Sardine

Sardine

Type	Fish
Location	Ocean
Time	6am to 7pm
Season	Spring; Fall; Winter
Weather	Any
Difficulty	30
Behaviour	Dart
Size	1 to 13
Sell Price	40g

The Sardine is one of the most common fish in the ocean at The Beach. It bites through the day in Spring, Fall and Winter, in any weather, and it is easy to land even with a beginner's rod. It sells for very little, but it does more than most cheap fish. It is one of the four choices for the Ocean Fish Bundle in the Community Center, and two Sardines go into every plate of Dish O' The Sea, a meal that boosts Fishing. Demetrius can also ask for ten of them in a Spring Special Order.

Catching

The Sardine lives in the ocean south of Pelican Town and in the salt water of the Beach Farm. It bites from 6am to 7pm in Spring, Fall and Winter. Rain, wind and snow make no difference. It leaves the coast in Summer, though Magic Bait lets it be caught in any season and at any hour.

On the line, the Sardine has dart behaviour but a low difficulty. Dart fish jump up and down in sudden bursts, but how far they jump grows with difficulty. The Sardine's jumps are small, so it can be landed with any rod.

The Sardine can also be found without fishing. Garbage Cans in town sometimes hold one in Spring, Fall or Winter. The Traveling Cart may have one for sale, but always at far more than it is worth.

Prices

A normal Sardine sells for very little, and even an iridium one only doubles that. The Fisher and Angler professions add a quarter or a half on top. An iridium Sardine sold by an Angler fetches 120g.

Because the raw price is so low, Sashimi is a better deal. One Sardine makes one Sashimi, and the dish sells for nearly twice the value of a normal Sardine. A Fish Smoker doubles the Sardine's price while keeping the quality, but a smoked normal Sardine is only worth about the same as the Sashimi and costs a piece of Coal.

In a Fish Pond, the Sardine produces Sardine Roe worth 50g each. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much. Each Sardine pond begins with room for three, growing to ten across three requests. The first asks for Driftwood, a Frozen Geode or Seaweed. The second asks for Clams or Coral. The last asks for Aquamarine, a Mussel or Sea Urchins. Below five fish, the pond only gives roe some of the time. From five fish upwards, every item it produces is roe.

Uses

Cooking two Sardines with one plate of Hashbrowns makes Dish O' The Sea. Reaching Fishing level 3 teaches the recipe. The dish restores a good amount of energy and gives a strong Fishing buff, which helps with hard fish and Legendary Fish. Keeping a stack of Sardines in a chest means the dish can be cooked whenever a tough catch is planned.

A Sardine goes into the Ocean Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank, along with a Tuna, a Red Snapper and a Tilapia. Completing it rewards five Warp Totems: Beach.

"Aquatic Overpopulation", posted by Demetrius, appears on the Special Orders board outside the Mayor's Manor. In Spring, the order may name the Sardine, and it then asks for ten of them within a week. The reward is the Sardine's sale value, plus the Farm Computer recipe the first time the order is finished. The Sardine is so common that this is one of the easiest versions of the order.

The Sardine also counts as "any fish" for Maki Roll, Sashimi and Quality Fertilizer. At the Sewing Machine, a Sardine in the spool with Cloth makes the dyeable Sailor Shirt. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it serves as a blue dye. A Bait Maker turns one Sardine into a stack of Sardine Bait.

Cooking Sardine with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Dish O' The Sea		Sardine (2), Hashbrowns (1)

The Community Center asks for Sardine in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Ocean Fish Bundle	Fish Tank	1

Gifts

The Sardine is a poor gift for nearly everyone. The marriage candidates Elliott and Sebastian count Sardine as a neutral gift. Demetrius, Linus and Pam also feel neutral about it. Willy and Leo feel neutral about it too.

Sardine is a poor gift for the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin. Jas and Vincent share that view, and so do the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard. The same goes for Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis, and for the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Keep Sardines rather than selling them. Every pair becomes a Dish O' The Sea, and that Fishing buff is worth far more than the fish themselves.

All Fish

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Location	Season	Price
Albacore	Ocean	Fall; Winter	75g
Anchovy	Ocean	Spring; Fall	30g
Angler	Pelican Town	Fall	900g
Blobfish	Submarine at Night Market	Winter	500g
Blue Discus	Ginger Island	All	120g
Bream	River	All	45g
Bullhead	Mountain Lake	All	75g
Carp	Mountain Lake; Secret Woods; The Sewers; Mutant Bug Lair	Spring; Summer; Fall in The Mountain Lake; All in Secret Woods, The Sewers, or Mutant Bug Lair	30g
Catfish	River; Secret Woods; Witch's Swamp	Spring; Fall Secret Woods / Witch's Swamp:; Spring; Summer; Fall Only with Rain Totem: Winter	200g
Chub	Mountain Lake; Forest River	All	50g
Clam	-	All	50g
Cockle	-	All	50g
Crab	-	All	100g
Crayfish	-	All	75g
Crimsonfish	Ocean	Summer	1500g
Dorado	Forest River	Summer	100g
Eel	Ocean	Spring; Fall	85g
Flounder	Ocean; Ginger Island	Spring; Summer	100g
Ghostfish	Floors 20 and 60 of The Mines	All	45g
Glacierfish	Cindersap Forest	Winter	1000g
Glacierfish Jr.	Cindersap Forest	All	1000g
Goby	Cindersap Forest Waterfalls	All	150g
Halibut	Ocean	Spring; Summer; Winter	80g
Herring	Ocean	Spring; Winter	30g
Ice Pip	The Mines, Floor 60	All	500g
Largemouth Bass	Mountain Lake; Wilderness Farm	All	100g
Lava Eel	Floor 100 of The Mines; Volcano Caldera	All	700g
Legend	Mountain Lake	Spring	5000g
Legend II	Mountain Lake	All	5000g
Lingcod	River; Mountain Lake	Winter	120g
Lionfish	Ginger Island	All	100g
Lobster	-	All	120g
Midnight Carp	Mountain Lake; Forest Pond; Ginger Island North & West (freshwater)	Fall; Winter	150g
Midnight Squid	Submarine at Night Market	Winter	100g
Ms. Angler	Pelican Town	All	900g
Mussel	-	All	30g
Mutant Carp	The Sewers	All	1000g
Octopus	The Beach; Ginger Island; Submarine at Night Market	Summer; Winter (during Night Market (15-17)); All (Ginger Island)	150g
Oyster	-	All	40g
Perch	River; Mountain Lake; Forest Pond	Winter	55g
Periwinkle	-	All	20g
Pike	River; Forest Pond	Summer; Winter	100g
Pufferfish	Ocean; Ginger Island	Summer	200g
Radioactive Carp	The Sewers	All	1000g
Rainbow Trout	River; Mountain Lake	Summer	65g
Red Mullet	Ocean	Summer; Winter	75g
Red Snapper	Ocean; Beach Farm	Summer; Fall; Winter with Rain Totem	50g
Salmon	River	Fall	75g
Sandfish	The Desert	All	75g
Sardine	Ocean	Spring; Fall; Winter	40g
Scorpion Carp	The Desert	All	150g
Sea Cucumber	Ocean; Submarine at Night Market	Fall; Winter	75g
Shad	River	Spring; Summer; Fall	60g
Shrimp	-	All	60g
Slimejack	Mutant Bug Lair	All	100g
Smallmouth Bass	Town River; Forest Pond	Spring; Fall	50g
Snail	-	All	65g
Son of Crimsonfish	Ocean	All	1500g
Spook Fish	Submarine at Night Market	Winter	220g
Squid	Ocean	Winter	80g
Stingray	Pirate Cove	All	180g
Stonefish	Floor 20 of The Mines	All	300g
Sturgeon	Mountain Lake	Summer; Winter	200g
Sunfish	River	Spring; Summer	30g
Super Cucumber	Ocean; Ginger Island; Submarine at Night Market	Summer; Fall; Winter during Night Market (15-17)	250g
Tiger Trout	River	Fall; Winter	150g
Tilapia	Ocean; Ginger Island	Summer; Fall	75g
Tuna	Ocean; Ginger Island	Summer; Winter; Ginger Island (except Island North): All	100g
Void Salmon	Witch's Swamp	All	150g
Walleye	River; Mountain Lake; Forest Pond; Forest Farm Pond	Fall; Winter with Rain Totem	105g
Woodskip	Secret Woods; Forest Farm	All	75g