How to Fish Weapons & Gear Guide: Buy, Test & Preserve

Direct answer

Buy gear to solve a named problem—catch control, finishing damage, crowd safety or recovery. Test one purchase on a repeatable route, keep essential tools equipped or stored deliberately, and confirm Patch 1.0.10 before relying on dropped-item persistence.

Official facts come from Dazed Games, the Steam store and developer patch notes. Exact catch rates, spawn tables, prices and damage values are omitted when the current official material does not publish them.

Quick route

1. 01
   Name the job the new item must perform.
2. 02
   Buy one candidate without replacing every familiar tool.
3. 03
   Test it on the same catch or route twice.
4. 04
   Store or drop items only after confirming the current save behavior.

Choose by job, not spectacle

The official game loop expects better fishing gear and weapons to turn catches into progression. Divide the loadout into jobs: attract or control a creature, finish it, handle groups and protect the return route.

A trick-shot weapon can be valuable without being the right progression purchase. Compare consistency, ammunition or setup cost, recoil and whether a teammate can safely work beside it.

A clean equipment test

Use one familiar creature and repeat the same approach before and after the purchase. Record time, failed catches, damage taken and whether the item created a safer angle.

Keep the old tool until the replacement proves its job. Physics-heavy outcomes vary, so a single spectacular hit is not a loadout test.

• Catch reliability.
• Finishing speed.
• Resource cost.
• Recoil and collision risk.
• Usefulness to the whole group.

Dropped items now persist—within a limit

Patch 1.0.10 saves items left on the ground between sessions. The official note gives a limit of 64 saved items and prioritizes weapons, tools, quest items and creatures.

This is not unlimited storage. Keep critical equipment organized and do not build a progression plan around hundreds of loose objects surviving indefinitely.

Water cleaning and patch checks

Patch 1.0.10 also made weapons and tools clear cooking-related state when dipped in water. If an older guide recommends a more complicated cleaning workaround, test the direct water interaction first.

Before following economy or damage claims, check the installed patch. The early post-launch notes already changed creatures, travel, lobbies, item persistence and several interaction bugs.

Official release trailer

The trailer confirms the co-op tone, physics-driven catches, weapons, boss encounters and revives. Treat footage as visual context; the current patch notes override early-build balance or interface details.

Official sources