Checked on 21 October 2026 against GONE Fishing 1.0 (20 October 2026, with the 20 October hotfix). Steam app 3645890 by GONE Studios. Forum dates are UTC.

Short answer. In a Steam forum post of 6 July 2026, Bigsexy lists quota changes for the Arctic, Jungle, Canyon, Lake and Swamp maps [S1]. No 1.0 source states how the later maps unlock. The clearest official line is an Early Access hotfix of 5 October 2025, which says a map icon looked locked "even if you have survived 7 days" [S3]. The demo includes the first map [S2].

The maps

MapWhat the sources say
LakeZanarkan13's video "Gone Fishing: Deepest Location On All Maps" (21 September 2026) starts with the Lake and says the legendary catch there is a Loch Ness monster [0:24] [S7]. The 1.0 release post of 20 October 2026 places the new mythical fish Rhizo in deep waters on the Lake map [S6]. A patch of 3 September 2026 removed a cave boulder that had required TNT, "to help speed up progression on the lake map" [S8].
SwampEarly Access notes of 24 June 2025 list "Added gateway to everglades area on the swamp map" [S9]. Notes of 20 March 2026 list "Readded fan boat to the swamp map" [S10]. The 1.0 release post says GONE Studios "Reduced the starting quota value on swamp to match the lake map" [S6].
CanyonsAdded on 5 October 2025 as an Early Access map in a beta phase, with 8 new bait types, 2 new creatures/monsters and 9 new fish [S11].
JungleAdded in Alpha 2.0 on 17 July 2025 with 11 new bait types, 10 new fish and two new creatures [S12]. That post made players blow up trees on a rope bridge with TNT to reach the rest of the map [S12]. Notes of 3 January 2026 list "Removed trees blocking the jungle bridge" [S13].
ArcticAdded in Alpha 6.0 on 7 February 2026, described as "the largest map by far" [S14]. The same post lists 14 new bait types, 5 new creatures and 15 new fish [S14]. The 1.0 release post says the yeti "introduced several new challenges to the Arctic map" [S6].
Final boss mapA hotfix note of 20 October 2026 mentions trader textures in "the final boss map" [S15]. The preview post of 18 October 2026 lists "Final Boss level and Fight" in the 1.0 content overview [S16].

The Steam store page says players can "explore multiple maps" [S17].

How the maps unlock

The hotfix notes mention a map in connection with trader textures on the final boss map [S15]. The release post of 20 October 2026 mentions maps in connection with Rhizo, the swamp quota and the yeti [S6].

What Early Access sources say. These come from Early Access and are not a rule from the full release.

  • GONE Studios, 5 October 2025: the hotfix fixed a bug where the new map icon "would show that is was locked even if you have survived 7 days", and added that "You could still select the map however the visual lock was still there" [S3]. The Canyons map update has the same date, 5 October 2025 [S11].
  • ToothlessBahamut, video of 29 September 2025: "I think you have to do seven days and it unlocks the next couple of maps" [0:48] [S5]. The player hedges with "I think" and, in the same clip, says of the Canyons map "it's not out just yet at this stage" [0:59] [S5].
  • GONE Studios, 24 April 2026: a fix for map tooltips that "would not work if a map was locked" [S4]. That note dates from after the Arctic map was added.

Demo. Bigsexy wrote on 21 October 2026 at 14:37 UTC that the demo "allows you to play the first map" and that demo players will miss "a few monsters, the trinket trader, and a few other things" [S2]. The thread has no reply that changes this.

Putting it together

The sources name the Lake, Swamp, Canyon, Jungle and Arctic maps [S1]. The preview post lists a final boss level in its content overview [S16]. The unlock condition that official text hints at is surviving 7 days, and that text is about one Early Access map icon [S3].

Related pages: the ending and the final boss, Rhizo and the other mythical fish, the daily quota, what the full release changed and version history.

Sources and version

Checked on 2026-10-21 against GONE Fishing 1.0 (20 October 2026, with the 20 October hotfix).