Jewels Of The Sea
| Jewels Of The Sea | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Book |
| Location | Fishing Treasure Chests; Bookseller |
| Sell Price | 800g |
Jewels Of The Sea turns fishing treasure into a second income. After it has been read, one Treasure Chest in four pulled up on the line also contains a small heap of Roe, and the Roe matches whatever fish was on the hook at the time. That is the useful part, because Roe put into a Preserves Jar becomes Aged Roe worth considerably more, and the Roe from the valley's dearest fish ages into the most valuable artisan goods a fish can produce. The book itself comes out of fishing treasure chests, so an angler earns it by doing the very thing it improves. It also hands over kinds of Roe that no Fish Pond will ever produce, which makes it a collector's item as much as a money-maker.
The in-game description reads: Fishing treasure chests have a chance to yield roe.
Overview
Treasure chests appear on the line as a second minigame while a fish is being reeled in, and they open to a mix of ore, rings, geodes and occasionally something far better. The book cannot show up in one until Fishing level five has been reached and a few chests have already been opened, and from then it appears about once in fifty chests, with the odds creeping up until it finally turns up. For a farmer who fishes seriously it is one of the more reliably earned power books, and anyone who would rather not wait can buy it from the Bookseller from the third year, where it sits in the rotation at a steep price and appears on only about one table in ten.
The power is a straight bonus on top of the chest's normal contents. A quarter of all treasure chests, plain and golden alike, add a few Roe of the species just caught. Roe sells for a flat amount plus half the fish's own value, so the Roe of a cheap fish is pocket change and the Roe of a Lava Eel or a Sturgeon is a serious item. Sturgeon Roe is the one that becomes Caviar in a Preserves Jar; every other kind becomes an Aged Roe named after its fish, and Lava Eel Aged Roe is worth more than Caviar is. A farmer with a shed of Preserves Jars and a habit of fishing the lava pools will see real money from this.
The curiosity is an item that only this power can produce. Squid and Midnight Squid never give Roe in a Fish Pond, because they make Squid Ink instead, so the only way to hold Squid Roe at all is through a Treasure Chest opened under this book's power. That matters to anyone filling out collections and to anyone who simply wants the oddity in a chest.
The Bookseller also trades the other way once the power is claimed, swapping a spare copy for three jellies: Cave Jelly, River Jelly or Sea Jelly, whichever the farmer picks. Cave Jelly is the interesting one of those, since it carries a luck boost when eaten and is otherwise caught only on a few deep floors of the Mines or pulled from a well-populated Lava Eel pond. Later readings give a hundred points of fishing experience, which keeps duplicates worth opening.
Gifts
These villagers love receiving Jewels Of The Sea as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
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| Willy | 
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Notes
Willy loves being handed this one, which is only right for the man who sells the rods, and Penny loves it as she loves every book. Elliott likes it. Alex does not.
In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house on 2 Willow Lane the book counts as orange, and the spool of the Sewing Machine gives the same colour to a garment in the feed.
All Books
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Catalogue | 
|
2000g |
| Bait And Bobber | 
|
500g |
| Book Of Stars | 
|
2500g |
| Book of Mysteries | 
|
3000g |
| Combat Quarterly | 
|
500g |
| Dwarvish Safety Manual | 
|
1000g |
| Friendship 101 | 
|
3000g |
| Horse: The Book | 
|
1000g |
| Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Thick | 
|
500g |
| Jewels Of The Sea | 
|
800g |
| Mapping Cave Systems | 
|
4000g |
| Mining Monthly | 
|
500g |
| Monster Compendium | 
|
2000g |
| Ol' Slitherlegs | 
|
1000g |
| Price Catalogue | 
|
1000g |
| Queen Of Sauce Cookbook | 
|
10000g |
| Raccoon Journal | 
|
1000g |
| Stardew Valley Almanac | 
|
500g |
| The Alleyway Buffet | 
|
3000g |
| The Art O' Crabbing | 
|
1000g |
| The Diamond Hunter | 
|
1000g |
| Treasure Appraisal Guide | 
|
500g |
| Way Of The Wind pt. 1 | 
|
5000g |
| Way Of The Wind pt. 2 | 
|
10000g |
| Woodcutter's Weekly | 
|
500g |
| Woody's Secret | 
|
500g |