One of the best things aboutAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis how the game gradually changes throughout the year. With every month bringing new content like theNew Horizonswedding event, the game should have lasting appeal as the year moves forward. Those looking to fill out the Critterpedia have a new target now, too, the arapaima.
The arapaima is a very large fish, which players will begin to encounter on their islands. That being said, there’s a specific time and place players will want to go to catch an arapaima inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,so randomly casting into the water isn’t that reliable of a method to bag one for Blather’s museum — or just to keep.
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How to Catch an Arapaima
Catching an arapaima inNew Horizonsis fairly simple. The arapaima is available in rivers every day from 4 PM until 9 AM. Assuming that players are in the right place at the right time, they should then keep their eyes peeled for a very large shadow moving in the river, about the same size as the sturgeon.
It’s worth noting, however, that the arapaima is only in the game from June until September, so players are going to want to be sure to get one between now and then. It’s a fairly sizable window tocatch theAnimal Crossingfish, but there is still some degree of luck involved, so players may want to act fast just to get it out of the way.
Even outside of fishing, there’s plenty to do inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,catching an arapaima only makes up a sliver of that, though it is a pretty interesting fish. The game is no stranger to bizarre animals, even those residing on land, likeNew Horizons’scorpions. There will likely be more in the future too.
Of course, those that want to catch the fish during other parts of the year can do so if they time travel, buttime travel inNew Horizonshas been something of a contentious move. That being said, those that want to for sake of time or convenience are more than capable of doing so.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available now on Switch.
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