Disney Dreamlight Valley’s winter season is chock-full of holiday cheer and rich with activities and opportunities for players to earnunique holiday rewards. This holiday season features special, limited-time tasks for players, including special seasonal duties and aholiday-themed Star Path. During this time, the Valley is subject to a few changes that players will notice to mark the start of the period during which they can complete secret holiday duties for exclusive rewards.
There are two major changes that indicate the holidays have arrived inDisney Dreamlight Valley. First, red wrapping paper will spawn and can be gathered in the Valley’s Plaza biome, used to wrap up gifts for residents and complete the task “Ho Ho Ho!.” Additionally, special red-and-green fishing pools featuring seasonal-exclusive fish will appear in specific biomes throughout the Valley.
When Can Festive Fish Be Caught in Disney Dreamlight Valley
There are a total offive Festive fishthat players can catch during the holiday season inDisney Dreamlight Valley. These fish are available onlybetween December 18 to December 31; outside this period, the festive pools will not spawn, and the fish cannot be caught.
Players can catchonly one of eachFestive fish. A single red-and-green pool will appear in each fish’s respective biome, but only if the player hasn’t already caught the Festive fish from that biome in a previous year. These fish serve no purpose beyond being caught to complete the duty.
All Festive Fish Locations in Disney Dreamlight Valley
InDisney Dreamlight Valley, each of the five Festive fish resides in a unique biome and can be caught only from the special red-and-green pool specific to each location. Again, the red-and-green pool will not spawn in a biome if the player has already caught that location’s festive fish, even if during a previous year’s event. Below are the details of where each Festive Fish can be located.
Where to Find Festive Fugu
TheFestive Fugucan be caught in the red-and-green pool that spawns inDazzle Beachbiome andonly while it is raining.
Where to Find Festive Squid
TheFestive Squidcan be caught in the red-and-green pool that spawns in theGlade of Trustbiome.
Where to Find Festive Salmon
TheFestive Salmoncan be caught in the red-and-green pool that spawns in theSunlit Plateaubiome.
Where to Find Festive Anglerfish
TheFestive Anglerfishcan be caught in the red-and-green pool that spawns in theForgotten Landsbiome andonly between the hours of 6:00 PM and 5:00 AM local time.
Where to Find Festive Bass
TheFestive Salmoncan be caught in the red-and-green pool that spawns in thePeaceful Meadowbiome.
How to Complete “Even the Fish Are Festive” Holiday Duty
The seasonal duty“Even Fish Are Festive!”requires the player to catch one of each of the five Festive Fish in Disney Dreamlight Valley. If the player does not catch all five festive fish during the event, they will have to wait until next year to have another chance at completing this duty. Completing “Even Fish Are Festive” rewards the player with a delightful Santa Hat they can wear year-round.
Any Festive Fish caught counts towards the completion of “Even Fish Are Festive!” and progress will carry over to the following year. The red-and-green pools of fish they have already caught will not spawn in the following year; only those for fish which were not previously caught will become available. Therefore, the player will be able to catch whichever fish they did not catch during the previous year’s event.
Players can check their progress in this seasonal duty within the “Village” category of the Dreamlight duties tab, but the duty will not show which fish they still need to catch. Instead, they should check the “Fish” category in the Dreamlight Valley section of the Collection tab.
