How to Fish All Fish List: 49 Fishipedia Creatures

Open the encyclopedia before recatching everything

Press Tab and write down the exact blank normal entry. The encyclopedia separates normal creatures from their Drip variants, so first decide whether the missing credit belongs to Collector or Fishipedia. A creature must be killed before the official achievement wording treats it as complete; hooking or seeing it is not enough.

• Collector: find and kill all 49 normal creature entries.
• Fishipedia: find and kill every Drip creature variant.
• Use the live Tab screen as the final authority after a patch.

Crab Rod, Free, Hot Dog, and Beginner Lure catches

The early pools contain the entries most often confused with one another. The rod and lure must both match: use the Crab Fishing Rod with Free Lure or Sausage for crustaceans and Piranha, then the regular Fishing Rod for the remaining Free and Beginner pools. A later lure does not automatically include every early creature.

• Crab Fishing Rod + Free Lure: Brown Crab, Rock Crab, and Shrimp.
• Crab Fishing Rod + Hot Dog/Sausage: Brown Crab, Rock Crab, Lobster, and Piranha.
• Free Lure with Fishing Rod: Gar, Mackerel, Pike, and Goldfish.
• Beginner Lure: Cod, Goby, Pike, Perch, Triggerfish, and Goldfish.
• Pike and The Old Pike are different entries; Piranha and Giant Piranha are also different.

Standard Lure fish

The Standard Lure pool is associated with the middle route and contains ten normal creatures. Keep the regular Standard Lure separate from the Standard Boss Lure used for Blue Shark.

• Angelfish, Yellow Boxfish, Bowlfish, and Catfish.
• Sea Urchin, Seahorse, Clownfish, and Bluegill.
• Salmon and Needlefish.

Professional Lure fish

The Professional pool contains ten later catches. Use the normal Professional Lure for these entries; the Professional Boss Lure belongs to the Tuna encounter and should not be spent as ordinary collection bait.

• Parrotfish, Voxel Fish, Bass, Halibut, and Eel.
• Tigerfish, Flying Fish, Sengarat, Red Snapper, and Dripper.

Scientific Lure fish

The final regular tier contains five normal creatures. Scientific Lure and Scientific Boss Lure are separate items, so a missing Goblin Shark will not be solved by repeating the ordinary Scientific pool.

• Anglerfish, Blobfish, Oarfish, Superdwarf Fish, and Stonefish.

All 11 bosses and their trigger bait

Bosses and special encounters do not belong in the ordinary lure rotation. Some use a purchased Boss Lure, while story bosses require an NPC reward or the body of the previous encounter. Keep every unique bait and boss body until the related objective visibly advances.

• Spider Crab — Empty Beer Can; Sunfish — Beginner Boss Lure.
• Giant Piranha — Modified Leech; The Old Pike — Beginner Boss Lure.
• Blue Shark — Standard Boss Lure; Pufferfish — Carrot.
• Tuna — Professional Boss Lure; Albatross — Tuna.
• Goblin Shark — Scientific Boss Lure; Bowhead Whale — Fish Bucket.
• Mutated Bowhead Whale — defeated Bowhead Whale and the Volcano sequence.

Close the last Collector or Fishipedia gap

Finish the route before doing a full cleanup so every lure tier and boss trigger is available. Work through one lure pool at a time and check Tab after each new kill. When the 49 normal entries are complete, stop repeating Collector catches and switch to the separate Drip list for Fishipedia.

• Use the Lure Guide when you know the name but not the correct pool.
• Use Drip Fish when the normal entry is complete and the rare version is missing.
• Use a Boss Guide when the bait works but the encounter itself is the blocker.

How to use the 49-creature list without losing your place

Treat the in-game encyclopedia as the checklist and this page as the lookup key. Open Tab, write down one missing normal entry, and decide whether it belongs to an ordinary lure pool or a boss trigger. Complete that one entry, kill the creature, and reopen Tab before changing targets. This short loop prevents several similar names from blending together and makes it obvious whether the game actually recorded the result. It also protects special bait because the player does not cast a quest item simply to test an ordinary catch pool.

The current list contains 49 normal creature entries, divided into 38 regular catches and 11 bosses or special encounters. The word fish is convenient search language, but the collection also includes crabs, shrimp, a lobster, birds, and whales. Collector uses that broad normal list. Fishipedia is a separate rare-variant objective, so a complete normal Pike does not fill the Drip Pike entry and a rare Drip catch does not replace a missing normal boss. Always identify which side of the encyclopedia is incomplete before beginning a long cleanup session.

Clear the early rod and lure pools first

The opening pools deserve a deliberate pass because they mix two rods and overlapping lure tiers. Pair the Crab Fishing Rod with Free Lure for Brown Crab, Rock Crab, and Shrimp, or with Hot Dog/Sausage for Brown Crab, Rock Crab, Lobster, and Piranha. Then use the main Fishing Rod for Gar and Mackerel with the Free Lure, followed by Cod, Goby, Perch, and Triggerfish with the Beginner Lure. Pike and Goldfish can appear in more than one early pool, so do not assume an overlap means that one of the encyclopedia rows is duplicated or broken.

Check the exact name after each kill. Piranha and Giant Piranha are separate entries, just as Pike and The Old Pike are separate. The boss-sized version needs its own trigger and cannot be completed by repeatedly catching the smaller species. If nothing bites, move to the Catch Fish guide and confirm retrieve input. If the wrong early species keeps appearing, move to the Lure Guide and check the equipped rod and lure. This page identifies the target; those pages isolate control and equipment problems without mixing them into the collection checklist.

Work through Standard, Professional, and Scientific pools

The Standard Lure group contains Angelfish, Yellow Boxfish, Bowlfish, Catfish, Sea Urchin, Seahorse, Clownfish, Bluegill, Salmon, and Needlefish. Keep the normal lure distinct from the Standard Boss Lure. A Blue Shark gap belongs to the boss pool even if every Standard creature is complete. When a list or player uses the shortened name Boxfish, compare the live encyclopedia wording before assuming that it describes an additional slot. The current page uses Yellow Boxfish for the normal entry and keeps Bowlfish as its own creature.

The Professional group contains Parrotfish, Voxel Fish, Bass, Halibut, Eel, Tigerfish, Flying Fish, Sengarat, Red Snapper, and Dripper. The Scientific group contains Anglerfish, Blobfish, Oarfish, Superdwarf Fish, and Stonefish. Finish each pool as a block and verify it before buying or consuming another lure. A higher tier is not a complete replacement for an earlier one. Late-game equipment can therefore coexist with a missing Goby, crab, or other opening entry that still requires the correct early rod and pool.

Audit all 11 boss and special encounter entries

Boss entries use either a Boss Lure or a unique story item. Spider Crab uses the Empty Beer Can. Sunfish and The Old Pike use the Beginner Boss Lure, while Giant Piranha follows the Modified Leech quest chain. Blue Shark uses the Standard Boss Lure and Pufferfish uses the tourist Carrot. Tuna uses the Professional Boss Lure and then becomes the trigger for Albatross. Goblin Shark uses the Scientific Boss Lure. These are different pools from ordinary fishing, and several are optional enough to remain blank after the story appears nearly complete.

The final sequence also contains two separate encyclopedia results. The scientist supplies the Fish Bucket for Bowhead Whale. The defeated Bowhead Whale then becomes the physical trigger for Mutated Bowhead Whale at the Volcano. Preserve the body and the later tail until the objective advances. If the bait works but the encounter defeats the player, use the relevant Boss Guide instead of changing the collection list. If the boss never appears, return to the NPC, required item, and active objective before spending another lure.

Finish Collector first, then run a separate Drip sweep

A practical completion route finishes story progression, unlocks every lure tier, and then audits the 49 normal entries. Begin with the early Crab Rod pool, move through regular lure tiers, and finish with the optional Boss Lures and story bosses. Check Tab after each new kill rather than relying on memory. When Collector is complete, stop recatching normal entries as though the same checklist also solves Fishipedia. The two official achievement descriptions ask for different results and should remain separate in both route planning and troubleshooting.

For Fishipedia, identify one missing Drip base creature and return to the lure that produces its normal version. Confirm the normal creature still appears, then repeat that stable pool until the rare Drip variant spawns. Kill it and verify the corresponding entry before moving on. Patch 1.0.5 fixed the older behavior that could require one extra Drip, so current players should follow the visible list rather than a launch-day workaround. If a full visible list does not unlock, preserve the version, host or guest role, and missing slot before reporting the discrepancy.

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