How To Fish: Best Items To Buy, Sell, and Upgrade

In How to Fish, a passion project by Dazed Games, you use various items that you can buy, sell, and upgrade to kill fish with trick shots and return home. These mostly include suggestions from the community, as the developer shared every addition throughout the game’s development. 

To help you out, here’s everything you need to know about the best items to buy, sell, and upgrade at different gameplay stages in How to Fish.

Best Items To Buy, Sell, and Upgrade in How To Fish

On the first island after you crash your boat in How to Fish, you can start dealing damage to the fish by pummeling them with your fists. However, you can then sell said fish to buy new weapons and upgrade them to either gain new effects or more damage. That said, here are the best items that you need to focus on at different stages of the game: 

Best Items For Early Game in How To Fish

Here are all the items that you need to buy, sell, and upgrade during the first two islands in How to Fish:

Buy

• Knife (Island 1): This is your best option when it comes to dealing melee damage to fish. With decent damage and attack speed, it is your key to escaping the starting island after defeating the first main boss.
• Shotgun (Island 2): The Shotgun is the second ranged weapon that you buy after getting the Pistol. It deals very high damage at close to mid range and works well even during mid-game. 
• Dynamite (Island 2): You can stack multiple Dynamite in one spot and blow them up from afar using a Pistol to cheese difficult boss fights at any stage of the game.
• Extra Inventory Slot (Island 2): You can purchase one of these on every island after the starting one. It’s very cheap and provides an entire slot for weapons and other items.

Sell

• Sunfish: This is an optional boss that you can reel in by using the Beginner Boss Lure. Similar to the real-life version, it does not deal any damage to players and endures whatever you hit it with. If you take it down with money modifiers like 360 No Scope and Last Bullet, it can fetch over 100 dollars when sold to the vendor.

Upgrade

• Shotgun (Island 2): With a fully upgraded Shotgun on Island 2, you can take out groups of small Piranhas that spawn during the second main boss fight in a single shot. This makes surviving the entire encounter much easier, as you won’t get nipped to death by a random Piranha while running from the main boss.

Also Read: Complete How to Fish Boss List: How to Beat Every Boss

Best Items For Mid Game in How To Fish

As you enter the mid-game of How to Fish, the difficulty for fights increases exponentially. Some bosses can defeat you merely in two or three hits, making each encounter quite challenging. Therefore, keep the following items in mind when you reach Island 3 and 4:

Buy

• SMG (Island 3): This is the third ranged weapon you unlock, and acts as an upgrade over the Pistol. It has a very high fire rate and does decent damage per bullet, which makes quick work of most normal fish and some bosses. However, the recoil can feel like a huge hindrance when you initially purchase this weapon.
• Sniper Rifle (Island 4): The Sniper Rifle does the highest amount of damage per bullet out of any weapon in the game right now. If you can properly hit your shots, this weapon is capable of taking out large chunks from boss health bars. 

Sell

• Seahorse: As the name suggests, it’s a normal horse that is somehow able to go around the sea. It is larger than most bosses, making it easy to kill for good amounts of money.
• Bowlfish: This is yet another fish that is easy to catch and sells for a lot at the vendor. However, you need to use the Standard Lure to catch it.

Upgrade

• Sniper Rifle (Island 4): When you first buy this weapon, it might feel clunky to use due to the high recoil. However, you can easily mitigate this problem with the Suppressor and Compensator upgrades. With some Bullet upgrades for damage, this weapon alone can carry you till the end of the game.

Best Items For Late Game in How To Fish

The final island of How to Fish is the ultimate challenge the game can offer, as you have to constantly survive both dangerous fish and the volcanic environment. Here’s what you need to know to successfully escape the place:

Buy

• Assault Rifle (Island 5): This is the final ranged weapon that you can currently unlock in the game, which provides you with an M4A1 rifle. It offers both high damage and high fire rate to deal with some of the speedy fish that you can now encounter.
• Scientific Lure (Island 5): The Scientific Lure is the final tier of lure, which allows you to reel in fish that sell for a ton of money if you can land some trick shots. Moreover, this is a very important purchase, as the upgrades can get quite costly for your weapons.

Sell

• Goblin Shark: This is the only optional boss for the final region, and provides a ton of money if you can take it down with any money modifiers. While you can sell normal fish, this boss provides a ton of money, which is the best option in terms of how much time you need to spend.

Upgrade

• Assault Rifle (Island 5): Finally, the only weapon besides the Sniper Rifle that you might need to deal with the final boss is the fully upgraded Assault Rifle. Due to the difficulty of the last boss, it is highly recommended that you spend a bit of time and purchase all the upgrades for this weapon to stand a chance at escaping the place.

Finally, this concludes our guide on the best items to buy, sell, and upgrade in How to Fish.

FAQs

What’s the Best Item I Can Buy in How To Fish?

The Assault Rifle and the Sniper Rifle are both equally the best purchase you can make in How to Fish due to how much damage they both provide.

How Do I Sell Items in How To Fish?

You can sell any sellable items by throwing them at the vendor on each island. You can check the value of items by pressing F on your keyboard.

Which Upgrades Should I Prioritize in How To Fish?

Bullet and Suppressor upgrades are necessary for any gun you use. The former increases overall damage, while the latter reduces the recoil.

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