Lava Eel

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Lava Eel
Lava Eel.png
It can somehow survive in pools of red-hot lava.
Information

Location Floor 100 of The MinesVolcano Caldera
Time Any
Season All Seasons Icon.png All
Weather Any
Difficulty 90
Behavior Mixed
Fishing Level Required 7 (Forge)
Size (inches) 31–33

Fishing XP 33   Silver Quality.png 36   Gold Quality.png 39   Iridium Quality.png 45
Energy / Health
Energy.png
50
Health.png
22
Energy.png
Silver Quality Icon.png
70
Health.png
Silver Quality Icon.png
31
Energy.png
Gold Quality Icon.png
90
Health.png
Gold Quality Icon.png
40
Energy.png
Iridium Quality Icon.png
130
Health.png
Iridium Quality Icon.png
58
Sell Prices
Base Fisher.png Fisher
(+25%)
Angler Icon.png Angler
(+50%)
Lava Eel.png
700g
Lava Eel.png
Silver Quality Icon.png
875g
Lava Eel.png
Gold Quality Icon.png
1,050g
Lava Eel.png
Iridium Quality Icon.png
1,400g
Lava Eel.png
875g
Lava Eel.png
Silver Quality Icon.png
1,093g
Lava Eel.png
Gold Quality Icon.png
1,312g
Lava Eel.png
Iridium Quality Icon.png
1,750g
Lava Eel.png
1,050g
Lava Eel.png
Silver Quality Icon.png
1,312g
Lava Eel.png
Gold Quality Icon.png
1,575g
Lava Eel.png
Iridium Quality Icon.png
2,100g
Artisan Sell Prices
Roe Aged Roe Artisan.png Aged Roe (+40%)
Red Roe.png
380g
Red Aged Roe.png
760g
Red Aged Roe.png
1,064g

The Lava Eel is a fish that can be caught during all times and seasons in the Mines on the 100th floor and at the Volcano Caldera. It is the only fish that can spawn in lava.

In the Mines, the chances of hooking a Lava Eel depends on fishing level and equipment of the farmer, as well as the fishing zone of the fished tile. The base chance of hooking a Lava Eel is 1.8%, which is increased by 0.32% per Fishing Level and 0.08% per fishing zone. This is increased by a further 4% if a Curiosity Lure is equipped, and by 8% if Lava Eel Bait is equipped.[1] For example, with a Fishing Level of 10 and in fishing zone 5, the chance of hooking a Lava Eel is 5.4%. This increases to 9.4% with a Curiosity Lure equipped, to 13.4% with Lava Eel Bait equipped, and to 17.4% with both a Curiosity Lure and Lava Eel Bait equipped.

At the Volcano Caldera, a Lava Eel can only be hooked at Fishing level 7 or higher. Assuming that the 'Physics 101' painting has already been caught, there is a 10% chance to potentially hook a Lava Eel, multiplied by the fishing zone of the fished tile, for a maximum of 50% in fishing zone 5. If this first chance succeeds, there is then a 5% base chance to successfully hook the fish, increased by 2% per Fishing Level, and reduced by 0.5% if in fishing zone 1. If Lava Eel Bait is equipped, both chances are multiplied by 1.66, and if the first attempt to hook a Lava Eel fails, a second attempt will be made to hook it.[2] Assuming that the 'Physics 101' painting has already been caught, with a Fishing Level of 10 and in fishing zone 5, the overall chance of hooking a Lava Eel is 12.5%. This increases to 57% with Lava Eel Bait equipped, and further increases to a maximum of 83.4% if the farmer uses buffs to increase their Fishing Level to the maximum of 19.[3][4] A Curiosity Lure has no effect if the farmer has a Fishing Level of 10 or higher.[5]

Of the non-legendary fish, it is the fish with the highest sell price and the second highest difficulty fish (after Octopus, tied with the Scorpion Carp).

Map

The Lava Eel can be found in the Mines and at the Volcano Caldera.

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Maplocation.png
Map with Island.png

Gifting

Villager Reactions

Love Dwarf Icon.png Dwarf
Neutral Demetrius Icon.png DemetriusElliott Icon.png ElliottLeo Icon.png LeoLinus Icon.png LinusPam Icon.png PamSebastian Icon.png SebastianWilly Icon.png Willy
Dislike Abigail Icon.png AbigailAlex Icon.png AlexCaroline Icon.png CarolineClint Icon.png ClintEmily Icon.png EmilyGeorge Icon.png GeorgeGus Icon.png GusHarvey Icon.png HarveyJas Icon.png JasJodi Icon.png JodiKent Icon.png KentKrobus Icon.png KrobusLeah Icon.png LeahLewis Icon.png LewisMarnie Icon.png MarnieMaru Icon.png MaruPenny Icon.png PennyRobin Icon.png RobinSam Icon.png SamSandy Icon.png SandyShane Icon.png ShaneVincent Icon.png VincentWizard Icon.png Wizard
Hate Evelyn Icon.png EvelynHaley Icon.png HaleyPierre Icon.png Pierre

Bundles

Lava Eel is an option in the Bundle Red.png Master Fisher's Bundle in the Fish Tank (Remixed).

Recipes

Image Name Description Ingredients Energy / Health Recipe Source(s) Sell Price
Maki Roll.png
Maki Roll Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. Fish.png Any Fish (1)Seaweed.png Seaweed (1)Rice.png Rice (1) Energy.png 100
Health.png 45

Cooking Channel.png The Queen of Sauce
21 Summer, Year 1

Gus Icon.png Stardrop Saloon for data-sort-value="300">Gold.png300g

data-sort-value="220">Gold.png220g
Quality Fertilizer.png
Quality Fertilizer Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. Sap.png Sap (4)Fish.png Any Fish (1) N/A Farming Skill Icon.png Farming Level 9 data-sort-value="10">Gold.png10g
Sashimi.png
Sashimi Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. Fish.png Any Fish (1) Energy.png 75
Health.png 33

Linus Icon.png Linus (Mail - 3+ HeartIconLarge.png)

data-sort-value="75">Gold.png75g

Tailoring

Lava Eel is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Logo Cap.png Logo Cap. It can also be used as a red dye color at the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, located at 2 Willow Lane.

Fish Pond

Lava Eels can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 5 days. The initial pond capacity is 1 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing four quests. After the first quest is completed, the color of the pond water changes to red. The primary output is red Lava Eel Roe, but Gold Ore is possible starting at population 3 and several more valuable items are possible starting at population 8.

Quests

Pond Capacity Quest Item Fishing XP Granted
Before Quest After Quest
1 3 3 Fire Quartz 45
3 5 1 Basalt, 2 Diamonds, or 1 Dwarf Scroll III 45
5 7 2 Mega Bombs 45
7 10 1 Iridium Bar 45

Produce

Item(s) Produced Fishing XP Granted Population % of Items Overall Daily Chance
Red Roe.png Roe (1) 25 1-2 80% 18-25%
3-5 72% 28-40%
6-7 90% 57-64%
8 86% 68%
9 67% 58%
10 62% 59%
Red Roe.png Roe (2) 25 9 14% 12%
10 13% 12%
Red Roe.png Roe (3) 25 9 3.1% 2.7%
10 2.9% 2.7%
Gold Ore.png Gold Ore (5) 11 3-7 10% 4-7%
8 9.6% 7.6%
9 7.4% 6.4%
10 6.9% 6.5%
Cave Jelly.png Cave Jelly (1) 17 8 4% 3.2%
9 3.1% 2.7%
10 2.9% 2.7%
Cave Jelly.png Cave Jelly (3) 17 10 3.9% 3.7%
Spicy Eel.png Spicy Eel (5) 17 9 3.9% 3.4%
10 3.6% 3.5%
Magma Geode.png Magma Geode (5) 16 9 2% 1.7%
10 1.9% 1.8%
Magma Geode.png Magma Geode (10) 16 10 3.3% 3.1%
Nothing 1-2 20% 82-75%
3-5 18% 68-55%
6-10 0% 37-5%

Quests

Lava Eel is not used in any quests.

References

  1. See MineShaft::getFish in the game code. As the code used to fish in Level 100 of the Mines never invokes the default Fishing function, this means that Location and Fish data is unused, bypassing the requirement for Level 7 Fishing.
  2. Because of the tiny pool of items available from the Caldera (see Data/Locations.xnb in the game files), Lava Eel Bait almost always causes Lava Eel to be attempted twice. The only circumstance under which this does not happen is if 'Physics 101' has not been caught yet, and passes its 5% Locational Chance check on both the first and second loop.
  3. Level 19 Fishing requires Qi-Seasoned Seafoam Pudding, a Master-enchanted Fishing Rod, and a Shrimp-based buff from the Chef at the Desert Festival.
  4. See Data/Locations.xnb in the game files and SpawnFishData::GetChance in the game code for chance to attempt a Lava Eel hook, and Data/Fish.xnb in the game files and GameLocation::CheckGenericFishRequirements in the game code for the Spawn Rate calculation.
  5. See GameLocation::CheckGenericFishRequirements in the game code for impact of Curiosity Lure on hook chances. At level 10 Fishing, the catch chance at this point in the procedure is 0.25, which means the Curiosity Lure will have no effect.

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