Waterfall
A waterfall inAnimal Crossing: City Folk
Type		Water
Generation probability		Always

Awaterfall is a part of ariver in theAnimal 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 thechar.

Appearances[edit]

In the first-generation games[edit]

A waterfall inDoubutsu no Mori e+

In everyfirst-generationAnimal Crossing game, waterfalls appear where the river flows between layers of the town. Thelarge char can only be found at the waterfall; it can spawn at any place downstream of the waterfall in thatacre. A rainbow can appear above the waterfall on clear mornings. For a rainbow to appear, rain or snow must have fallen on the previous day.

InDoubutsu no Mori, the large char is the only fish that can spawn at the waterfall, thus having a spawn rate of 100%. InDoubutsu no Mori+,Animal Crossing, andDoubutsu 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%.

InWild World[edit]

A waterfall inAnimal Crossing: Wild World

InAnimal 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.

InCity Folk[edit]

InAnimal 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.

InNew Leaf[edit]

A waterfall inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

InAnimal Crossing: New Leaf, waterfalls appear on the eastern or western cliffside border of town and where the river meets thesea. However, only the downstream waterfall counts as one for the purpose of fish spawns where the fish in question spawn in the river mouth below the waterfall. Like in previous games, the char can only be found at the waterfall.

InNew Horizons[edit]

InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, due to theIsland DesignerNookPhone 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 theCritterpedia) 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, andstringfish.

Waterfall fish[edit]

The following fish can only be found at the waterfall:

In the first-generation games[edit]

Waterfall fish inAnimal Crossing

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months[nb 1]
23	Large char		10,000Bells	Large	Waterfall	4 AM – 9 AM; 4 PM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND

1. ↑All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004, Cuyler,Ruthless Cutie,SuperHamster,vmario, andChubby Bub.

InWild World[edit]

Waterfall fish inAnimal Crossing: Wild World

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months	Fish size
24	Char		3,800Bells	Medium	Waterfall	4 AM – 9 AM; 4 PM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND	50 cm

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: Wild World, compiled byAlexBot2004,TimeSword3D, Cuyler,SuperHamster, andPanchamBro.

InCity Folk[edit]

Waterfall fish inAnimal Crossing: City Folk

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

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: City Folk, compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004, and Cuyler.

InNew Leaf[edit]

Waterfall fish inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

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

1. ↑Re-Tail sell price; if item can be sold atTimmy and Tommy's store, it is 80% of the sell price; if item can be sold toLeila atTortimer Island, it is 5% of the sell price.

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004,AlgebraManiacABC,Chubby Bub, Cuyler,HylianAngel,Kalina70,PanchamBro,SuperHamster, andvmario.

InNew Horizons[edit]

River clifftop fish inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months	Total catches
27	Cherry salmon		1,000Bells	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		3,800Bells	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		15,000Bells	Medium	River (clifftop)	4 PM – 9 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	100
30	Stringfish		15,000Bells	Very large	River (clifftop)	4 PM – 9 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	100

Includes data sourced from theData 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, andPanchamBro.

Gallery[edit]

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  The waterfall that appears along the cliff in the center of town waterfall inAnimal Crossing: City Folk

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  Straight waterfall inCity Folk

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  East-facing diagonal waterfall inCity Folk

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  West-facing diagonal waterfall inCity Folk

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  East-facing horizontal waterfall inCity Folk

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  West-facing horizontal waterfall inCity Folk

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  Straight corner cliff waterfall waterfall inCity Folk

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