To get Noob in How to Fish, kill a creature with no kill score multiplier by using a ranged weapon on a fish lying on the floor, avoiding any stylish kill bonuses.
How to Fish is the physics-based co-op fishing game from Dazed Games on Steam, and despite the name it hands you guns and asks you to kill the things you reel in. Noob is one of its Steam achievements, and it is the odd one out: instead of rewarding a flashy kill, it asks for the least impressive one you can manage.
What counts toward the Noob achievement
Every kill in How to Fish runs through a style system that scores how you pulled it off. Modifiers like Killsteal, Fly Fishing, Overkill, Last Bullet, Point Blank and Finally stack and multiply together, so a good kill can climb well past a 5x multiplier — that same system is what shotgun money farming leans on, since a stylish kill raises a fish’s sale value.
Key Noob is the exact inverse. It unlocks the moment you land a kill with no kill score multiplier at all — a flat zero. So the whole task is doing the most boring, unstyled kill the game will let you get away with.
How to get a zero-multiplier kill in How to Fish
Equip a ranged weapon
Any gun works — the point is a straightforward shot, not a melee or trick kill.
Put a creature on the floor
Reel up or drop a fish so it is lying flat on the ground rather than in the air or water.
Mag dump it plainly
Fire straight into it from a normal position until it dies, with no spin, no jump, no distance shot.
Keep the kill styleless
Skip headshots, trick shots, flying kills, point-blank and overkill flourishes so nothing adds a multiplier.
A fish lying still on the floor, shot head-on with an ordinary ranged weapon, is the cleanest zero-multiplier kill — the flatter and more low-effort it looks, the more reliably Noob pops.
When to farm Noob and what to try if it does not pop
If it doesn’t unlock on the first try, the fix is almost always that a stray bonus snuck in. Grab an easier, low-value creature, put it on flat ground, and land a single ordinary direct ranged kill with nothing fancy attached — no distance, no angle, no finisher — and the achievement should register.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Noob achievement in How to Fish?
Noob is an achievement in How to Fish by Dazed Games on Steam. Its requirement is to get a kill with no kill score multiplier.
How do you get Noob?
Use a ranged weapon to unload shots into a fish lying on the floor. The kill needs to score zero, with no kill score multiplier applied.
When should you do the Noob achievement?
Noob is listed as a post-game cleanup achievement. After the credits, you wake up on island 1 with everything you own, and all five islands are open.
Is Noob tied to the style system?
Yes. Noob is the inverse of the style system, because it asks for the least stylish kill possible.
Do you need a special fish for Noob?
No special fish is specified for Noob. The source only says to mag dump a fish lying on the floor with a ranged weapon.
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