Fish Smoker
| Fish Smoker | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Fish Shop for 10,000g |
The Fish Smoker is the artisan machine for anglers. Loading it with a fish and a piece of Coal turns the catch into Smoked Fish, which sells for twice the fish's price. Unlike most artisan machines, it keeps the fish's star quality, so a gold-star catch comes out as gold-star Smoked Fish. Willy sells the recipe at the Fish Shop, and crafting it calls for a Sea Jelly, a River Jelly and a Cave Jelly. With the Artisan profession on top of the fishing professions, it becomes one of the best ways to profit from a big catch.
Recipe
Willy sells the recipe at his Fish Shop on the beach. It is a pricey purchase, and it only teaches the recipe. Each smoker still has to be crafted from ten Hardwood plus one Sea Jelly, one River Jelly and one Cave Jelly.
Hardwood comes from large stumps and logs, which need an upgraded Axe. The jellies are the slow part, because each one is a rare catch on the line rather than a fish. Sea Jelly bites in the ocean, off the beach or the pier. River Jelly turns up in the town river and the mountain lake. Cave Jelly lives in the underground pools on Mines floors 20, 60 and 100, and floor 100 is often the best place to try.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hardwood | 
|
10 |
| Sea Jelly | 
|
1 |
| River Jelly | 
|
1 |
| Cave Jelly | 
|
1 |
Use
Placing any fish into the smoker while holding Coal starts the process. Each fish uses up one piece of Coal. Less than an hour of game time later, a Smoked Fish of the same kind and quality is ready.
The doubled price applies to the fish's full value, quality included. A gold-star fish therefore becomes gold-star Smoked Fish worth twice as much. Smoked Fish also counts as an artisan good. The Fisher and Angler professions still raise its price, and the Artisan profession adds a further boost on top. With all three, Smoked Fish sells for nearly three times the plain fish.
Smoked Fish is also on the shopping list of the Raccoon at the Giant Stump. His very first request includes one, so building a smoker early helps that questline along.
Notes
Coal is the hidden cost. Each batch burns one piece, and Coal is also needed for smelting bars. That makes cheap fish a poor match for the smoker. Turning a Carp into Smoked Fish adds only a few dozen gold, while a Sturgeon gains hundreds from the same piece of Coal.
Low-value catches often do better as Sashimi or other cheap dishes. Expensive fish and high-quality catches are where the smoker pays the most.
Fish needed for bundles, Fish Ponds, quests or cooking are worth setting aside before a batch. Once smoked, the fish cannot be used for those any more.
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