Recyclables and Treasure

Besides fish, you can catch various junk items from the waterways around Zephyr Town. Commonly having a low sale value, there are some that are worth some money, especially when just starting out on the farm. The in-game Encyclopedia, located in the farmhouse bookshelf, will keep track of the unique recyclables and treasure caught while fishing.

When reeling in a bite while fishing, the alert icon that appears can reveal that an uncommon recyclable or treasure has been hooked. An alert icon that has iridescent diamonds will indicate when there's something special on the line. Lower-end recyclables (for example, Empty Bottle or Old Left Boot) will have the standard exclamation point alert bubble.

So, what do you do with these items? The three treasure category items do have a purpose:

• Ancient Fish Fossil: 1 is required for Lloyd's 5-Heart Lock Request, and 3 are needed for the Summer Sun Stone, which is used to unlock the summer season in the cellar under the farmhouse.
• Bottle of Starry Sand: You need 3 of these to craft the Summer Sun Stone.
• Legendary Treasure Chest: Another 3 are needed for the Summer Sun Stone.

Once you have the minimum number required for crafting, you can sell the excess treasures.

As for the recyclables: keep them in storage, as they are used to obtain rare items from the Treasureland stall at the bazaar. Charles' shop unlocks after you reach Rank 4 (City Bazaar), with his rarest item becoming available when you reach Rank 6 (National Bazaar). Even after you collect all his rare goods, you can exchange 20 recyclables for a Pink Diamond at his shop or sell him the colored bottles for 7777 G each.

Fish Bones are not a recyclable. In this game, Fish Bones are in their own category. This item is used for crafting Guardian Fish Bait at the Blue Windmill with an attached Purple Wunderstone. Unfortunately, Charles does not exchange Fish Bones for goodies at his bazaar stall.

Medals caught while fishing can be used at the Prize Palooza bazaar stall, though you can acquire medals in other ways. As of the 1.2.0 update to the game (Nov 2025), recyclables can also be found in dirt piles that appear the next day after stormy weather (e.g., a hurricane or blizzard).

Treasure, Fish Bones, and Recyclables do not have a star rank.

Using fish bait will attract fish, not recyclables or treasure. If you're trying to catch an Ancient Fish Fossil, colored bottle, and so on, ensure that you do not hve any fish bait attached to your fishing rod.

Recyclable Encyclopedia

There are 3 treasures, 1 fish bone, and 14 recyclables, for a total of 18 non-fish items to collect.

Name	Rod Lvl	Season/ Weather	Location	Profit
Treasure
Bottle of Starry Sand	All	All seasons All weather	Everywhere	500 G
Ancient Fish Fossil	Silver	All seasons Not Sunny	Yellow Windmill	5000 G
Legendary Treasure Chest	Gold	All seasons Not Sunny	Mountain Hilltop	10,000 G
Fish Bones
Fish Bones	All	All seasons All weather	Everywhere	1 G
Recyclables
Empty Can	All	All seasons All weather	Yellow Windmill Zephyr Town Equestrian Park	1 G
Large Empty Can	All	All seasons All weather	Zephyr Town Gabriel's House	2 G
Rare Empty Can	Silver	All seasons All weather	Gabriel's House	3 G
Empty Bottle	All	All seasons All weather	Yellow Windmill Gabriel's House Mountain Bridge	2 G
Large Empty Bottle	Copper	All seasons All weather	Zephyr Town Mountain Hilltop	3 G
Green Bottle	Gold	All seasons Sunny	Yellow Windmill	7 G
Red Bottle	Gold	All seasons Rainy Not Heavy Rain	Zephyr Town	7 G
Purple Bottle	Gold	Winter Snowy	Gabriel's House	7 G
Blue Bottle	Gold	Summer Stormy	Equestrian Park	7 G
Aqua Bottle	Gold	Winter Stormy	Mountain Bridge	7 G
Yellow Bottle	Gold	All seasons Cloudy	Mountain Stream	7 G
Orange Bottle	Gold	All seasons Heavy Rain	Mountain Hilltop	7 G
Old Left Boot	All	All seasons All weather	Yellow Windmill Mountain Bridge	4 G
Old Right Boot	Silver	All seasons All weather	Mountain Stream	5 G