Dorado
| Dorado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A fierce carnivore with brilliant orange scales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information
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| Location | Forest River | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | 6am – 7pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season |  Summer
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| Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 24–33
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| Fishing XP | 29  32  35  41
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The Dorado is a fish that can be caught in the forest river during Summer. It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It may also randomly appear in Krobus' shop on Wednesdays for 
200g, or at the Traveling Cart for 300–1,000g.
Dorado can be caught regardless of time of day or season using Magic Bait.
Map
The Dorado can be found in the forest river.
Gifting
| Villager Reactions
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| Neutral |  Demetrius •  Elliott •  Leo •  Linus •  Pam •  Sebastian •  Willy
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| Dislike |  Abigail •  Alex •  Caroline •  Clint •  Dwarf •  Emily •  George •  Gus •  Harvey •  Jas •  Jodi •  Kent •  Krobus •  Leah •  Lewis •  Marnie •  Maru •  Penny •  Robin •  Sam •  Sandy •  Shane •  Vincent •  Wizard
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| Hate |  Evelyn •  Haley •  Pierre
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Bundles
Dorado is not used in any bundles.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. |  Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1)
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 100 45
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220g
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Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. |  Sap (4) Any Fish (1)
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N/A |  Farming Level 9
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10g
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Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. | Any Fish (1)
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75 33
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75g
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Tailoring
Dorado can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Fish Shirt. 
It can be used in dyeing, serving as an orange dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Dorado can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 3 days. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing three quests. The primary output is orange Dorado Roe, but Bug Meat is also possible starting at population 9.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| Before Quest | After Quest | ||
| 3 | 5 | 2 Bream, 2 Carp, or 2 Chub | 35 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 Bullhead or 2 Largemouth Bass | 35 |
| 7 | 10 | 2 Ghostfish, 2 Sandfish, or 2 Woodskip | 35 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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 Roe (1)
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13 | 1-8 | 100% | 23-79% |
| 9-10 | 95% | 83-90% | ||
 Bug Meat (20)
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10 | 9-10 | 5% | 4-5% |
| Nothing | 1-8 | 0% | 77-21% | |
| 9-10 | 0% | 13-5% |
Quests
- Aquatic Overpopulation: Demetrius may request 10 Dorado to be caught in Summer at the Special Orders board outside the Mayor's Manor for a reward of gold equivalent to selling the fish and the Farm Computer recipe.
History
- 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring.
- 1.5: Special Order quest added.
- 1.6: Can now be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship.