Get Rid Of Those Pesky Critters In Moonlight Peaks By Lending Death A Helping Hand

Published by Emma o n July 12, 2026, 4:13 pm

As with every game like Moonlight Peaks, while caring for your farm, you'll also need to whip out a bug net now and then to scoop up the little critters running around. Unfortunately, you won't start the game with a net, as you will with some of the other tools, so you'll need to progress before you can begin bug collecting.

Additionally, you won't need the net for critters alone. In addition to catching critters, you'll also use the net to capture Soul Blobs, which are floating little skulls you'll see in every part of the map. Of course, all of that only comes after you've received your net from Death.

How To Find Death And Unlock The Net

As mentioned, you'll need Death to give you the bug-catching tool, a net, which unfortunately won't happen until you're several days into the game. To encounter Death, you'll first need to progress through the main story quests until you've helped return Brook's missing Crest and Fiona has cleared the path to Misty Shores.

When all that's done, your next main objective will center around having a dinner party at the Ambrosia mansion in Misty Shores. By this point, if you head to Misty Shores, you should be pulled into a cutscene where you'll meet Death. If you've been making the most of your days, this should happen somewhere between days 10 and 15.

The first day you meet Death will be introductions, but if you come back the next day, then Death should teach you about Soul Blobs, the floating skulls, and provide you with a net to catch them. This is the same net you'll use to catch critters.

How To Catch Critters

Catching critters is pretty straightforward, especially if you've played something like Animal Crossing or Disney Dreamlight Valley. You need to swing the net once you're within reach of them, and they will be caught. The catch will then be followed by a brief animation of your character holding them up to display the name.

Of course, this is easier said than done. The critters and Soul Blobs will run from you if you get too close, so you will need to chase them down a bit to catch them. My personal advice is to corner them in an area where you can get close enough to guarantee a catch.

Every swing will cost you energy, even if you miss, so don't just run around swinging wildly in the hopes of getting lucky.

After you've caught a critter, you can view it in your collection in the menu. From there, you are free to use the critter as you see fit, store it, or sell it.

All Critters In Moonlight Peaks

At the moment, the locations and seasons listed here are confirmed, but may not be all-inclusive. For example, if Spring is listed, that critter has been seen in Spring, but it may also appear in other seasons we have yet to confirm.This chart will continue to be updated as we progress through the game.

Critter

Sell Price

Locations Found

Season

Firefly

100

Howling Marshes

Summer

Honeyflutter

Home Area

Summer

TBC

Buzzer

Moonlit Pines

Summer

TBC

Mossback

Howling Marshes

Spring, Summer

Murky

Howling Marshes

Spring (Green), Summer (Yellow)

TBC

Psyclops

Howling Marshes, Moonlit Pines

Spring, Summer

Purpy

Home Area,

Spring, Summer

TBC

Twizzler

Moonlit Pines, Misty Shores

Spring, Summer

Amethyst Wing

Moonlit Pines

Spring

Aura

280

Moonlit Pines, Home Area

Summer

TBC

Batterfly

Cave of Echoes (Misty Shores),

Spring, Summer

TBC

Blueleaf

Home Area, Moonlight Peaks, Moonlit Pines

Spring, Summer

TBC

Frostleaf

Crest Garden

Spring

TBC

Kamehameha

110

Crest Garden

Spring

Lakeflutter

Misty Shores, Moonlight Peaks

Spring

Limer

Howling Marshes

Spring

TBC

Orange Flutter

Moonlight Peaks, Misty Shores, Home Area, Moonlit Pines

Summer

TBC

Pink Glow

Crystal Cave

Summer

TBC

Pink Swallow

Moonlit Pines, Moonlight Peaks,

Spring, Summer

Pinkleaf

Crystal Cave

Summer

TBC

Red Flutter

Misty Shores

Summer

TBC

Spotted Wings

Moonlit Pines

Spring

TBC

Vitrawing

100

Crystal Caves (Moonlit Pines)

Summer

TBC

Sprouty

110

Home Area

Spring

TBC

Sluggy

Moonlit Pines

Summer

TBC

Sunny

Home Area

Summer

TBC

Get Rid Of Those Pesky Critters In Moonlight Peaks By Lending Death A Helping Hand

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