SquidFest is a fishing mini festival which takes place on the 12th and 13th of every winter. The festival begins at 6:10am and ends at 2:00am on both days. During the festival, Squid can be caught all day long. Catching certain amounts of squid will earn the player prizes.
Unlike other festivals, shops and homes throughout Stardew Valley (including those at the beach) are not closed on the days of the event, and time continues to pass during the festival. Animals also need to be fed during the event; the game will not automatically consider them to be fed.
When interacting with the booth, the player can choose to either claim prizes or receive an explanation of the event.
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There are 4 tiers of prizes: copper, iron, gold and iridium. The squids needed to be caught for each tier are shown to the left of the shop. The amount of squid the player has caught is shown in a counter on the top-left corner. The counter resets between days.
Below is the list of tiers and rewards with the number of squids required to be caught on that day to earn the reward.[1] The prizes can all be claimed at once.
「It's a squid fishing challenge! If you can hit our daily catch targets, you'll win prizes. Check the sign to the left. We also put special bait in the water so the squid are active all day!」
- In-game explanation of event
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「You haven't earned any rewards yet. Better start catching some squid!」
- Dialogue upon trying to claim a reward without having met the copper tier prize requirement
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「You don't have any rewards available right now. Keep catching more squid!」
- Dialogue upon trying to claim a reward after having met some but not all of the tier prize requirements and having already claimed all available rewards
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「Congratulations! You hit our iridium-level target and earned all possible rewards for today.」
- Dialogue after claiming the iridium tier prizes
Tips
It is recommended that the player craft a Bait Maker to obtain some Squid Bait as it will significantly reduce the time needed to catch the required Squids.
References
↑See GameLocation::answerDialogueAction in the game code, case SquidFestBooth_Rewards.