How to Fish Cooking & Campfire Guide: 1.5x Multiplier & Weapon Care
Roasting raw fish on a campfire applies an automatic +50% (1.5x) bonus to vendor sell prices. Learn verified cooking multiplier mechanics, high-yield catches, and the official water cleansing method.
The 3 Cooking Stages & Profit Multipliers
* Note: Cooking on a campfire adds a +50% (1.5x) multiplier upon completion (exact internal timing and UI indicator details are unverified / not officially published):
Raw Catch (Base 1.0x)
Standard baseline vendor sell value (Source: in-game base value).
Cooked on Campfire (1.5x Multiplier)
Boosts final vendor sell payout by +50% across species (Source: in-game multiplier data).
Overcooked / Charred (Value Drop)
Leaving items on fire too long burns the catch, reducing its sale value.
In intense sessions, players may accidentally throw a firearm or fishing rod into a campfire while attempting to cook fish.
Official Water Cleansing Method
Pick up the charred weapon and submerge it in any body of water (ocean, river, or oasis puddle). Immersion cleans away the charred state and immediately resets cooking progress to 0.0 (Official Patch 1.0.10 note: "weapons and tools now get cleaned from cooking when dipped in water").
Preventative Campfire Habits
Stand 2 full paces back from campfires before opening your inventory, and use secondary contextual drop keys rather than dragging weapon hotbars directly across the flames.
High-Yield Roasting Examples (Base vs 1.5x)
Verified base values from in-game data multiplied by the 1.5x campfire bonus:
Delicacy Puffer Meat
$2,100 (1.5x Cooked)Source: Colossal Pufferfish (Boss 3 Drop, data/bosses.ts)
Base Value: $1,400
High-value boss harvest item. Roasting over a campfire boosts sell price by +$700.
Giant Bluefin Tuna Steak
$1,125 (1.5x Cooked)Source: Giant Bluefin Tuna (Rocks Island, data/fish.ts)
Base Value: $750
Apex pelagic species. Combines with aerial trickshot multipliers before roasting for massive returns.
Armored King Crab
$142 (1.5x Cooked)Source: Armored King Crab (Lighthouse Reef, data/fish.ts)
Base Value: $95
Requires knife sharpened to Tier 2 to defeat, then cooked on beach campfire for early-game gold.