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Dazed Games · Steam App 4001890 · Patch 1.0.12

How to Fish Game Wiki & Player Guide

Find the next quest, creature, lure or safe fix for solo or online co-op play, with evidence labels that separate official facts from player reports.

Start Beginner Guide Open Creature Tracker Find a Lure Calculate Fish Value

A player catches a fish on a tropical island in How to Fish — Official Steam screenshot by Dazed Games. This is an independent fan-made wiki.

Value tools

Know what a catch could be worth

Compare documented raw prices and apply the Killscore, cooking and reported Roulette multipliers in the browser.

Open calculator Browse fish prices

Independent
Fan-made resource

34 mappings
Sourced, not called complete

Checked Sep 2
Patch-aware guidance

Start here

Move from your first catch to the next island

A player meets an island character near a lure and equipment board in How to Fish

First hour route

Learn the loop before buying around the problem

Catch, sell, read the active quest, and spend only when an upgrade removes the next blocker.

Read the beginner guide

02 All Islands Follow the reported five-stage route without turning community notes into official facts. 03 Weapons & Upgrades Choose gear by the next blocker, not by invented DPS or tier scores. 04 Bosses Check reported triggers, preparation notes and spoiler-aware evidence.

Data tools

Search first, then verify the evidence level

34 sourced mappings

Creature Tracker

Filter by island, rod and lure. The current table is a sourced subset, not a marketing claim about the full collection count.

Search creatures

Normal & Drip progress

Keep separate local marks with no account and no upload.

Two-way lure lookup

Start with a creature, lure, rod or current island.

What is How to Fish?

A fishing game where the catch is only the start

How to Fish is the 2026 Steam game by Dazed Games, App 4001890. The official loop is direct: catch fish, finish the fight, sell the result, buy stronger gear, complete quests and defeat bosses to reach new islands.

This wiki focuses on that exact game. It keeps real-world fishing, Roblox Fisch and similarly named games outside the entity boundary. Official facts lead; community routes stay labelled until they can be reproduced.

Open the official Steam page

A How to Fish player uses a fishing rod from the top of a palm tree — Official Steam screenshot by Dazed Games. Used for game identification and editorial context.

Problem first

What are you stuck on?

Items disappeared Protect the current state before testing recovery steps. Next island is unclear Compare the reported route with the active in-game quest. Need a creature or lure Search the sourced mapping table in either direction.

Current official patch

Patch 1.0.12 adds Steam Cloud, targeted fixes and balance updates

Steam Cloud saves were added; launch and exit once on the PC holding the save you want to upload.
Piranha was rebalanced and Tuna was slightly nerfed; no numerical values were published.
Item velocity was limited to reduce the chance of items flying away or disappearing.
MetaVoice was updated to 4.3 in an attempted voice-chat fix.
FishNet no longer overrides the maximum FPS setting when joining a lobby, and music now preloads before the first Radio purchase.
The Final Boss should now take explosive damage when landing on its tail.

Read the Patch 1.0.12 update summary

Official trailer

See the game before following a route

The privacy-enhanced YouTube player loads only after you choose play. The video remains an official external embed from Dazed Games.

Dazed Games: How to Fish Release Date Trailer

Scope & sourcing

Useful answers without pretending every launch-week detail is settled

Creature totals reported across current guides still conflict. This site publishes 34 sourced mappings, shows the evidence status beside each result, and avoids claiming 44 or 49 as a verified total.