How to get Leeches in How to Fish

How to Fish Leech on the dirt path — (Image credit: Dazed Games)

How to Fish Leeches are the sole ingredient for the bait that's required to summon the boss of island 2, so you won't be leaving without finding any. The problem is that they appear as tiny black lines that are very easy to miss - much harder to find than the beer can needed for the How to Fish Spider Crab but at least you don't have to pay for them. Here's how you can reliably find Leeches in How to Fish to take on the blood massive piranha boss.

Where to find How to Fish Leeches

How to Fish player with leech attached to their finger while looking at another Leech button prompt — (Image credit: Dazed Games)

Leeches are found on the ground of the second island, usually hidden in the grass. The best way to get Leeches that I found was to wander around the perimeter of the main island looking all over the ground for Leech button prompts, letting me pick one up.

How to Fish on PS5 and Xbox

How to Fish promotional image showing a player holding a fishing rod with a fish on the hook while another player called melvin aims a pistol at it — (Image credit: Dazed Games)

A How to Fish console release is on the cards but we don't know when it'll be out.

This is a lot easier than it sounds because the island is tiny and the prompts aren’t difficult to find. I also found that Leeches tend to be relatively clustered together like the Clams on the first island, so if you find one, there's probably another nearby. They also occasionally wriggle onto the dirt path from the central cabin and are much easier to spot there since there's no grass to hide them.

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Either way, once you've got three Leeches, feed them all to the woman and she'll hand you one Leech Bait (it's best not to think about the implications of this). Then all you need to do is equip your fishing rod, make sure you've got the Leech Bait selected, and cast off. Slowly reel in the bait and the How to Fish Giant Piranha should eventually grab on, starting the second major boss fight. Bear in mind that if you die during this fight, you'll have to find more Leeches to make more bait and summon the piranha again.

You'll need other bait types for all the bosses in the game, including carrot bait for the How to Fish Pufferfish boss, and a whole How to Fish Tuna on island 4. Be sure to read my How to Fish walkthrough if you don't know how to get the bait you need.

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