De Planeetmaker – All Butterflies Guide

How to get butterflies

Butterflies are, quite obviously, available after you reach the insect stage so you’ll have to do quite a bit of terraforming before you start. Butterflies can be used to increase your progress in the insect stage.

Once you have reached that level, larvae will start to spawn on the floor, which you can pick up and mutate using their designated crafting table, one mutagen and one fertiliser.

Er zijn 3 categories of larvae, common, uncommon and rare, as well as wild butterfly pupae (still called larvae in game).

Common larvae can be turned into 6 different butterflies (screenshots are located in the section below): Azurea, Galaxe, Leani, Empalio, Fensea and Abstreus.

Uncommon larvae won’t give you any butterflies. In plaats van, you can turn them into bees and silkworms.

Rare larvae can only give you 4 different butterflies (screenshots also located in the section below): Penga, Aemel, Chevrone and Liux.

Common Butterflies / Les papillons communs

Azurea (120%)

Galaxe (175%)

Leani (175%)

Empalio (120%)

Fensea (200%)

Abstreus (175%)

Rare Butterflies

Penga (230%)

Aemel (300%)

Chevrone (250%)

Liux (500%)

Wild Butterflies

Wild butterfly pupae are found in specific areas in place of regular larvae. Some can be quite hard to spot and the process of finding them all quite frustrating but if you keep at it and you know what to look for you’ll be able to get them fairly quickly.

I’ve noticed that moving around too fast did not leave them enough time to spawn so my favourite method was to jetpack away for about 3 of 4 seconds then stand still and look around to give them time to appear.

Nere (600%)

Nere pupae are located in the sulphur pits and the adjacent area with the sandfall. I recommend avoiding the dusty area if possible as larvae are very difficult to spot due to low visibility.

Lorpen (600%)

Lorpen pupae are located in the waterfall area. They are quite easy to spot because their colour contrasts well with the sand. Echter, I did find a couple underwater so it may be a good idea to check near the waterline.

Fiorente (600%)

Fiorente pupae were, voor mij, the most difficult to find. I think this is because they can spawn in several different areas. Echter, the ones I found were all close to the eastern part of the map were the crashed space station is located. It might just be because they were easier to spot on the bright sand.

Alben (700%)

Alben pupae are, blijkbaar, limited to the south eastern area with grey dirt and several abandoned buildings. The whole colour scheme in the area makes the larvae quite difficult to spot. I recommend taking it slow here so as to not miss it.

Futura (800%)

Futura pupae have the best ratio of all. They are also quite easy to spot thanks to their bright pink glow. They are available in the underground mushroom cave (which can be accessed from the southern darkest area or from the waterfall area). If you’ve followed this guide, they should be the last butterfly on your bucket list. Gefeliciteerd!

Tips

My first tip when hunting for butterflies is to carry with you 3 ijzer, 2 titanium and 1 silicon at all times. This will allow you to place a small shack down every time you need to refill your O2.

Farming butterflies takes quite a long time and can be quite frustrating. Planning ahead can be very helpful: bring plenty of food and water with you and, if you’re like me, get yourself something to listen to while you’re hunting to keep your spirits up!

Unwanted rare and common butterflies can be recycled! I found it weird that this would be allowed but placing two incubators around a recycler saved me a ton of time.

That’s it for tips, and for this guide I guess. Thanks a lot for reading, I hope you’ll find this useful.