Shad

Shad
Lives in a school at sea, but returns to the rivers to spawn.
Information
Location	River
Time	9am – 2am
Season	Spring •  Summer •  Fall
Weather	Rain
Difficulty	45
Behavior	Smooth
Size (inches)	20–49
Fishing XP	18    21    24    30
Energy / Health	25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 60g 75g 90g 120g 75g 93g 112g 150g 90g 112g 135g 180g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 60g 120g 168g

The Shad is a fish that can be caught in the river (in Pelican Town or Cindersap Forest) and the Riverlands Farm, Forest Farm, or Hill-Top Farm during Spring, Summer, and Fall while raining. It may also randomly appear in Krobus' shop on Wednesdays for data-sort-value="200">200g, or at the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="60"180–1,000g.

Shad can be caught regardless of weather, time, or season using Magic Bait.

Map

Shad can be found in the river.

Bundles

• Shad is used in the River Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank
• 1 gold/iridium quality Shad is used in the Quality Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank (Remixed).

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Maki Roll	Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed.	Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1)	100 45	The Queen of Sauce 21 Summer, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for data-sort-value="300">300g	data-sort-value="220">220g
	Quality Fertilizer	Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil.	Sap (4) Any Fish (1)	N/A	Farming Level 9	data-sort-value="10">10g
	Sashimi	Raw fish sliced into thin pieces.	Any Fish (1)	75 33	Linus (Mail - 3+ )	data-sort-value="75">75g

Tailoring

Shad can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Fish Shirt. It can be used in dyeing, serving as a green dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.

Fish Pond

Shad can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 2 days. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing three quests. The only possible output is green Shad Roe.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
3	5	3 Acorns, 10 Bug Meat, 3 Maple Seeds, or 3 Pine Cones	30
5	7	3 Gold Ore, 1 Maple Syrup, or 5 Mixed Seeds	30
7	10	1 Crayfish, 1 Honey, 2 Jade, or 1 Periwinkle	30

Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	12	1-10	90%	21-86%
Nothing		1-10	10%	79-14%

Quests

Shad is not used in any quests.

History

• 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring.
• 1.5: Is now used in a remixed bundle.