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 usually 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, a golden variation that has a 1 in 150 chance of spawning instead of a normal one. These gold critters sell for each. Gold critters are rare creatures which are detected by the. Visual identification is helped by the sparkles they emit when alive in the world.

All naturally spawned Critters can be caught with the Bug Net or, and carried in the player's inventory (or placed in storage). If a Critter 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.

On, Critters can be sold to any NPC vendor. On, critters cannot be sold.

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.

On 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.

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 enemies near NPCs. Mice, however, will generally not spawn near NPCs.

Trivia

 * Birds placed in a Terrarium peck in ascending order, the Blue Jay once, the Bird twice, the Cardinal three times and the Gold Bird four times.

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, a critter can be placed 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.

History
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