Crayfish

Crayfish

Type	Fish
Season	All
Size	1 to 8
Sell Price	75g

The Crayfish is a small freshwater crustacean caught in Crab Pots set in rivers, lakes and ponds. It is one of the few Crab Pot catches worth as much as a Sashimi, along with the Crab and the Lobster. Its biggest role is in the kitchen: it is one of the four ingredients in Fish Stew, a dish that boosts Fishing. It also counts toward the Crab Pot Bundle, and several Fish Ponds and the Raccoon at the Giant Stump ask for it.

The in-game description reads: A small freshwater relative of the lobster.

Catching

A baited Crab Pot placed in fresh water can catch a Crayfish. Rivers, lakes and ponds all work, and so does the water in The Sewers. The pot is emptied the next day and works the same way in every season. Crab Pot catches are normal quality.

Salt water gives different catches, so a pot meant for Crayfish must sit inland rather than at the coast.

The Traveling Cart sometimes sells a Crayfish, always for well above its value.

Prices

A Crayfish sells for 75g. Most Crab Pot catches are worth less than a Sashimi, but the Crayfish matches it exactly. That means shipping a Crayfish earns as much as cooking it into Sashimi, so the raw sale is the simpler choice.

A Crayfish cannot be eaten as it is. A Fish Smoker turns it into an edible Smoked Crayfish worth twice as much. Each one uses a piece of Coal.

A Crayfish can live in a Fish Pond, and its pond brings up a mix of items. Crayfish Roe appears alongside Green Algae and assorted trash such as Driftwood, Broken Glasses, Broken CDs and Soggy Newspapers. Once the pond holds five Crayfish, it can also produce Mixed Seeds. A pond of nine or ten adds a chance of a Warp Totem: Mountains.

Crayfish Roe is worth 30g plus half the Crayfish's base price, which comes to 67g. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much.

The pond grows through three requests. The first asks for Clay or Fiber. The second asks for Bug Meat, a Cave Carrot or Hardwood. The last asks for a Field Snack, Solar Essence or Wild Bait.

Uses

Cooking a Crayfish together with a Mussel, a Periwinkle and a Tomato gives Fish Stew. It restores a large amount of energy and health, and it raises the Fishing skill for a while. That buff helps with hard catches, including the Legendary Fish. Freshwater pots catch the Crayfish and the Periwinkle, while coastal pots catch the Mussel, so a Fish Stew needs pots in both kinds of water.

The Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank room needs any five shellfish from its list, and the Crayfish is one of them. Its reward is three Crab Pots.

Many Fish Ponds ask for a single Crayfish in their last request. Bream, Chub and Goby ponds are among them. Keeping a few Crayfish in a chest makes those requests quick to finish.

The Raccoon at the Giant Stump may ask for five Crayfish. It can come up in his first request and in any request from the sixth on.

A Crayfish also counts as "any fish" in Sashimi, Maki Roll and Quality Fertilizer. At the Sewing Machine, a Crayfish in the spool makes a Rain Coat.

Cooking Crayfish with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Fish Stew		Crayfish (1), Mussel (1), Periwinkle (1), Tomato (1)

Gifts

A Crayfish is not a good gift. Among those who feel neutral about Crayfish are Elliott and Sebastian. Demetrius, Linus and Pam feel neutral about it too, and so do Willy and Leo.

The older residents Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis dislike Crayfish. Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane dislike it as well, as do Jas and Vincent. The same goes for the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard, and for Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Notes

Place a few Crab Pots in the river near the farm as soon as they can be crafted. They supply Crayfish for Fish Stew, the bundle, the Raccoon and pond quests all at once. Pair them with a few pots at the beach for the Mussels that Fish Stew also needs.

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