Fish Pond

Fish Pond
Raise fish and harvest their produce. Fish multiply over time.
Information
Build cost:	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g
Build materials:	Stone (200) Seaweed (5) Green Algae (5)
Size:	5x5

The Fish Pond is a type of farm building purchasable from Robin at the Carpenter's Shop. It takes three days to build and occupies a 5x5 tile space.

A fish pond can hold and raise most types of fish, including Night Market fish, Crab Pot fish and beach forageables such as Sea Urchins and Coral. The fish produce Roe and random items. The only fish which cannot live in the fish pond are the five legendary fish: Legend, Mutant Carp, Crimsonfish, Glacierfish, and Angler. (Clam is not considered a fish, and so cannot live in a Fish Pond.) Fish thrown in the pond also reproduce up to the limit of their pond, except for Tiger Trout, which cannot reproduce. You can harvest one fish by casting your fishing line into the pond. The fish will be caught automatically without the minigame. A harvested fish is always of regular quality.

Each pond holds only one type of fish at a time. You populate a pond by throwing in a fish. Attempting to throw in a legendary fish yields a prompt saying "The [fish] wouldn't be happy in there." Attempting to throw a fish into a pond that already contains a different type of fish yields a prompt saying that type of fish doesn't want to live in a pond of another type.

The initial capacity of a pond is three fish, except for the following fish for which the initial capacity is only one: Blobfish, Ghostfish, Ice Pip, Lava Eel, Slimejack, Stonefish, Sturgeon, Void Salmon, Woodskip.

Empty Pond

Fishing all the fish from a pond does not "empty the pond". The pond retains its capacity and still can accommodate only the type of fish that were harvested from it. Selecting the “empty pond” option in the fish pond menu empties the pond but any fish inside are lost. Emptying a pond also resets it so that it may be repopulated with any allowed type of fish and returns it to its initial capacity.

Quests

After populating the pond, when the fish reproduce themselves to the pond's capacity, an exclamation point appears in the center of the pond, indicating you have a fish quest waiting. Fulfilling a quest raises the capacity of the pond, which can continue up to a maximum capacity of 10 fish. The quests vary in difficulty depending on the rarity and type of fish.

Note that Coral and Sea Urchin will not make requests, their population will automatically increase at the rate indicated in the "Spawn Frequency" column.

Fish	Population Quest Occurs at	Item(s) Required	Normal Spawn Frequency
Squid	3	3 Coral or 1 Sea Urchin	Every 3 days
	5	2 Sardine
Midnight Squid	3	3 Coral or 2 Sea Urchin	Every 3 days
	5	2 Sardine
	8	1 Ocean Stone
Carp	3	2 Green Algae	Every day
	5	2 Cave Carrot
Herring	3	3 Driftwood	Every day
	5	1 Coral
Sunfish	3	2 Acorn or 2 Geode	Every day
	5	1 Amethyst or 3 Mixed Seeds
Blobfish	1	3 Coral, 2 Frozen Tear, or 2 Sea Urchin	Every 4 days
	3	5 Coffee Bean, 1 Mayonnaise, or 1 Pizza
	5	1 Cookie, 1 Green Tea, or 1 Wine
	7	1 Rainbow Shell or 1 Rice Pudding
Lava Eel	1	3 Fire Quartz	Every 5 days
	3	1 Basalt, 2 Diamond, or 1 Dwarf Scroll III
	5	2 Mega Bomb
	7	1 Iridium Bar
Woodskip	1	10 Hardwood	Every 2 days
	3	2-3 Common Mushroom or 2-3 Red Mushroom
	5	1 Oak Resin or 1 Pine Tar
	7	2 Jade or 1 Tea Leaves
Sandfish Scorpion Carp	3	3 Cactus Fruit or 3 Coconut	Every 4 days
	5	1 Golden Relic
Void Salmon	1	5 Void Essence	Every 4 days
	3	10 Bat Wing
	5	1 Diamond or 1 Void Egg
	7	1 Iridium Ore
Slimejack	1	20 Slime	Every 3 days
	3	10 Bug Meat
	5	1 Algae Soup or 5 Wild Bait
	7	1 Petrified Slime
Stonefish	1	10 Copper Ore	Every 5 days
	3	5 Earth Crystal
	5	10 Coal or 5 Geode
	7	4 Copper Bar or 5 Refined Quartz
Ice Pip	1	10 Iron Ore	Every 5 days
	3	5 Frozen Tear
	5	10 Coal, 1 Crystal Fruit, or 5 Frozen Geode
	7	4 Iron Bar or 10 Refined Quartz
Ghostfish	1	5 Quartz	Every 2 days
	3	5 Cave Carrot
	5	5 White Algae
	7	1 Dwarf Scroll I, 1 Dwarf Scroll II, or 2 Refined Quartz
Sturgeon	1	1 Diamond	Every 4 days
	3	1 Jelly, 2 Maple Syrup, or 1 Pickles
	5	3 Omni Geode
	7	1 Nautilus Shell
Super Cucumber	3	3 Coral, 1 Honey, 1 Oyster, 3 Driftwood, or 3 Refined Quartz	Every 4 days
	5	1 Dried Starfish, 2 Emerald, 2-3 Omni Geode, or 2-3 Purple Mushroom
	7	1 Diamond, 3 Gold Bar, 1 Iridium Ore, 1 Jelly, 1 Pickles, or 2 Sea Urchin
Octopus	3	3 Coral, 1 Honey, 1 Oyster, or 3 Refined Quartz	Every 4 days
	5	1 Dried Starfish, 2 Emerald, 2-3 Omni Geode, or 2-3 Purple Mushroom
	7	1 Green Tea
Rainbow Trout	3	3 Coral, 1 Honey, 1 Oyster, or 3 Refined Quartz	Every 2 days
	5	1 Dried Starfish, 2 Emerald, 2-3 Omni Geode, or 2-3 Purple Mushroom
	7	1 Diamond, 3 Gold Bar, 1 Iridium Ore, 1 Jelly, or 1 Pickles
Spook Fish	3	3 Amethyst, 3 Coral, 3 Iron Bar, 1 Oyster, 3 Red Mushroom, or 3 Refined Quartz	Every 4 days
	5	1 Dried Starfish, 2 Emerald, 1 Granite, 2-3 Omni Geode, or 2-3 Purple Mushroom
	7	1 Diamond, 3 Gold Bar, 1 Iridium Ore, 1 Mayonnaise, or 1 Pickles
Catfish	3	2 Amethyst, 3 Copper Bar, 3 Red Mushroom, or 2 Topaz	Every 4 days
	5	10 Bat Wing, 2 Earth Crystal, 5 Mixed Seeds, or 2-3 Purple Mushroom
	7	1 Diamond, 3 Iron Bar, 1 Mayonnaise, or 1 Pickles
Dorado Lingcod Pike	3	2 Bream, 2 Carp, or 2 Chub	Every 3 days
	5	2 Bullhead or 2 Largemouth Bass
	7	2 Ghostfish, 2 Sandfish, or 2 Woodskip
Coral	N/A	N/A	Every 2 days
Sea Urchin	N/A	N/A	Every 4 days
Crayfish Snail	3	5 Clay or 15 Fiber	Every 2 days
	5	10 Bug Meat, 1 Cave Carrot, or 5 Hardwood
	7	1 Field Snack, 5 Solar Essence, or 1 Wild Bait
Periwinkle	3	5 Clay or 15 Fiber	Every day
	5	10 Bug Meat, 1 Cave Carrot, or 5 Hardwood
	7	1 Field Snack, 5 Solar Essence, or 1 Wild Bait
Mussel	3	5 Clay	Every day
	5	10 Bug Meat or 5 Quartz
	7	1 Sea Urchin, 5 Solar Essence, or 1 Wild Bait
Cockle Oyster Shrimp	3	5 Clay	Every 2 days
	5	10 Bug Meat or 5 Quartz
	7	1 Sea Urchin, 5 Solar Essence, or 1 Wild Bait
Crab Lobster	3	5 Clay	Every 3 days
	5	10 Bug Meat or 5 Quartz
	7	1 Sea Urchin, 5 Solar Essence, or 1 Wild Bait
Anchovy	3	3 Driftwood, 1 Frozen Geode, or 1-2 Seaweed	Every day
	5	2 Clam or 2 Coral
	7	2 Aquamarine, 1 Mussel, or 2 Sea Urchin
Albacore Halibut Red Mullet Red Snapper Sardine Sea Cucumber Tilapia	3	3 Driftwood, 1 Frozen Geode, or 1-2 Seaweed	Every 2 days
	5	2 Clam or 2 Coral
	7	2 Aquamarine, 1 Mussel, or 2 Sea Urchin
Eel Flounder Tuna	3	3 Driftwood, 1 Frozen Geode, or 1-2 Seaweed	Every 3 days
	5	2 Clam or 2 Coral
	7	2 Aquamarine, 1 Mussel, or 2 Sea Urchin
Pufferfish	3	3 Driftwood, 1 Frozen Geode, or 1-2 Seaweed	Every 4 days
	5	2 Clam or 2 Coral
	7	2 Aquamarine, 1 Mussel, or 2 Sea Urchin
Bream Chub Perch Salmon Shad Smallmouth Bass	3	3 Acorn, 10 Bug Meat, 3 Maple Seed, or 3 Pine Cone	Every 2 days
	5	3 Gold Ore, 1 Maple Syrup, or 5 Mixed Seeds
	7	1 Crayfish, 1 Honey, 2 Jade, or 1 Periwinkle
Walleye	3	3 Acorn, 10 Bug Meat, 3 Maple Seed, or 3 Pine Cone	Every 3 days
	5	3 Gold Ore, 1 Maple Syrup, or 5 Mixed Seeds
	7	1 Crayfish, 1 Honey, 2 Jade, or 1 Periwinkle
Bullhead	3	10 Bug Meat, 2-3 Clay, 2-3 Green Algae, or 5 Slime	Every 2 days
	5	2-3 Common Mushroom, 1-2 Earth Crystal, or 1 Limestone
	7	1 Mudstone, 1 Snail, or 5 Wild Bait
Largemouth Bass	3	10 Bug Meat, 2-3 Clay, 2-3 Green Algae, or 5 Slime	Every 3 days
	5	2-3 Common Mushroom, 1-2 Earth Crystal, or 1 Limestone
	7	1 Mudstone, 1 Snail, or 5 Wild Bait
Midnight Carp	3	10 Bug Meat, 2-3 Clay, 2-3 Green Algae, or 5 Slime	Every 4 days
	5	2-3 Common Mushroom, 1-2 Earth Crystal, or 1 Limestone
	7	1 Mudstone, 1 Snail, or 5 Wild Bait

Produce

Fish ponds may produce items in the chum bucket daily. The chance that a Fish Pond will produce an item starts with the equation (0.15 + 0.08 * population of pond). If a random number is less than the result of the equation, then the game will load the fish pond's data, and test for pond-specific produce. Otherwise, the pond will produce nothing.

The table below shows all possible Fish Pond products, along with the percent chance the item will appear, assuming the pond passes the check for producing something shown in the equation above.

Note that each percent chance is specified in an underlying data file, so the totals for each pond do not add up to 100%. The game code processes the chance for items from top to bottom as listed in the underlying data file. If any item is produced at any point, the checking stops, and the pond produces the item.

Fish	Population	Item(s) Produced	% Chance	Order of Check
Squid	7+	1 Squid Ink	100%	1
	5+	1 Squid Ink	60%	2
	3+	1 Squid Ink	45%	3
	1+	1 Squid Ink	25%	4
Midnight Squid	10	2 Squid Ink	25%	1
	7+	1 Squid Ink	80%	2
	5+	1 Squid Ink	60%	3
	3+	1 Squid Ink	45%	4
	1+	1 Squid Ink	20%	5
Carp Herring	1+	1 Roe	100%	1
Sunfish	10	1 Solar Essence	8%	1
	1+	1 Roe	90%	2
Blobfish	9+	1 Pearl	2%	1
	9+	5 24px Warp Totem: Farm	2%	2
	6+	1-2 Roe	100%	3
	1+	1 Roe	90%	4
Lava Eel	10	10 Magma Geode	3.3%	1
	9+	5 Magma Geode	2%	2
	9+	5 Spicy Eel	4%	3
	9+	3 Roe	3.3%	4
	9+	2 Roe	15%	5
	3+	5 Gold Ore	10%	6
	6+	1 Roe	100%	7
	1+	1 Roe	80%	8
Woodskip	9+	1-5 Acorn	5%	1
	9+	1-5 Maple Seed	5%	2
	9+	1-5 Pine Cone	5%	3
	8+	5-10 Wood	8%	4
	6+	5 Hardwood	10%	5
	1+	1 Roe	66%	6
	1+	1-5 Wood	66%	7
Tiger Trout	10	2 Roe	80%	1
	5+	2 Roe	40%	2
	1+	1 Roe	100%	3
Sandfish Scorpion Carp	10	2-5 Cactus Seeds	5%	1
	10	3 Roe	25%	2
	8+	2 Roe	50%	3
	1+	1 Roe	75%	4
Void Salmon	9+	1 Void Egg	5%	1
	8+	5-10 Void Essence	8%	2
	9+	1-3 Roe	83%	3
	1+	1 Roe	100%	4
Slimejack	9+	1 Green Slime Egg	2%	1
	9+	50 Slime	7.5%	2
	9+	30 Slime	12%	3
	9+	10 Slime	20%	4
	3+	1 Green Algae	10%	5
	1+	1 Roe	80%	6
Stonefish	9+	5 Geode	5%	1
	9+	30 Stone	7.5%	2
	9+	1 Geode	12%	3
	9+	1 Diamond	1%	4
	3+	5 Copper Ore	10%	5
	9+	1 Roe	50%	6
	1+	1 Roe	25%	7
Ice Pip	9+	5 Frozen Geode	5%	1
	9+	5 Frozen Tear	7.5%	2
	9+	1 Frozen Geode	12%	3
	9+	1 Diamond	1%	4
	3+	5 Iron Ore	10%	5
	9+	1 Roe	50%	6
	1+	1 Roe	25%	7
Ghostfish	9+	5 White Algae	5%	1
	9+	3 Pale Broth	2%	2
	9+	3 Quartz	12%	3
	9+	1 Refined Quartz	5%	4
	3+	1 Quartz	8%	5
	1+	1 Roe	100%	6
Sturgeon	10	2 Sturgeon Roe	25%	1
	10	1 Sturgeon Roe	100%	2
	9+	1 Sturgeon Roe	80%	3
	6+	1 Sturgeon Roe	60%	4
	3+	1 Sturgeon Roe	40%	5
	1+	1 Sturgeon Roe	20%	6
Super Cucumber	9+	1-3 Iridium Ore	5%	1
	9+	1-3 Amethyst	5%	2
	1+	1 Roe	100%	3
Octopus	9+	3 Omni Geode	6.6%	1
	9+	10 Omni Geode	1%	2
	9+	1 Omni Geode	10%	3
	1+	1 Roe	100%	4
Rainbow Trout	9+	1 Rainbow Shell	2%	1
	9+	1 Prismatic Shard	0.1%	2
	1+	1 Roe	100%	3
Spook Fish	9+	1 Treasure Chest	0.3%	1
	1+	1 Roe	100%	2
Catfish	1+	1 Roe	100%	1
Dorado Lingcod Pike	9+	20 Bug Meat	5%	1
	1+	1 Roe	100%	2
Coral	9+	1 Dolomite	6%	1
	9+	1 Limestone	6%	2
Sea Urchin	9+	5 Roe	2%	1
	9+	1 Roe	33%	2
	5+	1 Roe	20%	3
	1+	1 Roe	10%	4
Crayfish Snail Periwinkle	9+	1 24px Warp Totem: Mountains	7.5%	1
	1+	1-3 Green Algae	5%	2
	5+	2-3 Mixed Seeds	5%	3
	1+	1 Trash	5%	4
	1+	1 Driftwood	5%	5
	1+	1 Broken Glasses	5%	6
	1+	1 Broken CD	5%	7
	1+	1 Soggy Newspaper	5%	8
	1+	1 Trash	5%	9
	1+	1 Roe	20%	10
Clam Cockle Crab Lobster Mussel Oyster Shrimp	9+	1 Nautilus Shell	2%	1
	9+	1 24px Warp Totem: Beach	7.5%	2
	1+	1-3 Seaweed	8.8%	3
	5+	1 Sea Urchin	5%	4
	5+	1 Coral	7.5%	5
	1+	1 Trash	5%	6
	1+	1 Driftwood	5%	7
	1+	1 Broken Glasses	5%	8
	1+	1 Broken CD	5%	9
	1+	1 Soggy Newspaper	5%	10
	1+	1 Trash	5%	11
	1+	1 Roe	20%	12
Albacore Anchovy Eel Flounder Halibut Pufferfish Red Mullet Red Snapper Sardine Sea Cucumber Tilapia Tuna	5+	1 Roe	100%	1
	1+	1 Roe	70%	2
Bream Chub Perch Salmon Shad Smallmouth Bass Walleye Bullhead Largemouth Bass Midnight Carp	1+	1 Roe	90%	1

Fishing Experience

Harvesting a fish pond (i.e., collecting an item from the chum bucket) grants Fishing XP according to the following equation:

10 + (0.4 × the sell price of the item)

Notes

• The Lava Eel, Super Cucumber, Slimejack, and Void Salmon change the color of the water upon completing the first quest.
• Placing a sign (stone or wood) on the pond will turn it into a counter of how many fish are inside, with a sprite of the fish visible on the sign, and a number in the lower right corner.
• The pond can be used to refill Watering Cans
• After raising a pond full of 10 Crabs, the next time the player talks to Willy, he will have special dialogue, and give the player a special gift.

History

• 1.4: Introduced.