Critters
Critters in Dreamlight Valley are the small animals which populate the Valley's different regions.
These small animals can be interacted with, and when fed food will offer rewards. Each critter has a favorite food and multiple liked foods, and feeding it favorite or liked foods will trigger a friendship effect that will add it into your collection after multiple successful feedings. Critters also have a chance to drop Memories or valuable items when fed their favorite foods.
Each critter species has a number of color variants, but species area and favorite food are usually the same across all colors of a critter. Different colors appear on different days, so filling in the critter collection will take some time while waiting for each color to appear.
Players can view if the critter has spawned in world by checking the 'Critters' section of the collection menu. If an animal color is unavailable the Schedule will read 'Not here today' when the critter is selected.
After a critter has been added to the collection, it will follow the player as a companion. To be added as a companion, each critter must be fed at least twice (frequently more) with its favorite or liked foods. Each critter can be fed any number of times per day, but only the first successful feeding will drop items and count towards collecting them, so adding them as a companion will take multiple days.
Feeding critters counts towards the rotating Dreamlight Duty "Feed a Critter", and multiple Foraging Dreamlight Achievements: "Feed The {Critter}s Their Favorite Food" (x1, x3, x10), and "Feed the {Critter}s" (x1, x7, x25, x40, x90). There are 10 Memories consisting of 10 Memory Pieces each that can only be found by feeding critters.
Critter Types
Critter Schedules
Each color of critter follows a specific schedule - only appearing during certain times on specific days of the week. Sundays are the best day for critter variety, as almost all color variants have a chance to spawn in either the morning or afternoon. Some rare critter colors only spawn on one specific day of the week for a window of only six hours.
Image | Name | Location | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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Emerald Sunbird | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
Golden Sunbird | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | |
Orchid Sunbird | ![]() |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9 AM to 3 PM | n/a | |
Red Sunbird | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
Turquoise Sunbird | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
Black Squirrel | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | |
Classic Squirrel | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
Gray Squirrel | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
Red Squirrel | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
White Squirrel | ![]() |
12 AM - 6 AM | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Blue Crocodile | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
Classic Crocodile | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
Golden Crocodile | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | |
Pink Crocodile | ![]() |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 6 AM to 12 PM | |
Red Crocodile | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
White Crocodile | ![]() |
6 PM to 12 AM | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Black Rabbit | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
Brown Rabbit | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
Calico Rabbit | ![]() |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 8 AM to 2 PM | n/a | n/a | |
Classic Rabbit | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
White Rabbit | ![]() |
12 AM - 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | |
Blue Raven | ![]() |
12 AM - 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | |
Brown Raven | ![]() |
n/a | n/a | 6 PM - 12 AM | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Classic Raven | ![]() |
12 PM - 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
Red Raven | ![]() |
12 AM - 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
White Raven | ![]() |
12 PM - 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
Black Sea Turtle | ![]() |
n/a | 10 AM - 4 PM | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Brown Sea Turtle | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
Classic Sea Turtle | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
Purple Sea Turtle | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | |
White Sea Turtle | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
Black Fox | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
Blue Fox | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | |
Classic Fox | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
Red Fox | ![]() |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 AM to 8 AM | |
White Fox | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
Black Raccoon | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | n/a | All day | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | |
Blue Raccoon | ![]() |
n/a | n/a | n/a | 4 PM to 10 PM | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Classic Raccoon | ![]() |
12 PM to 12 AM | All day | n/a | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | |
Red Raccoon | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | n/a | |
White Raccoon | ![]() |
12 AM to 12 PM | n/a | All day | n/a | All day | All day | n/a |
Quick Daily Schedule
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