Pufferfish
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| Inflates when threatened. | |||||||||
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| Found in: | Ocean | ||||||||
| Time of Day: | 12pm – 4pm | ||||||||
| Season: |  Summer
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| Weather: |  Sun
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| Difficulty: | 80 | ||||||||
| Behavior: | Floater | ||||||||
| Size (inches): | 1-37 | ||||||||
| Fishing XP: | 29  32  35  41
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| Base Price: |  Fisher: (+25%) |
 Angler: (+50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Roe: | Aged Roe: | Aged Roe: (+40%)
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The Pufferfish is a fish that can be caught at the beach, on sunny summer days between 12pm and 4pm. It can also be purchased from the Traveling Cart for 
600-1,000g.
Map
The Pufferfish can be found in the ocean.
Gifting
| Villager Reactions | |
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| Love | |
| Neutral | • • • • • • |
| Dislike | • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • |
| Hate | • • |
Bundles
Pufferfish is used in the 
Specialty Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Restores | 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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220g
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Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. |  Sap (2) Any Fish (1)
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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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75g
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)Tailoring
Pufferfish can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Sailor Shirt. 
Fish Pond
Pufferfish 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 three quests. The only possible output is yellow Pufferfish Roe.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 3 | 5 | 3 Driftwood, 1 Frozen Geode, or 1-2 Seaweed | 40 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 Clams or 2 Coral | 40 |
| 7 | 10 | 2 Aquamarine, 1 Mussel, or 2 Sea Urchins | 40 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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 Roe (1)
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15 | 1-4 | 70% | 16-33% |
| 5-10 | 100% | 55-95% | ||
| Nothing | 1-4 | 30% | 84-67% | |
| 5-10 | 0% | 45-5% |
Quests
- Demetrius requests a pufferfish by mail on the 6th of Summer (year 2) in the "Aquatic Research" Quest. The reward is 1,000g and 1 Friendship heart.
- Item Delivery: One pufferfish may be randomly requested in Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 600g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Willy may randomly request 1-4 pufferfish during Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 200g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
History
- 1.4: Fixed bug with Aquatic Research quest reward showing as 750g in the mail. Added iridium quality. Pufferfish can now be used in Tailoring.