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Butterfly Dust
  • Butterfly Dust item sprite
Stack digit 9Stack digit 9Stack digit 9Stack digit 9
Statistics
Type
RarityRarity level: 5
Sell250
Research1 required
Obtained from Obtained from
Classic mode icon Classic
Expert mode icon Expert
Master mode icon Master
EntityQty.Rate
MothMothMoth150%

Butterfly Dust is a rare Hardmode crafting material used solely to craft Butterfly Wings. It has a 50*1/2 (50%) chance of being dropped by Moths in the Underground Jungle.

On the PC version PC version, Console version Console version, Mobile version Mobile version, and tModLoader version tModLoader version, at least one Mechanical Boss must be defeated before it will drop.

Crafting[]

Used in[]

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Butterfly WingsButterfly Wings
Mythril AnvilMythril Anvil
or
Orichalcum AnvilOrichalcum Anvil

Tips[]

  • Selling the Butterfly Wings instead of the individual components will be more profitable. The wings sell for 8, whereas the components sell for a collective 290. •

Trivia[]

  • Unlike most other drops from rare enemies, the Butterfly Dust does not increase its drop rate in a higher difficulty.

History[]

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now only drops after player has defeated at least one Mechanical Boss.
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