Start with the route
Your first trip and the full campaign
The campaign walkthroughs cover the reviewed Patch 1.0.10 route. Use the update guides below for later additions.
Opening session
Beginner guide
Get a first sale, prepare for Spider Crab and check your boat departure tasks before leaving Lighthouse.
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Campaign route
Full story walkthrough
Follow five campaign stages, find the next hand-in and protect the catches that unlock later encounters.
Open guideIslets and collection
Explore beyond the main route
Find the new content, understand its currencies and equipment, and use Fishipedia to organize the next collection trip.
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.
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Exploration & 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.
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Collection
Drip fish, Fishipedia and creature collection
Find Drip fish, read bait hints, understand Wishbone and skins, and diagnose missing Fishipedia entries.
Open guideEveryday decisions
Catch, earn and stay fed
Fishing basics
Fishing controls: casting, reeling and landing a catch
Learn the fishing loop, check the correct rod and bait, and troubleshoot a catch that will not bite or land.
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Money & upgrades
Money, killscore and selling fish
Understand the catch-to-sale loop, kill bonuses and upgrade priorities before choosing a money-making route.
Open guideSurvival
Cooking, hunger and survival
Decide what to eat, cook or keep for a quest, prepare food for bosses and compare Easy, Normal and Hard difficulty.
Open guideMake the session work
Friends, saves and timed attempts
Co-op help
Multiplayer: co-op lobbies, joining friends and fixes
Set up a co-op session, check player limits and private lobbies, and work through common connection problems.
Open guideSaves & support
Steam Cloud saves and progress troubleshooting
Check Steam Cloud support, understand save synchronization and protect your existing progress when troubleshooting.
Open guideChallenge & tool
Bean speedrun: route, achievements and practice timer
Prepare for the Bean route, follow its achievement goals and use a local practice timer to track your run.
Open guideKeep a reference nearby
Tools and answers for the next step
Calculators
Interactive tools
Compare a proposed bonus stack, estimate a sale and plan upgrade spending.
Choose a toolStuck on a hand-in
Quest reference
Look up one request, its required item and the next conversation in the chain.
Browse questsSomething went wrong
Troubleshooting
Work through known connection, item and progress problems with links to the relevant update.
Find a fixNeed a specific fish, boss or item? Search the complete field guide. For changes announced by Dazed Games, see the official update archive.