Sardine

Sardine
A common ocean fish.
Information
Location	Ocean
Time	6am – 7pm
Season	Spring •  Fall •  Winter
Weather	Any
Difficulty	30
Behavior	Dart
Size (inches)	1–13
Fishing XP	13    16    19    25
Energy / Health	13 5 18 8 23 10 33 14
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 40g 50g 60g 80g 50g 62g 75g 100g 60g 75g 90g 120g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 50g 100g 140g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Sardine, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Sardine - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Sardine is a fish that can be found in the ocean during the Spring, Fall, and Winter, or may sometimes be found in a Garbage Can during Spring, Fall, or Winter.

Map

The Sardine can be found in the ocean.

Bundles

The Sardine is used in the Ocean Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Buff(s)	Buff Duration	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Dish O' The Sea	This'll keep you warm in the cold sea air.	Sardine (2) Hashbrowns (1)	150 67	Fishing (+3)	5m 35s	Fishing Level 3	data-sort-value="220">220g
	Maki Roll	Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed.	Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1)	100 45	N/A	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	Farming Level 9	data-sort-value="10">10g
	Sashimi	Raw fish sliced into thin pieces.	Any Fish (1)	75 33	N/A	N/A	Linus (Mail - 3+ )	data-sort-value="75">75g

Tailoring

Sardine can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Sailor Shirt.

Fish Pond

Sardines 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 Sardine Roe (data-sort-value="50">50g).

Fish Pond 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

Fish Pond Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	30	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 sardine may be randomly requested in Spring, Fall, or Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="120">120g and 150 Friendship points.
• Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-5 sardines in Spring, Fall, or Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="40">40g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
• Two Sardines are requested by Midnight Squid in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 5 to 8.
• Two Sardines are requested by Squid in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 5 to 10.

Bugs

Sardines may be requested in a Fishing Help Wanted quest during Summer.

History

• 1.4: Removed from most Summer quests and garbage can items. Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests.