Octopus

Octopus
A mysterious and intelligent creature.
Information
Location	The Beach • Ginger Island • Submarine at Night Market
Time	6am – 1pm Anytime during Night Market Submarine Ride (5pm - 2am)
Season	Summer •  Winter (during Night Market (15-17))  All (Ginger Island)
Weather	Any
Difficulty	95
Behavior	Sinker
Size (inches)	12–49
Fishing XP	34    37    40    46
Energy	Inedible
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 150g 187g 225g 300g 187g 233g 281g 375g 225g 280g 337g 450g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 105g 210g 294g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Octopus, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Octopus - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Octopus is a fish that can be caught in the ocean at The Beach or on the Beach Farm during Summer or in the ocean on Ginger Island West during any season. It can also randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Summer, or at the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="150"450–1,000g. There is a 2.2% chance to hook an Octopus during the deep-sea submarine ride at the Night Market during Winter 15-17 (1.6% if using a Curiosity Lure).

The Octopus and the Stonefish are the only fish caught with a fishing rod that cannot be eaten unless used in a recipe.

Other than Legendary Fish, this is the most difficult fish to catch in the game.

Octopus can be caught regardless of time of day or season using Magic Bait.

Map

The Octopus can be found in the ocean at the Beach or the ocean on Ginger Island West.

Strategy

This is an extremely difficult fish to catch, even compared to Legendary Fish. To make it more demanding, the chances of hooking an octopus and the window of time to catch it are very small.

• The difficulty of Octopus can be halved by having the Blessing Of Waters Buff active, which decreases the difficulty of the Octopus by 50%, making its difficulty lower than the normal difficulty of the Largemouth Bass. However, the buff is only active for the first three fish hooked (even if they escape).
  • Using Octopus Bait will significantly increase the chances of hooking an Octopus on each cast, making it very likely at least one Octopus will be among the first three fish hooked.
• If the player does not have a Statue Of Blessings, the most efficient way to try to catch an Octopus is to use an Iridium Rod or Advanced Iridium Rod, eat a food that provides a fishing Buff, and attach a Trap Bobber and/or Cork Bobber to the fishing pole. Deluxe Bait can be used to slightly increase the size of the fishing bar, making it less likely for the Octopus to escape.

Bundles

Octopus is an option in the Master Fisher's Bundle in the Fish Tank (Remixed).

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

Octopus is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Blue Buttoned Vest. 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

Octopus 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 primary output is orange Octopus Roe, but Omni Geodes are also possible starting at population 9.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
3	5	3 Coral, 1 Honey, 1 Oyster, or 3 Refined Quartz	40
5	7	1 Dried Starfish, 2 Emerald, 2-3 Omni Geode, or 2-3 Purple Mushroom	40
7	10	1 Green Tea	40

Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	14	1-8	100%	23-79%
		9-10	83%	72-79%
Omni Geode (1)	10	9-10	9%	8-9%
Omni Geode (3)	10	9-10	7%	6%
Omni Geode (10)	10	9-10	0.9%	0.8-0.9%
Nothing		1-8	0%	77-21%
		9-10	0%	13-5%

Quests

• Item Delivery: One octopus may be randomly requested in Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="450">450g and 150 Friendship points.
• Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-4 octopi during Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="150">150g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).

History

• 1.3.27: Added chance to catch during Night Market.
• 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring.
• 1.4.4: Fixed a mistake in the game data that prevented octopus-specific fish pond data from being applied (in earlier versions, octopus used the same fish pond data as all generic ocean fish).
• 1.5: Is now used in a remixed bundle. Can now be caught in the ocean on Ginger Island West.
• 1.6: Fixed bug allowing all Night Market fish to be hooked with the Training Rod during the submarine ride.