**Please post here if you're having Critters & Companion related issues.
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Issue:
Critter or Companion Name:
Screenshot/Video:```#(Archived) Update 6 - Critters & Companion Issues
prime rivet
sly latch
Platform: PC & Switch
Issue: Cannot feed foxes or rabbits. They always end up walking away and don't let me approach them. This has been an issue for me for the last few updates.
Critter or Companion name: Foxes & rabbits
pale sable
Platform: Xbox One
Issue: companions aren’t giving me rewards for feeding them sometimes. I always make sure I haven’t already fed them ahead of time. It doesn’t happen every time though…maybe 50-ish% of the time?
I saw a thread about this issue before and even using the search I can’t seem to find it.
nimble lagoon
My pets won’t follow me anymore
nova drift
platform: PC Game pass
issue: critters don't change each day. have had the same critters available to feed for the last 2 ish weeks
wet epoch
Platform: switch
Issue: catalog not logging new critters
Critter names: Orange and blue Fox, brown sea turtle, blue crocodile, black squirrel, red and blue raven, orchid sunbird
honest oar
Platform: PS5
Issue: Not receiving any rewards from critters after feeding food.
torn linden
Platform: PS5
Not receiving rewards from critters majority of the time.
left haven
Platform: PS5
Issue: I’m not receiving rewards when I feed critters. This is happening with all critter types. Reloading the game does not fix this issue. I am definitely feeding the critters their correct favorite foods and I’m making sure I haven’t already fed them that day. This has been happening only since the release of update 6.
wet epoch
Has anyone been able to solve the problem of connecting to the server. I have a problem for 2 days on xbox, can not connect, internet reset does nothing. where to report a problem?
clever vale
PC
Feed/approach loop - won't give credit for feeding
Golden Crocodile
kindred mural
platform: pc/steam
issue: my partner STILL has never been able to feed raccoons or crocodiles, they are constantly in the alert/run away phase and never relax so she can approach them. she has never in the history of the game been able to feed them. 😔
wet epoch
Platform: switch
Issue: the catalog will only log some animals, more than the last update but still not all of them.
Critters: ALL ravens, blue Fox, blue racoon, pink and white crocodiles, orchid sunbird
winged cobalt
Platform: Xbox One
Issue: Still not getting my rewards when feeding critters about 80% of the time
frigid cloak
Platform: PC
Issue: When trying to get Rabbits and Foxes to be fed- theyll do their run away; ill follow and when i finally am about to approach theyll dissapear from the game and then respawn somewhere else in their biome.
rough goblet
Platform: PC
Issue: bunnies appearing shiny
kindred mural
platform: pc
issue: the rabbits are all made of melting chocolate in various colors :(
ocean talon
Platform: PC Steam
Issue: Bunnies are shiny (bad texture)
hearty crane
Platform: Switch
Issue: certain critters will not drop items after being fed
main flare
platform: PC
Issue: I lost my critters in the update, not all but just a few random ones (white croc, white squirell, calico bunny and orchid sunbird)
tight nymph
Platform: Switch
Issue: The Raven Companion Critters are getting stuck in the ground after holding them while taking a photo with them. They sometimes get stuck fully like this, you can also see it for a brief second if you pose with them and switch to the camera mode where you can zoom and change the camera angle, and then exit the camera app.
Screenshots:
reef barn
anyone else have a squirrel that wont stop following them around because you were too nice to it?!
narrow crow
Platform: PC/XBox App
Critters drop rewards only sometimes. Affects all critters, there is no pattern I can see. I still get credit for feeding them on the dreamlight goals, and they are shown as fed for the day.
stray blaze
Platform:PlayStation The white squirrel has not spawn in my valley for months and I check everywhere remove everything and check the ramps and waited for hours and still no show
thick vale
Platform: PC
Issue: Rabbits that are running around are extremely and unnaturally shiny. They look almost plastic. However this is not normal for them, as you can see when you befriend them and even take photos with them they are normal and not shiny. I have another photo of my companion rabbit with the shiny ones, I will attach in an hour so you can see an actual side-by-side comparison.
dusty flower
Platform: PC (Steam)
Issue: The humming bird is position the wrong way but the other times were the correct way.
Critter or Companion Name: Golden Sunbird
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ionic ice
Platform: Switch
Not receiving gifts from from critters (Except Raven and Fox)
proud elbow
Platform: Switch
Issue: I bought the Ultimate Edition starter pack and I've had Choco Crocodile from the very beginning. However I've noticed that I can't no longer find said crocodile when I want to select another pet. Could you please have a look?
Companion Name: Choco Crocodile
copper pilot
Issue: critters are not giving me rewards when feeding- maybe one out of 5 will give me a dreamshard but that’s it. Been an issue for a couple weeks now
Critter or Companion Name: all
Screenshot/Video:``` noneI just realized I never followed up on this, here is the comparison screenshot so you can see how the non-companion rabbits are plastic & shiny, while my companion rabbit right next to them isn't.
1st screenshot, companion rabbit is on the left. 2nd, companion is on Gothel's left (aka the right most rabbit)
Edit: I also want to add the issue is persisent and non-companion rabbits are still incredibly shiny.
steady blade
Platform: Steam
Issue: I got the rainbow fox, but I cannot choose it as my companion. I can add it to a pet house, but it does not show on my list of companions when trying to choose it as my actual companion.
Edit: Rainbow fox now available on my companion list in the wardrobe menu. Not sure why showing now when it did not for a few days.
errant sail
Platform: PC (Steam)
Issue: Dreamlight Duties: Feed the Rabbit does not register the action all the time even when feeding carrots. It seems like it only registers the action if a Dream Shard is given by the rabbit. This has happened more than once.
Critter or Companion Name: Rabbit
pale sable
Platform: Xbox One
Issue: I’m only getting rewards for feeding my critters about half the time still. This has been going on for a LONG time now and I’ve been messed out of tons of dreamlight for it. It was just a little irritating at first, but now it’s becoming angering. This isn’t even the first I have personally posted about this, and the newest hot fix, which will now not be released until next week doesn’t even address it. It’s not only one type of critter in one biome. It happens will all critters in all biomes. I REALLY hope the devs plan on giving back all the dreamlight so many of us just haven’t gotten for doing a task that gets us dreamlight.
weak prawn
Platform: PS4
Issue: not logging critters in catalog, subsequently will not appear in companion menu. Squirrels and rabbits.
plush pawn
Compagnons aren't geving me rewards for feeding sometimes , im playing on the playstion 5
balmy belfry
Platform X box series X not registering that I am feeding the foxs their favorite food. It has been stuck on 8/10 for a long time and it is hit and miss when the critters give a reward for feeding them.
short hound
Platform: PC / Steam
Issue: People who logged into the game in the first week got both a Mickey Mouse Doughnut Headband and a Choco Crocodile Animal Companion .. I bought the game and the $70 Ultimate Pack on Sept 7th 2022 .. I logged into the game and I got those items. 2 months ago I had to restart my game cus of a bug that couldn't get fixed. I got my moonstones, my star path items, everything I bought in the moonstone shop, and i got the ultimate pack items i bought as well .. I also got my Doughnut headband for logging in the first week ... but I did not get the choco crocodile companion back .. why would get the headband back but not the Croc? .. doesn't make sense .. i hope there might be a way for me to get that back too? ...
Critter or Companion Name: Choco Crocodile
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patent imp
Platform: Switch
Issue: feeding animals and they are not updating in the cataloging, staying grayed out as if no interaction. Getting heart after fed but that is all.
trim cedar
The raccoons are never showing up on the switch version.
hollow hawk
Platform: Switch
Issue: feeding favourite items and never getting any reward, multiple different animals have this issue. Note- it's the first feedings and 0 reward happens more often then not. I also mostly just get night or dreamlight shards nothing else.
fading kindle
Platform: Xbox Series X
Issue: I'm feeding brown squirrels apples, raspberries, bananas.. literally everything.. and I can't get it to register to my critter collection. No rewards half the time too. Is there a fix coming? I have tried this on multiple days.
warm patio
Platform: Switch
Issue: when I have one of the lions (Simba and Nala specifically) as my companion they get in my way and I get stuck. This has happened when I am in the kitchen in the restaurant, in the mines and also in a few other tight corners.
tawny drum
Platform: Steam
Not sure where else to put this but since they changed the dreamlight duties to be specific to a certain critter (feed a sunbird ect) its been way harder to get duties done for me. Eventually I have fed every critter to complete the dreamlight duties and I have to wait for them to reset the critters feeding time because my whole page is full of tasks to feed critters and I can't. Would love it if they adjust it like with night thorns so when you have cleared them all the task doesn't pop up again until night thorns reset,
trail karma
PC : Feeding companions doesn't always give a reward. It's happened with each type of companion.
broken folio
Platform: Switch
Issue: I keep feeding the red fox 🦊 and he never becomes my companion. I have stayed up late for 3 months every Friday waiting for it. I feed it favorite fish waiting to become my companion and nothing.
Critter: Red Fox Frosted Highlands
unborn hearth
Platform: PC
Issue: Rabbits run away more than 3 times before I'm able to feed them (7-10 times)
Critter or Companion Name: Rabbits (Occured during chasing classic and white rabbits, haven't tried others yet)
jagged ibex
Platform :Nintendo switch issue : feeding critters correct food but not getting rewards from them
brisk lily
Platform:Switch
Issue: Restarted a few days ago I have gotten all items back apart from my choco crocodile which I would like back please and if its not something you can keep when restarting we should be warned (under the welcome to dreamlight valley it shows it as claimed)
Critter or companion name: choco crocodile