Disney Dreamlight Valley critters' favourite foods, schedules, and how to feed animals (2024)

Animals in Disney Dreamlight Valley offer rewards for feeding them their favourite foods, and can even be recruited as a critter companion to follow you around the valley.

There have been some quality of life updates to make feeding animals easier in Disney Dreamlight Valley, but there's still a lot of information to take in regarding the times they appear as part of their set schedules, and what food they like.

To help you clear Dreamlight Duties, recruit critter companions, and earn rewards, we've detailed how to feed animals in Disney Dreamlight Valley, and all the favourite foods and schedules for every critter, which include squirrels, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, crocodiles, sunbirds, foxes, and ravens.

As the Rift in Time DLC is now out, we've also included details on Capybaras, Monkeys, and Cobras.

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For more help in the valley, we've got pages on recipes, redemption codes, and a list of current and future characters, including how to get Stitch.

How to feed animals in Disney Dreamlight Valley

If you ever get a quest or Dreamlight Duty to feed an animal, it can be a little confusing to know what to do at first, as each animal type has different foods they prefer, and differing ways to approach them.

There are eight animal (critter) types currently in the base game of Disney Dreamlight Valley:

• Squirrels
• Rabbits
• Turtles
• Raccoons
• Crocodiles
• Sunbirds
• Foxes
• Ravens

If you have access to Eternity Isle as part of the 'A Rift in Time' DLC, then there are three more critter types to add to your collection:

• Capybaras
• Monkeys
• Cobras

If you're ever asked to feed an animal, you should approach one of the critter types currently in-game, who will be running about the different biomes. Capybaras, Monkeys, and Cobras are located on Eternity Isle, not the main village area.

To actually feed one of the animals in Disney Dreamlight Valley, you should carefully approach an animal and then press the button prompt that appears below it when you're close enough. This will open your inventory, and you can then select what food you wish to give it.

You can now feed critters multiple times a day, but this seems to more of a failsafe for if you accidentally feed an animal a food that they don't like, rather than an easy way to farm rewards.

Some animals are also more skittish than others. Squirrels are the easiest to approach, while a critter like a crocodile will almost always run away if you start running towards it.

You can get one of the following rewards for feeding animals in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

• Crystals
• Dream Shards
• Memory Pieces
• Motifs
• Night Shards
• Seeds

With big thanks to LadyAerlynn on the DreamlightValley subreddit for filling in some the blanks with critter schedules and foods, we've got all the details you need to know about every critter type and colour below...

Disney Dreamlight Valley squirrels favourite food, location, and schedule

There are five squirrel colours to collect, with the white squirrel being the hardest to find. They're very easy to approach, so you shouldn't have any problems getting the prompt to feed them, unless you run into a bug or glitch.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all squirrels in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley rabbits favourite food, location, and schedule

There are five rabbit colours to collect, with the calico rabbit being the hardest to find. It takes a little time to successfully approach a rabbit, as it will run away from you the first two times you get close to one. Approaching a rabbit for the third time will then get it to sit down so you can feed it.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all rabbits in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley turtles favourite food, location, and schedule

There are five turtle colours to collect, with the black sea turtle being the hardest to find. It takes a little time to successfully approach a turtle, as you need to wait until it comes out of its shell. Once it does, you'll get the prompt to interact with it.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all turtles in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley raccoons favourite food, location, and schedule

There are five raccoon colours to collect, with the blue raccoon being the hardest to find. Be careful when approaching one, as when you get close enough and it looks at you, you should only walk towards a raccoon when it has its head down. When you get close enough, the prompt to feed it will appear.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all raccoons in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley crocodiles favourite food, location, and schedule

There are six crocodile colours to collect, with the pink and white crocodiles being the hardest to find. Be careful when approaching one, as when you get close enough and it looks at you, you should only walk towards a crocodile when it has its head down. Exactly like approaching a raccoon. When you get close enough, the prompt to feed it will appear.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all crocodiles in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley sunbirds favourite food, location, and schedule

There are five sunbird colours to collect, with the orchid sunbird being the hardest to find. Just like squirrels, sunbirds are easy to approach. All you have to do is walk up to them and you'll get the prompt to feed one.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all sunbirds in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley foxes favourite food, location, and schedule

There are five fox colours to collect, with the red fox being the hardest to find. Just like rabbits, it takes a little time to successfully approach a fox, as it will run away from you the first two times you get close to one. Approaching a fox for the third time will then get it to sit down so you can feed it.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all foxes in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley's December update is here! You can now add Jack Skellington to your valley, use multiplayer and remove villagers.For more help, check out our recipe list, how to upgrade your house, have multiple player homes, critters' favourite foods and redemption codes.Finally, don't forget to visit our future and current character list to see who might be visiting the valley next!

Disney Dreamlight Valley ravens favourite food, location, and schedule

There are five raven colours to collect, with the brown raven being the hardest to find. Ravens will circle above you when you get close enough to one, but just like turtles, all you have to do is wait for them to get closer to the ground, then you can approach one and the prompt to feed it will appear.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all ravens in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley monkeys favourite food, location, and schedule

Monkeys are exclusive to Eternity Isle, which is only accessible by buying the 'A Rift in Time' DLC.

There are five monkey colours to collect. Just like rabbits and foxes, it takes a little time to successfully approach a monkey, as they run away from you the first two times you get close to one. Approaching a monkey for the third time will then get it to sit down so you can feed it.

Credit to Haynorie on the DreamlightValley subreddit for working out Monkeys' favourite food!

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all monkeys in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley Capybaras favourite food, location, and schedule

Capybaras are exclusive to Eternity Isle, which is only accessible by buying the 'A Rift in Time' DLC.

There are five Capybara colours to collect. Just like squirrels and sunbirds, Capybaras are easy to approach. All you have to do is walk up to them and you'll get the prompt to feed one.

Credit to Haynorie on the DreamlightValley subreddit for working out Capybaras' favourite food!

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all Capybaras in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

Disney Dreamlight Valley Cobras favourite food, location, and schedule

Cobras are exclusive to Eternity Isle, which is only accessible by buying the 'A Rift in Time' DLC.

There are five Cobra colours to collect. Be careful when approaching one, as when you get close enough and it looks at you, you should only walk towards a Cobra when it has its head down. Exactly like approaching a raccoon or crocodile. When you get close enough, the prompt to feed it will appear.

Here's the favourite foods, locations, and schedules for all Cobras in Disney Dreamlight Valley:

For more help in Disney Dreamlight Valley, check out our pages on future and current characters, redemption codes, and recipes.