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Flounder — Stardew Valley Fishing Guide

Spawn ID, locations, seasons, and difficulty for Flounder.
Flounder

It lives on the bottom, so both eyes are on top of its head.

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Fish
Sell Price
100g

The item ID for Flounder in Stardew Valley is: 267

Flounder
[267]

Flounder Information

The Flounder is a fish that can be caught in the ocean at The Beach or on the Beach Farm during Spring and Summer. It can also be caught during any season on Ginger Island West (ocean), South, Southeast, and in the Pirate Cove. It may also randomly appear at the Traveling Cart for 300–1,000g. It may also randomly appear at the Traveling Cart for 300–1,000g or in Garbage Cans during Spring or Summer.

Flounder can be caught regardless of time of day or season using Magic Bait.

Catching Flounder

Catch Flounder from 6 AM–8 PM, any weather.
Seasons
SpringSummerFallWinter
Locations
  • Beach
    100% chance.
  • Ginger Island (South)
    100% chance.
  • Ginger Island (West)(Ocean)
    100% chance.
  • Pirate Cove
    100% chance.
  • Pirate Cove Cave
    100% chance.
Difficulty50 (out of 110)
BehaviorSinker
Size (in)4–16

See all Stardew Valley fish →

Flounder Effects

Eating Flounder restores 37 energy and 16 health.

Flounder Tailoring

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

Recipes That Use Flounder

Flounder is used as an ingredient in 4 recipes.

Using Flounder in Machines

What you get by putting Flounder into farm machines.

Flounder in Collections

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

Flounder in a Fish Pond

Put Flounder in a Fish Pond on the farm and it produces items daily — higher populations unlock better output.

Roepop any100%
Sea Jellypop 7+5%
Sea Jellypop 9+3%

Population gates — items the fish request

See the full fish pond guide →

Flounder Villager Gift Reactions

Give Flounder 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.

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

Similar Items

Other items in the Fish subcategory you might want IDs for.

Flounder 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 [267]. You will then receive the Flounder 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 [267] 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 Flounder item.