Butterfly

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"Butterfly, flutter by."

- Wilson

Butterflies are harmless insects commonly found in Grasslands. They spawn from Flowers and Evil Flowers and will slowly flutter around the map, often landing on other flowers when they come across them. At dusk, they will return to a nearby flower to hide.

Butterflies usually drop Butterfly Wings when killed (98% chance), and occasionally drop Butter instead (2% chance). They are considered innocent creatures and killing one adds 1 point to the player's naughtiness level, which can cause Krampus to appear. Catching butterflies with a Bug Net will not increase naughtiness, but killing them, whether on the field or in the inventory, will, though killing a stack of them only adds 1 to naughtiness.

Butterflies take one blast from the Ice Staff to be frozen and cannot be put to sleep.

Butterflies do not spawn in Winter.

Hunting
Butterflies fly away when approached, making them quite difficult to catch and kill.

The best time to attack them is when they stop to land on flowers. This means hunting in an area with lots of flowers will provide many more opportunities to hit them; they will be on the plant for a few seconds, giving the player an opportunity to attack and kill them. Butterflies also sometimes flutter around in place and can be easily hit. Walking close to a flower seems to spawn a Butterfly more frequently.

Butterflies can be caught in a Bug Net, which has the range to hit a moving butterfly. The Walking Cane can do the same but requires more dexterity from the player. With the Bug Net, the player can click on the moving critter at a distance or approach it manually and press spacebar to automatically chase and catch it.

When captured, butterflies become an item in inventory, which stacks to 20.

Usage
Butterflies can be used to plant new Flowers by right-clicking them on the ground. Planting Flowers is useful for creating butterfly farms, or for providing Bees with Flowers to produce Honey faster. Maxwell himself says, "It's a flying Flower" when examining a butterfly. Butterflies can be killed in the inventory to produce the butterfly wings or butter, but it will raise the player's naughtiness level by one.

Bugs

 * When two butterflies spawn from the same flower, attacking one will cause the other to die, but it will not drop anything.
 * When stored in a Chest, sometimes a stack of butterflies will go free and need to be caught again.