Flymeal

Stinkbug honey crafting and town NPC hostility mechanics

Crafted near Honey by combining 1 Gold Broadsword or Platinum Broadsword with 5 Stinkbug. The Flymeal functions as a broadsword dealing 15 melee damage and 5 knockback. Its distinct characteristic is the ability to strike and harm friendly Town NPCs, granting players a direct method to dismiss or eliminate town residents without constructing lava traps.

Housing optimization utility and early melee traits

While its combat statistics are modest for pre-Hardmode exploration, Flymeal provides practical convenience for managing NPC housing assignments, cycling shop inventories, or relocating town characters to optimize happiness bonuses. It eliminates the tedious process of waiting for external monsters to attack unwanted tenants, saving valuable setup time. For players seeking maximum melee efficiency, its ideal modifier is Legendary.

Trivia

• Added in the 1.4.4 Labor of Love update, Flymeal was created specifically to give players an intentional way to dispatch Town NPCs.
• Striking an NPC with Flymeal causes green stink clouds and buzzing flies to scatter around the target.