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Gem Squirrels

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Consumable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	10
Research	5 required

• Internal Item ID: 4831–4837

Gem Squirrels

Statistics

Type	Critter
Environment	Cavern
AI Type	Passive AI
Damage	0
Max Life	5
Defense	0
KB Resist	0%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 639–645

Gem Squirrels are harmless critters that can be caught with any Bug Net and do not normally interact with the player in any other way, except in that they can be killed by both players and enemies. They have 5 health and usually serve as ambient entities in Terraria.

Gem Squirrels spawn near towns in the cavern layer and Gem Trees that can be planted with Gemcorns. Their surface counterparts are Squirrels.

Most naturally spawned Gem Squirrels can be caught with a Bug Net, and carried in the player's inventory (or placed in storage). If a squirrel caught with any Bug Net is taken from inventory and "used" (placed), it is again released into the environment at the cursor and behaves as usual.

Types[]

Gem Squirrel		NPC ID
	Amethyst Squirrel Internal Item ID: 4831	639
	Topaz Squirrel Internal Item ID: 4832	640
	Sapphire Squirrel Internal Item ID: 4833	641
	Emerald Squirrel Internal Item ID: 4834	642
	Ruby Squirrel Internal Item ID: 4835	643
	Diamond Squirrel Internal Item ID: 4836	644
	Amber Squirrel Internal Item ID: 4837	645

Crafting[]

Used in[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Amber Squirrel Cage	Terrarium Amber Squirrel	By Hand
Amethyst Squirrel Cage	Terrarium Amethyst Squirrel
Diamond Squirrel Cage	Terrarium Diamond Squirrel
Emerald Squirrel Cage	Terrarium Emerald Squirrel
Ruby Squirrel Cage	Terrarium Ruby Squirrel
Sapphire Squirrel Cage	Terrarium Sapphire Squirrel
Topaz Squirrel Cage	Terrarium Topaz Squirrel

Notes[]

• Although gem squirrels represent various different gem types, they all sell for 10.

Tips[]

• The best way to spawn any Gem Squirrel is to make a town in the cavern layer. They tend to spawn around NPCs, especially town NPCs, but may also spawn near the Skeleton Merchant or any bound NPC.
• Also if you are on 1.4.4 can use the zenith seed to get them very quickly because you spawn with enough NPCs to make it a town

Trivia[]

The Bestiary entry for Gem Squirrels: "Glistening squirrels who strayed too deep become ensorcelled with residual cursed energy retained in gemstones."

See also[]

• Squirrel
• Gem Bunnies

History[]

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.