GONE Fishing Update Adds Tiny Crab, Reworks Pets, and Eases Jeremy Wade Difficulty

The July 7 update to GONE Fishing arrives under the authorial hand of "Bigsexy" and covers more ground than its breezy title suggests.

What changed

• New creature — Tiny Crab: A passive entity described as socially anxious; it approaches from behind before interacting with the player.
• Instrument Widget: A new UI element displays active instrument buffs. The patch also clarifies how instruments work: they do not affect bait score, but increase the odds of catching a legendary fish after the prerequisite conditions for a legendary catch are already met, scaling with the number of instruments currently playing.
• Enhanced player pushing: Holding E now builds a progress bar over 7.5 seconds; maximum push force is reached at 20 seconds. An input prompt visualizes the charge.
• Jeremy Wade difficulty reductions: Base quota cut by 20% on Arctic Jungle and Canyon maps, 10% on Lake and Swamp; quota growth rate reduced 20% across all maps.
• Pet rework — Cat and Arctic Fox: Bait collected by these pets now goes directly into the player's inventory rather than dropping on the ground.
• Cooking speed adjusted: Fish cooking time has been returned to half the original values, reversing a temporary 7-second flat cook time introduced alongside new grill technology.
• Additional changes: New achievements added, Czech localization updated, and a bug with the auto-bait feature — which could leave the player with no bait equipped after reeling in — has been fixed.

Taken together, the update lowers the ceiling on late-game difficulty while tidying up several friction points that had accumulated since the grill system was introduced.