2025 Changelog Archives

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These are the CLA (ChangeLog Archives) for 2025.

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February 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 Just released details for a fun groundhogs day contest.. :)

https://fishwrangler.com/fish/sir-shadowtail

Exact aquaria reqs coming this week - sorry for the hold up! <3

  • Post #2 Going to work on adding facebook login back for the android app - i've had a few requests from returning players for it and makes sense..
  • Post #3 Sorry for the delay with aquaria.. on day 5 on flu b right now.. I'll be better soon and release full details of costs.. <3
  • Post #4 Valentine's Day fish + Contest will be announced later today! <3
  • Post #6 Aquaria is set for release Feb 26th.

You must have Wahwah Reef unlocked, and that part of the storyline will unlock tomorrow to give wranglers all an equal chance as you will need to do something during a "Lava Flow", which is different for all players.

Overall, the region consists of 114 fish, 2 poles with 4 addons each (one addon for each location), and the 4 locations are jump number based - meaning you need to catch the mafia boss fish in that carnival area, to move on.

The release will be staggered with Funtopia and Fesitiva being released first together on the 26th, to split up wranglers.. and Mysteria and Gourmetia will be released in about 2-3 weeks later together.

The level concludes with the Carnival King MNF.

This is the first time we've attempted jump numbers with 2 poles, so you'll need to level up both poles in order to move on, as the mafia boss fish in each area is multi-pole. The poles start off 10/10, and each addon adds +10.. so not many total levels (only 40 pole levels each really..) The base poles will be washed up on shore in wahwah reef tomorrow for dirt cheap.. but its the addons that cost gold.. ;) Those will be about: 5m gold for the first, then 7m, 8m and 10m gold.

There are a bunch of collectables that unlock special jelly fish and fun nostalgic plush prizes.. :)

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  • Post #7 As per the header:

Swing on over Wahwah Reef and begin yer next adventure! You have about 36 hrs to wait for a lava flow and witness true magic. ;) :fw/story/aquaria

Gates officially open Feb 27th around noon FVT with Funtopia & Festivia! :fw/fish?town=funtopia

With Mysteria and Gourmetia releasing on March 13th in the early FVT am. All of these levels are jump number based, meaning you can pick one or the other, and your pole level requirements change based on the order you unlock it. Once you unlock an area, you must catch the area boss fish to complete it. What I switched up this time, is I made it a multi-pole fish. So you'll need to eventually level up each pole and use LG to catch the boss and then jump to the next location.

I never know how game mechanics will play out until it's played and I hear feedback. I think I made this release a lot harder on myself then I needed, with having jump numbers/multi pole boss fish that unlock next areas/a MNF/25 collectables that have new mechanics: You cannot trade them up/down. You can only trade them with friends. And you're limited to holding on to 2 at a time. You can hand sets in, and reduce your holding #. But the idea here is to make the feature more social and encourage player trading.. which I always thought was pretty cool and fun. Each collection set unlocks a fish, and the 5th collection set "Stuff of Legends" requires you to basically hand in all previous 4 sets to unlock its super special fish: :fw/collectable/stuff-of-legends

Even includes 2 fish that my 10yo drew and colored, then sent to artist Diego for finishing.. :) They are the soda themed fish in Gourmetia.. and the poor kiddo never gets to drink soda.. haha. He came up with the ideas entirely on his own. Wanted him to see the whole process first hand and explained it's basically how pixar movies are even made.. from storyboard sketches to final cleaned up versions.


The aquaria poles are basically free and wash up on the shores of Wahwah Reef, however the addons cost between 5m-10m gold each.. and go down quickly in price per hr.


I made many large changes to our codebase to make it more dynamic for adding in future levels with new mechanics.. which is why I've given a ~36 hr delay before the actual gate opening.

Hope ya enjoy - spent lots of time working on the overall storyline/flow. I think it turned out pretty awesome! :fw!

  • Post #8 You should figure out where your nf party is going first. You'll be stuck otherwise.
Everyone in nf party needs to pick either Funtopia or Festivia.

March 2025[edit]

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The special St Pat's 1-day only items in Celtic Cache become available tmrw, one by one each day... https://fishwrangler.com/c/celtic-cache

And the Lucky Day Collectables (St Pats week only) are now all dropping: https://fishwrangler.com/collectable/lucky-day


I'm leaning towards pushing back the Mysteria and Gourmetia releases, as it seems many aren't done and you must complete whatever last jump # you started.. (Unless you only did 1, completed it and are waiting to jump - which I doubt - haha!) Vote on it here: https://beta.fishwrangler.com/forum/questions?id=131221


The Carnival King can be analyzed now anywhere in Aquaria - first MNF like this - was meant to be like this early on. Start analyzing it! :fw/night-fishing

Edited lots of other backend code - mainly with MNF'ing - please post anything odd to the forums under Bug Reports :fw/forum

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  • Post #2 Going to just go ahead with orig planned release of next 2 aquaria levels. Sorry for the run around.

Many racers dedicated a lot of time to it, and I can't take that away from them.. despite many wanting it delayed.

In the future I'll extend my calcs or offer a POLL much sooner than 24 hrs before. Enjoy the freebies in header!

  • Post #3 I've been working on a mini game while traveling in FW, which has kind of turned into fishing while traveling.. basically a 3d option of the game. It's fun casting old nostalgic poles and driving the mini cruiser.. and it's done with way better code then the current 2d world map. It's been fun learning 3d code.(screenshot)(screenshot)

April 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 Added back some stricter controls on unauth'd users being shown captcha's.. this last attack was from dozens of ip's in Vietnam and Hong Kong..

I thought we became really popular in Vietnam all the sudden..


  • Post #3 The DDOS we're still currently under is insane.. still working on having proper bot protection.. its tricky and i dont want to block auth'd users.. you might notice broken imgs/etc until its fully fixed up..

still working on it.

  • Post #4 Fixed issue on google app with authenticating via google.. and sending Contact msgs works.. Should work on ios as well
  • Post #5 just pushed fix for aquaria completion, along with showing each hilarious chapter 3 part # for each town.. i hope ya guys notice the little silly details i had added to each one.. idk why but thats the sort of stuff that brings me enjoyment.. proud of this artwork and the little jokes within the whole aquaria level.. :fw/story/aquaria

i may need to find some of that extra strength focus pills, so i dont mess up the next release.. :D

we're still under a pretty hard DDOS from someone in HK on about 500 IP's.. pretty nuts, dont get it.. our new aws captcha will block anyone with 10+ unauthd requests to pages in 10 minutes.. pretty harsh, but when someone has that many ip's its ineffective to have that limit raised.. so if you see/hear anyone thats trying to login, etc.. and having strange issues with failed image loads/captchas etc.. let me know.. but i've been carefully looking through the block log, and it looks pretty solid.

  • Post #6 Figured out long standing issue with night fishing not sending out random parties.. should have better logging for future issues as well with night fishing.. :)
  • Post #7 Added in extra health check to restart services when we're ddos'd.
  • Post #8 Still an issue with one of our databases going down and then taking everything down with it..

We're away on a camping trip with bad internet of course.. leaving early to go home and work on this.

We'll be crediting FLC and other goodies to help out.

  • Post #9 Solely focusing on bug fixing / improving server resiliency, so we dont have these full blow outs during storm surges... i'll be crediting out some fun goodies later today.. just want to focus on fixing things first.

Thinking of multiple small auto fish bonuses, nf bonus, and 50 FLC... thanks for all of your support and kind messages.. wasn't expecting all of the kind words and messages.. <3 Love you wranglers! <3 :fw!

I'll try to add in some old polaroids for completed multi-pole fish so you have some fun new artwork to see that Artist Diego's been working on. :)

  • Post #10 Added in lazy loading of elements on profile (ie certain sections of player profiles wont load until you scroll to it)

Working on optimizing the "My Records" section... as it consumes lots of resources.. basically every fish (1923 x 100 player records for each.. and then by first catches, most catches, streaks etc..)

  • Post #11 Fixed issue with merging quests where each player invites the other.. edge case.. ;)

https://fishwrangler.com/forum/bugs?id=131566&t=1745855271

  • Post #12 The "My Records" on your profile page should now be properly showing all records..
  • Post #13 Better late than never.. the Reel Earth Hero collectables are dropping for Earth Month! (April!)
fw/collectable/reel-earth-hero

it'll drop until May 5th. :)

  • Post #14 Fixed the quests in jump number areas, like Aquaria (Circus Net/Freakshow Cage) and the Cosmic Caster of asteroid belt.. as quests weren't always completed in linear fashion, leading some players to not get their trophy dish / quest set stats displayed..

should see a msg like: ~1 minute ago Cap'n Jozek credited you an old completed Freakshow Cage Quest Set in 36 days 22 hours! Plus the Freakshow Cage Trophy Dish! ✖ ~1 minute ago Cap'n Jozek credited you an old completed Circus Net Quest Set in 39 days 14 hours! Plus the Circus Net Trophy Dish!

if you were credited.

Should be fine for all future quests as well.

there were some oddities in updating quest set times upon new completions of old quests.. should be pretty solid right now..

  • Post #15 i'm on the issue.. wx1 is having issues right now..
  • Post #16 wx1 is back up

May 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 Paid out all $25 requests via amazon egift cards / paypal for all recent Red Lust catches, congrats!
fw/fish/red-lust

The mythical Luminiscus Nocturne returns to Tomba de Legenda's moonlit waters... ;)

  • Post #3

Updated the Carnival King's night fishing logs to properly show the storyline messages.. https://fishwrangler.com/fish/carnival-king

Plus - The mythical Luminiscus Nocturne whispers among Tomba de Legenda's moonlit waters... :fw/fish/luminiscus-nocturne in https://fishwrangler.com/fish?town=tomba-de-legenda

June 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 Released details for Tropication, Farovia levels... release scheduled for June 4th in the am.. :)

https://fishwrangler.com/story/tropication

2 new poles, each with 7 addons, 8 quests each... 70 tropical fish with about 16 that are apart of the new weather mechanic.. pretty simple: changes at midnight FVT, can use special resource to attract the weather specific fish... the night fish can only be caught while night fishing, or with the night tiki resource as well.. if it goes well, it opens the door to other types of specific catches, like deckhand only catches / crew catches... etc...

one of the poles levels slower and is cheaper.. leveling overall will be more in line with what wranglers have been averaging on the last couple releases..

Jillian mainly helped with organizing this whole level and did all of the descriptions and storyline.. :) It was a lot easier having her help.. as it's a lot to code and gather a cohesive story and new mechanic on your own. :) <3


https://fishwrangler.com/fish?town=tropocalypse-cay

I have a couple tweaks I plan on doing tomorrow.. one is for a new release, not having the full size fish image show up.. which takes up lots of extra server resources.. so it might be just the little thumbnail (as it use to be years ago) for the first day of a new release. I'm not certain if we need another server added to avoid white pages.. I think I still might go ahead and do it tho as i'd really like for this to go smoothly and not have the server become ship wrecked. ;) :fw!

  • Post #2 For new level releases (within a day of the level being released) the caught fish image will be a small thumbnail (how it use to be for years) and your My Setup fishing image will be the animated version, as the unanimated images are created in realtime and often add to server load. You'll see a little "New Release" in place of the "Animation ✓ | Wednesday Morning @ 8:44am FVT" in the header..

Hoping with this, and my improvements with bot blocking and the recent DDOS issues being rate limited - the new release should go a little bit smoother.

  • Post #3 Going to make a very much needed update to our push notifications.. kind of critical for a passive game like FW.. we now have the ability to do custom giveaways and rewards directly through them.. first one will be 20 Free Love Chum.. you'll see a typical push notification, saying what the reward is, and you'll be credited / have skippers log message/header notification upon successful redemption.

the only way to get it is by enabling Push notifications: https://fishwrangler.com/settings?scrollto=push_settings

if you're having any issues with this, please post on forums. It should work for our android app, ios, mobile web, and regular web on chrome (other newer web browsers should work - haven't tested tho)

You should see something like: (screenshot)

July 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 LG can only be harnessed on a fish after its been caught 100 times, thought this was the case... yikes!

You shall see a message like: Error By decree of the Fish Enlightenment Council, Liquid Gold won't lend you its power until the global catch counter reads 100 – current tally 0... we think.

  • Post #2 Happy 17th bday FW! <3 Doing a mini giveaway in the header... :fw!
  • Post #3 What an amazing 17 years.. did a little giveaway of old school prices of RLC.. when it was 20k gold/each ;)

https://fishwrangler.com/trade-rlc

so thankful for all ya'll! had some new old users back! <3(screenshot)

UPDATE: one's gone! COMPLETED: 55 seconds ago » Private: Sold 100 RLC for 200,000 gold. 2,000 each


August 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 Castaway Stu has allowed the remaining Tropication collectables to drop!

The Goldening Reel drops now from Sharky IV and not the "King Castatiki"..

https://fishwrangler.com/collectable/survival-souvenirs https://fishwrangler.com/collectable/vacation-essentials https://fishwrangler.com/collectable/party-leftovers https://fishwrangler.com/collectable/status-symbols


  • Post #3 Added in some more catch up boosts for pole and quests, if you're in a town thats released over 3 months ago, and have an unleveled pole or unfinished quest.. you should see some new drops from MTC's/MTB's and treasure chests.

you won't find them if you have an existing one tho.. as I just watch to see how these all drop and what the odds/multiplier changes are.. ;)

started here-> https://fishwrangler.com/forum/suggestions_ideas?id=132179

September 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 Fixed issue with harnessing LG on fish that have a special req such as handing in a collection set to catch it like CosmoCollector (:fw/fish/1542)


And a fun little mini-release, with super fast pole leveling, no frills, is set to release next week: https://fishwrangler.com/customize/poles?id=88 and 5 fish for it... we'll release new addons for the pole along with new fish around the 2500th fish ;) and maybe some fun random things down the road.. thought it'd be a fun change up from the tropication grind ;) (screenshot)

  • Post #3 Thanks Jillian for this social media image.. <3 :)(screenshot)
  • Post #4 Noticed forum outtage just now.. on it.

We've been working hard on Medievalton 2, making a brilliant ending.. going to add in various polaroids and another upcoming contest shortly.

  • Post #5 We'll be cleaning up our beach tomorrow as a family.. :) I'll share a photo.. the kids are getting a free burrito for the effort haha.

https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/international-coastal-cleanup/

Starts in 9 hours 53 minutes and lasts for ~2 days! Join us for Wrangle the Rubbish, our special International Coastal Cleanup Day contest! Every catch counts as we band together to clean up the world's oceans. The best part? Fish Wrangler will be donating towards Ocean Conservancy to help protect the real seas that inspire our game. So cast away.. the ocean (and the Snapper) are counting on you! Catch the Six Pack Snapper anywhere in Farovia & Roperia!

https://fishwrangler.com/fish/six-pack-snapper


  • Post #6 Working on the NF bug thats still randomly having some parties not get sent.. keeping close eye on these next runs..

going to speed up medievalton pole level a bit today too... and check on the recent outage the other day.

  • Post #7 I've just completed some major refactoring of our night fishing send off code.

the last hour of parties will not receive a send out message, but you should be away if header shows: "Night You are currently on a Night Fishing Trip for the next..."

we're doing proper atomic commits.. something was broken with that years ago on it so i just removed it.. which has led to current issue.. of crews half going, or it stopping half way.. thanks for your patience with this! :)

  • Post #8 Hoping recent special bonus boosts with quests/pole leveling on older poles has helped some in levels released over a year ago.

i've sped up the following poles: Torchlight Tackle Box (released July '24) by 25% Champions Cast Line (released July '24) by 25% World Harmony Net (released July '24) by 25% Medieval Mauler Pole (released Feb '24) by 40% Polar Pole (released Nov '23) by 50%

  • Post #9 Fixed issue with auto deckhand trips clearing your trip log.

I added in a bigger opcache limit... page loads should be faster..

October 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 Fixed the schedule display for the Tropication levels, to always allow either pole:

Oct '25 - New Farovia Leave? 

Tropico Cove 12,748 pts (Today)
      with Tiki Troller or Castaway Catcher


Schedule: 

Tropulence Bay 12,411 pts (Tmrw)

with Tiki Troller or Castaway Catcher

  • Post #2 You should no longer get the extra special bonuses for pole leveling if you're using a new addon/pole.

Cap'n Jozek is goin wild with giveaways now.. fixed the db issue we just had.. I noticed a game my kids play where they do giveaways at a specific time.. or randomly.. figured that'd be fun to do here.. like when Cap'n Jozek is on at random specific times, maybe there's a few really rare fish that get tossed into the water.. ;)

November 2025[edit]

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it'll consist of 116 new fish, 10 quests for the Medieval Maulerpole, 8 new addons taking it to level 200.. it will also have much faster pole leveling than all other releases at about 200-250 pole xp/level... as I heard some grumbles about the last releases.. :)

You just need to make sure you've caught the Jewelry Queen: https://fishwrangler.com/fish/jewelry-queen-eel-boss

There will be a new crafter chum (dropped in treasure cases and from some fish - not purchasable), that acts as a wildcard chum for the chum combo fish... similar to how Love Chum will just work and catch any fish regardless of their chum combo.


addon releases at: levels added: min pole level: silver cost: Merchants Spool 2025-11-19 11:00:00 8 120 4,000,000 Guildmaster Ratchet 2025-11-25 4:08:34 9 128 5,000,000 Runed Counterweight 2025-12-01 16:44:34 10 137 6,000,000 Peakline Cam 2025-12-09 1:18:51 10 147 7,000,000 Frostbite Bearing 2025-12-16 12:27:26 9 157 8,000,000 Crownforged Arbor 2025-12-23 8:00:00 11 166 9,000,000 Bastion Dragplate 2025-12-31 19:39:26 11 177 10,000,000 Kings Flywheel 2026-01-09 12:01:43 12 188 11,000,000

Added in a fun little 'group badge' icon for fish that are within "Clans" in the area... fun little feature that i can extend for other variations of fish and eventually do more with it... fun/nice way to classify different fish together.

I'll post links to the fish lists/etc shortly. Just wanted to update ya'll as I've been working hard on this one! :)


  • Post #2 Adjusted max leveling to 120/120 for Medieval Maulerpole, set it's max level to 200..

https://fishwrangler.com/customize/poles?id=77

  • Post #3 The saga continues tomorrow! :fw/story/medievalton

Cap'n Jozek is waiting for payment! https://fishwrangler.com/fish?town=fairwind-market(screenshot)

  • Post #4 first admin abuse by kai has started, 10am somewhere ;)

https://fishwrangler.com/forum/questions?id=132621

watch for secret links for giveaways for next 30 min... ;)

December 2025[edit]

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  • Post #1 I'll be needing to clean up and optimize the main database again here soon, it's been locking up with today's release.. I'm on it in the meantime... I'll try to optimize the MTB page which is frequently causing locks on other crew members, etc.
  • Post #2 Fixed an issue with new fish that dropped chum being allowed to be caught if you were within +3 levels of catching them. Can't undo previous catches, as that obviously never ends well.. and everyone had the same chances up to this moment.

Fixed issue with 2nd chum not displaying under Inventory->Chums too when in Med 2.

Also fixed issue with the timeouts on the main page/fishing attempts.. that caused some white pages yesterday.

Thanks for the bug reports!

  • Post #3 An extra-mischievous Elf on the Shelf has been causing festive chaos across Farovia and Roperia this December! Each day, he'll hide in a new town, leaving behind a trail of holiday hijinks. Collect all 15 daily elves to unlock the legendary Keepsake Christmas Elf and prove you've mastered the art of festive fish wrangling.

https://fishwrangler.com/c/mischievous-elf

Electric Storm Elf (Jolly Common) This elf discovered that chaos can be both breathtakingly wild and eerily calm - like finding inner peace during a lightning storm. 

TODAY (DEC. 11TH) ONLY!

HINT: Find the Electric Storm Elf in the only one place has winds wild enough to fry a hat and calm enough to sip cocoa... find the Eye. Catch a Prosthetic Vet to find him!

Keepsake Christmas Elf -> https://fishwrangler.com/fish/keepsake-christmas-elf


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Today's secret elf is now being dropped by duct tape eel.. collect it via link above plus 5 flc

  • Post #5 Kai's 4th admin abuse is live.. added in 4x luck right now for catching the Earl Ness.. the idea's he has.. haha..

https://fishwrangler.com/forum/just_for_fun?id=132763

https://fishwrangler.com/fish/earlness-monster

It's page needs to say you have a chance at catching it.. ie:

not: Population: 0% chance · Hand in Mischievous Elf

But instead: Population: ~5% chance with Liquid Gold via Mischievous Elf


  • Post #7 The mischievous elves mistakenly released the Keepsake in waterport as one day fish. It's correctly added to glacier bay as regular fish once the collection set is handed in.. as how it was done before was from a previous collection set that requires you to find specific collectables that then boost your chances of catching the reward fish.. Which isn't how this was to work.
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