Cosmetic guide

How to Use Reel of Fortune and Equip Weapon Skins

The Reel of Fortune converts a Drip creature into one cosmetic roll. The reward belongs to a specific item, so identify that item before trying to switch its skin.

Community route + official bug fixChecked 2026-08-27
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The short answer

  • Bring one Drip creature to the Reel of Fortune machine.
  • Insert it for one cosmetic roll.
  • Read which item received the skin.
  • Hold that matching item and use Z/C to cycle its available skins.

See it in the game

Equipment and colorful effects in How to Fish
Official How to Fish screenshot.Dazed Games / Steam

Videos open on YouTube. Unless a timestamp is cited in the Sources section, use them for visual context—not as a guaranteed drop table or fix.

Use the Reel of Fortune

  1. 1

    Catch and keep a Drip creature.

  2. 2

    Take it to the Reel of Fortune machine.

  3. 3

    Insert the creature and wait for the roll to finish.

  4. 4

    Note the item named by the reward before leaving the machine.

Equip the reward

Hold the item that received the cosmetic reward. The current community guide reports Z and C as the controls for cycling skins. If nothing changes, confirm you are holding the correct item rather than a different weapon or tool.

Blank or invisible roll at 4K

Patch 1.0.5 says the invisible slot-machine roll at 4K was fixed. Update the game before treating a blank roll as a lost reward. This page does not invent drop odds or claim a specific skin is guaranteed.

Sources used on this page

Community observations are useful leads, but they are not official drop probabilities.