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Spook Fish

Spook Fish
Spook Fish
Type Fish
Location Submarine at Night Market
Time Anytime during Night Market (5pm - 2am)
Season Winter
Weather Any
Difficulty 60
Behaviour Dart
Size 8 to 26
Sell Price 220g

The Spook Fish is a deep-sea fish with huge eyes, caught on the submarine ride at the Night Market. The market only runs for three nights in Winter, so catching one takes planning. Its sell price is high for a regular fish. Players who miss the market can still find it with Magic Bait from a single spot on the beach. In a Fish Pond it produces roe almost every day, with a tiny chance of a Treasure Chest when the pond is full.

The in-game description reads: The huge eyes can detect the faint silhouettes of prey.


Catching

The Night Market takes place at The Beach on Winter 15, 16 and 17. Among its boats is a submarine that offers deep-sea fishing for 1,000g a trip. The Spook Fish lives only in the deep water below that submarine.

Each catch on the submarine has about a one in six chance of being a Spook Fish. A Curiosity Lure nudges that chance a little higher. The other catches include the Blobfish, the Midnight Squid, the Sea Cucumber and the Octopus, so every trip brings a mix of rare fish. Several trips across the three nights give a good chance of landing at least one Spook Fish.

On the line, the Spook Fish is a dart fish with a fairly high difficulty. It jumps sharply around the bar. A Cork Bobber widens the green bar and a Trap Bobber slows its escape. Bring the best rod available, since the market is short and every lost fish costs part of a 1,000g ticket.

Magic Bait offers a second chance outside the market. Stand on the left-most pier in the south-west corner of The Beach and cast west. Each bite there has a small chance, around one in thirty, of being a Spook Fish, at any time of year. The odds are low, but Magic Bait makes the fish available all year without a ticket.

Prices

The Spook Fish sells for a high price for a regular fish. Iridium quality doubles it. The Fisher profession adds a quarter, and Angler adds half.

A Fish Smoker doubles the price again and keeps the fish's quality. It takes one piece of Coal per fish.

In a Fish Pond, Spook Fish reproduce every four days. Three Spook Fish fit at first, and three requests expand the pond to ten. Each request picks from a wide list. The first may ask for Amethysts, Coral, Iron Bars, an Oyster, Red Mushrooms or Refined Quartz. The second may ask for a Dried Starfish, Emeralds, Granite, Omni Geodes or Purple Mushrooms. The last may ask for a Diamond, Gold Bars, Iridium Ore, Mayonnaise or Pickles.

Spook Fish Roe is the pond's main product, and it appears on nearly every item roll. Roe is worth 30g plus half the fish's base price, which comes to 140g. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much. At nine or ten fish, the pond has a very small chance of producing a Treasure Chest instead.

Uses

In the kitchen, the Spook Fish counts as "any fish" for Sashimi, Maki Roll and Quality Fertilizer. Those recipes waste its value, so cheaper fish suit them better.

At the Sewing Machine, a Spook Fish in the spool makes a Fishing Hat. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it works as a blue dye.

A Bait Maker turns one Spook Fish into Spook Fish Bait. Targeted bait raises the chance of hooking the same fish, which helps on the submarine and on the Magic Bait pier.

Gifts

The Spook Fish is a poor gift. Willy and Leo feel neutral about Spook Fish. The bachelors Elliott and Sebastian feel neutral about it as well, as do the older villagers Demetrius, Linus and Pam.

Among those who dislike Spook Fish are the children Jas and Vincent. The older residents Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis share that view, and so do Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin. The same goes for Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane, and for the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Keep the first Spook Fish caught on the submarine. It can start a pond, and a growing pond keeps a supply of Spook Fish and roe on the farm between markets.

All Fish

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

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