With the Bug Net equipped, pressing the Spacebar automatically chases and catches Butterflies rather than picking nearby Flowers.īutterflies die in one hit from any weapon. When caught using a Bug Net, a live Butterfly will become an item in the player's inventory (stacks to 20). The Walking Cane makes chasing and attacking butterflies much easier. The butterfly's actual position is best determined through its shadow. If a player scared the butterfly by being within 5 metres, the player can move to 10 metres away from the butterfly to calm the butterfly, to perhaps be in a better situation to kill the butterfly.Įven a fleeing Butterfly can be chased down and killed by pressing the force-attack button (Ctrl+F) within range. Hunting in an area with many Flowers will provide many opportunities to hit them. The best time to attack Butterflies is when they land on Flowers, where they will rest for a few seconds. It will not spawn if there are 4 Butterflies within 64 metres of the player.īutterflies will try to move 10 metres away from the player, when the player is within 5 metres, making them difficult to attack using melee weapons. Catching Butterflies with a Bug Net will not affect naughtiness.Ī Butterfly spawns once about every 15 seconds from a flower located between 6 metres and 25 metres away from the player.

Butterflies are considered innocent creatures and killing one adds 1 point to the player's naughtiness level. When killed, Butterflies drop Butterfly Wings (98% chance) or Butter (2% chance). Butterfly Wings can be eaten to restore Health, or used in a Crock Pot to cook Butter Muffins. They can be fed with anything edible to the player, like carrot, however, butterfly only has 1 HP, so food like rot will kill the butterflies instead of feeding their hunger. In all DLCs, Butterflies inside the player's inventory will starve in 2 days unless fed. As inventory items, they can be used to plant Flowers, which can spawn additional Butterflies or improve the production of Honey in Bee Boxes. At dusk, they will attempt to land on a Flower to despawn. Butterflies do not spawn during Winter or in Caves.īutterflies can be caught with Bug Net. They spawn from Flowers (including Evil Flowers) and will slowly fly around, often landing on other Flowers within 30 metres. The Butterfly is a passive Mob commonly found in Grassland biomes.

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