What is the fastest way to make money?
Kill method affects sale value; the available sources do not time complete routes, and their bomb-fishing reports remain in conflict.
For Dazed Games’ How to Fish, released on Steam on 20 August 2026 (app 4001890) — not real-world fishing.
Quick Answer
No source has timed complete routes, so there is no verified fastest-money route. Three independent sources do support the underlying mechanic: Discipline says kill score combines with sale price and warns against selling raw 1x kills, Kads provides a multiplier table, and Gaming Plus TV reports that trick shots raise income. Bomb fishing remains disputed: YeahImNotBlack recommends it, a commenter on the same guide says bombs lower fish value compared with lures, and Kads both uses dynamite early and later says it is no longer feasible while crediting Im Tissues for the bomb idea.
Steps
- Treat kill multipliers as part of sale value rather than assuming each fish has one fixed payout; Discipline says a middling fish at 5x can outsell a later fish at 1x.
- Use Kads's named modifier table as attributed reference data: 360 (1.5x), Headshot (1.25x), Last bullet (1.25x), No scope (1.2x), and Point blank (1.1x).
- Keep the bomb-fishing reports unresolved: YeahImNotBlack recommends bombs, the same guide's comments dispute their value efficiency, and Kads limits dynamite within his own route without providing a full comparison.
Requirements / Limits
- Kads alone reports that cooking fish beside the volcano lava gives a 1.5x price multiplier.
- Kads alone gives this equipment ladder: shotgun 150$; bullet upgrades 20/30/40; then 200/250/300; then 1500/2500/3000; then 4240/6120/8340; then assault rifle 20000$ plus all attachments 54250$.
- Gaming Plus TV independently supports the direction of the mechanic by reporting that trick shots increase income, but does not compare complete routes.
- Kads credits Im Tissues for the dynamite idea, so Kads and the Duo guide are not independent sources on bomb fishing; the Duo guide is not counted or cited here.
Common Mistakes
- Ranking a fastest route without a version-matched comparison of complete routes.
- Resolving the bomb dispute into an early-game-versus-late-game recommendation that no single source makes.
- Presenting Kads's multiplier values, lava multiplier, or equipment prices without naming Kads as the source.
- Counting Kads and the credited Duo guide as independent dynamite evidence.
Sources Checked
- Community guideSteam guide: How to beat the Fish + tips and tricks — Discipline
Independent support for kill score combining with sale price, the 5x-versus-1x comparison, and the warning about raw 1x kills.
Accessed 22 Aug 2026 - Community guideSteam guide: Bean (1 hour) achievement tips — Kads
Sole source for the exact modifier table, lava multiplier, equipment-price ladder, and its own limited dynamite use; Kads credits Im Tissues for the bomb idea.
Accessed 22 Aug 2026 - Community explainerHow to Fish “10 things” explainer — Gaming Plus TV
Independent aggregator report that trick shots increase income; corroborates the mechanic's direction but does not compare routes.
Accessed 22 Aug 2026 - Community guideSteam Community Money Guide
YeahImNotBlack recommends bomb fishing, while a commenter in the same source thread says bombs reduce value versus lures; the conflict is preserved without a synthesized verdict.
Accessed 22 Aug 2026
Still Unverified
- No source has run a controlled, version-matched timing comparison of complete money routes, so fastest remains unresolved.