festive Series	-

Seasons Explained

Spring in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

This is the perfect time to harvest fresh bamboo, or Young Spring Bamboo, as they call it. You can use these to craft Bamboo items.

You can also celebrate the Cherry Blossom Festival, as your hardwood trees turn pink for 10 days, and you can catch Cherry-Blossom Petals falling around your island to craft Cherry-Blossom items.

Summer in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Summer is here when the grass turns vibrant green, and new sets of bugs and fish will appear. You will also experience the longest day of the year called the Summer Solstice where the sun stays longer in the sky than usual. This is also the time to collect Summer Shells, which are used to craft Summer Shell items!

Additionally, each month, Flick will also be hosting the Bug-Off, so be sure to join that!

Fall (Autumn) in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The grass turns yellow, and rain is more frequent. Acorns and Pine Cones can be shaken off trees to craft Tree's Bounty items.

Different kinds of Mushrooms will also start to appear around trees on the last month of Fall, which is known as Mushrooming Season.

Additionally, for 10 days, leaves will turn red and Maple Leaves will fall around your island, which you can catch to craft Maple-Leaf items.

Winter in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Watch as Snowflakes fall on your island, which you can catch to craft Snowflake items. As the season comes, your island will be covered in snow, so be sure to dress warmly like the villagers!

You can also find Snowballs around your island, which you can roll around to create the perfect Snowboy! Build them perfectly to get Large Snowflakes too!

Related Guides

List of Materials

How to Get Materials
Clay	Clump of Weed	Tree Branch
Hardwood	Wood	Softwood
Stone	Iron Nugget	Gold Nugget