White Algae
| White Algae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Resource |
| Location | Fishing Pole; Monster drops; Fish Pond (Ghostfish) |
| Sell Price | 25g |
White Algae is the pale, slimy algae of the valley's underground waters. It turns up on a fishing line in The Mines, the Sewers and other dark places, and bugs and slimes drop it when defeated. Its best use is Pale Broth, a filling soup that needs nothing else and sells for well over the value of the algae inside. The Remixed version of the Wild Medicine Bundle can ask for it, and both the Raccoon and the Ghostfish pond may request a few. It counts towards the fishing collection, which makes one catch worthwhile even for farms that never cook with it.
Location
Fishing in underground water is the classic method. The lakes on floors 20 and 60 of The Mines hold it in every season. The Sewers below Pelican Town, the Mutant Bug Lair and the Witch's Swamp also have it in their water. These spots have few fish types, so algae and trash make up a large share of the catches there.
Monsters drop it too. Grubs, Flies and Bugs in The Mines sometimes leave a piece behind, and so do their mutant forms. Red, purple, copper and iron slimes can drop it as well. Combat alone can therefore build a small supply.
A Ghostfish Fish Pond produces a batch once it holds plenty of fish. The Ghostfish themselves live in the same underground lakes, so one fishing session on floor 20 or 60 can start the pond.
Uses
Pale Broth is the dish built around it. Marnie mails the recipe once her friendship reaches three hearts. Cooking two White Algae together makes a bowl of broth with no other ingredients needed. The broth restores a solid amount of energy, and selling it earns three times as much as selling the two pieces of algae.
The Remixed Bundles version of the Crafts Room includes a Wild Medicine Bundle that can take five White Algae as one of its options.
At the Sewing Machine, White Algae in the spool makes a dyeable Collared Shirt.
Cooking White Algae with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Pale Broth | 
|
White Algae (2) |
Notes
A Ghostfish pond asks for five White Algae before it can grow from five fish to seven. The Raccoon at the Giant Stump can also ask for five pieces in his third request, and again in any request from the sixth onward.
White Algae sits in the Fish tab of the collection and counts towards the fishing achievements. Willy still refuses to buy it, because the game does not class it as a real fish. Villagers hate receiving it, so spare pieces are best cooked or sold through the Shipping Bin.
All Resources
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Wing | 
|
15g |
| Battery Pack | 
|
500g |
| Bone Fragment | 
|
12g |
| Broken CD | 
|
0g |
| Broken Glasses | 
|
0g |
| Bug Meat | 
|
8g |
| Cave Jelly | 
|
180g |
| Cinder Shard | 
|
50g |
| Clay | 
|
20g |
| Coal | 
|
15g |
| Copper Bar | 
|
- |
| Copper Ore | 
|
5g |
| Driftwood | 
|
0g |
| Fiber | 
|
1g |
| Gold Bar | 
|
- |
| Gold Ore | 
|
25g |
| Green Algae | 
|
15g |
| Hardwood | 
|
15g |
| Iridium Bar | 
|
- |
| Iridium Ore | 
|
100g |
| Iron Bar | 
|
- |
| Iron Ore | 
|
10g |
| Joja Cola | 
|
25g |
| Monster Loot | - | - |
| Moss | 
|
5g |
| Radioactive Bar | 
|
- |
| Radioactive Ore | 
|
300g |
| Refined Quartz | 
|
50g |
| Rice | 
|
100g |
| River Jelly | 
|
125g |
| Rotten Plant | 
|
0g |
| Sea Jelly | 
|
200g |
| Soggy Newspaper | 
|
0g |
| Solar Essence | 
|
40g |
| Stone | 
|
2g |
| Sugar | 
|
50g |
| Trash | - | - |
| Trash (item) | 
|
0g |
| Treasure Chest | 
|
5000g |
| Vinegar | 
|
100g |
| Void Essence | 
|
50g |
| Wheat Flour | 
|
50g |
| White Algae | 
|
25g |
| Wood | 
|
2g |