Carp
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| A common pond fish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information
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| Location | Mountain Lake • Secret Woods • The Sewers • Mutant Bug Lair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season |  Spring •  Summer •  Fall •
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| Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 15–51
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| Fishing XP | 8  11  14  20
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Aged Roe (+40%)
Carp is a fish that can be caught in the mountain lake or Wilderness Farm during Spring, Summer, or Fall. It can also be caught in the Secret Woods, The Sewers, or the Mutant Bug Lair during any season. It can also randomly be found at the Traveling Cart for 
100–1,000g.
Carp is always most abundant in the Secret Woods, comprising between 41% and 53% of all items caught there when it isn't raining.[1]
Gifting
| Villager Reactions
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| Neutral |  Linus
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| Hate |  Abigail •  Alex •  Caroline •  Clint •  Demetrius •  Dwarf •  Elliott •  Emily •  Evelyn •  George •  Gus •  Haley •  Harvey •  Jas •  Jodi •  Kent •  Krobus •  Leah •  Leo •  Lewis •  Marnie •  Maru •  Pam •  Penny •  Pierre •  Robin •  Sam •  Sandy •  Sebastian •  Shane •  Vincent •  Willy •  Wizard
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Bundles
Carp is used in the 
Lake Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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Carp Surprise | It's bland and oily. |  Carp (4)
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 90 40
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150g
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Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. |  Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1)
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100 45
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220g
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Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. |  Sap (4) Any Fish (1)
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N/A |  Farming Level 9
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10g
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Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. | Any Fish (1)
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75 33
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75g
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)Tailoring
Carp can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Fishing Vest. 
It can be used in dyeing, serving as a yellow dye in the dye pots, located at Emily's and Haley's house 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Carp can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every day. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing two quests. The only possible output is yellow Carp Roe.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 3 | 5 | 2 Green Algae | 25 |
| 5 | 10 | 2 Cave Carrots | 25 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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 Roe (1)
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11 | 1-10 | 100% | 23-95% |
| Nothing | 1-10 | 0% | 77-5% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One carp may be randomly requested during Spring, Summer, or Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 90g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-5 carp during Spring, Summer, or Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 30g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
- Two Carp may be requested by Dorado, Lingcod, or Pike in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 3 to 5.
Note
- Carp are one of the easiest fish to catch, rarely moving past the 3rd bar on the fishing meter in the fishing mini-game, making it easy to get "Perfect" on its catches.
References
- ↑ See "Spawn rate" on the Modding fish data page.
History
- 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests.
- 1.6: Linus is now neutral toward Carp.