New Horizons in October - News, tips, patchs, updates and more

As October draws to a close, Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch sees bugs and fish will leave for new critics next month. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, there’s a lot on their way out so be sure to check out the list below, thanks to Polygon, for what it leaves at the end of the month. A working chart also shows what a great time to catch an insect or fish so hurry up if you want to complete your Blathers collections.

ANIMAL EMERGENCY: NEW HORNONIC CHARGES LEAVE AFTER OCTOBER (NORTH FLESH)

Critter type	Critic	Location	Image Size	Time
Disruption	The Tiger Leopard	Flying	Not at all	4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Disruption	Emperor Butterfly	Flying	Not at all	5pm – 8 am
Disruption	Butterfly Agrias	Flying	Not at all	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Disruption	Raja Brooke’s Birdwing	Flying with purple flowers	Not at all	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Disruption	Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing	Flying	Not at all	8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Disruption	Atlas Moth	In the trees	Not at all	7pm – 4am
Disruption	Madagascan Sunset Moth	Flying	Not at all	8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Disruption	Grasshopper	On the ground	Not at all	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Disruption	Walker Cicada	In the trees	Not at all	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Disruption	Pondskater	Pools	Not at all	8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Disruption	Diving Beetle	Lakes and rivers	Not at all	8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Disruption	Large Water Disruption	Lakes and rivers	Not at all	7pm – 8am
Disruption	Rosalia Batesi Beetle	In the trunks of trees	Not at all	All day
Disruption	Manure Beetle Tired of Earth	On the ground	Not at all	All day
Disruption	Goliath Beetle	On coconut trees	Not at all	5pm – 8 am
Disruption	Rainbow deer	In the trees	Not at all	7pm – 8am
Disruption	Mosquitoes	Flying	Not at all	5 pm – 4 am
The fish	Crawfish	Idamu	Small	All day
The fish	Tortoise with soft stocks	The river	It’s great	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Sweetfish	The river	Average	All day
The fish	Salmon	River (mouth)	It’s great	All day
The fish	King Salmon	River (mouth)	It’s too big	All day
The fish	Nibble fish	The river	Too little	9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The fish	Piranha	The river	Small	9 am – 4 pm, 9 pm – 4 am
The fish	Arowana	The river	Great	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Dorado	The river	X Large	4 p.m. – 9 p.m.
The fish	At all	Idamu	It’s too big	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Arapaima	The river	It’s too big	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Saddled Bichir	The river	It’s great	9 pm – 4 am
The fish	Clown Fish	The sea	Too little	All day
The fish	Surgeonfish	The sea	Small	All day
The fish	Butterfly Fish	The sea	Small	All day
The fish	Puffer fish	The sea	Average	All day
The fish	Blue Marlin	Pier	It’s too big	All day
The fish	Ocean Sunfish	The sea	Extra (Fin)	4 p.m. – 9 p.m.
The fish	Saw Shark	The sea	Extra (Fin)	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Hammerhead Shark	The sea	Extra (Fin)	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Great White Shark	The sea	Extra (Fin)	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Whale Shark	The sea	Extra (Fin)	All day
The fish	Suckerfish	The sea	Large (Good)	All day
Sea Creature	Sea urchin	Ocean (diving)	Not at all	All day
Sea Creature	Slate pencil slide	Ocean (diving)	Not at all	4 pm – 9 am
Sea Creature	Moon jellyfish	Ocean (diving)	Not at all	All day
Sea Creature	Great Gigas mussel	Ocean (diving)	Not at all	All day
Sea Creature	Tiger prawn	Ocean (diving)	Not at all	4 pm – 9 am
Sea Creature	Horseshoe crab	Ocean (diving)	Not at all	9 pm – 4 am
Sea Creature	The caterpillar	Ocean (diving)	Not at all	4 pm – 9 am

ANIMAL EMERGENCY: NEW MEMORIES OF HORIZONS LEAVE AFTER OCTOBER (SOUTH AFRICA)

Critter type	Critic	Location	Image Size	Time
Disruption	Emperor Butterfly	Flying	Not at all	5pm – 8 am
The fish	Bitter	The river	Too little	All day
The fish	Yellow Pear	The river	Average	All day
The fish	Stringfish	River (Clifftop)	X Large	4 pm – 9 am
The fish	Sturgeon	River (mouth)	It’s too big	All day
The fish	Sea Butterfly	The sea	Too little	All day
The fish	Soccer fish	The sea	It’s great	4 pm – 9 am
Sea Creature	The king’s red crab	Ocean (Diving)	Not at all	All day