Moth

Moth

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Jungle
AI Type	Flying AI
Damage	70 / 140
Max Life	1000 / 2000
Defense	28
KB Resist	60% / 64%
Banner	Moth Banner
Immune to

Drops

Coins	600*6

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Butterfly Dust
  50%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 205

Not to be confused with Mothron, the Solar Eclipse mini-boss.

The Moth is a rare Hardmode enemy that spawns in the Underground Jungle. They fly around very slowly, and upon seeing the player, will direct their attention towards them and attempt to deal damage to them. Upon killing the Moth, there is a chance that it will drop Butterfly Dust if a mechanical boss has been defeated, which is solely used in the creation of Butterfly Wings. They are immune to the Poisoned, Venom and Confused debuffs.

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

Tips

• Despite having relatively high HP, the Moth can easily be killed with any Hardmode weapons, making the Butterfly Wings easily obtainable. In addition, the Butterfly Wings go further than the Angel or Demon Wings, and also emit light.

Trivia

• According to the Bestiary, exposure to jungle toxins has caused moths to mutate to enormous sizes.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Now has a chance to drop the Moth Banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.