These Fish Ponds Will Change The Way You Play Stardew Valley

There are sixty fish that you can place into a fish pond in Stardew Valley. Most of these fish are not very good and will only waste your time. This Fish Pond Guide will show you every single fish that is actually valuable and worth your effort. Hopefully this Stardew guide helps you out!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:08 Fish Pond Essentials
1:28 Colorful Fish Ponds
2:11 Most Useful Fish Ponds
3:47 Most Valuable Fish Ponds
5:11 Thanks For Watching
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[adeptgirl]

I might have missed it, but blobfish ponds have a rare drop like the spook fish and rainbow trout. In this case it's a pearl, which is worth a lot and a universally loved gift.

[luckystarfarm]

It’s so funny the legendary fish won’t live in a pond but will go in a smaller tank. I know it’s just so you can’t have more than one, but the concept is funny.

[taferaldi]

If you have a crab pond Willy will gift you a pearl when you reach 10 crabs. Then you can change the fish

[HelloHelloHellobby]

Just a few more tips about fish ponds: the profit of lava eels and blobfish roe is actually very similar because the blobfish have a much higher chance to give you 2 row than the lava eels. If you don’t want red ponds everywhere then go with blobfish. They also produce pearls and farm warp totems, too!

A lot of fish ponds have similar rates for the loot at population 9 and population 10. You can actually gain more money from these ponds by catching 1 fish to sell when it gets to population 10. With the angler perk this gives 1075g perk lava eel and 750 per blobfish. Blobfish might seem worse then but they respawn 1 day faster than lava eels (every 4 days vs 5 days) so again the profit is similar.

Some fish ponds have noticeably better produce rates at population 10 vs 9 so catching them as they get to population 10 to sell the extra fish isn’t worth it. Look up the differences on the stardew wiki. An example is surgeonfish which gets an whole 25% chance to spawn 2 row at population 10 that isn’t there at population 9. This also isn’t worth it on less populous fish that you really want that extra 1 or 2% chance to get that unique drop from. I use Lingcod to get bug meat and it just keep it at population 10 for the small extra chance to get that sweet 20 bug meat for wild bait.

[MrChase]

My rainbow trout pond produced a prismatic chard for the first time😃I was so happy to see that it is true😂

[daniellehowell]

Great video. You've come over of nowhere and fit solidly in the Stardew valley video game

[AbsurdlyGeeky]

As a measure of useful information : video length, this is some of the best SV content I've seen since YT started primarily recommending that to me three days ago.

[VioletParagon]

Just came back to stardew recently after a few years, and this video is so helpful, no needless filler, clear explanations and genuinely helpful facts! Can't wait to see the channel grow and continue to make great content :)

[Gibby]

I’m at the point in year two where I can comfortably add things to my farm. This vid is perfect for the 6 fish ponds I’ll end up getting for the farm! Thanks man keep up the great content

[Zigzagoneinseconds]

Best fish to put in is midnight carp and flounder, unlimied supplies of seafoam pudding.

[aureliodoreto]

A little tip for you guys:
There's a pattern for where the items will be, so always make your fish ponds 1 tile to the right and 3 tiles up or 1 tile to the left and 3 tiles down from another, this way if you get a rare item in one, you'll get the same item in all of them

[MsJessProductions]

My rainbow trout pond was the first way I obtained a prismatic shard in the game. Year 5, but that's how I got it. Twice now actually. The other time was when Clint opened a geode and one was there, so then I used my own geode crusher right after to obtain another.

[KayKay]

I craft seafoam pudding just once for the Achievement. If you are any good at fishing, all you need is an Iridium Rod, a Trap Bobber and Dish O' the Sea. Once I get the Stardrop for fishing, I rarely fish, unless I want/need more of some type of fish for whatever reason. For some fish ponds, like Sardine for making Dish O' the Sea, I never let them go beyond 3 fish, because you won't get anything for it other than roe. Now, if the spawn frequency started off bad and got better after each completed "population quest", that would be a good incentive to get your population to the maximum amount.

[ropeburn]

I found that all these "rare" items you get from some fish are indeed coming so rarely, you can go whole seasons or even years of a fully upgraded pond without getting any. Every single one of these items is a LOT easier and more reliable to get elsewhere. In practical terms, ponds are pretty much useless for these, unless you're using a mod that increases the chances.

[charlieblanchard]

They also just straight up look lovely. I build a few one space from eachother, and surround them with rock paths.

[clayannaday]

I just wanna say ty so much bc I'm tired of trying to get dragon teeth and cinder shards and a few other items. I hate going to skull caverns as well so I'm gonna just rearrange my farm real quick. Lol

[rosieposie]

Never thought to add one that would make fish to use in recipes! Thanks!

[ottertopia]

Spicy eel is also very good for running the volcano and getting lucky rings and good for going fast

[alexandriav]

I absolutely adore your videos. They have been so extremely helpful for me since I am a fairly new player. I also love your dry sense of humor throughout the videos. 😂

[BradTheThird]

Great... Three of my four current ponds already have Blobfish, Sturgeon and Lava Eels in them. Don't I feel like a genius?