In Dazed Games’ Steam game How to Fish, unlock all 28 achievements by completing the five-island story first, using post-game free travel to clean up the remaining objectives, and saving Bean and Handyman for dedicated runs.
How to Fish is Dazed Games’ 1-4 player physics fishing game on Steam, but the fishing quickly turns into a shooter: you kill creatures, upgrade your boat, and fight a boss on each of the five islands. Its 28 Steam achievements cover bosses, side quests, two collection grinds, gambling, and the ending. Follow this route from the first island through the post-game cleanup, then finish with the two dedicated runs.
- Before you touch the checklist
- Every achievement and where it unlocks
- Island 1: first kills and the missing beer
- Island 2: the engine upgrade and the forest dinner
- Island 3: the grill and the tourist
- Island 4: top engine and the terrorizing bird
- Island 5 and the ending run
- Post-game trick shots and kill-score kills
- Post-game food, seagulls, and dynamite
- Roulette and the 100,000 sale
- Collector and Fishipedia: filling the encyclopedia
- Handyman and Bean: the two dedicated runs
- Frequently Asked Questions
Before you touch the checklist
Key Finish the story before chasing anything fiddly. After the credits, you wake up on island 1 with all your endgame gear and free access to all five islands. Trick shots, ten-second boss kills, and missing collection entries become trivial, so leave them until the post-game.
Keep two save files from the start: one for your normal playthrough and one for the Bean speedrun. Earn Bean on the separate save. Play co-op whenever possible because extra guns make bosses easier and teammates can revive each other instead of dying outright, but tackle Bean solo. Press Tab early to open the encyclopedia. It lists every creature, tracks drip variants separately, and shows exactly what you still need for Collector and Fishipedia.
The prices below use multiplayer values from version 1.0.4. Weapon upgrades cost less in solo play, while lures and guns cost the same in both modes, so use the listed weapon-upgrade prices as the co-op figures.
Beat the game before hunting the small achievements — the post-game island 1 respawn gives you full endgame gear and access to all five islands, cutting cleanup to minutes.
Every achievement and where it unlocks
| Achievement | Checklist note |
|---|---|
| Getting started | Island 1 — kill your first creature. |
| Drip | Island 1 — kill a drip creature, happens on its own. |
| Who stole my beer | Island 1 — kill the culprit and take it to the lighthouse keeper. |
| Getting an upgrade | Island 2 — buy the engine upgrade, $230. |
| Dinnertime | Island 2 — return the piranha tail to the forest lady. |
| Grillmaster | Island 3 — start the grill after the island 3 lure step. |
| Vacation | Island 3 — help the tourist with the endangered fish. |
| I am speed | Island 4 — buy the best boat engine, $860. |
| Terrorizing bird | Island 4 — beat the bird boss for the islanders. |
| Fully equipped | Island 5 — put every attachment on one weapon. |
| Deadliest catch | Island 5 — help the military kill the big creature. |
| We are so back | Island 5 — take the RHIB after the tail hand-in to finish. |
| Easy | Post-game — kill a boss within 10 seconds. |
| 360 no scope | Post-game — kill a creature after a full 360 hipfire spin. |
| Noob | Post-game — get a kill with no score multiplier. |
| Impressive | Post-game — hit a 5x killscore multiplier. |
| Let me go | Post-game — die and let a seagull carry you off. |
| Yummy in my tummy | Post-game — eat a burnt creature. |
| Competitive eating | Post-game — eat a mini-boss. |
| GOLD GOLD GOLD | Post-game — win a legendary skin from a slot machine. |
| I’m the bird now | Post-game — make the boat fly with dynamite. |
| Everyone’s dream | Post-game — kill a seagull with dynamite. |
| All in | Post-game — bet on green and win at roulette. |
| Rich! Millionaire | Post-game — sell something worth 100,000 or more. |
| Collector | Post-game — kill every creature in the encyclopedia. |
| Fishipedia | Post-game — kill every drip creature. |
| Handyman | Dedicated run — beat the final boss bare-handed. |
| Bean | Dedicated run — finish the game within 1 hour. |
Use the table as your main route, then follow the detailed instructions below for the achievements with extra requirements. Complete the main-save objectives from top to bottom, handle the post-game block after the credits, and finish with the two dedicated runs.
Island 1: first kills and the missing beer
Island 1 gives you three easy achievements, including one that unlocks naturally during the opening fights.
Kill your first creature
Your first kill unlocks Getting started.
Kill a drip creature
Kill a rare drip variant to unlock Drip. You will encounter one naturally as you work through the islands.
Return the beer culprit
Find and kill the creature that stole the beer, then bring it to the lighthouse keeper to unlock Who stole my beer.
Island 2: the engine upgrade and the forest dinner
Island 2 brings your first major purchase and your first boss. Buy the engine upgrade for $230 at the shack next to the old man. The mid-tier engine on island 3 also counts if you move ahead without buying it, but the island 2 engine is cheaper. Dinnertime takes longer and ends with returning the boss’s tail.
Buy the island 2 engine
Spend $230 at the shack near the old man to unlock Getting an upgrade.
Find 3 leeches in the forest
The leeches sit on the ground in the tall grass. Sweep the area and watch for the pickup prompt instead of trying to spot each small model.
Give the leeches to the lady
Give her all three leeches to receive the bait for the island boss.
Fish up and kill the piranha boss
Use the shotgun against the boss and switch to your brass knuckles for the small piranhas it vomits. Carry cooked fish and eat whenever you need healing. Skip explosives because the blast can kill you.
Return the tail to the lady
Pick up the tail dropped by the boss and return it as the dinner to unlock Dinnertime.
Island 3: the grill and the tourist
Island 3 builds two achievements directly into its quest line. Follow the island’s story to collect both without taking a side detour.
Start the grill
Complete the island 3 lure step with the $280 lure, then light the grill to unlock Grillmaster.
Help the tourist
Help the tourist with the endangered fish during his vacation to unlock Vacation.
Island 4: top engine and the terrorizing bird
On island 4, buy the fastest boat engine and eliminate the bird boss terrorizing the locals.
Buy the best boat engine
Spend $860 on the top engine to unlock I am speed.
Defeat the terrorizing bird
Kill the seagull boss menacing the islanders to unlock Terrorizing bird.
Island 5 and the ending run
The volcano island finishes the story with three achievements, ending with the achievement for reaching the credits.
Kit out one weapon
Apply every attachment to one weapon to unlock Fully equipped. The assault rifle is the most useful choice for the rest of the route.
Help the military
Help the military kill the big creature they located to unlock Deadliest catch.
Finish the game
After handing in the island 5 tail, take the RHIB along the ending path to roll the credits and unlock We are so back.
Post-game trick shots and kill-score kills
Complete these achievements after the story, when you return to island 1 with maxed gear and all five islands open. This group covers the game’s style scoring, from a full trick-shot multiplier to a deliberately unstylish kill.
Kill a boss in under 10 seconds
Put beer on the rod, fish up the island 1 spider crab, and unload your maxed assault rifle into it to unlock Easy.
Land a 360 no scope
Perform a complete 360-degree hipfire spin without ADS, then one-shot a low-level fish to unlock 360 no scope. On low sensitivity, split the spin across two quick swipes.
Score a zero-multiplier kill
Unload a ranged weapon into a fish lying on the floor. This least stylish kill possible scores zero and unlocks Noob.
Hit a 5x multiplier
Shoot a flying seagull in the head from long range. The modifiers stack, and a clean kill easily passes 5x to unlock Impressive.
Post-game food, seagulls, and dynamite
This group covers the game’s stranger actions, all of which are cheap to repeat in the post-game. Dynamite costs $25 per stick, making every failed attempt a trivial retry.
Get carried off by a seagull
Die without pressing respawn, then wait for a seagull to carry you away and unlock Let me go. If the sequence stalls, kill yourself with dynamite and remain still.
Eat a burnt mini-boss
Buy the Beginner Boss Lure ($40) on island 2, kill the mini-boss, and hold it over the grill until it turns solid black. Eat it to unlock both Yummy in my tummy and Competitive eating with one action.
Make the boat fly
Place one bundle of dynamite under the boat while it is in the water, then detonate it to unlock I’m the bird now. The explosion will not destroy the boat.
Kill a seagull with dynamite
Drop a stick of dynamite, place a fish beside it as bait, and move back. When a seagull lands for the fish, shoot the dynamite to unlock Everyone’s dream.
Roulette and the 100,000 sale
| Target | Value or action |
|---|---|
| Roulette green payout | 35x the value of the item you bet |
| Sale needed for Rich! Millionaire | 100,000 or more |
| Minimum fish value to bet | 2,858 (100,000 ÷ 35) |
| Lava cooking multiplier | 1.5x |
| Safer post-cook value to aim for | 3,200 |
GOLD GOLD GOLD is pure RNG: feed drip creatures into any Reel of Fortune until it drops a legendary skin. Drip creatures respawn, giving you unlimited attempts. Complete the other two achievements together on island 5, where one winning green spin can unlock both.
Green pays 35x the value of your wager as an item that you can sell, so bet a fish worth more than the required threshold. Catch fish on island 5, cook each one in lava, and press F to check its value. Bet anything at or above the target on green, and sell lower-value fish normally to fund more attempts.
Lava cooking applies an exact 1.5x multiplier, so a raw fish worth roughly 1,906 clears the minimum. Aim for 3,200 after cooking to avoid finishing with a payout worth only 99,000 after an imperfect catch. Bet only fish above the threshold, and the next green win will unlock All in and Rich! Millionaire on the same spin.
Collector and Fishipedia: filling the encyclopedia
Both collection achievements use the encyclopedia. It tracks every creature you have killed but does not show their locations, so travel across the five islands and target the missing entries.
Kill every creature
Kill every missing normal creature across all five islands to unlock Collector. Island 5’s optional mini-boss is a common final entry and requires the Scientific Boss Lure ($5,800), so reserve enough endgame money to buy it.
Kill every drip creature
Repeat the same island-by-island sweep for drip creatures. Their appearance makes them easy to identify, and they respawn indefinitely, so keep farming the missing entries until Fishipedia unlocks.
Handyman and Bean: the two dedicated runs
Handyman and Bean are the only achievements that need dedicated attempts. Complete every other objective first, then give each of these runs your full attention.
Beat the final boss bare-handed
Unlock Handyman by defeating the final boss without using a weapon. Build the entire run around reaching and winning that fight bare-handed.
Finish within 1 hour
Unlock Bean by completing the entire game within 1 hour. Use a separate save instead of combining it with your normal completion run, and play solo because co-op makes this achievement harder.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many achievements are in How to Fish?
How to Fish by Dazed Games has 28 Steam achievements in version 1.0.4.
What achievement do you get for finishing the game?
Finishing the game unlocks We are so back.
Which achievements are best saved for dedicated runs?
Save Handyman and Bean for dedicated runs. Bean requires you to finish the game within 1 hour.
How do Collector and Fishipedia work?
Collector requires you to find and kill every creature, while Fishipedia requires you to find and kill every drip creature.
What achievement is tied to upgrading the boat?
Getting an upgrade unlocks when you upgrade the boat’s engine, and I am speed unlocks when you buy its best engine.
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