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Pufferfish — Stardew Valley Fishing Guide

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

Inflates when threatened.

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Fish
Sell Price
200g

The item ID for Pufferfish in Stardew Valley is: 128

Pufferfish
[128]

Pufferfish Information

The Pufferfish is a fish that can be caught in the ocean at The Beach or on the Beach Farm on sunny summer days between 12pm and 4pm, or on Ginger Island during any season on Island West (ocean), South, Southeast, and in the Pirate Cove. It can also randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Summer, or at the Traveling Cart for 600–1,000g.

Pufferfish can be caught regardless of weather, time, or season using Magic Bait.

The Pufferfish and the Blobfish are the only fishing rod fishes that have a "floater" behavior in the fishing mini-game.

Catching Pufferfish

Catch Pufferfish from 12 PM–4 PM, sun only.
Seasons
SpringSummerFallWinter
Locations
  • Beach· Summer
    100% chance.
  • Ginger Island (South)
    100% chance.
  • Ginger Island (West)(Ocean)
    100% chance.
  • Pirate Cove
    100% chance.
  • Pirate Cove Cave
    100% chance.
Difficulty80 (out of 110)
BehaviorFloater
Size (in)1–36

See all Stardew Valley fish →

Pufferfish Effects

Pufferfish is inedible and causes sickness if consumed.

Pufferfish Tailoring

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

Recipes That Use Pufferfish

Pufferfish is used as an ingredient in 3 recipes.

Pufferfish in Community Center Bundles

Pufferfish is needed for 1 Community Center bundle. Donate to restore the bundle and unlock its reward.

Quests That Need Pufferfish

Keep a spare Pufferfish around — these quests ask for it.

  • Aquatic Researchquest · for Demetrius

Using Pufferfish in Machines

What you get by putting Pufferfish into farm machines.

Pufferfish in Collections

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

Pufferfish in a Fish Pond

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

Roepop any70%
Roepop 5+100%

Population gates — items the fish request

See the full fish pond guide →

Pufferfish Villager Gift Reactions

Give Pufferfish 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.

  • LovesAbigail🎂 Fall 13
  • NeutralDemetrius🎂 Summer 19Elliott🎂 Fall 5Leo🎂 Summer 26Linus🎂 Winter 3Pam🎂 Spring 18Sebastian🎂 Winter 10Willy🎂 Summer 24
  • DislikesAlex🎂 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 Pufferfish gift guide →

Similar Items

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

Pufferfish 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 [128]. You will then receive the Pufferfish 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 [128] 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 Pufferfish item.