Waterfall

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Waterfall
CF Waterfall.jpg
A waterfall in Animal Crossing: City Folk
Type Water
Generation probability Always

A waterfall is a part of a river in the Animal Crossing series. Waterfalls appear either when a river spans multiple layers of a town or on the town's cliffside border where the river begins. The pool of water at the bottom of a waterfall is considered a separate body of water from the river for the purpose of fishing, having different spawn rates and some exclusive fish, particularly the char.

Appearances[edit]

In the first-generation games[edit]

A waterfall in Doubutsu no Mori e+

In every first-generation Animal Crossing game, waterfalls appear where the river flows between layers of the town. The large char can only be found at the waterfall; it can spawn at any place downstream of the waterfall in that acre.

In Doubutsu no Mori, the large char is the only fish that can spawn at the waterfall, thus having a spawn rate of 100%. In Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+, in addition to the large char, 26 other river fish can spawn at the waterfall alongside it from March to November, dropping the large char's spawn rate to between 8.33% and 11.11%.

In Wild World[edit]

A waterfall in Animal Crossing: Wild World

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, a waterfall appears on the northern cliffside border of the town. Sometimes a rock can appear in the middle of the waterfall. Like in previous games, the char can only be found at the waterfall.

In City Folk[edit]

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, waterfalls appear on the northern cliffside border of the town and where the river flows between layers of the town. Like in previous games, the char can only be found at the waterfall.

In New Leaf[edit]

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, waterfalls appear on the eastern or western cliffside border of town and where the river meets the sea. However, only the upstream waterfall counts as one for the purpose of fish spawns, as the downstream waterfall leads directly into the sea. Like in previous games, the char can only be found at the waterfall.

In New Horizons[edit]

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, due to the Island Designer NookPhone app, waterfalls can be created by the player. Unlike previous games, waterfall-exclusive fish spawn at the top of the waterfall (referred to as the "River (clifftop)" in the Critterpedia) rather than the bottom. In addition to all regular river fish, there are four fish that can only spawn at the river clifftop: the char, cherry salmon, golden trout, and stringfish.

Waterfall fish[edit]

The following fish can only be found at the waterfall:

In the first-generation games[edit]

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months
23 Large char large char  10,000 Bells Large Large Waterfall 4 AM – 9 AM; 4 PM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND

In Wild World[edit]

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing: Wild World

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months Fish size
24 Char Char WW Inv Icon.png  10,000 Bells Large Waterfall 4 AM – 9 AM; 4 PM – 9 PM MAMJSON 19.5 inches


In City Folk[edit]

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing: City Folk

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months Fish size
25 Char Char  3,800 Bells Large Large Waterfall 4 AM – 9 AM & 4 PM – 9 PM (Mar – Jun)
4 AM – 9 PM (Sep – Nov)
JFMAMJJASOND About 20 in.

In New Leaf[edit]

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

# Name Icon Sell price[nb 1] Shadow size Fish size Location Time Months Peak times
27 Char char  3,800 Bells Medium Medium 50 cm Waterfall 4 AM – 9 AM & 4 PM – 9 PM (Mar – Jun)
4 AM – 9 PM (Sep – Nov)
JFMAMJJASOND

In New Horizons[edit]

River clifftop fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months Total catches
27 Cherry salmon Cherry salmon  1,000 Bells Medium Medium River (clifftop) 4 PM – 9 AM (Mar – Jun NH, Sep – Dec SH)
All day (Sep – Nov NH, Mar – May SH)
North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
28 Char Char  3,800 Bells Medium Medium River (clifftop) 4 PM – 9 AM (Mar – Jun NH, Sep – Dec SH)
All day (Sep – Nov NH, Mar – May SH)
North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
29 Golden trout Golden trout  15,000 Bells Medium Medium River (clifftop) 4 PM – 9 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

100
30 Stringfish Stringfish  15,000 Bells Very large Very large River (clifftop) 4 PM – 9 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

100
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.

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Notes[edit]

  1. Re-Tail sell price; if item can be sold at Timmy and Tommy's store, it is 80% of the sell price; if item can be sold to Leila at Tortimer Island, it is 5% of the sell price.


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