Cages

Cages are placeable decorative furniture items that display Critters. A Critter caught with the Bug Net is combined with the Terrarium to craft a Cage. Cages resemble aquariums with a particular animated Critter within.

Cages exist as background furniture, and nothing can be placed on them, nor can they be placed on top of each other. All Cages measure either 6 tiles wide by 3 high or 3 tiles wide by 2 high, and are partially transparent. The critters inside move around and do different stuff depending on their type: For example, bird critters will jump from one stick to the other, or stop at the center and peck the ground, and sometimes sleep. Most ground critters behave the same way inside the cages: Staying in place, blinking, and sometimes moving around from side to side.

Cages cannot be opened, broken, or un-crafted, so once a Critter is crafted into a Cage, that particular Critter can no longer be released.

Instead of the Terrarium, Butterflies are crafted with a Bottle to create a Butterfly Jar. In a similar way, Fireflies and Lightning Bugs can be crafted into their bottled variants, which can be used as valid light sources for housing.