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Horseshoe Crab Times and How To Catch

Horseshoe Crab Times

The Horseshoe Crab is a deep sea creature from Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn all about the Horseshoe Crab and how to catch them below!

Horseshoe Crab Sell Price

Horseshoe Crab
Sell Price 1500 Bells
Shadow Size Large

Large Shadow Size
Rarity ★★★★☆

The Horseshoe Crab is a rare sea creature and sells for 1500 Bells.

Horseshoe Crab Location and Times

Horseshoe Crab Times

Shadow Size Large
Time July to September
North Hemisphere
9 PM to 4 AM
January to March
South Hemisphere
9 PM to 4 AM

Find the sea creature in July to September 9 PM to 4 AM on the Northern Hemisphere, or January to March 9 PM to 4 AM on the Southern Hemisphere.

Horseshoe Crab Months

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Horseshoe Crab
Northern Hemisphere Calendar
January July ACNH - Horseshoe Crab icon
February August ACNH - Horseshoe Crab icon
March September ACNH - Horseshoe Crab icon
April October
May November
June December
Horseshoe Crab
Southern Hemisphere Calendar
January ACNH - Horseshoe Crab icon July
February ACNH - Horseshoe Crab icon August
March ACNH - Horseshoe Crab icon September
April October
May November
June December

How to Catch the Horseshoe Crab

ACNH - Diving into the ocean

Steps Directions
1   Equip your Wet Suit
2   Approach the Horseshoe Crab
2   Dive into the sea!

1. Equip Your Wet Suit

ACNH - A player enters the ocean from the beach by pressing A

To catch a sea creature, equip your diving suit! Press the A Button to go dive into the ocean and go near the Bubbles.

How to Swim and Dive

2. Approach Sea Creature

ACNH - A resident comes across bubbles while swimming

The Horseshoe Crab casts a Large Shadow Size. Swim above the shadow by moving the Right Stick.

3. Dive Into the Deep by Pressing Y!

ACNH - A player dives into the ocean

Once you're near or right on top of the sea creature, press the Y Button to dive into the ocean. Congratulations, you've caught the Horseshoe Crab!

Horseshoe Crab Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

"I got a horseshoe crab! I hope it's lucky!"

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  Some might say it's good luck to catch a horseshoe crab. But I am NOT among them, eh wot!
Though called a “crab,” this beast is an arthropod and thus more akin to spiders and scorpions!
Its long tail resembles a scorpion stinger, in fact! Though it's quite harmless, they say.
A “living fossil,” the horseshoe crab” has been around since before the dinosaurs.
With that tank-like shell, I suppose it WOULD be the one to survive.
But here's what truly rattles me to my beak...
During breeding season,
horseshoe crabs crawl up on the beach and make nests together in the hundreds.
HUNDREDS OF
HORSESHOE CRABS!
And with that, I can say no more.
**

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