Water Strider

The Water Strider is a harmless critter that spawns in the Oasis and the Jungle and cannot harm players. Due to them having only 5 HP and no defense, they are often killed instantly by enemies or the player itself. Gold Water Striders have a chance to spawn instead of the regular variant.

It can be caught with any Bug Net to be carried around in the inventory and released later, or crafted into a Water Strider Cage to be used as furniture. Once crafted, the caged water strider cannot be released again, and when placed down it moves around inside the cage as it would do outside.

The water striders can be found in player made and naturally generated oasis/jungle biomes.