Crab Pot
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Used with bait to capture crabs and other sea creatures
Information
Source Crafting
Sell Price
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data-sort-value="50">Gold.png50g
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Silver Quality Icon.png
data-sort-value="50">Gold.png50g
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Gold Quality Icon.png
data-sort-value="50">Gold.png50g
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Iridium Quality Icon.png
data-sort-value="50">Gold.png50g
Crafting
Recipe Source Fishing Skill Icon.png Fishing Level 3
Ingredients Wood.png Wood (40)Iron Bar.png Iron Bar (3)
Trapper.png Trapper Ingredients Wood.png Wood (25)Copper Bar.png Copper Bar (2)

Crab pots are floated on the shores of bodies of water (lakes, ponds, rivers, or the ocean) and primed with Bait in order to catch fish. Players with the Luremaster profession don't need to refill the pots with bait.

Crab pots can be crafted, or purchased for data-sort-value="1500">Gold.png1,500g at Willy's Fish Shop once you've reached fishing skill level 3. Three Crab Pots are the reward for completing the Bundle Purple.png Crab Pot Bundle in the Fish Tank.

Harvesting a Crab Pot gives 5 Fishing experience points, even if trash is caught. Fish caught with Crab Pots also count towards the four fishing Achievements (Fisherman, Ol' Mariner, Master Angler, and Mother Catch).

The day after placing a crab pot, the following items can be found in it:

Anywhere

The following trash items can be obtained by putting a crab pot in any type of water, which includes the river, the lake and the ocean. They can be recycled into useful items.

Crab Pot
 
Place it in the water, load it with bait, and check the next day to see if you've caught anything. Works in streams, lakes, and the ocean.
Information
Source Crafting
Sell Price Cannot be sold
Crafting
Recipe Source   Fishing (Level 4)
Ingredients   Wood (25)  Stone (25)  Iron Bar (1)

The Recycling Machine is a crafted item that is used to turn trash (aside from the Joja Cola and Rotten Plant) into useful items. It takes   60m (1h) to process items.[1] The recipe is earned at Fishing level 4.

One Recycling Machine is the reward for completing the   Field Research Bundle on the Bulletin Board.

Recycling

Image Name Description Produced from Recycling
Trash It's junk.   Stone (1-3)  49%
  Coal (1-3)  30%
  Iron Ore (1-3)  21%
Driftwood A piece of wood from the sea.   Wood (1-3)  75%
  Coal (1-3)  25%
Soggy Newspaper This is trash.   Torch (3)  90%
  Cloth (1)  10%
Broken CD It's a JojaNet 2.0 trial CD. They must've made a billion of these things.   Refined Quartz (1)
Broken Glasses It looks like someone lost their glasses. They're busted.   Refined Quartz (1)

References

  1. See Object::performObjectDropInAction in the game code.


Ocean

The following creatures can be caught by putting a crab pot in the waters of The Beach.

Note that iridium quality Clam, Cockle, Mussel, or Oyster can be obtained only by Foraging them after choosing the Botanist Profession. The maximum quality obtainable with a crab pot is gold.

Image Name Description Price Trap Chance Used In
  Mariner Non-Mariner
Lobster A large ocean-dwelling crustacean with a strong tail. data-sort-value="120"
 
120g
 
 
150g
 
 
180g
 
 
240g
1/7 3.4%   Lobster Bisque

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle
Clam Someone lived here once. data-sort-value="50"
 
50g
 
 
62g
 
 
75g
 
 
100g
1/7 12%   Chowder  Speed-Gro

  Crab Pot Bundle

Crab A marine crustacean with two powerful pincers. data-sort-value="100"
 
100g
 
 
125g
 
 
150g
 
 
200g
1/7 6.46%   Crab Cakes

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle
Cockle A common saltwater clam. data-sort-value="50"
 
50g
 
 
62g
 
 
75g
 
 
100g
1/7 17.442%

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle
Mussel A common bivalve that often lives in clusters. data-sort-value="30"
 
30g
 
 
37g
 
 
45g
 
 
60g
1/7 14.2443%   Fish Stew

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle
Shrimp A scavenger that feeds off the ocean floor. Widely prized for its meat. data-sort-value="60"
 
60g
 
 
75g
 
 
90g
 
 
120g
1/7 5.2907%   Tom Kha Soup

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle
Oyster Constantly filters water to find food. In the process, it removes dangerous toxins from the environment. data-sort-value="40"
 
40g
 
 
50g
 
 
60g
 
 
80g
1/7 3.1744%

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle

Freshwater

The following creatures can be caught by putting a crab pot in the waters of The Farm's ponds, The Mountain Lake or Pelican Town / Cindersap Forest river:

Image Name Description Price Trap Chance Used In
  Mariner Non-Mariner
Crayfish A small freshwater relative of the lobster. data-sort-value="75"
 
75g
 
 
93g
 
 
112g
 
 
150g
1/3 28%   Fish Stew

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle
Snail A wide-ranging mollusc that lives in a spiral shell. data-sort-value="65"
 
65g
 
 
81g
 
 
97g
 
 
130g
1/3 13%   Escargot

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle
Periwinkle A tiny freshwater snail that lives in a blue shell. data-sort-value="20"
 
20g
 
 
25g
 
 
30g
 
 
40g
1/3 21.45%   Strange Bun  Fish Stew

 "Any fish" Recipes

  Crab Pot Bundle

Because these creatures sell for a low value and can be easily caught in large quantities, they are ideal choices to be turned into Quality Fertilizer; you may want to consider putting a handful of crab pots in your farm's ponds (where they are easily accessible to harvest daily) so that you can make fertilizer out of their catches and net a bit of fishing experience.

Quests

The Crab Pot may be used to catch a lobster for the Wanted: Lobster Quest.

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