Carp

Carp
A common pond fish.
Information
Location	Lake • Sewer • Mutant Bug Lair
Time	Any
Season	All
Weather	Any
Difficulty	15
Size (inches)	15in to 51in
Fishing XP	8    11    14    20
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

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Carp, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Carp - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Carp is a fish that can be found in the lake during all seasons except Winter. They can also be caught in the Sewers and Secret Woods during all seasons, including Winter.

Map

The Carp can be found in the lake, forest pond, sewers, and Secret Woods pond. Most often caught in lake by the mine, standing on left side of the lake.

Bundles

It is used in the Lake Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Buff(s)	Buff Duration	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Carp Surprise	It's bland and oily.	Carp (4)	90 40	N/A	N/A	The Queen of Sauce 7 Summer, Year 2	data-sort-value="150">150g
	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

Quests

• It is used in a quest by Linus.
• It is a quest item requested by Harvey to be delivered in 2 days.
• It is a quest item requested by Sebastian to be delivered in 2 days. Rewards: 90g on delivery, Sebastian will be pleased

Pierre requests a Carp during Summer. "I need a Carp for a casserole I'm making" - Pierre

Rewards:

• 90g on delivery
• Makes Pierre happy

Note

• Carp will never sell for more than data-sort-value="67">67g under any circumstances, making it more efficient to turn them into Carp Surprise (sell price data-sort-value="150">150g) or Sashimi (sell price data-sort-value="75">75g) before selling them. (Four Sashimi are more profitable than 1 Carp Surprise.)
• Carp are one of the easiest fish to catch, never moving past the 2nd or rarely 3rd bar on your fishing meter in the fishing mini-game, making it easy to get PERFECT on your catches.