Aquaculture box and dried fish making machine

This mod adds an aquaculture tank that can hatch fish eggs and grow algae and jellyfish. At the same time, the dryer and the bait making machine have been improved. The former can make dried fish and seaweed, and the latter increases the bait production according to the quality of the fish. A new rice ball recipe has also been added.

Aquaculture box and dried fish making machine

🎣 **A mod that comprehensively improves the fishing experience in Stardew Valley! **

✨ Main functions

🐟 Aquaculture box

• **Fish Egg Hatching**: 7200 minutes → 1-2 fish
• **Jellyfish Breeding**: 5000 minutes, similar to crystal replicator
• **Algae cultivation**: green algae, white algae, seaweed, 3000 minutes, similar to a crystal replicator

**How ​​to obtain**:

• Recipe: purchased from fish store, 15,000g
• Materials: Refined Quartz × 5, Seaweed × 3, Green Algae × 3, Battery Pack × 1
• Unlock conditions: Willy's 6-heart event and build a fish pond

🍖 Dryer improvements

• **Seaweed production**: 120 minutes, 175g, craftsman bonus (×1.4)
• **Dried fish production**: 240 minutes (not edible), retain the quality of the fish
• Selling price: 1.5 × base fish price + 50
• Bonus: Craftsman (×1.4), Fisherman (×1.25) or Angler (×1.5)

**Economic Tips**:

• The base price of 100g of fish is the same after being smoked or dried.
• Fish weighing less than 100g sells more after drying

🔧 Special fish drying machine (new in 1.1.0)

• Recipe: purchased from fish store, 10,000g
• Materials: quartz × 2, stone × 15, iron ingot × 1
• Same functionality as improved dryer
• Can be enabled/disabled in settings

🎣 Fishing bait making machine

The bait output is determined based on the quality of the fish:

• Normal quality: 5-10 pieces

-Silver Star Quality: 7-12

• Gold star quality: 9-14
• Iridium quality: 11-16

💡 **TIP**: These machines also work with non-original fish!

🍙 Rice Ball Recipe (New!)

Unlocked in order when fishing level reaches 4-8:

• **Rice Ball**: Rice, Seaweed (Energy +113, Life +50)
• **Tempura Rice Ball**: rice, seaweed, shrimp (Energy +125, Life +56, Luck +2, 5:50 minutes)
• **Salmon Rice Ball**: rice, seaweed, salmon (Energy +125, Life +56, Fishing +3, 9:20 minutes)
• **Deluxe Rice Ball**: Rice, seaweed, aged caviar (Energy +125, Life +56, Fishing +1, Luck +2, 10:30 minutes)
• **Tuna Mayonnaise Rice Ball**: rice, seaweed, tuna, mayonnaise (Energy +125, Life +56, Fishing +3, Luck +3, 7:00 minutes)

🎁 Gift Preferences (New!)

Only preferences for seaweed and onigiri items are set:

**Specially Liked**:

• Alex (Salmon Rice Balls)
• Elliot (tempura rice balls)
• Harvey (seaweed)
• Abigail (rice balls with tuna mayonnaise)
• Caroline (rice balls, tuna mayonnaise rice balls)
• Gus (tempura rice balls, tuna mayonnaise rice balls)
• Jas (rice balls with tuna mayonnaise)
• Jodi (tempura rice balls, deluxe rice balls)
• Kent (rice balls)
• Pierre (luxury rice balls)
• Vincent (Tuna Mayonnaise Rice Ball)

**Normal**: Alex, Sam, Shane, Abigail, Haley (Seaweed)

**Dislikes**: Harvey, Evelyn (tempura rice balls)

**Dislikes**: Emily (tempura rice balls, salmon rice balls, tuna mayonnaise rice balls)

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⚙️ Configuration options

• **Aquaculture Box**: Enable aquaculture box
• **Dryer**: Enable the dryer to process seafood
• **Fish drying machine**: Enable the fish drying machine to process seafood
• **Seaweed processing**: Use a dryer or fish dryer to process seaweed
• **Dried Fish**: enable dried fish items
• **Seaweed**: Enable seaweed items
• **Collection**: Dried fish and seaweed will be included in shipment collection
• **Rice Ball**: Add rice ball cooking recipe
• **Sushi Roll**: After activation, the material of the sushi roll will be changed to seaweed, which will increase the price and recovery amount.
• **Bait Making Machine**: Let the bait making machine reflect the quality of the fish

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🌟 **This module makes fishing gameplay more diverse, from breeding to processing to cooking, creating a complete fishery …