Herring
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| A common ocean fish. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Found in: | Ocean | ||||||||||||||||
| Time of Day: | Any | ||||||||||||||||
| Season: |  Spring •  Winter
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| Weather: | Any | ||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty: | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Behavior: | Dart | ||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches): | 8-21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fishing XP: | 11  14  17  23
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| Base Price: |  Fisher: (+25%) |
 Angler: (+50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Roe: | Aged Roe: | Aged Roe: (+40%)
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The Herring is a fish that can be caught in the ocean at The Beach during Spring and Winter. It can also be found randomly at the Traveling Cart for 
100-1,000g.
Herring can be caught regardless of season using Magic Bait.
Map
The Herring can be found in the ocean.
Gifting
| Villager Reactions | |
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| Neutral | • • • • • • |
| Dislike | • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • |
| Hate | • • |
Bundles
Herring is not used in any bundles.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Restores | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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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 (2) 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
Herring can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Sailor Shirt. 
It can be used in dyeing, serving as a blue dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Herring 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 blue Herring Roe.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 3 | 5 | 3 Driftwood | 25 |
| 5 | 10 | 1 Coral | 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 Herring may be randomly requested in Spring or Winter 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 herring during Spring or Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 30g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).