How to find and beat Bing Bong, the secret boss on Island 3: the $350 coconut summon, ranged-only fight, and what it drops.
How to Fish Bing Bong: The Secret Boss of Island 3
Bing Bong is the hidden boss of How to Fish — an optional fight that most players never find because nothing on screen tells you it exists. It lives on the third island, it is summoned with a $350 coconut lure, and it demands a completely different loadout from every other boss in the game. This guide covers where it is, how to summon it, how to survive the fight, and what makes it worth your time.
Why Bing Bong Is Easy to Miss
Bing Bong has no quest marker, no dialogue, and no cutscene. The only breadcrumb is a coconut tree on the third island with a purchase prompt hidden in its branches — most players walk past it several times. The game's own systems reinforce the miss: the third island is already dense with the Pufferfish quest chain, the Grill Master's shark order, and the endangered-fish loop, so a lone coconut tree barely registers.
The second reason it is easy to miss: you have to throw money at it before you know what it does. The coconut costs $350 — a meaningful chunk of your wallet at that stage — and nothing tells you it summons a boss. By the numbers the game exposes, a $350 lure reads as a bad investment. It is not.
How to Find Bing Bong
Step 1: Reach Island 3 (the Desert)
Bing Bong spawns on the third island — the Desert — which you reach after beating the Giant Piranha on Island 2 and following the coordinates. If you are still on the Forest, finish the Piranha first; the full island order is covered in our all islands guide.
Step 2: Buy the Coconut
On the third island, find a coconut tree and jump toward the coconuts until the purchase prompt appears. Each coconut costs $350. You need exactly one for the summon — buying extras just wastes money, and the lure is consumed on the cast.
The coconut is the only bait that summons Bing Bong. Our bait guide breaks down every lure tier, and the coconut sits apart from the normal economy because it is a one-target lure with a 100% summon rate.
Step 3: Cast at the Right Spot
Equip the coconut as your lure and cast with the standard fishing rod from the third island's shore. The catch is almost instant — the fish grabs the lure within one to two seconds — so keep the rod tension managed and be ready to reel. Because the coconut is a single-use, one-target lure, there is no luck involved: if it bites, it is Bing Bong.
Bing Bong Stats (From the Game Data)
Here is the exact stat block the game uses for Bing Bong:
| Stat | Value | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 2,000 HP | Tougher than the Pufferfish's opening tiers; not a filler fight |
| Sell Value | $300 | Solid cash-out, but the real value is the trophy |
| On-Hit Damage | 75 | Two or three contacts can end a mid-game run |
| Fight Timer | 300 seconds | The white bar drains; let it empty and the boss escapes |
| Movement | Extreme bounce (jump force 10) | This is why melee whiffs |
| Endangered? | Yes | Registerable in the Fishipedia, like the other rares |
Official source: How to Fish on Steam — the stat block above is read from the shipped game files; patch notes and store details are published on the same page.
The 2,000 HP pool is the headline. For context, the Giant Piranha sits at 2,500 HP and the Spider Crab at 750 HP — so Bing Bong is a genuine mid-tier damage check, not a novelty. The fight timer matters more than the health bar: you have five real minutes, and every wasted reload eats into it.
How to Beat Bing Bong
The Fight: Ranged-Only
Bing Bong darts around the island at speed, constantly changing direction. Melee is not viable — you will swing at air while it bounces past, and its contact damage (75) punishes every missed punish window. You need a firearm.
Best weapons for the fight:
| Weapon | Price | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Sniper Rifle | $3,800 | Best — high per-shot damage, range keeps you clear of contact |
| SMG | $650 | Solid budget option with attachments |
| Shotgun | $150 | Works but forces you close; risky against 75 contact damage |
| Pistol | $50 | Too slow against a 2,000 HP mover |
The best weapon guide ranks the full arsenal, and the sniper is the standout here specifically because of Bing Bong's movement pattern — you do not need sustained DPS, you need burst accuracy at range.
Keep Distance
Bing Bong's only real threat is contact: it deals 75 damage per hit while bouncing, and on a mid-game loadout that is a third of your health or more. Maintain distance, keep the reticle on it, and never chase it into the water — the fight timer keeps draining whether you are in range or not.
Bring a Friend
The fight is dramatically easier in co-op. A second gun doubles your DPS against a moving target, and if you go down, your partner can revive you instead of restarting the whole summon (which costs another $350 coconut). Our co-op guide covers the lobby basics and shared-wallet pitfalls.
Don't Let the White Bar Empty
Like every boss in How to Fish, Bing Bong has a white escape bar that drains continuously. Empty it and the boss escapes — you keep the trophy from whatever damage you dealt, but the coconut is gone and the summon restarts from scratch. The discipline is identical to the Spider Crab: burst during windows, don't poke.
The Coconut Trick: Two Ways to Summon It
Two versions of this summon circulate, and they disagree about the trigger:
- The shop version (verified). Buy a coconut from the third island's coconut tree for $350, equip it as your lure, and cast from the shore with the standard rod. The bite lands within one to two seconds, and the coconut is consumed whether or not you finish the fight. This is the route the game's own bait data supports: the coconut's weight table holds a single entry, Bing Bong at 100%.
- The knock-and-reel version (community-reported). Rather than casting normally, players report knocking the coconut into the water and then reeling it back in to start the fight. Clips of this circulate on social media, and it is worth knowing about because it looks nothing like a normal cast — but treat it as community-reported, not documented. No version-stamped test of it has been published, and the standard cast above works on every build we can confirm.
Both routes agree on the important part: one coconut, one $350 payment, one Bing Bong. There is no lottery in that weight table and no second boss hiding in it, so a failed attempt costs the coconut and the walk back, nothing more.
Do not buy coconuts in bulk hoping for a different result. The lure has exactly one entry in its weight table, and every cast consumes it — stacking five coconuts just means five identical attempts.
The same "unmarked content" pattern shows up all over the Desert island. The secrets and easter eggs guide collects the rest of it, and every file-extracted value on this page is also indexed on our How to Fish wiki hub alongside the other 53 creatures.
What Bing Bong Drops
Beat it and you get:
- Bing Bong's trophy — hand it in to the relevant NPC for quest credit (check your active chains before selling anything)
- ~$300 sell value from the body itself
- Edible meat — cooking it applies the same value multipliers as any other catch
Do not sell the trophy before checking quest progress. Boss trophies in How to Fish are quest objects first and vendor trash second — selling early has burned more than one run.
Because Bing Bong is flagged endangered, catching it also feeds your Fishipedia completion. It is one of the rarer entries, so if you are chasing 100%, this is a mandatory catch — see the Fishipedia checklist for the full roster.
External Resources
- How to Fish on Steam — official store page, patch feed and community hub
- How to Fish news hub — every official announcement, newest first
- Steam Community Guides — player-written summon routes, including the coconut discovery
- SteamDB: How to Fish — independent build history for confirming which patch you are on
- Dazed Games — the two-person studio behind the game
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Bing Bong in How to Fish?
Bing Bong is on the third island (the Desert). Find the coconut tree, buy a coconut for $350, and cast it as bait from the shore with the standard rod.
What bait catches Bing Bong?
A $350 coconut from the third island's coconut tree. It is a one-target lure — the coconut only summons Bing Bong, with a 100% bite rate.
Is Bing Bong a boss in How to Fish?
Yes — an optional, hidden boss with 2,000 HP, a 300-second fight timer, and 75 contact damage. It has no quest marker, so most players find it by accident or not at all.
Can you beat Bing Bong with melee?
Technically possible in theory, but practically no — it bounces too fast for melee to connect, and its 75 contact damage punishes every whiff. Use a ranged weapon, ideally the Sniper Rifle.
How much HP does Bing Bong have?
2,000 HP, with a five-minute escape timer that drains like every boss's white bar.
Is Bing Bong endangered?
Yes. It registers in the Fishipedia like the other endangered creatures, which makes it a required catch for 100% completion.
Related Guides
- All Bosses Guide — every boss fight in one place
- Best Weapon Guide — what to bring against a 2,000 HP mover
- Desert Island Guide — the third island in full
- Fishipedia Checklist — 100% completion tracking
- Secrets & Easter Eggs — the other unmarked content the game never points at
- How to Fish Wiki Hub — every file-extracted creature value in one index
- Co-op Guide — why a second gun changes this fight
More How to Fish Guides
Desert Island guide: the grill master's shark, the tourist's endangered creature, SMG attachment shopping, and beating the Pufferfish.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Every island in How to Fish in unlock order — Lighthouse, Forest, Desert, Rocks, Military Volcano — with the boss trophies that gate each one.
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.