Fishing is likely one of the 5 important abilities in Stardew Valley and a very good solution to make some cash. Nevertheless, the fishing minigame entails a little bit of ability and the kind of fish you’ll be able to catch modifications every season. Mix that with just a few totally different fishing places, bait, and deal with, and the fishing can grow to be a bit overwhelming. This is every part it is advisable find out about fishing.
Easy methods to fish
Utilizing a fishing rod, you’ll be able to forged it right into a physique of water by holding the motion button to find out forged energy. As soon as the bobber is within the water, it is advisable hit the motion button once more when an exclamation level seems, which can hook your catch. If it was a fish biting your line, this may begin the fishing minigame.
The fishing minigame places a fish icon on a big bar, transferring sporadically up and down the bar. You’ll want to preserve your inexperienced bar on the fish to reel it in, feathering the motion button to maintain it in the identical place. The most effective method is to carry the button to maneuver the inexperienced bar and to let go to let its momentum maintain it in place. When the fish is not in your inexperienced bar, the catch meter goes down and the fish escapes if it bottoms out. The rarer the fish, the extra frantically it strikes in the course of the minigame.
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Whereas your first fishing rod cannot have any attachments, at fishing stage 2 and 6, new rods are on the market in Willy’s Fish Store, which may maintain bait and deal with.
Bait makes fish chunk quicker, so you’ll be able to catch extra fish in a single day. Bait is constituted of bug meat or from a bait spawner, which can produce bait each day. There are just a few specialty varieties of bait, like focused bait, which helps you catch particular fish.
Tackles then again impression the fishing minigame or the kind of fish being caught in numerous methods. Under is a desk of each deal with sort, what it does, and learn how to acquire it.
| Sort out | Enhance | Easy methods to acquire |
|---|---|---|
| Spinner | Reduces most delay earlier than a fish can chunk by 3.75 seconds. |
Fishing stage 6 Craft with 2 iron bar or buy for 500G |
| Dressed Spinner |
Reduces most delay earlier than a fish can chunk by 7.5 seconds. |
Fishing stage 8 Craft with 2 iron bar and 1 fabric or buy for 1,000G |
| Entice Bobber | Progress depletes 33% slower when the fish is exterior the inexperienced bar. |
Fishing stage 6 Craft with 1 copper bar and 10 sap or buy for 500G |
| Cork Bobber | Will increase the scale of the inexperienced bar. |
Fishing stage 7 Craft with 10 wooden, 5 hardwood, and 10 slime or buy for 750G |
| Lead Bobber | Provides weight to the bar so it would not bounce if dropped to the underside. |
Fishing stage 6 Buy for 200G |
| Treasure Hunter | Will increase the probabilities of discovering a treasure chest and prevents the progress bar from depleting when on the treasure however not the fish. |
Fishing stage 7 Craft with 2 gold bars or buy for 750G |
| Barbed Hook | “Hooks” the fish, inflicting the inexperienced bar to keep it up each time it strikes. |
Fishing stage 8 Craft with 1 copper bar, 1 silver bar, and 1 gold bar or buy for 1,000G |
| Curiosity Lure | Will increase the probabilities of catching a uncommon fish. | Random drop within the Quarry Mines, Cranium Cavern, and Volcano Dungeon |
| High quality Bobber | Will increase the standard stage of the fish being caught by one tier. | Unlock the recipe from Willy for finishing the city board quest “Juicy Bugs Wished!” crafted utilizing 1 copper bar, 10 sap, 5 photo voltaic essence |
| Sonar Bobber | Reveals what fish in on the road everytime you hook a fish. |
Fishing stage 6 Crafted utilizing 1 iron bar and a pair of refined quartz or buy for 500G |
Ocean fish
There are three major locations to catch fish: the ocean, river, and mountain lake. Relying on which location you forged your line at, totally different fish might be obtainable to catch. The Ocean will be discovered to the south of city.
| Fish | Availability (time) | Climate | Availability (season) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pufferfish | 12pm to 4pm | Sunny | Summer season |
| Anchovy | Anytime | Any | Spring/Fall |
| Tuna | 6am to 7pm | Any | Summer season/Winter |
| Sardine | 6am to 7pm | Any | Spring/Fall/Winter |
| Pink Mullet | 6am to 7pm | Any | Summer season/Winter |
| Herring | Anytime | Any | Spring/Winter |
| Eel | 4pm to 2am | Rain | Spring/Fall |
| Octopus | 6am to 1pm | Any | Summer season |
| Pink Snapper | 6am to 7pm | Rain | Summer season/Fall/Winter |
| Squid | 6pm to 2am | Any | Winter |
| Sea Cucumber | 6am to 7pm | Any | Fall/Winter |
| Tremendous Cucumber | 6pm to 2am | Any | Summer season/Fall |
| Flounder | 6am to 8pm | Any | Spring/Summer season |
| Tilapia | 6am to 2pm | Any | Fall |
| Albacore | 6am to 11pm and 6pm to 2am | Any | Fall/Winter |
| Halibut | 6am to 11am and 7pm to 2am | Any | Spring/Summer season/Winter |
| Crimsonfish | Any (East Pier on The Seashore, requires fishing stage 5) | Any | Summer season |
River fish
The river is the water working by means of city and thru the Cindersap Forest. The “lake” in Cindersap Forest counts as river fishing. Should you select the fishing farm format, the water on the farm counts as a river as effectively. There may be additionally lots of crossovers between river fish and lake fish, so a few of these fish will seem on each lists.
| Fish | Availability (time) | Climate | Availability (season) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bream | 6pm to 2am | Any | All |
| Smallmouth Bass | Any | Any | Spring/Fall |
| Rainbow Trout | 6am to 7pm | Solar | Summer season |
| Salmon | 6am to 7pm | Any | Fall |
| Walleye | 12pm to 2am | Rain | Fall/Winter |
| Perch | Any | Any | All |
| Catfish | 6am to 12am | Rain | Fall (Spring and Summer season in Secret Woods Pond) |
| Pike | Any | Solar/Wind | Spring/Summer season |
| Sunfish | 6am to 7pm | Solar/Wind | Spring/Summer season |
| Midnight Carp | 10pm to 2am | Any | Fall/Winter (Cindersap Forest pond) |
| Tiger Trout | 6am to 7pm | Any | Fall/Winter |
| Chub | Any | Any | All |
| Dorado | 6am to 7pm | Any | Summer season (Cindersap Forest) |
| Shad | 9am to 2am | Rain | Spring/Summer season/Fall |
| Lingcod | Any | Winter | Any |
| Angler | Any (North of Joja Mart on the wood plank bridge, fishing stage 3) | Fall | Any |
Mountain Lake fish
The Mountain Lake refers solely to the lake exterior the mine within the northeast part of Stardew Valley.
| Fish | Availability (time) | Climate | Availability (season) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth Bass | 6am to 7pm | Any | All |
| Rainbow Trout | 6am to 7pm | Solar | Summer season |
| Walleye | 12pm to 2am | Rain | Fall/Winter |
| Perch | Any | Any | Winter |
| Carp | Any | Any | All |
| Midnight Carp | 10pm to 2am | Any | Fall/Winter |
| Sturgeon | 6am to 7pm | Any | Summer season/Winter |
| Bullhead | Any | Any | All |
| Chub | Any | Any | All |
| Lingcod | Any | Any | Winter |
| Legend | Any (Mountain Lake close to the log, fishing stage 10 required) | Rain | Spring |
Particular fishing places
There are just a few particular fishing places in Stardew Valley. Every of those is often solely house to 1 sort of fish that may solely be discovered there. This contains small ponds contained in the mines, the pond within the desert, and different particular places
| Fish | Availability (time) | Climate | Availability (season) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostfish | Any | Any | All | Mines flooring 20 and 60 |
| Stonefish | Any | Any | All | Mines ground 20 |
| Ice Pip | Any | Any | All | Mines ground 60 |
| Lava Eel | Any | Any | All | Mines ground 100 and Volcano Caldera |
| Sandfish | 6am to 8pm | Any | All | Calico Desert pond |
| Scorpion Carp | 6am to 8pm (requires fishing stage 4) | Any | All | Calico Desert pond |
| Woodskip | Any | Any | All | Secret Woods pond and Forest Farm |
| Void Salmon | Any | Any | All | Witch’s Swamp |
| Slimejack | Any | Any | All | Mutant Bug Lair |
| Stingray | Any | Any | All | Pirate Cove on Ginger Island |
| Lionfish | Any | Any | All | Ginger Island ocean |
| Blue Discus | Any | Any | All | Ginger Island pond and rivers |
| Glacierfish | Any (requires fishing stage 6) | Any | Winter | South finish of Arrowhead Island in Cindersap Forest |
| Mutant Carp | Any | Any | All | The Sewers |
Crab Pot
There are additionally a handful of fish that may be caught by Crab Pots in a single day. These fish will be caught yr-spherical and are solely cut up by being both within the ocean or in freshwater (rivers and mountain lake.) Crab Pots will be crafted at fishing stage 3 utilizing 40 wooden and three iron bars. Bait should be positioned into the Crab Pot for it to catch something.
| Fish | Location |
|---|---|
| Lobster | Ocean |
| Clam | Ocean |
| Crayfish | Freshwater |
| Crab | Ocean |
| Cockle | Ocean |
| Mussel | Ocean |
| Shrimp | Ocean |
| Snail | Freshwater |
| Periwinkle | Freshwater |
| Oyster | Ocean |