Progression

Fish → earn coins and XP → upgrade → sail further → repeat

The loop

  1. Fish wherever your ship can reach.
  2. Sell to Trevor: fixed prices, multiplied by weight.
  3. Upgrade your rod: six stats, upgraded in place forever.
  4. Earn XP from catching and Finn quests, which unlocks higher upgrades and better ships.
  5. Buy the next ship and reach the next zone.

The gate is always the ship

Zones unlock by ship alone: no level requirements. That means your next ship is always the clearest goal on the board, and you always know exactly what it opens.

What to upgrade

Bobbers and Strength compound: more fish per cast, each worth more. Luck matters when hunting something specific, including the unnamed Ethereal fish in each zone.

Long-term

The Fish Dex tracks species and mutations, which is the real completion chase, 31 possible versions of every fish.

Rebirth

Still being designed, see Rebirth.

In beta

A player who finishes everything is simply done for now. Rebirth is the intended answer at full release.