When April comes to a close, several fish will temporarily leave Animal Crossing: New Horizons. One of fish that is departing the Northern Hemisphere is the Tuna, and indeed many players will want to catch one for Blathers' museum before the end of the month. Providing assistance with getting Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Tuna is exactly the purpose of this guide, and here are the details that players need to know.
To begin, the Tuna in Animal Crossing: New Horizons spawns in the Northern Hemisphere from the beginning of November through the end of April and in the Southern Hemisphere from the beginning of May through the end of October. Additionally, ACNH's Tuna is available all day during these months, which means that players have lots of opportunities to catch one of these fish.
That said, the location where the Tuna in ACNH can appear is very specific, as it only spawns near piers. This means that players that are looking for a Tuna should fish from the straight wooden platform that extends off of the coast of their island. Additionally, fans can catch a Tuna in New Horizons fishing from the wooden platform with an airport that they land on when visiting a Mystery Island.
Once a player has arrived at one of these locations, they should then throw fish bait off of the end of the pier until a very large shadow spawns. While certainly not everyone of these very large shadows will produce a Tuna, some will, and players can get a visual reference for the correct shadow size in the video found above.
In summation, players that are trying to catch Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Tuna should fish from piers between the months of November and April in the Northern Hemisphere and between the months of May and October in the Southern Hemisphere. They should use fish bait to spawn very large shadows and catch any fish of that size until they have bagged a Tuna. While this may take a bit of time, as the fish is somewhat rare, it will come eventually, and it can then be sold at Nook's Cranny for 7,000 Bells.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.
