🦪 Aquaculture

Raise fish pens with oyster lines in plots that grow while you do anything else. Harvest fish, nacre and pearls.

Type: Gathering skill · Levels: 1–99 (XP table) · Ledger area: Ledger Reef Farms

Plots and crops

Plant a pen in a free plot; it grows on the game clock while you do anything else (the offline cap applies), then you harvest it. Plots: 2 at level 1, 3 at level 20, 4 at level 40, 5 at level 60, 6 at level 80. Yields are rolled at harvest. Double-harvest bonuses double the fish and nacre; rare-find bonuses raise the pearl chance.

Crop	Level	Grows	Plant with	Fish	Nacre	Pearl	XP
Driftminnow Pen	1	1 h	10 × 🐟 Driftminnow, 2 × 🟫 Driftwood Plank	12–18 × 🐟 Driftminnow	360–440	⚪ Seed Pearl 35%	700
Reef Perch Pen	15	1 h 30 min	10 × 🐠 Reef Perch, 2 × 🟫 Brinewood Plank	18–27 × 🐠 Reef Perch	540–660	⚪ Seed Pearl 35%	2,400
Stormfin Pen	30	2 h	10 × 🦈 Stormfin, 2 × 🟫 Mangrove Plank	24–36 × 🦈 Stormfin	720–880	🤍 Round Pearl 35%	6,000
Lanternfish Pen	45	3 h	10 × 🐡 Lanternfish, 2 × 🟫 Ironbark Plank	36–54 × 🐡 Lanternfish	1,080–1,320	🤍 Round Pearl 35%	14,400
Thunderjaw Pen	60	4 h	10 × 🐊 Thunderjaw, 2 × 🟫 Ghostpine Plank	48–72 × 🐊 Thunderjaw	1,440–1,760	⚫ Black Pearl 35%	27,600
Moonray Pen	70	5 h	10 × 🌙 Moonray, 2 × 🟫 Starwood Plank	60–90 × 🌙 Moonray	1,800–2,200	⚫ Black Pearl 35%	43,500
Trench Angler Pen	80	6 h	10 × 🎏 Trench Angler, 2 × 🟫 Deepheart Plank	72–108 × 🎏 Trench Angler	2,160–2,640	🌕 Moonpearl 35%	61,800
Leviathan Eel Pen	90	8 h	10 × 🐉 Leviathan Eel, 2 × 🟫 Worldroot Plank	96–144 × 🐉 Leviathan Eel	2,880–3,520	🌕 Moonpearl 35%	96,000
Glasseel Nursery 💠 Ledger	45	3 h	5 × 🪼 Glasseel, 2 × 🟫 Ironbark Plank	24–40 × 🪼 Glasseel	1,300–1,600	⚫ Black Pearl 50%	15,840

Driftminnow Pen

A netted pen of driftminnow, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 1 · grows in 1 h · plant with 10 × 🐟 Driftminnow, 2 × 🟫 Driftwood Plank · harvest 12–18 × 🐟 Driftminnow, 360–440 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of ⚪ Seed Pearl · 700 XP (700 XP per plot-hour).

Reef Perch Pen

A netted pen of reef perch, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 15 · grows in 1 h 30 min · plant with 10 × 🐠 Reef Perch, 2 × 🟫 Brinewood Plank · harvest 18–27 × 🐠 Reef Perch, 540–660 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of ⚪ Seed Pearl · 2,400 XP (1,600 XP per plot-hour).

Stormfin Pen

A netted pen of stormfin, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 30 · grows in 2 h · plant with 10 × 🦈 Stormfin, 2 × 🟫 Mangrove Plank · harvest 24–36 × 🦈 Stormfin, 720–880 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of 🤍 Round Pearl · 6,000 XP (3,000 XP per plot-hour).

Lanternfish Pen

A netted pen of lanternfish, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 45 · grows in 3 h · plant with 10 × 🐡 Lanternfish, 2 × 🟫 Ironbark Plank · harvest 36–54 × 🐡 Lanternfish, 1,080–1,320 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of 🤍 Round Pearl · 14,400 XP (4,800 XP per plot-hour).

Thunderjaw Pen

A netted pen of thunderjaw, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 60 · grows in 4 h · plant with 10 × 🐊 Thunderjaw, 2 × 🟫 Ghostpine Plank · harvest 48–72 × 🐊 Thunderjaw, 1,440–1,760 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of ⚫ Black Pearl · 27,600 XP (6,900 XP per plot-hour).

Moonray Pen

A netted pen of moonray, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 70 · grows in 5 h · plant with 10 × 🌙 Moonray, 2 × 🟫 Starwood Plank · harvest 60–90 × 🌙 Moonray, 1,800–2,200 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of ⚫ Black Pearl · 43,500 XP (8,700 XP per plot-hour).

Trench Angler Pen

A netted pen of trench angler, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 80 · grows in 6 h · plant with 10 × 🎏 Trench Angler, 2 × 🟫 Deepheart Plank · harvest 72–108 × 🎏 Trench Angler, 2,160–2,640 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of 🌕 Moonpearl · 61,800 XP (10,300 XP per plot-hour).

Leviathan Eel Pen

A netted pen of leviathan eel, with oyster lines strung along the floats for nacre and the odd pearl.

Aquaculture 90 · grows in 8 h · plant with 10 × 🐉 Leviathan Eel, 2 × 🟫 Worldroot Plank · harvest 96–144 × 🐉 Leviathan Eel, 2,880–3,520 × 🐚 Nacre and a 35% chance of 🌕 Moonpearl · 96,000 XP (12,000 XP per plot-hour).

Glasseel Nursery

Warm Ledger Reef shallows where glasseels breed, and the oysters grow fat. 💠 Ledger

Aquaculture 45 · grows in 3 h · plant with 5 × 🪼 Glasseel, 2 × 🟫 Ironbark Plank · harvest 24–40 × 🪼 Glasseel, 1,300–1,600 × 🐚 Nacre and a 50% chance of ⚫ Black Pearl · 15,840 XP (5,280 XP per plot-hour).

Ledger area: Ledger Reef Farms

Sheltered Ledger Reef pens: some harvests come in twice as big.

Applies automatically for Ledger Pass holders: +10% XP, 10% chance of double harvest.

Ledger exclusives (never needed by free players): Glasseel Nursery (level 45).

Expertise

Every crop you harvest earns its own Expertise level (1–50) as you repeat it. Milestones for Aquaculture:

Expertise	Completions	Perk
10	1,300	+5% speed
20	5,379	+5% double yield
30	12,011	+50% rare finds
40	21,089	+10% XP
50	32,539	Expert title

Full curve: Expertise.

Curios

Aquaculture can turn up curios from the 🎣 Fisher's Keepsakes set: 8.3% per harvest, before rare-find bonuses. Only curios you are still missing can drop.