Waterfall

Waterfall
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

In the first-generation games

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

The following fish can only be found at the waterfall:

In the first-generation games

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing

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

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, Cuyler, Ruthless Cutie, SuperHamster, vmario, and Chubby Bub.

In Wild World

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing: Wild World

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

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: Wild World, compiled by AlexBot2004, TimeSword3D, Cuyler, SuperHamster, and PanchamBro.

In City Folk

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing: City Folk

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months	Fish size
25	Char		3,800 Bells	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 the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: City Folk, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, and Cuyler.

In New Leaf

Waterfall fish in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, AlgebraManiacABC, Chubby Bub, Cuyler, HylianAngel, Kalina70, PanchamBro, SuperHamster, and vmario.

In New Horizons

River clifftop fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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

Gallery

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

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  Straight waterfall in City Folk

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  East-facing diagonal waterfall in City Folk

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  West-facing diagonal waterfall in City Folk

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  East-facing horizontal waterfall in City Folk

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  West-facing horizontal waterfall in City Folk

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  Straight corner cliff waterfall waterfall in City Folk

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