How to FishGAME FIELD GUIDE
INVENTORY / KEEP OR SELL

How to Fish items and bait

Find what an item does before you sell it. Quest bait and distinctive drops are marked KEEP until the correct NPC or boss chain accepts them.

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KEEP THIS ITEMBeer Can, Empty Beer Can, Modified Leech, Carrot, Tuna body and Fish Bucket are progression items.
Lighthouse Keeper hand-in route in How to Fish
Quest item

Beer Can

Give it to the Lighthouse Keeper to receive Empty Beer Can

KEEP UNTIL HAND-IN
Lighthouse Keeper hand-in route in How to Fish
Boss bait

Empty Beer Can

Spawn Spider Crab

KEEP UNTIL HAND-IN
Forest island route in How to Fish
Boss bait

Modified Leech

Spawn Giant Piranha after 3 ground leeches

KEEP UNTIL HAND-IN
Desert island route in How to Fish
Boss bait

Carrot

Spawn Pufferfish after Needlefish trade

KEEP UNTIL HAND-IN
Albatross combat route in How to Fish
Boss bait

Tuna body

Summon Albatross by dropping it on the ground

KEEP UNTIL HAND-IN
Bowhead Whale Volcano encounter in How to Fish
Quest item

Fish Bucket

Catch Bowhead Whale

KEEP UNTIL HAND-IN
How to Fish starting equipment board with weapons
Weapon

First gun

Enable airborne and trick-shot kills

USEFUL KIT
How to Fish starting equipment board with weapons
Boat upgrade

Boat engine

Travel between unlocked islands

USEFUL KIT
Lighthouse shoreline in How to Fish
Navigation

Handheld Radar

Show the color marker for the next island

USEFUL KIT
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