Turkey Day

Turkey Day
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Occurrence
Fourth Thursday in November This year: November 28, 2024 Next year: November 27, 2025
Time		3 PM — 9 PM
Host		Tortimer
Visitors		Franklin
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Not to be confused with the Harvest Moon Festival.

The Harvest Festival is an event in the Animal Crossing series that occurs once a year on the 4th Thursday in November (2024 date: November 28), coinciding with Thanksgiving in the United States. During the event, a banquet is set up with food and Franklin the turkey makes an appearance, allowing the player to acquire items from the Harvest Series.

Appearances

In Animal Crossing

The Harvest Festival in Animal Crossing

While not present in the original Japanese version, the North American localization team added the Harvest Festival for western releases of Animal Crossing. During the Harvest Festival, from 3 to 9 PM, the player can see Tortimer and several other villagers eating various foods, while a jock villager stands in front of a large table with a large, empty plate in the center, as well as a Knife and Fork. If the player speaks to Tortimer, he will give them a Cornucopia before wishing the player to enjoy the banquet.

Tortimer tells the player to find the "guest of honor," Franklin. Franklin can be founds hiding behind obstacles, such as trees and signs, out of fear that Tortimer will see him. If the player speaks to him, Franklin will explain his situation to the player, before realizing that the only way they could eat him was if they had silverware, and suggests that the player brings him any silverware they find so he can dispose of them. For each Knife and Fork Franklin receives, he will give the player an item from the Harvest Series. Duplicates may occur, however. While in one hiding place, Franklin will accept only one Knife and Fork set, so to receive more, the player must move away from the hiding place until Franklin disappears and search for him again.

In City Folk

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The Knife and Fork in City Folk

After being absent in Animal Crossing: Wild World, the Harvest Festival returns in Animal Crossing: City Folk and is largely the same as in Animal Crossing. One of the main differences is that the silverware is now acquired by speaking to Tortimer by the town hall, who will give the player silverware, asking them to distribute it to the other villagers. If the player gives the villager the silverware Tortimer asks them to distribute, the villager will reveal a clue pertaining to Franklin's location, but only one clue can be retrieved from each villager. Once the player finds Franklin, he will give the an item from the Harvest Series.

In New Leaf

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The Harvest Festival in New Leaf.

The Harvest Festival in Animal Crossing: New Leaf is much different from in previous games. Franklin appears again, though this time as a chef in the event plaza. He will ask for three ingredients (including, but not limited to flour, milk, fish, and fruit) and a fourth, secret ingredient to make the dish better. To receive one of the ingredients (Flour, Vinegar, Milk, Butter, or Sugar) the player must go around town trading ingredients with their villagers until they get the correct one. In addition to ingredients, villagers can also give mushrooms or fruit. Villagers only ask for fish (including Sea Bass, Black Bass, Horse Mackerel, Carp, Crucian Carp, and Barbel Steed). After the player gives them the fish they requested, they will offer a hint on the secret ingredient for the dish currently being working on or a potential later dish. After the player has completed a dish, he rewards a piece of furniture from the Harvest Series or a holiday item. Once the player has given him the ingredients for the final dish, the villagers will stop asking for ingredients.

The secret ingredients can include the following:

• Beehives
• Random fruit
• Flour, Vinegar, Milk, Butter, or Sugar