2018 Changelog Archives

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These are the CLA (ChangeLog Archives) for 2018.

For the most recent changelogs, go here

January 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 Happy New Year!

Fixing up loads of bugs now that my ankle is broken and I can't do anything else but lay..

Fixed profile comment board edit button.

Fixed new forum topic mobile display with text going off screen.

  • Post #2 Added in an "Add to Homescreen" popup alert for mobile users.. for easier instant access to FW.
  • Post #3 Re-inviting friends to a quest now properly works.. and the quest comment board will not appear until your quest partner accepts.
  • Post #5 Released long awaited AJAX tournament casts - with no rate limit.. (If you don't have ajax enabled, you'll be rate-limited) <3
  • Post #6 Added the daily tournament details to the main "my setup" page, and fixed all reported issues with the new ajax tournament fishing. Enjoy!
  • Post #7 If you get a treasure chest and try clicking on a different link in the game, it'd always forward you back to the main page..

Now, it will keep you on the last page you clicked into.. as per: https://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/forum/bugs?id=111439

Please let us know on the forums if the captcha is buggy now for ya. Thanks!

  • Post #8 The next highest voted bug report was to toggle completed / incomplete quests.. as the list is very long for some users.

https://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/forum/bugs?id=110707

So I've added in the total number of quests you've done, and a checkbox toggle to hide complete quests.. to make it easier to see which incomplete quests you have. Turned out pretty cool, check it out on the quests page:

fw/quest and scroll to the bottom.

Also, I added a shorthand for linking fish wrangler pages.. just type in ": f w /" (without the spaces), and it will auto link to either: https://apps.facebook.com/fishwrangler for those on FB, or https://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/ for those on FW.com

  • Post #9 Added some animation to the Daily Login Bonus popup..
  • Post #10 If you go to a tournament location via the quick link "Change pole & location?" then it saves your current pole, chum and location.. and gives a new link in it's place allowing you to quickly go back to where you started. ;)
  • Post #11 My ankle surgery went well, still alive.. meaning FW is going to get some major improvements over the next month while I recoperate in bed. Thanks for all the wishes and get wells. Love you guys. May everyone have a healthy and prosperous and lucky new year!
  • Post #12 Sorry about recent outage.. all is well now!
  • Post #13 Added in Block/Unlock? option to profile boards... so you can block specific people from your profile board. (It's at top right of the section)

Added in delete option to the night fishing boards. Captain's can delete any message.. and authors can delete their own message.


  • Post #14 Cleaned up the main night fishing page.. Everything drops down from header now.. nice and neat.. Let me know if you guys have any further suggestions/comments on the redesign.
  • Post #15 Fixed issue with Tablets on the non-mobile version, not being able to click into dropdown links.. this might cause issues for other players.. if so, please let us know on the forums. Thanks!
  • Post #16 Fixed many issues for new users joining game.. with logging in first time, selecting initial pole, starting first quest, etc. Lots of things break after FB changes loads of things..
  • Post #17 Currently a bug with Facebook on mobile devices trying to go to apps.facebook.com links.. error says sorry..

Bug is reported: https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/2048941798720833/

  • Post #18 Should have fixed issue with some users being displayed the choose a pole page.
  • Post #19 The Fariana Submarina's max level is now level 152 @ 26%.. and will be there until most wranglers get caught up and the issue with boosts being found in other areas and carried over to newly released locations is corrected.

Kimberly and others have reported this loophole for a very long time, well before Fariana Trench and even Lost Temple were released.. I tried fixing it but ended up breaking the boosts and removed my code.. and then got side tracked and left the problem unfixed. I regret not fixing it then.. this issue is completely on me.

Anyways, the fix I'm working on, would be that if you're pole or addon or the town you're in have been released within the last month, then deckhand boosts and pole leveling boosts will not work on it.. You'll see a little warning under your boosts as well, so it's clear when you're in this situation.

Another issue reported to me was with contest catches being effected by huge DH boosts.. so the fix I've thought of for that is, if you have a DH boost, they will not catch you any contest catches.. so having a DH boost during a contest race becomes a bad thing.. as DH's will not catch you a contest fish if you have a boost active. The reason for this should be clear.. as DH boosts during a contest give a clear and unfair advantage.

Stay tuned for updates and for an ETA with the Fariana Submarina pole leveling restriction being lifted.

  • Post #20 Also, in regards to players playing on fish-wrangler.com on tablets.. who wanted to keep playing on mobile v2.. you should now be able to toggle it on, under the Help dropdown.. Let me know on the forums if not.
  • Post #21 I'll be resending NF parties shortly.. you'll be taken from whereever you're located.. so please change locations to wherever you'd like to get NF results from.
  • Post #22 After reading user feedback and thinking about special bonus restrictions, I've changed it so the Deckhand, Pole Leveling and Timer bonuses are restricted to the town you find them in... There may be a slight chance that someone picks up a super rare bonus, but I feel that that's fair as everyone has that chance in a new release... whereas before the system was gamed by using bonuses found in unfinished areas.

See: :fw/faq?id=special-bonus-restrictions#special-bonus-restrictions

  • Post #23 Added in display of your current tournament ranking compared to others for current day.. linked via the "Rank: 1st place out of ~200 wranglers"

Fixed issue with this ranking showing ~0th place out of 0 wranglers" when ajax fishing.

Updated special bonus restrictions yesterday, to appease the masses... they're now based on the release date of each new pole/addon..

  • Post #24 As stated, with the new special bonus restrictions, the Ancient Mariner has released a new special bonus called "Lucky".. it increases your odds at having a trophy catch.. and all trophy catches should be new #1 records.

It also increases your odds in general to the rarest fish in your current location, using similar algorithms as with the Deep Sea Depth changing your catch odds.. (without getting more misses tho in this case)

The Lucky Special Bonus does not effect tournament catches, I asked the Ancient Mariner why, he said he'd leave it up to you guys.. he said it's a really easy change on the magical potion.

  • Post #25 As stated, with the new special bonus restrictions, the Ancient Mariner has released a new special bonus called "Lucky".. it increases your odds at having a trophy catch.. and all trophy catches should be new #1 records.

It also increases your odds in general to the rarest fish in your current location, using similar algorithms as with the Deep Sea Depth changing your catch odds.. (without getting more misses tho in this case)

The Lucky Special Bonus does not effect tournament catches, I asked the Ancient Mariner why, he said he'd leave it up to you guys.. he said it's a really easy change on the magical potion.

  • Post #26 Updated all quest times to be displayed in "days, hrs, mins, secs".. and not "X mins"... (good user feedback / suggestion ;) )

Fixing loads of other stuff.. will set a countdown timer for when leveling will resume on the Fariana Submarina.. please let me know if there are any bugs/issues with the timer/dh/pole leveling special bonus restrictions, and also let me know what you think of the "lucky" special bonus. Thanks!

  • Post #27 Now before joining a tournament, you'll see the schedule in advance..

As per top liked suggestion: https://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/forum/suggestions_ideas?id=109680

  • Post #30 I'm going to update the "Send Friend Fishing" feature.

1) Friend must not have been seen for 1 month. 2) If friend stops in, you use to get 1 deckhand voucher. Now instead, you'll and your friend will each receive 5 FLC each day they come on and use their 6 SKIP's... for up to 7 days. (Your max reward: 5 FLC * 7 days= 35 FLC, your friends max reward: 35 FLC) 3) There will be a little status page, showing people you've recently sent, and if the friend has come on, and if they've use their skips... and how many total days you've gotten the reward.

There are no other limits.. I may change the daily FLC reward to be more/less depending on the success of this feature.

Stay tuned. :)

  • Post #31 Still working on new send friend fishing code.. in the meantime.. please rate us 5 stars if you haven't.. it'll help us bring in more users.

Look for Fish Wrangler, and click the 5th star. ;) :fw! https://www.facebook.com/games/manage


  • Post #32 The send friends fishing code took a lot longer than expected. Finally released it. Please report bugs on forums..

Your friends sounds receive a pretty cool email letting them know what next tasks they have as well.. as long as they've got a valid email on record.

  • Post #33 Changed release date of max level 180 fariana submarina to have been 5 days ago, and then reduced the wait time for using timer, deckhand and pole bonuses to 30 days from 45 days.

Set the submarinas temporary max level 150 to end in about 3 days from now.. with a little countdown started when it's activated.

Updated display of crew who are inactive and have been sent fishing, to actually show that, and not just say they're online and ready for a crew trip. Fixed the FB message links to actually send friends a FB msg..

Fixed the deckhand bonus to not actually work on the new submarina addons..

  • Post #34 Updated the fish display pages.. to properly show all the populations of the fish... if it lives in two areas, it'll display that. Kind of blown away this wasn't updated in past.

Added display improvements to fb pictures of people on crew page too... and added subtle glow to fish images, and to all store images.

  • Post #35 Added in a golden background color behind your profile info, based on the # of sunrises you've seen.. ;)

April 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 Fixed night fishing search error 500.. can now search just on time/location or both.

Fixed the philosofish easter egg collectable drop.. was on wrong fish before.. (Bad April fools joke? no.. haha!)

I'm going to be fixing the Big Love Island storyline, with the baked splake requirement (quest #2) to being quest #1.. and lowering the starting pole level requirements, so people can start some of those quests before they can catch the last fish req.. I know this bothered some in our last release, but I think starting quests a few levels early will help players.

  • Post #2 The Bass Boat can now go to all reasonable areas.. (ie not Icelantica, not Lost Temple.. or anywhere that has very specific boat restrictions)
  • Post #3 Added Godfather Cubey to LG catch list in Waterport. :/fw/fish/godfather-cubey
  • Post #4 Heartbreak falls should be coming in about a week.. our artist got pretty sick and hasn't been able to work in the previous month.
  • Post #5 Fixed the Switch back to previous location link, after competing in a tournament. Bug was with those who had travel warnings enabled. Working on next level!
  • Post #6 If you use an old bookmarked activate-chum link, it will no longer work.. you'll see a message asking you if you're sure you want to activate the chum. If this breaks any other functionality please let me know on the forums, thanks!

https://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/forum/questions?id=114642

  • Post #7 If you don't have any Glow Worms, the give GW? link will still appear on your NF crew page, but it will link to the GW resource instead.. as some users appear to be confused with why the link disappears..
  • Post #1 Joe, would it be possible to keep the changelog available to read on the FISH NOW page a while longer. If we do not see it, we have to then always check forum. I usually post any updates in my NF page for our group - Ie: your most recent regarding HeartBreak, my NF group did not see the changelog and did not go to forum. I posted it thankfully.
  • Post #2 And add a link in the help menu, too!  ;)
  • Post #3 Yes I have always wanted that as well. Seems you have to troll the posts to see what you need to know.
  • Post #4 +1 to both ideas. Genius. Don't know why I never thought of either. It's pretty lame when you find out the solution to your problem was posted in the change log 2 days ago
  • Post #5 I cannot believe this is not getting more response from players... Tight lines and happy fishin'
  • Post #6 As soon as I check the forums the first thing I check is if or when the last changelog post was made anything over 2 days I don't bother checking because i have already seen it, New changelog postings normally stay in the header for about 20 minutes unless the Dev's post another.
  • Post #7 Ok heres my view for what that's worth.

If were talking about the header message. How long is enough? An hour? Six hours?

So yes it would be nice if we could see the changlog(somewhere else for those who don't visit the forum) Not sure where you'd stick that?? Tough crowd sometimes,i know where some of my suggestions get stuck  ;)

  • Post #8 Yea Paul, I do as well. But unlike the few that are active in forums, it appears that most simply do not or rarely ever check anything in forums or even aware changelog exists.

As to how long, it should last at least 24 hrs ... if not always. Can have separate line just below for last changelog update. For example: "random last msg like MTB were updated 20 min ago" 1,989 wranglers online "Changelog. Updated 2 days ago " Mar 31: Hurry and find......

  • Post #9 I like that Kevin :)
  • Post #10 I like that as well Kevin,

Perhaps it could be posted between Donating and Ad friendly with identical lettering

  • Post #11 I check the forum regularly but I do see how this suggestion would be more helpful to the players that don't.
  • Post #12 I check the forum regularly so I don't have a problem with it's placement however, I can see some major advantages for the change not only just heads up viewing, but also for ease for the mobile users who just aren't able to check the forums without going thru a bunch of hassle.
  • Post #13 I think if JOe posts anything in the CHANGLOG it should simply stay up for 24-48 hours. Simple. The red notification helps only if you log in to FW within the time he posts.


May 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 We'll be releasing heartbreak falls soon and the third level shortly thereafter.. as we have all the artwork. We'll soon be starting on the next series of levels too, stay tuned. :)
  • Post #2 Due to user feedback, improved how boat leveling works.

You use to only get a +1 for any trip over 5 minutes.

Now if your trip is 5-10 minutes you get: +1 11-20 minutes: +2 21-30 minutes: +3 ... 51-60 minutes: +6 ... No max.

The amount added is dependent on how slow the boat levels.. which is displayed on the boats page.

Also added in decimals to the traveling message and to the active boat level %.

  • Post #3 Heartbreak Falls will be released tomorrow AM.. make sure you try accessing it from Lover's Lake. ;)

The Three Pronger addon will cost 7m gold and go down 6k per hour after release. I'm aware some users are upset with the high gold costs, so I've lowered it by about 5m gold.. and previously said that future levels will have some cheaper pole options.

You will need the Scuba License to progress, otherwise it'll be a week delay for you, or unless you can manage getting the Scuba License in Sans Culpra before that.. as I assume most have it.. just a little fun piece of storyline.

I'm shooting to have the final Big Love Island level, Rakkaus Tarn, released next month.. if players have completed the Falls..

Lucy Snyder has started working on the Ocean Cleanup level storyline and our artist should be on that shortly..

and then in really down the line news, Lucy will start working on an extension of Shipwreck Explorer, which will be Halloween themed, and hopefully ready before Halloween. :pumpkin! ?? :fw!

Adding in Heartbreak Falls image with the Karlek Hotel in the background, once you've unlock that piece of the storyline.

  • Post #5 Reduced the time between search dives for Ayo's phone.. between 6-18 seconds now.. due to user feedback..

Should have fixed issue with some users unable to catch mutli-pole fish with LG when changing to second pole.. please let me know if not, via the forums.

June 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 There were some rounding errors with Boat Leveling bonuses.. so now you will only get rounded Boat Leveling bonuses.. 2x,3x ... 10x.. no decimals.

When you do short distance travels with a decimal bonus, it'd have to round a small number.. meaning you'd either lose some leveling bonus or gain some.. depending on how the rounding happened. Anyways, should be more straightforward now.

Working on Rakkaus Tarn, while our artist works on the next future level... Ocean Cleanup! Lucy Snyder will be helping out with the storyline once again! :) :fw!

  • Post #2 I'm pushing back Raukkas Tarn's release to June 14th.. should give everyone a little more time to level their boat.. and I want to make it a fun release with the challenge in getting up river to the Tarn.
  • Post #3 It appears you can use quest bonuses to catch the Acid Rainbow Trout, I didn't intend on it.. but I guess it can be a part of this contests strategy if everyone's aware of the strategy.

You can go somewhere to where you haven't completed a quest, and hope to find quest bonuses due to that fact.

Once you complete the first two fish requirements of the quest that the acid rainbow trout belongs to, you can activate the quest bonus to increase your chances at catching it.

I know it doesn't suit everyone, but it's already happened and I can fully fix it in the next contest.. as it appears this contest will be geared to long-term players who've finished up Coral Lobby and know how bonuses can be found.. but that's fine as long as everyone's playing by same rules.

Same strategy goes for finding DH bonuses and using them in Coral Lobby.

  • Post #4 Changing the Reelistic Quest pole level requirements: (as I said in changelog last month)

Quest 1: Black 'n Blue. Min pole level was: 11. now, 6. Quest 2: Baked Splake. Min pole level was 22, (should have been 33), now 28. Quest 3: Smelted Perch. Min pole level was 49, now 44. Quest 4: Small Brown: Min pole level was 60, now 55. Quest 5: Buttered Burbot: Min pole 74, now 69. Quest 6: Salmon Surprise: Min pole 99, now 94. Quest 7: Rainbow Cake. Min Pole 120, now 115.

You can start quests when you're within 5 levels of catching the final fish now.. And I'm changing the Baked Splake storyline to be the Black 'n Blue Quest.. as I never liked people having to wait 22 levels in the storyline..

The Big Love River is raging... however Rakkaus Tarn shall be voyage-able tomorrow! Stay safe wranglers!

  • Post #5 If you have contest catches disabled, and you're in an area that a contest fish is naturally.. the catches will no longer count for the contest catches.. The disable contest catch code only blocked the fish from showing up throughout regions during contests, if activated.. but now it functions more as people would logically think it should. (UPDATE WILL GO LIVE WITHIN 1 HR)

Further reduced time it takes between scuba diving for Ayo's phone to 1-8 seconds.. for those who get stuck like me and it takes 20+ searches.. which seems pretty common despite having a 10% chance at finding his phone.

  • Post #6 Rakkaus Tarn, the 60th level, has been released. We'll be releasing a 1,000th fish ever shortly.. as we're about 3 fish away from that official number as I realized we've missed a couple fish along the way... like fish #11, which we can do something special for next year, as it'll be our 11th year.

Greatly improved the overall fish list, which shows you which fish you need to catch.. and if they're a ONE-DAY, MYTHICAL NIGHT FISH, or a PRIZE fish... the ONE-DAY links directly to LG harnessing on it..

Check it out: https://apps.facebook.com/fishwrangler/fish-all

  • Post #7 As per a previous changelog, I wanted to test different things with being Ad Friendly. If you are, you will now see occasional small ads on the forum and in the fish list.. I may add this as a second option, and give an even bigger speed boost. If you disable Always Allow Ads, this change will not effect you. See: https://apps.facebook.com/fishwrangler/my-settings?scrollto=general#general
  • Post #8 Further improved All of the Fish list.. locked fish are simply displayed in the town they're in.. and the Others list is much more clear, with categorizing the type of fish they are.. prize, mnf, shuttle, one-day.
  • Post #9 White pages should be cleared up now.

Going to start by asking for permission to your public profile link, if you click into the crew page or your profile page.. so the link should work for those who allow it.

Going to also work on the no quest bonus issue that displays the wrong fish.. I believe it's related to people you take on a crew trip.

July 2018[edit]

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Any small amount helps us reach our goal!

Ocean trash affects the health of wildlife, people and local economies. Trash in the water and on the shore can be mistaken as food by wildlife, or entangle animals with lethal consequences. Plastic also attracts and concentrates other pollutants from surrounding seawater, posing a contamination risk to those species that then eat it. Scientists are studying the impacts of that contamination on fish and shellfish and as well as the possible impact it may have on human health as well.

Read about their Trash Free Seas program here: https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/

As mentioned, our next series of levels will be themed after the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, rescuing endangered sea-life and catching the most common polluters with a special "pole".. :)

We'll be releasing a 10th anniversary contest fish shortly, stay tuned!

  • Post #2 We'll be releasing 10 year contest fish tomorrow AM. Monster sale coming shortly..

If you donate to the Ocean Conservancy, we'll send you an equal amount in RLC and money back to the Ocean Conservancy. Please help us reach our $1,000 goal.. :) https://www.facebook.com/donate/232607294219437

  • Post #3 Dan hasn't gotten me the 10 year anniversary contest fish. I will release it as soon as I get it...sorry for the delay.
  • Post #4 Stay tuned for an update on the anniversary fish!
  • Post #5 Released the 10 year anniversary fish! 10k Love Chum to 1st place, 30k total given to top 1,000! You're going to hate the rare Love fish, with a population of only 10.. meaning you get a 1% chance per pop.. and the hate fish just happens to be the 10th fish ever released by us! https://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/fish/love

Side note, thanks for all the love/support/generosity towards Ocean Conservancy.. makes me proud to do what we do here... bumped our goal from $3k to $4k with less than a week left.. we will have a definite impact on the issue.. <3 <3 <3 check out this post by National Geographic, which states about 50% of the ocean trash issue is basically fishing nets/ghost nets: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/great-pacific-garbage-patch-plastics-environment/

  • Post #6 Fixed issue with leaving Roperian Tournaments.. should go now! :)
  • Post #7 No longer giving away timer and deckhand bonuses during contests, due to the amount of confused and angry support messages we received with enabled/disabling contest catches.

Added any changes you make to your logs, so you can look back and click in to your settings (as some didn't know how to get back there)..

If there's more than a day remaining in the contest, and you have a DH or timer bonus, it will no longer tell you to wait more than a day to start it.. as it will not be started.. (had a user message on this, obviously.. heh)

Increased the chances of catching the $25 Red Lust, offset this by decreasing chances of finding $20 gift cards in treasure chests.. as I think it's more fun to give people a red lust prize catch than a gift card prize.

August 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 Fixed NO quest boost bug.. would show wrong message.

Fixed display of completed quests, to no longer display as active.

Still working on next series of levels..

  • Post #2 Back up sorry for the short outage!
  • Post #3 Added in facebook previews to forum links.. if sent via fb messanger.. or shared any other way, you'll see the topic title, author, and a possible description depending on how you're viewing it.. (as they hide descriptions if you're on mobile devices sometimes or on PC.. kinda strange, don't get it)

Shooting to release next two levels, next week.. more updates to come.. awaiting more art.. Daniel Roper is doing the art for the polluting people in Roperia.. and Zie is doing all other art.. :)

Reduced chances of pole damage in Big Love Island by ~4x.. was happening more frequently than I originally planned for.

  • Post #5 The Ancient Mariner is now offering his services for dropping off quest catches. He estimates the travel time it'd take you, and multiplies it by 2.. which accounts for the round trip time.. his per minute rate is the same as having him speed you along to your final destination.. it's a better deal having him drop off the catches then paying him to speed you along each way.

Greatly improved the time estimate display when hovering over various locations in the travel menu.

  • Post #6 There appears to have been a recent change over the last 5 hours with how facebook allows us to authenticate mobile browsers on fish-wrangler.com... it's simply not working.. tried creating a workaround but it's still failing.. going to keep thinking on it.. I've since reported it to facebook: https://developers.facebook.com/support/bugs/852993361561033
  • Post #7 Fixed the recent OAuth issue for mobile players, playing via facebook on fish-wrangler.com.. all the more reason to make sure you setup your email/password on fish-wrangler.com.. so when stuff like this happens you can still login and not miss night fishing, etc.
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September 2018[edit]

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Tragedy Reef, of the Great Roperian Garbage Patch, shall be hopefully released this week.. lots of artwork and stuff going on for this major release.. Going to make the poles/addons affordable for all.. Stay tuned for more details. Thanks for the patience!

We're also hopefully going to release a Halloween/spooky themed level shortly after..

  • Post #2 Finished up some custom code for health checking our server.. which has had some strange issues the last two days with randomly giving white pages.. should help me better figure out what's going on.. and auto-restart the webserver to prevent prolonged outages.
  • Post #3 Figured out cause of recent white screens.. working on fix now.. may need to go down for maintenance later today.

I'll be crediting everyone some free love chum once we're solid again.. really sorry about this.. absolutely no excuse for this many white pages.

October 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 Our artist is finishing up the Halloween level this weekend and my code for that should be ready to go early next week... the location is titled "Eldritch Islands" and the first location is called "Innsmouth Island" which will have 26 new fish themed after "Lovecraftian Art" (didn't ever know about this until Lucy Snyder wrote up storyline.. pretty gnarly/scary creature art.. See: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=lovecraftian+art )

Finished up lots of code for the Roperian Garbage Patch level.. it will consist of 2 new poles, the Deputy (catches polluters) and Mediator (catches sick fish).. There will be 10 polluters and 10 sick fish in the first location, Tragedy Reef.. and then 11 polluters and 11 sick fish in the second and final location there.. The 21 sick fish turn into healthy versions after you catch and send them in for rehabilitation.. all causes of sickness and polluters are based on real-life.

The white pages seem to be far and few between now.. I believe I corrected the issue.. basically someone in china was trying to run a bitcoin mining operation on our web server.. haha, no joke!

  • Post #2 Added option to show the weather radar options of buying or stealing it... as some users were saying the dialog stays hidden after hiding it for '1 hour'..

Fixed forums to redirect you if you use an old link to a topic that got moved.

  • Post #3 The towns page :fw/map now shows all locations and descriptions.. and "how to unlock" text.. as it is confusing for some users who see a new tournament spot or location listed somewhere.. that they then cannot see or see how to unlock.

The unlock text is sometimes tricky if it's somewhere like Sig's, which requires Icelantica to be unlocked.. or the Ten Year Storm which has other level requirements.. but still.. it should at least give players some direction on how to unlock locations.

  • Post #4 The towns page :fw/map now shows all locations and descriptions.. and "how to unlock" text.. as it is confusing for some users who see a new tournament spot or location listed somewhere.. that they then cannot see or see how to unlock.

The unlock text is sometimes tricky if it's somewhere like Sig's, which requires Icelantica to be unlocked.. or the Ten Year Storm which has other level requirements.. but still.. it should at least give players some direction on how to unlock locations.

  • Post #5 Hid the Garbage Patch storyline.. as it's not yet released.. :shock!
  • Post #6 Fixed the catch images during tournament casts in places like Heartland.. and fixed the share links.. and fixed the display of the ajax cast messages in your log.

Improved the display of the "Quick switch pole & location?" and "Switch back to pole & location" links..

  • Post #7 Was hoping to release Innsmouth Island of Eldritch Islands (halloween level) tomorrow.. but I need to run through it a few more times to ensure there aren't any bugs with it.

You need to have completed the Ten Year Storm, or you can pay 250RLC to unlock it.

The Lovecraft boat costs 100k gold.

The Eldritch Pole costs ~340k gold.. and will stay at that price for a year.

The contest will be for the Harbinger, which will be located everywhere in Farovia.. (dont need to have completed Ten Year Storm) and it will unlock storyline to the Eldritch Islands.

Other thing to note, is at least starting Wahwahport will help you down the road with this level.. to increase your sanity.. ;)

  • Post #8 Just released details on Harbinger and how to unlock Innsmouth Island.. really exhausted.. been working non-stop for a week on it.. hope everyone enjoys it and it's not too fast of a level where things go unappreciated.. we'll see.. look forward to all of your feedback. :) :fw!

https://apps.facebook.com/fishwrangler/fish/harbinger

  • Post #9 The Royal Order of Dagon has reset Innsmouth Island catches and Eldritch pole leveling.. and is allowing the Eldritch pole to be purchased from Earl. Innsmouth Island re-opens for terror, l tomorrow at 9:30am FVT. Any Eldritch Pole leveling will be reset again prior to grand re-opening.

Anyone who accessed the new area, did so by using a direct link to purchase the lovecraft and didn't follow the in-game instructions, therefore the Royal Order of Dagon will not be crediting any Crazy Pills, or any another resources used there.

  • Post #10 Released a nifty way to hide game tips on the main page.. temporarily hides tip for a week.. can un-hide it by clicking the notification in your skipper's log about hiding it.. thought sometimes it was too cluttered.. and it's all dynamic.
  • Post #11 Fixed the invites so referrals properly track and you get 100 Red Sharks for inviting new players. Going to try to credit users who've reported this issue and didn't get credit now. If you were recently effected, send us a contact message, and include your friends UID's that you referred and didn't get credit.
  • Post #12 Updated Eldritch Island storyline. You don't need to meet Stu at dusk.. it can be anytime after dusk. Corrected storyline after purchasing Innsmouth Suit.. and after meeting with Stu.. Get ready to toss those lanterns and set the cave on fire!
  • Post #13 Updated release times for the next Eldritch Pole addons and Innsmouth Suit addons.. should be somewhat simultaneous..

November 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 Fixing the Eldritch Islands celebration storyline.. after you catch the multi-pole mother hydra, you've completed part 1.. part 2 will be released after the Roperian Garbage cleanup level.

Sorry for any confusion! :)

  • Post #2 Paid out all remaining October tournament winners. Credited 20 FLC extra to those who had to endure a week without their winnings. ;)
  • Post #3 Paid out incorrect amounts of FLC for October tournaments. If you exchange it for resources, you will possibly go negative FLC. Working on fix now.
  • Post #4 Corrected issue with October Tournament payouts.. check header for some extra free love chum due to the maintenance required in fixing issue. :D-
  • Post #5 Paying out almost $600 via PayPal and Amazon gift cards to those who caught a Red Lust since August... I recently increased the rate at which they're caught.. UPDATE: You'll now have increased chances of reeling her in, if you donated in the last year. And I'm going to deprecate the $20 amazon gift card that's found in treasures and put those chances into people catching a Red Lust instead, as I feel the Red Lust is more desirable.
fw/fish/red-lust

Finishing up work on Roperian Garbage Patch!

  • Post #7 :sock! Get [s]20% off[/s] our hand-made FW Christmas Ornaments! :tree! EDIT: Jillian said 20% sale is over, yikes!

[img]https://i.etsystatic.com/14050128/r/il/9e74f0/1677194037/il_fullxfull.1677194037_7zba.jpg[/img] 3-pack: https://www.etsy.com/listing/632336102

Single: https://www.etsy.com/listing/632333342

You'll also get this nifty profile badge showing your support! <3 [img]https://fish-wrangler.com/images/random/fw-xmas-ornament.jpg[/img]

  • Post #8 I've been sick for last week and have a family trip planned for the next week.. was hoping all along to get Roperian Garbage Patch released before this.. but I don't want it to be buggy.. and it looks like players still have some stuff left to do with Innsmouth Island. The new levels will be released December 4th.

The new levels: Tragedy Reef and Plastic Island are massive.. there are healthy/sick versions of the 21 fish.. and then 21 "polluters" that become visible after X hours of catching them and rehabilitating them.. and then 2 poles:

Deputy Pole: Catches polluters (max level 100) Cost: 990k silver (goes down by 2500 silver/hr.. so basically free in 16 days after release) Addon1 (Cuffer): 520k silver (all addons go down at similar pace) Addon2 (Bola Gun): 960k silver (cost is based on how many levels addon adds) Addon3 (SBG): 760k silver Addon4 (Hair Raiser): 1,040k silver

Remediator Pole: 990k silver (goes down in cost at same pace as Deputy) (max level 100) Addon1 (Tummy Pump): 680k silver Addon2 (Liberator): 960k silver Addon3 (Chelator): 800k silver Addon4 (Transporter): 1,000k silver

You'll be required to get a Bounty Hunting License which will cost 50k silver at first, 20k silver to renew around every 30 days) and the Trash Trimmer resource, which clears garbage in area and allows you to fish.. it also finds different garbage collectables in area that need to be found to move on.

There will be 10 quests for each of the poles.

You will need to have caught the Double Reignbow or pay 250 Love Chum to unlock Tragedy Reef (Roperian Garbage Patch). https://fish-wrangler.com/fishwrangler/fish/double-reignbow

After this release I will speed up pole leveling in levels release over a year ago, that haven't been sped up. You will notice a jump in your poles level.

  • Post #9 Your name will not be updated from Facebook unless you go to your FW Settings page and click the "Update name from Facebook?" link.

December 2018[edit]

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  • Post #1 Roperian Garbage Patch will be released shortly! Keep an eye on the header for a countdown.

As you may know, I broke my ankle last New Years Day... I'm getting the plate and screws out Wednesday.. hence why I'm wanting to release this and make sure all is well before I'm on pain meds.

  • Post #2 Couple quick notes.. you'll need to have at least unlocked Glacier Shack. If you haven't caught the Double Reignbow, you can unlock the storyline for 250 RLC.

There will be a 4-5 hour wait on purchasing poles.. which after is when the racing will start.. so if you're finishing NF'ing you shouldn't miss out.

  • Post #3 Fixed issue with getting redirect link errors while playing on facebook.
  • Post #4 We'll be going down for maintenance later today to switch over our caching server to a faster server.. Shouldn't be down for more than 20 minutes.. aiming for around 2pm FVT.
  • Post #5 Finished maintenance.. took a little longer than expected.. Thanks for the patience!
  • Post #6 Vandal Randal will be officially released in 24 hours from now.
  • Post #7 UPDATE: Disregard last message.. A user brought it up to me that it appeared something was wrong with the population of Vandall Randall.. when nothing was wrong.. it's just rare. I checked my user script and not the database, which showed population 0.. but that was because the pole level req wasnt met.. Sorry for the false message.
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