Monkfish

Monkfish

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

A monkfish is a rare ⭐⭐⭐☆ fish caught by fishing in cool saltwater. It cooks into cooked large fish, and a Fisherman buys 4 of them for an Obol.

Obtaining

Fishing

The monkfish 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)
Cool saltwater	Cold Ocean, Deep Cold Ocean	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:saltwater_cool

Mob drops

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

Fishing

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

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 monkfish 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 ×  Monkfish	Obol

Angler's Almanac

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

An ugly ambush predator that waves a little lure around and lets dinner come to it. Peak laziness honestly.

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.
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:monkfish) and rarity line set by its loot table.

See also

• Fish
• Fishing