Bulk Fishing Mode: Unlock, Use & Maximize Points Guide

The Fishing Tournament is one of the most rewarding seasonal events in Season 1's Turbulent Tides phase, offering valuable progression items and resources. Fishing is one of the most rewarding events in the game, providing Hero Skill Books, Precision Blueprints, and upgrade resources.

However, manually dropping your hook one fish at a time is far less efficient for earning points. That is exactly why top-tier players rely heavily on the high-efficiency Bulk Fishing Mode, known in-game as Treasure Depths, to pull up dozens of rare catches in a single cast. If you need additional resources during the event, LootBar offers a quick and secure way to top up your account.

What Is Bulk Fishing Mode in Tiles Survive?

The fishing event starts out in the Standard Waters mode, where your line can only catch a handful of ordinary items before automatically pulling back up to the surface. Bulk Fishing Mode officially called Treasure Depths is an advanced, high-yield alternative format that opens up once your gear meets specific progression milestones.

Instead of fishing in shallow waters, Bulk Fishing sends your hook to depths of more than 550 meters. In this mode, your fishing capacity instantly skyrockets, allowing you to catch up to 20 or more items simultaneously in a single attempt.

The deeper you drop your line, the darker the water gets and the more crowded it becomes. It fills up with glowing algae that's really valuable legendary sea creatures and rare treasure chests that have sunk. Essentially, Bulk Fishing swaps out low-value grinding for massive, high-speed reward injections, making it the primary tool used by leaderboard champions to secure thousands of event points in seconds.

How to Unlock Bulk Fishing Mode

The game locks the Treasure Depths option behind a strict gear gate to ensure your equipment can handle the crushing pressures and fast-moving targets of the abyss.

Reaching the Equipment Milestone

To officially unlock Bulk Fishing Mode, you must upgrade your core fishing equipment to specific level thresholds. The game measures your readiness based on three primary pieces of tackle:

• Fishing Line: Controls the maximum depth your hook can reach. 
• Fishhook: Determines the maximum number of items you can snag per cast.
• Sinker: Dictates the initial starting depth where your hook begins its active collection phase.

To see the "Treasure Depths" button light up at the bottom of your event screen, you typically need your core fishing gear, especially your Fishing Line and Fishhook to reach Level 10. If you try to enter early, the interface will warn you that your gear lacks the capacity to withstand the deep waters.

Balancing the Upgrade Gate Requirements

Upgrading your gear requires specific event currencies collected from your daily active fishing trips. However, the game enforces an interdependent progression gate. For example, you cannot just blindly pump all your points into a Level 15 Fishing Line while leaving your Fishhook at Level 2. The game will actively block your path, stating that your Fishhook must hit Level 5 or Level 8 before the line can be strengthened further. Keep your upgrades relatively balanced, but always ensure your line takes slight priority so you can reach the deeper, richer reward brackets

The Ultimate Fishing Gear Upgrade Order

If you want to maximize your point efficiency and unlock Bulk Fishing efficiently, focus your upgrade materials on the most important gear.

Priority 1: The Fishing Line (Depth Control)

This is your absolute number-one priority. In Tiles Survive, the most valuable items, ancient artifacts, and high-tier glowing fish are locked exclusively in the deep, dark layers of the water column. If your Fishing Line is under-leveled, your hook will automatically reel itself backward before it ever catches a glimpse of the real treasure. Upgrading your Fishing Line expands your reach from a shallow 150 meters all the way past 550 meters. Always max this out to the highest allowable level before spending points elsewhere.

Priority 2: The Fishhook (Catch Capacity)

Once your line is long enough to reach the ocean floor, your next bottleneck is your catch capacity. A low-level hook can only grab 5 or 6 items before it becomes full, forcing you to ride all the way back up while ignoring dozens of legendary chests floating right next to you. Upgrading your Fishhook expands your maximum item capacity to 20+ items. This is the core engine behind Bulk Fishing Mode; a bigger hook means exponentially more tournament points per single point of stamina spent.

Priority 3: The Sinker (Initial Speed & Drop Point)

The Sinker is your lowest priority, but you still shouldn't completely ignore it. The Sinker determines your initial starting depth when the minigame begins. A high-level Sinker drops your hook past the useless, low-scoring surface trash automatically, saving you precious time and protecting your shield points. Upgrade this only when you are forced to by the game's progression gate requirements to unlock higher Line or Hook tiers.

Step-by-Step Guide to Using Bulk Fishing Mode Effectively

Once you have unlocked the Treasure Depths, executing a perfect run requires a mix of steady precision, quick reflexes, and smart control setups. Bulk Fishing moves incredibly fast, so any minor mistake can ruin your point yields.

Step 1: Optimize Your Control Environment

Before you even touch the screen, let's talk about how you are actually playing the game. Mobile controls can make it harder to react to obstacles, especially in deeper areas where objects move more quickly. Because deep-sea obstacles appear at blistering speeds, this lack of visibility is a massive disadvantage.

For maximum points, top players highly recommend running Tiles Survive on a computer emulator using a mouse. A mouse cursor gives you flawless pixel-perfect precision, keeps the entire screen fully uncovered, and allows you to make microscopic micro-adjustments to dodge incoming debris instantly.

Step 2: Mastering the Descent Phase (The Evasion Rule)

When your hook drops into Bulk Fishing Mode, the minigame is split into two distinct phases: the Descent and the Ascent.

• The Golden Rule of Descent: Do not touch anything.
• When your hook is going down, your absolute sole objective is to dodge every single fish, rock, and piece of seaweed on the screen.
• Every item you accidentally hit on the way down consumes one unit of your catch capacity or damages your protective shield.
• Keep your hook perfectly clear so it can reach the absolute bottom (500+ meters) with a completely empty, pristine inventory.

Step 3: Navigating the Abyssal Darkness

As your hook passes the 400-meter mark, the water will turn completely black, obscuring almost all visible targets. To bypass this, you must rely on special tactical assist items located on your preparation screen:

• The Lantern: Always active this before a deep run. It illuminates a wide radius around your hook in the dark zone, making rare fish clearly visible.
• Hook Shields: Gives you 2 or more free passes if you accidentally bump into an unwanted obstacle during a fast dive.
• Tidal Beacon: Automatically guides your line toward the highest-concentration cluster of rare items on the map.

Items like the Lantern and Tidal Beacon make a huge difference in deep runs, but they're consumed on use and can be tricky to stockpile if you're not active every single day. If you're running low on Gems to restock these through the event store, LootBar lets you top up your account instantly.

Step 4: The Ascent Phase (The Collection Strategy)

The moment your hook hits its maximum depth limit, the Ascent phase begins, and your line starts pulling back upward automatically. This is where you go completely aggressive.

• Actively steer your hook directly into items that possess a bright glowing aura (Gold, Blue, or Green glows). These are legendary variants that provide up to 5x to 10x the points of standard sea life.
• Prioritize Sunken Treasure Chests over basic fish; chests contain rare progression blueprints and massive material bundles.
• Keep a close eye on your catch counter. The moment your hook hits its maximum capacity (e.g., 20/20), it will lock out, and you will coast safely back to the surface.

Comparing Fishing Modes: Standard vs. Treasure Depths

To give you a crystal-clear look at why maximizing Bulk Fishing Mode is so vital for your account progression, let's look at how the two modes stack up side-by-side in a direct structural comparison:

Conclusion

Bulk Fishing Mode, which some people call Treasure Depths is where the fun really starts in the Tiles Survive Fishing Tournament. Standard Waters is okay when you are just starting out. But, the points do not add up fast, the fish are not very exciting and there is not much to look forward to. Treasure Depths is different. The water is a lot deeper, you can catch a lot fish and the things you catch are usually really cool and rare.  To get to Treasure Depths you have to work on your Fishing Line, Fishhook and Sinker and you get points a lot faster once you are there.

Once you gain access to Treasure Depths, avoid wasting capacity during the descent, use support items whenever possible, and focus on collecting glowing fish and treasure chests during the ascent. These high-value targets are the key to earning large amounts of tournament points and valuable progression materials in every run.

Whether you want to be top on the leaderboard or just get the most out of the event, check out LootBar for Tiles Survive Top Up, it's the safest and fastest way to get what you need so you can focus on actually playing. Bulk Fishing Mode is the most efficient strategy available. Unlock it as early as possible, follow the right upgrade priorities, and and every fishing trip will help your account grow a lot.