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Pufferfish Character ID

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

Pufferfish are peaceful fish discovered in the waters near the shores of the Mistlands biome. To reel them in, one can use a fishing pole equipped with Misty fishing bait. This bait can be concocted at the cauldron by blending 20 Fishing bait with a Lox trophy.

Overview

Pufferfish is a Valheim creature typically found in the mistlands biome from the Fish faction. Its character ID is Fish12, and the cheat command spawn Fish12 summons one in front of you — append 1 2 or 1 3 for one- or two-star variants.

Pufferfish are peaceful fish discovered in the waters near the shores of the Mistlands biome.

To reel them in, one can use a fishing pole equipped with Misty fishing bait. This bait can be concocted at the cauldron by blending 20 Fishing bait with a Lox trophy.

Character IDFish12
FactionFish
Main BiomeMistlands
TameableNo
Command reference
spawn

Command Builder

Quantity
Level

Spawns one Pufferfish at level 1 (normal).

Example Commands

Spawns one Pufferfish at your location.

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

Spawns five Pufferfish at your location.

Related creatures

Fishing & bait

Full reference

1 entry

Bait

Craft 20: 20 × Fishing bait + 1 × Lox trophy.

Reeling stamina

14 / sec

40 / sec while struggling, before skill reduction

Raw fish yield

Q1: 3 · Q2: 6 · Q3: 9 · Q4: 12 · Q5: 15

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

-999–-6 m altitude · Inside or outside forest

Time & weather

Day & night

Any weather

Progression & limits

No required world key

Up to 8 nearby · Groups of 2–5 · Quality 1–5 permitted · 1 min 20 sec between attempts · 40% 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)