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Bait
Fishing supplies

Bait

Causes fish to bite faster. Must first be attached to a fishing rod.

Fishing supplies →

Base sale value

1g

Normal-quality base value before professions and profit-margin settings. Not purchase price or profit.

Purchasing

1

Buy at Willy’s Fish Shop

Purchase type
Item offer
Offer stack
1 items before modifiers
Listed stock
No finite cap in this entry
Stock scope
Global
Base purchase price
5 gold
  • Additional location, progression or player-state requirements are retained but not evaluated.
  • Shop/item price rules and profit-margin settings may adjust the final price; listed purchase amounts are not sale values.
  • Shop access, owner, opening times and current stock must also be satisfied. This is not a guarantee the offer is available now.

Cooking & crafting

2

Bait — crafting

Makes this item

Output
5 × Bait
  • Fishing level 2; recipe learning follows the game’s level-up/progression handling.
  • Equipment: Crafting menu; no workstation specified by this recipe.
  • 1 × Bug Meat.
Recipe ingredients & learning sources →

Deluxe Bait — crafting

Used as an ingredient

Output
5 × Deluxe Bait
  • Fishing level 4; recipe learning follows the game’s level-up/progression handling.
  • Equipment: Crafting menu; no workstation specified by this recipe.
  • 5 × Bait.
More conditions & notes (1)
  • 2 × Moss.
Recipe ingredients & learning sources →

Machine processing

1

Worm Bin → Bait

Inputs / alternatives
Output Collected, Machine Put Down trigger (no manual input specified)
Output candidates
Bait × 4–5
Processing time
1 day rule; next-day scheduling applies
  • The first applicable machine rule wins. One valid output is selected; listed alternatives are not simultaneous yields.

Gifts & recipients

Base item taste; acceptance still depends on the recipient and current save.

Hated by

Abigail · Alex · Caroline · Clint · Demetrius · Elliott · Emily · Evelyn · George · Gus · Haley · Harvey · Jas · Jodi · Leah · Lewis · Linus · Marnie · Maru · Pam · Penny · Pierre · Robin · Sam · Sebastian · Shane · Vincent · Willy · Wizard

Show progression-sensitive recipients
  • Dwarf — Positive friendship gains require understanding Dwarvish. The taste itself is unchanged; access to the Dwarf’s area is separate.
  • Kent — Arrives in year 2; not present in year 1.
  • Krobus
  • Leo — Requires the host’s island introduction progress. Home changes after the host’s move-to-the-valley event; this is not a fixed daily schedule.
  • Sandy — Ordinary friendship/gifting requires the Oasis introduction event to have been seen by at least one player. Reaching the Desert also depends on your travel options.

Ordinary tastes describe base items. Quality, birthdays and other friendship modifiers are separate; special items use their own handlers. Gift guide →

Vanilla Stardew Valley 1.6.15. Sources describe possible outcomes; save progress and game rules can change availability. Unlisted acquisition methods may exist. Values do not include profit calculations. Gift tastes describe base items; acceptance depends on recipient and save state. Sources, methods & limitations