Crab Pot
| Crab Pot | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Fishing Level 3 |
| Sell Price | 50g |
The Crab Pot is a baited trap that sits in the water and catches shellfish overnight. Dropped into a river, lake, pond or the sea, it fills with crabs, shrimp, snails and the like while the farmer sleeps. It needs no fishing minigame and no skill at casting, only a fresh piece of bait each day. The recipe comes at Fishing level 3, and Willy sells ready-made pots at the same point. Crab pots supply the Crab Pot Bundle, feed several seafood recipes and give a small but steady flow of Fishing experience.
The in-game description reads: Place it in the water, load it with bait, and check the next day to see if you've caught anything. Works in streams, lakes, and the ocean.
Recipe
Reaching Fishing level 3 teaches the recipe. The standard version takes Wood and a few Iron Bars, which come from smelting Iron Ore with Coal in a Furnace. At Fishing level 5, the Trapper profession swaps that recipe for a much cheaper one made from less Wood and a couple of Copper Bars.
Buying is the other route. Willy's Fish Shop on the Beach sells crab pots once Fishing level 3 is reached. The Community Center also gives three of them as the reward for the Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 
|
40 |
| Iron Bar | 
|
3 |
Use
A Crab Pot goes into almost any body of water. Rivers, lakes, the ocean, the Sewers and the ponds on the farm all work. Fountains are the one place it cannot go. Pools inside the Mines accept a pot, but it is lost for good on leaving the floor, so it never gets the night it needs.
Each pot needs bait to work. Ordinary Bait is enough, and it unlocks at Fishing level 2 as a cheap craft from Bug Meat. The trap is checked the next morning, emptied and baited again. Season, weather and time of day do not change what a pot can catch, unlike rod fishing.
The water decides the catch. Freshwater pots bring up Crayfish, Periwinkles and Snails. Ocean pots catch Clams, Cockles, Crabs, Lobsters, Mussels, Oysters and Shrimp. Anywhere, a pot can also come up with junk such as Trash, Driftwood, Soggy Newspaper, Broken Glasses or a Broken CD. Every catch, even junk, gives a little Fishing experience.
Notes
The two Fishing level 10 professions on the Trapper path change crab pots in different ways. Mariner stops pots from ever catching junk. Luremaster lets pots work without any bait at all. Each one saves a different chore, so the choice comes down to which daily task feels worse.
The catches have plenty of uses. Lobster makes Lobster Bisque, Crab makes Crab Cakes, Clams make Chowder, and Snails make Escargot. The full set of Crab Pot creatures also fills the Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank. Cheap freshwater catches work well as the fish in Quality Fertilizer or as ingredients for Sashimi. Junk can go into a Recycling Machine instead of the bin.
Placement makes the daily round easy. A few pots in the farm's own pond can be emptied on the way past each morning. A long, awkward row along the shore can cost more time each day than it is worth. Over time, each pot pays back its cost and keeps earning as gentle passive income.
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