Animal Crossing: The Rarest Fish Of All Time - TheGamer
Highlights
- The Coelocanth is among the rarest fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
- The Football Fish is a creepy-looking creature that can be caught from 4PM to 9AM and sold for 2500 bells.
- The Golden Trout is a rare catch that appears from March to May and September to November, and sells for 15,000 bells at Nook's Cranny.
At its core, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game about meeting new friends, honing your interior decorating skills, and, above all else, raking in the bells. With bridges and inclines to build and houses to upgrade, players are always searching for ways to make some quick cash.
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Updated on February 5, 2024 by Gabrielle Castania: We've made some changes to our formatting since last this list was published, so we're here to update our list of rare fish in Animal Crossing to bring it in line with our current site formatting.
10 Gigas Giant Clam
"I got a gigas giant clam! It's kind of a big deal."
Spotting a large shadow when out swimming in the ocean is often a good sign, as most larger sea creatures bring in a respectable sum of bells, and one of the most desirable large sea creatures of all would have to be the Gigas Giant Clam.
Available at all times of day from May to September in the Northern Hemisphere and November to March in the Southern Hemisphere, the Gigas Giant Clam is fairly accessible in terms of times during which it can be found. However, dredging one up is more or less down to luck, and fortunate finders will be able to pawn it off to Nook's Cranny for a cool 15,000 bells.
Move It, Football Fish
The football fish, which closely resembles their abyss-faring neighbors the deep-sea anglerfish, is one of the creepiest-looking creatures New Horizons villagers could possibly pull out of the ocean. Gelatinous and bioluminescent, it is a peculiar little thing.
Football fish can be caught from 4PM to 9AM from November to March, meaning that, if you didn't catch one shortly after the game came out and aren't interested in time traveling, you'll have to wait a while to reel in one of these monstrosities. Plus, at 2500 bells a pop, they aren't anything to sneeze at, either.
8 Golden Trout
Not Gold, But Close Enough
Though it's not actually made out of gold, New Horizons' Golden Trout may as well be worth its weight in the stuff. Sporting some spectacular gold and red scales and fetching 15,000 bells apiece at Nook's Cranny, these things are an angler's dream.
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Some of these goals are pretty tough for such a cozy game.Unfortunately, they're also one of the game's rarest catches; they only appear from March to May and September to November from 4am to 9pm. Plus, they're only ever found at a river on a cliff.
7 Mahi-Mahi
A First For This Fish
Fun fact: Mahi-Mahi hasn't appeared as a fish in an Animal Crossing game before Animal Crossing: New Horizons! The species' name comes from Hawaiian (since it can be found around the coast of Hawaii) and it means "very strong."
In-game, you'll be able to find this species from May to October in the Northern Hemisphere and November to April in the Southern Hemisphere.
You can only catch it off the pier, making it especially tricky - you have to hope the right size shadow appears in just the right place... You'll probably need some bait.
6 Pearl
Thanks, Pascal
Alright, we're really pushing the limit of what could reasonably be considered a fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but pearls are too neat to not bring up at least once. Found by diving in the ocean, pearls are rare and valuable creatures that are technically crafting materials and can't be added to the Critterpedia.
That said, pearls net 10,000 bells when sold to Nook's Cranny, and they can also be used to craft some pretty rare stuff. Pascal will offer them in trade fairly regularly, so that may be a more reliable means of finding these tiny, innocuous sea treasures.
5 Ocean Sunfish
Whoa!
It may not be the absolute rarest or most expensive fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but this sea-dweller is just so ridiculous-looking that we couldn't help but include him. Encountered from July to September from 4AM to 9PM, the Ocean Sunfish is notable for its outrageous size.
Watching this thing leap out of the water at your villager is as horrifying as it is hilarious, and this is definitely something the museum curator Blathers is going to want to see.
4 Barreleye
A More Common Payday
When first plucked from the sea, the Barreleye may seem relatively unassuming; small in form and pretty typical in terms of appearance, players may be surprised to find that this fish brings in 15,000 bells when sold at Nook's Cranny.
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That said, it casts a small shadow when in the water, and it may easily be passed up by Animal Crossing islanders looking to snag a fish with a fin.
3 King Salmon
"Checkmate!"
