# Sperm Whale

**Item ID**: 8451
**Type**: Furniture
**Grade**: Gold
**Weight**: 1 LT
**NPC Buy**: 2,800,000 silver
**Notable**: yes
**Encyclopedia Entry**: #152 (category 2)

## Flavor

An ingredient that can be obtained through Fishing. You can either sell it to Trade Managers or use it for Cooking.
- Rare Fish


## Obtain

Normal/Harpoon Fishing


## Notes

※ You can sell the fish you caught to Trade Managers located in major towns and cities.


## From the Knowledge Book

**Sperm Whale**

These majestic creatures are predominantly dark gray, but as they mature, their coloration shifts towards a lighter, nearly white hue. Its large, blunt, square-shaped head, which comprises approximately one-third of its entire body length.

The substance found in its colon, known as ambergris, is highly prized for its use as an expensive fragrance and a stabilizing agent. Additionally, ambergris serves as a key ingredient in cosmetics favored by the noblewomen of Calpheon and Port Epheria. Due to its high value, sperm whales were once subjected to excessive hunting, driven by the demand for this precious commodity.

See [Sperm Whale](/knowledge/8637.md) for the full entry.