Release Note: Back to Basics - First Levels Rework
Fishing Planet Patch Notes — June 11, 2026
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Hey Anglers,
Back to Basics - First Levels Rework is LIVE, and it’s the perfect time to rediscover Fishing Planet all over again!
Lone Star Lake has been completely reworked from the ground up, and that’s just the beginning. This update also brings plenty of improvements to other locations, along with a variety of gameplay enhancements across the game. Anglers now finally have their own home with the Trophy Room to show off their great catches!
To celebrate the release, go ahead and log into the game to grab the Lone Star Welcome Box*, place it inside your new House and receive your special Texas lures to soak in the spirit of good old Texas. . Moreover, during the next four weeks you will be able to claim even more exclusive gifts from the Personal Offers tab. You will eventually get plus 4 gift boxes full of fishing goodies, each arriving once a week.
Now, let’s take a look at what’s new in this update!
Watch the Update Trailer on YouTube and write a comment under the video to get a chance to win one of three StarRanger Kayak Packs!
Lone Star Lake
The updated Lone Star Lake now offers much more territory to discover. The waterway has been expanded with four locations: Home Sweet Home, Kayak Rentals, Lakeside Grill Area, and Beaver Dam. Kayaks are now available here as well, so whether you rent one on-site or bring your own, you'll have plenty of opportunities to explore the lake and reach new fishing spots.
Angler's House and Trophy Room
The Home Sweet Home location at Lone Star Lake finally lives up to its name. You will now have a personal house that you can actually enter and walk around in. Inside, you'll find a spacious Trophy Room with plenty of space to display your finest catches, achievements and Mounts collected from waterways all around the world. The house and its surroundings have a bunch of interactive objects, so be sure to explore and discover them all.
Brand-new StarRanger™ Trolling Kayak
We’re introducing an entirely new type of kayak to the game: the StarRanger™ Pedal Trolling Kayak. Since the kayak is powered by your feet, there’s no need to stop and recover stamina while moving across the water. The StarRanger™ also comes equipped with two rod holders, letting you troll with up to three rods at once and maximize the amount of fish, XP, and Credits you can earn during every trip.
To make things even better, the kayak features a built-in Echo Sounder, helping you locate fish more efficiently and making trolling easier and much smarter.
The new trolling kayak is available in the StarRanger Kayak Pack, which also includes 7 days of Premium, extra Baitcoins, 20 Marker Buoys, Storage Extensions, Repair Kits, and unlimited Advanced Licenses for Lone Star Lake, Mudwater River, and Emerald Lake for you to always be covered on these waters!
As always, a rental kayak will also be available at the location. The Outrider™ Trolling Kayak at Lone Star Lake will be at players’ service for those who want to experience pedal-powered navigation and trolling across the lake whenever they wish.
A New Tutorial & Adventure Missions
We’ve completely reworked the Tight Lines tutorial to make the first steps in Fishing Planet more engaging and intuitive. Beginning at Lone Star Lake, Kayak Rentals, it guides newcomers through the game’s core mechanics, including casting, landing fish, traveling between pins, and selling their catch.
The Tutorial grows into Adventure Missions. Follow mission chains that guide you through the adventures assignments and help you discover the best fishing spots, and reward you with upgraded firmware for Tablet. The missions start at Lone Start and continue at Lesni Vila Fishery.
Now let’s go and check out what’s been done in other locations.
Mudwater River, Lesní Víla, Rocky Lake, Quanchkin, Ghent-Terneuzen Canal
You’ll now be able to take your kayaks to Mudwater River as well or rent one right there. The bite map of the location has been updated, and predator trolling has been added to the river.
Lesní Vila Fishery has been spruced up visually and now also has its own chain of Adventure Missions, along with a reworked bite map and numerous visual improvements across the waterway, including updated terrain and shoreline areas, giving you a great reason to explore this location all over again. Complete the missions to unlock the Tablet Firmware “Lesní Víla Map” with a detailed map of the waterway!
Rocky Lake, Quanchkin Lake, and Ghent-Terneuzen Canal have also received a variety of tweaks and improvements, including bite rate adjustments, new fish species, and many other small enhancements.
Please note that Lone Star Lake and Lesní Vila Fishery have been completely redesigned. As a result, any marker buoys previously placed on these waterways are no longer relevant. To avoid confusion, all marker buoys have been removed from these locations and returned to your inventory, allowing you to place them again and mark your new favorite fishing spots.
The fish bite system on Ghent-Terneuzen Canal has also been significantly reworked, which means some of your existing marker buoys may no longer be in the most productive locations. However, since the waterway itself has not been redesigned, we have not removed any markers. We recommend reviewing your existing buoy placements and updating them as needed to match the new fish behavior.
New Fish Species
A total of 6 new freshwater fish species are making their way into Fishing Planet, each finding a new home across different waterways. Lone Star Lake welcomes Threadfin Shad, Yellow Bass, and the iconic Guadalupe Bass, a species endemic to Texas, which will be available there in all three fish forms, including Unique!
At Mudwater River, Anglers can now target Shortnose Gar, while Rocky Lake gains Greenback Cutthroat Trout and Longnose Dace. Quanchkin Lake also gets a new resident, with Yellow Bass now swimming in its waters as well.
Some of the fish species across all these waterways received additional fish forms, so you can go ahead and check out the locations' fish lists to find what’s been added.
New Competitions & New Achievements
From now on the competitive spirit will start from the map one! You can try chasing Bass from a kayak, targeting Buffalo with precision, or competing for the best Sunfish score at Lone Star Lake, or go for a mud battle to fight toothy gar at Mudwater River.
There have been two new Achievements added catch all fish species of unique form: Senior Limnologist at Lone Star Lake and Hydrobiologist-engineer of the Lesní Víla Fishery.
New Bait and Lures
Every angler loves new baits and shiny tackle, and this update brings a few new additions to your tackle box! We’ve added three new color variations for Bass Jigs, a new Dragonfly Nymph bait, and three Texas-themed lures that you can claim from the Lone Star Welcome Box absolutely free!
A More Immersive Environment
With this release, we’ve started a gradual rework of the game’s overall sound design. Lone Star Lake, Lesní Víla Fishery, Mudwater River, Rocky Lake, Emerald Lake, Neherrin River, Ghent-Terneuzen Canal and White Moose Lake have received completely updated ambient audio, including new bird, wind, rain, weather, and various other in-game sounds.
This is just the beginning, and we’ll continue improving and updating audio across more locations in future releases until all waterways are brought up to the new standard.
For the best experience, we recommend starting with all audio sliders set to maximum. Once you’ve explored the new ambient sounds, feel free to tweak the settings and create your own perfect balance.
UI changes
Inventory Sorting
We are continuing to improve the Inventory sorting and navigation, and it now includes a new All Items category with an expand/collapse option, making it much easier to browse through large item lists without opening every section manually. We’ve also added a Search feature, so you can quickly find a specific item or item group by name instead of scrolling through the whole inventory.
Managing items between the Backpack and HomeStorage has also become more convenient. You can now move entire subcategories between storage tabs, with a confirmation window showing what will be moved and how much space is available. Individual items can be moved in one click, without an extra confirmation step.
We’ve improved the Equipment setup flow to make tackle assembly more intuitive for beginner players. Placeholder icons now better reflect the required item types, equipment rules are more consistent across different setups, and hints provide clearer guidance when something is missing or equipped in the wrong order.
This update also adds automatic category switching when selecting empty equipment slots, making it easier to find the right items for your setup.
Results & Progression Window Improvements
We’ve redesigned the results screens to make the end-of-day and trip summaries more informative and easier to read. Rewards, catches, location details, and completed challenges are now presented more clearly. A new Level Up window has also been added to better celebrate progression and show newly unlocked content and the next location to look forward to.
Time Forward Window Improvements
The Time Forward window now is easier to understand. The chart shows Fish Activity, so it’s more obvious what the graph represents, and Next Morning was renamed to Next Day to be more clear.
We also added a reminder that all fish will be sold when moving to the next day.
Shop UI Improvements
We’ve improved the in-game Shop to make browsing and comparing items easier. The top navigation is now cleaner, filters are better organized, and search and sorting controls are more convenient to use.
We’ve also updated controller navigation in the Shop to make it more consistent with other main game sections. Submenu navigation, item selection, search, sorting, 3D preview, and item description scrolling now have clearer controller mappings, making the Shop easier to browse with a controller.
On top of that, we’ve expanded the local shops at Lesni Villa, Mudwater, and Ghent-Terneuzen Canal with a wider selection of items, giving you more useful options when shopping at these waterways. On Lone Star, the local shop now matches the Global Shop in assortment and prices, helping players explore the full range of available items while getting familiar with how different shop types work.
Setup Compatibility
Finding the right gear combination now will become much easier. When browsing tackle in the Shop, simply click the Rods button to bring up a list of rod and reel types that work with the selected item. Everything is displayed in one place, helping you compare options more easily and build compatible setups with less effort.
Full List of Premium Benefits
Over the past few years, the list of Premium benefits has continued to grow as new features have been added to the game. To reflect these additions, we've updated the Premium description in-game. Let's take a look at the complete list of benefits that Premium now provides:
CORE BENEFITS
* +50% XP from Fish Catches
* +50% Credits from Fish Sales
* +1 Daily Mission
* -50% Forward Time Cooldown
SPEED & CONVENIENCE
* -50% Navigation Buoy teleport cooldown
* -50% Groundbait Mixing Time
* -50% Groundbait Load Time
* -50% Repair costs
FREE PERKS
* Double Rewards on Level Up and Rank
* Free Marker Buoy painting
* Free Competition registration
* Free Boat Rental
* Free Daily Mission regeneration
PREMIUM FEATURES
* Fishing Together: grant Captain Role to other players
* Fishing Together Session continues while Captain is offline
If you haven't taken a look at Premium recently, now is a great time to see just how many benefits it includes.
Bug Fix
We’ve also made numerous fixes across different areas of the game to improve stability, smooth out gameplay, and enhance the overall player experience. Let’s take a look at some of the major fixes. There is more bug fix coming in the next patches.
Controls, Map & Leaderboards
1. Restored the ability to remove navigation buoys from the map using a controller
2. Improved globe zoom behavior when zooming in and out
3. Corrected weather forecast scrolling when switching between waterways
4. Fixed an issue where the Top 100 list could return to its previous position after selecting a player card
5. Improved “Go to my position” behavior in the Leaderboard Top 100 when using a controller
Interface & Visuals
6. Adjusted the collapsed Rod List view so “Line Weight” is properly displayed
7. Improved the display of long saltwater item names in the UI
8. Corrected order score and reward windows in Competitions
9. Resolved an issue where the landing net hint could remain stuck and appear in 2D
10. Reduced overly bright water and sun reflections at 9 AM on Wild Beach of Dnipro
Gameplay & Content
11. Resolved an issue where Exploring missions did not unlock after purchasing the Norway DLC
12. Updated Pumpkinseed fish settings so the Common form is now available across all depths on Falcon Lake
13. Adjusted fish length display in Daily Missions to show rounded centimeters instead of millimeters
14. Improved the 3D appearance of Pilgrim’s Doublet
15. Removed a stuck spot on the shore of Congo where players could fall in and be unable to get out.
No matter where you are on your journey as an Angler today, it’s worth remembering where it all began. With your new House at Lone Star Lake, you now have a place to return to your roots, look back on your greatest catches, and see just how far you’ve come.
Back to Basics is not a journey backward, it’s a new beginning. It’s our way of taking everything we’ve learned over the years and using it to create a better experience for both new and seasoned Anglers alike. We hope you enjoy exploring these refreshed waterways, new missions, and all the improvements this update brings, while we continue listening to your feedback and helping Fishing Planet grow and evolve.
And to help you start this new chapter, don’t forget to claim your Lone Star Welcome Box* with special Texas lures. Then return each week for four more gift boxes packed with fishing rewards.
Tight Lines and see you on the water where it all started!
*These gifts are available to all players starting at Level 5. The Lone Star Welcome Box can be claimed within 30 days of the update release. Each next gift in the Personal Offers tab remains available for 7 days after it appears.
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