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Perch Character ID

The spawn ID and star-level commands for Perch in Valheim, plus its drops, resistances, and where it spawns.
Perch — In-game fish icon
In-game fish icon
Creature

Perch are docile fish located just offshore in the Meadows and Blackforest biomes. They can be captured using a fishing pole and standard Fishing bait, which is available for purchase from Haldor.

Overview

Perch is a Valheim creature typically found in the meadows and black forest biomes from the Fish faction. Its character ID is Fish1, and the cheat command spawn Fish1 summons one in front of you — append 1 2 or 1 3 for one- or two-star variants.

Perch are docile fish located just offshore in the Meadows and Blackforest biomes.

They can be captured using a fishing pole and standard Fishing bait, which is available for purchase from Haldor.

Character IDFish1
FactionFish
Main BiomeMeadows, Black Forest
TameableNo
Command reference
spawn

Command Builder

Quantity
Level

Spawns one Perch at level 1 (normal).

Example Commands

Spawns one Perch at your location.

Spawns one Perch at level 2 (use 1, 2, or 3).

Spawns five Perch at your location.

Related creatures

Fishing & bait

Full reference

1 entry

Bait

Haldor sells 20 for 10 coins.

Reeling stamina

3 / sec

10 / sec while struggling, before skill reduction

Raw fish yield

Q1: 1 · Q2: 4 · Q3: 7 · Q4: 10 · Q5: 13

1 fish per preparation at Food Preparation Table; Q = item quality

Bait acceptance is not your overall catch chance. Reeling skill and struggling affect stamina use; yields shown are base preparation yields before bonuses.

Creature spawn conditions

Full reference

1 entry

Biome & terrain

-3–-1.5 m altitude · Inside or outside forest

Time & weather

Day & night

Any weather

Progression & limits

No required world key

Up to 5 nearby · Groups of 2–6 · Quality 1–5 permitted · 2 min between attempts · 50% attempt chance

These are world-spawn rules. Raids and location spawners have separate rules on their own pages. An interval is an attempt schedule, not a guaranteed respawn timer; valid terrain and local population checks still apply.

Biomes (curated)