Bulbous Lightbug

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“How strange, carrying one makes my pocket feel lighter!”

–Wilson

“I'd rather use fire to light my way.”

–Willow

“Please stay close to Wolfgang.”

–Wolfgang

“A small spot of light in the darkness... waiting to be snuffed out.”

–Wendy

“WHO GAVE THE DISGUSTING ORGANIC LIGHT SOURCE LOCOMOTION?”

–WX-78

“If it could be convinced to stay still, it would make an excellent reading light.”

–Wickerbottom

“Keep lighting my way and we'll get along just fine, bud!”

–Woodie

“Finally, a mutation that's actually useful.”

–Maxwell

“Light the way, nöble insect.”

–Wigfrid

“We think it's probably too big to fit in a jar.”

–Webber

“Light the way, mon ami!”

–Warly

“Buzzy”

–Wormwood

“Doesn't even need a battery!”

–Winona

“Bloom and glow!”

–Wortox

“Follow me, glowy bug!”

–Wurt

“I think I have a new favourite kind of bug!”

–Walter

“I feel a bit reassured knowing it's nearby.”

–Wanda

The Bulbous Lightbug is a passive Mob exclusive to Don't Starve Together. It spawns from a special variant of Light Flowers found in the Lunar Grotto biome.

Bulbous Lightbugs emit light with a small radius. They follow players that have other Bulbous Lightbugs in their inventory. Up to 3 Bulbous Lightbugs can follow the same player. They stop following if they are attacked or if the player drops all the Bulbous Lightbugs in their Inventory.

If a Bulbous Lightbug dies or is too far away from its spawn point, the corresponding Light Flower takes 12 days to respawn another one.

The Bulbous Lightbug can be caught with a Bug Net. It starves in 2 days unless fed with Vegetables or Light Bulbs.

Dropping a captured Lightbug will free it.

Wormwood's Bulbous Lightbug

Wormwood with the Lunar Cultivator II skill can summon a Bulbous Lightbug at the cost of a Light Bulb and 10 HP. Wormwood can summon a maximum of 6 Bulbous Lightbugs at a time.

Unlike regular Bulbous Lightbugs, these are smaller and their bulbs are green. They create light and orbit around their summoner. One summoned Lightbug allows Wormwood to avoid damage from Darkness; however, two or more are needed to negate the sanity loss from it.

After 20 minutes (2.5 in-game days), or if killed, they turn back into a Light Bulb. These creatures cannot drop souls.

Tips

• Bulbous Lightbugs can be brought to the surface via the Inventory. Once released, they will hover around a specific area indefinitely, providing an infinite light source as long as they are not killed.
• Bulbous Lightbugs can make excellent pets: they provide infinite light as stated, can be kept in the inventory, circle around the player, and don't need to be fed, unlike the Mothling.

Trivia

• The Bulbous Lightbug was introduced in the Forgotten Knowledge update.

Bugs

• The player can combine stacks of Bulbous Lightbugs outside of their inventory, as if the free Bulbous Lightbug were a dropped item on the ground.

Gallery

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  3 Bulbous Lightbugs circling Wilson.

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