Glitches

Note: This page has been created to document glitches found in Flutter: Starlight.

Please do not be rude, offensive or mean towards the Runaway team if a game-breaking glitch has occurred in any of their games; glitches can happen to any game developers.

In the case of game-breaking glitches & exploits, Runaway are quick to respond to patching these types of glitches out.

## Graphical/Audio Glitches

Glitches that cause graphics or the game audio to mess up; in some cases, this can be hilarious, & at other times, be terrifying or game-breaking.

### **Silent Leafbugs/Barkbugs**

On uncommon occasions, the leaf bugs & bark bugs will sometimes pop up without making their little signature sounds they make to alert players that they're around. This glitch also occurs on Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** this glitch is currently still in the game.

### **Infinite Honeydew/Coin Harvest SFX Glitch**

In extremely rare cases, the sound that plays when honeydew/coins  are harvested from a moth, the sound will glitch out & loop infinitely. This glitch will be fixed if the game is exited & restarted.

**Glitch Status: Unknown;** this glitch is incredibly rare & may possibly be still in the game.

### **Incorrectly Displayed Wisp Labels**

If the game is reloaded after the Wisp Mother has released her wisps, upon reloading the game, they will have incomplete labels when clicked on.

As a result of this glitch, both the name of that type of wisp & part of it's description will disappear causing the label to say this:

\_\_\_ Wisp

\_\_\_\_ to capture. Gives a special flower.

The glitch was also once mistaken as a way to tell a "fresh wisp" from older ones on A Flutter Starlight Journey on Blogspot, which features images of this glitch in action:

A wisp before the glitch is triggered

The same wisp affected by the glitch

**Glitch Status:** **Patched;** Update v1.33 (Joya Event) fixed the glitch involving incorrect wisp labels; reloading the game will no longer cause the labels of wisps to glitch. It still exists in Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary.

### **Giant Leaf Glitch**

Sometimes, when feeding a caterpillar a leaf, if you accidently click on something else (e.g: The Florida Tree Snail, or Michelle), the leaf will become glitched, being enlarged, with the caterpillar freezing with an open mouth.

This glitch does NOT softlock or break the game, & is more of a safe & funny glitch.

A very similar glitch called the **Stuck Firefly Glitch** can occur if the same thing is recreated with Fireflies in Trevor's Firefly Cage.

**Glitch Status: Not** **Patched;** The glitch can still be done. It is even possible to do this glitch in Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary, too!

### **Doug the Glowbugs appearing in an Ant Event**

This glitch was discovered by a player who posted a picture of this glitch on Facebook on **20th August 2020**.

Sometimes, during an Ant Event, upon entering the garden when there is only 1 minute left for all of the mushrooms to mature, Doug the Glowbug will appear & replace all the mushrooms. Once the last minute is over, these Dougs will transform into mushrooms.

It is currently unknown if this is a glitch, or just a placeholder.

**Glitch Status: Not** **Patched;** As of **29th September 2020**, Doug no longer appears when mushrooms are about to mature. However, the glitch has not been fully patched out; by quickly exiting the garden after planting the spores & re-entering, the Dougs will appear briefly just before the mushrooms begin to grow.

### **Background Lighting in the Foreground & Music Cut-out**

If an advert with the Florida Tree Snail is closed before the reward is available, & the background behind the reward roulette is tapped on as soon as the advert closes, the music will stop playing & the lighting from the background will appear as a transparent layer in the foreground.

**Glitch Status:** **Partially patched;** After the Insulam Event ended, a patch was released, which patched out this glitch; it is no longer possible to close out of the roulette until the "Play" button has reappeared. However, there are other things that can cause this glitch to happen, but they're currently unknown causes.

### **Sleeping Wisp Mother in an Ant Event**

On the **8th October 2020**, an Ant Event with Lizzie Media began. However, a hilarious glitch occurred where half of the sleeping Wisp Mother appeared above Lizzie Media's head, motionless, & all white without an aura, & this glitch happened to everyone.

Here's a picture of the glitch in action

This was likely due to the upcoming Halloween event at the time, Hades being a Wisp Event, and somehow, an error in the code caused the graphics for both the Ant Event & Hades event to get mixed up, giving players a hilariously cute (or creepy) sneak preview of the upcoming Wisp event.

**Glitch Status:** **Patched;** The Wisp Mother could still be seen floating above Lizzie's head throughout the entire Ant Event. However, since that Ant Event ended, this glitch has not reoccurred.

### **Contorted Creatures** (**The Zombi-died Glitch)**

Sometimes, an update from the game, or an update of an OS software on a device has a chance of causing Flutter: Starlight to have graphical errors on certain moth species, or in some cases, *almost* *everything that is alive*.

This glitch mostly affected players who had updated their Android OS to Marshmallow on a Samsung Device.

These types of graphic glitches are usually patched out quickly, since they are the most noticeable of glitches.

The major version of this glitch was nicknamed as the "Zombi-died" glitch by Twylla.burnett.9· on the thread it was first documented on in this wiki (the thread's title is "Oh, That's Interesting!");

Here are a few documented examples:

* **The original Zombi-died glitch, which occurred on 29th June 2016;** a player named Twylla.burnett.9· updated their previous Android OS to Android Marshmallow, which caused not only some of his/her moths to become a pile of broken wings; this affected the whole game, but every creature in the forest (excluding the Florida Tree Snail, the Bee Fly & the Wisp Mother; it's unknown if this affects fireflies or Bark Bugs/Leaf Bugs). This glitch also occurred on his/her Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary too. This actually forced the player to reinstall their game & log back in using their ID. He/She describes this glitch by saying that "THE ZOMBIES HAVE ATTACKED THE MOTHS":A Four o'clock Moth & a Fiery Campylotes affected by the glitch"But the Zombie virus never infected the inhabitants....just the butterflies" - Twylla.burnett.9·
* A smaller version of the Zombi-died glitch happened before the major version, only affecting certain moths, this one affecting ErinTookitooki's game, only affecting certain moths:
* The smaller version of the Zombi-died glitch once again reoccurred during the Natalem event where certain moths from that set would glitch up, appearing contorted and/or invisible; this glitch was reported by a player named Kestinations when it happened to him/her on **June 10th 2020** with a Southern Flannel Moth caterpillar: it became contorted, with bits scattered everywhere. Upon becoming a pupa, it became completely invisible. Kestinations had to uninstall the game, & then reload the save with his/her ID. However, this only affected those particular moths, & nothing else in the forest, making it not as game-breaking as the original Zombi-died glitch:A glitched Southern Flannel Moth CaterpillarThe same caterpillar, now in a PupaThe glitch after being fixed
* A more severe version of the Zombi-died Glitch happened to a player named Katie Hanus on December 2nd 2016, where everything that is alive became contorted & distorted; this includes Pollen Flowers, the Bee Fly, the Snail, etc. Also, the icons are enlarged & take up most of the screen. Worst of all, this happened to her during a Main Event! Here's a picture of the Severe Zombi-died Glitch happening to her.

**Glitch Status:** **Not patched;** Runaway were unable to fully patch the glitch, and added important information to the In-Game FAQ menu instead: "Graphics issues for Samsung users". The only way to fix the glitch is to write down the game ID, uninstall the game, & if the data has been lost, contact Runaway, & mention the game's ID; Runaway will help find the lost data & restore the game back to how it was before it became glitched.

Samsung devices sometimes experience an issue when there are updates to the operating system. This can cause everything to appear pixelated and broken up. We are unable to say when this will be fixed.

It can help to uninstall and reinstall the app and this will fix things, it is advised to note down your game ID before doing this so if the app does not remember your game upon reinstalling, we can still get you connected back to your game. When you reinstall select "log in" and then "recover" to view game ID's or if you were connected through Facebook, select the "Facebook" button. This should take you back to your original game. Please contact us if you have any trouble with this!

### **Flutterpedia Silhouette Glitch**

An extremely rare glitch which can only occur during Ant Events:

On VERY rare occasions, once the 1st egg from a moth is unlocked, if the forest is too full, the egg will be put in Storage, but then the game will think that the moth has emerged, & will prompt the player to add "new information" about the "new moth" to their Flutterpedia.

However, upon adding the "new information", the moth's brown silhouette will turn black, just like the silhouette in Ant Events when a prize has not been discovered yet.

The glitch will fix itself the moment the Flutterpedia is closed, causing the silhouette to revert back to a brown one, & no information added.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** the glitch is so rare, it likely will not be patched anytime soon.

### **The Darkness Glitch**

A picture of the Darkness Glitch in action

It is unknown what causes this glitch, but it was discovered by a Flutter player on Facebook on the 20th January 2021, who reported that their game had this strange game breaking graphical error:

This glitch causes the Moon, Michelle, decorations & all of the branches the moths like to perch on to disappear, & the background to turn black, with the gems & feather decorations normally found around Michelle appearing to fade into the glitched background, as though they are shrouded in darkness.

Moths, visiting moths, fireflies (both normal & event flies), Michelle's star sign branches, locked forest expansions & pollen flowers are not affected.

It is unknown if the glitch affects caterpillars or pupas, eggs, the incubator, Trevor & his firefly cage, the Florida Tree Snail, , any current event characters (Ants/Wisps), Doug, Leafbugs, Barkbugs, Petals or pollen.

It is also unknown if the glitch is fixed by exiting & restarting the game.

**Glitch Status: Not patched; the glitch is so rare, it likely will not be patched anytime soon**

### **Calender Graphical Glitch**

Sometimes, a date on the calendar may randomly become enlarged & will not return to normal.

This glitch is only minor however & can easily be fixed.

**Glitch Status: Unknown;** this glitch is incredibly rare & may possibly be still in the game.

### **"Cannot Currently Use Flower" Error**

If an Egg is currently in the Incubator, flowers like the Apoyo Flowers will no longer say "Cannot Currently Use this Flower" when selected.

**Glitch Status: Not patched** this glitch is still in the game.

### **Thanos'd Lumen Event (Missing Labels & Info)**

A picture of the glitched Lumen Event page in the Flutterpedia.

3 pictures showing some affected Lumen Moths.

During December 2021, an update to the game's calender caused everything from the Lumen Event to lose their labels;

The Green Pitcher Plant Decorations & all the Lumen moths are still in the game, but their labels are blank upon being clicked on if they're in the forest.

If they're in storage, they will also have no labels if selected.

In the Flutterpedia, the event name, "Lumen" is not there, & all the moths are labeled as numbers #331 - #335. The facts about each moth from the event are missing too, as though they never existed.

Using the abilities of the Lumen Event's decorations does NOT crash the game, however.

**Glitch Status: Patched;** this glitch was patched after 2 months of bring unnoticed.

### **Graphical Errors on Moths**

A few minor errors involving moth models happen from time to time, from no antennae, to weird floating pixels, to inverted flipoed upside-down wings, not all moths are perfect replications of their real life counterparts.

Note: This even affects the butterflies from Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary!

#### **Floating Pixel above wing - Erythractis Tropical Burnet Moth (Insulam)**

During the 8th October 2020 Ant Event, as well as the Wisp Mother appearing all glitched up above Lizzie's head, the Erythractis Tropical Burnet Moth had a tiny floating orange rectangle appearing next to its wings: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2619782414952259&set=p.2619782414952259&type=3.

This pixel was not always present; before the Ant Event, the moth did *NOT* have the glitched pixel.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** the pixel can still be seen near the moth's wings

#### **No Antennae - Gold-spotted Ghost Moth & Female Marginalis Tussock Moth (Verglas)**

During the Verglas Christmas 2020 event, many players noticed an error on the page in the Flutterpedia for the current event's set:

Both the Gold-spotted Ghost Moth & Female Marginalis Tussock Moth are missing their antennae, being described as "bald" by many players who spotted this mistake.

However, on both of those moths' information pages & in-game models, they *HAVE* their antennae, which they're supposed to have, because the Female Tussock Moth's information says it has smaller antennae than the males.

The affected moths' icons in the forest/storage bag *also* lack antennae.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** the Flutterpedia set page still has the "bald" versions of the affected moths

#### **Flipped Wings - African Death's Head Hawkmoth (Hades)**

For some reason, the wings of the African Death's Head Hawkmoth is flipped the wrong way; on the Flutterpedia page & storage, the moth's wings show up differently to how its wings appear when flying around the forest.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** the wings of the affected moth is still the wrong way around

#### **Missing Patterns on Wings - White-lined Sphinx (Rosea)**

For some reason, whilst in the forest, the White-lined Sphinx moth is missing its patterns on the upper sides of its wings, & just repeats the patterns on its underside on the top. In the Flutterpedia & storage, it has its correct patterns.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** the wings of the affected moth are still incorrect

#### **Flipped Wings - Tersa Sphinx (Lumen)**

Just like the African Death's Head Hawkmoth, the wings of the Tersa Sphinx are upside-down.

The Tersa Sphinx in the Flutterpedia however is how it is supposed to look.

#### **Flipped Wings - Red Underwing (Lumen)**

The Tersa Sphinx is not the only Lumen Event Moth to have upside-down wings; the Red Underwing's wings are upside down, with the patterns being reversed. Again, this isn't the case with the Flutterpedia, it only effects the in-game models of the moths.

## Game-breaking/Exploit Glitches

Glitches that can be used to break or cheat the game, cause the game to crash/softlock, cause annoyance to players, or even destroy players' saved games.

### **Random Game Error Crash**

**Type:** Major Game Breaking Glitch

A common glitch that causes an error message to appear that says "There has been a problem with the game!"

This annoying glitch is usually caused by the following:

- Harvesting [[Currency|Coins/Honeydew ]] from Moths, then clicking on the Florida Tree Snail too quickly

- Scrolling away from Michelle as soon as a moth is sent out on a mission

- Lag

- Selecting a Decoration Ability to use, then accidently clicking on the Visiting Moth icon at the left of the screen

- Being in the storage/forest menu, then accidently clicking on the Florida Tree Snail when trying to leave the menu via tapping the background

- A Faulty Update, which will cause this glitch to either lock players out of certain features of the game, or make the game unplayable

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** this glitch still exists, & will frequently reoccur even if Runaway has already attempted to patch it.

### **Game Crashes, then Lags**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

If the **Random Game Error Crash** glitch occurs, when it reloads the game, there's a chance that upon reloading, the game will severely lag. Older games with more moths are more prone to this lag glitch.

The lag will make catching Floating Petals impossible, as they will phase through the walls, or will disappear as the moth will be unable to keep up due to the lag.

To fix this glitch, close out of the game & reload it.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** this glitch will exist as long as the **Random Game Error Crash** exists.

### **Faulty Updates**

**Type:** Major Game Breaking Glitch

Very rarely, some updates can cause people to be unable to play Flutter: Starlight.

This causes an error message to appear, telling the player that either their game could not be loaded, or that there was a problem with the game.

Usually, these types of updates cause certain devices & software to be unable to load up the game. However, on a very rare occasion, have been faulty updates in the past that have prevented all players from playing Flutter: Starlight.

These glitches also have occurred on Splash: Ocean Sanctuary & Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary in the past.

**Glitch Status: always patched;** Glitches like these are quickly patched & fixed, since the help service of Runaway are patient, calm, kind & quickly respond to those who report game-breaking glitches caused by faulty updates.

If you have been affected by this glitch, do ***NOT*** uninstall the game; this will ***NOT*** fix the glitch, & will cause more harm than good!

The solution is to calmly report it to Runaway by emailing them or by using Facebook, & then patiently wait for another update.

Runaway are more than likely to know what caused the glitch if they are told the following information:

- How the glitch is affecting the game

- What device the game is installed on

- What phone OS the device uses (e.g: Android)

- The affected Player's game ID

### **Server Errors**

A picture of a Server #44 error message

Sometimes, server error messages or similar messages (unable to load your sanctuary) will pop up if Runaway are having problems with their servers.

These sever error glitches will lock a majority of players out of their saved games until resolved.

Sometimes, these errors can be worse & can be caused by **Faulty Updates**, but usually, server errors caused by **Faulty Updates** are more game-breaking.

### **Incorrect Mission Rewards/Lunar Flowers from Zodiac Missions**

**Type:** Exploit/Minor Game Breaking Glitch

A strange glitch happened where Michelle's Zodiac Missions would offer & *give* players the wrong kind of Attraction Flower; instead of Zodiac Flowers, Michelle's missions would instead give Lunar Flowers, which are supposed to be exclusively given to players by either Trevor or the Bee Fly.

But, while this guaranteed players the chances of getting Lunar Flowers, this also made it impossible to obtain Zodiac Flowers up until the glitch was patched.

**Glitch Status: Patched;** Runaway were quick to patch out this glitch once players began reporting about it.

### **Contorted Creatures** (**The Zombi-died Glitch)**

**Type:** Major Game Breaking Glitch

This glitch is listed under Graphical/Audio Glitches; the Zombi-Died glitch is also a game-breaking glitch, since it is caused by an update that makes graphics glitch up on older phone OSes, especially older Samsung Android OS devices.

### **The Darkness Glitch**

**Type:** Major(?) Game Breaking Glitch

This glitch is listed under Graphical/Audio Glitches; the Darkness glitch is also a game-breaking glitch, since it causes important characters with certain mechanics needed to progress like Michelle to disappear.

### **Florida Tree Snail Game Crash/Watching Ads Game Crash 1**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

Sometimes, an unknown glitch causes the game to crash after watching a video with the Florida Tree Snail (formerly known as the Video Snail).

This is commonly caused by closing out of too many adverts too quickly, which causes the game to panic & crash.

Unfortunately, when this happens, the game does not register that the player has watched an advert; upon reopening the game, it will still say "Play" instead of "Claim" , not allowing the player to spin the roulette until they have watched yet *another* advert.

While this glitch is usually an annoying time waster, for some players, there have been faulty updates in the past that have caused a glitch that's worse than the common variant of the Florida Tree Snail crash; this more aggressive variant of the glitch locks players out of getting the free items from the Snail, because trying to click "Play" to watch an ad will cause the game to crash every time the Florida Tree Snail is interacted with.

It effectively locks players out of getting the free daily items (5/6 Glowbucks , storage materials    , & Coins/Honeydew ).

This aggressive glitch also effects ads that can be watched to hurry things (e.g: hurrying a decoration's cooldown timer, or hurrying an egg), locking players out of being able to hurry, which is crippling during an event.

Usually, this game-breaking glitch gets patched out quickly, but tends to reoccur.

**Glitch Status: Constantly Patched** (it is a reoccurring glitch for some, but it usually gets patched out quick enough for not many players to notice).

### **Watching Ads Game Crash 2**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

An unknown glitch that sometimes causes the game to crash after watching (or trying to watch) an advert when trying to open an Acorn or hurry something for free.

This glitch is usually always found alongside of, & is related to the **Florida Tree Snail Game Crash**.

However, players usually only get the **Snail Crash Variant** & don't seem to have any problems related to hurrying or opening acorns. However, there have been cases where people have reported that they're unable to hurry with ads, or open Acorns, as it "kicks them out of the game".

This is either caused by a Faulty Update, which causes the glitch to happen continuously, or by watching too many ads too quickly, which causes the game to panic & crash.

Usually, this game-breaking glitch gets patched out quickly, but during an event, this glitch can cripple players' chances at winning, especially if the glitch is the more aggressive variation that prevents players from hurrying altogether.

Advert Hurries, which take -30 minutes away for a maximum of four times each (- 2 hours!) before going into a 2 hour cooldown are usually available for:

- Hurrying an ability's cooldown timer

- Hurrying an egg

- Hurrying a caterpillar

- Hurrying a pupa

- Hurrying an Ant Event Spore Pack &/or the Mushroom Garden (-30 minutes allowed for both at a time, only!)

Another, much more rare version of **Watching Ads Game Crash 2** (Watching Ads Game Crash 3) exists where hurrying *ANYTHING* with ads crashes the game, but the Florida Tree Snail does not crash the game.

**Glitch Status: Constantly Patched** (it is a reoccurring glitch for some, but it usually gets patched out quick enough for not many players to notice).

### **Broken Ad Hurrying/Broken Acorns**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

A very rare & unknown glitch that softlocks the ability to hurry anything for free by watching adverts.

Unlike the **Watching Ads Game Crash** glitches, the game does NOT crash after watching (or trying to watch); instead, it acts as though the player has closed out of the advert before it has finished.

Strangely, the Florida Tree Snail is not affected by this glitch; only hurrying is effected

This glitch also affects Acorns, too, as it happens on this video.

The cause of this glitch is unknown, & may be due to a Faulty Update, or the device the game is played on.

During an event, this glitch can cripple players' chances at winning, especially if the glitch prevents players from hurrying altogether.

Since this glitch affects ALL Advert Hurries, here is what the glitch will prevent:

- Hurrying an ability's cooldown timer

- Hurrying an egg

- Hurrying a caterpillar

- Hurrying a pupa

- Hurrying an Ant Event Spore Pack &/or the Mushroom Garden (-30 minutes allowed for both at a time, only!)

- Opening Acorns

**Glitch Status: Constantly Patched** (these types of glitches are usually patched out quick enough for not many players to notice).

### **Softlocked Florida Tree Snail (Problem with the Game)**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

A very rare & unknown glitch that softlocks the ability to watch videos from the Florida Tree Snail; if an advert video is exited too quickly after it has finished playing, it may cause the game to lag, & cause an error message that says "There has been a problem with the game!" to appear, forcing the game to reload.

After the game reloads, from then on, clicking on the Florida Tree Snail will cause the error message "There has been a problem with the game!" to be displayed, locking players into a loop.

Luckily, the glitch is NOT game-breaking & can be fixed by closing the game. The glitch should be gone & the snail should not cause an error.

**Glitch Status: Not Patched** (the glitch is extremely rare, so it is very unlikely that this will be patched).

### **No Notifications/Alerts**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

A glitch prevented notifications from appearing on certain devices, especially Android OSes; a notification/alert titled "Starlight" is meant to appear whenever:

- A mission is completed

- A Pollen Flower is ready to be "popped" open

- When the Wisp Mother is ready

- Any type of Main Event starts

- An egg is ready to hatch in the Incubator

- All moths are ready to be harvested for honeydew/coins

**Glitch Status: Patched;** As of a 2nd update following update 2.04 Halloween, this glitch has been fixed for certain devices. The same glitch was patched in Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary a week later, & a month later, was patched in Splash.

### **Stuck Floating Petal Glitch**

**Type:** Exploit Glitch

If an advert is closed & the roulette menu is quickly exited the with the Florida Tree Snail while a floating petal is in the forest, this will cause it to get stuck in mid-air, in one place, whilst spinning.

This makes catching a petal too easy, ruining the experience of the game. This glitch was also present on Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary, due to the game using an identical engine.

**Glitch Status: Unknown;** Since this glitch is extremely rare, it is unknown if this glitch has been patched out.

### **Michelle Crash = Infinite Coins Exploit**

**Type:** Exploit Glitch

**This glitch was discovered by BadEyedCourier** during the Insulam event (however, it is likely possible that this glitch was present before the Insulam event):

If a player waited for all of their moths to have honeydew/coins  waiting to be harvested, the player could get a mission from Michelle the Oriental Bay Owl.

Then, using a decoration with the ability to add a trail to a moth (auras haven't been tested), players could place a trail on the moth Michelle wanted, and then the moth (with the trail) could be brought to Michelle.

Just before sending the perfect moth (with the trail) on the mission, harvest all the moths & quickly afterwards, send the moth with the trail on the mission.

For some reason, the game would then get confused & would crash, reloading the game back before all of the moths were harvested. However, despite all moths being back to how they were (needing to have honeydew/coins  harvested), the game would keep the collected honeydew/coins  before the crash & the trail decoration's cooldown timer would be reset back to ready.

This glitch could then be exploited to harvest honeydew/coins  over & over until it's maxed out.

**Glitch Status: Patched**; after the Insulam Event ended, the glitch was discovered & was quickly patched out.

### **Stuck Firefly Glitch**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

Sometimes, when feeding Trevor fireflies, if he is fed too quickly (just as his coughing up a flower animation ends), there is a high chance that a fireflywill get "stuck" & will become enlarged, & Trevor will end up continuously smiling with anticipation as though a firefly is being held up to him.

This also happens with Delicacies  & Event Fireflies.

This can be fixed by by rapidly tapping on Trevor's belly. Sometimes, it has to be fixed by tapping on the enlarged firefly.

This is not a serious game-breaking glitch, but it is likely to annoy players & get in the way.

The **Giant Leaf Glitch** is a similar glitch that occurs when feeding caterpillars a leaf, but that glitch is easier to fix.

A more common version of this glitch often occurs where the firefly becomes invisible & Trevor will refuse to eat anything.

Once again, this is solved by rapidly tapping on Trevor's belly.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** Runaway were unable to patch the glitch, & have included a work around for this glitch in the In-Game FAQ; it says to tap Trevor in the belly, which will cause the firefly to teleport into him, fixing the glitch.

Here's the In-Game FAQ guide that tells you the fix:

**How many fireflies can I keep in Trevor's cage?**

You can store as many treats as you like but please be aware that these will stack on top of each other to make the cage look tidier. Because of this, it may appear you have a smaller number of treats than you actually have!

If you are feeding Trevor and you find he is refusing to eat, give his belly a few pokes and he should spit out a flower and you will be able to feed him again :)

### **Softlocked Trevor/Firefly Mechanic**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

A much more serious & annoying version of the **Stuck Firefly Glitch** exists where a firefly or delicacy  will become glitched & stay flying around in the cage like normal, but cannot be interacted with;

It can't be picked up, meaning that it cannot be fed to Trevor until the game is closed out of & reloaded; this is especially annoying during Firefly Events, where time is limited, since this glitch can also effect purple event fireflies.

This will sometimes happen when starting up the game too, where upon launch, players are unable to pick up any fireflies, & the screen will scroll instead.

Closing out of the game & re-opening the game will fix this.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** luckily, this is rarer than the normal stuck firefly glitch, but it is *very* annoying

### **Dead Trevor/Frozen Trevor/Softlocked Trevor 2**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

A creepy & extremely rare variant of the **Softlocked Trevor Glitch** can occur if the player feeds Trevor a firefly or delicacy  too quickly if the game suddenly lags.

Just like the common variant of the **Stuck Firefly Glitch**, the firefly will become glitched & get stuck inside of Trevor, but then, Trevor will freeze & will have half-closed eyes & an open mouth, & the player will be unable to interact with him, almost as though the player has killed Trevor:

Trevor will not eat any fireflies, & will not talk or make croaking noises when tapped on & will still have have the same dead-eyed expression.

He will remain in this frozen/dead state until the player closes out of the game & re-opens it; Trevor will be alive again, but the firefly fed to him will be gone.

It's not a serious game-breaking glitch, but the glitch is creepy enough to give players a scare, especially during Firefly Events, where time is limited, since this glitch can also occur with purple event fireflies.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** luckily, this is an extremely rare glitch, but it can be scary, & it can delete fireflies, including event flies.

### **All Timers Softlock (End of Time Glitch)**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

What causes this glitch is currently unknown: sometimes, very rarely, if an advert to hurry an Ant Event is closed out of too quickly (losing the reward), the background lighting becomes a glitched layer in the foreground, moths will stop flying & fly in place, & all of the timers on everything freeze; this affects the timers on all moths, missions, Pollen Flowers & Main Events.

Another side effect of this glitch is how it also affects the **Moth Out of Bounds Glitch**; instead of flying back in bounds, the moth will stay out of bounds.

Luckily, closing and re-opening the game will fix this glitch.

**Glitch Status: Not patched**; the glitch isn't known about & very rare, so it has yet to be patched.

* A 100% Common Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Flower
* A 100% Rare Flower
* A 100% Epic Flower
* A 100% Legendary Flower
* A 100% Small Flower
* A 100% Medium Flower
* A 100% Large Flower
* A 100% Polilla Flower
* A 100% Hoshi Flower
* A 100% Hawkmoth Flower
* A 100% Marama Flower
* A 100% Silva Flower
* A 100% Chausiku Flower
* A 100% Estrella Flower
* A 100% Mythic Flower
* A 100% Zodiac Flower
* A 100% Apoyo Flower
* A 100% Lunar Flower
* A 100% Common Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Event Flower
* A 100% Common Hanwi Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Hanwi Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Hanwi Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Hanwi Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Hanwi Event Flower
* A 100% Common Bulan Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Bulan Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Bulan Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Bulan Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Bulan Event Flower
* A 100% 2nd Legendary Boom Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Osten Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Osten Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Osten Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Osten Event Flower
* A 100% Common Fan Rong Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Fan Rong Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Fan Rong Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Fan Rong Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Fan Rong Event Flower
* A 100% Common Mayflower Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Mayflower Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Mayflower Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Mayflower Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Mayflower Event Flower
* A 100% Common Sparkler Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Sparkler Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Sparkler Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Sparkler Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Sparkler Event Flower
* A 100% Common Merian Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Merian Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Merian Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Merian Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Merian Event Flower
* A 100% Common Mae Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Mae Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Mae Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Mae Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Mae Event Flower
* A 100% Common Liberte Event Flower
* A 100% Uncommon Liberte Event Flower
* A 100% Rare Liberte Event Flower
* A 100% Epic Liberte Event Flower
* A 100% Legendary Liberte Event Flower
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### **100% Attraction Flower Failing**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

Players have reported that on the extremely rare occasion, a 100% flower has failed on them.

The reason why this glitch happens is unknown, & why it happens.

This glitch is more serious, however, & causes the player to be conned out of their 100% Flower, which *usually* guarantees to attract a certain species of moth.

It is very unlucky if this glitch occurs on an Event Attraction Flower.

**Glitch Status: Unknown;** Since the glitch is extremely rare, the glitch has likely not been patched out.

### **Major Softlock - Fixable (Apple OSes Only)**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

VERY rarely, if the game is accidentally paused returning to the phone/tablet's home screen when an ad is on-screen, returning to the game & skipping the ad will completely break the game.

This softlock will cause the following to happen:

- Touching the screen will make the camera zoom in/out, & can still be panned around

- Moths cannot be interacted with; they cannot lay eggs, be harvested or be flown around via dragging, so catching any floating petals becomes impossible

- Visiting moths cannot be interacted with or purchased; you cannot click their timer icon, or tap on the actual moth, & cannot help with catching floating petals or collecting dandelion seeds

- Pollen Flowers cannot be popped, be upgraded or have any shifts set up

- Leaf Bugs & Bark Bugs cannot be interacted with

- Michelle cannot be interacted with, & her missions are rendered impossible; if a moth has returned from a mission, they get stuck to the leaf perch

- Trevor cannot be fed, as it is impossible to pick up any fireflies, rendering Firefly Events impossible

- The Florida Tree Snail cannot be interacted with

- The Bee Fly cannot be dragged around or fed

- Bumble Bees & Carpenter Bees cannot be interacted with to double/triple pollen

- Glowbucks  cannot be harvested from Doug the Glowbug

- Decoration abilities  cannot be used or hurried

- The Wisp Mother & her Wisps cannot be interacted with, rendering Wisp Events impossible

- Lizzie Media, Dr. Sofia Minima & Maite Euspinolia cannot be interacted with, rendering Ant Events impossible

- The settings button, & currency menus are inaccessible

- The buttons at the bottom of the screen will no longer work; this will render the Flutterpedia, Shop, Friends, Storage, Calendar & Other Runaway Games menus inaccessible.

This glitch only effects Apple OSes, but luckily, closing & re-opening the game fixes it.

**Glitch Status: Not Patched;** Since the glitch is extremely rare, the glitch has likely not been patched out.

### **Ant Event Graphical Softlock**

This player unfortunately got a glitch on their game where the Ant Event pages would not fully scroll up on their screen, making it impossible for them to get all the rewards from the Ant Event.

It made the player unable to win some of the gift boxes/moths & the Exclusive Summer Tulip from the Flos event.

The cause of the glitch is currently unknown.

**Glitch Status: Not Patched;** Since the glitch is extremely rare, the glitch has likely not been patched out.

### **Dysfunctional Slingshot (Insulam Event Only)**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

During the Insulam Event, there were a few reports on Facebook that the coconut slingshot mini-game was not working for some, making grinding impossible.

Coconuts would end up phasing through the targets, not giving the affected players any rewards.

What caused this glitch is unknown, so it must only have happened on some devices & software.

It is unknown if this glitch was patched during that time.

**Glitch Status: Unknown;** Since the Insulam Event has ended, there is no need to patch out the glitch.

### **Incorrect Event (Verglas Event Only)**

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

On 12th & 13th December 2020, during the Verglas Event, some players were affected by a game breaking glitch where the game thought the Verglas event had already ended, causing the game to change the countdown to say "1 Day Remaining" for an *Ant Event*.

The glitched Ant Event itself was functional.

As a result, any affected players' were prevented from making progress.

As soon as the glitch was fixed & was reverted back to the Verglas Event, many players lost any event flowers they had collected, but NOT their progress of the event itself (e.g: They still have the moths & decorations).

Unfortunately, while some players got back their event flowers after the glitch was patched, some players did *NOT* get their event flowers back.

**Glitch Status: Patched**; Runaway patched it out upon receiving a Facebook message from an affected player

### Possible Wisp Event Oversight (October 2021)

**Type:** Minor Game Breaking Glitch

October's Lumen Event should have been an upcoming Firefly Event, since the previous event, Phalaina was a Wisp Event.

However, the upcoming Firefly Event for Halloween was originally named as Lucrum on the calender.

However, a possible oversight caused the event to be renamed as Lumen, was revealed to be a Wisp Event, & assets from a previous Christmas Event, Shamash got used (Trevor & Michelle's costumes).

After the event ended, an update caused the labels & Flutterpedia information of that event to disappear, as though they never existed & were "Thanos'd".

The decorations related to the Lumen Event still work, & all the moths are still in the game.

### **Incorrect Flowers from Trevor/Zodiac Flowers from Trevor**

**Type:** Exploit/Minor Game Breaking Glitch

A glitch similar to the **Incorrect Mission Rewards/Lunar Flowers from Zodiac Missions** was discovered in late 2021 where a player (on this Wiki) was feeding Trevor, & he was giving them the wrong Attraction Flowers.

They got Zodiac Flowers from Trevor instead of the intended Lunar flowers flowers.

Zodiac flowers are only meant to be obtained from Michelle & her Zodiac Missions.

This glitch does not affect the Bee Fly, however.

**Glitch Status: Not patched;** Extremely rare glitch; Runaway may take a while finding out about this glitch.

### 2021 Post-Lumen Faulty Update

**Type:** Major Game Breaking Glitch

An update during early December 2021 messed up many of the game's features. The affected features were:

- Glowbucks from Floating Petals, Barkbugs & Leafbugs are not received

- Everything to do with the Lumen Event has been corrupted; even though the moths & decorations obtained from the event are still in the game, the labels & information about them are gone from both their labels & the Flutterpedia.

- An unexpected Half-Priced Egg Laying Weekend Bonus replaced the Half Priced Bees event after the update, causing the 2nd Ant Event of the month to turn into the Half Priced Bee Event upon finishing, without any notification & wasn't on the calendar.

## Other Glitches & Oversights

Miscellaneous glitches that seem to cause no harm to players & their saved games, or do not cause any audio or graphical issues

### **Leaf Beetle Oversight**

Originally, on the Shop button, the Leaf Beetle (aka Bargain Beetle), an orange, black & yellow spotted ladybug-like character carrying a green bag would appear, alongside of a red ! icon.

However, the Leaf Beetle is a character exclusive to Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary & was never included in Flutter: Starlight, so this was likely an oversight.

**Glitch Status: Patched;** an update that changed the shelf buttons caused the Leaf Beetle to be fully removed from the game.

### **Incorrect Game Notifications**

During the first two days of the Rosa Event (13th & 14th February 2017), players were reporting that notifications were misleading, telling them that the new event that has just started is the Fan Rong event. However, the Fan Rong Event ended on January 30th 2017 & was the *previous event* to Rosa.

**Glitch Status: Patched;** As of February 15th 2017, Runaway patched this glitch & posted this message apologizing for any misinformation the glitch has spread:

"Hi everyone! Some of you may have received notifications from us mentioning the previous Fan Rong event. This was an error and has been fixed now, we're really sorry about this and can confirm our analytics provider has fixed the issue. We want to apologise for any confusion caused! Enjoy the Rosa event - Lisa"

### **Moth Out of Bounds**

If the camera is fully zoomed out, & a moth is dragged above Michelle, where a moth flies out when going on a mission, & then the moth is dragged into the "blackness" areas (the dark areas where there are no expansions), the moth will fly out of bounds.

This does not last long, however, as the moth will immediately try to fly back into bounds as soon as it stops flying.

If a moth is about to produce honeydew/coins , & is dragged out of bounds a few seconds before the moth's timer becomes ready, & there's still areas of the forest that have not been unlocked yet, the moth may land on a branch hidden behind the locked area. If the moth is clicked on afterwards, it will fly back into bounds again.

**Glitch Status: Not patched**; This minor, funny glitch can currently still be done

### **Michelle's Hitbox is too big**

Tapping *ANYWHERE* above Michelle's head causes her to talk; this includes all the way at the top of the forest above her head.

Trevor also has the same problem, where he will talk when tapping above his head, but isn't as high up as Michelle's hitbox.

This glitch is also present with the Pygmy Kingfisher in Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary, but no where near as serious as the hitbox error with Michelle.

**Glitch Status: Not patched**; The hitbox for Michelle is presently *still* too big

## Typos

Sometimes, words can be misspelled both in-game & on the official Facebook page.

Here are a few cases of spelling errors that have been discovered & documented:

#### **Michelle Typo**

There is a typo in one of Michelle's spreches.

On one of Michelle's Zodiac Missions, Semi-superstitious , if that mission is successfully completed when the moth returns, Michelle will say "I know it's not going to ward of spirits or anything, it's just like Pascal's Wager. Hedging my bets!".

The word "off" is misspelled as "of".

Whoops!

#### **Grammar Error on an Ant Event Speech**

A speech from Lizzie Media, an Ant Event Character has incorrect grammar:

***Lizzie:** If you're ever at a crossroads, always take the path going up! It may be difficult, but the views are worth it.*

**Correction:** "If you're ever at a crossroad, always take the path going up! It may be difficult, the views are worth it."

This speech has not been corrected in-game, yet.

### **Ability Misspellings & Oversights**

A few in-game abilities have spelling errors or oversights on their descriptions, most of them being leftovers from Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary that have gone unnoticed & haven't been changed or adapted for Flutter: Starlight.

#### **Ability Oversight - "Frog Delicacies"/"Frog Treats"**

Almost all, if not, ALL decorations that can spawn fireflies have their abilities listed as "Create a Frog Treat"

The decorations that incorrectly list Toad Treats as "Frog Treats" are:

* Ornamental Onion
* Wild Marigold
* Deluxe Dead Man's Fingers Mushroom

The decorations that incorrectly list Toad Delicacies as "Frog Delicacies" are:

* Exclusive Hoozuki

* Exclusive Parachute Pinwheel Mushroom

### **In-Game News Misspellings & Oversights**

The news feature of the game that let's players see events they have started or missed has sometimes had misspellings & incorrect information or images on it.

#### **Image Oversight - Wrong Event Image for Rosea**

The message for the Rosea event on the in-game news displayed the image used for the Amare Event's in-game news message image instead of Rosea's

### **In-Game FAQ Misspellings & Oversights**

Mistakes, misspelling & oversights found in the in-gsnd FAQ & official Runaway Website's FAQ are in **Bold**.

#### **Oversight - "Butterfly" instead of "Moth"**

##### **How do I attract the Moth that I want?**

Check your Flutterpedia for the type of flowers you will need to attract a certain **butterfly**! This will be on each page in the top left hand corner.

##### **What are pollen flowers?**

Pollen flowers are the brightly coloured pollen creating factories in your forest!

Setting shifts will help provide pollen to help feed your **butterflies**, (and your Bee Fly)!

You can level up your pollen flowers to produce more pollen per shift with Glowbucks

##### **Why am I collecting Moths?**

Once your egg has turned into a chrysalis and hatched into a Moth, you will have a new addition to your flutterpedia! You will also get flutterpedia points for hatching new Moths!

To fully fuse and level up a Moth you will need to hatch the same **butterfly** 5 times - and fuse them together, and feed them the required amount of pollen until they glow blue!

Once they have been fully fused you will get a maximum coin harvest amount, and will be on your way to completing an entire set.

#### **Oversight - "Flutterbucks" instead of "Glowbucks"**

##### **How many gifts can I send my friends?**

You can send 5 free gifts every day. Sending extra gifts will cost 2 **Flutterbucks**. Each friend can only be gifted once per day though and you will not be able to gift them again until they open the last gift! This will be indicated by the little gift icon by their name in your friends list.

#### **Oversight - "Garden Event" instead of "Ant Event"**

Interestingly, Maite Euspinolia's FAQ entry is the only one to correctly label them correctly as Ant Events:

##### **Who is Lizzie Media?**

Lizzie Media is an adventurous leafcutter ant who introduces the **Garden Events**. She will stay in the forest until the event finishes!

##### **Who is Doctor Sofia Minima?**

She is a thoughtful medical doctor who researches mushrooms for the leafcutter ant colony. She introduces the **Garden Events** & will stay in the forest until the event finishes.

### **Flutterpedia Misspellings**

#### **Some Goals Prizes are "Frog Treats"**

The Flutterpedia has a typo in the Goals page, where Toad Treats/Fireflies are still listed as "Frog Treats**"** Is currently still not corrected, but players who have already completed most of the Goals will have already won all of the Toad Treats & will not see this error.

#### **"Imperial Fruit Sucking Moths"**

During the Yanada event, the Imperial Fruit Sucking Moth was listed with a plural; it was originally "Imperial Fruit Sucking Moths" in the Flutterpedia. After the Yanada event ended, **this was corrected**:

Before correctionAfter correction

### **Official Facebook Page Misspellings & Oversights**

#### **Image Oversight - Purple Event Delicacies**

A few promos for Firefly Events contain oversights where they have accidently included Event Delicacies, which are not in the game;

* The Firefly Event picture teasing the Bulan Event has two of them in Trevor's cage
* A promo for Liberte has one on the left next to Michelle
* These two promos for Persephone have multiple Purple Delicacies flying around.

2 Purple Delicacies in Trevor's cage; image from the Bulan EventA Purple Delicacy next to Michelle on a promo for the Liberte Event

#### **Image Oversight - Strange Version of Trevor**

A picture of this strange Trevor

On the **23rd January 2019**, a post that introduced the changes done to the Firefly Cage Mechanics (cage no longer gets full), used a picture that has a strange version of Trevor; this strange Trevor is a different shade of green, & is missing his tummy markings.

#### **Misspelling - Wrong Date for Demeter** **Event**

This promo poster for the Thanksgiving event (Demeter) states that the event starts on the **13th June 2019**. However, this is a typo, as the event was actually scheduled for the 21st November 2019.

#### **Misspelling - "Lizzy" Media**

Lizzie was misspelled as "Lizzy" on Facebook, on a picture introducing the Ant Event of **October 8th 2020**: Picture of "Lizzy"