Unofficial Community Wiki & Player Tools
How to Fish Game Wiki
Catch, fight, sell, upgrade, and island-hop through Dazed Games' chaotic physics fishing adventure. Find every fish, beat the bosses, track your progression, and calculate how much your catches are really worth.
- Launched Aug 20, 2026
- Patch 1.0.4 · Aug 22, 2026
- 266,896 Peak CCU
- 94% Positive
- 28 Achievements
- Up to 8 Players
Start Here
Find Your Way Home
Beginner Guide
Learn the core catch, fight, sell and upgrade loop, what to buy first, what not to sell, and how to avoid wasting your opening hour.
OpenBoss & Island Progression
Follow quests from island to island, prepare the right bait, defeat bosses such as the Pufferfish, keep important trophies, and unlock the next destination.
OpenFish Database
Search every known catch by island, lure and progression tier, then track normal and rare variants as you complete your Fishipedia.
OpenMoney & Sell Value Tools
Learn how trick shots, cooking and gambling affect your earnings, then use the calculator to plan higher-value catches and money runs.
OpenGame Overview
What is How to Fish?
How to Fish is a physics-based fishing action simulator developed and published by Dazed Games. After a boating accident leaves you stranded, you catch creatures, fight them, sell your haul and spend the money on stronger fishing gear, weapons and equipment.
Progression revolves around quests, bosses and new islands, while rare fish variants, trick shots, achievements and gambling create additional collection and money goals. Patch 1.0.4 also expanded online lobbies to support up to eight players.
Explore All Guides- Developer
- Dazed Games
- Platform
- Steam · Windows PC
- Genre
- Physics Fishing · Co-op Action
- Peak CCU
- 266,896
- User Reviews
- 94% Positive
- Achievements
- 28
- Multiplayer
- Up to 8 Players
- Latest Patch
- 1.0.4
Latest Guides & Updates
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Pufferfish Boss Guide
How to Fish Pufferfish boss guide: what the patch 1.0.4 nerf changed, how the quest to trophy loop works, and which details are still being verified.
achievements
How to Fish Steam Achievements
How to Fish has 28 Steam achievements. The full list with unlock conditions is being verified and will be published here as an achievement tracker.
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All Fish in How to Fish: Database and Confirmed Creatures
How to Fish fish database: every confirmed fish and creature, with island, location, bait, rod, base value and rare variant data added as it is verified.
guides
How to Fish Beginner Guide: Core Loop and First Hour
How to Fish beginner guide: learn the Fish, Kill, Sell, Upgrade core loop, quests, bosses and island progression, plus what to focus on in your first hour.
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How to Fish Money Guide: Earn More From Every Catch
How to Fish money guide: selling catches is your core income, and trick shots, cooking and gambling modifiers can raise a catch's value once verified.
fixes
Black Screen: Fixes and Patch Status
How to Fish black screen issues were addressed in patch 1.0.4. If you still see a black screen, try these standard PC troubleshooting steps.
Explore the How to Fish Wiki & Tools
This is a structured database and toolset, not a pile of guesses. Fish, boss, and island entries are verified in-game before publishing, and every numbers-driven page shows the patch it was checked against.
How to Fish Fish Database
The fish database: every catch organized by island, location, required lure and bait, rod, base value, and rare variants.
All Fish
Every fish we have confirmed in-game, organized by island and progression tier.
Rare Variants
Track normal and rare variants as you complete your Fishipedia collection.
Sell or Keep
Each entry includes a sell or keep recommendation based on quests and base value.
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How to Fish Bosses & Islands
Boss and island progression: follow quests, prepare bait, defeat bosses, keep trophies, and unlock the next island.
- 1
Follow each island's quest chain and prepare the right bait and gear for its boss.
- 2
Defeat bosses like the Pufferfish and keep the trophies that unlock the next step.
- 3
Turn trophies in to the right NPC, unlock the next island, and repeat.
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How to Fish Player Tools
Calculators and trackers: sell value math, fish collection tracking, island progression planning, and achievements.
Sell Value Calculator
Enter a base value, apply trick-shot, cooking, and gambling modifiers, and see the final value.
Money Guide
Learn which catches and modifiers produce the highest-value money runs.
Achievement Tracker
Work through all 28 Steam achievements in an efficient order.
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How to Fish Updates
How to Fish launched on August 20, 2026 and is already patching. Track every change in one place.
- Confirmed
Aug 20, 2026
How to Fish launches on Steam, built around the catch-fight-sell-upgrade loop across a chain of islands.
- Confirmed
Aug 22, 2026
Patch 1.0.4 expands online lobbies to up to 8 players, nerfs the Pufferfish and Whale, and fixes black screen issues.
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Ready to Master How to Fish?
From your first crab to late-game bosses, rare catches and high-value money runs, use our wiki, database, trackers and calculators to make every island easier.