Animal Crossing New Horizons All Turkey Day Secret Ingredients - Full Thanksgiving Guide

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been known to commemorate holidays, and Thanksgiving, also known as Turkey Day, is one of the most awaited annual events that are celebrated in the game.

From this year and the succeeding years to come, let Franklin the turkey, professional chef extraordinaire, be your guide to Thanksgiving Day festivities. And nope, we’re not cooking Franklin, okay?

Our Turkey Day guide will assist you in gathering the best ingredients and reaping the rewards associated with Animal Crossing’s Turkey Day celebration.

What is Turkey Day?

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons Turkey Day, players can expect to find Franklin, and special NPC, in their Resident Services area on American Thanksgiving, with a stovetop in front of him.

Franklin, is the chef Tom Nook had invited to prepare food for the island. In order to put together Franklin’s menu, he needs the help of the player.

Happy Turkey Day, everyone! We're celebrating with a special guest in the plaza…Franklin! And even though he's a renowned chef, he could use our help gathering local ingredients for his recipes. I hope you can join in the festivities today! pic.twitter.com/qtxZ8CPl7R
— Isabelle (@animalcrossing) November 26, 2020

On this day the player will be Franklin’s assistant. You have to help him gather the ingredients for an amazing Thanksgiving dinner and in return, he’ll reward you with unique Thanksgiving DIY recipes and pieces of furniture.

As Thanksgiving always falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the date changes. The following are the dates for the next five Thanksgivings:

25th of November, 2021
24th of November, 2022
23rd of November, 2023
28th of November, 2024
27th of November, 2025

Turkey Day Objectives

A scavenger hunt is the main event on Turkey Day. Franklin is the only person who can help you get started. You’ll be given a list of ingredients and be told where to find them, such as pumpkins, clams, and fish.

Franklin will be available to answer questions about the ingredients needed for the various Thanksgiving-themed recipes he plans to prepare beginning at 9 a.m. on your local (Nintendo Switch) time.

With the New Horizons Update 2.0 for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the devs added a cooking feature for players, as well as the ability to grow tomatoes, wheat, and more, so those ingredients are present.

Turkey Day Secret Ingredients

A secret ingredient can be added to Franklin’s list to complete the recipe. If you don’t know what it is, you’ll have to figure it out on your own, or find them on our list below. Take all the ingredients to Franklin and he’ll whip up the dishes for you.

Franklin’s secret ingredients will also be revealed by the conversation between the villagers, so keep an eye out!

You will get a bonus piece of furniture if you give Franklin the secret ingredient for the recipe. Make sure you give him the secret ingredients for all four recipes in order to get the Turkey Day DIY recipes.

Here is a list of all ingredients and one secret ingredient for each recipe below. If you have the secret ingredient, Franklin will ask for it after he’s finished making the dish.

Franklin Animal Crossing Turkey Day Secret Ingredients

All Turkey Day Recipes and Secret Ingredients

You’ll need three main ingredients and one secret ingredient for each course.

Clam Chowder

3 Manila clams
Secret recipe: 1 scallop

Fish Meuniere

Northern Hemisphere:

1 sea bass
1 olive flounder, dab, or red snapper
Secret recipe: 1 Barred knifejaw

Southern Hemisphere:

1 sea bass
1 olive flounder or red snapper
Secret recipe: 1 Barred knifejaw

Gratin

Northern Hemisphere:

1 mussel
A flat, round, or skinny mushroom
1 oyster
Secret recipe: 1 Dungeness crab

Southern Hemisphere:

1 squid
1 sea urchin
Secret recipe: 1 Dungeness crab

Pumpkin Pie

1 orange pumpkin
1 white, yellow, or green pumpkin
Secret recipe: 1 pumpkin (in a color you did not provide already)

How and Where to Get Ingredients for Turkey Day

On Thanksgiving, Franklin will not be the only one in the kitchen. There will also be cooking stations set up by the villagers in their homes where you can trade ingredients.

Some of your villagers may be able to assist you if you’re in need of items like mushrooms or pumpkins. You can also travel back in time to grow them yourself. But if you don’t want to travel back in time, you can trade specific fish for the ingredients you need. If you don’t have a lot of vegetables growing on your island, this is an option to consider.

Ingredients	How To Get
Barred Knifejaw	Fishing in the ocean. Months active (north): March-November Months active (south): September-May
Dab	Fishing in the ocean. Months active (north): October-April Months active (south): April-October
Dungeness Crab	Diving in ocean
Manila Clam	Digging sand on the beach.
Mussel	Diving in ocean
Olive Flounder	Fishing in the ocean. Available all year for both northern and southern hemispheres.
Oyster	Diving in ocean
Red Snapper	Fishing in the ocean. Available all year for both northern and southern hemispheres. Their shadows are large, so look for a big fish shadow when walking around your island's perimeter.
Flat Mushroom Round Mushroom Skinny Mushroom	On the ground near both regular trees and cedar trees. Respawns every 5 p.m.
Scallop	Diving in ocean
Sea Bass	Fishing in the ocean. Available all year for both northern and southern hemispheres. Their shadows are the largest, so look for the biggest fish possible when walking around your island's perimeter.
Sea Urchin	Diving in ocean
Squid	Fishing in the ocean. Months active (north): December-August Months active (south): June-February
White Pumpkin	Pick up a White Pumpkin from a Ripe White-Pumpkin Plant, grown using Pumpkin Starts.
Yellow Pumpkin	Pick up a Yellow Pumpkin from a Ripe Yellow-Pumpkin Plant, grown using Pumpkin Starts.
Orange Pumpkin	Pick up an Orange Pumpkin from a Ripe Orange-Pumpkin Plant, grown using Pumpkin Starts.
Green Pumpkin	Pick up a Green Pumpkin from a Ripe Green-Pumpkin Plant, grown using Pumpkin Starts.

How do you add the secret ingredient to the Turkey Day dishes?

A secret ingredient can be added to a dish after you’ve made it for the first time. Talk to Franklin and he will say “It’s your call, but if you’d like to go above and beyond, bring me any ingredients you think might work”.

As soon as you hand him over the ingredients, Franklin will be able to upgrade this specific dish once it has been prepared with the secret ingredient in your inventory.

Turkey Day Rewards

Franklin will reward you with the recipes for the four dishes you helped him prepare once you assist him in the cooking process.

Every completed dish in Turkey Day for Animal Crossing New Horizons will be rewarded with a Thanksgiving-themed item, as well as exclusive DIYs for secret ingredients. If you get all of the secret ingredients correct, you’ll get the final four DIYs.

Franklin will not give them directly to you. You can access the recipes on your Nook Phone by following the instructions. Here’s the complete list of rewards: