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Rainbow Trout — Stardew Valley Fishing Guide

Spawn ID, locations, seasons, and difficulty for Rainbow Trout.
Rainbow Trout

A freshwater trout with colorful markings.

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Fish
Sell Price
65g

The item ID for Rainbow Trout in Stardew Valley is: 138

Rainbow Trout
[138]

Rainbow Trout Information

The Rainbow Trout is a fish that can be caught in the river (in Pelican Town and Cindersap Forest) and the mountain lake during Summer during sunny weather. It can also randomly be found in Garbage Cans during Summer, or at the Traveling Cart for 195–1,000g.

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

Catching Rainbow Trout

Catch Rainbow Trout from 6 AM–7 PM, sun only.
Seasons
SpringSummerFallWinter
Locations
  • Backwoods· Summer
    100% chance.
  • Cindersap Forest(River)· Summer
    100% chance.
  • Cindersap Forest(River)· Summer
    100% chance.
  • Mountain Lake· Summer
    100% chance.
  • Pelican Town· Summer
    100% chance.
Difficulty45 (out of 110)
BehaviorMixed
Size (in)10–25

See all Stardew Valley fish →

Rainbow Trout Effects

Eating Rainbow Trout restores 25 energy and 11 health.

Rainbow Trout Tailoring

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

Recipes That Use Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout is used as an ingredient in 4 recipes.

Using Rainbow Trout in Machines

What you get by putting Rainbow Trout into farm machines.

Rainbow Trout in Collections

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

Rainbow Trout in a Fish Pond

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

Roepop any100%
Rainbow Shellpop 9+2%
Prismatic Shardpop 9+0.10%

Population gates — items the fish request

See the full fish pond guide →

Rainbow Trout Villager Gift Reactions

Give Rainbow Trout 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.

  • NeutralDemetrius🎂 Summer 19Elliott🎂 Fall 5Leo🎂 Summer 26Linus🎂 Winter 3Pam🎂 Spring 18Sebastian🎂 Winter 10Willy🎂 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 Rainbow Trout gift guide →

Rainbow Trout 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 [138]. You will then receive the Rainbow Trout 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 [138] 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 Rainbow Trout item.