In How to Fish, the Dazed Games co-op fishing shooter on Steam, press Tab to open the encyclopedia and check which creatures and drip variants you still need to find and kill.
How to Fish, the physics-based co-op game from Dazed Games on Steam, is as much a shooter as it is a fishing game, and by the endgame you will want a clean way to see which sea creatures you have actually killed. That is what the encyclopedia is for, and most players forget it exists until they go hunting for the last few achievements.
What the encyclopedia tracks and how to open it
Press Tab at any point to open the encyclopedia. It lists every creature in the game and quietly fills itself in as you kill things. The drip variants — the rare mutated versions of the normal fish — get their own separate tracking, so a normal creature and its drip counterpart are two distinct entries you need to complete.
Reading which entries you are still missing
The encyclopedia’s whole job is to tell you what you have not caught yet, not where to find it. Open Tab, scan for the gaps, and you have your shopping list — but the game will not point you at a location, spawn or island for any of them.
Key Treat it as a completion checklist rather than a map. It confirms whether an island still owes you a creature; the actual hunting is on you, island by island.
Clearing Collector and Fishipedia with the encyclopedia
| Goal | What to check |
|---|---|
| Collector | Every normal creature entry in the encyclopedia is filled in |
| Fishipedia | Every drip variant entry in the encyclopedia is filled in |
Two achievements hang entirely off this menu. Collector asks you to find and kill all the creatures, and Fishipedia asks you to find and kill all the drip creatures. Both are just the encyclopedia read two different ways, so you check Tab, see which list still has holes, and go fill them.
Fishipedia is the longer grind of the two, but not a stressful one — drip creatures are obvious the moment they spawn and they respawn indefinitely, so nothing here is permanently missable. It comes down to sitting on an island until the variant you need shows up.
Finish the story before you start hunting entries — the post-game drops you back on island 1 with all your endgame gear and free access to every island, which makes cleanup trivial.
The best point to clean up missing entries
Finish the game first
Play through the ending so you crash back onto island 1 with all your gear and every island unlocked.
Open the encyclopedia
Press Tab and read down the list for empty entries.
Note both types of gap
Separate the missing normal creatures from the missing drip variants so you know what each island still owes you.
Hunt island by island
Travel to each island and work through its creatures, watching for drip variants to appear.
Recheck and repeat
Reopen Tab after each session and keep going until there are no gaps left.
Limitations worth knowing
The one real catch is that the encyclopedia never shows locations, so a stubborn last entry can leave you guessing which island to comb. Watch out for optional mini-bosses that the story never points you toward — they count as creatures, so a missing entry may be one of these rather than a fish you overlooked.
Chasing the last drip variants is mostly patience rather than a tight, one-time route — since they respawn, you are waiting for spawns, not racing a missable window.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the encyclopedia in How to Fish?
Press Tab to open the encyclopedia in How to Fish by Dazed Games on Steam.
What does the encyclopedia show?
The encyclopedia shows every creature in the game and tracks drip variants separately. It shows what you are missing, but not where to find it.
How does the encyclopedia help with Collector?
For Collector, open Tab, check what creature is missing, then hunt for it by island. The encyclopedia tracks completion but not location.
How does the encyclopedia help with Fishipedia?
For Fishipedia, use the same Tab-checking method to find and kill all drip creatures. Drip creatures respawn indefinitely, so the task is a matter of filling the missing entries.
Can you finish encyclopedia cleanup after the credits?
Yes. After the credits, you wake up on island 1 with everything you own, and all five islands are open.
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