Anchovy

Anchovy
A small silver fish found in the ocean.
Information
Location	Ocean
Time	Any
Season	Spring •  Fall
Weather	Any
Difficulty	30
Behavior	Dart
Size (inches)	1–17
Fishing XP	13    16    19    25
Energy / Health	13 5 18 8 23 10 33 14
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 30g 37g 45g 60g 37g 46g 56g 75g 45g 55g 67g 90g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 45g 90g 126g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Anchovy, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Anchovy - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Anchovy is a fish that can be caught in the ocean at The Beach or on the Beach Farm during Spring and Fall. At higher fishing levels, casting less than the maximum distance may increase the chances of hooking an anchovy.

Anchovy can be caught regardless of season using Magic Bait.

Anchovy can randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Spring and Fall.

Map

The Anchovy can be found in the ocean.

Bundles

The Anchovy is not used in any bundles.

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	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

Anchovy 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

Anchovies 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 blue Anchovy Roe.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
3	5	3 Driftwood, 1 Frozen Geode, or 1-2 Seaweed	30
5	7	2 Clams or 2 Coral	30
7	10	2 Aquamarine, 1 Mussel, or 2 Sea Urchins	30

Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	11	1-4	70%	16-33%
		5-10	100%	55-95%
Nothing		1-4	30%	84-67%
		5-10	0%	45-5%

Quests

• Item Delivery: One anchovy may be randomly requested in Spring or Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="90">90g and 150 Friendship points.
• Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-5 anchovies in Spring or Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="30">30g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).

History

• 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring.