The May 13, 2022 update, also known as the fishing update, is an update in Islands that revamped many fishing mechanics.
Changes[]
Additions[]
- Added Tier 2 Bait.
Modifications[]
- New animations and sounds now play when fishing.
- Added a new mechanic when fishing.
- Fish now spawn on Buffalkor Island and Wizard Island.
- Added fish and treasure rarities.
- Changed fish and spirit fish shadows in bodies of water.
- Fishing rods now have additional properties:
- Decay Slow: Better fishing rods preserve the player's fishing progress.
- Renamed bait to tier 1 bait.
- Modified various skill requirements:
- Level 25 Fishing now unlocks the crafting recipe for fish tank shipwrecks.
- Level 30 Fishing now unlocks the crafting recipe for fish tank anchors.
- Level 35 Fishing now unlocks the crafting recipe for fish tank castles.
- Level 40 Fishing now unlocks the crafting recipe for fish tank treasure chests.
- Leveling up the Fishing skill now increases the chance of finding treasure by 0.1% per level.
- Owners of the pro gamepass are granted a bonus 3% chance of fishing treasure.
- Tier 1 bait now increases the player's fishing speed by 15% on average.
- Candy apples now increase the player's fishing speed by 25% on average.
- Orange honeycombs now increase the player's fishing speed by 15% on average.
- Fish tank blueprints can no longer be obtained.
- Renamed talapia to "Tilapia."
- Changed the recipe of the aquamarine sword to require 2 crystallized aquamarine instead of 2 pearls.
- Changed the recipe of the washing station to require 1 crystallized iron instead of 3 pearls.
- Players may now reset their player any island.
- Reduced the sell price of starfruit from 67 coins to 60 coins.
- Reduced the sell price of watermelon from 80 coins to 75 coins.
- Increased the sell price of kiwis from 24 coins to 32 coins.
- Greatly improved the performance in the Hub.
- Re-added Day/Night cycles to the Hub.
- Other performance improvements.
Fish price changes[]
| Fish | Old price | New price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout | 3 coins | ➡ | 20 coins |
| Blue tang | 20 coins | ➡ | 35 coins |
| Spirit fish | 100 coins | ➡ | 200 coins |
| Tuna | 900 coins | ➡ | 1,000 coins |
| Shark | 450 coins | ➡ | 1,000 coins |
Bug fixes[]
- Fixed a bug causing the bobber of fishing rods to apply centripetal force to the player.
- Fixed the collision box of the lights in the Hub.
- Melody can no longer appear inside the ground.
- Fixed visiting friends' islands on mob islands.
May 14, 2022[]
- Fixed a bug preventing fish from being fished.
- Fixed issues with missing audio.
- Fixed a bug preventing the Infernal Dragon from spawning and not showing its spawn cost.
- Fixed a bug causing players who jump off the Underworld not to teleport back to the Underworld.
- Fixed basic fertilizer not going to the inventory when fished.
- Fixed a bug causing fishing related quests not to save.
May 15, 2022[]
- Fisherman Thomas has been returned to the Hub.
- Fixed issues with fishing up fertilizers.
- Improved fishing rarities.
- Fixed an issue with recognizing highest tier bait effect.
- Fixed a bug causing fishing quest progress to not get recorded.