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How to Make Carp Surprise

Ingredients, unlock method, and spawn ID for Carp Surprise.
Carp Surprise

It's bland and oily.

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Cooking
Sell Price
150g

The item ID for Carp Surprise in Stardew Valley is: 209

Carp Surprise
[209]

Carp Surprise Information

Carp Surprise is a cooked dish. It is prepared using either the kitchen inside an upgraded farmhouse or a Cookout Kit.

Note: this recipe is profitable - it will result in profit when using the lowest quality ingredients. Turning the Carp into Sashimi will be even more profitable, however.

Carp Surprise may randomly appear in Krobus' shop on Saturdays or in the Stardrop Saloon's rotating stock.

Carp Surprise Effects

Eating Carp Surprise restores 90 energy and 40 health.

Carp Surprise Tailoring

Use Carp Surprise as the spool item (with Cloth in the left slot) to tailor:

Carp Surprise Recipe

Carp Surprise is a cooked dish.

Ingredients

How to learn the recipe

  • Watch The Queen of Sauce on TV — airs Summer 7, Year 2 (re-runs cycle after Year 2, plus Wednesday re-airs).

Carp Surprise in Collections

Shipping Carp Surprise counts toward the Full Shipment achievement (335 items). Track your shipping progress →

Carp Surprise Villager Gift Reactions

Give Carp Surprise as a gift to build friendship. Each villager reacts differently — pick someone who loves it for the biggest friendship boost. Gifts given on a villager's birthday count 8× — a loved gift jumps from +80 to +640 friendship.

  • LikesAbigail🎂 Fall 13Alex🎂 Summer 13Caroline🎂 Winter 7Clint🎂 Winter 26Demetrius🎂 Summer 19Dwarf🎂 Summer 22Elliott🎂 Fall 5Emily🎂 Spring 27Evelyn🎂 Winter 20George🎂 Fall 24Gus🎂 Summer 8Haley🎂 Spring 14Harvey🎂 Winter 14Jas🎂 Summer 4Jodi🎂 Fall 11Kent🎂 Spring 4Lewis🎂 Spring 7Linus🎂 Winter 3Marnie🎂 Fall 18Maru🎂 Summer 10Pam🎂 Spring 18Penny🎂 Fall 2Pierre🎂 Spring 26Robin🎂 Fall 21Sam🎂 Summer 17Sandy🎂 Fall 15Sebastian🎂 Winter 10Shane🎂 Spring 20Vincent🎂 Spring 10Willy🎂 Summer 24Wizard🎂 Winter 17
  • DislikesKrobus🎂 Winter 1Leah🎂 Winter 23Leo🎂 Summer 26
See the full Carp Surprise gift guide →

Carp Surprise Cheat Help

Item spawning in Stardew Valley isn't accomplished through typical commands. Instead, it involves a cheat method where you name your character, or an animal, with the item code of the desired item, enclosed in square brackets [ and ]. Include the brackets when naming.

Spawn Using Animal Name

To spawn this item, buy an animal (we recommend a chicken because it is the cheapest) from Marnie's Ranch, name it [209]. You will then receive the Carp Surprise item.

Spawn Using Character Name

Since you can only set your character's name once at the game's inception, we advise using the animal naming method.

However, if you opt for this method, name your character [209] while creating your save file. When you converse with any villager who mentions your name in their dialogue, like Gus at the Stardrop Saloon, you'll receive the Carp Surprise item.