Sandfish
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Information
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Location | The Desert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time | 6am – 8pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Difficulty | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Behavior | Mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size (inches) | 8–25
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Fishing XP | 24 ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sandfish is a fish that can be caught in the pond at The Desert during all seasons. It can also randomly be found in Garbage Cans after unlocking The Desert, or at the Traveling Cart for 225–1,000g.
Sandfish can be caught regardless of time of day using Magic Bait.
Map
The Sandfish can be found at The Desert.
![Maplocation.png](/mediawiki/images/thumb/5/5c/Maplocation.png/20px-Maplocation.png)
![Map.png](/mediawiki/images/4/43/Map.png)
Gifting
Villager Reactions
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Bundles
Sandfish is used in the Specialty Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.
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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Tailoring
Sandfish can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Fish Shirt. 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
Sandfish can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 4 days. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing two quests. The primary output is yellow Sandfish Roe, but Cactus Seeds are also possible at population 10.
Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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Before Quest | After Quest | ||
3 | 5 | 3 Cactus Fruits or 3 Coconuts | 40 |
5 | 10 | 1 Golden Relic | 40 |
Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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12 | 1-7 | 75% | 17-53% |
8-9 | 38% | 30-33% | ||
10 | 27% | 25% | ||
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12 | 8-9 | 50% | 40-44% |
10 | 36% | 34% | ||
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12 | 10 | 24% | 23% |
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10 | 10 | 5% | 5% |
Nothing | 1-7 | 25% | 83-47% | |
8-9 | 13% | 31-24% | ||
10 | 9% | 13% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: After unlocking The Desert, Sandfish may be randomly requested at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of
225g and 150 Friendship points.
- Two Sandfish may be requested by Dorado, Lingcod, or Pike in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 7 to 10.
History
- 1.4: Added to Help Wanted quests. Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests.