Scorpion

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Scorpion
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Real-world info
Name: Scorpiones Family: Arachnids
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  サソリ  전갈  Scorpione  Skorpion  蝎子  Scorpion  Escorpión  Schorpioen  蠍子  Scorpion  Escorpión  Скорпион

The scorpion is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: Wild World. Like the tarantula and wasp, they are hard to catch as well as harmful, but will only attack a player if they are holding a net. If startled by rapid movement (whilst holding the net), it will sting the player, which causes the player to faint and re-awaken outside of their home, though with no other status effects upon awakening, or the dock next to Wilbur or Kapp'n on a Mystery Island or boat tour island respectively. However, if the player is not holding a net, the scorpion will run away and eventually disappear.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, if a villager is near a scorpion, they will stop what they were doing, display the shocked reaction, then stare at the scorpion using the intense reaction until it despawns. If the player successfully catches one, the villager will display a sigh of relief using the sighing reaction, then return to what they were doing. The same applies to the tarantula. Unlike in past games, scorpions are active from late spring to mid fall, rotating with the tarantula.

Catch details

In Wild World

#56

"I caught a scorpion, but it didn't catch me!"

Description	Their "tail" is actually part of their stomach.
Time of year	Jul – Sep
Time of day	7 PM – 4 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On the ground
Bug size	Unknown
Selling price	8,000 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#64

"I caught a scorpion! It looks kind of crabby to me..."

Description	Those things that look like tails are actually extensions of their stomachs.
Time of year	Jul – Sep
Time of day	7 PM – 4 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On the ground
Bug size	160 mm
Rarity	Rare
Selling price	8,000 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#72

"I caught a scorpion! Not so fast now, are ya?!"

Time of year	Jul – Sep
Time of day	7 PM – 4 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On the ground
Size	203 mm
Rarity	Rare
Selling price	8,000 Bells
Furniture size

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the scorpion is a lucky item during summer, meaning it gives a 777-point Happy Home Academy bonus when placed in the player's house.

#80

"I caught a scorpion! It was a sting operation!"

Time of year	North: May – Oct South: Nov – Apr
Time of day	7 PM – 4 AM
Location	On the ground
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  8,000 Bells  Flick:  12,000 Bells
Furniture size

Donation to the museum

In Wild World

Upon donation of the scorpion to the museum, Blathers the curator will say the following:

"I've heard that a scorpion can be affected by its own poison, you know. If so, why carry around such dangerous material? Blech! Foolish wretch... If I walked around with a piano above my head, I'd expect to be squashed, wot!"

After donation, the scorpion can be found on the second tier of the museum, in the same enclosure as the tarantula. The scorpion and tarantula can be seen battling with each other when both have been donated. The scorpion can be seen shaking its stinger at the tarantula (once donated), which makes a rattling noise. The tarantula can be heard making a hissing-type noise in return, which might be associated with the insect's defense mechanism of scratching hairs at enemies. They will circle each other, and eventually, both jump into the air and collide, then begin their battle again. If the scorpion is donated on its own without the tarantula, it will be aware of the player's presence and shake its stinger at them instead, but never attacking. If the player has the net equipped when walking in the museum (although it is not visible), sometimes the scorpion will lunge out of its area and charge at the player.

In City Folk

Upon donation to the museum, Blathers the curator will say the following:

"...Scorpions are assuredly attention getters. They've got those colors that say, "Stay back! I'm poisonous!" However, it seems only a tiny group of scorpions have venom lethal enough to off you with one sting. Mischievous scorpions that look like highly poisonous ones probably fooled folks into thinking otherwise."

In New Leaf

Upon donation to the museum, Blathers will place this description in the insect exhibit:

"Scorpions resemble crabs and are in the class arachnida, though they aren't aquatic. Most species possess venom, but of the 1,000 or more species, only 25 are deadly to humans. Scorpion eggs hatch inside the females abdomen, and the young spend time on her back after birth"

In New Horizons

"The scorpion...how should I put this? Those legs! Those pincers! That tail! And that venomous stinger! It's as if someone took all the most awful insect parts...and put them together to make the scorpion! All scorpions are venomous, you know! Though I understand that only a few kinds are truly deadly. I feel I might die just thinking about it."

When donated, it is found in the large desert sand tank in the back room of the bug exhibit, sharing it with the Dung Beetle.

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information

Emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator)

Scorpions belong in Arachnida class, which also includes spiders and ticks. Unlike most arachnids, scorpions are ovoviviparous, which means scorpions hatch eggs inside their bodies while their young are born live. Then, the young depend on their mother by riding her until their first molt. Scorpions are found in a variety of landscapes, except for the tundra, in all continents except for Antarctica. Although scorpions are feared generally, only 25 out of over 1,700 known species can produce potent enough venom to kill humans. Scorpions are nocturnal, hence why they are found only during the later hours of the day in Animal Crossing. Scorpions are known to consume massive amounts of food in one sitting, and they have low metabolism. Despite this, they can consume only liquids. Scorpions will glow when placed under ultraviolet light.

Names in other languages

	サソリ sasori	Scorpion
	전갈 jeon-gal	Scorpion
	蝎子 xiēzi	Scorpion
	蠍子 Unknown
	Скорпион Skorpion	Scorpion
	Schorpioen	Scorpion
	Skorpion	Scorpion
	Escorpión	Scorpion
	Scorpion	Scorpion
	Scorpione	Scorpion