Sunfish

Sunfish
A common river fish.
Information
Location	River
Time	6am – 7pm
Season	Spring •  Summer
Weather	Sun •  Wind
Difficulty	30
Behavior	Mixed
Size (inches)	5–16
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, Sunfish, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Sunfish - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Sunfish is a fish that can be found in the river (in Pelican Town or Cindersap Forest) during Spring and Summer. It may also be purchased from the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="30"100–1,000g, or found in Garbage Cans during Spring and Summer.

The Sunfish may also be caught on the Riverlands Farm or on the Hill-top Farm.

Map

Sunfish can be found in the river.

Bundles

Sunfish is used in the River Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Baked Fish	Baked fish on a bed of herbs.	Sunfish (1) Bream (1) Wheat Flour (1)	75 33	The Queen of Sauce 7 Summer, Year 1	data-sort-value="100">100g
	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

Sunfish can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Fish Shirt.

Fish Pond

Sunfish 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 primary output is orange Sunfish Roe (data-sort-value="45">45g), but Solar Essence is also possible at population 10.

Fish Pond Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
3	5	2 Acorns or 2 Geodes	25
5	10	1 Amethyst or 3 Mixed Seeds	25

Fish Pond Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	28	1-9	90%	21-78%
		10	83%	79%
Solar Essence (1)	26	10	8%	8%
Nothing		1-9	10%	79-22%
		10	9%	14%

Quests

• Item Delivery: One Sunfish may be randomly requested in Spring or Summer 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 1-4 sunfish during Spring or Summer 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).

Note

• It is possible to catch sunfish in other locations, not just the river, if it is the first fish caught after receiving the Bamboo Pole from Willy.

History

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