Field guide
01The direct answer: look on land
This is a three-item quest with ground-spawned leeches on the second island. That is the key distinction for a game called How to Fish: the quest is not solved by changing lure, casting farther or searching deeper water. Start the search on foot.
Keep the camera low enough to notice small objects and cover the area around the active objective before moving away. Paths, vegetation and structures are more useful places to inspect than the shoreline. This guidance stays deliberately broad because the material does not verify a permanent coordinate list.
02Count the quest requirement before leaving
The relevant objective needs three leeches, so track the count as they are collected instead of relying on a vague visual impression. Inventory space matters because a small pickup can be easy to overlook during a busy island visit. Confirm the active task before selling, cooking or discarding anything unusual.
No special code, alternate item name or hidden fishing method is confirmed for this task. A fixed order for all three locations is not confirmed either. A careful ground search tied to the objective is the reliable route.
03When fewer than three appear
Launch-day reports mention situations where all three pickups did not appear as expected. That is not evidence of a secret fourth area or a reason to invent a respawn rule. Search the likely land areas once with a clear route, then treat a short count as a possible unstable state rather than endlessly repeating an underwater search.
No timer, save-and-reload solution or guaranteed reset action is confirmed. Keep the quest state and important items safe while checking for a current game update. This page will only add a recovery step once it is repeatable on the current build.
04Do not confuse leeches with progression trophies
Leeches are a named quest requirement, while boss progression can use a visually distinct trophy-like item. Both are reasons not to clear inventory on autopilot, but they are not interchangeable systems. Read the active objective before deciding whether the next item should be carried, handed in or sold.
This separation matters most in a co-op session. One player can search the ground while another manages travel or combat, but the group should still say who is carrying the required items. A clear owner prevents a completed search from becoming an uncertain inventory problem at hand-in time.
05Continue after the hand-in
Once all three leeches are collected, return to the objective that requested them before changing focus to optional collection or shopping. The material links local tasks, boss objectives and new islands as the larger campaign path. Finishing the hand-in is more reliable than assuming the pickup itself has already advanced the route.
For the next decision, return to Island Progression rather than treating this page as a complete island map. That route keeps the leech task in context with boss drops and later objectives. It also makes the evidence boundary visible if the released build changes the behavior of the quest.