Lobster is a fish that can be placed in a Fish Pond. In a pond, it reproduces every 3 days, starting with a capacity of 3 fish; the pond can be expanded to 10 fish by completing three population quests. Lobster ponds primarily produce red Lobster Roe, but they can also produce Seaweed and various trash items, with more valuable items becoming possible once the population reaches 5.
The pond quest chain asks for 5 Clay to increase capacity from 3 to 5, 10 Bug Meat or 5 Quartz to increase it from 5 to 7, and 1 Sea Urchin, 5 Solar Essence, or 1 Wild Bait to increase it from 7 to 10. Each completed quest grants 40 Fishing XP.
Lobster also has a few other uses:
It can be used in the Sewing Machine to make the dyeable Sailor Shirt.
It can be used as a red dye item at the dye pots in Emily’s and Haley’s house.
Gus requests a Lobster by mail on Fall 6 of Year 2 in the “Wanted: Lobster” quest, which rewards gold and 1 Friendship heart.
At higher pond populations, the daily output becomes more varied. Besides Roe, Seaweed, and trash items such as Driftwood, Broken Glasses, Broken CD, and Soggy Newspaper, a full pond can also produce Coral, Sea Urchin, a Warp Totem: Beach, and Nautilus Shell. Most days a pond may produce nothing, but the chance of an item improves as population rises.
