Manila clam (New Horizons)
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| Buy price | Sell price | |||||||
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| Not for sale |  100 Bells
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| Obtain via |  Dig spot (On beaches) | |||||||
| Stack | 1 | |||||||
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None
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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 a 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 spots 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 |
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| 29 | Fish bait | 
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Item | Not for sale | Dig spot |
 1× Manila clam |
| 844 | Seafood pizza | 
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Savory | Not for sale |  Any villager Restaurant |
 3× Flour 1× Tiger prawn 2× Manila clam |
| 854 | Pesce all'acqua pazza | 
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Savory | Not for sale |  Fishing |
 1× Red snapper 1× Tomato 1× Manila clam |
| 921 | Clam chowder | 
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Savory | 9,800 Bells
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 Turkey Day Recipes |
1× Flour 3× Manila clam |
Total manila clams needed to craft all available items: 7.
Gallery
A buried item spurting water from the sand, indicating a manila clam.
A player finding a manila clam on the beach.
Real-world information
Manila clams, Lajonkairia lajonkairii, are a species of edible saltwater clams belonging to the Veneridae family, or venus clams. They are known to be variable in color and patterning, and range from a width of 40 to 57 millimeters. Manila clams live in shallow waters buried underneath sand, mud, or gravel.
Manila clams are native to the coastal regions of Pakistan, India, China, Japan, Korea, the Kuril Islands, and the Philippines (hence their name "manila clam" originating from the capital city of the Philippines, Manila). It has since spread to other regions including North America and Europe. They are commercially harvested around the world due to their wide distribution. 
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
References
- Includes data sourced from the ACNH Spreadsheet project (Spreadsheet - Translations)
