Bream
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| A fairly common river fish that becomes active at night. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information
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| Location | River | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | 6pm – 2am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Smooth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 12–31
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| Fishing XP | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bream is a fish that can be found in the river (in Pelican Town or Cindersap Forest) during all seasons after 6pm. It can also be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship. It can also randomly be found in Garbage Cans during any season, or at the Traveling Cart for
135–1,000g.
A Bream can be caught regardless of the time of day using Magic Bait.
Map
Bream can be found in the river.

Gifting
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Bundles
Bream is used in the
Night Fishing Bundle in the Fish Tank.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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| Baked Fish | Baked fish on a bed of herbs. |
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| Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. |
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| Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. | N/A | |||||||
| Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. |
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Tailoring
Bream can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Fish Shirt.
It can be used in dyeing, serving as a blue dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Bream can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 2 days. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing three quests. The only possible output is blue Bream Roe.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 3 | 5 | 3 Acorns, 10 Bug Meat, 3 Maple Seeds, or 3 Pine Cones | 30 |
| 5 | 7 | 3 Gold Ore, 1 Maple Syrup, or 5 Mixed Seeds | 30 |
| 7 | 10 | 1 Crayfish, 1 Honey, 2 Jade, or 1 Periwinkle | 30 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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| 12 | 1-10 | 90% | 21-86% | |
| Nothing | 1-10 | 10% | 79-14% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One Bream may be randomly requested during any season at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of
135g and 150 Friendship points. - Two Bream may be requested by Dorado, Lingcod, or Pike in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 3 to 5.
History
- 1.4: Added iridium quality. Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests.
- 1.6: Can now be gifted by a pet cat with max friendship.