Rainbow Trout
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| A freshwater trout with colorful markings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information
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| Location | River • Mountain Lake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season |  Summer
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| Difficulty | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 10–26
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| Fishing XP | 18  21  24  30
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Aged Roe (+40%)
- See also: Trout Derby.
The Rainbow Trout is a fish that can be caught in the river (in Pelican Town and Cindersap Forest) and the mountain lake during Summer during sunny weather. It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It can also randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Summer, or at the Traveling Cart for 
195–1,000g.
Rainbow Trout can be caught regardless of weather, time, or season using Magic Bait. On Summer 20th and 21st during the Trout Derby festival, Rainbow Trout can be caught in the Cindersap Forest during the entire day and regardless of weather. The fish can also be caught during Trout Derby without the normal restrictions in Farm Maps with Cindersap Forest fish, such as the Riverland, Hilltop, Forest, and Meadowlands farms.
Map
The Rainbow Trout can be found in the river and the mountain lake.
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
Rainbow Trout is not used in any bundles.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Buff(s) | Buff Duration | 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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N/A | N/A |
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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 | N/A | 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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N/A | N/A |
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75g
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Trout Soup | Pretty salty. |  Rainbow Trout (1) Green Algae (1)
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100 45
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 Fishing (+1)
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 4m 39s
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100g
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)Tailoring
Rainbow Trout can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Fish Shirt. 
It can also be used as an orange dye in the dye pots located in Haley's and Emily's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Rainbow Trout 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 primary output is orange Rainbow Trout Roe. However, more valuable items are possible starting at population 9, including a 0.09% daily chance of producing a Prismatic Shard.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 3 | 5 | 3 Coral, 1 Honey, 1 Oyster, or 3 Refined Quartz | 30 |
| 5 | 7 | 1 Dried Starfish, 2 Emeralds, 2-3 Omni Geodes, or 2-3 Purple Mushrooms | 30 |
| 7 | 10 | 1 Diamond, 3 Gold Bars, 1 Iridium Ore, 1 Jelly, or 1 Pickle | 30 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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 Roe (1)
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12 | 1-8 | 100% | 23-79% |
| 9-10 | 98% | 85-93% | ||
 Rainbow Shell (1)
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22 | 9-10 | 2% | 1.7-1.9% |
 Prismatic Shard (1)
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90 | 9-10 | 0.1% | 0.09% |
| Nothing | 1-8 | 0% | 77-21% | |
| 9-10 | 0% | 13-5% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One rainbow trout may be randomly requested in Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 195g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-4 rainbow trout during Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 65g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
- Aquatic Overpopulation: Demetrius may request 10 Rainbow Trout 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.
- 1.4.4: Fixed a mistake in the game data that prevented rainbow trout-specific fish pond data from being applied (in earlier versions, rainbow trout used the same fish pond data as all generic river fish).
- 1.5: Special Order quest added.
- 1.6: Can now be caught during the entire day and in the rain when the Trout Derby festival is active. Can now be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship.