In Dazed Games’ Steam game How to Fish, the leeches are on the ground in the forest on Island 2; sweep the tall grass for pickup prompts until you have all three, then give them to the forest lady.
The leeches are a Dinnertime quest item in How to Fish, the physics-based co-op fishing game from Dazed Games on Steam, and they only turn up in one spot. You’ll find three of them lying loose on the forest floor on Island 2, and because they sit in the undergrowth rather than out in the open, the reliable way to grab them is to watch for the pickup prompt instead of trying to spot the item itself.
How to collect the leeches on Island 2
Travel to Island 2
Take the boat over to the second island, where the forest is.
Enter the forest
Head off the shoreline into the wooded area away from the shops.
Sweep the ground through the grass
Walk slowly across the forest floor, since the leeches lie down in the undergrowth rather than in plain sight.
Watch for the pickup prompt
Collect all three
Keep combing the area until you have three leeches in your pockets.
Move slowly and keep your eyes on the E prompt, not the ground — the leeches blend into the grass, so the prompt will find them long before you spot the models.
Finishing the Dinnertime quest after the leeches
Hand the leeches to the lady
Give all three to the lady in the forest, and she rewards you with the bait for the island’s boss.
Summon and hook the piranha boss
Fish with that bait to bring up the piranha boss, whose lure can’t be bought from any shop.
Kill the boss and take the tail
Beat it and pick up the tail it drops, keeping cooked fish on you to heal through the fight.
Return the tail to the lady
Key Bring the tail back to her — the tail is the dinner, and handing it over is what unlocks the achievement.
The piranha boss keeps vomiting up smaller piranhas as the fight drags on, and it never stuns, so treat it as a kiting fight: keep moving and lead it around the way you would a pack of chasers. The shotgun is your best tool against the boss itself, while the smaller piranhas go down faster with your brass knuckles than with a gun, since they’re awkward to hit while they dart around. Skip explosives here — the self-damage risk isn’t worth it.
If the leeches just won’t show up, the problem is almost always visibility rather than location. The forest grass on Island 2 is dense enough to swallow small ground loot, so it’s easy to walk straight past a leech without ever seeing it. Slow right down, cover the forest floor in overlapping passes, and let the interaction text do the work — the prompt appears the moment you’re close enough to grab one, even when the leech itself is buried in the clutter.
Related How to Fish guides
Frequently Asked Questions
Are the leeches found anywhere other than Island 2?
No. Island 2 is the only island whose grass grows tall enough to conceal ground loot like the leeches, which is exactly why they only appear there and nowhere else in the game.
How many leeches does the lady in the forest need?
Three. She won’t advance Dinnertime until you bring the full set, so turning up with only one or two does nothing — collect all three before you head back to her.
Why hasn’t the Dinnertime achievement unlocked after I gave the leeches to the lady?
Handing over the leeches is only the first half of the quest. The achievement fires when you bring the piranha boss’s tail back to her, not when you drop off the leeches, so if it hasn’t popped you still owe her the tail. If her dialogue won’t advance at all, check that the tail is actually in your inventory.
Leave a Reply