Pufferfish

Pufferfish
Inflates when threatened.
Information
Location	Ocean • Ginger Island
Time	12pm – 4pm
Season	Summer
Weather	Sunny
Difficulty	80
Behavior	Floater
Size (inches)	1–37
Fishing XP	29    32    35    41
Energy / Health	−100 0 −140 0 −180 0 −260 0
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 200g 250g 300g 400g 250g 312g 375g 500g 300g 375g 450g 600g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 130g 260g 364g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Pufferfish, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Pufferfish - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Pufferfish is a fish that can be caught at the beach, on sunny summer days between 12pm and 4pm. It can also be caught on Ginger Island during any season on Island West (ocean only), South, Southeast, and in the Pirate Cove. It can also be purchased from the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="200"600–1,000g.

Map

The Pufferfish can be found in the ocean.

Bundles

Pufferfish is used in the Specialty Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.

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

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

Fish Pond

Pufferfish can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 4 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 yellow Pufferfish Roe.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
3	5	3 Driftwood, 1 Frozen Geode, or 1-2 Seaweed	40
5	7	2 Clams or 2 Coral	40
7	10	2 Aquamarine, 1 Mussel, or 2 Sea Urchins	40

Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	15	1-4	70%	16-33%
		5-10	100%	55-95%
Nothing		1-4	30%	84-67%
		5-10	0%	45-5%

Quests

• Demetrius requests a pufferfish by mail on the 6th of Summer (year 2) in the "Aquatic Research" Quest. The reward is data-sort-value="1000">1,000g and 1 Friendship heart.
• Item Delivery: One pufferfish may be randomly requested in Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="600">600g and 150 Friendship points.
• Fishing: Willy may randomly request 1-4 pufferfish during Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="200">200g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).

History

• 1.4: Fixed bug with Aquatic Research quest reward showing as data-sort-value="750">750g in the mail. Added iridium quality. Pufferfish can now be used in Tailoring.