GONE Fishing Adds Skeeter, a Fish-Trading Local With a TNT Problem

Developer Bigsexy's August 16 update to GONE Fishing centers on a new character: Skeeter, described as a local of the area who trades fish for items he has collected while living there. He has a random chance to spawn after day 3 — and, the patch notes warn, players should not give him TNT, as he is known to act irrationally when in possession of it.

The announcement also mentions ongoing work on an end-game update and a reworked intro cutscene, with the promise that lore is being added so that fishing will soon have a narrative purpose.

What changed

• Added Skeeter, an NPC trader who spawns randomly after day 3 and exchanges fish for collected items
• Removed the push icon due to a bug
• Reduced the volume of cat meow sounds
• Fixed a bug where certain fish, particularly giant fish, disappeared when placed on the stove
• Fixed a bug where a cooked giant fish would be ejected far from the grill
• Fixed a bug allowing jump-scare creatures to spawn too frequently
• Fixed a goldfish duplication bug on the jungle map
• Additional minor fixes and polish were made but, per the author, were not recorded

For players, Skeeter represents the first meaningful NPC interaction in the game — a barter economy built around the fish already at the center of everything.