Fairies

The Pink Fairy, Green Fairy, and Blue Fairy are peaceful Critters found in the Surface layer or below which will attempt to lead the player to valuable loot, such as Chests, Life Crystals, Strange Plants or Ore deposits. Fairies will only spawn if at least one Fallen Log has been left in the world without being destroyed. If players have destroyed all Fallen Logs, Fairies will no longer spawn independently. The three Fairy variants all function identically.

There is a 1/50 (2%) chance that Fairy will emerge from a shaken tree in the Hallow at Night. These fairies will spawn even if all Fallen Logs in the world have been broken, ensuring the Bestiary can always be completed.

Once a fairy spots a player, they will fly around the player in circles then head in a certain direction and wait for the player to follow. Once the fairy reaches the loot it is trying to lead the player to, it will disappear in a burst of glowing glitter. If the player does not follow in the fairy's direction for a certain amount of time, the fairy disappears as well.

Fairies can also be found floating in groups of three playing together around logs at night. These can be caught with any Bug Net, and crafted into a fairy jar with the corresponding color.

Also, caught fairies can be used later to help you find treasures underground. In that case, you must place caught fairies near you and it will lead you to a treasure.

There has been the rare chance of seeing around 4 fairies on the surface. If you try to touch them, they will all fly away in the same direction. It is unknown what they lead you to.

Trivia

 * Fairies are described in the Bestiary as follows: ""
 * The tooltip for fairies, 'Hey! Listen!', is a quote from Navi, a popular Fairy character from.
 * These smaller fairies bear a strong resemblance to those summoned by the Fairy Bell, albeit much smaller in size.