Prismatic Lacewing

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Prismatic Lacewing

Statistics

Type	Boss summonCrafting material
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	'Its wings are so delicate, you must be careful not to damage it...'
Rarity
Sell	5
Research	3 required

• Internal Item ID: 4961

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Prismatic LacewingHardmode exclusive

Statistics

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AI Type	Butterfly AI
Damage	0
Max Life	5
Defense	0
KB Resist	0%

Sounds

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• Internal NPC ID: 661

The Prismatic Lacewing is a rare flying critter that spawns in the surface Hallow from dusk until midnight after Plantera has been defeated. When killed by a player, it summons the Empress of Light; death from non-player sources other than Fallen Stars will not result in summoning.

The Prismatic Lacewing can be caught with a Bug Net. Releasing it from the inventory (with ⚒ Use / Attack) and killing it will still summon the Empress of Light (though it will quickly disappear if released outside of the Hallow). Only one Lacewing can be naturally spawned at a time. Because it can only spawn between dusk and midnight, its spawn is limited to between the times of 7:30 PM and 12:00 AM. It can also be used to craft a Prismatic Lacewing Jar.

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Crafting

Used in

Result Ingredients Crafting station Prismatic Lacewing Jar Bottle Prismatic Lacewing By Hand

Notes

• The Lacewing is classified in-game as an enemy so others won't spawn the boss by accident. However, player summons will not actively target it, though they might kill it via contact damage and unintended attacks.
• The Lacewing will despawn almost immediately if released outside the Hallow, but can still be killed to summon the Empress of Light if done fast enough or if placed directly onto a damaging projectile.
• Lacewings will only spawn on Hallowed grass (not including its mowed variant), Pearlstone Blocks, Pearlsand Blocks, and Pink Ice Blocks.
• A Lacewing can only be damaged by a player if they are close enough and will appear translucent if the player is far away. This is likely done to prevent accidentally summoning the Empress of Light while the Lacewing is off-screen.
• The Lacewing can be killed by bees or traps, which will not summon the Empress of Light.
• If the player hits a Lacewing without killing it, then lets bees or traps kill it, the Empress of Light will still spawn.
• Unlike other critters, the Lacewing does not regenerate life.

Tips

• Using a Bug Net, it can be kept in the player's inventory to later release it at a more appropriate time, such as to fight the Empress of Light when better prepared.
• The Guide To Critter Companionship can be helpful to prevent accidentally summoning the Empress of Light.
• A Lifeform Analyzer can be used to see if a Lacewing is nearby.
• Using a Battle Potion and Water Candle increases its spawn rate, like other monsters.
  • Similarly, because it is considered an enemy, its spawn rate is increased during the Blood Moon event and can be easily farmed using a Bloody Tear.
• Building a platform roughly 35 tiles above a Hallow biome while under the influence of a Water Candle, the player can expect 3-8 Lacewings to spawn, provided they are there from 7:30

PM to 12:00

• AM.
• If the player does not have a surface Hallowed biome in their world, a Clentaminator with Blue Solution can be used to create one.

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Prismatic Lacewing: "Should one of these luminescent beings perish in the chaos of night, a sleeping tyrant is rumored to violently awaken."

See also

• Butterflies
• Truffle Worms, another critter that is used for boss summoning.

History

PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Spawn rate significantly increased.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced with change from 1.4.0.3.

Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with change from 1.4.0.3.

V • D • E

Characters (List):

• Pre-Hardmode Enemies
• Hardmode Enemies
• Event Enemies
• Bosses
• Critters
• Friendly NPCs
• Familiars

Pre-Hardmode Enemies

Common Enemies

• Anomura Fungus
• Antlion (
  • Charger
  • Larva
  • Swarmer
  • Albino)
• Bats (
  • Cave
  • Ice
  • Jungle
  • Spore)
• Bee
• Blood Crawler
• Crab
• Crimera
• Demon Eye
• Devourer
• Eater of Souls
• Face Monster
• Fungi Bulb
• Giant Worm
• Granite Elemental
• Granite Golem
• Harpy
• Hoplite
• Hornet (
  • Dragon Hornet)
• Jellyfish (
  • Blue
  • Pink)
• Man Eater
• Meteor Head
• Mushi Ladybug
• Piranha
• Skeleton (
  • Spore)
• Shark (
  • Orca)
• Slimes (
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Red
  • Purple
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Mother
  • Baby
  • Sand
  • Ice
  • Spiked Ice
  • Jungle
  • Spiked Jungle)
• Snatcher (
  • Dragon Snatcher)
• Snow Flinx
• Tomb Crawler
• Undead Viking
• Vulture
• Wall Creeper
• Zombie (
  • Frozen
  • Maggot
  • Spore)

Uncommon Enemies

• Beetles (
  • Cochineal
  • Cyan
  • Lac)
• Crawdad
• Doctor Bones
• Giant Shelly
• Goblin Scout
• Gnome
• Nymph
• Pinky
• Salamander
• Sea Snail
• Squid
• Tim
• Undead Miner (
  • Vampire Miner)

Underworld

• Bone Serpent
• Demon (
  • Arch Demon)
• Fire Imp
• Hellbat
• Lava Slime
• Voodoo Demon

Dungeon

• Angry Bones
• Blazing Wheel
• Cursed Skull (
  • Dragon Skull)
• Dark Caster
• Dungeon Slime
• Spike Ball

Hardmode Enemies

Common Enemies

• Angler Fish
• Angry Trapper
• Arapaima
• Armored Skeleton
• Armored Viking
• Bats (
  • Giant
  • Illuminant
  • Giant Flying Fox)
• Black Recluse
• Blood Feeder
• Chaos Elemental (
  • Spectral)
• Clinger
• Corruptor
• Derpling
• Digger
• Floaty Gross
• Gastropod (
  • Spectral)
• Giant Fungi Bulb
• Giant Tortoise (
  • Ice)
• Herpling
• Ice Elemental
• Ichor Sticker
• Icy Merman
• Jellyfish (
  • Blood Jelly
  • Fungo Fish
  • Green)
• Jungle Creeper
• Moss Hornet
• Pigron
• Pixie
• Possessed Armor
• Skeleton Archer
• Slimes (
  • Corrupt
  • Shadow
  • Crimslime
  • Illuminant
  • Slimeling
  • Slimer
  • Toxic Sludge)
• Unicorn
• Wandering Eye
• Werewolf
• Wraith
• Wolf

Uncommon Enemies

• Crimson Axe
• Cursed Hammer
• Dune Splicer
• Enchanted Sword
• Martian Probe
• Medusa
• Mimic (
  • Corrupt
  • Crimson
  • Hallowed
  • Jungle)
• Moth
• Rock Golem
• Rune Wizard
• World Feeder
• Wyvern (
  • Arch Wyvern)

Desert

• Basilisk
• Desert Spirit
• Dune Splicer
• Ghoul (
  • Dreamer
  • Vile
  • Tainted)
• Lamia
• Mummy
• Sand Poacher

Underworld

• Lava Bat
• Red Devil
• Tortured Soul

Dungeon

• Armored Bones (
  • Blue
  • Hell
  • Rusty)
• Diabolist
• Necromancer
• Ragged Caster
• Skeleton Commando
• Skeleton Sniper
• Tactical Skeleton
• Bone Lee
• Giant Cursed Skull
• Dungeon Spirit
• Paladin
• Lunatic Devote
• Blue Cultist Archer (
  • White)

Lihzahrd Temple

• Flying Snake
• Lihzahrd

Event Enemies

Windy Day

• Angry Dandelion
• Windy Balloon

Rain

• Flying Fish
• Raincoat Zombie
• Angry Nimbus
• Ice Golem
• Slimes (
  • Rainbow
  • Umbrella)

Blood Moon

• Clown (
  • Chattering Teeth Bomb)
• Corrupt Bunny (
  • Vicious)
• Corrupt Goldfish (
  • Vicious)
• Corrupt Penguin (
  • Vicious)
• Blood Zombie
• Drippler
• The Bride
• The Groom
• Wandering Eye Fish
• Zombie Merman
• Blood Eel
• Hemogoblin Shark
• Dreadnautilus (
  • Blood Squid)

Sandstorm

• Sand Shark (
  • Crystal Thresher
  • Bone Biter
  • Flesh Reaver)
• Angry Tumbler
• Sand Elemental

Solar Eclipse

• Butcher
• Creature from the Deep
• Deadly Sphere
• Dr. Man Fly
• Fritz
• Eyezor
• Frankenstein
• Nailhead
• Psycho
• Reaper
• Swamp Thing
• The Possessed
• Vampire
• Mothron (
  • Baby
  • Egg)

Easter

• Diseaster Bunny

Halloween

• Ghost
• Hoppin' Jack
• Raven

Goblin Army

• Archer
• Peon
• Sorcerer
• Thief
• Warrior
• Summoner (
  • Shadowflame Apparition)

Frost Legion

• Mister Stabby
• Snowman Gangsta
• Snow Balla

Old One's Army

• Mysterious Portal
• Etherian Goblin
• Etherian Goblin Bomber
• Etherian Javelin Thrower
• Etherian Wyvern
• Kobold
• Kobold Glider
• Wither Beast
• Drakin
• Etherian Lightning Bug

Pirate Invasion

• Captain (
  • Pirate's Curse)
• Corsair
• Crossbower
• Deadeye
• Deckhand
• Parrot

Martian Madness

• Brain Scrambler
• Drone
• Engineer
• Gigazapper
• Gray Grunt
• Officer
• Ray Gunner
• Scutlix (
  • Gunner)
• Tesla Turret
• Walker

Pumpkin Moon

• Scarecrow
• Splinterling
• Hellhound
• Poltergeist
• Headless Horseman

Frost Moon

• Zombie Elf
• Elf Archer
• Gingerbread Man
• Flocko
• Present Mimic
• Nutcracker
• Elf Copter
• Krampus
• Yeti

Lunar Events

Solar

• Corite
• Crawltipede
• Drakanian
• Drakomire (
  • Rider)
• Selenian
• Sroller

Vortex

• Alien Queen (
  • Hornet
  • Larva)
• Storm Diver
• Vortexian

Nebula

• Brain Suckler
• Evolution Beast
• Nebula Floater
• Predictor

Stardust

• Flow Invader
• Milkyway Weaver
• Star Cell
• Stargazer
• Twinkle Popper (
  • Twinkle)

Removed NPCs

• Mythical Wyvern

Bosses

Pre-Hardmode

• King Slime (
  • Spiked Slime)
• Eye of Cthulhu (
  • Servant of Cthulhu)
• Eater of Worlds
• Brain of Cthulhu (
  • Creeper)
• Queen Bee (
  • Bees)
• Skeletron (
  • Dungeon Guardian)
• Deerclops
• Wall of Flesh (
  • Leech)

Hardmode

• Queen Slime (
  • Bouncy Slime
  • Crystal Slime
  • Heavenly Slime)
• The Twins
• The Destroyer (
  • Probe)
• Skeletron Prime
• Plantera
• Golem
• Empress of Light
• Duke Fishron (
  • Sharkron
  • Detonating Bubble)
• Lunatic Cultist (
  • Ancient Vision
  • Phantasm Dragon)
• Moon Lord (
  • True Eye of Cthulhu
  • Moon Leech Clot)
• Ocram (
  • Servant of Ocram)

Event

• Flying Dutchman
• Dark Mage (
  • Old One's Skeleton)
• Ogre
• Betsy
• Martian Saucer
• Mourning Wood
• Pumpking
• Everscream
• Santa-NK1
• Ice Queen
• Celestial Pillars (
  • Solar
  • Vortex
  • Nebula
  • Stardust)
• Lepus (
  • Diseaster Bunny)
• Turkor the Ungrateful

Critters

Terrestrial

• Buggy
• Bunny (
  • Gem
  • Gold)
• Frog (
  • Gold)
• Grasshopper (
  • Gold)
• Grubby
• Maggot
• Mouse (
  • Gold)
• Penguin
• Rat
• Scorpion (
  • Black)
• Sea Turtle
• Sluggy
• Snail (
  • Glowing
  • Magma)
• Squirrel (
  • Red
  • Gem
  • Gold)
• Turtle (
  • Jungle)
• Water Strider (
  • Gold)
• Worm (
  • Enchanted Nightcrawler
  • Gold
  • Truffle)

Aquatic

• Dolphin
• Goldfish (
  • Gold)
• Pupfish
• Seahorse (
  • Gold)

Aerial

• Bird (
  • Blue Jay
  • Cardinal
  • Gold)
• Duck (
  • Mallard)
• Dragonflies (
  • Gold)
• Firefly (
  • Lavafly
  • Lightning Bug)
• Grebe
• Ladybug (
  • Gold)
• Owl
• Seagull
• Fairies

Butterflies

• Gold
• Hell
• Julia
• Monarch
• Prismatic Lacewing
• Purple Emperor
• Red Admiral
• Sulphur
• Tree Nymph
• Ulysses
• Zebra Swallowtail

Friendly NPCs

Pre-Hardmode

• Guide
• Dye Trader
• Merchant
• Demolitionist
• Painter
• Nurse
• Dryad
• Angler
• Arms Dealer
• Party Girl
• Stylist
• Goblin Tinkerer
• Witch Doctor
• Clothier
• Mechanic
• Tavernkeep
• Golfer
• Zoologist
• Star Merchant

Hardmode

• Pirate
• Truffle
• Wizard
• Steampunker
• Tax Collector
• Cyborg
• Santa Claus
• Princess

Town pets

• Bunny
• Cat
• Dog

Other NPCs

• Traveling Merchant
• Skeleton Merchant
• Old Man

Removed NPCs

• Mc MoneyPants

Familiars

Pets

• Alien Skater
• Baby Dinosaur
• Baby Eater
• Baby Face Monster
• Baby Grinch
• Baby Hornet
• Baby Imp
• Baby Ogre
• Baby Penguin
• Baby Red Panda
• Baby Skeletron Head
• Baby Snowman
• Baby Truffle
• Baby Werewolf
• Black Cat
• Bunny
• Cursed Sapling
• Destroyer-Lite
• Dynamite Kitten
• Eater of Worms
• Estee
• Everscream Sapling
• Eyeball Spring
• Fennec Fox
• Flying Piggy Bank
• Glittery Butterfly
• Hoardragon
• Honey Bee
• Ice Queen
• Itsy Betsy
• Lil' Harpy
• Lizard
• Mini Minotaur
• Mini Prime
• Moonling
• Parrot
• Phantasmal Dragon
• Plantera Seedling
• Plantero
• Puppy
• Propeller Gato
• Rez and Spaz
• Sapling
• Shadow Mimic
• Shark Pup
• Skeletron Jr.
• Slime Prince
• Slime Princess
• Spider
• Spider Brain
• Squashling
• Sugar Glider
• Suspicious Eye
• Tiki Spirit
• Turtle
• Tiny Fishron
• Void Bag
• Volt Bunny
• Zephyr Fish
• Bat
• Guinea Pig
• Slime
• Tiphia
• Werewolf
• Zombie
• Android
• Cupid
• Elfa
• Leprechaun o'Fyffe

Light Pets

• Crimson Heart
• Fairy
• Flickerwick
• Fairy Princess
• Magic Lantern
• Jack 'O Lantern
• Shadow Orb
• Suspicious Looking Tentacle
• Toy Golem
• Wisp

Minions

• Baby Finch
• Baby Slime
• Deadly Sphere
• Desert Tiger
• Enchanted Dagger
• Hornet
• Imp
• Pirate
• Pygmy
• Raven
• Sanguine Bat
• Sharknado
• Spider
• Stardust Cell
• Stardust Dragon
• Terraprisma
• Twins
• UFO
• Vampire Frog

Sentries

• Ballista
• Explosive Trap
• Flameburst Tower
• Forbidden Sign
• Frost Hydra
• Lightning Aura
• Lunar Portal
• Queen Spider
• Rainbow Crystal
• Stardust Guardian

Mounts

• Basilisk
• Bee
• Book
• Bunny
• Cute Fishron
• Dark Horse
• Drill
• Flamingo
• Goat
• Golf Cart
• Lava Shark
• Majestic Horse
• Painted Horse
• Pigron
• Pirate Ship
• Pogo Stick
• Rudolph
• Santank
• Scutlix
• Slime
• Turtle
• Tree
• UFO
• Unicorn
• Winged Slime
• Witch's Broom