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Stardew Valley Fish Smoker Database
Fish Smoker and Smoked Fish records for Riverland Farm starts, Willy recipe purchase, jelly crafting, fish plus Coal rules, 50-minute processing, quality retention, profession math, coal throughput, and high-value fish priority.
Fish Smoker Unlock and Crafting
Unlock / Willy recipe, Riverland Farm start, and jelly ingredients
The Fish Smoker is a 1.6 Artisan Equipment machine. Riverland Farm starts with one, while other farms can buy the recipe from Willy and craft it with Hardwood plus Sea, River, and Cave Jelly.
Smoked Fish Rules
Mechanics / Any fish, 1 Coal, 50 minutes, quality retained
A Fish Smoker turns any fish plus 1 Coal into Smoked Fish in 50 in-game minutes. The smoked item keeps the original fish quality and doubles the fish's sell value before other profession logic is considered.
Profession Math
Profit / Fisher, Angler, Artisan, and smoked fish value
Smoked Fish is an Artisan Good, so the Artisan profession can matter alongside fishing value professions. Plan profession choices around whether fish are sold raw, smoked, or used for bundles and cooking.
Coal and Throughput Planning
Materials / Coal bottlenecks, machine count, and fishing day batches
The Fish Smoker is powerful only when Coal supply and machine count match the fishing route. A heavy fishing day can outpace one smoker, while early saves may be Coal-limited.
Best Fish to Smoke
Priority / High value, high quality, narrow windows, and bulk catches
Smoke fish when the doubled value beats the Coal opportunity cost. High-value fish, gold or iridium quality catches, legendary-route extras, Lava Eel, Catfish, Sturgeon, Blobfish, and festival catches are stronger targets than cheap common fish.
Raccoon and Request Prep
Requests / Smoked fish stockpiles and 1.6 delivery loops
Smoked Fish appears in the broader 1.6 request economy. Keep a small reserve for Raccoon-style requests and late-game stockpiles instead of shipping every smoked batch instantly.