Net A Fish Beginner Guide and Progression

1. Cast from your own dock. Select THROW NET, move the mouse to aim the highlighted area, then click the water or press C.
2. Let fish enter the net. Use REEL IN when the control allows retrieval, and continue through the catch reveal. The opening tutorial gives you a Legendary Royal Sturgeon.
3. Find Your Fish Cooler. Follow the red arrows and ground path, then press E at the Cooler.
4. Take the fish. Select Take on the Royal Sturgeon card to carry it.
5. Fill an empty showcase. Walk to an empty display and use E — Place Fish. The fish begins earning cash every second.
6. Collect your earnings. Walk onto the green Collect pad in front of the display. It transfers the accumulated cash to your balance, then starts accumulating again.

The fish's $/s label is its income rate; the amount above the Collect pad is cash waiting to be claimed. A fish sitting in the Cooler does not fill a showcase, so complete the placement step before waiting for display income.

The tutorial's Legendary Royal Sturgeon is a special opening catch. For ordinary fishing, follow the net's UP TO rarity limit: Twine Net retains Common fish, while Cotton Net reaches Uncommon. Seeing a rarer fish in the water does not mean your current net can keep it.

Once this loop is working, keep casting and fill your other unlocked displays. See the fishing controls and catch-limit guide for more on net status and retrieval.

1. Open Upgrades → Nets and buy Twine Net for $150. It has a base capacity of 6 and a Common catch ceiling. Follow the tutorial's dock-helper introductions afterward.
2. Work toward Deckhand, your first Rebirth. You need both 8 all-time fish caught and $1,500 currently held. Money alone cannot complete the catch requirement.
3. Consider Cotton Net before resetting. It costs $400, follows Twine Net in the purchase sequence, and raises base capacity to 7 with an Uncommon catch ceiling. It is a useful retained purchase, not an extra Rebirth requirement. If buying it leaves you below $1,500, collect more cash before proceeding.
4. Confirm the reset. Open Rebirth, press REBIRTH, then press TAP AGAIN TO CONFIRM.
5. Open Skill Tree from the Rebirth menu. Each Rebirth grants 3 Skill Points. Follow the tutorial to learn Tight Weave in the Net branch: its first level costs 1 point and adds 2% net capacity, leaving 2 points from your first award.

Rebirth resets cash to $0, but keeps your Fish, Cooler, Showcase, Nets, Upgrades, and Journal. Pearls also remain. Your existing display fish let you rebuild cash without restarting your collection.

Deckhand raises the showcase income multiplier from ×1.00 to ×1.25, increases your showcase count from 5 to 6, and unlocks Boat access and Treasure Diver. Skill bonuses are permanent, too.

For later purchases, use the net prices and unlock requirements. The Rebirth guide covers later ranks, while Skill Tree builds help you spend points for your next goal.

After the tutorial, choose purchases by what is stopping your next goal.

After a valuable catch, revisit your display setup. Equip Best can apply a stronger available arrangement; if it says your best fish are already displayed, repeatedly pressing it will not improve the fish themselves. Look for better catches, fusion opportunities, or income upgrades instead. The money and showcase guide explains those choices.

Before a later Rebirth, use excess cash on useful nets or upgrades that carry through the reset, applying the held-cash rule above. If the next rank requires more catches, equipment that helps you catch faster is usually more useful than simply waiting with a large balance. See helpers and online AFK setup when manual casting becomes the limiting factor.

You can build your income, buy nets, complete Rebirths, and obtain pets through gameplay. Use these options as they become relevant:

• Spend earned cash on equipment. Nets and cash upgrades improve the fishing loop. After Rebirth 1, the $25,000 Rowboat is an early automation goal: it trawls near your dock while you play and delivers its hauls to the Cooler. Its purchase also advances a starter objective.
• Keep useful duplicates for fusion. The Fisherman supplies duplicate fish that help you reach fusion requirements. Fusion can produce stronger showcase earners; use the fusion recipes and controls before selling the stacks you need.
• Claim completed Fish Index pages. Standard page rewards grant permanent +2% Money and +1% mutation chance per claimed page. Collection progress can improve future earnings as well as fill your Fish Index.
• Use Contracts and minigames for extra rewards. Open Quests → Contracts, complete an objective, and claim it; Fisherman catches also count toward Contracts. Perfect Reel and Bait Memory offer medal rewards, including Pearls. Their full objectives and controls are in the Contracts guide and minigame guide.
• Use a ready Lucky Spin. A free spin becomes available every 30 minutes. The wheel includes cash, Pearl prizes, and timed boosts. See free rewards for the other claimable bonuses.
• Earn pet crates through gameplay. Boss victories can award Ocean Crates. You can also spend earned Pearls at Hub → Pearl Shop → Crates, where one Ocean Crate costs 1,000 Pearls. Compare the crate options before spending.

Game passes such as Auto Throw and Auto Collect add convenience. Without them, cast your net manually and step onto Collect pads while your available helpers continue their own fishing cycles.

Finish the tutorial at Tutorial Complete, then select BEGIN JOURNEY. The completion cash amount is shown in that window; examples include $10,000 and $7,776, so use the amount offered in your own completion window when planning the next purchase.

Follow the current starter tracker through these early goals:

Finishing Day 1 advances the tracker to Day 2. THIRD DAY COMPLETE marks the end of the starter quests. Continue with the quest and reward tracks once those opening goals are finished.

Use the Dock and Hub buttons at the top of the screen to travel. Dock returns you to your fishing base; Hub provides service stalls including Quests, Pearl Shop, Trading, Potions, and Crews. At the Quest Board, press E to open Quests.

A net already in the water can continue fishing during a Hub visit. Return to your own dock for the next cast; away from it, THROW NET can show Tap to go to your dock. Use the Dock and Hub location guide to find other facilities.