Herring

Basic Fishing area

Herring is an undemanding, versatile resource that is worth farming in bulk right from the start.

Quick overview

Farm	Fishing area
Base price	18 000 Dollars
Produced in	Motorboat, Runabout, Norfolk wherry, Skipjack, Trawler
Used in	The Mermaid Bay, Dockyard, Fish booth

What it's for

Herrings like to gather in large schools and very much live by the motto "safety in numbers". Their silver bodies create confusing reflections designed to confuse their natural predators.

Herring is the cheapest fish from the Fishing area, with a base price of 18 000 dollars, and it is one of the basic resources for fish production on the farm. It lives in shoals and is caught exclusively in boats, no shop sells it. It is one of the fastest fish to produce in the game, so it works well as the first resource you fill your storage with for processing. It is a Basic type, so it serves no other purpose than as an input for further recipes.

How to get it

Herring can only be caught, it is not in the shop. The Motorboat has the fastest cycle, from 6 h 56 min to 7 h 56 min per batch, but you get few units out of it. It pays to invest in the Norfolk punt, at the highest level it gives 161 units from a single corn in just under 16 hours, which is the best units per hour ratio of all the boats. The Motor barge is a good stepping stone while you save up for the punt, and herring will also be brought in by the Fishing houseboat or the Trawler, 260 units each at the highest level, but in more than 30 and just under 27 hours respectively.

What to do with it

I send herring mainly to The Mermaid Bay, where it is cooked into Labskaus, Fried fish treats and Canned fish. I keep a smaller part for the Fish market, where it is the base of Fish salad, and I can send the surplus to the Dockyard as well. Of all the basic fish, herring has the most outlets, four different products in total.

Tip from a veteran player Before you start building up stock, let the Norfolk punt at the highest level run over and over, herring gets used up fast thanks to its four outlets.

Most common mistake Plenty of players keep herring in the Motorboat only because the recipe looks faster, but per unit of herring produced it works out far worse than the punt.

Production in this building Motorboat

Level	Ingredients	Amount	Time	XP
1	Corn × 1	11	6 h 56 min	—
2	Corn × 1	18	7 h 56 min	—
3	Corn × 1	22	7 h 56 min	—
4	Corn × 1	25	7 h 56 min	—
5	Corn × 1	27	7 h 56 min	—
6	Corn × 1	29	7 h 56 min	—

Production in this building Runabout

Level	Ingredients	Amount	Time	XP
1	Corn × 1	23	8 h 59 min	—
2	Corn × 1	33	8 h 59 min	—
3	Corn × 1	43	8 h 59 min	—
4	Corn × 1	53	8 h 59 min	—
5	Corn × 1	64	8 h 59 min	—
6	Corn × 1	75	8 h 59 min	—

Production in this building Norfolk wherry

Level	Ingredients	Amount	Time	XP
1	Corn × 1	54	10 h 14 min	—
2	Corn × 1	61	10 h 20 min	—
3	Corn × 1	68	10 h 26 min	—
4	Corn × 1	135	15 h 32 min	—
5	Corn × 1	148	15 h 38 min	—
6	Corn × 1	161	15 h 44 min	—

Used in

Buildings	Output
The Mermaid Bay	Lobscouse, Fried fish buffet, Canned fish
Dockyard
Fish booth	Fish salad

Produced in

Game data, version 8052 (14. 8. 2026).

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