Octopus
Octopus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A mysterious and intelligent creature. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Information
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Location | Ocean • Ginger Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time | 6am – 1pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | Summer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Difficulty | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Behavior | Sinker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size (inches) | 12–49
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Fishing XP | 34 37 40 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy | Inedible | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Octopus is a fish that can be caught during Summer in the ocean or at the ocean on Ginger Island West during any season. It can randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Summer or at the Traveling Cart for 450–1,000g. There is a 2% chance to catch an Octopus during the deep-sea submarine ride at the Night Market during Winter 15-17.
The octopus and the Stonefish are the only fishing rod fishes that cannot be eaten unless used in a recipe.
Map
The Octopus can be found in the ocean.
Strategy
This is one of the most difficult fish to catch in the game, even compared to Legendary Fish. To make it even more demanding, the odds of an octopus biting are very rare, and the window of time available to catch it is comparatively small. The most sure-fire tactic is maxing out your fishing skill, equip the Iridium Rod, eat a Seafoam Pudding, Dish O' The Sea, Lobster Bisque, or Fish Stew, and attach a Trap Bobber or Lead Bobber to your fishing pole. Using a combination of a maxed out fishing skill and the Iridium Rod is often insufficient.
Gifting
Villager Reactions
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Love | Willy |
Like | Elliott |
Neutral | Demetrius • Leo • Linus • Sebastian |
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 |
Hate | Evelyn • Haley • Pam • Pierre |
Bundles
Octopus is an option in the Master Fisher's Bundle in the Fish Tank (Remixed).
Recipes
Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. | Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1) | 100 45 |
Stardrop Saloon for 300g |
220g | ||||
Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. | Sap (4) Any Fish (1) | N/A | Farming Level 9 | 10g | ||||
Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. | Any Fish (1) | 75 33 |
Linus (Mail - 3+ ) |
75g |
Tailoring
Octopus is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Blue Buttoned Vest.
Fish Pond
Octopus 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 primary output is orange Octopus Roe, but Omni Geodes are also possible starting at population 9.
Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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Before Quest | After Quest | ||
3 | 5 | 3 Coral, 1 Honey, 1 Oyster, or 3 Refined Quartz | 40 |
5 | 7 | 1 Dried Starfish, 2 Emerald, 2-3 Omni Geode, or 2-3 Purple Mushroom | 40 |
7 | 10 | 1 Green Tea | 40 |
Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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Roe (1) | 14 | 1-8 | 100% | 23-79% |
9-10 | 83% | 72-79% | ||
Omni Geode (1) | 10 | 9-10 | 9% | 8-9% |
Omni Geode (3) | 10 | 9-10 | 7% | 6% |
Omni Geode (10) | 10 | 9-10 | 0.9% | 0.8-0.9% |
Nothing | 1-8 | 0% | 77-21% | |
9-10 | 0% | 13-5% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One octopus may be randomly requested in Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 450g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-4 octopi during Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 150g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).
History
- 1.3.27: Added chance to catch during Night Market.
- 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring.
- 1.4.4: Fixed a mistake in the game data that prevented octopus-specific fish pond data from being applied (in earlier versions, octopus used the same fish pond data as all generic ocean fish).
- 1.5: Can now be caught in the ocean on Ginger Island West.