Swordfish

Basic Fishing area

Swordfish is the most expensive basic fish, but also the most narrowly used one, so there is no point giving it priority when you develop your fleet.

Quick overview

Farm	Fishing area
Base price	50 000 Dollars
Produced in	Motorboat, Runabout, Norfolk wherry, Skipjack, Trawler
Used in	The Mermaid Bay, Dockyard

What it's for

Due to their size and the fact that they have a sword for a nose, swordfish have very few natural predators. They are also one of the fastest fish in the ocean, meaning it takes a lot of skill and patience to catch one.

Swordfish is the most expensive basic fish from the Fishing area, with a base value of 50,000 dollars, and the game describes it as a fast predator with almost no natural enemies. Despite that high price it has only one use on the farm, it is an ingredient for Fine fillet in The Mermaid Bay. It shares production times with cod and salmon, so it is among the slowest fish of all. You cannot buy it, you can only catch it with boats.

How to get it

The motorboat runs 12 h 28 min to 13 h 28 min and the Norfolk punt 15 h 46 min to 21 h 16 min, the same as with cod and salmon. So with swordfish too, a fully loaded motor barge, 75 units in just under 9 hours, gives a better units per hour ratio than a fully upgraded punt.

What to do with it

I only use swordfish for Fine fillet in The Mermaid Bay, or you can send it to the Dockyard.

Tip from a veteran player Given that single use, only fish swordfish in the amount you will actually spend on Fine fillet, its high base value does not make it a universal ingredient.

Most common mistake It is a waste to focus mainly on the top level of the Norfolk punt for swordfish, its long cycle loses out against a well loaded barge.

Production in this building Motorboat

Level	Ingredients	Amount	Time	XP
1	Corn × 1	11	12 h 28 min	—
2	Corn × 1	18	13 h 28 min	—
3	Corn × 1	22	13 h 28 min	—
4	Corn × 1	25	13 h 28 min	—
5	Corn × 1	27	13 h 28 min	—
6	Corn × 1	29	13 h 28 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	15 h 46 min	—
2	Corn × 1	61	15 h 52 min	—
3	Corn × 1	68	15 h 58 min	—
4	Corn × 1	135	21 h 4 min	—
5	Corn × 1	148	21 h 10 min	—
6	Corn × 1	161	21 h 16 min	—

Used in

Buildings	Output
The Mermaid Bay	Rare filet
Dockyard

Produced in

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

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