Route navigator
The How to Fish island map.
Click an island marker to inspect its current route card. The same information remains in the HTML table below, so the map works for search engines, keyboards and screen readers—not only a canvas.
Text route
Island order and route gates
This table is the canonical fallback for every map point.
| Order | Island | Main job | Named encounters | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lighthouse | Learn casting, selling, early weapons, boat logistics and the first boss gate. | Spider Crab | Open → |
| 2 | Forest Island | A broader creature pool and quest-item checks lead into the Giant Piranha encounter. | The Old Pike · Giant Piranha | Open → |
| 3 | Desert Island | Complete the endangered-creature quest chain, prepare automatic fire and keep moving. | Blue Shark · Pufferfish | Open → |
| 4 | Rocks Island | Harder catches and narrow lanes punish cluttered inventories and careless reloads. | Tuna · Albatross | Open → |
| 5 | Volcano Island | Bring a complete economy, durable weapons and a co-op plan for the longest late quest chains. | Goblin Shark · Bowhead Whale · Mutated Bowhead Whale | Open → |