Perch

Perch
A freshwater fish of the winter.
Information
Location	River • Mountain Lake • Forest Pond
Time	Any
Season	Winter
Weather	Any
Difficulty	35
Behavior	Dart
Size (inches)	10–25
Fishing XP	14    17    20    26
Energy / Health	25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29
Sell Prices Base Fisher (+25%) Angler (+50%) 55g 68g 82g 110g 68g 85g 102g 137g 82g 102g 123g 165g
Artisan Sell Prices Roe Aged Roe Aged Roe (+40%) 57g 114g 159g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Perch, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Perch - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Perch is a fish that can be caught in the river (in Pelican Town or Cindersap Forest), the Mountain Lake, and the Cindersap Forest pond during Winter. It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It can also be found in Garbage Cans during Winter, or randomly at the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="55"165–1,000g. One Perch can sometimes be purchased for data-sort-value="500">500g from Pierre's booth at the Feast of the Winter Star.

Perch can be caught regardless of season using Magic Bait.

Map

Perch can be found in the river, mountain lake, and Cindersap Forest pond.

Bundles

Perch is not used in any bundles.

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

Perch can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Fishing Vest. It can be used in dyeing, serving as a yellow dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.

Fish Pond

Perch 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 yellow Perch Roe.

Quests

Pond Capacity		Quest Item	Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest	After Quest
3	5	3 Acorns, 10 Bug Meat, 3 Maple Seeds, or 3 Pine Cones	30
5	7	3 Gold Ore, 1 Maple Syrup, or 5 Mixed Seeds	30
7	10	1 Crayfish, 1 Honey, 2 Jade, or 1 Periwinkle	30

Produce

Item(s) Produced	Fishing XP Granted	Population	% of Items	Overall Daily Chance
Roe (1)	12	1-10	90%	21-86%
Nothing		1-10	10%	79-14%

Quests

• Item Delivery: One perch may be randomly requested in Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="165">165g and 150 Friendship points.
• Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-4 perch during Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="55">55g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
• Aquatic Overpopulation: Demetrius may request 10 Perch to be caught in Winter 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. Now sometimes sold at the Feast of the Winter Star.