Island 1: Lighthouse

The Lighthouse is the first of the five islands and the game's tutorial stage. It is a small shoreline map built around the Lighthouse Keeper: you fish for crabs and shrimp with the Crab Fishing Rod, sell catches and shells to the Keeper for starting cash, and finish the island by feeding him a Beer to trigger the teaching boss battle.

The whole regular roster here — Brown Crab, Rock Crab, Shrimp and Lobster — is covered by the Crab Fishing Rod with a Free Lure or a Sausage (Hot Dog). It is the only island that fishes entirely with the Crab Fishing Rod.

Talk to the Lighthouse Keeper, eat a Clam and hand the rest over to earn cash, then buy the Basic Fishing Rod ($3) and a Knife ($45) and polish the weapon on the anvil for extra damage. Eat to full health and hunger before summoning — bare hands work on the Spider Crab but the fight is significantly harder.

• Basic Fishing Rod ($3) and Knife ($45), polished on the anvil
• A Beer (about $12) — feed it to the Keeper, never drink it yourself
• Backup healing fish for the boss fight

After the kill, hand the Spider Crab trophy to the Keeper for the Ship Key, then buy the Radar (about $10) — it must be held in hand for the Island 2 marker to appear on the water.

The opening quest chain teaches the whole game loop: earn cash, gear up, summon the boss with a quest item, then hand the trophy to the NPC. Defeat the Spider Crab with the Empty Beer Can, give the trophy to the Lighthouse Keeper, and the Ship Key plus the Radar open the sea route to Island 2.

💡 Killing the boss is not unlocking — the Ship Key only appears when the trophy actually reaches the Keeper's hands.