Spear Fishing turns a simple loop — shoot fish, sell fish, buy upgrades — into a grind that lives or dies on your weapon choice. Harpoons define how quickly you can burn through a fish’s HP before the timer runs out, and the wrong purchase can stall your progress for hours.
The ranking below focuses on two things: raw combat power (damage, crit chance, charge time) and how cost‑efficient each harpoon is at the point in the game where you’re likely to get it. Spearguns exist on a parallel track and are mentioned where they change what you should buy next.
How harpoon stats work
Every harpoon in Spear Fishing is defined by three stats:
- Damage (DMG) – shown as a range. Higher damage means fewer hits per fish and more reliable clears against rare and mutated fish.
- Charge time – how long it takes to ready a shot. Lower charge time means more attacks inside the timer.
- Crit chance – the percent chance that a hit deals extra damage. Higher crit makes your real DPS spike, especially on high‑HP targets.
The best weapons either compress charge time while raising damage, or offer such a big damage jump for the price that they’re worth buying even with average crit. Cost in coins, Robux, or gems is just as important as the numbers on the stat line.
Overall harpoon tier list
| Tier | Harpoons |
|---|---|
| S | Pirate Spear, Star Trident, Guardian Trident, Abyss Trident, Forest Trident |
| A | Sea King Trident, Steel Harpoon, Refined Harpoon |
| B | Alloy Harpoon, Divine Trident |
| C | Basic Harpoon, Green Flame Trident, Blazing Trident, Thunder Trident |
S‑tier harpoons are standouts for their stage of the game: they give noticeably better returns on coins than the alternatives around them. C‑tier options either cost too much for what they do or are purely for players who want to skip progression with Robux.
S tier harpoons (best at their progression point)
| Harpoon | Key strengths | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Pirate Spear | 1.2s charge, 18% crit, 75,000–112,500 DMG; massive late‑game DPS spike. | Buy for 5,000,000 Coins at HarpoonShop NPC David. |
| Star Trident | 1.3s charge, 16% crit, 48,000–72,000 DMG; dominant endgame farming tool for coin buyers. | Buy for 1,000,000 Coins. |
| Guardian Trident | 1.4s charge, 15% crit, 5,000–7,500 DMG; extremely strong for mid–late game maps. | Buy for 100,000 Coins. |
| Abyss Trident | 1.5s charge, 11% crit, 2,600–3,900 DMG; efficient bridge between early and mid game. | Buy for 15,000 Coins. |
| Forest Trident | 1.4s charge, 16% crit, 15,000–22,500 DMG; reliable mid‑game workhorse with strong crit. | Buy for 210,000 Coins. |
Why these are S tier: each of these harpoons offers either a large damage jump for the price or excellent charge / crit numbers on top of solid damage. Abyss Trident and Guardian Trident are the strongest coin buys in their brackets, Forest Trident crushes mid‑game maps without Robux, Star Trident is an efficient late‑game grind tool, and Pirate Spear is the premium harpoon for endgame coin play.
A tier harpoons (strong, but eventually skippable)
| Harpoon | Role and value | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Sea King Trident | 1.6s charge, 7% crit, 1,200–1,800 DMG; free early carry that can replace several paid upgrades. | Join the Fishgig Game Roblox group and claim in‑game. |
| Steel Harpoon | 1.7s charge, 8% crit, 800–1,200 DMG; very efficient first paid harpoon. | Buy for 2,000 Coins. |
| Refined Harpoon | 1.7s charge, 6% crit, 250–375 DMG; cheap starter upgrade that smooths the tutorial zones. | Buy for 300 Coins. |
Refined and Steel Harpoons are excellent on pure coin curves. Sea King Trident, however, is good enough to let you bypass both Steel and Alloy in an optimized route, especially if you grab it quickly and lean on it while farming gems and coins.
B tier harpoons (usable but outclassed)
| Harpoon | Assessment | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Alloy Harpoon | 1.6s charge, 9% crit, 1,700–2,550 DMG; decent stats but quickly overshadowed by Abyss Trident for only a bit more coin. | Buy for 8,500 Coins. |
| Divine Trident | 1.5s charge, 12% crit, 3,300–4,950 DMG; good on paper but poor value next to Abyss and Forest Trident. | Buy for 50,000 Coins. |
Both Alloy and Divine Trident are “fine” pickups that won’t actively hurt your run, but every coin spent on them slows you from reaching much better options. If you are following an efficient progression path, they are easy skips.
C tier harpoons (bad value or niche Robux buys)
| Harpoon | Issue | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Harpoon | 1.8s charge, 5% crit, 100–150 DMG; only acceptable during the very first minutes of play. | Default starting weapon. |
| Green Flame Trident | 1.4s charge, 16% crit, 12,000–18,000 DMG; costs Robux and is strictly weaker overall than the coin‑only Forest Trident. | Buy for 399 Robux. |
| Blazing Trident | 1.3s charge, 16% crit, 20,000–30,000 DMG; looks big on paper but does not justify its coin price compared to Star Trident. | Buy for 450,000 Coins. |
| Thunder Trident | 1.1s charge, 20% crit, 140,000–210,000 DMG; enormous stats but locked behind an expensive Robux purchase with no progression savings. | Buy for 1,999 Robux near the second Harpoon shop. |
Thunder Trident is the one exception on raw power: it delivers the highest DPS in the harpoon lineup. The trade‑off is cost. For most players, the same money is better spent on passes or saved entirely while riding coin‑based harpoons and spearguns to the endgame.
All harpoon stats and acquisition methods
For quick reference, here is a compact stat table for every harpoon currently in Spear Fishing.
| Harpoon | Charge time | Crit chance | Damage range | Currency & cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Harpoon | 1.8s | 5% | 100–150 | Free (default) |
| Refined Harpoon | 1.7s | 6% | 250–375 | 300 Coins |
| Steel Harpoon | 1.7s | 8% | 800–1,200 | 2,000 Coins |
| Sea King Trident | 1.6s | 7% | 1,200–1,800 | Free (group reward) |
| Alloy Harpoon | 1.6s | 9% | 1,700–2,550 | 8,500 Coins |
| Abyss Trident | 1.5s | 11% | 2,600–3,900 | 15,000 Coins |
| Divine Trident | 1.5s | 12% | 3,300–4,950 | 50,000 Coins |
| Guardian Trident | 1.4s | 15% | 5,000–7,500 | 100,000 Coins |
| Green Flame Trident | 1.4s | 16% | 12,000–18,000 | 399 Robux |
| Forest Trident | 1.4s | 16% | 15,000–22,500 | 210,000 Coins |
| Blazing Trident | 1.3s | 16% | 20,000–30,000 | 450,000 Coins |
| Star Trident | 1.3s | 16% | 48,000–72,000 | 1,000,000 Coins |
| Pirate Spear | 1.2s | 18% | 75,000–112,500 | 5,000,000 Coins |
| Thunder Trident | 1.1s | 20% | 140,000–210,000 | 1,999 Robux |
All coin‑based harpoons are purchased from HarpoonShop NPC David, who appears in the main towns. Robux harpoons and the Thunder Trident offer in the second shop use the standard Roblox payment flow.
Best harpoon and speargun progression route
Harpoons aren’t the only way to upgrade your damage. Spearguns trade coins for gems and jump you far ahead of the harpoon curve. An efficient upgrade path weaves both weapon types together so you avoid overpaying for sidegrades.
| Order | Weapon | Why it matters | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Harpoon | Intro tool only; use it long enough to earn a few hundred coins. | Free |
| 2 | Refined Harpoon | Smoother clear speed in the Beginner River and first zone. | 300 Coins |
| 3 | Sea King Trident | Free early spike that lets you skip Steel and Alloy in many runs. | Free (group reward) |
| 4 | Abyss Trident | Efficient damage for Rushing Stream and album filling while you farm gems. | 15,000 Coins |
| 5 | Basic Speargun | Huge jump to 38,000–57,000 DMG with 1s charge; feels like a 1M‑coin harpoon for a small gem cost. | 300 Gems |
| 6 | Pirate Spear | Endgame harpoon for coin farming and late‑stage maps. | 5,000,000 Coins |
| 7 | Golden Speargun | 468,000–702,000 DMG with 0.75s charge and 20% crit; the top weapon in the game. | 3,000 Gems |
On the speargun side, the full lineup looks like this:
| Speargun | Charge time | Crit chance | Damage range | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Speargun | 1.0s | 5% | 38,000–57,000 | 300 Gems |
| Carbon Speargun | 0.9s | 8% | 49,000–73,500 | Day‑7 login reward |
| Wave Speargun | 0.85s | 12% | 117,000–175,500 | 800 Gems |
| Lava Speargun | 0.8s | 16% | 183,000–274,500 | 1,500 Gems |
| Golden Speargun | 0.75s | 20% | 468,000–702,000 | 3,000 Gems |
Only three of these are worth targeting for most players: Basic Speargun as your first big gem purchase, Carbon Speargun as a free daily‑login unlock, and Golden Speargun as the final chase weapon.
How to change harpoons and spearguns
Step 1: Walk to HarpoonShop NPC David in any major town to handle harpoons, or to GunShop Uzi for spearguns.
Step 2: Interact with the NPC to open the weapon shop, and purchase any harpoon or speargun you can afford and want to add to your collection.
Step 3: Open your Equip menu from the game UI once you’ve bought a new weapon.
Step 4: Select the Harpoon tab or the Speargun tab, highlight the weapon you want, and equip it so that it becomes your active tool in the water.
Weapon swaps are free and instant, so it is safe to experiment. The key is to avoid sinking coins or gems into weapons that stall your long‑term path toward Abyss Trident, Basic Speargun, Pirate Spear, and Golden Speargun.
Once your weapons are in a good place, your next damage multiplier comes from how and what you hunt: prioritizing rare and mutated fish, filling out the fish album for gem rewards, and timing your sessions around profitable climates and weather. With an efficient harpoon path and one or two well‑chosen spearguns, the rest of Spear Fishing turns into a question of patience, not power.
