Moon Moths in Mushroom Lights

[HowlVoid]

  I believe moon moths should be allowed to be placed in the mushroom lights as an infinite light source.

  As the moon moths make their home in the mushroom lamps they will slowly eat the lamps to sustain themselves reducing the maximum light radius in the process over time. They will never completely eat the whole lamp and the players can repair them with any kind of mushroom. A fully moth eaten lamp will only produce as much light as a torch (or more) and the moths will be preserved indefinitely.

  A player having both conquered toadstool and found the lunar island is a good trade for infinite light in my opinion at a low maintenance cost. I also suggest adding a moon moth terrarium where they can fed mushroom spores to change their color over time if they are maintained and cared for by the player.

Note: Basically infinite torch light. 

2nd note: I think it fits thematically as moths do tend to eat the cloth on house lamps. And there is already an item that offers infinite light in a single orange tint but may overheat you. The light radius is just bigger and in colors for fighting a more resource extensive boss and the resource/time sink that is finding the lunar island.

[HellHeater]

how about moon moths can survive longer in glowcap or mushtlight but it will die eventually and one way to prevent that is feeding them and just that

[HowlVoid]

3 hours ago, Hellheater said:

how about moon moths can survive longer in glowcap or mushtlight but it will die eventually and one way to prevent that is feeding them and just that

I thought about that but then realised it wouldn't be too different from the current system. I wanted to come up with a system that allowed the player to keep them from having to manage them at all if they so choose. But unless they preserve far longer it could be cheaper to use mushrooms in the long run depending on how much mileage you get from each mushroom, after all, moon moths last like half a day or something and Id like to avoid having to run to the moon island if I forget to feed them. Even if you have a nearby lune tree grotto there's a lot of management that goes into it like: How many trees do I need in the event all my moths die, and I need to replace them, and the lune trees per mushroom light? How many lune trees do I need in the case they stop growing in sync? How much silk? Etc. This does not allow people to have tons of mushroom lights.