How to Spear Hunt Roaming Fish in Fischfest Waterpark Update

The Fischfest Waterpark update adds roaming fish to Fisch, giving you a way to see fish swimming underwater and go after the exact one you want. Instead of casting a rod and waiting for a random bite, you approach a visible fish and strike it with a spear.

Quick answer: Buy a Flimsy Spear at the Lost Jungle for C$150, equip it from the Spears tab in your equipment bag, wade into shallow water where fish are visible, tap a fish to start the minigame, then press LMB and RMB alternately and rapidly to fill the bar and land the catch.

What roaming fish are in Fisch

Roaming fish are not a new species or a separate bestiary entry. They are the game’s existing fish shown moving underwater so you can hunt them directly. Where you would normally throw a line and wait for something to take the bait, you can now spot the fish itself and target it.

The odds of finding an exotic or legendary catch stay the same as reeling one in with a rod. The bestiary rules also carry over. A fish tied to a specific island only swims beneath that island’s waters, so you still need to travel to the right location to catch it. A Tidebreaker and a Fish Radar can help you narrow the search when you are hunting a particular target.

Where to get your first spear

Spears are sold at the Lost Jungle. Head to the craftsman’s hut at the back of the village, marked by the anvil, at GPS coordinates (-2742, 160, -2075). Three basic spears are available here to start with: the Flimsy Spear for C$150, the Mini Spear for C$9,000, and the Steady Spear for C$15,000.

The Flimsy Spear costs very little and works well enough to begin hunting right away. This low upfront cost makes spearing a strong way for lower-level players to grind experience, since Legendary-tier fish show up often for a solid XP payout.

The Spearfishing In Fisch — Spear fishing in the Lost Jungle.

How to spear hunt roaming fish

Open your equipment bag and select the Spears tab, then equip a spear. It appears on your quickbar in the same slot style as a fishing rod, and you also need to select it from your inventory to hold it.

Move into shallow water where you can stand and clearly see fish swimming. Spearing only works in water where fish are visible, so pick creeks, pools, or mangroves where the fish show up on or near the surface.

Approach a fish and tap or click to poke it and start the minigame. The chance of the minigame triggering depends on how many fish are close and their rarity, so line up right next to your target to nearly guarantee which fish you get.

Press LMB and RMB alternately and as fast as you can to fill the progress bar. Higher-rarity fish need faster input. When the bar fills, the fish is caught. Once the minigame begins, the target fish stops moving so it stays in place.

Note: Low-level players can farm XP quickly by targeting the Legendary-tier Piraiba, a long grey fish. At night, Mythical-tier Stingrays give even more XP.

All spears in Fisch, costs, and locations

Spear	Location	Cost
Flimsy Spear	Lost Jungle	C$150
Mini Spear	Lost Jungle	C$9,000
Steady Spear	Lost Jungle	C$15,000
Barbed Spear	Lost Jungle (craft)	Crafting
Poison-Tipped Spear	Lost Jungle (craft)	Crafting
Coral Spear	Coral Bastion	C$75,000
Withered Spear	Tidefall	C$1,750,000
Royal Spear	Crowned Ruins	C$3,750,000
Poseidon’s Spear	Poseidon’s Storm of Floods	C$13,000,000

Spear stats compared

Spear	Power	Handling	Piercing
Flimsy Spear	3	0	0
Mini Spear	4	0	20
Steady Spear	6	40	2.5
Barbed Spear	6	10	30
Poison-Tipped Spear	10	30	5
Coral Spear	4	20	25
Royal Spear	11	23	30
Withered Spear	15	-10	3

Some higher-tier spears carry a mutation chance on catch. The Coral Spear applies the Coral mutation every time, the Withered Spear has a 25% chance for the Withered mutation, and the Royal Spear has a 35% chance each for the Royal and Midas mutations.

How to craft the Barbed and Poison-Tipped spears

The two craftable spears are made at the anvil inside the Lost Jungle craftsman’s hut. Each needs driftwood carrying a specific mutation plus a spearhead recovered from the Lost Temple.

Spear	Materials required
Barbed Spear	x1 Shrouded Driftwood + x1 Barbed Spearhead
Poison-Tipped Spear	x1 Poisoned Driftwood + x1 Poisonous Spearhead

Fish in the Lost Jungle to collect driftwood with the Shrouded or Poisoned mutation. Driftwood is a common regionless trash item, but the mutations you need show up far more reliably when you fish inside the Jungle.

Climb down the rope in the middle of the Jungle to drop into the Lost Temple and complete the puzzle rooms. Clearing them rewards the Barbed Spearhead, and pushing further through the puzzles yields the Poisonous Spearhead.

Return to the anvil and combine the spearhead with the matching driftwood. Pair the Barbed Spearhead with Shrouded Driftwood for the Barbed Spear, and the Poisonous Spearhead with Poisoned Driftwood for the Poison-Tipped Spear.

Why a spear catch can fail

You know a hunt worked when the progress bar fills and the fish is added to your catch. A failed attempt makes the fish disappear or despawn instead. Two things commonly go wrong:

Clicking too slowly for a high-rarity fish. Rarer catches need faster alternating input, and running out of speed drops the attempt.
Spearing in the wrong place. If you use a spear outside a valid spear-fishing area, you will not receive a fish even if you complete the minigame. A failed attempt in one of those spots does not break your streak.

Stick to water where fish are visible, start the minigame right next to your target, and keep the alternating clicks fast, and roaming fish become a quick, low-cost way to fill in bestiary entries and rack up XP.