Clam

Clam

Type	Fish
Season	All
Size	1 to 5
Sell Price	50g

The Clam is a small shellfish that is both caught and foraged. A baited Crab Pot in salt water brings it up, and it also washes up on the sand at The Beach. It sells for little and cannot be eaten raw, yet it has more uses than most cheap catches. It counts toward the Crab Pot Bundle, it is the main ingredient in Chowder, and the Wizard asks for ten of them to build the Water Obelisk. Ocean Fish Ponds and the Raccoon at the Giant Stump also ask for Clams, so a stack of them is always handy.

The in-game description reads: There's a chewy little guy in there...

Catching

A Crab Pot placed in any salt water can catch a Clam. The pot needs bait and is checked the next day. Crab Pot catches are normal quality, and the pot works the same in every season.

Clams also appear as forage on the sand at The Beach. Walking the shoreline each morning is a free way to collect them before a Crab Pot is even available. A pet turtle at maximum friendship sometimes leaves one as a gift.

There are a few rarer sources. The Traveling Cart sometimes sells one. Pierre's booth at the Feast of the Winter Star can offer a Clam for 500g. When the Shrine of Challenge is active, or during the "Danger in the Deep" quest, Clams can be foraged on the upper floors of the Mines.

Prices

A Clam sells for 50g. That is less than a single Sashimi, which sells for 75g, so turning spare Clams into Sashimi earns more than shipping them.

A Clam cannot be eaten as it is. A Fish Smoker changes that: it turns the Clam into a Smoked Clam that is both edible and worth twice as much. Each smoked shellfish uses a piece of Coal.

A Clam can live in a Fish Pond. Its pond works differently from most fish ponds. Alongside Clam Roe, it brings up Seaweed and assorted trash such as Driftwood, Broken Glasses, Broken CDs and Soggy Newspapers. Once the pond holds five Clams, it can also produce Coral and Sea Urchins. A full pond of nine or ten adds a chance of a Warp Totem: Beach or a Nautilus Shell.

Clam Roe is worth 30g plus half the Clam's base price, which comes to 55g. A Preserves Jar doubles that.

The pond grows through three requests. The first asks for Clay. The second asks for Bug Meat or Quartz. The last asks for a Sea Urchin, Solar Essence or Wild Bait.

Uses

The Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank room accepts any five of its listed shellfish, and the Clam is one of them. Its reward is three Crab Pots. Because Clams can be foraged, this bundle can be started before the first Crab Pot is built.

Cooking a Clam with a carton of Milk makes Chowder. It is a hearty dish that restores a large amount of energy and health.

The Wizard's Tower sells the Water Obelisk, a building that warps the farmer straight to The Beach. It costs 500,000g, five Iridium Bars, ten Coral and ten Clams.

Several ocean fish ask for Clams in their Fish Pond quests. Albacore, Eel, Halibut and other ocean ponds may want two Clams to grow from five fish to seven.

The Raccoon at the Giant Stump can ask for five Clams. This happens in his first request, and again in any request from the sixth onward.

A Clam counts as "any fish" in Sashimi, Maki Roll and Quality Fertilizer. At the Sewing Machine it makes a dyeable Sailor Shirt. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it works as a blue dye.

Cooking Clam with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Chowder		Clam (1), Milk (1)

The Community Center asks for Clam in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Crab Pot Bundle	Fish Tank	1

Gifts

Evelyn likes the Clam. It is one of the few seafood gifts she enjoys.

Among those who feel neutral about Clam are the marriage candidates Elliott and Sebastian. The same goes for Willy and Leo, and for the older villagers Demetrius, Linus and Pam.

Among those who dislike Clam are the children Jas and Vincent. The older residents Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis share that view, and so do the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard. The same goes for Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin, and for Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane.

Haley and Pierre hate it.

Notes

Clams build up quickly from beach foraging and Crab Pots. Keep ten in a chest for the Water Obelisk, five for the Raccoon, and a few for pond quests. The rest make cheap gifts for Evelyn or a quick batch of Sashimi.

All Crab Pot Catches

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Location	Season	Price
Clam	-	All	50g
Cockle	-	All	50g
Crab	-	All	100g
Crayfish	-	All	75g
Lobster	-	All	120g
Mussel	-	All	30g
Oyster	-	All	40g
Periwinkle	-	All	20g
Shrimp	-	All	60g
Snail	-	All	65g