What to expect in Animal Crossing in October 2026

It’s crazy to think it’s already autumn. Just a couple of weeks ago, we were still met with blaring sun, but that seems to have eased off a bit, which makes it perfect to catch up with the Animal Crossing world. Here’s your Monthly Overview for October 2026.

Apologies for the late publishing here, I’ve completely forgotten about it and I’ve been somewhat busy.

Weekly Outlooks

Weekly Outlook: Mon Sep 28 to Sun Oct 4 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Kody), Tue (Marshal), Wed (Monique), Thu (Boyd & Raymond), Fri (Diva & Orville), Sat (Big Top), Sun (Goose) Events: Flea Market (Sat in Wild World) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Oct 5 to Sun Oct 11 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Elmer), Tue (Tex & Bitty), Wed (Cobb), Thu (Kiki), Fri (Drift), Sat (Benedict & Franklin), Sun (Kitt) Events: Acorn Festival (All Week), Fishing Tourney in LGTTC+NL+NH (Saturday) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Oct 12 to Sun Oct 18 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Lyman & Plucky), Tue (Chops & Gonzo), Wed (Egbert), Thu (Hippeux, Bea & Brewster), Fri (Friga), Sat (Limberg), Sun (Al & Redd) Events: Explorers Day in GameCube titles globally and LGTTC+NL in US (Monday), Mushroom Season in GameCube titles (Thursday to 25th October) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Oct 19 to Sun Oct 25 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Clay), Tue (Antonio), Wed (Timbra & Sandy), Thu (Sylvana & Katie), Fri (Groucho & Petri), Sat (Broffina & Snooty), Sun (Portia) Events: Flea Market in LGTTC (Sun), Fishing Tourney in WW (Sun) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Weekly Outlook: Mon Oct 26 to Sun Nov 1 2026 Birthdays: Mon (Eugene), Tue (Jambette), Wed (Gaston & Katrina), Thu (Rodeo), Fri (Wade & Frett), Sat (Shino, Jack & Label), Sun (Butch & Rilla) Events: Halloween in all games excluding WW (Sat), Fishing Tourney in GameCube titles (Every Sun in November), Mushroom Season in LGTTC, NL & NH Northern Hemisphere (All Month) This post uses content from Nookipedia, which is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

The big highlight of this month is really Halloween, however you’ve got the Acorn Festival to look forwards to as well in Wild World towns and the Mushroom Season in GameCube towns.

Nook Shopping

There’s only one event this month, Day of the Dead. This takes place from October 25th to November 3rd.

Bugs, creatures and fish

Bugs

  • Ladybug is new in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Yellow butterfly, bell cricket, red dragonfly, darner dragonfly, banded dragonfly, stinkbug, man-faced stink bug, ladybug, tiger beetle and scorpion leave after October in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Common bluebuttle, agrias butterfly, Rajah Brooke’s birdwing, atlas moth, madagascan sunset moth, long locust, darner dragonfly, giant waterbug, jewel beetle and flea are new in Southern Hemisphere islands
  • Tarantula leaves after October in Southern Hemisphere islands

Creatures

  • Seaweed, spiny lobster and Venus’ flower basket are new in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Giant isopod & spotted garden eel are leaving after October in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Lobster & sea pineapple are new in Southern Hemisphere islands
  • Sea cucumber, snow crab & spider crab leaves after October in Southern Hemisphere islands

Fish

  • Yellow perch & dab are new in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Snapping turtle, catfish, tilapia, angelfish, betta, rainbowfish, moray eel, ribbon eel, giant trevally & mahi-mahi leaves after October in Northern Hemisphere islands
  • Killifish, crawfish, snapping turtle, guppy, neon tetra, sea horse, clown fish, surgeonfish, butterfly fish & zebra turkeyfish are new in Southern Hemisphere islands
  • Dab, tuna & blue marlin leave after October in Southern Hemisphere islands

Again, thank you for continuing to read these articles. I know this is a bit of a side hobby but I hope that you manage to gather some useful information from these articles!

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