Blobfish

Blobfish

Type	Fish
Location	Submarine at Night Market
Time	Anytime during Night Market (5pm - 2am)
Season	Winter
Weather	Any
Difficulty	75
Behaviour	Floater
Size	8 to 26
Sell Price	500g
Energy	38
Health	17

The Blobfish is a deep-sea fish caught in the submarine ride at the Night Market. The market only runs for three nights in Winter, which makes the Blobfish one of the hardest fish to find in the normal course of play. It is also one of the most valuable fish outside the legendaries. Its odd floating movement sets it apart in the fishing minigame. A Blobfish is worth chasing for the fish collection, for the remixed Master Fisher's Bundle, and for a Fish Pond that can produce Pearls once it is full.

The in-game description reads: This odd creature floats above the ocean floor, consuming any edible material in its path.

Catching

The Night Market takes place at The Beach on the 15th, 16th and 17th of Winter, from 5pm until 2am. The submarine is moored at the docks. A ride costs 1,000g, and once below the surface the farmer can fish for as long as the night allows.

Inside the submarine, each cast has a one in ten chance of hooking a Blobfish. A Curiosity Lure doubles that to one in five. Most other casts bring up Seaweed, Midnight Squid, Spook Fish, Sea Cucumbers and other deep-sea catches.

Magic Bait opens a second route. With it, a Blobfish can be caught at The Beach in any season and at any hour. The spot is specific: stand on the left-most pier in the south-west corner of the beach and cast west. The chance there is much lower than in the submarine, at roughly one cast in thirty.

On the line, the Blobfish has floater behaviour. It tends to drift upward quickly, which is the opposite of the sinking fish most players are used to. The Blobfish and the Pufferfish are the only fish caught with a rod that move this way. Its difficulty is high, so a Cork Bobber or Trap Bobber on an Iridium Rod makes the catch much safer.

Prices

A normal Blobfish already sells for 500g. Iridium quality doubles that to 1,000g. The Fisher profession adds a quarter and Angler adds half, so an iridium Blobfish sold by an Angler reaches 1,500g.

A Fish Smoker doubles the price again and keeps the quality. With one piece of Coal, a single good Blobfish becomes one of the most profitable Smoked Fish an ordinary catch can make.

Blobfish Roe is worth 30g plus half the base price of the fish, which comes to 280g per roe. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much.

A Blobfish pond is slow to fill but rewarding. It starts with room for a single fish and grows through four requests. The first asks for Coral, Frozen Tears or Sea Urchins. The second asks for Coffee Beans, Mayonnaise or a Pizza. The third asks for a Cookie, Green Tea or Wine. The last asks for a Rainbow Shell or Rice Pudding.

At low population, the pond produces one Blobfish Roe at a time. From six fish upward it can produce two. Once it holds nine or ten fish, it has a small chance to produce a Pearl or a stack of Warp Totems: Farm instead of roe. A Pearl alone sells for 2,500g, so a full Blobfish pond is a strong long-term investment.

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

Quality	Price	Fisher (+25%)	Angler (+50%)
Normal	500g	625g	750g
Silver	625g	781g	937g
Gold	750g	937g	1,125g
Iridium	1,000g	1,250g	1,500g

Uses

When the remixed Community Center bundles are in play, the Master Fisher's Bundle sits in the Fish Tank. It asks for two of four fish: the Lava Eel, the Scorpion Carp, the Octopus and the Blobfish. The Blobfish can only be counted on during the three nights of the Night Market, so missing the market delays the bundle by a full year unless Magic Bait is available.

At the Sewing Machine, a Blobfish in the spool makes the Blobfish Mask, a hat shaped like the fish.

Like any fish, it can go into Sashimi, Maki Roll or Quality Fertilizer. These recipes waste most of its value.

Gifts

The Blobfish makes a poor gift. Elliott and Sebastian count Blobfish as a neutral gift. Willy and Leo share that view, and so do Demetrius, Linus and Pam.

Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis count Blobfish as a disliked gift. Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane dislike it too, and so do Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin. The children Jas and Vincent share that view, and so do the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Notes

Plan for the Night Market before Winter starts. Bring enough gold for several submarine rides, a Curiosity Lure, and some fishing buff food. Catching two Blobfish on the first night covers both the collection and the start of a pond. Keep the best one for the Master Fisher's Bundle if the Remixed Bundles are active.

All Fish

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

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