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Salmon
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Real-world info
Name: Oncorhynchus keta (chum salmon) Family: Salmonidae (salmons and trouts)
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  サケ  연어  Salmone  Lachs  鲑鱼  Saumon  Salmón  Zalm  鮭魚  Saumon  Salmón  Лосось

The salmon is a freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series that appears in all games throughout the day exclusively during the first month of fall. It appears as a large shadow in all games except Animal Crossing: Wild World, where it is very large. In games prior to New Leaf, it can be found at the river mouth during the first half of the month, and in the river during the second half of the month. In New Leaf and New Horizons, it appears exclusively at the river mouth.

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#25

"I caught a salmon! And it made it all the way back here! Now, I feel bad."

DnM / iQue

DnM+

AC

DnMe+

Time of year	Sep
Time of day	All day
Location	River (mouth)
Shadow size	Large
Selling price	650 Bells
Feng shui	None
Furniture size

In Wild World

#27

"I caught a salmon! Welcome back!"

Description	They are famous for their roe. Their flesh is pink, but they're white fish.
Time of year	Sep
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	River
Shadow size	Very large
Fish size	90 cm
Rarity	Very common
Selling price	700 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#28

"I caught a salmon! Now we're jammin'!"

Description	These creatures split their lives between freshwater and seawater.
Time of year	Sep
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	River (mouth)
Shadow size	Large
Fish size	About 36 in.
Rarity	Very common
Selling price	700 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#30

"I caught a salmon! Oh, that's slammin'!"

Time of year	Sep
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	River (mouth)
Shadow size	Large
Fish size	90 cm
Rarity	Very common
Selling price	700 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#56

Availability	Not currently available 2019-01-22 – 2019-01-29 (Fishing Tourney #10) 2019-08-20 – 2020-03-27 2020-09-09 – 2020-12-28 2022-09-19 – 2022-12-26
Location	Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size	Large
Size	75.2 cm – 104.8 cm
Rarity	★★
Selling price	300 Bells
Version added	Unknown
Villager gift data	Tier: 3 (Uncommon+) Rewards:  1,500 Bells Fortune cookie (20%) +3 Friendship points

In New Horizons

#31

"I caught a salmon! It's all upstream from here!"

Time of year	North: Sep South: Mar
Time of day	All day
Location	River (mouth)
Shadow size	Large
Rarity	Common
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  700 Bells  C.J.:  1,050 Bells
Furniture size

Use in cooking

Salmon is used as a cooking ingredient in the cooking recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Available from	Materials
799	Poke		Savory	Not for sale	Fishing	1× Salmon 1× Tomato
808	Salmon sandwich		Savory	Not for sale	Fishing	2× Whole-wheat flour 1× Salmon
813	Salmon bagel sandwich		Savory	Not for sale	Fishing	2× Flour 1× Salmon
846	Carpaccio di salmone		Savory	Not for sale	Fishing	1× Salmon

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.

Donating to the museum

As with all fish and bugs in the Animal Crossing series, the salmon can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers. During the donation, Blathers will say the following about the salmon:

In Animal Crossing

"Even run-of-the-mill common fish are valuable resources, you see. All part of the grand tapestry, wot! We will take excellent care of this fellow, oh yes. You can rest assured. Excellent care, indeed."

The salmon can be found in the back with the sea fish of the fish exhibit.

In Wild World

"Salmon grilled over hot coals... Delicious. I say, grilling and eating outdoors simply cannot be beat, eh wot?"

The salmon can be found in the first room of the fish exhibit in the second tank.

In City Folk

"Ahh... A salmon? Yes, quite! Everyone knows that salmon swim upstream to spawn... But did you know they don't eat for the entirety of their journey? Indeed! Salmon must enjoy pushing themselves to the limit... I hereby dub them the pro athletes of the river!"

The salmon can be found in the large left tank on the first level of the fish exhibit.

In New Leaf

"Salmon are popular migratory fish that are born in rivers, migrate to oceans, and return in four years. In Japan, flavored salmon eggs are a very popular dish called ikura, but it hasn't caught on in the US. In rare cases, salmon will only stay in the ocean for one or two years before coming back. These fish are known as 'phantom fish' since they're so hard to find in the wild. Their characteristic pink color comes from the shrimp and krill they get in their diet. If they are differently, their flesh would be white."

In New Horizons

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

"Ah, salmon... Did you know their coloration is due specifically to their diet? Indeed, this is the case! The more they fill their diet with crustaceans such as krill and shrimp, the deeper shade of pink they are. If they ate a bushel of carrots, might they turn orange?"

Once donated to the museum, the salmon can be found in the lower level of the waterfall tank with the king salmon and the sturgeon.

Fishing Tourney

During a Fishing Tourney, when given a salmon, Chip will say the following dialogue.

In City Folk

"With salmon, you can grill it, bake it, fry it, steam it, boil it, zap it, toast it, poach it, or just EAT it. Whatever! Automatic num! Nyuuuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!"

In New Leaf

"Now for salmon, stew 'em, grill 'em, steam 'em, smoke 'em... Doesn't really matter what you do. Tasty! Though...the absolute best method is to freeze and pickle 'em. Ever had pickled salmon? So good! Right now, I'll just go ahead and scarf this guy down raw! YUM!"

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Real-world information

A real-life Chum Salmon.

The Chum Salmon (also known as the Keta Salmon, Dog Salmon, and Silverbrite Salmon) is a species of salmon that mainly inhabits the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Like many other salmon, after spending their life wandering the oceans they travel to the brackish water of river-mouths to spawn. Because the salmon have become so used to the salt water of the sea, they deteriorate rapidly after spawning and die. Oddly enough, they often return to the freshwater area that they spawned from initially. More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages

	サケ sake	Salmon
	연어 yeon-eo	Salmon
	鲑鱼 guīyú	Salmon
	鮭魚 Unknown	Salmon
	Лосось Losos'	Salmon
	Zalm	Salmon
	Lachs	Salmon
	Salmón	Salmon
	Saumon	Salmon
	Salmone	Salmon

Notes

Pocket Camp fish

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