Horned hercules

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Horned hercules
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Real-world info
Name: Dynastes hercules Family: Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles sub. Dynastinae
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ヘラクレスオオカブト  长戟大兜虫  長戟大兜蟲  헤라클레스장수풍뎅이  Scarabée Hercule  Scarabée Hercule  Escarabajo astado hércules  Escarabajo astado hércules  Scarabeo Ercole  Жук-геркулес  Herkuleskäfer  Herculeskever

The horned hercules (known as the hercules beetle prior to New Leaf) is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori e+. As with many rare stag beetles, it is found in palm trees and usually from late afternoon through early morning. It is tied with the golden stag and the giraffe stag as the most valuable bug in the Animal Crossing series, selling for 12,000 Bells. Due to this, the insect is sensitive to movement the player makes. The player must move slowly, even slower than max crouching speed, to be close enough to catch the horned hercules.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears from mid to late summer.

Catch details

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

#28

"ヘラクレスオオカブトを　捕まえた！　世界一　でかい　カブト！"
Translation: "I caught a Hercules beetle! It's the biggest beetle in the world!"

DnM / iQue

DnM+ / AC

DnMe+

Time of year	All year
Time of day	11 PM – 8 AM
Location	On non-palm trees (Animal Island)
Weather	Unknown
Selling price	11,250 Bells
Furniture size

In Wild World

#48

"I caught a hercules beetle! The largest beetle in the world!"

Description	The largest beetles in the world.
Time of year	Jul – Aug
Time of day	11 PM – 8 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On palm trees
Bug size	160 mm
Selling price	12,000 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#55

"I caught a hercules beetle! It's the greatest beetle of them all!"

Description	The world's largest beetle can easily carry up to 5 pounds!
Time of year	Jul – Aug
Time of day	5 PM – 8 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On palm trees
Bug size	160 mm
Rarity	Very rare
Selling price	12,000 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#62

"I caught a horned hercules! Who's the mighty one now?"

Time of year	Jul – Aug All year (Tortimer Island)
Time of day	5 PM – 8 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On palm trees (can be found on Tortimer Island)
Size	160 mm
Rarity	Mythical
Selling price	12,000 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#14

Availability	Not currently available 2019-08-10 – 2019-08-17 (Bugged Out Beetle Goals) 2020-06-29 – 2020-09-09 2021-06-29 – 2021-08-29 2022-06-23 – 2022-09-19 2023-06-28 – 2023-09-15
Location	Sunburst Island
Size	146.9 mm – 173.2 mm
Rarity	★★★
Selling price	6,000 Bells
Version added	Unknown
Villager gift data	Tier: 4 (Rare) Rewards:  2,000 Bells Fortune cookie Sparkle stones (1.6%) +4 Friendship points

In New Horizons

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

#65

"I caught a horned hercules! Guess I was stronger!"

Time of year	North: Jul – Aug South: Jan – Feb
Time of day	5 PM – 8 AM
Location	On palm trees
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Catch 100 total bugs
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  12,000 Bells  Flick:  18,000 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

Blathers makes these comments when the insect is donated to the museum.

In Wild World

"The hercules beetle is known as the largest beetle in the world, eh wot? It's those mammoth horns! Yes, the horns are its claim to fame... But inspect them, and you'll see they're covered in hair! Blech! Hairy horns... Frankly, I can't think of anything more vile..."

In City Folk

"Hoo now... The largest dynastid beetle around! I must say, those horns are simply magnificent! Dynastid beetles move fairly slowly, so you're free to view them at your own pace, eh wot? I must heartily endorse any insect that has the decency to move slowly and predictably. Well done!"

After donation, the hercules beetle can be found on the second tier of the insect section in the first enclosure, walking on the tree stump towards the back. Once the golden stag has also been donated, both will fight on the stump, picking each other up and tipping one another over.

In New Leaf

The Horned Hercules battling the Golden Stag.

In New Leaf, the horned hercules is found in the right-hand back room on the large tree stump in the center. If the golden stag is also donated, the two will be fighting each other. The exhibit has this to say about the horned hercules:

"Horned herculeses are the largest beetles in the world, reaching over 17 cm in exceptional cases. Their 2 long horns look pretty, but they're powerful and can hurt a lot if you're pinched by them. The longer horn is covered with short, soft yellow hair, which helps them to sense vibrations. The yellow on their bodies turns black when it's humid, making them difficult to spot on humid evenings."

In New Horizons

"The horned hercules is not only known for its tremendous strength, but for its size as well. It can grow up to seven-inches long and has powerful pincers covered in hair that help with gripping! As if this weren't ghastly enough, these behemoth beetles let loose a foul odor that fends off enemies... And offends my sense of smell."

Commissioning a model

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, if the player brings three horned herculeses to Flick to commission a model, he will say the following:

"R-really? You want a sculpture of a horned hercules? The sublime spear of the heavens? Its mottled shell is a reflection of the negative sky of the Infested Realms it defends with its mighty horn! I promise this will be my pokey-est masterpiece, and I shall title it The Grand Horned Hercules!"

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information

A real-life horned hercules.

The hercules beetle is the most famous and largest of the rhinoceros beetles. It is native to the rainforests of Central America and South America. The size of this beetle includes the length of its horn, which without would make it considerably smaller than other species. Some females can exceed the size of the male Hercules beetle by body alone. The hercules beetle is considered the strongest creature on earth relative to its size–it can handle 850 times its own body weight. They eat decaying fruit and the larvae of the beetle spends one to two years tunneling into rotten wood.

Names in other languages

	ヘラクレスオオカブト herakuresu-ō-kabuto	Lit. "Heracles giant helmet (bug)"
	헤라클레스장수풍뎅이 herakeulleseujangjupungdeng-i	Lit. "Heracles rhinoceros beetle"
	长戟大兜虫 chángjǐ dàdōuchóng	Lit. "Long-speared giant helmet bug"
	長戟大兜蟲 Unknown
	Жук-геркулес Zhuk-gerkules	Lit. "Hercules beetle"
	Herculeskever	Lit. "Hercules beetle"
	Herkuleskäfer	Lit. "Hercules beetle"
	Escarabajo astado hércules	Hercules horned beetle
	Scarabée Hercule	Lit. "Hercules scarab"
	Scarabeo Ercole	Lit. "Hercules scarab"

Notes

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