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After a busy end to 2023,Animal Crossing New Horizonsplayers can relish a slightly quieter month in January 2024 . Players in the Northern Hemisphere will find their island still in the astuteness of winter , while those in the Southern Hemisphere can enjoy a lazy laidback summer . A few new critter can be discover , and a few events can be celebrate , but January is a peculiarly cozy month .
December inAnimal Crossing New Horizonsfeatures big event , including Toy Day and New Year ’s Eve , essentially back - to - back . In contrast , January features very little in the way of new events . A new rotary motion of new bugs , Pisces , and deep - sea creatures is uncommitted for critter collectors in the Southern Hemisphere . However , critter accumulator in the Northern Hemisphere do n’t have anything newfangled to catch up with .
New Bugs (And Where To Find Them)
Northern Hemisphere
No new bugs are available in January in the Northern Hemisphere .
Southern Hemisphere
Name
Location
sentence of Day

Sell damage
aristocratic weevil beetle
On palm trees

All day
800
Brown cicala

On trees
8am-5pm
250

Cicada husk
10
Cyclommatus hart

5 pm – 8 am
8,000
Earth - boring dung beetle

On the earth
300
even cicada

4 am – 8 am and 4pm-7pm
550
gargantuan cicala
8 am – 5 postmortem
500
Giant hart
11 pm – 8 am
10,000
Giraffe stag
12,000
Golden stag
Grasshopper
160
horn atlas
5 pm - 8 am
Horned dynastid
5 necropsy – 8 am
1,350
Horned elephant
horn Herakles
Miyama stag
1,000
Robust cicada
realize hart
2,000
Scarab beetle
Walking leaf
Disguised as a leaf
600
Walking stick
4 am – 8 am and 5 pm – 7 pm
If you ’re in the Southern Hemisphere , make certain to catch a Honeybee in January . This special critter leaf in January and wo n’t return until September !
New Fish (And Where To Find Them)
No new fish are available in the Northern Hemisphere in January .
Shadow Size
dark marlin
Pierside
immense
Napoleonfish
sea
4 am – 9 premier
sea mola
Huge with fin
4,000
Puffer Pisces the Fishes
Medium
Sweetfish
River
900
New Deep-Sea Creatures
No new deep - ocean creatures are usable in the Northern Hemisphere in January .
Speed
Giant isopod
9 am – 4 post-mortem and 9pm-4am
Very fast
Horseshoe crab
9 pm – 4 am
2,500
Moon jellyfish
Small
Slow
January Events And Seasonal Items
January does n’t feature any major events or festivals , but players in both hemispheres can enjoy critter catching tournament . C.J. ’s Fishing Tourney give back on January 14 in both hemispheres , and Southern Hemisphere islanders can also take part in Flick ’s germ - Off issue on January 21 .
During the Fishing Tourney , players can join a sportfishing tourney where the goal is to capture as many fish as potential within three moment . This realize point , which can be exchanged with C.J. for fish - themed trophy and trophy . you may attempt the tournament as many time as you like between 9AM and 6PM , but only the first competition is detached , with subsequent entry costing 500 Bells each . lamentably , the Fishing Tourney take honorable prizes , but if you ’re an shoot for angler , then it ’s a fun test of your acquirement .
pic ’s Bug - Off eventworks in the same manner , except players must catch bugs instead of fish . Unfortunately , island-dweller in the Northern Hemisphere wo n’t be capable to take part in a hemipteron - Off until June , which is a long time away .
January 2024 is set to be a rather muted calendar month inAnimal Crossing : New Horizons . However , this also gives musician the chance to focus on other activities , such as purchasing graphics from the shady art dealer Redd , and sculpting and terraforming their islands in preparation for a much busier February .
reference : Animal Crossing Wiki