Curiosity Lure

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Curiosity Lure

Increases your chance to catch rare fish.
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Source	*Quarry Mine Skull Cavern Volcano Dungeon
Sell Price	data-sort-value="500">500g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Curiosity Lure, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Curiosity Lure - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Curiosity Lure is a tackle that increases the chance to catch rare fish. It can be found as a drop from breaking boxes, crates, or barrels in the Quarry Mine, Skull Cavern, or the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island, or as a random drop from some monsters in the Skull Cavern.

It is one of two fishing tackle that cannot be crafted, along with the Lead Bobber. It is also one of two fishing tackle that cannot be bought from Willy's Fish Shop, along with the Quality Bobber.

Only the Iridium Rod or the Advanced Iridium Rod can equip tackle. The Iridium Rod can only attach one tackle at a time, while the Advanced Iridium Rod can attach two. To attach tackle, left-click on the tackle, then right-click on the rod. To remove tackle, first right-click to remove any bait, then right-click to remove the tackle. For an Advanced Iridium Rod, the left tackle will be the first one removed.

Tackle does not stack in inventory or chests; each tackle takes up one inventory slot.

Global Effects

While fishing in any location with this lure equipped, all fish bite chances are increased. Since all chances are increased with equal proportion to their existing bite chance, this ultimately results in trash showing up slightly less often. Note that this only refers to the calculation for determining which fish bites: this lure does not affect the time it takes before a fish will bite.^[1]

Fish Affected by Location

Certain fish are given a separate bite chance increase when using this lure. This replaces the global effect mentioned previously. Assuming other special requirements are met (such as it being the correct season, meeting the fishing level requirement, or standing in the specific places required to catch Legendary Fish or Night Market fish), the curiosity lure will slightly improve the chance that the following fish will bite in these specific areas.

Beach ^[2]

Night Market fish (Note: This is a different calculation than submarine fishing. Magic Bait is required to catch these fish on the beach.)
Crimsonfish
Son of Crimsonfish

Mines ^[3]

Mountain ^[4]

Sewer ^[5]

Submarine ^[6]

Notably, the Midnight Squid chance is not increased when fishing on the submarine, though it is increased when fishing on the beach (while meeting the other special requirements needed to fish for it there).

Town ^[7]

Rare Fish Not Affected

The Glacierfish and Glacierfish Jr. are not affected by the curiosity lure, despite being listed among the Legendary Fish and Legendary Fish II respectively.^[8]
The Octopus is not affected by the curiosity lure in any area, even though it's the fish with the highest difficulty among all non-Legendary fish and normally has a very low bite rate.^[2] ^[6]
The Scorpion Carp is not affected by the curiosity lure, even though it has a very low spawn rate naturally when fishing at The Desert.^[9]

Gifting

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

Bundles

The Curiosity Lure is not used in any bundles.

Quests

The Curiosity Lure is not used in any quests.

References

↑ See GameLocation::getFish in the game code. This reduction in trash rate is due to a global increase in each fish's bite chance (with trash being the default case when no fish bite).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 See Beach::getFish in the game code.
↑ See MineShaft::getFish in the game code.
↑ See Mountain::getFish in the game code.
↑ See Sewer::getFish in the game code.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 See Submarine::getFish in the game code.
↑ See Town::getFish in the game code.
↑ See Forest::getFish in the game code.
↑ See Desert::getFish in the game code.

History

1.5: Introduced.

Equipment
Artisan		Bee House • Cask • Cheese Press • Dehydrator • Fish Smoker • Keg • Loom • Mayonnaise Machine • Oil Maker • Preserves Jar
Refining		Bait Maker • Bone Mill • Charcoal Kiln • Crystalarium • Deluxe Worm Bin • Furnace • Geode Crusher • Heavy Furnace • Heavy Tapper • Lightning Rod • Mushroom Log • Ostrich Incubator • Recycling Machine • Seed Maker • Slime Egg-Press • Slime Incubator • Solar Panel • Tapper • Wood Chipper • Worm Bin
Farming	Fertilizer	Basic Fertilizer • Basic Retaining Soil • Deluxe Fertilizer • Deluxe Retaining Soil • Deluxe Speed-Gro • Hyper Speed-Gro • Quality Fertilizer • Quality Retaining Soil • Speed-Gro • Tree Fertilizer
	Sprinklers	Iridium Sprinkler • Quality Sprinkler • Sprinkler
	Other	Deluxe Scarecrow • Garden Pot • Rarecrow • Scarecrow
Fishing	Bait	Bait • Challenge Bait • Deluxe Bait • Magic Bait • Magnet • Targeted Bait • Wild Bait
	Tackle	Barbed Hook • Cork Bobber • Curiosity Lure • Dressed Spinner • Lead Bobber • Quality Bobber • Sonar Bobber • Spinner • Trap Bobber • Treasure Hunter
	Other	Crab Pot
Bombs		Bomb • Cherry Bomb • Mega Bomb
Fences		Gate • Hardwood Fence • Iron Fence • Stone Fence • Wood Fence
Storage		Big Chest • Big Stone Chest • Chest • Junimo Chest • Mini-Fridge • Stone Chest
Signs		Dark Sign • Stone Sign • Text Sign • Wood Sign
Misc		Anvil • Coffee Maker • Cookout Kit • Deconstructor • Fairy Dust • Farm Computer • Hopper • Mini-Forge • Mini-Jukebox • Mini-Shipping Bin • Sewing Machine • Staircase • Statue Of Blessings • Statue Of The Dwarf King • Telephone • Tent Kit • Tools • Workbench

[Global-1] See GameLocation::getFish in the game code. This reduction in trash rate is due to a global increase in each fish's bite chance (with trash being the default case when no fish bite).

[Beach-2] 2.0 ^2.1 See Beach::getFish in the game code.

[MineShaft-3] See MineShaft::getFish in the game code.

[Mountain-4] See Mountain::getFish in the game code.

[Sewer-5] See Sewer::getFish in the game code.

[Submarine-6] 6.0 ^6.1 See Submarine::getFish in the game code.

[Town-7] See Town::getFish in the game code.

[Forest-8] See Forest::getFish in the game code.

[Desert-9] See Desert::getFish in the game code.

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