Sunfish
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A common river fish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Information
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Location | River | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time | 6am – 7pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Difficulty | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Behavior | Mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size (inches) | 5–16
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Fishing XP | 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sunfish is a fish that can be caught in the river (in Pelican Town or Cindersap Forest) during Spring and Summer during sunny weather. It may also be caught on the Riverlands Farm, Forest Farm, or Hill-top Farm. It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It may also randomly be found at the Traveling Cart for 100–1,000g or in Garbage Cans during Spring and Summer.
The Sunfish replaces any ineligible fish or non-fish items for the tutorial catch. This can happen regardless of time, weather, season, or location.
One Sunfish is contained in the Community Center Fish Tank right after it is repaired.
Sunfish can be caught regardless of weather, time, or season using Magic Bait.
Map
Sunfish can be found in the river.



Gifting
Villager Reactions
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Bundles
Sunfish is used in the River Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.
Recipes
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Baked Fish | Baked fish on a bed of herbs. | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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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Tailoring
Sunfish can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Fish Shirt. 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
Sunfish can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every day. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing two quests. The primary output is orange Sunfish Roe, but Solar Essence is also possible at population 10.
Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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3 | 5 | 2 Acorns or 2 Geodes | 25 |
5 | 10 | 1 Amethyst or 3 Mixed Seeds | 25 |
Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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11 | 1-9 | 90% | 21-78% |
10 | 83% | 79% | ||
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11 | 10 | 8% | 8% |
Nothing | 1-9 | 10% | 79-22% | |
10 | 9% | 14% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One Sunfish may be randomly requested in Spring or Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of
90g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-5 sunfish during Spring or Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of
30g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
- Aquatic Overpopulation: Demetrius may request 10 Sunfish to be caught in Spring 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: One is contained in the Community Center Fish Tank right after it is repaired. Can now be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship.