Scorpion Carp

Scorpion Carp

Type	Fish
Location	The Desert
Time	6am to 8pm
Season	All
Weather	Any
Difficulty	90
Behaviour	Dart
Size	12 to 33
Sell Price	150g

The Scorpion Carp is the rarer of the two fish in the Calico Desert. It shares the desert pond with the Sandfish but bites far less often, and it will not bite at all until the Fishing skill reaches level 4. Once hooked, it is one of the hardest ordinary fish in the game, darting up and down the bar at speed. Its reward is a good sell price, a place in the remixed Master Fisher's Bundle and a Fish Pond that can produce Cactus Seeds. At the Sewing Machine, it is the fish that makes the Fishing Hat.

The in-game description reads: It's like a regular carp but with a sharp stinger.

Catching

The Scorpion Carp lives in the pond at The Desert, once The Desert has been unlocked. It bites in all four seasons, from 6am to 8pm, in any weather. With Magic Bait the time limit no longer applies, so it can be hooked late at night too.

Fishing level 4 is the minimum. That level can come from natural skill or from a food buff, so a farmer at level 3 can still try with the right meal. Even at the right level, only a small share of casts in the pond bring up a Scorpion Carp. Most bites are Sandfish instead. Scorpion Carp Bait from a Bait Maker makes later Scorpion Carp more likely to bite.

The fight is the real test. The Scorpion Carp has dart behaviour and a difficulty of 90. Outside the legendaries, only the Octopus is harder to catch. Dart fish jump up and down the bar in sudden bursts, and the size of those jumps grows with difficulty. For the Scorpion Carp, the jumps are huge. An Iridium Rod with a Trap Bobber or a Cork Bobber gives the best odds. The Trap Bobber slows the meter when the fish breaks free, and the Cork Bobber makes the green bar larger. A food buff that raises Fishing helps as well.

The Scorpion Carp can also be found without fishing. Once The Desert is unlocked, Garbage Cans in town sometimes hold one. The Traveling Cart may sell one, though at a steep price.

Prices

The Scorpion Carp is worth twice as much as the Sandfish. An iridium Scorpion Carp sells for double, and the Fisher or Angler profession adds a quarter or a half to that. An iridium Scorpion Carp sold by an Angler fetches 450g. A Fish Smoker doubles the price again while keeping the quality.

Eating it raw is a mistake. It drains energy instead of restoring it. Sashimi is also a poor deal, since the dish is worth half as much as a normal Scorpion Carp.

The Fish Pond suits it well. A Scorpion Carp pond starts with room for three and reaches ten after only two requests. The first asks for Cactus Fruit or Coconuts. The second asks for a Golden Relic. Scorpion Carp Roe sells for 105g, and a Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much. A large pond can deliver roe two or three at a time, and a full pond of ten can also produce packets of Cactus Seeds.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Fisher (+25%)	Angler (+50%)
Normal	150g	187g	225g
Silver	187g	233g	280g
Gold	225g	281g	337g
Iridium	300g	375g	450g

Uses

When the Community Center bundles are remixed, the Scorpion Carp is an option for the Master Fisher's Bundle in the Fish Tank. That bundle asks for two of four hard fish, and the Scorpion Carp is one of the choices.

At the Sewing Machine, a Scorpion Carp in the spool with Cloth makes the Fishing Hat. Placed in the orange pot at Emily and Haley's house, Scorpion Carp counts as a dye.

It also counts as "any fish" for Maki Roll, Sashimi and Quality Fertilizer, though its value makes it a costly ingredient.

Gifts

The Scorpion Carp is a poor gift for nearly everyone. The marriage candidates Elliott and Sebastian feel neutral about Scorpion Carp. Willy and Leo feel neutral about it as well, as do the older residents Demetrius, Linus and Pam.

The Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike Scorpion Carp. Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis dislike it as well, as do the children Jas and Vincent. The same goes for the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane, and for the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Notes

Keep three Cactus Fruit or three Coconuts in a chest before stocking a Scorpion Carp pond. Either set meets the first request straight away, and the Golden Relic is the only other item the pond ever asks for.

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