Hire a fisher
Every fisher brings Crew Effort, fills one Coast Space and needs bait.
Guide contents
Fishfolk docs
Welcome to the coast
Start with a tired old jetty, hire a small crew and turn the shoreline into a harbor people want to call home.
9coast stages
13fisher ranks
100named catches
1shared coast map
Getting started
The coast loop
The loop is simple to learn. The interesting part is building a crew that fits the coast you have.
Stock the bait
Each new hire must fit within the total Bait Supply of your current Coast Stage.
Fill the log
Working fishers make catch attempts. Experienced fishers try sooner and have better rarity odds.
Grow the coast
Use $CATCH to hire experienced fishers, decorate the shore and open the next Coast Stage.
Coast Spaces
Each fisher or decoration fills one open space on your current coast.
Bait Supply
The Old Jetty starts with 28. The Deep Sea Platform can supply 65,000.
What is a live tide?
In the current preview, one tide is a five-second economy tick. Tide Pool rewards, Crew Effort and catch attempts continue through the complete day-and-night cycle. The launch duration of one live tide is not yet locked.
In the current preview, one tide is a five-second economy tick. Tide Pool rewards, Crew Effort and catch attempts continue through the complete day-and-night cycle. The launch duration of one live tide is not yet locked.
Crew, effort and bait
Build a working crew
| Rank | Fisher | Hire cost | Crew Effort | Bait needed | Catch Pace |
|---|
Crew Effort decides your Crew Share of each Tide Pool. Catch Pace is the average time between catch attempts. It does not guarantee a new discovery.
One shared coast
Every fisher works on the same growing map. Rank changes Crew Effort, bait needs, Catch Pace and rarity odds, not the destination.
Before you hire
You need an open Coast Space and enough spare bait. A hire that would exceed either limit is blocked, while the crew already at work keeps fishing.
Repeat ranks
You may hire more than one fisher of the same rank. The only exception is the free Kid with a Stick, which can be claimed once.
One fisher, one space
Every fisher fills one Coast Space, no matter the rank. A stronger fisher uses more bait but does not use extra space.
Nine growing stages
Coast progression
Every new stage keeps the shoreline you already built and adds another place, service or stretch of open water.
| Stage | Coast | Cost to open | Total Coast Spaces | Total Bait Supply | Main gain |
|---|
See all 19 decorations
| Decoration | Cost | Owned limit | Space used |
|---|
Decorations give the coast personality. They add no Crew Effort and each fills one Coast Space.
One hundred discoveries
The Catch Log
Fish, shellfish and strange little water creatures are recorded once discovered. Every pull comes from the same coast, while fisher rank changes the rarity odds.
100Catches on one map
13Fisher ranks
9Coast stages
4Rarity groups
Common53 species
Rare21 species
Epic16 species
Legendary10 species
How an attempt works
The fisher first rolls a rarity using that rank's odds, then selects one species at random from that rarity group. Coast Stage and time of day do not change the eligible species.
Repeat catches
A repeated species increases its specimen count in the Catch Log. It is not a new discovery and does not award separate $CATCH.
| Fisher ranks | Common | Rare | Epic | Legendary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 75% | 20% | 4.5% | 0.5% |
| 5 to 9 | 66% | 25% | 7.5% | 1.5% |
| 10 to 11 | 58% | 28% | 11% | 3% |
| 12 to 13 | 52% | 30% | 13% | 5% |
Open the full 100-catch catalog
The $CATCH economy
A currency carried by the tide
Fishfolk has a maximum gross release of 420 million $CATCH. Shared Tide Pools bring it into the game, while building the coast continually takes part of it back out.
420MMaximum $CATCH ever released
50First Tide Pool
4.2MLive tides between pool cuts
75%Of every eligible spend is burned
One cap, not several
Under the current design, the full 420 million cap is reserved for Tide Pool emissions. Any future team, community, airdrop or liquidity allocation would have to come from already released tokens and would not increase the cap.
Launch liquidity20% share
Trading liquidity does not create more $CATCH
At launch, 20% of the $CATCH released by that point is paired with a separate quote asset so people can buy and sell it. The 420 million cap does not change.
$CATCH sourceAlready released
Liquidity share20%
Extra mintNone
Still to lockPair, venue, depth and custody
The Tide Pool schedule
Half of all possible $CATCH appears during the first 4.2 million live tides. Every 4.2 million tides after that, the pool becomes half as large.
ERA 150%
ERA 225%
ERA 312.5%
ERA 46.25%
LATER6.25%
The final segment belongs to every later era combined. Outstanding supply remains below cumulative gross emissions by the amount permanently burned through eligible spending.
| Tide era | Live tides | Pool each tide | Released in era | Gross cap reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 0 to 4.2M | 50 | 210,000,000 | 50% |
| 02 | 4.2M to 8.4M | 25 | 105,000,000 | 75% |
| 03 | 8.4M to 12.6M | 12.5 | 52,500,000 | 87.5% |
| 04 | 12.6M to 16.8M | 6.25 | 26,250,000 | 93.75% |
| Later | After 16.8M | 3.125, then half again | 26,250,000 remains | 420,000,000 limit |
How each Tide Pool is shared
Crew Effort never changes which fish you find. It measures your crew's contribution to the combined Fleet Effort included in that tide.
YOUR CREW SHARE
WHAT COMES HOME EACH TIDE
Crew Share = your Crew Effort ÷ Fleet EffortWHAT COMES HOME EACH TIDE
your $CATCH = Tide Pool × Crew ShareYour reward changes every tide
It rises or falls as your Crew Effort and the total Fleet Effort change. If your crew contributes 10,000 Effort and the fleet contributes 1,000,000, your share is 1%. A 50 $CATCH Tide Pool would return 0.5 $CATCH.
It rises or falls as your Crew Effort and the total Fleet Effort change. If your crew contributes 10,000 Effort and the fleet contributes 1,000,000, your share is 1%. A 50 $CATCH Tide Pool would return 0.5 $CATCH.
What players use $CATCH for
- Hire fishers and build a crew.
- Open new Coast Stages.
- Add limited decorations and collaboration items.
What keeps the supply in check
- 75% of every eligible fisher, stage and decoration spend is permanently burned and removed from total supply.
- The remaining 25% enters the Coast Treasury and remains part of total supply.
- Outstanding supply stays below cumulative gross emissions by the amount permanently burned.
- Preview release refunds are not included in this supply projection.
Planned player rewards
The School is part of the Fishfolk design, but it is not active in the current preview.
The School
Bring a new player to the coast and receive a planned share of that recruit's catch.
2.5% REFERRAL SHAREPlanned, source pool not yet lockedStill to be locked before launch
These parameters remain undecided and are not included in the current projections:
- Final chain and the calendar length of 4.2 million live tides.
- Trading pair, venue, opening depth, market-making budget, LP custody and any lock.
- Coast Treasury custody, permissions and allowed uses.
- Fisher minting, transfer and secondary-market rules.
- The reserve and settlement model for a launch fisher release return.
- Whether the School share comes from the recruit or a separate pool.
See launch rules and preview timings
Maximum gross release420,000,000 $CATCH
Preview starting purse100 $CATCH
Launch liquidity sourceAlready released $CATCH
Launch liquidity share20%
One preview tide5 seconds
First Tide Pool50 $CATCH
Pool step at launchHalf every 4,200,000 live tides
Pool step in the previewHalf every 1,000 tides
Before the next Coast Stage at launch24 hours
Before the next Coast Stage in the preview120 seconds
Minimum crew stay at launch24 hours
Minimum crew stay in the preview60 seconds
Away time remembered8,640 tides / 12 hours
Wider fleet begins400 Effort
Wider fleet grows+0.6% (×1.006) each tide
Wider fleet ceiling50,000,000 Effort
Every eligible $CATCH spend75% burned / 25% treasury
Preview fisher release return50%; launch reserve not locked
A living shoreline
Day and night
A full day on the coast lasts 200 seconds. Everyone shares the same sun, and refreshing the page does not move it.
Day130 sec
Crews workDusk15 sec
Crew heads homeNight40 sec
Lanterns glow
Dawn15 sec
The coast wakesDay
Fishers cast, vendors work and bobbers stay active.
Dusk
Crew members and vendors finish work and head home.
Night
The visible shift pauses and the coast lights take over. Economy ticks and catch attempts continue.
Dawn
Crew members and vendors return to their usual places.