How to Fish Patch Notes

Steam news facts through 1.0.9. Inner hub pages that may need a recheck are listed in each summary.

Patch 1.0.4 — 8-player lobbies, puffer and whale nerfs

verified

2026-08-21

Lobbies up to 8 (store still 1–4). Pufferfish and whale nerfs. Clearer path to the final island. Lobby blackscreen / grayscreen fixes. Griefers could not instantly end the game (more in 1.0.5). Handyman-related bare-hands final-boss achievement fix. No special characters in server names (save corruption).

Patch 1.0.5 — private lobbies, island-skip fix, Bean notes break

verified

2026-08-22

Invert look axes. Private invite-only lobby. Change session type in-game (restart required). Min FPS lock 50 → 30. Fixed traveling to locked islands. 4K slot-machine skin bug. Found-all-drip-creatures achievement off-by-one. Griefers can no longer instantly end the game. Steam Bean hour-run guides marked outdated after this patch.

Patch 1.0.6 — save checks

verified

2026-08-23

Save-file check before load. No save on crash. Save on Save / Main Menu / Quit. Autosave every minute.

Patch 1.0.8 — PlayStation glyphs

verified

2026-08-24

PlayStation controller glyphs. Fire sizzle tied to FX volume.

Patch 1.0.9 — Easy / Hard difficulty

verified

2026-08-24

Easy: creatures −25% HP, −50% damage. Hard: +25% HP, +25% damage. Steam connection debug in main menu. Attempted save-corruption fix.