Caviar
| Caviar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artisan Good |
| Machine | Preserves Jar |
| Ingredients | Sturgeon Roe (1) |
| Time | 6000m (4 days) |
| Sell Price | 500g |
Caviar is the luxury food made from the eggs of the Sturgeon. Placing Sturgeon Roe in a Preserves Jar cures it into Caviar over about four days. Sturgeon is the only fish whose eggs take this route, since every other Roe becomes Aged Roe. The jar lifts the raw eggs to almost four times their value. Caviar is also one of the choices for the Missing Bundle, which turns the abandoned JojaMart into a Movie Theater. A Sturgeon kept in a Fish Pond on the farm gives a steady supply of eggs.
Making
The chain begins with a Sturgeon. The fish lives in the Mountain Lake and bites in Summer and Winter. Casting far from the shore improves the odds, and rainy Summer days are the best time to try. Krobus sometimes stocks Sturgeon in his shop on Wednesdays as well.
A Sturgeon placed in a Fish Pond starts laying Sturgeon Roe from time to time. Putting one Sturgeon Roe into a Preserves Jar then starts the curing. The jar needs about four days, a little longer than it takes for other Roe. The Preserves Jar recipe comes early, at Farming level 4, so the first Sturgeon is the main step to reach.
The Traveling Cart sometimes sells Caviar too. Its price there runs from three to five times what a jar sells for.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Roe | - | 1 |
Prices
Raw Sturgeon Roe is worth 130g. Curing it into a jar of Caviar raises the price to nearly four times that. No other Roe gains as much from the jar, because Aged Roe only doubles its Roe.
The Artisan profession adds two fifths on top, which brings a jar to 700g.
Uses
The Missing Bundle in the abandoned JojaMart takes Caviar as one of its options. Finishing that bundle opens the Movie Theater. The bundle asks for five items out of six choices. A jar of Caviar can therefore stand in for a harder one, such as a Prismatic Shard.
At the Sewing Machine, Caviar in the spool with Cloth in the feed makes the Fashion Hat.
Caviar is also a strong food. It restores far more energy and health than Aged Roe does.
Notes
Most villagers like Caviar, from Abigail and Elliott to Linus, Sandy and the Wizard. Jas, Sebastian and Vincent are the exceptions, and all three hate Caviar.
A Sturgeon pond needs care to grow. The fish ask for items from time to time before the pond can hold more of them. Each answered request raises the number of fish the pond can hold.
All Artisan Goods
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Machine | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged Roe | 
|
Preserves Jar | 4000m (3-4 days) |
| Beer | 
|
Keg | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Cask Productivity | - | - | - |
| Caviar | 
|
Preserves Jar | 6000m (4 days) |
| Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200min (3.3h) |
| Cloth | 
|
Loom | 240m (≈4h) |
| Coffee | 
|
Keg | 120m (2h) |
| Dinosaur Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Dried Fruit | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Dried Mushrooms | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Duck Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Goat Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200m (≈3h) |
| Green Tea | 
|
Keg | 180m (3h) |
| Honey | 
|
Bee House | 6100m (≈4d) |
| Jellies and Pickles | - | - | - |
| Juice | 
|
Keg | 6000m (≈4d) |
| Keg Productivity | - | - | - |
| Maple Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 9 or 4 days |
| Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Mead | 
|
Keg | 10h |
| Mystic Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oak Resin | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | Varies by ingredient |
| Pale Ale | 
|
Keg | 2250m (37.5h) |
| Pine Tar | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 5 or 2 days |
| Preserves Jar Productivity | - | - | - |
| Raisins | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Smoked Fish | 
|
Fish Smoker | 50m |
| Truffle Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | 360m (6h) |
| Void Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Wine | 
|
Keg | 10,000m (≈7d) |