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How to Fish Weapons — Prices, Damage & Where to Buy

Compare the eight weapons by price, damage, range and availability, then choose a loadout that fits the creature or boss ahead.

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Ranged weapons

Firearms for general catches, bosses and flying targets.

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Early weapon

Pistol

A dependable early firearm for learning creature movement, conserving shots and setting up simple trick kills.

Available at: Forest Island
Price: $50
Role: Low-cost ranged control for ordinary catches.
Damage: Upgradeable single-shot firearm damage.

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Close-range weapon

Shotgun

A forgiving close-range choice when a newly landed creature is already crowding the boat.

Available at: Forest Island
Price: $150
Role: Burst damage against large targets close to the boat.
Damage: Close-range pellet spread; effective damage depends on how many pellets connect.

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Precision weapon

Sniper Rifle

A long-range option for deliberate trick shots, flying targets and clean sightlines.

Available at: Rocks Island
Price: About $3,800
Role: Albatross, distance kills and no-scope multiplier attempts.
Damage: High precision damage; upgrades can take it to 500 damage.

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Sustained fire

Assault Rifle

A flexible late-route weapon for maintaining pressure on large creatures and boss targets.

Available at: Volcano / late route
Price: About $20,000
Role: Maintaining pressure on Bowhead Whale and the final mutated phase.
Damage: Upgradeable sustained damage, rising from 40 to 100.

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Rapid-fire weapon

SMG / Uzi

A flexible mid-game weapon for Blue Shark, Albatross and other moving targets.

Available at: Desert Island
Price: Check current shop
Role: Moving bosses and targets that need fast follow-up shots.
Damage: Upgradeable automatic damage; short bursts preserve accuracy and ammunition.

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Melee & explosives

Ammunition-saving finishers and physics-based achievement tools.

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Melee weapon

Brass Knuckles

An early melee upgrade for finishing ordinary creatures without spending ammunition.

Available at: Lighthouse
Price: $24
Role: Ammo-free finisher for small catches.
Damage: Melee damage; upgrade values vary by the installed game build.

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Melee weapon

Knife

A stronger early melee finisher that preserves ammunition on small and medium catches.

Available at: Lighthouse
Price: $45
Role: Controlled melee cleanup that saves ammunition.
Damage: Upgradeable melee damage; the page does not treat a patch-sensitive value as permanent.

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Explosive · $25

Dynamite

A fast bulk-kill tool and physics launcher with two dedicated achievement uses.

Available at: Forest Island
Price: $25
Role: Crowd clearing, physics launches and two achievement routes.
Damage: Area blast damage rather than a fixed firearm shot.

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