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The world ofPaliais filled with tons of creatures, including a wide range of bugs that you can catch. As in real life, some bugs are more difficult to catch than others, and many only appear in specific locations. Rather than leaving your bug catching to chance, we are here to help you.
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In this guide, we are going to take a look at where you can find every bug in Palia. This will include their location, as well as what they sell for. Overall, bug-catching is fairly simple, but we are going to go over the basics for those who don’t have much experience.
How To Catch Bugs In Palia
To catch bugs,you will need a Belt and some Smoke Bombs.At the start of the game, you’re able to obtain a Makeshift Belt through theBug Catching 101 quest.
Smoke Bombs are the ammo used to catch the bugs, which can be thrown when your Belt is equipped. There are different tiers of both Belts and Smoke Bombs, with the recipes purchasable from Auni.
To catch bugs, you just need tothrow a Smoke Bomb at them.
Below, you’re able to check out each Belt and Smoke Bomb available.
3
4x Leather
6
2x Fabric
9
2x Silk
1
1x Clay
Prevents you from alerting bugs
2
Slows down all insects
4
1x Fabric
100% chance of catching bugs
1x Pearl
1x Silk
Bugs & The Day/Night Cycle
Before we look at all the bugs in Palia, let’s quickly go over time of day. In our bug tables, you will noticeDay, Night, Evening, and Morningused. These correspond to times, which you can see below.
3:00 am to 6:00 am
6:00 am to 6:00 pm
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Night
9:00 pm to 3:00 am
For example, the Common Blue Butterfly is found during the Morning and Day, which means that they areflying around between 3:00 am and 6:00 pm.
Where To Find All Bugs In Kilima Valley
There are two main locations in Palia;Kilima Valley and Bahari Bay.Below, you may check out all the possible bugs that can befound in Kilima Valley,as well as some helpful information about theirspecific location and selling price.
Morning and Day
Forests, Fields, and Mountain areas
Evening and Night
5% chance to spawn when foraging for Spice Sprouts
Garden Mantis
Coastlines of Kilima Valley
5% chance to spawn when foraging for Emerald Carpet Moss and Sundrop Lillies
Garden Millipede
Fields and Hills
5% chance to spawn when foraging for Wild Garlic and Sundrop Lillies
10% chance to spawn when cutting down medium/large Sapwood Trees
10% chance to spawn when breaking Stone and Copper Ore
145 Gold
Where To Find All Bugs In Bahari Bay
Lastly, we have bugs that you can find in Bahari Bay. This area is located to theeast of Kilima Valleyand consists of two large portions of land that areseparated down the middle by an Aquaduct.
Below, you can check out every bug in Bahari Bay. It’s important to note thatsome of these bugs are also in Kilima Valley, so we’ve included them on both tables.
Rivers and Ponds
5% chance to spawn when cutting down medium/large Sapwood Trees
Fields and Mountains
5% chance to spawn when cutting down any Heratwood Tree
Along the beach and in water
10% chance to spawn when picking up Shells and Coral
Fields and Cliffs in southern Bahari Bay
Cliffs and Fields in southern Bahari Bay
360 Gold
Garden Ladybug
10% chance to spawn when foraging for Sundrop Lillies, Briar Daisies, Brightshrooms, Heartdrop Lillies, and Wild Garlic
Along the coast and on beaches
Fields and Forests in northern Bahari Bay
Leafstalker Mantis
10% chance to spawn when foraging Sweet Leaves and Dari Cloves in northern Bahari Bay
Found around Sweet Leaves and Dari Cloves
Lunar Fairy Moth
Fields and Forests
This moth is often found within groups of Kilima Night Moths (south) and Paper Lantern Bugs (north)
Fields and Cliffs of southern Bahari Bay
Scintillating Centipede
5% chance to spawn when breaking Stone and Iron, and Palium Ore
Cliffs and Mesas in southern Bahari Bay
Beaches and shallow water along the coastline
