Make more gold: selling, cooking, smoking, pearls, gambling and traps
Quick answer
Drop fish into the Trader's basket with Q to sell them. Cook fish to raise value and slow rot, smoke them for cheap rot protection, feed one to a clam for a rot-proof pearl worth 20% more, and gamble only fish you can afford to lose. In 1.0, bait traps refill overnight and the new Fish Trap catches fish while you sleep.
Before you start
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Selling
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Cook, smoke, clam or gamble
Fish rot even in your inventory, at half the penalty of fish left on the ground, so process big catches promptly.
| Option | Journal | Details from GONE Studios |
|---|---|---|
| Cook | Raises value, helps against rot | The exact 1.0 cooking bonus isn't published. |
| Smoke | Cheap, effective rot protection | Free smoker by the cabin on every map; up to 120 seconds. |
| Clam | Raises value, stops rot | Next day the fish is a pearl worth 20% more. |
| Gamble | A joke about quitting too soon | Win or lose a multiple of the fish's value. |
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 on Steam: BIG FIXES, Smoking Changes, QOL, additional text · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-09-01
- GONE Studios on Steam: Complete GONE Fishing Guide + Rot Changes + Optimizations · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-09-19
- GONE Studios on Steam: Legendary Hunt + Clams & Pearls Update · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2025-10-20
- GONE Studios on Steam: We talkin New Depths, New Fixes, and more · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-05-03
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Is gambling worth it?
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Traps in 1.0
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TNT fishing and the stingray
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Bigger fish
The Journal's How to catch Biggins page lists bait, depth, the morning and night bonus, days survived, sinker upgrades, luck, the Leviathan Totem, thunderstorms and beer.
Three days after the table below, GONE Studios moved these bonuses off weight: they now raise bait score and fish value, which gets you bigger species. Weight instead gets a day-based push toward each fish's maximum that needs Leviathan's Totem, and only Jeremy Wade difficulty raises the maximum itself.
Leviathan's Totem and max-weight fish
| Boost | Effect (September 10, 2026 post) |
|---|---|
| Beer | Up to 1.2× weight and value when fully drunk |
| Days survived | Up to +25%, maxed at day 60 |
| Seagull hotspot | +15% if your bobber is in it when the fish strikes |
| Leviathan's Totem | 1.10× at level 1 up to 1.25× at level 4 |
| Jeremy Wade difficulty | +25% weight |
| Fish Whisperer perk | +5% |
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 on Steam: THE FISH INFLATION ACT HAS BEEN PASSED · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-09-10
- GONE Studios on Steam: TIER 6 BAIT, NEW WEIGHT SYSTEM, Yumi conspiracy theory??? · Checked 2026-10-20 · Published 2026-09-13
You’re ready when…
Sources · 12Walkthrough · Official · checked 22 Oct 2026 · Research checked 22 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 ·
BUFFS BUFFS BUFFS ↗Progression buffs and boss tuning: cheaper shop items and line, rod and sinker upgrades, better gambling odds, more Skeeter muskets, troll from day 2, a bigger boss eyeball hitbox, weaker rolling turtles, faster HP regen, Arctic spawn changes and fixes.Official ·
THE FISH INFLATION ACT HAS BEEN PASSED ↗Early Access post: value and weight modifiers (beer up to 1.2×, day count up to 25% by day 60, seagull hotspots +15%, Leviathan's Totem 1.10–1.25×, Jeremy Wade +25% weight, Fish Whisperer +5%); bait score decides the species; Golden Catch Totem affects value only and now maxes at 1.35×; TNT gives fewer hearts.Official ·
TIER 6 BAIT, NEW WEIGHT SYSTEM, Yumi conspiracy theory??? ↗Early Access post: heart bait (tier 6, score 99) from the butcher table doubles legendary or mythic odds when conditions are met; the fish-inflation buffs now affect bait score and value instead of weight; day-based weight boosts that need Leviathan's Totem; only Jeremy Wade difficulty raises max weight; most items sell back for a third of their price; rods can't be sold.Official ·
BIG FIXES, Smoking Changes, QOL, additional text ↗Early Access post: smoking time cut 75% with a 120-second cap, and a free smoker next to the cabin on every map.Official ·
Complete GONE Fishing Guide + Rot Changes + Optimizations ↗Early Access post: fish in your inventory rot at half the penalty of fish left on the ground.Official ·
Legendary Hunt + Clams & Pearls Update ↗Early Access post: the clam turns a fish into a rot-proof pearl worth 20% more by the next day.Official ·
We talkin New Depths, New Fixes, and more ↗Early Access post: gambling formula (win 1.25–4.5×, loss down to 0.01×, max-win reroll 5–10×), more spots deeper than 2,500 for legendary fishing, and the crab releasing a grabbed player after 5.5 seconds; updated DLSS, FSR 3.1 and XeSS support. Gambling was buffed again in late September 2026.Official ·
BOATS ARE BACK WTF + New GONE Fishing app and MORE ↗Early Access post: lit TNT in water makes fish rain and can destroy your boat; one boat per map; the Megalodon is Canyons-only with the Moby recommended; a giant squid attacks boats fishing at night.Official ·
MUSKET, New Bait, TNT, stuff n things ↗Early Access post: holding the drop key (Q) lights TNT as you drop it; TNT can kill every creature except the cat and dog.Official ·
Requested changes and fixes ↗Early Access post: TNT fishing has a 5% chance to give a stingray.Official ·