# How to Fish Game Guide — All Islands, Bosses, Weapons & Fish

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![The crew's boat crossing open water at sunset](../media/70aad5a538_0.webp)
Unofficial fan guide · Dazed Games · 1–4 player co-op

# How to Fish — Game Guide Islands, Bosses, Weapons & Fish

It looks like a quiet fishing trip and then turns into a shooter with a casino and a boss gauntlet. This guide is organized around the decisions you'll actually make: which island to unlock next, how to summon each boss, which rod and bait catch what, and where the money comes from.
![Melvin hanging from a palm tree on the Lighthouse island beach](../media/70aad5a538_1.webp)

## What Is How to Fish?

A physics-based fishing-and-combat game from Dazed Games, out now on Steam for 1–4 players. It looks like a quiet fishing trip and then turns into a shooter with a casino and a boss gauntlet.
You and your friends are out drinking and boating when the trip goes wrong and you crash onto a small island. Getting home means learning to fish — except the game has a loose definition of fishing. You catch creatures with a rod, then beat them into submission with your fists, knives, guns, or dynamite, sell the result, and use the money to buy better gear and reach the next island.

### The Setup

A boating trip goes wrong — getting home means learning to fish, except the game has a loose definition of fishing.
- Catch creatures with a rod
- Beat them into submission — fists, knives, guns, dynamite
- Sell the result, buy better gear, reach the next island

### The Genre

A mashup rather than a pure simulator — and it actively rewards showing off.
- Part physics-based fishing, part FPS, part boss battler, part economy
- Fish flop around and fight back until subdued
- Kills score multipliers — headshots, no-scopes, 360s, airborne shots — and trick-shot catches sell for more
- Seagulls steal your catch; the casino can swallow the day's earnings (in-game coins only, never real money)

### The Progression

You are never stuck by one quiet lake optimizing bait — you're always working toward the next island, the next upgrade, or the next absurd weapon.
- Every island is a step up an escalating ladder
- Tougher creatures, more expensive bait, bigger bosses
- Works alone, but the appeal is four-player co-op chaos — several people making the same bad decisions at the same time
Lighthouse → Volcano
all earnable solo
online co-op, friends only
there's an achievement for it

## The Core Loop, Step by Step

Every island runs on the same five-step loop. Understanding the loop explains most of the game, so it's worth reading once even if you're in a hurry.
- Catch or kill STEP 1 Fish come to your rod or your gun. What you catch depends on the rod and bait you use and the island you're on Rarer fish need better bait Some creatures are rare shiny variants of a normal species, worth catching for the collection
- Sell for coins STEP 2 Coins are the only currency, and almost everything costs them. Cooking a fish before selling it — on a grill, or in the lava on the volcano island — roughly increases its value Selling one single item worth 100,000 or more is its own achievement
- Buy better gear STEP 3 The gear ladder is the real skill tree. The same coins pay for better rods, more bait, weapons, weapon attachments, boat engine upgrades, and extra inventory space There is no character skill system, so every upgrade is something you buy
- Beat the boss STEP 4 Each island has an NPC with a task, and the task always leads to a specific boss. The boss isn't just waiting around — you have to prepare the right trigger (usually a special bait or fish) to summon it Watch the white escape timer under its health bar — if it empties, the boss vanishes and forces you to start over
- Hand in the drop STEP 5 Beating the boss is only half the job. Whatever the boss drops — a shell, a head, a fin — has to go back to the NPC who gave the quest Only then does your radar light up with the coordinates for the next island Killed the boss but the map hasn't changed? This hand-in is the first thing to check
That's the whole game — and every one of these steps has its own page with the detail that doesn't fit here.

## What's on This Site

Whatever you're stuck on — a boss, a fish, a quest hand-in, or just making coins — there's a page for it:
![A friend holding up a Desolater III catch while you hold the starting rod](../media/70aad5a538_2.webp)

### Beginner's Guide

What to actually do in your first hour: sell your first clams, buy your first rod, and get through your first boss without wasting money. If you just launched the game, start here.
Walk the first hour
![The boat with the whole crew crossing open water toward the next island at sunse](../media/70aad5a538_3.webp)

### Islands & Map

All 5 islands in order — Lighthouse, Forest, Desert, Rocks, Volcano — how to unlock each one, the terrain and facilities (anvil, grill, casino, military base), and how travel works.
Unlock order and facilities
![The whale boss breaching out of the volcano crater with its health bar and white](../media/70aad5a538_4.webp)

### Bosses

The 5 story bosses that gate progression, lure-summoned boss fish, and elite encounters — each with its trigger, its drop, and how to beat it.
Triggers, drops, tactics
![A caught shark flopping on the sand, fighting back before being subdued](../media/70aad5a538_5.webp)

### Fish & Creatures

Every catchable species grouped by island, with the rod and bait each one needs, plus the rare Drip variants and what completing the collection takes.
Rod and bait tables
![Aiming the sniper rifle down its scope at an airborne fish for a trick-shot bonu](../media/70aad5a538_6.webp)

### Weapons & Gear

Every weapon from fists to the sniper rifle, every rod, attachments, boat engines and the radar — what each is for and where you get it.
The full loadout
![The casino interior with the Reel of Fortune slot machine and roulette wheel glo](../media/70aad5a538_7.webp)

### Economy & Gambling

Where coins come from, the cooking multiplier, and the casino: the Reel of Fortune slot machine, the roulette wheel, and the skins they pay out.
Income and odds
![The end-of-run boat ride into the sunset — the finish every achievement chase en](../media/70aad5a538_8.webp)

### Achievements

All 28 achievements with how to complete each one and global completion rates — see which are common and which are genuinely rare.
All 28, ranked
![Handing the boss shell back to the Lighthouse island NPC at the quest turn-in di](../media/70aad5a538_9.webp)

### NPCs & Quests

Every quest, who gives it, what it asks for, and exactly what to hand in to keep the story moving.
Quest hand-ins
![Four players on the same dock, one reeling in a fish while another shoots it mid](../media/70aad5a538_10.webp)

### Co-op Guide

How multiplayer actually works: friends-only lobbies, who keeps what, and how to split the work so the chaos goes faster instead of slower.
Lobbies and roles

## Where to Start

Pick the situation that matches yours:

### Just launched the game?

Read the Beginner's Guide first — it walks the first hour in order and saves you the classic early mistakes, like spending your first coins on the wrong thing. Then open Islands & Map so you know where you're headed.

### A boss keeps beating you?

Most “I can't beat X” problems are actually trigger or preparation problems — the right bait, the right hand-in. The Bosses page covers both the trigger and the fight.

### Money is the bottleneck?

Go to Economy & Gambling before buying anything else. The fastest income is usually trick-shot bonuses and cooking multipliers, not grinding the cheapest fish.

### You're a completionist?

Start with Achievements and Fish & Creatures to see the full scope of what's collectible, then work backward through the pages you need.

## FAQ

Yes. The entire game is playable alone, and all achievements can be earned in single-player. Online co-op is optional.
Up to four in online co-op, with friends only — there's no random matchmaking. Co-op doesn't change the progression, just makes the chaos faster and funnier.
No. It's a physics-based comedy game: you shoot fish out of the air for trick-shot bonuses, gamble your catch at a casino, and fight boss whales in a volcano. If you want a serious simulator, this is the wrong game.
Yes. The Steam store page and game UI are localized in Simplified Chinese.
No. The casino uses the in-game coins and fish you catch. The Steam page explicitly notes there's no real-money gambling.
A focused speedrun can finish in under an hour — there's an achievement for completing the game within one hour — while a normal first playthrough takes a few hours, longer if you're fishing everything and playing the casino.
Check the Steam store page for the current price in your region; the game launched with an introductory discount. Steam store page