Co-op: costs, sharing, joining friends and custom radio songs
Quick answer
Lobbies hold 1 to 8 players. In 1.0, prices scale at about value × (players ÷ 2), and gold and trinkets are shared. If a friend can't join, get everyone on the same version: the main menu itself says to restart Steam on a version mismatch. For custom radio songs, everyone needs the same MP3s in the same order.
Before you start
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What things cost with friends
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Friends can't join?
To let strangers in, tick Public Lobby in Create Lobby.
- Make sure everyone is on the same version. The 1.0.1 main menu says a version mismatch is the usual cause and to have everyone restart Steam.
- Test on a mobile hotspot. If joining works there, your router or ISP is blocking Steam's peer-to-peer traffic.
- Check for double NAT, a VPN or DNS filter, a strict NAT type, SIP ALG, CGNAT or blocked UDP.
Sources for this section
- kingy.wiki: Kingy test run: Build 1.0.1 menus, lobby, intro and Journal · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-10-20
- GONE Studios developer post on Steam: Can't join your friends lobby or they can't join you? · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2025-09-18
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Custom radio songs
With friends, everyone needs the same MP3s in the folder in the same order; anyone without them hears the default station.
- On the main menu, click the music note button at the bottom right; a folder opens.
- Drop your MP3 files into that folder.
- Start a game and the radio plays your songs.
Sources for this section
- kingy.wiki: Kingy test run: Build 1.0.1 menus, lobby, intro and Journal · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-10-20
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Sources · 4Walkthrough · Official · checked 20 Oct 2026 · Research checked 20 Oct 2026
Kingy test run: Build 1.0.1 menus, lobby, intro and Journal ↗Kingy's own session in the retail game through Steam on Windows 11: menu label Build 1.0.1, Steam build 26083362, keyboard and mouse, solo on the Lake at Average Angler, October 20, 2026. Covered the main menu, save slots, Create Lobby, perks, lobby options, the intro, picking up a rod in the cabin on day 1 and every Journal page. Casting, the fishing minigame, the altar, traders, other maps, the boss and co-op were not played. Screenshots were captured from the game window during that session.Walkthrough ·
GONE FISHING 1.0 FULL RELEASE IS NOW LIVE!!! ↗1.0 notes: ending and final boss, the MOBY, Season 1.0 and the Rhizo, 8 trinkets from Clinket the Trader, Yeti rework, traps and the Fish Trap, hats, the musket, price and quota scaling, save encryption and the November 20 migration cutoff, leaderboard wipe, anti-cheat, Journal V2 and fixes.Official ·
Hotfix ↗Same-day fixes: legendary and mythic achievements now go to everyone in the lobby, trader textures on the final boss map, and the upgraded butcher table giving one heart instead of two.Official ·
Can't join your friends lobby or they can't join you? ↗Pinned developer troubleshooting: same game version (restart Steam), mobile-hotspot test, and router checks such as double NAT, VPN, strict NAT, SIP ALG, CGNAT and blocked UDP.Official ·