T2 · UncommonMeta · A-TierCurseLock (Item Tag)

Brotato Fish Hook

Tier 2 item · 28 builds in our database

The Fish Hook adds a layer of risk by giving locked items and weapons a 20% chance to become cursed when you leave the shop. It can be useful for builds that thrive on curses or when you want to maximize your item pool quickly.

Item Stats

Locked items and weapons have a 20% chance to become cursed when leaving the shop—
Curse+1

Meta Usage

tracked builds (curated + per-character meta) include Fish Hook

Auto-Tier

From usage frequency across our build pool, weighted by difficulty

Top characters

Most often: Sailor

When to buy Fish Hook

Consider buying the Fish Hook if you're playing characters like Captain or Glutton, who can benefit from cursing enemies. It's also a strong pick if you're aiming for a build that synergizes with items like Garden or Hunting Trophy.

When to skip Fish Hook

Skip the Fish Hook if you're focusing on characters with negative scaling from Curse, like Demon, or if your build does not capitalize on the additional curse mechanic.

Items most often combined with Fish Hook

Calculated from 28 builds in our database that ship Fish Hook. Higher % = more consistent synergy.

Best characters for Fish Hook

Characters that pick up Fish Hook in our curated build pool — with notes on why the combo works where we have them.

Sailor

4 builds

Fish Hook is the cornerstone of Sailor’s Curse engine, letting you turn locked shop items into cursed power spikes while also granting flat Curse. This directly boosts his naval damage bonus and fuels Curse-scaling items.

Farmer

3 builds

Fish Hook enables cursed economy builds by turning locked uniques into cursed versions with much stronger scaling. Farmer’s huge harvesting and reroll economy make it easy to fully exploit cursed crowns, Nails and other uniques.

Soldier

1 build

Fish Hook helps you access powerful cursed items more consistently, which is great for scaling Soldier’s damage and defenses in Endless while you camp in one spot.

Chunky

1 build

Fish Hook enables cursed Spoon setups by turning locked weapons into cursed versions. Chunky’s high HP and armor let him handle the added risk while benefiting from the big damage spikes of cursed weapons.

Apprentice

1 build

Fish Hook is the engine of the Curse package in the Endless build, upgrading many key items and Ghost Scepters into their stronger cursed versions. This dramatically improves Apprentice’s scaling and economy.

Captain

1 build

Fish Hook enables strong cursed shop rolls in the two‑weapon Captain build, giving you access to powerful cursed items that synergize with his excellent stat scaling.

Curious

2 builds

Fish Hook synergizes with Curious by turning your carefully curated shop locks into chances at powerful cursed items and weapons. This lets you squeeze even more value out of your economy, amplifying the payoff for strong shop and crate management.

Entrepreneur

1 build

Enables the cursed shop strategy by turning locked items into cursed ones, further reducing prices and stacking perfectly with Entrepreneur’s innate discount.