Mods for How to Fish change the game in small, targeted ways. Some protect your loot, some grow your lobby, and others exist purely to troll your crew or test creatures you have not fought yet. Nearly all of them load through the same two handlers, so once you set one up, adding more is quick.
Quick answer: Install BepInEx or MelonLoader into your How to Fish folder, then drop in the mods you want. The strongest picks are More Players, Keep Inventory, Always Win Roulette, No Bird Steal, Greedy SeaGulls, and World Item Spawn.
Best How to Fish mods and what each one does
| Mod | Effect | Who installs it |
|---|---|---|
| More Players | Raises the party limit from 4 to as many as 250 | Host only |
| Keep Inventory | Keeps your items after death or knockdown | Each player |
| Always Win Roulette | Rigs the roulette machine so your bet always lands | Player using it |
| No Bird Steal | Stops seagulls from grabbing items off the ground | Player using it |
| Greedy SeaGulls | Lets seagulls steal from your hands and even take the boat | Player using it |
| World Item Spawn | Spawns items, fish, snipers, and bosses via console commands | Player using it |
Bigger lobbies and safer loot
More Players pushes the default four-slot cap up to 250, so an entire Discord group can fish together. Only the host needs it, and the config values let you set a higher ceiling or drop it back down. Large lobbies strain the game and raise crash risk, so a player count between 4 and 100 stays the most stable. You can grab it from the More Players page on Nexus Mods.
Keep Inventory solves the classic problem of dying and watching your bag scatter into the sea or mix in with a friend’s loot. With it active, everything stays in your inventory after a death or knockdown, so you keep progressing instead of hunting down lost items. It is the safest way to protect rare gear during a long run.
Rigged roulette and chaos mods
Always Win Roulette forces the wheel to land on your color every spin. Betting green pays out x35, which is fast money but obvious to anyone watching. Betting black or red wins more quietly, which is the better route if you want to farm cash or mess with friends without raising suspicion.
The two seagull mods sit at opposite ends. No Bird Steal blocks seagulls from lifting items off the ground, which helps if the birds annoy you more than they entertain. Greedy SeaGulls goes the other way, letting seagulls snatch items straight from your hands, hold grudges, and sometimes make your whole boat vanish. Pick one based on whether you want fewer interruptions or maximum chaos.
World Item Spawn for testing and cheats
World Item Spawn is a cheat mod that pulls almost anything into the server through console commands, including fish, snipers, and boss creatures. Beyond skipping the grind, it is useful for study. Spawning a boss lets you learn its movement and attack patterns in a controlled setting, so you are ready for it during a normal campaign run.
How to install How to Fish mods
Almost every mod depends on either BepInEx or MelonLoader to load into the game. Install one of those handlers first, then add the mods you picked. Each mod page lists its own exact steps, so read them before copying files.
Note: For any mod that only the host runs, such as More Players, installing it on other players does nothing. Confirm the host has it before starting a session.
Start with Keep Inventory and More Players if you mostly want smoother co-op sessions, then layer in Always Win Roulette or the seagull mods once you are comfortable managing files. Save the World Item Spawn cheat mod for private testing, since spawning bosses and snipers changes the game for everyone in the server.
