Perch
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| A freshwater fish of the winter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information
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| Location | River • Mountain Lake • Forest Pond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season |  Winter
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| Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Dart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 10–25
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| Fishing XP | 14  17  20  26
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Aged Roe (+40%)
The Perch is a fish that can be caught in the river (in Pelican Town or Cindersap Forest), the Mountain Lake, and the Cindersap Forest pond during Winter. It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It can also be found in Garbage Cans during Winter, or randomly at the Traveling Cart for 
165–1,000g. One Perch can sometimes be purchased for 500g from Pierre's booth at the Feast of the Winter Star.
Perch can be caught regardless of season using Magic Bait.
Map
Perch can be found in the river, mountain lake, and Cindersap Forest pond.
Gifting
| Villager Reactions
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| Neutral |  Demetrius •  Elliott •  Leo •  Linus •  Pam •  Sebastian •  Willy
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| Dislike |  Abigail •  Alex •  Caroline •  Clint •  Dwarf •  Emily •  George •  Gus •  Harvey •  Jas •  Jodi •  Kent •  Krobus •  Leah •  Lewis •  Marnie •  Maru •  Penny •  Robin •  Sam •  Sandy •  Shane •  Vincent •  Wizard
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| Hate |  Evelyn •  Haley •  Pierre
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Bundles
Perch is not used in any bundles.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | 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 (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
Perch 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 at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Perch 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 yellow Perch Roe.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 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 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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 Roe (1)
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12 | 1-10 | 90% | 21-86% |
| Nothing | 1-10 | 10% | 79-14% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One perch may be randomly requested in Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 165g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-4 perch during Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 55g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
- Aquatic Overpopulation: Demetrius may request 10 Perch to be caught in Winter at the Special Orders board outside the Mayor's Manor for a reward of gold equivalent to selling the fish and the Farm Computer recipe.
History
- 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring.
- 1.5: Special Order quest added.
- 1.6: Can now be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. Now sometimes sold at the Feast of the Winter Star.