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
Download and install the Thunderstore Mod Manager or manually extract BepInEx 5.4+ into your Steam How to Fish root directory.
Click “Install with Mod Manager” on Thunderstore, or place individual .dll files into How to Fish/BepInEx/plugins/.
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
PopularPrevents all weapons, ammunition, and rare caught fish from being dropped into the ocean abyss when you die or drown.
- 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
Greedy Seagulls Neutralizer (No Bird Steal)
PopularStops annoying seagulls from diving down and snatching high-value fish or boss parts while you are engaged in combat.
- 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
True Dot Crosshair & Hip-Fire HUD
PopularAdds a crisp, customizable center-dot crosshair for all firearms and melee weapons to make mid-air trickshots much easier.
- Customizable dot color, size, and dynamic spread indicator
- Assists in landing 360 no-scopes and airborne headshots with ease
- Zero impact on game performance
250-Player Mega Lobby & Party Expander
PopularExpands the default 4-8 player co-op limit up to 16, 32, or even 250 players in a single archipelago session.
- 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
Lucky Wheel Gambler (Always Win Roulette)
Modifies the Desert Oasis cantina roulette wheel RNG to ensure positive payouts every spin.
- 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