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Herring

A common ocean fish.

Information

Location

Ocean

Time

Any

Season

Spring •

Winter

Weather

Any

Difficulty

25

Behavior

Dart

Size (inches)

8–21

Fishing XP

11

14

17

23

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, Herring, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Herring - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Herring is a fish that can be caught in the ocean at The Beach or on the Beach Farm during Spring and Winter. It can also randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Spring or Winter, or at the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="30"100–1,000g.

Herring can be caught regardless of season using Magic Bait.

Map

The Herring can be found in the ocean.

Gifting

Villager Reactions
Neutral	Demetrius • Elliott • Leo • Linus • Pam • Sebastian • Willy
Dislike	Abigail • Alex • Caroline • Clint • Dwarf • Emily • George • Gus • Harvey • Jas • Jodi • Kent • Krobus • Leah • Lewis • Marnie • Maru • Penny • Robin • Sam • Sandy • Shane • Vincent • Wizard
Hate	Evelyn • Haley • Pierre

Bundles

Herring 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

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

10g

Sashimi

Raw fish sliced into thin pieces.

Any Fish (1)

75

33

Linus (Mail - 3+ )

75g

Tailoring

Herring 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

Herring 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 blue Herring Roe.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest	Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
3	5	3 Driftwood	25
5	10	1 Coral	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

Item Delivery: One Herring may be randomly requested in Spring or Winter 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 Herring to be caught during Spring or Winter 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.

Fish
Legendary	Angler • Crimsonfish • Glacierfish • Glacierfish Jr. • Legend • Legend II • Ms. Angler • Mutant Carp • Radioactive Carp • Son of Crimsonfish
The Beach	Albacore • Anchovy • Crimsonfish • Eel • Flounder • Halibut • Herring • Octopus • Pufferfish • Red Mullet • Red Snapper • Sardine • Sea Cucumber • Son of Crimsonfish • Squid • Super Cucumber • Tilapia • Tuna
River	Angler • Bream • Catfish • Chub • Dorado • Glacierfish • Glacierfish Jr. • Goby • Lingcod • Ms. Angler • Perch • Pike • Rainbow Trout • Salmon • Shad • Smallmouth Bass • Sunfish • Tiger Trout • Walleye
Mountain Lake	Bullhead • Carp • Chub • Largemouth Bass • Legend • Legend II • Lingcod • Midnight Carp • Perch • Rainbow Trout • Sturgeon • Walleye
Cindersap Forest Pond	Midnight Carp • Perch • Pike • Smallmouth Bass • Walleye
Secret Woods	Carp • Catfish • Woodskip
Mines	Ghostfish • Ice Pip • Lava Eel • Stonefish
Sewers	Carp • Mutant Carp • Radioactive Carp
Desert	Sandfish • Scorpion Carp
Mutant Bug Lair	Carp • Slimejack
Witch's Swamp	Catfish • Void Salmon
Night Market	Blobfish • Midnight Squid • Octopus • Sea Cucumber • Spook Fish • Super Cucumber
Crab Pot	Clam • Cockle • Crab • Crayfish • Lobster • Mussel • Oyster • Periwinkle • Shrimp • Snail
Ginger Island	Blue Discus • Flounder • Lava Eel • Lionfish • Midnight Carp • Octopus • Pufferfish • Stingray • Super Cucumber • Tilapia • Tuna

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-The '''Herring''' is a [[fish]] that can be caught in the ocean at [[The Beach]] or on the [[Farm Maps#Beach|Beach Farm]] during [[Spring]] and [[Winter]]. It can also be found randomly at the [[Traveling Cart]] for {{tprice|30}} or in [[Garbage Can]]s during Spring or Winter.
+The '''Herring''' is a [[fish]] that can be caught in the ocean at [[The Beach]] or on the [[Farm Maps#Beach|Beach Farm]] during [[Spring]] and [[Winter]]. It can also randomly be found in [[Garbage Can]]s during Spring or Winter, or at the [[Traveling Cart]] for {{tprice|30}}.
 Herring can be caught regardless of season using [[Magic Bait]].
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 ==Quests==
 *'''Item Delivery:''' One Herring may be randomly requested in [[Spring]] or [[Winter]] at the [[Quests#Help Wanted Quests|"Help Wanted" board]] outside [[Pierre's General Store]] for a reward of {{Price|90}} and 150 [[Friendship]] points.
-*'''Fishing:''' [[Demetrius]] or [[Willy]] may randomly request 1-5 herring during [[Spring]] or [[Winter]] at the [[Quests#Help Wanted Quests|"Help Wanted" board]] outside [[Pierre's General Store]] for a reward of {{Price|30}} per fish.  (You get to keep the fish).
+*'''Fishing:''' [[Demetrius]] or [[Willy]] may randomly request 1-5 Herring to be caught during [[Spring]] or [[Winter]] at the [[Quests#Help Wanted Quests|"Help Wanted" board]] outside [[Pierre's General Store]] for a reward of {{Price|30}} per fish.  (You get to keep the fish).
 ==History==