- Butterflies
The Sims 3 Walkthrough and Guide
The Sims 3 Guide - Sunset Valley
Collectibles - Butterflies
You should be able to see butterflies flitting through the air when you are exploring. You can then click on them and catch them. They can then be put in a terrarium from your inventory (where they appear once caught) or sold to Langraab Insdustries Science Facility.
The most common creature in the butterfly category is a moth. As such it is only worth 5 Simoleons. The rarest however is the Rainbow Butterfly, worth a lucrative 1,080 Simoleons. The complete list is below:
Moth: 5 Simoleons
Monarch: 10 Simoleons
Zephyr Metalmark: 25 Simoleons
Red Admiral: 35 Simoleons
Mission Blue: 50 Simoleons
Green Swallowtail: 90 Simoleons
Royal Purple Butterfly: 150 Simoleons
Silver Spotted Skipper: 325 Simoleons
Zebra Butterfly: 650 Simoleons
Rainbow Butterfly: 1,080 Simoleons
The more expensive they are, the rarer they are. Some possible locations for the rarer ones are below however. While the locations below are reliable, clearly butterflies have their own minds and may not simply appear for you the first time you look. Perseverance is the name of the game. Similarly, some locations such as Pleasant Rest Graveyard have lots of different types. You will just have to keep looking until you find the rarities listed below.
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The Rainbow Butterfly can be found at Pinochle Pond. This is located directly north of the town, as far north as you can get before hitting the hills. You may also be able to find it in the land north of Pleasant Rest Graveyard.
The Zebra Butterfly likes to live nearby too, so explore the surrounding area of Pinochle Pond among the trees.
The Silver Spotted Skipper can be found on the beach, near the icebox and patio area. You may also find it near the Pleasant Rest Graveyard and Pinochle Pond.
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Rainbow butterfly by the crash site at night in the future utopia. There was a rainbow over a dirt pile. When you click there is an option to dig.
Where can you get terraniums? buy debug on did not work for me.
if you want to put a butterfly in a cage go into your sims adventure and drag the butterfly out and it should appear in the cage
I don't even know how but my sim has a rainbow butterfly in her inventory. This only works for getting money off of it? It doesn't do anything else? Because I have a lot of money, I don't need anymore. i thought I could use this for an elixir or something..
You can, some elixirs need "any insect" to make it.
i normally find alot of rare or rarish butterflies around thornton wolf's beachhouse, even the rainbow ones in the weeds once!
Not very helpful but thanks anyway.
Simhenge is also a good place to look for th rainbow butterfly.
Also; if you have the Collectors Helper and set it to insects you will somtimes see that insects can be found on the two footpaths leading away from the Western beach right where they start at the beach. These are always Rainbow Butterflies!!!
I tried typing in testingcheatsenabled true BuyDebud and nothing showed up?
where do you get a terranium?
It won't let me even click on the butterflies.....
There is another way to catch them... but of course it involves cheating, and even then it may take a while for the beetle or butterfly you want to spawn. But I also use this cheat because I too think it'd be cool to have butterflies fluttering about your yard and even in your house :D
If you enter testingcheatsenabled true and then enter BuyDebug on , An extra icon will appear in build mode with a question mark as its symbol. In this section you're able to place rock, gem, butterfly and beetle spawners as well as a whole other range of objects from late night, world adventures, ambitions and the original (however I'm not sure if the objects from each exp pack will appear if you don't have that exp pack installed). This cheat is also helpful as if your sim gets the mummys curse and you're desperate to remove it, it allows you to buy the blessed and cursed kings sarcophagus' you need to break it
I found a moth, monarch, zephyr, red admiral, mission blue, green swallowtail, royal purple, and zebra butterfly at the Stonehedge, all at once just now :D that's a good place to catch butterflies
How do you get rid of them or move them so you can build? They are all over the yard and in the new housing area. I can't finish walls or put in a pool!?! Any help?
i found a whole bunch of butterflies, rocks, and bugs by the tombstone to the west of ponchole pond or whatevr
[b][/b] i was wonderng i really like the butterflies and how they flutter around, can you make butterflies hover around your house like maybe catch one, realease it in your backyard and itll flutter there? idk i thnk it would b cool...