July To-Do List | July Bugs and Fish | July Events, DIY Recipes, and Birthdays | ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

See all the things to do in July in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH), for the Nintendo Switch. These include the arrival of the Summer Update (Version 1.3), new features, all July events, bugs, fish & sea creatures that are coming and leaving in July, July-exclusive recipes & items, and all July birthdays!

July Checklist (Click to jump!)
Calendar	New Features	Bugs & Fish	Sea Creatures
DIY Recipes	Items	Birthdays	Daily To-dos

List of All Events

List of Events in July

July Event Calendar

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

7/1 ・Curt's Birthday	7/2 ・Agent S's Birthday	7/3 ・Summer Update Arrives ・Blaire's Birthday
7/4 ・Apollo's Birthday	7/5 ・Samson's Birthday	7/6 ・Mira's Birthday
7/7 ・Bree's Birthday	7/8 ・Jeremiah's Birthday	7/9 ・Huck's Birthday ・Static's Birthday
7/10 ・Mott's Birthday	7/11 ・Fishing Tourney ・Victoria's Birthday	7/12 ・Olive's Birthday
7/13 ・Twiggy's Birthday	7/14 ・Dizzy's Birthday	7/15 ・Caroline's Birthday
7/16 ・Frita's Birthday	7/17 ・Jay's Birthday	7/18 ・Croque's Birthday
7/19 ・Nibbles's Birthday	7/20 ・Yuka's Birthday	7/21 ・Prince's Birthday
7/22 ・Chow's Birthday	7/23 ・Elvis's Birthday	7/24 ・Maelle's Birthday ・Rex's Birthday
7/25 ・Bug-Off ・Peck's Birthday	7/26 ・Curly's Birthday	7/27 ・Erik's Birthday ・Ketchup's Birthday
7/28 ・Truffles's Birthday	7/29 ・Lionel's Birthday	7/30 ・Frank's Birthday
7/31 ・Grizzly's Birthday ・Julia's Birthday

Note: In the Southern Hemisphere seasonal events (excluding birthdays) take place in January.

Starting July 3: Find Pascal and Pirate Gulliver

Find Pascal the Sea Otter

Event Duration	July 3, 2020 - TBA

With the Version 1.3 Update, you will be able to find Pascal while swimming in the ocean. When you find him, trade your scallops for his Mermaid DIY recipes!

How to Find Pascal

Find Pirate Gulliver

Like the sailor version of Gulliver, Pirate Gulliver will wash up on your beaches, mumbling in his sleep and begging to be woken up for rewards. His speech is slightly different, and he dons a pirate-like outfit.

How to Find Pirate Gulliver

July 11: C.J.'s Fishing Tourney

Fishing Tourney Date	July 11, 2020 2nd Saturday of July

The Fishing Tourney event is back! Prepare your fishing rods and practice your fishing skills to win prizes!

Learn more about C.J.'s Fishing Tourney and the list of prizes you can get through our guide below!

C.J.'s Fishing Tourney Dates and Prizes Guide

July 25: Flick's Bug-Off Event (Northern Hemisphere)

Bug-Off Date	July 25, 2020 4th Saturday of July

On Saturday, July 25, 2020, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Flick will hold another Bug-off event. You can participate by talking to Flick, in front of Resident Services. Catch as many bugs as you can within 3 minutes!

Bug-Off Rules and Prizes

New Features Beginning in July

Swimming and Diving

Enlarge Swimming	Enlarge Diving

The ocean is finally open for you to swim and dive! The Summer Update unlocks the ocean, and allows you to jump in, swim, dive, and hunt for new sea creatures!

How to Swim and Dive

Catch New Sea Creatures

It looks like diving also comes with the ability to catch new sea creatures! While swimming, you will see shadows in the water, just like when fishing. Dive after the shadow and you can catch that sea creature!

List of Sea Creatures

Donate Sea Creatures to the Museum

Aside from trading scallops for Pascal's DIY recipes, you can also donate all new sea creatures to the Museum. Head over to Blathers with your new sea creatures and he'll be happy to take them from you!

How to Unlock and Upgrade the Museum

Bugs and Fish Available in July

All Bugs and Fish Available in July

To see the complete list of bugs and fish available in July, check out the following pages.

Northern Hemisphere
July Bugs	July Fish
Southern Hemisphere
January Bugs	January Fish

New Bugs and Fish Available in July

Check out the critters that have started appearing this July (Northern Hemisphere).

New Bugs Available in July

No.	Name	Location	Months	Time of Day
19	Grasshopper	On the ground	July to September	8 AM to 5 PM
26	Brown Cicada	On trees	July to August	8 AM to 5 PM
27	Robust Cicada	On trees	July and August	8 AM to 5 PM
28	Giant Cicada	On trees	July to August	8 AM to 5 PM
30	Evening Cicada	On trees	July and August	4 AM to 8 AM｜4 PM to 7 PM
31	Cicada Shell	On trees	July and August	Any time
49	Blue Weevil Beetle	On palm trees	July and August	Any time
51	Earth-Boring Dung Beetle	On the ground	July to September	Any time
52	Scarab Beetle	On trees - all	July and August	11 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
55	Saw Stag	On trees - all	July and August	Any time
56	Miyama Stag	On trees	July to August	Any time
57	Giant Stag	On trees - all	July and August	11 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
59	Cyclommatus Stag	On palm trees	July and August	5 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
60	Golden Stag	On palm trees	July and August	5 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
61	Giraffe Stag	On palm trees	July and August	5 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
62	Horned Dynastid	On trees	July to August	5 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
63	Horned Atlas	On palm trees	July and August	5 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
64	Horned Elephant	On palm trees	July and August	5 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
65	Horned Hercules	On palm trees	July and August	5 PM to 8 AM (Next Day)
66	Walking Stick	On trees - all	July to November	4 AM to 8 AM｜5 PM to 7 PM
67	Walking Leaf	Under trees	July to September	Any time

New Fish Available in July

	Name	Shadow Size	Area	Times	Sell Price
26	Sweetfish	Medium	River	Any time	900
52	Napoleonfish	Huge	Sea	4 AM to 9 PM	10000
55	Puffer Fish	Medium	Sea	Any time	250
67	Blue Marlin	Huge	Pier	Any time	10000
70	Ocean Sunfish	Dorsal Finned	Sea	4 AM to 9 PM	4000

Bugs and Fish Leaving in July

These critters will not be available until their next seasonal month so be sure not to miss them!

Bugs Leaving in July

No.	Name	Location	Months	Time of Day
24	Honeybee	On flowers	March to July	8 AM to 5 PM

Fish Leaving in July

	Name	Shadow Size	Area	Times	Sell Price
14	Tadpole	Tiny	Pond	Any time	100

Note: These lists are based on Northern Hemisphere dates. In the Southern Hemisphere, these bugs and fish appear in January. We will continue to update this page. If you can provide any kind of verifiable info about bugs not shown in the list, be sure and send us a picture in the comments.

Sea Creatures Available in July

All Sea Creatures Available in July

To see the complete list of sea creatures available in July, check out the following pages.

Northern Hemisphere	Southern Hemisphere
July Sea Creatures	January Sea Creatures

New Sea Creatures Available in July

Check out the sea creatures that have started appearing this July (Northern Hemisphere).

	Name	Shadow Size	Time of Day	Sell Price
9	Moon Jellyfish	Medium	Anytime	600
35	Giant Isopod	Large	9 AM to 4 PM | 9 PM to 4 AM	9000
36	Sea Pineapple	Large	9 PM to 4 AM	1500

Sea Creatures Leaving in July

These sea creatures will not be available until their next seasonal month so be sure not to miss them!

	Name	Shadow Size	Time of Day	Sell Price
1	Seaweed	Large	Anytime	600

July Exclusive DIY Recipes

Get Mermaid Series DIY Recipes

Trade your scallops for Pascal's Mermaid DIY Recipes, which go perfect with the Shell series!

How to Get Mermaid DIY Recipes

Shell Wreath DIY Recipe

Recipe Availability	June 1 to August 31 (Northern Hemisphere) December 1 to February 29 (Southern Hemisphere)

If you missed it in June, you still have a chance to get the Shell Wreath DIY recipe from Isabelle! Remember to get yours, to complete the Shell Series Furniture collection!

Shell Series Furniture & Item Recipes

July Exclusive Items

Dive In with Wet Suits!

Enlarge Buy from Nook's Cranny

Enlarge Buy from Nook's Shopping

Enlarge Redeem Nook Miles

Wet Suits, which is needed to go swimming and diving, can be purchased at Nook's Cranny and Nook Shopping. There are design variations so make sure to check every day!

You can also get the official Nook Inc. Wet Suit by exchanging 800 Nook Miles.

How to Get Wet Suits

Get a Free Snorkel

You will get a Snorkel as a thank you for updating to Version 1.3, so dive right in!

Snorkels are not required to go swimming.

How to Get a Snorkel

Celebrate Tanabata with Bamboo Grass

Tanabata is celebrated in Japan during July 7, and in celebration of this event, you can purchase Bamboo Grass through Nook Shopping until July 31.

Place them outside and read wishes written by your neighbors!

Pick Up Summer Shells

Item Availability	June 1 to August 31 (Northern Hemisphere) December 1 to February 29 (Southern Hemisphere)

If you missed them in June, you have another chance to pick up Summer Shells from the beach!

How to Get Summer Shells Fast

List of Villager Birthdays in July

Curt (July 1)	Agent S (July 2)	Blaire (July 3)	Apollo (July 4)
Samson (July 5)	Mira (July 6)	Bree (July 7)	Jeremiah (July 8)
Huck (July 9)	Static (July 9)	Mott (July 10)	Victoria (July 11)
Olive (July 12)	Twiggy (July 13)	Dizzy (July 14)	Caroline (July 15)
Frita (July 16)	Jay (July 17)	Croque (July 18)	Nibbles (July 19)
Yuka (July 20)	Prince (July 21)	Chow (July 22)	Elvis (July 23)
Rex (July 24)	O'Hare (July 24)	Maelle (July 24)	Peck (July 25)
Curly (July 26)	Ketchup (July 27)	Erik (July 27)	Truffles (July 28)
Lionel (July 29)	Frank (July 30)	Julia (July 31)	Grizzly (July 31)

Daily To-Do List

To learn more about activities you could do every day or every week, check out our guide on Things to Do Every Day!
Things to Do Every Day

Related Guides

List of Events

Events by Month
January To-Do List and Events	February To-Do List and Events
March To-Do List and Events	April To-Do List and Events
May To-Do List and Events	June To-Do List and Events
July To-Do List and Events	August To-Do List and Events
September To-Do List and Events	October To-Do List and Events
November To-Do List and Events	December To-Do List and Events

Visiting Special Characters' Events
C.J.'s Fishing Tourney Dates and Prizes	Flick's Bug-Off Dates and Prizes Guide

Time-Limited Events
Bunny Day Event Info and Rewards	Nature Day Event Info and Rewards
May Day Event Info and Rewards	International Museum Day Event Info and Rewards
Wedding Season Event Info and Rewards	-