Community Modding Hub

How to Fish Community Mods & Tools

Enhance your gameplay with vetted community quality-of-life mods. Fix chaotic item loss with Keep Inventory, stop thieving seagulls, or expand your co-op lobbies up to 250 anglers.

How to Install Mods via Thunderstore / BepInEx

Step 1: Mod Manager

Download and install the Thunderstore Mod Manager or manually extract BepInEx 5.4+ into your Steam How to Fish root directory.

Step 2: Install Plugins

Click “Install with Mod Manager” on Thunderstore, or place individual .dll files into How to Fish/BepInEx/plugins/.

Step 3: Launch Game

Start the game through Steam as usual. The BepInEx console will boot in the background and confirm active plugins.

Popular Community Mods

Keep Inventory On Death

Popular
By DeepSeaDevv1.4.2QoL
Thunderstore

Prevents all weapons, ammunition, and rare caught fish from being dropped into the ocean abyss when you die or drown.

Key Features:
  • Retain all inventory slots upon respawning at the nearest camp
  • Configurable toggle to keep only quest items/boss trophies or everything
  • Fixes the dreaded item launch glitch caused by sudden physics collisions
Compatibility:Safe for singleplayer and private co-op lobbies. Host and clients should both have the mod installed.

Greedy Seagulls Neutralizer (No Bird Steal)

Popular
By CoastalModderv2.0.1QoL
Thunderstore

Stops annoying seagulls from diving down and snatching high-value fish or boss parts while you are engaged in combat.

Key Features:
  • Configurable seagull behavior: completely passive or reduced dive frequency
  • Prevents loss of rare fish while cooking at campfires
  • Option to turn seagulls into high-value target practice
Compatibility:Highly recommended for solo players tackling high-tier boss fights on Rocks and Desert islands.

True Dot Crosshair & Hip-Fire HUD

Popular
By TacticalAimv1.1.0Visual
BepInEx

Adds a crisp, customizable center-dot crosshair for all firearms and melee weapons to make mid-air trickshots much easier.

Key Features:
  • Customizable dot color, size, and dynamic spread indicator
  • Assists in landing 360 no-scopes and airborne headshots with ease
  • Zero impact on game performance
Compatibility:Purely client-side visual enhancement; safe for all co-op lobbies.

250-Player Mega Lobby & Party Expander

Popular
By ChaosNetv3.2.0Multiplayer
Thunderstore

Expands the default 4-8 player co-op limit up to 16, 32, or even 250 players in a single archipelago session.

Key Features:
  • Custom lobby host settings (set player cap from 4 to 250)
  • Synchronizes player rods, lines, and airborne fish physics across large groups
  • Massive multi-player boss raid chaos
Compatibility:High player counts (>16) require a strong host CPU and high-speed internet connection.

Lucky Wheel Gambler (Always Win Roulette)

By CasinoKingv1.0.3Cheat/Trainer
BepInEx

Modifies the Desert Oasis cantina roulette wheel RNG to ensure positive payouts every spin.

Key Features:
  • Guarantees green zero or highest multiplier payouts on demand
  • Instant cash generation for testing endgame weapon attachments
  • Hotkey toggle (F6) to turn on/off instantly
Compatibility:Disables Steam leaderboard rankings while active. Recommended only for sandbox experimentation.