Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Fishing |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Orange |
| Bait power | 50 |
| Buy price | 50 gold |
| Sell price | 10 gold |
Used in 2 recipes
| Makes | Ingredients | At | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Golden Delight | 1 × Gold Dragonfly | Cooking Pot | |
 Gold Dragonfly Jar | 1 × Gold Dragonfly, 1 × Bottle | By hand |
Airborne flight patterns and net timing
Appearing around surface reeds and water bodies during windy weather, this creature has a 1/400 probability of taking the place of ordinary dragonflies. Its flight path is brisk and erratic, demanding careful approaches or dash accessories to intercept with a Bug Net. Snaring one secures 50% bait power or a vendor liquidation payout of 10 gold.
Merchant liquidation against insect bait
Standard dragonflies provide only 20% bait power and trade for silver, making the golden variant a massive economic upgrade. Exchanging it with NPCs easily finances an early Minishark or Pylon network. Builders can alternatively seal it inside a glass jar to construct a golden interior decoration for town rooms.
Trivia
- Flies noticeably faster than common dragonflies, often darting off screen if a swing misses.
- Only generates naturally when ambient surface wind speeds rise above light breezes.