🥥 How to Get a Coconut in How to Fish — Secret Boss Bait

On Island 3, find the palm tree with a small rock at its base, stand on the rock, jump, aim at the canopy and buy the coconut for $350. Equip it as bait with B and fish with it to summon Bing Bong, the secret boss. The coconut is single-purpose — it is not food, not a quest hand-in, and not sellable loot.

💡 Bring a ranged weapon before you cast — Bing Bong is a kill-it-from-afar fight.

Island 3 has more than one palm, but only the tree with the small stone at its base sells coconuts — the stone is the jump-off point. Without standing on it, the canopy sits just out of the interact range, which is why players wander the beach clicking at palm trees to no effect.

• Travel to Island 3 with at least $350 to spare.
• Find the palm tree with the small rock at its base.
• Stand on the rock, jump, and aim at the tree canopy while airborne.
• Buy the coconut for $350.
• Press B with the coconut in hand to equip it as bait.
• Cast anywhere you would fish — the secret boss takes the bait.

Casting with the coconut equipped summons Bing Bong, the game's hidden boss encounter. Community reports agree on the essentials: bring ranged firepower, keep your distance, and the palm trees near the shore make usable cover. It is a bonus fight — the island chain does not gate on it, so attempt it whenever your arsenal is ready.

• Clicking palm trees from the sand — you must stand on the rock and jump to reach the interact prompt.
• Expecting a quest: no NPC asks for the coconut — it is an entirely optional secret.
• Treating it as food or sellable goods — the coconut's only function is bait.
• Going in with the basic rod loadout — a $350 gag bait deserves at least a shotgun-grade arsenal.