Bug Meat
| Bug Meat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Resource |
| Location | Bug (76%); Bug (dangerous) (76%); Cave Fly (90%); Cave Fly (dangerous) (90%); Grub (60%); Grub (dangerous) (60%); Mutant Fly (90%); Mutant Grub (60%); Armored Bug (76%); Armored Bug (dangerous) (76%) |
| Sell Price | 8g |
Bug Meat is the loot that insects leave behind in The Mines, and it is one of the first monster drops a new miner collects. Its value has little to do with selling. One piece crafts into a handful of Bait once Fishing reaches level 2, which makes it the backbone of early fishing. It also goes into Wild Bait, Magic Bait, the Sturdy Ring and the Bug Steak. Willy's "Juicy Bugs Wanted!" order needs a big pile of it, and the reward is the Quality Bobber recipe. Every villager hates it as a gift, so it belongs in a chest rather than a present.
The in-game description reads: It's a juicy wad of bug flesh.
Location
Insects of every kind drop Bug Meat. Plain Bugs crawl along the early floors of The Mines in straight lines, turning back at walls. Cave Flies and Grubs join them a little deeper on the same upper levels. Flies drop meat most reliably, while Grubs drop it least often.
The Mutant Bug Lair is the richest supply later on. It opens off The Sewers during the Dark Talisman quest, and its Mutant Flies and Mutant Grubs come back every day. That makes it an easy place to farm insects on a regular basis.
Armored Bugs in Skull Cavern are normally impossible to hurt. A weapon forged with the Bug Killer enchantment can kill them, and then they drop Bug Meat too.
Some supplies need no fighting at all. A Fish Pond of Dorado, Lingcod or Pike with a full population can sometimes produce a large bundle of Bug Meat. At the Desert Festival, Vincent sells it in his little shop in exchange for Calico Eggs.
Uses
Bait is the most common use. Fishing level 2 teaches the recipe, and crafting a single piece of Bug Meat makes five Bait. Bait makes fish bite much sooner, so it saves a great deal of waiting at the water. It only fits on the Fiberglass Rod and the rods after it, since the Training Rod and the Bamboo Pole have no bait slot.
Linus teaches Wild Bait in his 4-heart event. Crafting Bug Meat with Fiber and Slime makes a batch, and each Wild Bait gives a chance of landing two fish from one bite. Mr. Qi's Walnut Room sells the Magic Bait recipe. Crafting Bug Meat with Radioactive Ore makes Magic Bait, which lets any fish of any season, weather or time bite in the water it is cast into.
Combat level 1 brings two recipes at once. Crafting ten pieces of Bug Meat makes a Bug Steak, a cheap snack for restoring energy deep underground. Crafting Bug Meat with Slime and two Copper Bars makes the Sturdy Ring, which halves the length of debuffs such as being slimed or jinxed.
Willy posts "Juicy Bugs Wanted!" on the Special Orders board. It asks for a hundred pieces of Bug Meat, and finishing it pays well and teaches the Quality Bobber recipe. Saving Bug Meat from every mining trip makes the order much easier when it appears.
Crafting Bug Meat with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Steak | 
|
Bug Meat (10) |
Notes
Several fish ask for ten pieces of Bug Meat in their Fish Pond quests. The Raccoon at the Giant Stump may also want twenty pieces from his fifth request onwards.
At the Sewing Machine, Bug Meat in the spool with Cloth sews the Pink Striped Shirt. It gives a dark pink colour on dyeable clothes, and it goes into the purple dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.
Bug Meat is worth very little to sell, so keeping it is almost always better. Turning one piece into five Bait gives far more value at the fishing hole.
All Resources
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Wing | 
|
15g |
| Battery Pack | 
|
500g |
| Bone Fragment | 
|
12g |
| Broken CD | 
|
0g |
| Broken Glasses | 
|
0g |
| Bug Meat | 
|
8g |
| Cave Jelly | 
|
180g |
| Cinder Shard | 
|
50g |
| Clay | 
|
20g |
| Coal | 
|
15g |
| Copper Bar | 
|
- |
| Copper Ore | 
|
5g |
| Driftwood | 
|
0g |
| Fiber | 
|
1g |
| Gold Bar | 
|
- |
| Gold Ore | 
|
25g |
| Green Algae | 
|
15g |
| Hardwood | 
|
15g |
| Iridium Bar | 
|
- |
| Iridium Ore | 
|
100g |
| Iron Bar | 
|
- |
| Iron Ore | 
|
10g |
| Joja Cola | 
|
25g |
| Monster Loot | - | - |
| Moss | 
|
5g |
| Radioactive Bar | 
|
- |
| Radioactive Ore | 
|
300g |
| Refined Quartz | 
|
50g |
| Rice | 
|
100g |
| River Jelly | 
|
125g |
| Rotten Plant | 
|
0g |
| Sea Jelly | 
|
200g |
| Soggy Newspaper | 
|
0g |
| Solar Essence | 
|
40g |
| Stone | 
|
2g |
| Sugar | 
|
50g |
| Trash | - | - |
| Trash (item) | 
|
0g |
| Treasure Chest | 
|
5000g |
| Vinegar | 
|
100g |
| Void Essence | 
|
50g |
| Wheat Flour | 
|
50g |
| White Algae | 
|
25g |
| Wood | 
|
2g |