Oyster

Oyster

Type	Fish
Season	All
Size	1 to 5
Sell Price	40g

The Oyster is a shellfish from the sea. It turns up in Crab Pots set in salt water, and it can also be picked up from the sand at The Beach. It is cheap to sell, but it is useful in other ways. It is one of the options for the Crab Pot Bundle in the Community Center's Fish Tank, and Evelyn is happy to receive one. A Fish Pond of Oysters is also unusual: alongside its roe, a full pond can produce a Warp Totem: Beach and the occasional Nautilus Shell.

Catching

A Crab Pot placed in any body of salt water can bring one up, in every season. The ocean at The Beach is the usual spot, and the Beach Farm's sea works too.

Crab Pots unlock at Fishing level 3. Crafting one takes Wood and Iron Bars, and Willy sells them at the Fish Shop for 1,500g. The Trapper profession makes them cheaper to craft. Each pot needs one piece of bait to catch anything, and a new piece after every harvest. A pot catches overnight, so check it each morning.

Two later professions improve Crab Pots. Luremaster removes the need for bait altogether. Mariner stops the pots from catching trash, so every harvest in the sea is a real catch such as an Oyster, Clam, Crab or Lobster.

There is a simpler way to get the first Oyster. They wash up on the sand at The Beach as forage, in any season. A walk along the shore each morning soon fills the Crab Pot Bundle slot without any pot at all. The Traveling Cart sometimes sells one as well, though at a heavy mark-up.

Prices

An Oyster from a Crab Pot is always normal quality, so its sell price is fixed. The Fisher and Angler professions still add a quarter or a half to that price.

Because the price is so low, the Oyster is worth more as an ingredient. One Oyster makes one Sashimi, and the dish sells for nearly twice what the raw Oyster does. A Fish Smoker doubles the Oyster's price, but the result is still worth about the same as Sashimi and costs a piece of Coal.

The Fish Pond is the most interesting choice. The pond starts with room for three Oysters and grows to ten 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. Oyster Roe sells for 50g, and a Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much.

An Oyster pond produces roe only now and then. Instead, it brings up a mix of things from the seabed: Seaweed, Driftwood and pieces of trash. From five Oysters upwards, Coral and Sea Urchins join the list. With nine or more, the pond can produce a Warp Totem: Beach or a Nautilus Shell. The totems are handy for quick trips to the coast.

Uses

The Oyster is one of the options for the Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank. Completing that bundle rewards three Crab Pots.

In the kitchen, it counts as "any fish" for Maki Roll, Sashimi and Quality Fertilizer. It cannot be eaten raw.

At the Sewing Machine, an Oyster in the spool with Cloth makes the dyeable Sailor Shirt.

An Octopus pond may ask for a single Oyster as its first request, so keeping one in a chest can save a trip later.

Gifts

Evelyn likes the Oyster. She is the only villager who reacts well to it, and it is an easy gift to pick up on the beach.

Among those who feel neutral about Oyster are the bachelors Elliott and Sebastian. Willy and Leo share that view, and so do the older villagers Demetrius, Linus and Pam.

The shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin all dislike Oyster. So do the children Jas and Vincent. Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane dislike it as well, as do the older residents Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis. The Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike it too.

Haley and Pierre hate it.

Pick up every Oyster seen on the beach in the first weeks. A few in a chest cover the Crab Pot Bundle, a gift for Evelyn and the first fish for an Oyster pond.

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