Every How to Fish patch: the full timeline since launch

31 August 2026 · 3 min read

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Between 20 and 27 August 2026 the developers published six patch notes. Here is what changed in each, by Steam publication date.

The short table

1.0.4 — 21 August

The largest patch of the first week:

• lobbies of up to 8 players instead of four;
• pufferfish and whale nerfed;
• the path to the final island made easier to see;
• fixed the black screen when joining a lobby and the grey screen at start, by no longer forcing fullscreen;
• fixed the permanent boss timer and the permanent revive text;
• special characters banned from server names — they broke the save file;
• fixed the achievement for killing the final boss bare-handed.

1.0.5 — 22 August

• private, invite-only lobbies;
• session type changeable in-game, with a restart;
• invert X and invert Y;
• minimum locked frame rate lowered from 50 to 30;
• fixed travelling to any island without unlocking it;
• skins no longer invisible in slot machines at 4K;
• the drip achievement no longer requires all plus one;
• griefers can no longer instantly end the game by joining a lobby.

1.0.6 — 23 August

The save-file patch:

• the game validates the save before loading, which removed the fake servers carrying the default name;
• saving no longer happens on a crash, only on the Save, Main Menu and Quit buttons;
• autosave every minute stays, so even a crash costs little progress.

1.0.8 — 24 August

A two-line patch: correct PlayStation controller glyphs, and the fire sizzling sound tied to the FX volume slider.

1.0.9 — 24 August

• difficulty in the main menu and in-game, defaulting to the previous setting;
• Easy: enemies get 25% less health and 50% less damage. Hard: 25% more health and 25% more damage;
• Steam connection diagnostics in the main menu;
• corrupted save files — the developers wrote that they hope it is fixed, and that is exactly how the patch note words it.

1.0.10 — 27 August

The latest as of 31 August:

• dropped items persist between sessions — up to 64, prioritising weapons, tools, quest items and creatures;
• weapons and tools no longer stay in cooking when dipped in water;
• anglerfish nerfed;
• the X marker removed from the radar — it showed where you last died and was simply confusing;
• explosion velocity limited;
• rich text removed from chat — it was a griefer exploit;
• last-played time now stored in UTC;
• fixed the roulette ticking forever at high values;
• the game version is now printed to player.log;
• connection timeout increased;
• fixed items falling through the level on load or join.

What we are not claiming

We do not know whether a 1.0.7 build existed — no post covers it. The developers have announced no plans for the next patch.