How to Fish Patch Notes

Patch 1.1.3 September 29, 2026

  • Now displays name of bait to catch the fish in the fishipedia (shown after you've killed it once)
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Patch 1.1.2 September 29, 2026

  • Added rebinding for reload
  • Added 2 new skins for the bow
  • Increased new bait spawn on the new mini island: 2 -> 3
  • Made shiny fishing rod skins more shiny
  • Adjusted pricing for wishbone upgrades
  • Increased size of mini island dots on the radar
  • Added the option to downgrade to ironsight again
  • Fixed Tench not being able to spawn from the new bait
  • Fixed triangles facing the wrong direction on the new mini-boss
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Patch 1.1.0 September 28, 2026

  • Added a bundle with PEAK!
  • Added a new weapon
  • Added multiple mini islands
  • Added more creatures
  • Added a new mini-boss
  • Added more items
  • Added a new bait
  • Added a new NPC
  • Added new achievements
  • Added a new outfit
  • Adjusted the volume for some sound effects
  • Adjusted the distance between each island
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Patch 1.0.12 September 4, 2026

  • Save files are now stored through Steam Cloud . Play and exit How to Fish on the pc you've saved them on once to upload them to the cloud
  • Rebalanced piranha
  • Nerfed tuna slightly
  • Limited velocity on items, hopefully making items harder to lose
  • Updated MetaVoice to 4.3, hopefully fixing some bugs in voice chat (Thank you Connor Myers (Metater)!)
  • FishNet no longer overrides your max fps when joining a lobby
  • Now preloads music so that it doesn't lagspike when buying the first radio
  • Final boss should now take damage from explosives even when landing on its tail
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Patch 1.0.11 September 1, 2026

  • How to Fish is now playable through Geforce NOW
  • How to Fish is now fully Steam Deck Verified
  • Added option to use toggle for aiming
  • Added option to use toggle for sprinting
  • Added option to hold to attack
  • Added option to toggle nametags
  • Save files are now always checked that they're not corrupt before loading
  • Save files now have backups in case of becoming corrupt
  • Slightly moved roulette table on island 6 as it was a bit annoying to bet in that position
  • Changed color for item dots to make dropped weapons easier to find (weapons are now orange and dead players are turquoise)
  • You will now die from your own explosives even with friendly fire disabled
  • Removed iron sight as a purchasable since players only ever bought them by mistake, removing their expensive attachments
  • You can no longer downgrade from suppressor to compensator
  • Hopefully fixed inventory bug on join, making players invisible
  • Fixed so that items need to have been held once before selling
  • Fixed drip parrotfish not being cooked
  • Fixed hands sometimes teleporting instead of moving smoothly to a picked up item
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