Salmon

Salmon
Swims upstream to lay its eggs.
Information
Location	River
Time	6am – 7pm Any in Waterfalls
Season	Fall
Weather	Any
Difficulty	50
Behavior	Mixed
Size (inches)	24–66
Fishing XP	19    22    25    31
Energy / Health	38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 75g 93g 112g 150g 93g 116g 140g 187g 112g 139g 168g 225g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 67g 134g 187g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Salmon, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Salmon - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Salmon is a fish that can be caught in the river (in Pelican Town or Cindersap Forest) during Fall. It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It may also randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Fall, or at the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="75"225–1,000g.

It can be caught in the waterfalls in southern Cindersap Forest during Fall at any time.

Salmon can be caught regardless of time of day or season using Magic Bait.

Map

The Salmon can be found in the river.

Bundles

The Salmon 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
	Salmon Dinner	The lemon spritz makes it special.	Salmon (1) Amaranth (1) Kale (1)	125 56	Gus (Mail - 3+ )	data-sort-value="300">300g
	Sashimi	Raw fish sliced into thin pieces.	Any Fish (1)	75 33	Linus (Mail - 3+ )	data-sort-value="75">75g

Tailoring

Salmon is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Faded Denim Shirt. It can also be used as a red dye in the dye pots, located in Haley's and Emily's house, 2 Willow Lane.

Fish Pond

Salmon 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 light red Salmon Roe.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
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

Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	12	1-10	90%	21-86%
Nothing		1-10	10%	79-14%

Quests

• Item Delivery: One salmon may be randomly requested in Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="225">225g and 150 Friendship points.
• Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-4 salmon during Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="75">75g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
• Aquatic Overpopulation: Demetrius may request 10 Salmon to be caught in Fall 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.
• Raccoon's Requests: One Smoked Salmon may be requested by the Raccoon at the Giant Stump during Fall as part of his first request, or as part of any request starting with the sixth.

History

• 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring.
• 1.5: Special Order quest added.
• 1.6: Can now be caught in the waterfalls in southern Cindersap Forest. Can now be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship.