Legendary fish in Net a Fish are locked behind your net. You can stand on the dock and cast all day, but a low-tier net can’t hold a Legendary. Anything above your net’s rarity cap escapes, and the game names the net you would need to keep it. You have to raise that cap before Legendaries can land, and then improve your odds with luck buffs, server events, and dock helpers.
Quick answer: Buy and equip the Tier 9 Titanium Net ($45,000) from Upgrades, then cast near fish. When “Something is pulling hard on your net…” appears, reel in to land the Legendary.
Net tiers that can catch Legendary fish
Each net has a rarity ceiling. The early nets are Rope, Twine, Cotton, Nylon, Reinforced, Steel Mesh, and Chainlink, and all of them stop at Epic or lower. The Titanium Net at Tier 9 is the first one whose shop card reads “Unlock Legendary catches.” Every net above it can also catch Legendaries.
| Net | Price | Capacity / width | Rarity cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Net (Tier 9) | $45,000 | 34 / 33.5 ft | Legendary |
| Carbon Fiber Net (Tier 10) | $110,000 | 52 / 35 ft | Legendary |
| Mythril Net (Tier 11) | $500,000 | 80 / 36.5 ft | Mythic |
The tiers do different jobs. The Titanium Net raises the rarity cap, so its card says “MORE + RARER FISH.” The Carbon Fiber Net keeps the Legendary cap and adds capacity and width, so its card says “MORE FISH.” Capacity matters because each throw rolls for every slot, and a bigger net gives each cast more chances at a rare fish. The Mythril Net is the next jump in rarity and opens Mythic catches.
The Nets tab also lists locked tiers above Mythril, up to the Solstice Net. Fish that need one of these nets show it when they escape. Warnings name the Mythril Net, Celestial Net, Hexbound Net, and Eternal Net. A warning like this tells you the fish was out of reach for your current net, not that you were unlucky.
Buying and casting the Titanium Net
Your money comes from fish displayed on your dock and in your pool, which earn cash every second. Collect from the showcase pedestals on the dock before you shop, because unclaimed earnings sit on those pedestals until you walk over them.
How the game shows a Legendary catch
A Legendary in the net triggers a warning: “Something is pulling hard on your net…” Reel in when you see it. The warning can appear even while another menu is open, including Net Skins, which only changes how your net looks.
Once the net comes up, a catch card confirms it. The card shows the fish name, a “LEGENDARY!” banner, the odds, how much the fish earns per second, any mutation multiplier, and a “SPECIES NEW!” tag the first time you catch that fish. This card is how you know the catch counted.
Legendaries can also come in when the net is simply full. If the catch meter reads FULL, reel in right away. A full net can’t add anything new, so leaving it in the water wastes time.
Legendary fish odds and earnings
These Legendary species can be caught with a Titanium Net. The odds are the base chance shown on each catch card.
| Fish | Odds | Base earnings |
|---|---|---|
| Emperor Mahseer | 1 in 2,500 | $64/s |
| Thunderfin Salmon | 1 in 4,000 | $107/s (Shiny) |
| Magma Catfish | 1 in 6,000 | $150/s |
| Sunscale Arapaima | 1 in 10,000 | $275/s |
| Royal Sturgeon | — | +1,530/s as a pet |
Earnings rise with rarity. The Sunscale Arapaima is the rarest fish in the table and earns more than four times as much as the Emperor Mahseer. Mutations add a further multiplier on top of base earnings. A Shiny Thunderfin Salmon, for example, carries a x1.15 Shiny multiplier. The Royal Sturgeon also works as a pet, which makes it one of the more useful Legendaries to keep.
Raising Legendary odds with luck, skills, and rebirths
Your net decides whether a Legendary is possible. Luck decides how often one appears. Several systems stack to improve it, and most are free.
Temporary x2 Luck buffs
- Index: completing the Epic page pays +$8.25M and x2 Luck for 10 minutes.
- Leviathan Pass: the Tier 1 reward is x2 Luck for 10 minutes.
- Daily Rewards: Day 2 gives 2x Money for 1 hour plus an Abyss crate, which can contain Mythic fish such as the Hexfang Viperfish.
Timed buffs run out whether or not you’re fishing. Claim them when you’re ready to cast nonstop, ideally right before or during a Wave Rush.
Skill Tree and rebirth bonuses
Rebirths award skill points for the Skill Tree. For Legendary hunting, put points into Lucky Waters in the Luck branch first, because it directly improves your chance of rarer and mutated fish. Tight Weave works on the net itself. Showcase Polish raises display income, and Fisherman Drills improves your Fisherman helper.
Rebirths also raise your money multiplier. Going from River Guide (x2.00) to Tidecaller (x2.25) requires 1.4K fish caught all time and $40M in cash. The Rebirth menu tracks both numbers, and you can rebirth once both bars are full. Higher rebirth levels also unlock more options in the dock Bait Shop. Its stock includes Bread Crumbs, Nightcrawlers, Chum Bucket, Glitter Lure, and Golden Grub, and each bait gives a passive bonus aimed at certain fish while it’s active. The Fishing panel reads “No bait” when you’re casting without one.
Tsunami Wave Rush and Kraken events
Server events are the best time to look for Legendaries. A “TSUNAMI WARNING” alert announces a Wave Rush, which sends three waves of rare fish toward the dock. Each wave has higher rarity and mutation multipliers than the last. Early waves start around Rare x1.8 and Mut x1.25, and the third wave reaches Rare x6.6 and Mut x4.5. Two of the Legendaries in the table above, the Magma Catfish and the Shiny Thunderfin Salmon, are common Wave Rush catches.
During a Wave Rush, cast and reel quickly. Aim at the densest schools, reel in as soon as the net fills, and throw again. The extra rolls matter most on wave 3, where the multipliers are highest.
The Kraken is a server-wide boss with a shared health countdown. You can keep throwing your net during the fight, so Legendary rolls continue while the server works on the boss.
When the server wins, the “KRAKEN DEFEATED!” screen opens on its Rewards tab. Press Collect to claim cash (+$10.31M on that defeat), 100 pearls, 200 Pass XP, and an Ocean Crate. The crate can contain fish such as a Rare Snapjaw Turtle. Kraken fish don’t drop every time, and the screen will say “No Kraken fish this time” when none drop. The Pass XP goes toward the Leviathan Pass and its luck rewards.
Spear Gun, Fisherman, and pets as extra catchers
Your net isn’t the only way to get fish. Pets and the Spear Gun catch fish on their own and carry them to your cooler, and those catches can include Mythic and Legendary species. To upgrade the Spear Gun, walk up to its dock station and press E when the prompt appears.
Multi-Spear increases fish per volley, from 2 to 3 at level 2 for $3,400, and it goes up to level 34. Sharper Tips costs $6,000 on the same screen. These upgrades are cheap compared with nets, so they’re worth buying while you save for the Titanium Net.
The Fisherman has his own rarity cap. His Fishing Rod upgrade (level 2 of 38) for $4,000 raises his limit from Rare to Epic. He won’t bring in Legendaries at that level, but he adds a steady flow of lower-rarity fish toward your rebirth fish count.
Pets live in the Pet Pool next to the dock, and you can keep casting from there while they work.
Putting Legendary fish to work in the Fish Cooler
Every Legendary you reel in goes to the Fish Cooler on the dock. Open it to see each fish card with Take and Sell options. Take places the fish where it earns money. Sell turns it into cash right away. Higher rarity earns more per second, so equip your Legendaries in place of lower-tier fish. A Royal Sturgeon on display or as a pet pays far more than an Epic would.
Keep catching new Legendary species, too. Each new species fills an Index entry, and completed Index pages pay large one-time cash rewards plus another x2 Luck buff. Combine that with a Mythic like the Gold Moonlit Leviathan, which shows +7,493/s if placed, and the income speeds up your path to the $500,000 Mythril Net and its Mythic catches.
