Players shooting a giant spiked pufferfish on a tropical beach with a visible HUD of money, health, hunger, weapons and bait
Players shooting a giant spiked pufferfish on a tropical beach with money, health, hunger, weapons and bait on the HUD.

How to Fish bosses

How to Fish bosses on this board are ten bait-gated fights. Several trophies are the next bait: Tuna for Albatross, Fish Bucket for Bowhead Whale, Bowhead Whale for Mutated Bowhead Whale. Pufferfish and Whale were nerfed in 1.0.4. Anglerfish health was slightly nerfed in 1.0.10. Handyman is beating the final boss with bare hands; 1.0.4 fixed that achievement for everyone. Easy (the achievement) is a boss kill inside 10 seconds, unrelated to Easy difficulty from Patch 1.0.9.

Steam and Dazed Games capture.

Ten trophies and the bait chain

First-person golden sniper rifle aimed over open water under a low-poly sun
First-person golden sniper over open water — late-game kit for the last island fights.

Spider Crab on Lighthouse wants Empty Beer Can and the Crab Fishing Rod. Giant Piranha wants Modified Leech; The Old Pike wants Beginner Boss Lure; both sit on Forest with the Fishing Rod. Blue Shark wants Standard Boss Lure; Pufferfish wants Carrot; both sit on Desert. Tuna wants Professional Boss Lure; Albatross wants Tuna; both sit on Rocks. Goblin Shark wants Scientific Boss Lure; Bowhead Whale wants Fish Bucket; Mutated Bowhead Whale wants Bowhead Whale; all three sit on Volcano.

Keep the body that is also the next bait. Patch 1.0.11’s hold-once rule means you must pick the trophy up before a sell prompt will take it, which is the last warning before a chain break. Official achievement names map onto this table: Who stole my beer, Dinnertime, Vacation, Terrorizing bird, Deadliest catch, and Handyman. A Sunfish boss page on another wiki is not in the AllThings table and has no slug here.

Spider Crab

Island Lighthouse
Rod Crab Fishing Rod
Bait Empty Beer Can
Kind boss

Giant Piranha

Island Forest
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Modified Leech
Kind boss

The Old Pike

Island Forest
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Beginner Boss Lure
Kind boss

Blue Shark

Island Desert
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Standard Boss Lure
Kind boss

Pufferfish

Island Desert
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Carrot
Kind boss

Tuna

Island Rocks
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Professional Boss Lure
Kind boss

Albatross

Island Rocks
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Tuna
Kind boss

Goblin Shark

Island Volcano
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Scientific Boss Lure
Kind boss

Bowhead Whale

Island Volcano
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Fish Bucket
Kind boss

Mutated Bowhead Whale

Island Volcano
Rod Fishing Rod
Bait Bowhead Whale
Kind boss