Sardine
| Sardine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A common ocean fish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ocean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | 6am – 7pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Dart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 1–13
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| Fishing XP | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sardine is a fish that can be found in the ocean during Spring, Fall, and Winter. It can also sometimes be found in a Garbage Can during Spring, Fall, or Winter, or randomly at the Traveling Cart for
120–1,000g.
Map
The Sardine can be found in the ocean.

Gifting
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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 | |||
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| Dish O' The Sea | This'll keep you warm in the cold sea air. | ||||||||||
| Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. | N/A | N/A |
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| Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||
| Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. | N/A | N/A |
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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.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 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 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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| 12 | 1-4 | 70% | 16-33% | |
| 5-10 | 100% | 55-95% | ||
| Nothing | 1-4 | 30% | 84-67% | |
| 5-10 | 0% | 45-5% |
Quests
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- 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
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
40g per fish. (You get to keep the fish). - Aquatic Overpopulation: 10 sardines may be requested by Demetrius at the special orders board outside Lewis's house during Spring for a reward of gold equivalent to selling the fish and the Farm Computer recipe.
- 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.
- 1.5: Special Order quest added.




