Roe
| Roe | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Animal Product |
| Animal | Fish Pond; Fishing Treasure Chests |
| Sell Price | 30 + (Base Fish Price / 2) |
Roe is the clutch of fish eggs that fish lay in a Fish Pond. Almost every fish that lives in a pond produces its own kind of roe, coloured to match the fish. Its price is tied to the fish that laid it, so roe from a valuable fish is worth far more than roe from a common one. A Preserves Jar ages roe into Aged Roe at twice the value. Sturgeon roe is special, because it becomes Caviar instead, a luxury needed for The Missing Bundle.
Production
Robin builds the Fish Pond, and any fish placed inside starts the cycle. Each day, the pond has a chance to produce an item, and roe is the usual result. The item waits at the pond until it is collected. Over time the fish multiply, and some kinds offer extra items once the population grows.
Each pond starts with room for only a few fish. From time to time, the fish ask for a specific item. Bringing it raises the population limit, up to ten fish in one pond.
A few pond residents break the pattern. Squid and Midnight Squid produce Squid Ink instead of roe. Coral can live in a pond but lays no eggs of its own.
Roe can also turn up away from the pond. After reading the Jewels Of The Sea book, fishing treasure chests sometimes contain roe as well.
Prices
The price of roe follows a simple rule. It equals a flat thirty gold plus half the base price of the fish. Cheap fish therefore give roe worth more than the fish itself. A Carp, for example, lays roe worth half again as much as the Carp. Expensive fish work the other way, since their roe sells for well under the fish.
A Preserves Jar turns most roe into Aged Roe. Aged Roe sells for exactly twice the roe that went in. The Artisan profession raises it further, by two fifths.
Sturgeon roe follows its own path. In a Preserves Jar it becomes Caviar, which takes longer than Aged Roe. Caviar sells for a fixed price that is higher than most Aged Roe, and the Artisan profession lifts it by two fifths as well.
Uses
The Missing Bundle at the abandoned JojaMart lists Caviar among its options. Completing that bundle restores the building as the Movie Theater. A single Sturgeon pond is enough to cover it.
Notes
Choosing a fish for a pond is mostly a question of what the roe and the bonus items are worth. Lava Eel roe is among the most valuable, and the eels also produce ores and geodes. Blobfish ponds can give rare Pearls. A Sturgeon pond earns less, but it is the only source of Caviar and is easy to start early, since Sturgeon live in the Mountain lake.
Fish with high base prices make the most valuable roe. That makes a pond of rare fish worth far more per egg than a pond of Carp or Bream.
All Animal Products
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Animal | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Products Profitability | - | - | - |
| Dinosaur Egg | 
|
Dinosaur; Artifact Spot in The Mountains / Quarry (0.6%); Fishing Treasure Chests (0.7-0.8%); Pepper Rex drop (10%); Prehistoric Floors in the Skull Cavern; Crane Game in Movie Theater | 350g |
| Duck Egg | 
|
Ducks | 95g |
| Duck Feather | 
|
Duck; Cat | 250g |
| Egg | 
|
Chicken | 50g |
| Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 225g |
| Golden Egg | 
|
Golden Chicken; Marnie's Ranch; Qi's Walnut Room; The Witch; Fishing Treasure Chest (0.12%) | 500g |
| Large Egg | 
|
Chicken | 95g |
| Large Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 345g |
| Large Milk | 
|
Cow | 190g |
| Milk | 
|
Cow | 125g |
| Ostrich Egg | 
|
Ostrich | 600g |
| Rabbit's Foot | 
|
Rabbit; Traveling Cart; Serpent drop (0.8%); Cat | 565g |
| Roe | 
|
Fish Pond; Fishing Treasure Chests | - |
| Slime | 
|
Slimes; Krobus; Slime Ball; Traveling Cart; Fish Pond | - |
| Slime Ball | 
|
Slime Hutch | - |
| Void Egg | 
|
Void Chicken; Witch; Krobus; Void Salmon Fish Ponds | 65g |
| Wool | 
|
Rabbit; Sheep | 340g |