Where are you in the game?
Choose your next step
New crew
Get off the first island
Work through the opening conversations, the first boss and your boat departure checklist.
Start the beginner guide
Main story
Find your next story objective
Follow the campaign from Lighthouse to Volcano, with reminders for the quest items to keep.
Open the walkthrough
Field reference
Look up a catch or quest
Browse creature locations, bait, boss triggers, equipment and achievement requirements.
Browse the wikiReturning players
Make sense of the Islet Update
Catch up on the smaller islands, new equipment and collection changes without restarting the campaign guide.
Update guide
The Islet Update: what changed in How to Fish
Find the new Islet Update content, changed island spacing and official changes since the launch walkthroughs.
Open guideExploration & gear
Islets, Euros and the Bow
Find the Bow and bottle money, earn Euros, and check Lucky Bone or Wishbone purchases on the new small islands.
Open guide
Collection
Drip fish, Fishipedia and creature collection
Find Drip fish, read bait hints, understand Wishbone and skins, and diagnose missing Fishipedia entries.
Open guideBefore you sail
Bring a plan for the whole session
Plan a session
Bonus and sale tools
Plan a kill bonus, estimate a sale or set a sensible upgrade budget.
Open guideFinish the collection
Achievement checklist
Keep track of unfinished story, collection and challenge goals in this browser.
Open guideFrom the developers
Latest announcements
Latest version in the reviewed official feed: Patch 1.1.3. Gameplay coverage is labeled separately on each guide.
Oct 12, 2026
Ten million players and the next development plans
Dazed Games marks ten million players and confirms work on more content, console versions and further fixes.
Read updateSep 30, 2026
Drip Gar and Fisherman plush proposals
The developers announce a Makeship collaboration for two proposed plush designs based on Drip Gar and the Fisherman.
Read updateSep 29, 2026
Patch 1.1.3: Fishipedia bait hints
Fishipedia now reveals a species' bait after your first kill, giving returning collectors an in-game reference for Drip hunting.
Read updateAbout the game
Fishing is only the beginning
How to Fish is Dazed Games’ physics-based adventure on Steam. Catching, fighting, selling and quest hand-ins feed into the same journey: building up a stranded crew and reaching the next island.
This is an independent player guide. For buying the game, current availability or developer announcements, follow the official sources.