How to Fish Missing Radar & Removed X Marker Guide

Lost Radar while exploring the new islets

The September 28 Islet Update changes island spacing. A co-op group reports losing its Radar while exploring the new small islands and being unable to find a familiar return route. Replies do not supply a confirmed recovery. The author’s impression of an endless map is not a verified world-generation rule.

Before exploring, record a known destination, the current campaign objective and a return landmark; keep track of who carries the Radar. If it disappears, compare host and guest inventories and nearby dropped items before moving farther away. Preserve the save before a reload test. The historical Piranha-shop replacement below is a reported location, not a teleport, universal stock guarantee or proof that every new islet sells a Radar.

The Lucky Bone report also mentions a new X among rocks. The older 1.0.10 removal concerned the last-death X; it does not prove that every X in 1.1.0 has been removed or shares one meaning.

Use this recovery order

1. Confirm that the route—not only the tool—is missing. Open the current objective and make sure the previous boss trophy was handed to the correct NPC. A Radar cannot show coordinates that the quest has not unlocked.
2. Check the shop signs on the Piranha island. Two August 24 community replies describe a Radar on the ground leaning against a shop post beneath the signs. It can be easy to overlook when looking only at the main display.
3. Read the item name and displayed price. If a replacement Radar is offered, check that you can afford it and test its display after buying. The thread does not give a replacement price; $10 refers to the original Lighthouse purchase.
4. Save through the game menu. Patch 1.0.6 says the game writes when Save, Main Menu or Quit is pressed and also autosaves every minute. Use an explicit in-game action instead of force-closing.
5. Stop if the listing is absent. Repeated purchases, random item drops or a new boss fight are not supported fixes. Record the session state and report the missing item.

Where the Radar comes from

Current progression and upgrade walkthroughs place the first Radar purchase with the Lighthouse Keeper after the opening Spider Crab route. The documented price is $10. Its job is navigation: it helps you follow coordinates between islands after the relevant quest giver has opened that route.

Why did the X marker disappear?

Patch 1.0.10 intentionally removes the Radar’s X marker. Dazed Games explains that the X showed the position where the player last died, but players could mistake it for a quest, item or island destination.

This change does not mean the entire Radar item is missing. If the handheld Radar, its normal navigation display or the shop listing is absent, continue with the recovery branches on this page.

If the Radar is not available to buy

If no Radar is offered beneath the Piranha-island shop signs, preserve the game version, solo or co-op state, island and last completed hand-in. Record whether the tool vanished after loading or while sailing, and whether the current shop offers a replacement. The thread also contains a September 2 sailing-loss report without a confirmed recovery.

If you are in co-op, also note which player originally purchased or held the Radar and who owns the session. Do not move every remaining quest item between players while diagnosing the problem; that makes the original state harder to describe.

Protect the save while testing

Official Patch 1.0.6 changed the save flow. The game no longer writes a new save when the application crashes; it writes when the player uses Save, Main Menu or Quit, and it still autosaves once per minute. If the Radar is visible again, press Save before leaving. If it is still missing, understand that another save records the current state—it does not promise a rollback.

Checking installed game files through Steam can repair damaged program files, but it does not recreate an item that is absent from save data. Keep file repair and save recovery as separate problems.

Missing Radar FAQ

Can you buy the Radar again?

Players reported a replacement leaning against a shop post beneath the signs on the Piranha island. Check the item and price there; those replies do not establish its cost or guarantee availability in every save.

Does the Radar unlock islands?

No. The campaign advances through local requests, boss kills and trophy hand-ins. The Radar displays navigation for routes you have already unlocked.

Was the old X the next island?

No. It marked the last death position. Patch 1.0.10 removes it, so use the active objective and the route marker granted by the latest boss hand-in.

Should I start a new save?

Not as the first response. Check beneath the shop signs, confirm the last hand-in and preserve the save first. Starting over is a large loss and there is no evidence that it is required for every missing-Radar case.