How to Fish Speedrun Mod

A gameplay-read-only timer and autosplitter for How to Fish.

Features

• Automatic run start on the first playable frame of a newly created save.
• Loadless timing and RTA timing modes.
• Any% and 100% category selection.
• Native-font in-game HUD with configurable scale, position, opacity, and visible rows.
• Automatic splits for the five-island route and game completion.
• Final time frozen when the last ship interaction is accepted, before the ending cutscene begins.
• Final result shown during the ending sequence.
• JSON run records containing splits, game version, tool version, and executable hash.
• No gameplay state changes, item grants, movement changes, or progression writes.

Default route

1. Island 1 — receive the keys that unlock the boat.
2. Island 2 — unlock Island 3.
3. Island 3 — unlock Island 4.
4. Island 4 — unlock Island 5.
5. Final Island — receive the final quest reward.
6. Game Completion — successfully use the last ship and start the ending sequence.

Controls

• F8 — show or hide the speedrun HUD.
• F9 — emergency timer reset.

All other settings are available through the BepInEx config file. Installing HowToFishModMenu is optional and provides an in-game settings screen.

Manual installation

Install BepInEx 5, then copy the package contents into the game directory so the included BepInEx folders merge with the existing ones.

Compatibility

• How to Fish 1.0.4
• BepInEx 5.4.23.5

Speedrun rules can differ between communities. Confirm the accepted timing method and split policy before submitting a leaderboard run.

Development disclosure

This project was developed with substantial assistance from OpenAI Codex. The production assembly passes automated checks that reject known gameplay-mutating calls.

Changelog

0.2.6

• Added automatic loadless and RTA timing.
• Added the native-font configurable speedrun HUD.
• Added Any% and 100% category selection.
• Added automatic five-island progression splits.
• Moved the first split to the boat-key reward instead of the first boss death.
• Corrected later island unlock indices for game 1.0.4.
• Fixed solo-host completion detection at the final ship.
• Added frozen final-time display during the ending sequence.
• Added JSON run records and read-only production audits.