Critters

Critters are characters that can be caught with a Bug Net and do not normally cause harm or interact with the player in any other way, except in that they can be killed by both players and enemies. They have 5 health and usualy serve as ambient entities in Terraria. Most critters can be summoned by means of a statue, but will otherwise spawn randomly in any environment that supports them. There are currently 41 different Critters.

On the, some critter types have a golden variation that has a 1 in 150 (not tested) chance of spawning instead of a normal one. These golden critters sell for each.

All Critters can be caught with the Bug Net or Golden Bug Net, and carried in the player's inventory (or placed in storage). If a caught with any Bug Net is taken from inventory and "used" (placed), it is again released into the environment at the cursor and behaves as usual. Critters can also be sold to any NPC vendor. In the, some captured critters can be sold for.

All caught Critters can be caged to create animated display furniture. Most Critters are caged in Terrariums, however Butterflies, Fireflies and Lightning Bugs are caged in Bottles, and Goldfish are caged in Bottled Water. Bottled Fireflies and Lightning Bugs also function as valid light sources.

Critters spawned from statues cannot be caught with the Bug Net; attempting to do so will cause the critter to disappear in a puff of smoke (except for walking Goldfish, which can be caught with a Bug Net).

Many caught Critters can be used as Bait with a Fishing Pole in order to go Fishing. These generally include any insect, worm, or mollusk (snail) Critters.

Most Critters will spawn in the place of monsters near NPCs. Mice, however, will generally not spawn near NPCs.

Tips

 * With several NPCs acquired, keeping Water Candles around your suitable housing will cause more Critters to spawn, without spawning enemies.
 * To find exactly how much damage an enemy does, place a critter on the enemy. Critters have 0 defense and enemy damage to it will not vary unlike most situations of dealing damage.  Projectiles from enemies will do varying and reduced damage to critters so it will not work for measuring projectile damage.
 * Since all critters can be sold, an easy way to get money would be to make a statue farm, where you can then catch them with a net and sell them.

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