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Do not expect to get rich selling raw bream directly to Willy. With a base sell price of just 45g, rising to a modest 90g for iridium quality, this fish will not fund your barn upgrades or buy out Pierre’s seed inventory. Its financial value lies instead in processing and utility.

In the kitchen, bream serves as a primary ingredient in the Baked Fish recipe alongside sunfish and wheat flour. Eating a plate restores 75 energy and 33 health, providing respectable mining fuel during deep cavern runs. If cooking is off the table, throw low-tier bream into a crafting square with two sap to produce Quality Fertilizer. Using cheap fish rather than purchasing fertilizer saves valuable coin during early crop cycles, directly increasing your harvest yields of gold-star cauliflowers and melons.