Manila clam (New Horizons)

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Buy price			Sell price
Not for sale			100 Bells
Obtain via		Underground (On beaches)
Stack		1
Variations
None
Names in other languages  アサリ  蛤蜊  palourde japonaise  almeja japonesa  vongola filippina  венерка  바지락  蛤蜊  palourde japonaise  almeja japonesa  Teppichmuschel  tapijtschelp

"I got a manila clam! Manila is my favorite flavor of clam!"

— Player, Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Manila Clams are an crafting material and cooking ingredient in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It is also used as an ingredient for Franklin to cook the Clam Chowder dish on Turkey Day.

Manila Clams can be obtained by digging up small dark spot that occasionally spurt water on the beach with a shovel. The first time the player retrieves one, they will learn a recipe to make Fish Bait, which requires a Manila Clam to craft. The player is rewarded for finding the clams via the Clam and Collected Nook Miles goals.

Use in crafting

The Manila Clam is used as a crafting material and cooking ingredient in the DIY and cooking recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Available from	Materials
-	[[|Fish bait]]		Item	Not for sale	Dig spot	1× Manila clam
-	[[|Clam chowder]]		Savory	Not for sale	Turkey Day Recipes	1× Flour 3× Manila clam
-	[[|Pesce all'acqua pazza]]		Savory	Not for sale	Fishing	1× Red snapper 1× Tomato 1× Manila clam
-	[[|Seafood pizza]]		Savory	Not for sale	Any villager  Restaurant	3× Flour 1× Tiger prawn 2× Manila clam

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Gallery

• NHBeachSpurt.png

  A buried item spurting water from the sand, indicating a Manila Clam.

• Manila clam found.jpg

  A player finding a Manila Clam on the beach.

• Fishing bait idea.JPG

  A player getting an idea for a DIY Recipe.

References

• Includes data sourced from the ACNH Spreadsheet project (Spreadsheet - Translations)