Optional mini-boss
How to Beat Goblin Shark in How to Fish
An optional fight on Volcano. Here is what spawns it and how it goes.
Quick facts
Island: Volcano
Spawned with: Scientific Boss Lure ($5,800, from the boxes by the military camp)
Handing in the trophy opens: Nothing — this fight is optional
How to beat it
- The arena is the problem, not the shark. Lava pathways run across the island and will chew through your health while you are busy aiming.
- It moves too much for melee to land — bring the assault rifle or the SMG and fight it at range.
- The lure alone is $5,800, so do not walk in underprepared and have to buy a second one.
Before you trigger it
- Buy the spawn item first — without it the boss does not appear at all.
- Stock healing. There is no shop once the fight starts.
- Leave inventory space for the drop.
Compiled from published community and press guides and cross-checked between them. Not yet verified in-game by this wiki — corrections welcome.