Carp
Carp.png
A common pond fish.
Information

Location Mountain LakeSecret WoodsThe SewersMutant Bug Lair
Time Any
Season Spring.png SpringSummer.png SummerFall.png Fall

Winter.png Winter in Secret Woods, The Sewers, or Mutant Bug Lair

Weather Any
Difficulty 15
Behavior Mixed
Size (inches) 15–51

Fishing XP 8   Silver Quality.png 11   Gold Quality.png 14   Iridium Quality.png 20
Energy / Health
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13
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5
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18
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8
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23
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10
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33
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14
Sell Prices
Base Fisher.png Fisher
(+25%)
Angler Icon.png Angler
(+50%)
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30g
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37g
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45g
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Iridium Quality Icon.png
60g
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37g
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46g
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56g
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Iridium Quality Icon.png
75g
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45g
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55g
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Gold Quality Icon.png
67g
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Iridium Quality Icon.png
90g
Artisan Sell Prices
Roe Aged Roe Artisan.png Aged Roe (+40%)
Yellow Roe.png
45g
Yellow Aged Roe.png
90g
Yellow Aged Roe.png
126g

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 data-sort-value="30"Gold.png100–1,000g.

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

Neutral   Linus
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

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
Carp Surprise It's bland and oily.   Carp (4)   90
  40

  The Queen of Sauce
7 Summer, Year 2

data-sort-value="150"> 150g
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

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.

Quests

Pond Capacity Quest Item Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest After Quest
3 5 2 Green Algae 25
5 10 2 Cave Carrots 25

Produce

Item(s) Produced Fishing XP Granted Population % of Items Overall Daily Chance
  Roe (1) 11 1-10 100% 23-95%
Nothing 1-10 0% 77-5%

Quests

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

  1. See "Spawn rate" on the Modding fish data page.

History