Fish locations in Heartopia

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Published Feb 17, 2026, 3:33 PM EST

Where to find fish in Heartopia

A Heartopia character stares in awe at a blue lobster

Fishing in Heartopia is one of the more lucrative hobbies, as you can sell the fish you catch (or even better, cook it and then sell it). As you level up the fishing hobby, you'll be able to find more fish around the island, if you know where to look. If you're looking to complete your fishing collection, we're here to help.

Below we explain how fishing works in Heartopia and where to find many of the fish in game, along with what weather and time requirements they may have.

How fishing works in Heartopia

Fishing is one of the early hobbies you'll unlock in Heartopia. To fish, you'll simply need to walk up to a fish-shaped shadow in the water, cast your line onto it, and reel in the fish once it bites. You'll need to hold down the button to reel in the fish (either tapping/clicking the screen or holding down "F" on PC), and release the button when your line starts flashing red. Once your line turns white again, you can go back to reeling in the fish, repeating the process until the fish is caught.

As a pro tip, you can cast your line further out or closer to you by clicking/tapping the fish button and dragging your finger or your mouse out or forward for a more accurate aim.

A character in Heartopia casts a fishing line out far to reach a shadow

If you're seeking out a specific fish to complete your fishing collection, we recommend using bait (either made using three apples or purchased from Vanya) to chum the waters to get fish quickly. If you're level four or higher, you can also opt to buy Mermaid Fish Attractors from Vanya, which will rapidly spawn in fish in a small area. Once you hit level six, you can also buy Mermaid Perfume, which lets you skip the reeling minigame and instantly catch your fish. (Notably some of the Heartopia codes for free items give out both attractors and perfume, as of writing this.)

Many of the later fish will only spawn in certain situations, such as specific times or weather, with some fish only appearing when you use a Mermaid Fish Attractor or while you're out at the Sea Fishing event.

Similarly to the other hobbies, leveling up your fishing will unlock more fish for you to catch, as well as better passive abilities that increase your fish quality, improve your fishing rod durability, and increase the chances of instantly reeling in fish.

As of writing this, the fishing level cap is 14.

Heartopia fish location list

Below we list all the fish we have found and confirmed in Heartopia so far. (Note that our list is missing a few, as we're only level nine and we're waiting on some specific weather conditions.) We'll update this guide with more fish as we catch and confirm the information about them.

You can check what time of day it is by opening your menu and seeing which of the sun/moons is highlighted. The first moon with the "zz" is nighttime, the rising sun is morning, the full sun is daytime, and the moon with a single star is evening.

The list below does not include limited-time event fish.

Fish

Required level

Location

Weather

Time

Barbel	1	Shallow River	Any	Always
Beltfish	1	Zephyr Sea	Any	Always
Common Bleak	1	Any lake	Any	Always
Common Chub	1	Any lake	Any	Always
Common Prawn	1	East Sea	Any	Always
Common Whitefish	1	Onsen Mountain Lake	Any	Always
Crucian Carp	1	Suburban Lake	Any	Always
European Perch	1	Any river	Any	Always
European Smelt	1	Meadow Lake	Any	Always
Minnow	1	Tranquil River	Any	Always
Oriental Shrimp	1	Any river	Any	Always
Sardine	1	Any ocean	Any	Always
Scad	1	Whale Sea	Any	Always
Schneider	1	Suburban Lake	Any	Always
Sea Bass	1	Any ocean	Any	Always
Sea Stickleback	1	Old Sea	Any	Always
Seahorse	1	Whale Sea	Any	Morning, daytime, and nighttime
Skipjack Tuna	1	Any ocean	Any	Always
Spined Loach	1	Giantwood River	Any	Always
Striped Red Mullet	1	Sea Fishing event	Any	Always
Tench	1	Forest Lake	Any	Always
Anglerfish	2	Sea Fishing event	Any	Always
Atlantic Pygmy Octopus	2	Zephyr Sea	Any	Always
Common Octopus	2	Sea Fishing event	Any	Always
False Scad	2	Zephyr Sea	Any	Always
Stone Loach	2	Suburban Lake	Any	Always
Atlantic Salmon	3	Whale Sea	Any	Daytime, evening, and nighttime
Clownfish	3	Old Sea	Any	Always
Edible Frog	3	Any lake (requires Mermaid Attractor)	Any	Always
European Crayfish	3	Forest Lake	Any	Morning, evening, and nighttime
Hermit Crab	3	East Sea	Any	Always
Mud Sunfish	3	Forest Lake	Any	Morning, daytime, and evening
Ruffe	3	Onsen Mountain Lake	Any	Daytime and evening
Streber	3	Rosy River	Any	Always
Tadpole	3	Onsen Mountain Lake	Rain/snow, rainbows	Always
Tilapia	3	Any river (requires Mermaid Attractor)	Any	Always
Zander	3	Giantwood River	Sunny, rainbows	Always
Burbot	4	Tranquil River	Any	Daytime, evening
Butterfly Koi	4	Meadow Lake	Rain/snow, rainbows	Always
Common Carp	4	Rosy River	Sunny, rainbows	Daytime, evening
European Plaice	4	Old Sea	Any	Evening, nighttime
Goby	4	East Sea	Any	Morning, daytime
Largemouth Bass	4	Forest Lake	Sunny, rainbows	Always
Mussel	4	Suburban Lake	Rain/snow, rainbows	Any
Rabbit Fish	4	Any ocean (requires Mermaid Attractor)	Any	Always
Red-Bellied Piranha	4	Giantwood River	Any	Always
River Crab	4	Suburban Lake	Any	Always
Turbot	4	Sea Fishing event	Any	Always
Atlantic Mackerel	5	Whale Sea	Sunny, rainbows	Daytime, evening
Common Rudd	5	Suburban Lake	Any	Always
European Flying Squid	5	Sea Fishing event	Any	Always
European Lobster	5	Zephyr Sea	Any	Evening, nighttime
Freshwater Blenny	5	Rosy River	Any	Always
Trout	5	Meadow Lake	Sunny, rainbows	Evening, nighttime
Chum Salmon	6	Tranquil River	Rainbows	Always
Grayling	6	Suburban Lake	Any	Always
Large Pearl Mussel	6	Forest Lake	Rainbows	Always
Nursehound	6	Sea Fishing event	Any	Always
Puffer Fish	6	Old Sea	Any	Daytime, evening
Tub Gurnard	6	East Sea	Rainbows	Always
Blackspot Seabream	7	Zephyr Sea	Rain/snow, rainbows	Evening, nighttime
European Eel	7	Old Sea	Rainbows	Morning, daytime, and evening
Giant Oarfish	7	Sea Fishing event	Any	Morning, daytime
Mediterranean Killifish	7	Suburban Lake	Sunny, rainbows	Daytime, evening, and nighttime
Mottled Sculpin	7	Onsen Mountain Lake	Rain/snow, rainbows	Morning, daytime, and evening
Three-Spined Stickleback	7	Shallow River	Rain/snow, rainbows	Always
Blue European Crayfish	8	Forest Lake	Any	Evening, nighttime
European Mudminnow	8	Suburban Lake	Sunny, rainbows	Morning, nighttime
Goldfish	8	Meadow Lake	Rain/snow, rainbows	Morning, daytime, and evening
Haddock	8	East Sea	Sunny, rainbows	Daytime, evening, and nighttime
Northern Pike	9	Suburban Lake	Rain/snow, rainbows	Evening, nighttime
Ocean Sunfish	9	East Sea	Any	Morning, nighttime
Pumpkinseed	9	Onsen Mountain Lake	Sunny, rainbows	Morning, daytime, and evening