Bream

Bream

Type	Fish
Location	River
Time	6pm to 2am
Season	All
Weather	Any
Difficulty	35
Behaviour	Smooth
Size	12 to 31
Sell Price	45g
Energy	13
Health	5

The Bream is a common river fish that only comes out at night. It can be caught in the rivers of Pelican Town and Cindersap Forest in every season, but never before 6pm. It is cheap and easy to land, so on its own it earns little. It matters for other reasons. The Night Fishing Bundle in the Community Center needs one, it is half of the Baked Fish recipe, and several Fish Pond quests ask for it. That makes it a fish worth keeping a few of in storage at all times.

The in-game description reads: A fairly common river fish that becomes active at night.

Catching

The Bream lives in the river that runs through Pelican Town and on through Cindersap Forest. It bites from 6pm until 2am, in any season and any weather. During the day the same water gives other river fish, so an evening trip is the only way to find it without help.

It is one of the easier fish to land. Its difficulty is low and its behaviour is smooth, so it glides up and down the bar without sudden jumps. Any rod will do, from the Bamboo Pole upward. Bait shortens the wait between bites, and a Spinner or Dressed Spinner speeds them up further.

Magic Bait removes the time limit. With it, a Bream can be caught in the river during the day as well.

There are other ways to get one. A pet cat at maximum friendship sometimes leaves a Bream as a gift. Garbage Cans in town can contain one in any season. The Traveling Cart occasionally sells one, though always for more than it is worth.

Prices

A normal Bream sells for 45g, and an iridium one sells for 90g. The Fisher profession raises the iridium price to 112g, and Angler raises it to 135g. Even at its best, the Bream stays a low-value fish.

That low price makes cooking attractive. A single Bream turns into Sashimi worth 75g, which is more than a normal or silver Bream sells for raw.

A Fish Smoker doubles the price and keeps the quality, but it costs a piece of Coal each time. For a fish this cheap, the gain is small.

In a Fish Pond, Bream reproduce every two days. The pond produces only Bream Roe, worth 52g each. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth 104g, or 145g with the Artisan profession.

The pond grows through three requests. The first asks for Acorns, Bug Meat, Maple Seeds or Pine Cones. The second asks for Gold Ore, Maple Syrup or Mixed Seeds. The last asks for a Crayfish, Honey, Jade or a Periwinkle. Each request offers several choices, so one of them is usually already in storage.

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

Quality	Price	Fisher (+25%)	Angler (+50%)
Normal	45g	56g	67g
Silver	56g	70g	84g
Gold	67g	83g	100g
Iridium	90g	112g	135g

Uses

The Night Fishing Bundle sits in the Fish Tank room of the Community Center. It needs a Walleye, a Bream and an Eel, and it rewards a Glow Ring. The Bream is the easiest of the three, since it bites in every season.

Cooking one Bream with one Sunfish and one Wheat Flour makes Baked Fish. The recipe airs on The Queen of Sauce on the 7th of Summer in the first year. The Sunfish only bites during the day, so both fish have to be caught at different times.

Some Fish Ponds ask for Bream. Dorado, Lingcod and Pike ponds may request two Bream to grow from three fish to five. Keeping a couple in a chest makes those requests quick to clear.

A villager may post a Help Wanted request for a single Bream. The reward is 135g and 150 friendship points with that villager.

The Bream also works in Sashimi, Maki Roll and Quality Fertilizer. At the Sewing Machine, it makes a dyeable Fish Shirt. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it counts as a blue dye.

Cooking Bream with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Baked Fish		Sunfish (1), Bream (1), Wheat Flour (1)

The Community Center asks for Bream in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Night Fishing Bundle	Fish Tank	1

Gifts

The Bream is not a good present. The older villagers Demetrius, Linus and Pam feel neutral about Bream. The same goes for Willy and Leo, and for Elliott and Sebastian.

The children Jas and Vincent count Bream as a disliked gift. The same goes for the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin. The older residents Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis dislike it as well. The Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike it too, and so do the marriage candidates Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Notes

Evening fishing in the town river is a good habit early in the game. Bream bite in every season, so a single night often covers the bundle, the Baked Fish recipe and a spare or two for pond quests. Low-quality Bream are best turned into Sashimi rather than shipped.

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