How to Fish Patch Notes: Every Version and Change

This is the version index. Each patch gets one line here; the detail lives on its own page, so no change is written twice.

Current build: 1.1.3

• The fishipedia now names the bait that catches each fish, once you have killed it at least once.
• 1.1.2 added reload rebinding, two bow skins, a third spawn point for the new bait and a fix for Tench not spawning on it.
• 1.1.0, the Islet Update, added mini islands, a new weapon, a new mini-boss, new creatures, a new bait, a new NPC, an outfit and new achievements.

1.1.0 shipped on 28 September 2026 and the two fixes followed on 29 September. The older 1.0.x write-ups are still below and in Patch 1.0.12.

Every version

What 1.0.10 left behind

• Up to 64 items dropped on the ground persist between sessions, prioritising weapons, tools, quest items and creatures.
• Cooked weapons and tools rinse clean in water, so you do not have to rebuy them.
• Anglerfish was nerfed because it had too much health and was annoying.
• The confusing X marker left the radar, connection time was extended, and a batch of roulette and item-physics bugs were fixed.

How to check your version

• The game writes its version number into player.log (added in 1.0.10). The file usually sits under %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Dazed Games\How to Fish\.
• You can also just restart Steam: no update prompt usually means you are on the current build.

What “Island 6” means

The 1.0.11 notes call the endgame area island 6.

Progression evidence is unchanged: five prerequisite story islands, then the mainland endgame. This site treats Island 6 as the patch’s name for that final area. It will not invent a new quest chain from one label.

The first content update shipped

The Islet Update (1.1.0) arrived on 28 September 2026 with mini islands, a new weapon, a new mini-boss, more creatures, a new bait, a new NPC, an outfit and new achievements. Two fixes followed on 29 September. On 30 September the studio opened a Makeship petition for a Drip Gar and a Fisherman plush.

Each new patch is checked against the affected pages here before anything is written up.

Source: official Patch 1.0.12, 1.0.11, 1.0.10, 1.0.9, 1.1.0 Islet Update, 1.1.2, 1.1.3 and the Steam news feed. This page keeps the older /patch-1-0-9/ URL so existing links keep working.