Armoured Catfish

Armoured Catfish

Type	Fish
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tooltip	⭐⭐⭐☆
Resource location	matcha:armoured_catfish
Base item	minecraft:salmon
Defined in	armoured_catfish.json

An armoured catfish is a rare ⭐⭐⭐☆ fish caught by fishing in tropical freshwater. It cooks into cooked large fish, and a Fisherman buys 4 of them for an Obol.

Obtaining

Fishing

The armoured catfish can be caught in this table. The chances are per cast of a fishing rod and include the junk and treasure rolls.

Climate	Biomes	Weight	Per catch (open water)	Per catch (other water)	Per catch (Luck of the Sea III)
Tropical freshwater	Jungle, Sparse Jungle, Bamboo Jungle	3 of 42	6.07%	6.39%	6.04%

The same tables are also rolled by the fisherman's house chest in villages and by the elder guardian's drops, using the biome at the chest or where the elder guardian dies.

Chance is the probability that a single chest, mob or catch yields at least one, assuming no Looting, Luck or Fortune.

Chest loot

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Village / village fisher (chests/village/village_fisher)	1	17.1%	biome: #minecraft:freshwater_hot_wet

Mob drops

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Elder guardian (entities/elder_guardian)	1	17.1%	biome: #minecraft:freshwater_hot_wet

Fishing

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Fishing (gameplay/fishing)	1	6.07%	biome: #minecraft:freshwater_hot_wet

Usage

Food

Raw fish can be eaten, but it heals nothing: Matcha Flavoured removes hunger, and food only heals through the hearts shown on its tooltip. Cooked, it becomes cooked large fish, which heals 5 ( × 2.5).

Cooking

Oven · 5 s, 0.35 XP

Kindling · 5 s, 0.35 XP

Mud Kiln · 5 s, 0.35 XP

The recipes match any minecraft:salmon, so every large fish gives the same result. A Mud Kiln burns it into charred fish instead.

Crafting ingredient

Because it is a salmon underneath, it can be used wherever a raw salmon is accepted: the green curry stock recipe takes any cod or salmon.

Trading

The Fisherman buys 4 caught armoured catfish for 1 Obol once he reaches Expert level. Only fish caught by fishing (with the ⭐⭐⭐☆ line) are accepted.

Trading

Villager	Level	Wants	Gives
Fisherman	Expert	4 ×  Armoured Catfish	Obol

Angler's Almanac

The Angler's Almanac has an entry for the armoured catfish under Tropical Freshwater (listed chance 7.1%), unlocked by catching one while the almanac tab is open. Its description reads:

A whiskered bottom dweller wearing natural armor like it expects a boss fight at any moment.

Advancements

• No More Fish in the Sea – catch every fish, including this one. Rewards 10 Obols.
• Fishmonger – sell caught fish to a Fisherman.

History

0.5-alpha	Fishing overhauled into climates with star-rated fish.
1.10	The Fisherman now buys 4 instead of 8. Now actually caught in tropical freshwater; the arid freshwater table used to override it.
1.12.1-alpha	Added an Angler's Almanac entry and a catch sound. The item format changed; fish caught before this version can no longer be sold.

Trivia

• The fish is a minecraft:salmon item with the name, texture (matcha:armoured_catfish) and rarity line set by its loot table.
• The name keeps the British spelling "Armoured" used in the pack's language file.

See also

• Fish
• Fishing