Gold Mouse

Type	Gold Critter
Environment	Underground
AI Type	Passive AI
Damage	0
Max Life	5
Defense	0
KB Resist	0%
Hurt	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Hit_1.wav
Killed	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:NPC_Killed_4.wav
Idle	https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Zombie_15.wav

Type	Crafting material
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity
Sell	10 GC
Research	3 required

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

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

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

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

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 Mouse Cage(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Terrarium Gold Mouse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	By Hand
Golden Delight(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Gold Mouse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Cooking Pot or Cauldron

Tips

It might be hard to obtain a Gold Mouse, not only because the Underground biome is usually more hostile than other biomes (like the Surface, where most of the other critters spawn), especially during Hardmode, but also due to the fact that town NPCs cannot increase the spawn rate of Mice.

Trivia

The Bestiary entry for the Gold Mouse: "Rarely, critters are found coated entirely in gold! Shopkeepers will pay handsomely for these, or you can show them off in cages!"