Butterfly (Hunter)

Butterflies and moths are a type of Hunter creature that can be caught while wielding a butterfly net or magic butterfly net. They can also be caught barehanded, which requires a Hunter level 10 above the normal requirement. Multiple players may attempt to catch a given butterfly at the same time.

When released (or caught without a butterfly jar in the inventory), butterflies will boost the player's combat skills. Catching a butterfly in a jar allows it to be stored away for later. In a multi-combat zone, jarred butterflies may be used on another player to share the effect with them and up to three players within a 5x5 area of the target. They can also be made into hunter's mixes, which affect the consuming player and up to three players within a 5x5 area of them. Players must have Accept Aid toggled on to receive the boost. Using jarred butterflies or hunter's mixes has no level requirements.

As butterflies give low amounts of experience, they are best combined with some form of trapping. Nevertheless, when catching butterflies, it is recommended to find a butterfly's spawn point and stick to catching that particular butterfly. Since butterflies respawn in a few seconds, it may be beneficial to stay in one place rather than run around trying to find another butterfly to catch. In addition, some butterflies have a smaller wander radius than others; it may be useful to find a butterfly that does not wander far from its respawn point, as this will result in less running and faster experience compared to one with a very large wander radius.

If one does choose to run between spawns, upwards of 55,000 xp/h can be achieved by running between black warlock, snowy knight, and sapphire glacialis spawns west of the Farming Guild and using energy-restoring potions.

v t e Hunter creatures
Aerial fishing	Bluegill Common tench Mottled eel Greater siren
Bird snaring	Crimson swift Golden warbler Copper longtail Cerulean twitch Tropical wagtail
Box trapping	Ferret Embertailed jerboa Chinchompa Carnivorous Black Letvek (item)
Butterfly netting	Ruby harvest (item) Sapphire glacialis (item) Snowy knight (item) Black warlock (item) Sunlight Moth (item) Moonlight moth (item)
Deadfall trapping	Wild Barb-tailed Prickly Sabre-toothed Pyre fox Maniacal monkey
Falconry	Spotted Dark Dashing
Implings	Baby Young Gourmet Earth Essence Eclectic Nature Magpie Ninja Crystal Dragon Lucky
Net trapping	Swamp lizard Orange Red Black Tecu
Pitfall trapping	Spined larupia Horned graahk Sabre-toothed kyatt Sunlight antelope Moonlight antelope
Tracking	Polar Common Feldip weasel Desert devil Razor-backed Herbiboar
Other	Bird houses White rabbit Fish shoal Imp Moss Lizard Stymphike