Fishing catches

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Fishing catches.

Main article: Fishing

Below is a list of fish commonly caught during fishing. These are mostly used as crafting materials for various potions. This does not include quest fish or the fish classified as "other fishing catches". The fish used for brewing potions (not those cooked for other food items), plus the Neon Tetra and Honeyfin, can also be used in pairs to craft a Seafood Dinner.

	Sell	Rarity	Height	Biome	Catch quality	Used in	Notes
Armored CavefishInternal Item ID: 2303	15 SC	01*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Any^[a] (except Desert)	Uncommon^[b]	Endurance Potion Seafood Dinner
Atlantic CodInternal Item ID: 2299	7 SC50 CC	00*	Any	Snow biome	Common	Cooked Fish
BassInternal Item ID: 2290	5 SC	00*	Any	Any^[a] (except Desert)	Plentiful	Cooked Fish
Blue Jellyfish (bait)Internal Item ID: 2436	3 GC50 SC	01*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Not Corruption or Hallow (or Desert^[a])	Rare	Blue Jellyfish Jar	Can be used as bait
Chaos FishInternal Item ID: 2317	3 GC	04*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Hallow	Very Rare	Teleportation Potion Seafood Dinner
Crimson TigerfishInternal Item ID: 2305	7 SC50 CC	01*	Any	Crimson	Common	Heartreach Potion Seafood Dinner
DamselfishInternal Item ID: 2304	30 SC	01*	Sky	Not Snow, Corruption, Crimson, Hallow, or Jungle (or Desert^[a])	Uncommon	Calming Potion Seafood Dinner
Double CodInternal Item ID: 2313	15 SC	01*	Sky, Surface	Jungle	Uncommon	Ammo Reservation Potion Seafood Dinner
EbonkoiInternal Item ID: 2318	15 SC	01*	Any	Corruption	Uncommon	Wrath Potion Seafood Dinner
Flarefin KoiInternal Item ID: 2312	50 SC	02*	Any	Any (caught in Lava)	Very Rare	Inferno Potion Seafood Dinner	Requires Lava fishing gear or bait
Flounder(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 4401	1 SC50 CC	00*	Any	Desert (Oasis)	Plentiful	Sashimi
Frost MinnowInternal Item ID: 2306	15 SC	01*	Any	Snow biome	Uncommon	Warmth Potion Seafood Dinner
Golden CarpInternal Item ID: 2308	10 GC	04*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Not Desert^[a]	Extremely Rare		No use beyond its sell value
Green Jellyfish (bait)Internal Item ID: 2437	3 GC50 SC	01*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Not Corruption or Hallow (or Desert^[a])	Rare	Green Jellyfish Jar	Hardmode-only Can be used as bait
HemopiranhaInternal Item ID: 2319	15 SC	01*	Any	Crimson	Uncommon	Rage Potion Seafood Dinner
HoneyfinInternal Item ID: 2314	15 SC	01*	Any	Any (caught in Honey)	Uncommon	Seafood Dinner	Heals 120 health
Neon TetraInternal Item ID: 2302	15 SC	00*	Any	Jungle	Common	Seafood Dinner
ObsidifishInternal Item ID: 2315	15 SC	02*	Any	Any (caught in Lava)	Rare	Inferno Potion Potion of Return Seafood Dinner	Requires Lava fishing gear or bait
Pink Jellyfish (bait)Internal Item ID: 2438	3 GC50 SC	01*	Sky, Surface	Ocean^[c]	Rare	Pink Jellyfish Jar	Can be used as bait
Princess FishInternal Item ID: 2307	25 SC	02*	Any	Hallow	Uncommon	Love Potion Seafood Dinner
PrismiteInternal Item ID: 2310	1 GC	03*	Any	Hallow	Rare	Lifeforce Potion Seafood Dinner
Red SnapperInternal Item ID: 2301	7 SC50 CC	00*	Sky, Surface	Ocean^[c]	Common	Sashimi
Rock Lobster(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 4402	10 SC	00*	Any	Desert (Oasis)	Plentiful	Lobster Tail
SalmonInternal Item ID: 2298	7 SC50 CC	00*	Sky, Surface	Forest; must have more than 1000 water tiles	Common	Sashimi
ShrimpInternal Item ID: 2316	15 SC	00*	Sky, Surface	Ocean^[c]	Uncommon	Cooked Shrimp
Specular FishInternal Item ID: 2309	7 SC50 CC	01*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Not Desert^[a]	Common^[b]	Recall Potion Wormhole Potion Seafood Dinner
StinkfishInternal Item ID: 2321	25 SC	01*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Not Corruption or Hallow (or Desert^[a])	Rare	Stink Potion Seafood Dinner
TroutInternal Item ID: 2297	5 SC	00*	Sky, Surface	Ocean^[c]	Plentiful	Cooked Fish
TunaInternal Item ID: 2300	7 SC50 CC	00*	Sky, Surface	Ocean^[c]	Common	Sashimi
Variegated LardfishInternal Item ID: 2311	15 SC	01*	Underground, Cavern, Underworld	Jungle	Uncommon	Summoning Potion Seafood Dinner

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 If fishing in the Ocean biome, only bodies of water with fewer than 1001 tiles will yield this fish.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Armored Cavefish and Specular Fish share portions of the Common, Uncommon, and Plentiful catch quality slots. As an approximation, Armored Cavefish can be considered Uncommon, and Specular Fish can be considered Plentiful in Snow biome or Common otherwise.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 This also implies a body of water that has at least 1001 tiles. Fishing in a small box above the ocean's surface, for instance, will not yield this fish.

Recipes

Below is a list of the potion recipes that use fish.

Potion	Ingredients	Tooltip	Duration
Ammo Reservation Potion	Bottled Water Double Cod Moonglow	20% chance to save ammo	8 minutes
Calming Potion	Bottled Water Damselfish Daybloom	Decreases enemy spawn rate	12 minutes
Endurance Potion	Bottled Water Armored Cavefish Blinkroot	Reduces damage taken by 10%	4 minutes
only: Heartreach Potion	Bottled Water Crimson Tigerfish Daybloom	Increases pickup range for life hearts	8 minutes
Inferno Potion	Bottled Water Flarefin Koi Obsidifish2 Fireblossom	Ignites nearby enemies	4 minutes
Lifeforce Potion	Bottled Water Prismite Moonglow Shiverthorn(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) Waterleaf	Increases max life by 20%	8 minutes
Love Potion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Bottled Water Princess Fish Shiverthorn(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Throw this to make someone fall in love	30 seconds
Rage Potion	Bottled Water Hemopiranha Deathweed	Increases critical chance by 10%	4 minutes
Stink Potion	Bottled Water Stinkfish Deathweed	Throw this to make someone smell terrible	30 seconds
Summoning Potion	Bottled Water Variegated Lardfish Moonglow	Increases your max number of minions by 1	8 minutes
Warmth Potion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Bottled Water Frost Minnow Shiverthorn(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)	Reduces damage from cold sources	15 minutes
Wrath Potion	Bottled Water Ebonkoi Deathweed	Increases damage by 10%	4 minutes

[notocean-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 If fishing in the Ocean biome, only bodies of water with fewer than 1001 tiles will yield this fish.

[armored-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Armored Cavefish and Specular Fish share portions of the Common, Uncommon, and Plentiful catch quality slots. As an approximation, Armored Cavefish can be considered Uncommon, and Specular Fish can be considered Plentiful in Snow biome or Common otherwise.

[ocean-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 This also implies a body of water that has at least 1001 tiles. Fishing in a small box above the ocean's surface, for instance, will not yield this fish.

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