How to Fish
All How to Fish Guides
Every How to Fish guide in one place: walkthrough, all five islands, every boss from Spider Crab to the volcano whale, fish locations, weapons and money tips.
Getting Started
How to Fish Beginner Guide: 15 Tips Before You Cast Off
How to Fish beginner guide: buy the $3 rod and $10 radar, skip the $50 pistol, sharpen the knife, never sell boss trophies. Plus five early money traps.
How to Fish Walkthrough: Every Island, Boss and Quest
Complete How to Fish walkthrough for all five islands: the Spider Crab, Giant Piranha, Pufferfish, bird fight and the volcano whale, with every NPC hand-in.
How to Fish Tips and Tricks: 15 Things It Won't Tell You
The best How to Fish tips: read ripples first, never sell boss trophies, buy the $10 radar early, style kills for multipliers, cook everything you sell.
Islands
Lighthouse Island Guide: Your First Hour in How to Fish
Lighthouse Island guide: clam economy, the $3 rod, knife sharpening prices, the Beer Can quest and beating the Spider Crab for boat keys.
How to Fish Forest Island Guide: Leeches, Guns & Piranha
Forest Island guide: the five-leech quest and special bait, where guns unlock, the girl's big yummy fish, and the Giant Piranha fight.
How to Fish Desert Island: Sharks & Rare Fish Guide
Desert Island guide: the grill master's shark, the tourist's endangered creature, SMG attachment shopping, and beating the Pufferfish.
Volcano Island Walkthrough: The Endgame of How to Fish
Military Volcano endgame guide: Scientist quest, the $20,000 assault rifle prep, beating the Magma Whale and finishing How to Fish's story.
How to Fish All Islands: Unlock Order & NPC Guide
Every island in How to Fish in unlock order — Lighthouse, Forest, Desert, Rocks, Military Volcano — with the boss trophies that gate each one.
Bosses
How to Fish Spider Crab: First Boss & Boat Keys
Kill the Spider Crab, hand its Shell to the Lighthouse Keeper, and he gives you the Boat Keys. Here is the whole first boss fight and the boat unlock flow.
How to Fish Giant Piranha: Solo Kill & Leech Bait
How to beat the Giant Piranha in How to Fish: the $1 Leech Bait summon chain, 2,500 HP solo tactics, and what patch 1.0.12 did and did not change.
How to Fish Pufferfish Boss: Desert Island Guide
How to beat the Pufferfish: shark feast and endangered fish quests, carrot bait trigger, and an SMG strategy for the tankiest boss.
How to Beat the Terrorizing Bird in How to Fish (Island 4)
Summon the albatross boss with a tuna on the grass, survive dive-bombs and sky grabs, then claim the Bird's Head for the Volcano coordinates. $13,000 body.
How to Fish Magma Whale: Final Boss Guide (Mutated Bowhead)
How to beat How to Fish's final boss — Magma Whale aka Mutated Bowhead — Scientist quest, $20,000 AR loadout and volcano strategy.
How to Fish Boss Guide: All Bosses, First Boss Order
All bosses in How to Fish, from the Spider Crab first boss to the final whale: exact HP, escape timers, summon bait and what patch 1.0.12 changed.
Hidden Bosses
How to Fish Sunfish: Stats, Summon & Rewards
The Sunfish is a 1,500 HP mini-boss summoned by the $40 Beginner Boss Lure on Island 2. Exact stats, the 50/50 summon split, and the honest profit math.
How to Fish The Old Pike: Summon, Stats & Money
The Old Pike is a 1,000 HP mini-boss summoned by the $40 Beginner Boss Lure on Island 2. Stats, the 50/50 split, ammo math and the real profit per lure.
How to Fish Blue Shark: Summon, Stats & Loot
Blue Shark in How to Fish: the $280 Standard Boss Lure, the 1.4% Standard Lure roll, 2,300 HP, 36 contact damage and a $300 body.
How to Fish Tuna: Summon It, Then Bait the Bird
How to Fish Tuna: the $1,200 Professional Boss Lure, the 1.3% $50 lure gamble, 6,000 HP, 40 contact damage, and why the Albatross needs the body.
How to Fish Bing Bong: Hidden Boss Guide
How to find and beat Bing Bong, the secret boss on Island 3: the $350 coconut summon, ranged-only fight, and what it drops.
Fish & Gear
How to Fish Wiki: All 54 Creatures, Bosses & Items
The full How to Fish database: 54 creatures with HP and sell value, 12 boss-tier fights, 7 weapons, 18 baits and the 5-island unlock chain.
How to Fish All Fish Locations: Every Species & Bait
Every fish location in How to Fish: all 54 creatures by island and water depth, bait matching, ripple colors and the nine endangered species.
How to Fish Fishipedia Completion: 100% Collection Checklist
The Fishipedia completion guide for How to Fish: logging every species, rare variant and drip entry with a checklist order that avoids wasted island trips.
How to Fish Endangered Creatures: All 9 Locations
All 9 endangered creatures in How to Fish: HP, value, the exact lure that rolls each one, the Desert Tourist hand-in and the 1.25x killscore bonus.
How to Fish Rare Fish Variants: Ripples, Baits & Locations
How rare fish variants work in How to Fish: gold ripple reading, the baits each rare wants, line-tension technique and where valuable spawns hide.
How to Fish Drip Fish: Rainbow Creatures & Casino Skins
How to get drip rainbow creatures in How to Fish: what they are, where they spawn, how the Island 4 slot machine turns them into legendary weapon skins.
How to Fish Bait Guide: Every Lure Tier & When to Use It
Every bait and lure in How to Fish: the free starter, $1 Hotdog Lures, Grubs, Heavy Metal, river and swamp specialty lures and boss lures with tier matching.
How to Unlock Guns in How to Fish: Prices & Islands
Guns are bought, not unlocked: pistol $50 and shotgun $150 on Island 2, SMG $650 on Island 3, sniper $3,800 on Island 4, assault rifle $20,000 late.
Best Gun in How to Fish: Every Weapon Ranked & Priced
The shotgun at $150 wins most of the run; the $20,000 assault rifle is the endgame tax. Every How to Fish weapon ranked with real damage numbers.
How to Fish Weapon Attachments: All 7 & Slots
How to Fish weapon attachments guide: all 7 mods, the Island 2 shop, why you must hold the gun, the $900 Fully Equipped build, and what 1.0.11 removed.
How to Fish Upgrades Guide: Best Order to Buy
How to Fish upgrade priority: weapon damage first, then inventory slots and the $10 radar, with real tier costs from the game files and what to skip.
How to Fish Cooking Guide: Grill, 1.5x and Burnt
Cooking in How to Fish multiplies an item value by 1.5x and burning it cuts value to 0.1x. Grill unlock, the full formula, magma cooking and burnt sales.
How to Fish Boat Upgrades: Engine, Radar & When to Buy
Boat upgrades in How to Fish explained: engine and storage parts, the permanent radar mount, why boats come last in purchase orders and when speed pays off.
How to Use Dynamite in How to Fish: Throw It Right
Dynamite in How to Fish costs $25 and hits for 200 explosion damage. Steps to hold, charge and throw it, collect the floaters, and the 1.0.11 self-damage trap.
How Much Damage Does Dynamite Do in How to Fish?
Dynamite does 200 explosion damage per stick in How to Fish — what that one-shots, how many sticks each boss needs, and the patch 1.0.11 self-damage rule.
Money & Progression
Who Made How to Fish? Dazed Games, Two Devs, One Hit
How to Fish was made by Dazed Games, the two-person studio of Carl-Vilhelm Johansson and Melvin Olsson. Here is the team, the patches and the 2026 numbers.
How to Fish Black Screen Fix: Joining and Launching
Fix the How to Fish black screen when joining friends: fresh-session rule, Steam connection debug, firewall, file verification and every working fix so far.
How to Fish Money Fast Guide: Cash Tips at Every Stage
How to make money fast in How to Fish: early clam loops, the shotgun pipeline, cooking multipliers, dynamite farming and the $20,000 rifle fund.
How to Fish Casino Guide: Roulette 35x & Skins
How to Fish casino guide: the Island 4 Lucky Bait roulette, why green 35x returns less than red 2x, the All In achievement, and Reel of Fortune skins.
How to Fish Trick Shots: Killscore Combos & Points
Trick shots in How to Fish are mid-air, multi-kill or 360 kills that raise the killscore multiplier on the sale price. Here is what pays and what does not.
How to Fish Radar: Coordinates, Mounting & Sailing Guide
The radar in How to Fish explained: the $10 Lighthouse pickup most players miss, reading NPC coordinates, permanent mounting and sailing between islands.
How to Fish Quests & Missions: Every NPC Request Explained
Every quest chain in How to Fish: clam economy, Beer Can summon, leech delivery, shark feast, endangered fish, tuna offering and the Scientist volcano finale.
How to Fish Achievements: Every Achievement & How to Unlock
Guide to How to Fish achievements: 360 No Scope, Terrorizing Bird, the one-hour speedrun and a two-run structure for completing every family efficiently.
How to Fish Big Yummy Fish: The Forest Island Quest
The big yummy fish is the Giant Piranha the Forest Island girl asks you to kill. Full chain: leech pickup, $1 Leech Bait, 2,500 HP fight, Island 3 reward.
How to Fish Secrets & Easter Eggs: 12 Hidden Things
Twelve How to Fish secrets the game never marks: hidden mini-bosses, the $10 radar, junk pickups, BingBong, a flying boat and the real ending.
Platforms & Mods
How to Fish System Requirements: It Runs on Almost Any PC
Windows 10 64-bit, 8 GB RAM, a GTX 1050-class GPU and 1 GB storage — the full official spec sheet, plus Steam Deck Verified status and GeForce NOW support.
How to Fish GeForce NOW: Setup, Tiers & Save Sync
How to Fish runs on GeForce NOW since patch 1.0.11 on September 1, 2026. You need the Steam version, mods will not load, and saves travel through Steam Cloud.
How to Fish Android: No Official App, 3 Safe Ways
There is no official How to Fish Android or iOS version. Here are three safe ways to play on a phone, and what those Play Store listings really are.
How to Fish Roblox: The Real Game vs 2 Fan Clones
No, How to Fish is not on Roblox. Dazed Games ships it on Steam only. Here are the two Roblox clones, their place IDs, and what to play instead.
Is How to Fish Crossplay? No — but 8-Player Co-op Works
How to Fish has no console build, so there is nothing to cross: Steam PC, Deck and GeForce NOW players share the same 8-player lobbies. Co-op facts for 2026.
How to Fish Multiplayer Mod: Why 8 Players Is the Cap
How to Fish already supports 8 players since patch 1.0.4. The Nexus BepInEx mod patches the same ceiling, and 16 or 32-player claims are false.
How to Fish Mod Menu: Mods, Trainers and What Is Safe
How to Fish has no Steam Workshop, but mod menus run through MelonLoader 0.7.3 or BepInEx 5.4.33.2. What works, the INSERT hotkey and the co-op risks.