Materials
Stardew Valley Coal and Throughput Planning Guide
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.
Route facts
- Category
- Materials
- Focus
- Coal bottlenecks, machine count, and fishing day batches
- Source
- https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Fish_Smoker
Checklist
- Stock Coal before Trout Derby, SquidFest, rainy Catfish days, or Lava Eel routes.
- Add additional smokers only when one machine cannot keep up with your fishing volume.
- Do not starve bee houses, furnaces, preserves jars, or bombs if Coal is a competing bottleneck.