Catfish

Catfish
Common⁠ Emperor⁠ King⁠ Cats love this fish, that's how it got its name.
Information
Type	Fish
From	Fishing
Use	Cooking Set Grill Gifting Fish for Dinner A Rough Sleep
Marketing
Purchase Price	Common: 120⁠⁠ Emperor & King: Cannot be purchased
Sell Price	Common: 30⁠⁠ Emperor: 60⁠⁠ King: 5,000⁠⁠
Sell Locations	Best Brother Farm Store Food Store Harbor Trade Station Martha's Bakery Temporary Store Total Tools

Catfish is a fish that can be sold for Gols or used in cooking as an ingredient.

Obtaining

Common, Emperor, and King Catfish can be caught while fishing in the Portia River or Collapsed Wasteland fishing spots.

Common Catfish can be obtained by recycling Salty Grilled Catfish.

Common Catfish can also be purchased at the following shops:

Purchasing
Store	In Stock	Price	Season
Tody's Fish-o-Rama Tody's Fish-o-Rama	5	120 ⁠⁠	Any
Emily's Food Stall Emily's Food Stall	5	120 ⁠⁠	Winter 23

Catch rates

Note: Catch times assume that the player is using a Beginner's Fishing Rod. Using other rods will lower the time taken to catch a fish.

Beginner's Fishing RodAppearance Rates
Fish	Location / Chance	Time to Catch	Exp
Catfish Catfish	Portia River (40.80%) Collapsed Wasteland (27.22%)	10 min.	120
Emperor Catfish Emperor Catfish	Portia River (4.08%) Collapsed Wasteland (2.72%)	7 min.	240
Catfish King Catfish King	Portia River (1.02%) Collapsed Wasteland (0.68%)	40 min.	500

Usage

Mission

Two Catfish are needed for Fish for Dinner, and another two Catfish are needed for A Rough Sleep.

Cook

Catfish have one semi-unique recipe on the Cooking Set, and are the only fish that can be cooked on the Grill.

Cooking Set

Common or Emperor Catfish can be used as an ingredient in a cooking recipe calling for any fish.

Cooking Set Cooking Set
Recipe	Sell Price	Effect	Ingredients
Smoked Fish Roll	77⁠⁠	Defense +35 Lasts 60 seconds	2 Golden Salmon 1 Cumin 1 Salty Seasoning 2 Catfish 1 Cumin 1 Salty Seasoning
Fish Porridge	55⁠⁠	Restores 5% Max ⁠⁠ Restores 15 ⁠⁠	Fish 1 Fish 1 Random Seasoning Random Ingredient 1 Random Ingredient
Fishheads Stewed in Soy Sauce	59⁠⁠	Defense +15 Lasts 30 seconds	Fish 1 Fish 1 Salty Seasoning 1 Sugary Ingredient
Seafood Noodles	74⁠⁠	⁠⁠ +15 per second Lasts 20 seconds	1 Flour Fish 1 Fish 1 Seasoning
Seafood Paella	63⁠⁠	⁠⁠ +3% per second Lasts 15 seconds	2 Rice 1 Bamboo Papaya Fish 1 Fish
Seafood Stew Mix	103⁠⁠	Critical Chance +10% Lasts 180 seconds	Fish 2 Fish Random Ingredient 3 Random Ingredient

Grill

Grill Grill
Item	Effect	Time	Materials	Sell price
Salty Grilled Catfish	⁠⁠ +30 per second Lasts 6 seconds	1h 40m	1 Catfish 1 Salt	38⁠⁠

Donate

Any Catfish (common, Emperor, or King variety) can be put into the aquarium inside Portia Museum. Donating Catfish does not earn the player a special reward individually, but counts towards the completion of the Museum's fish collection.

Gift

Catfish and Emperor Catfish can be given as a gift. Characters not listed below will default to Neutral.

Catfish

Gifting	Characters
Like: +4
Neutral: +1	Everyone Else
Neutral: 0
Hate: -5
Version 2.0.137882	Listed values are without The Giver skill, which gives an extra point.

Emperor Catfish

Gifting	Characters
Like: +6
Like: +4
Neutral: +1	Everyone Else
Neutral: 0
Hate: -5
Version 2.0.137882	Listed values are without The Giver skill, which gives an extra point.