Stinkbug

  

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

Stinkbug

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Statistics

Type	BaitCrafting material
Bait Power	10%
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	10
Research	5 required

• Internal Item ID: 5132

Stinkbug

Statistics

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

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 669

The Stinkbug is a critter which spawns on the surface. Stinkbug has only 5 health and no defense, and can be damaged by other enemies and players.

Stinkbug can be caught with any Bug Net to be carried around in the inventory and released later, or crafted into animated decorative furniture (Stinkbug Cage). Once crafted, the Stinkbug cannot be released again.

Stinkbug can be used as bait for fishing, with 10% bait power.

It can also be used to craft Flymeal and Stinkbug Blockers.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Stinkbug Cage	Terrarium Stinkbug	By Hand
Flymeal	Platinum Broadsword Stinkbug5	Honey
	Gold Broadsword Stinkbug5
Stinkbug Blocker	Stinkbug	Work Bench
Ghostly Stinkbug Blocker	Stinkbug	Work Bench and Ecto Mist

Notes

• At every dusk (7:30 PM), or each time the world is loaded, the spawn rate of Butterflies and Stinkbugs are set to a random value. Below is the detailed info:
  • For Butterflies and Stinkbugs, there are two parameters: butterflyChance and stinkBugChance, the spawn rate of Butterflies and Stinkbugs, respectively.

These parameters are set in the following way:

• First, 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance: butterflyChance = 999999 (effectively preventing them to spawn), and stinkBugChance = 1–13, then there is a 20*1/5 (20%) chance for the stinkBugChance to be set to 999999.

• If the 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance failed, then: stinkBugChance = 999999, and butterflyChance = 1–20, then there is a 20*1/5 (20%) chance for the butterflyChance to be set to 999999.
• This effectively makes a day can only have Butterflies or Stinkbugs, not both of them. If the player sees Butterflies on surface, then no Stinkbug will spawn on that day.

After these parameters are set, they will be used in spawning. Note that the following chances are only related to the respective critter and for reference only, they do not account for other spawns:

• Stinkbugs will only spawn during daytime when not raining, the player is on surface, is not in a Graveyard, and the wind speed is lower than 20 mph.

• There is a 1/stinkBugChance chance for a Stinkbug to spawn, then there are two individual 25*1/4 (25%) chances for an extra Stinkbug to spawn.

• As a result, they can appear in groups of 1–3.

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Stinkbug: "These sneaky pests have a knack for invading even the most airtight of homes, projecting their cilantro-like stench everywhere if disturbed."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.6: Stinkbugs are now more common on days where Stinkbugs can spawn (stinkBugChance changed from 1–20 to 1–13).

• Desktop 1.4.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.4: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.4: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.4: Introduced.