The vanilla version of How to Fish is already a solid time, but the modding community has been quietly building tools that make it faster, funnier, and far less punishing. Whether you want to stop losing your gear every time you die or turn the roulette wheel into a personal ATM, there's a mod for it. Here are the 10 best mods worth installing right now.
How do you install How to Fish mods?
Before getting into the list, the installation process is worth covering. Almost every mod on this list requires either BepInEx or MelonLoader as a plugin handler. Each mod page includes its own specific instructions, so read those before dropping files into your game folder. The process isn't complicated, but skipping the mod page instructions is how things break.
Best How to Fish mods
1. Advanced Mod Menu
This is the kitchen-sink mod. Press Backspace to open the menu and you get access to god mode, infinite health, infinite money, infinite bait, a perfect reel lock, and resize multipliers. On the combat side, it adds infinite ammo, no recoil, damage multipliers, one-hit kills, island unlocks, teleports, and field-of-view adjustments.
If you only install one mod, this covers more ground than anything else on the list.
2. Always Win Roulette
The roulette wheel in How to Fish is a money sink by design. This mod rigs the outcome so you always win on whatever color you bet. Bet on green and you're looking at a 35x payout. Bet on black or red for the standard 2x.
The visuals stay the same, the wheel still spins, the ball still bounces. Your friends won't notice anything looks different. Betting green every time and winning will raise eyebrows fast, so sticking to red or black is the smarter play in a group session.
Best How to Fish Mods That Actually Improve Your Game
3. More Players Mod
The default lobby cap sits at 8 players. This mod pushes that limit to 250. Only the host needs it installed, so your unmodded friends can join without touching anything.
The mod also expands the network client limit and the radar player-dot pool to handle the extra load. That said, larger lobbies do cause lag. Testing suggests that somewhere between 4 and 100 players keeps things stable without turning the server into a slideshow.
4. Keep Inventory Mod
Dying in How to Fish normally sends your held item flying, often straight into the ocean. The Keep Inventory mod stops that entirely. Your full inventory stays intact after death, knockout, or respawn, and any held item returns to your bag automatically.
The one edge case: if your inventory is completely full when you die, the held item drops at your feet instead of disappearing. That's a reasonable trade-off.
This mod pairs well with tougher boss fights. Speaking of which, if you want to know what you're getting into before a boss encounter, the How to Fish boss guide covering every boss fight breaks down triggers, positioning, and Dynamite tactics for every encounter from Spider Crab to Magma Whale.
5. World Item Spawner
Press F7 to open the item list, navigate with arrow keys, and spawn directly into your hands with Right Shift. Keep your hands empty before spawning or it won't work.
This is useful for testing builds without grinding for gear, or for grabbing quest items you've already earned once and don't want to farm again. It covers fish, weapons, tools, and most equipment in the game.
6. Guaranteed Hit Aimbot
Every shot lands, regardless of range, movement, or which gun you're holding. The mod auto-locks onto the nearest creature, strips out recoil and spread, and bumps bullet velocity up to 1000. Toggle it with F8 after equipping any gun.
It works offline and functions both as a host and as a client, which makes it more flexible than most combat mods on this list.
Best How to Fish Mods That Actually Improve Your Game
7. Steam Achievements Unlocker
Press F6 from the mod's main menu and it scans your live achievement list, then unlocks only the ones you haven't already earned. It won't touch achievements you've legitimately unlocked.
If you'd rather earn them properly, the How to Fish trophy and achievement guide covers every achievement with an efficient unlock order, Bean speedrun tips, and the Handyman strategy.
8. Expanded Inventory Mod
The default inventory fills up fast once you're carrying rods, weapons, tools, and quest items simultaneously. This mod adds an 8-slot hotbar (laid out as 2x4), a stackable backpack overlay, and an auto-sell option.
The auto-sell feature is the real value here. It protects rods, weapons, tools, and quest items from getting swept up in a mass sell, which is an easy mistake to make when clearing out fish stacks.
9. Creatures & Bosses Spawn Menu
Press F10 to open a categorized list of every creature and boss in the game, then spawn your pick with Right Shift. This is the best mod for practice runs before a real boss encounter.
Spawning a boss in a controlled setting lets you study attack patterns and movement without any stakes. After testing all the bosses this way, the difference in preparation is noticeable. If you want targeted help with specific encounters, the Blue Shark boss guide covers the Island 3 fight and the Grillmaster's grill unlock step by step.
10. True First Person
How to Fish has a first-person mode, but it doesn't show your body. This mod fixes that by making your chest, arms, and legs fully visible along with whatever outfit you're wearing. It doesn't add custom animations; it reuses the game's existing procedural rig, so the posing looks natural rather than bolted on.
It's a small change, but it makes first-person feel like an actual perspective choice rather than a floating camera.
Best How to Fish Mods That Actually Improve Your Game
Which mods work best together?
Keep Inventory and Expanded Inventory are the most natural pairing. One stops you from losing items, the other makes sure you have room to carry everything worth keeping. Add World Item Spawner for testing and the Advanced Mod Menu for anything else, and you've covered most quality-of-life gaps without touching the actual gameplay balance.
For players who want more of a challenge rather than convenience, the Creatures & Bosses Spawn Menu combined with Greedy SeaGulls creates genuinely chaotic sessions that are worth trying at least once.
For more tips, builds, and boss strategies across the full game, browse the complete How to Fish strategy guide collection on GAMES.GG.