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Anchovy

Anchovy
Anchovy
Type Fish
Location Ocean
Time Any
Season Spring; Fall
Weather Any
Difficulty 30
Behaviour Dart
Size 1 to 17
Sell Price 30g

The Anchovy is a small, common ocean fish found at The Beach in Spring and Fall. It bites at any hour and in any weather, so it turns up often on early fishing trips. It is one of the cheapest fish in the sea, and selling it raw earns very little. Its worth comes from what it can be turned into. A single Anchovy makes a Sashimi worth more than twice the raw fish, and it fills any recipe that asks for "any fish".


Catching

The Anchovy lives in the ocean at The Beach and in the salt water of the Beach Farm. It appears in Spring and Fall only. Within those seasons it bites at any hour and in any weather, from the first cast of the morning until 2am.

The fish is easy to land. Its difficulty is low, which suits a new angler still learning the fishing bar. It does have dart behaviour, though. It jumps suddenly up and down the bar, so a beginner may lose it to a quick leap even though it is weak.

Anglers with a higher Fishing level can cast very far. For the Anchovy, a shorter cast can help. Casting less than the full distance may raise the chance of hooking an Anchovy rather than the larger fish further out.

With Magic Bait, the Anchovy also bites at the beach in Summer and Winter.

Prices

A normal Anchovy sells for very little. Iridium quality doubles that, and the Fisher and Angler professions add a quarter and a half on top. Even an iridium Anchovy sold by an Angler only reaches 90g, less than many fish fetch at normal quality.

Cooking is the smarter route. Sashimi needs only one fish of any kind and sells for 75g. That is two and a half times the value of a normal Anchovy. Cooking a fish with Seaweed and Rice makes Maki Roll, which sells for even more.

A Fish Smoker doubles the price and keeps the quality of the fish. For a fish this cheap, the Coal it uses eats into most of the gain, so smoking only makes sense when Coal is spare.

In a Fish Pond, Anchovies produce Anchovy Roe. Roe is worth 30g plus half the fish's base price, so Anchovy Roe sells for 45g. That is more than the Anchovy itself. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much again.

The pond grows through three requests. The first asks for Driftwood, a Frozen Geode or Seaweed. The second asks for Clams or Coral. The third asks for Aquamarine, a Mussel or Sea Urchins. Below five fish, the pond only makes roe some of the time. From five fish upward, every item it produces is roe.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality Price Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%)
Normal 30g 37g 45g
Silver qualitySilver 37g 46g 55g
Gold qualityGold 45g 56g 67g
Iridium qualityIridium 60g 75g 90g

Uses

The Anchovy counts as "any fish" in cooking. It works in Sashimi and Maki Roll, and in Quality Fertilizer along with Sap. Because it is cheap and common, it is one of the best fish to spend on these recipes. Linus sends the Sashimi recipe in a letter once he reaches three hearts of friendship.

At the Sewing Machine, an Anchovy in the spool makes a dyeable Sailor Shirt. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it counts as a blue dye.

A Bait Maker can turn an Anchovy into Anchovy Bait. Targeted bait like this raises the chance of hooking that same fish again.

Gifts

The Anchovy is not a good gift. Demetrius, Elliott, Leo, Linus, Pam, Sebastian and Willy are neutral about it.

Anchovy is a poor gift for Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis. The Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike it as well. Jas and Vincent dislike it too, and so do Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane. The shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin also dislike it.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Notes

Keep a few Anchovies in a chest instead of shipping them. They cost almost nothing to catch, and each one becomes a Sashimi or a Maki Roll later. Sashimi in particular is a cheap source of energy during long days in the Mines.

All Fish

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name Image Location Season Price
Albacore Albacore Ocean Fall; Winter 75g
Anchovy Anchovy Ocean Spring; Fall 30g
Angler Angler Pelican Town Fall 900g
Blobfish Blobfish Submarine at Night Market Winter 500g
Blue Discus Blue Discus Ginger Island All 120g
Bream Bream River All 45g
Bullhead Bullhead Mountain Lake All 75g
Carp Carp Mountain Lake; Secret Woods; The Sewers; Mutant Bug Lair Spring; Summer; Fall in The Mountain Lake; All in Secret Woods, The Sewers, or Mutant Bug Lair 30g
Catfish Catfish River; Secret Woods; Witch's Swamp Spring; Fall Secret Woods / Witch's Swamp:; Spring; Summer; Fall Only with Rain Totem: Winter 200g
Chub Chub Mountain Lake; Forest River All 50g
Clam Clam - All 50g
Cockle Cockle - All 50g
Crab Crab - All 100g
Crayfish Crayfish - All 75g
Crimsonfish Crimsonfish Ocean Summer 1500g
Dorado Dorado Forest River Summer 100g
Eel Eel Ocean Spring; Fall 85g
Flounder Flounder Ocean; Ginger Island Spring; Summer 100g
Ghostfish Ghostfish Floors 20 and 60 of The Mines All 45g
Glacierfish Glacierfish Cindersap Forest Winter 1000g
Glacierfish Jr. Glacierfish Jr. Cindersap Forest All 1000g
Goby Goby Cindersap Forest Waterfalls All 150g
Halibut Halibut Ocean Spring; Summer; Winter 80g
Herring Herring Ocean Spring; Winter 30g
Ice Pip Ice Pip The Mines, Floor 60 All 500g
Largemouth Bass Largemouth Bass Mountain Lake; Wilderness Farm All 100g
Lava Eel Lava Eel Floor 100 of The Mines; Volcano Caldera All 700g
Legend Legend Mountain Lake Spring 5000g
Legend II Legend II Mountain Lake All 5000g
Lingcod Lingcod River; Mountain Lake Winter 120g
Lionfish Lionfish Ginger Island All 100g
Lobster Lobster - All 120g
Midnight Carp Midnight Carp Mountain Lake; Forest Pond; Ginger Island North & West (freshwater) Fall; Winter 150g
Midnight Squid Midnight Squid Submarine at Night Market Winter 100g
Ms. Angler Ms. Angler Pelican Town All 900g
Mussel Mussel - All 30g
Mutant Carp Mutant Carp The Sewers All 1000g
Octopus Octopus The Beach; Ginger Island; Submarine at Night Market Summer; Winter (during Night Market (15-17)); All (Ginger Island) 150g
Oyster Oyster - All 40g
Perch Perch River; Mountain Lake; Forest Pond Winter 55g
Periwinkle Periwinkle - All 20g
Pike Pike River; Forest Pond Summer; Winter 100g
Pufferfish Pufferfish Ocean; Ginger Island Summer 200g
Radioactive Carp Radioactive Carp The Sewers All 1000g
Rainbow Trout Rainbow Trout River; Mountain Lake Summer 65g
Red Mullet Red Mullet Ocean Summer; Winter 75g
Red Snapper Red Snapper Ocean; Beach Farm Summer; Fall; Winter with Rain Totem 50g
Salmon Salmon River Fall 75g
Sandfish Sandfish The Desert All 75g
Sardine Sardine Ocean Spring; Fall; Winter 40g
Scorpion Carp Scorpion Carp The Desert All 150g
Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Ocean; Submarine at Night Market Fall; Winter 75g
Shad Shad River Spring; Summer; Fall 60g
Shrimp Shrimp - All 60g
Slimejack Slimejack Mutant Bug Lair All 100g
Smallmouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Town River; Forest Pond Spring; Fall 50g
Snail Snail - All 65g
Son of Crimsonfish Son of Crimsonfish Ocean All 1500g
Spook Fish Spook Fish Submarine at Night Market Winter 220g
Squid Squid Ocean Winter 80g
Stingray Stingray Pirate Cove All 180g
Stonefish Stonefish Floor 20 of The Mines All 300g
Sturgeon Sturgeon Mountain Lake Summer; Winter 200g
Sunfish Sunfish River Spring; Summer 30g
Super Cucumber Super Cucumber Ocean; Ginger Island; Submarine at Night Market Summer; Fall; Winter during Night Market (15-17) 250g
Tiger Trout Tiger Trout River Fall; Winter 150g
Tilapia Tilapia Ocean; Ginger Island Summer; Fall 75g
Tuna Tuna Ocean; Ginger Island Summer; Winter; Ginger Island (except Island North): All 100g
Void Salmon Void Salmon Witch's Swamp All 150g
Walleye Walleye River; Mountain Lake; Forest Pond; Forest Farm Pond Fall; Winter with Rain Totem 105g
Woodskip Woodskip Secret Woods; Forest Farm All 75g