Koi Fish

Koi Fish
Common⁠ Emperor⁠ King⁠ This one's for looks, not for the dinner plate.
Information
Type	Fish
From	Fishing
Use	Cooking Set Gifting
Giftable?	Yes
Marketing
Purchase Price	Common: 160⁠⁠ Emperor & King: Cannot be purchased
Sell Price	Common: 40⁠⁠ Emperor: 80⁠⁠ King: 5,000⁠⁠
Sell Locations	Best Brother Farm Store Food Store Harbor Trade Station Martha's Bakery Temporary Store Total Tools

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

Obtaining

Koi Fish can be caught while fishing at two fishing spots: on the southeastern shore of Amber Island and on Starlight Island.

Koi Fish can also be purchased at the following shops:

Purchasing
Store	In Stock	Price	Notes
Tody's Fish-o-Rama Tody's Fish-o-Rama	1	160⁠⁠	30% probability
Emily's Food Stall Emily's Food Stall	5	160⁠⁠	⁠⁠ only

Appearance 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
Koi Fish Koi Fish	Starlight Island (40.89%) Amber Island (27.22%)	10 min	120
Emperor Koi Fish Emperor Koi Fish	Starlight Island (4.09%) Amber Island (2.72%)	24 min	240
Koi King Koi King	Starlight Island (1.02%) Amber Island (0.68%)	40 min	500

Usage

Koi Fish can be used in cooking, donated, or gifted.

Cook

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

Cooking Set Cooking Set
Recipe	Sell Price	Effect	Ingredients
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

Donate

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

Gift

Koi Fish and Emperor Koi Fish can be given as a gift.

Koi Fish

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

Emperor Koi Fish

Gifting	Characters
Like: +10
Neutral: +1	Everyone Else
Neutral: 0
Version 2.0.137882	Listed values are without The Giver skill, which gives an extra point.

Trivia

• Koiking (コイキング) happens to be the Japanese name of the Fish Pokemon, Magikarp. Magikarp that are Shiny (those that have an extremely rare coloration) are also gold, like the Koi King.