Midnight Carp
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This shy fish only feels comfortable at night. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Information
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Location | Mountain Lake • Forest Pond • Ginger Island North & West (freshwater) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time | 10pm – 2am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Difficulty | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Behavior | Mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size (inches) | 12–53
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Fishing XP | 21 ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Midnight Carp is a fish that can be caught in the mountain lake and the Cindersap Forest pond during Fall and Winter late at night. It can also be caught on many of the non-standard Farm Maps: Forest, Riverland, Wilderness, and the large pond on the Four Corners Map. It can also be caught during any season in Ginger Island North and West (freshwater). It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It can also randomly be found at the Traveling Cart for 450–1,000g or in Garbage Cans during Fall or Winter.
Midnight Carp can be caught regardless of time of day or season using Magic Bait.
Map
Midnight Carp can be found in the mountain lake, Cindersap Forest pond, and Ginger Island North and West (freshwater).







Gifting
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Bundles
Midnight Carp is not used in any bundles.
Recipes
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Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. | ![]() ![]() |
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Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. | ![]() |
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Seafoam Pudding | This briny pudding will really get you into the maritime mindset! | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Fish Pond
Midnight Carp 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 two quests. The primary output is violet Midnight Carp Roe. However, River Jelly is also possible starting at population 7.
Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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3 | 5 | 10 Coal | 30 |
5 | 10 | 1 River Jelly | 30 |
Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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14 | 1-6 | 100% | 23-63% |
7-8 | 95% | 67-75% | ||
9-10 | 92% | 80-87% | ||
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15 | 7-8 | 5% | 3.6-4% |
9-10 | 7.8% | 6.8-7.4% | ||
Nothing | 1-10 | 0% | 77-5% |
Tailoring
Midnight Carp can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Fishing Vest. It can be used in dyeing, serving as a purple dye at the dye pots located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane. It can also be used as an iridium dye when used in the spool of the Sewing Machine with a dyeable clothing item in the feed.
Quests
- Item Delivery: One Midnight Carp may be randomly requested in Fall or Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of
450g and 150 Friendship points.
- Aquatic Overpopulation: Demetrius may request 10 Midnight Carp to be caught in Fall 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: Introduced.
- 1.5: Can now be caught on Ginger Island North and West (freshwater). Special Order quest added.
- 1.6: Completely revamped the Midnight Carp Fish Pond mechanics by changing Fish Pond quests, reducing spawn time from 4 days to 2 days, and adding River Jelly to possible outputs. Can now be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship.