Fishing Upgrade Reference
Fishing upgrades are permanent cash purchases in Upgrades → Fishing. Prices apply to the specified level transition; a first-level price buys Level 1, not the entire upgrade.
Lucky Bait, Giant Bait and Colossus Bait are upgrade names. Consumable bait is purchased and equipped separately through the Bait Shop. Likewise, cash upgrades and similarly named Skill Tree nodes are separate purchases.
What to Buy for Your Current Bottleneck
Match your next purchase to what happens during a cast, then compare its next-level benefit with the cash price.
| Your goal or bottleneck | Buy next | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|
| The timer ends while the net still has room | Longer Soak | Gives fish more time to accumulate. The first level costs $150. A full net or pressing REEL IN still returns it immediately. |
| The net fills before you want to reel in | Net Weaver | Adds holding capacity. The first level costs $700; extra soak time will not fix a full net. |
| You want higher-rarity catches | Lucky Bait; later, Sixth Sense | Lucky Bait improves luck for fish to gain one rarity tier. Sixth Sense specifically gives Mythic, Apex and Demigod fish a chance to rise one tier. |
| You want larger fish for higher income per second | Giant Bait; later, Colossus Bait or Titan Haul | Giant Bait increases fish size and weight. Colossus Bait targets Forbidden and higher-rarity creatures; Titan Haul applies to every net-caught fish. |
| You need more same-species copies for fusion | Double Haul; later, Rare Twins | Double Haul can add an extra same-species fish when reeling in, without using net capacity. Rare Twins targets Mythic, Apex, Demigod, Historic and Monarch catches. |
| You want mutated catches | Mutation Magnet | Improves mutation luck for catches, including Shiny, Gold, Crystal, Glitched and Rainbow. |
| Walking between activities takes too long | Sea Legs | Adds 8% walking speed per level, reaching +40% at Level 5. |
| You want the net to cover more water | Wide Throw | Adds 1 ft of width per level so more fish can swim into it. |
| You need more capacity in late progression | Infinite Weave | Adds 2% net capacity per level after its Rebirth unlock. |
For catch quantity, solve the limit you hit first. A full net favors capacity; a partly empty net that times out favors soak time. Wide Throw improves coverage, so it serves a different purpose from the extra holding space provided by Net Weaver and Infinite Weave. The fishing guide explains cast and return controls.
For fusion, favor extra copies over size alone. Larger fish improve income, while Double Haul and eligible Rare Twins catches help supply the repeated species needed for fish fusion.
For rarity, keep your equipment requirement in view. If a fish requires a higher-tier net, buy the required net upgrade. More capacity and better luck do not replace the net's supported rarity.
Purchase Levels and Clear Rebirth Locks
- Open Upgrades on the left side of the screen and select Fishing.
- Find the upgrade you want. Compare its current level and effect with the next-level preview and price.
- Meet any displayed Rebirth requirement, then select BUY when you have enough cash. A red price means you cannot afford that purchase.
- Check the updated level, effect and next price. For example, buying the first Longer Soak level for $150 raises its maximum soak time from 2:00 to 2:18. The following level costs $450 and previews 2:36.
- Scroll down to reach size, duplicate-fish, mutation and later Rebirth upgrades.
Level 10 locks and total level limits
Longer Soak, Lucky Bait, Net Weaver, Giant Bait and Double Haul require Deep Diver—Rebirth 8—for Levels 11–20. Their overall level limit is 35, so reaching Level 10 can mean a stage lock rather than a finished upgrade. Sea Legs, by contrast, is fully maxed at Level 5.
Later Fishing upgrades unlock at these milestones:
| Rebirth | Required title | Newly available upgrade |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Ocean Lord | Sixth Sense |
| 10 | Sea-Master | Wide Throw |
| 11 | Stargazer | Rare Twins |
| 13 | Halo Bearer | Colossus Bait |
| 17 | Supreme Admiral | Titan Haul |
| 19 | Zenith Lord | Infinite Weave |
Buying before Rebirth
Purchased upgrade levels remain after Rebirth, while cash resets to $0. Spending spare cash on useful upgrades can preserve its value, but keep enough cash to meet your target Rebirth requirement. See the Rebirth requirements and reset rules before spending down your balance.
Read Capacity and Later-Level Changes
Net Weaver: capacity depends on your setup
Early Net Weaver descriptions give +2 capacity per level, including Levels 0–10. At Level 12, the description gives +2% capacity per level. Compare the current and next capacity shown for your equipped setup when deciding whether the purchase is worthwhile.
The Fishing menu's capacity is a setup total. For example, a Mythril Net setup at Net Weaver Level 0 previews 80 → 82 for its first upgrade. At Level 12, a Hexbound Net setup previews 362 → 368 for the next level, priced at $50T. Those are gains of two and six spaces in their respective setups; neither total is a universal starting capacity.
Use Nets to compare the equipment's own capacity and highest supported rarity. Use Fishing to compare the next cash upgrade's effect on your setup.
Longer Soak: the increase changes after Level 10
Longer Soak starts at 2:00 and adds 18 seconds per level through Level 10, reaching 5:00. The next two purchases each add 6 seconds:
- Level 10 → 11: 5:00 → 5:06, costing $1T.
- Level 11 → 12: 5:06 → 5:12, costing $5T.
Judge those purchases by the additional six seconds they provide, rather than applying the early 18-second gain to later levels.
Giant Bait: compare the size bonus before buying
Giant Bait adds 1.5 percentage points of size bonus per level through Level 10, reaching +15%. Its Level 11 preview is +17%, a two-percentage-point increase, priced at $3T. Use the current-to-next preview to compare the benefit of a later purchase with its cost.
