Gold Butterfly

  

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Gold Butterfly

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Statistics

Type	BaitCrafting material
Bait Power	50%
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	03*
Sell	10 GC
Research	3 required

• Internal Item ID: 2891 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Gold Butterfly

Statistics

Type	Gold Critter
Environment	Forest
AI Type	Butterfly AI
Damage	0
Max Life	5
Defense	0
KB Resist	0%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 444

The Gold Butterfly is a harmless critter. It is a golden recolor of the ordinary Butterfly, with a 1/400 (0.25%) chance of spawning in place of the ordinary version.

The Gold Butterfly has only 5 health and no defense, and can be damaged by other enemies and players.

The Gold Butterfly can be caught with any Bug Net to be carried around in the inventory and released later, or crafted into animated decorative furniture (Gold Butterfly Jar). Once crafted, the Gold Butterfly cannot be released again, unless the furniture item is de-crafted via Shimmer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions). The Gold Butterfly itself or the crafted furniture can be sold for 10 GC.

The Gold Butterfly can be used as bait for fishing, with 50% bait power.

It is one of the few entities that can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer or its upgrades.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Gold Butterfly Jar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Gold Butterfly(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Bottle	By Hand
Golden Delight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Gold Butterfly(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Cooking Pot or Cauldron

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Gold Butterfly: "Rarely, critters are found coated entirely in gold! They are worth great coin to shopkeepers and fish absolutely love golden bait!"

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Now used to craft the Golden Delight.
  • Spawning chance reduced from 1/150 (0.67%) to 1/400 (0.25%).

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Now used to craft the Golden Delight.

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.