Are you wondering about this odd creature floating in the ocean? What even is a Blobfish? What are the benefits of catching one? You’ll find that out and more in this guide.
There are different kinds of animals in Stardew Valley. Aside from the cows and fowl you’ll usually encounter when you start playing, wild creatures on land and at sea can also be seen in the game. You can also catch various deep-sea creatures.
One of which is the Blobfish, an odd-looking sea animal floating just above the ocean floor. In this guide, you’ll learn what makes this fish useful and what you’ll need to do if you want to catch it.
What is a Blobfish?
It’s one of the only two deep-sea fishes that have a Floater behavior, which means it tends to move upwards. Its difficulty level is at 75 and can be anywhere between eight and 26 inches.
You’ll benefit from its restoration effects if you consume it. The following table will show you a comparison of its effects depending on its quality.
Quality | Energy | Health |
Normal | +38 | +17 |
Silver | +53 | +23 |
Gold | +68 | +30 |
Iridium | +98 | +44 |
Where to Catch a Blobfish?
There are two ways to catch a BF, as shown in the table below.
Location | Season | Time | Weather |
Submarine ride at the Night Market | Winter 15 – 17 | 5pm – 2am | Any |
Southwest corner of the beach | Any | Any | Any |
Using Magic Bait in the southwest corner of the beach will give you a 3.3% chance to catch a BF, while there’s a 6.8% chance with a Curiosity Lure. You’ll have a 10% chance to hook one in the submarine ride, but if you use a Curiosity Lure, it increases to 20%.
Fish Pond
Place a BF in a Fish Pond and it’ll reproduce every four days. The initial capacity is just one fish, but you can increase it up to ten by completing four quests.
Item Requests
Complete the quests by fulfilling the item requests listed in this table.
Initial Capacity | Item Requested | Fishing XP | Improved Capacity |
One | • Coral (3) • Frozen Tears (2) • Sea Urchins (2) | +40 | Three |
Three | • Coffee Beans (5) • Mayonnaise (1) • Pizza (1) | +40 | Five |
Five | • Cookie (1) • Green Tea (1) • Wine (1) | +40 | Seven |
Seven | • Rainbow Shell (1) • Rice Pudding (1) | +40 | Ten |
Loots
BF produces beige roe when placed in the FIsh Pond starting at population nine. The following table shows its chances of production, including the chances of producing other items.
Item | Population | Item Percentage | Chance | Fishing XP |
Pearl (1) | 9-10 | 2% | 1.7-1.9% | +110 |
Warp Totem: Farm (5) | 9-10 | 2% | 1.7-1.9% | +10 |
Nothing | 1-5 | 10% | 79-50% | N/A |
Roe (1) | 9-10 | 48% | 42-46% | +21 |
Roe (2) | 9-10 | 48% | 42-46% | +21 |
Roe (1) | 6-8 | 50% | 32-40% | +21 |
Roe (2) | 6-8 | 50% | 32-40% | +21 |
Roe (1) | 1-5 | 50% | 21-50% | +21 |
Selling Prices
You can sell one BF for 500g, but this price increases with its quality. The Fisher Profession also increases its value by 25% and the Angler Profession increases it by 50%.
Its Roe can also be sold for 280g, which also increases with the Artisan Profession (+40%). You can also use this to make Aged Roe with the Preserves Jar. See the table below for the comparison of its selling prices.
Quality | Selling Price | With Fisher | With Angler | Roe | Aged Roe | With Artisan |
Normal | 500g | 625g | 750g | 280g | 560g | 784g |
Silver | 625g | 781g | 937g | |||
Gold | 750g | 937g | 1,125g | |||
Iridium | 1,000g | 1,250g | 1,500g |
Crafting
BF can also be used to make Quality Fertilizer, just like most fish.
Item | Crafting Source | Ingredients |
Quality Fertilizer | Farming Level 9 | Sap (2)BF (1) |
You can sell it for 10g. When crafted with Qi Seasoning, you can sell it for 15g.
Cooking
You can complete these recipes with BF:
Recipe | Ingredients | Energy | Energy with QS | Health | Health with QS | Selling Price | Selling Price with QS | Recipe Source |
Maki Roll | • BF (1) • Seaweed (1) • Rice (1) | +100 | +180 | +45 | +81 | 220g | 330g | • The Queen of Sauce, 21 Summer Year 1 • Stardrop Saloon for 300g |
Sashimi | • BF (1) | +75 | +135 | +33 | +59 | 75g | 112g | • Linus, Mail at 3 Hearts |
Tailoring
You can use BF in the spool of the Sewing Machine to make a Blobfish Mask. You can also use it as a yellow dye at the dye pots.
Gifting
Demetrius, Elliott, Leo, Linus, Pam, Sebastian, and Willy won’t mind receiving this as a gift.
Quests
Not used in any quest.
Bundles
BF is an option in the Master Fisher’s Bundle in the Fish Tank (Remixed).