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768 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Nov 12, 2020   Report

That feeling when you’re dying of thirst, you have 10 health left, and you see a fat bug. You sigh in relief and walk up to it. You’re about to die, and just as your reaching out to it’s abdomen, you see the message pop up:

Collect oil

479 points   🔧 Utility   Sep 20, 2020   Report

They should have Beer Jug Bugs, anyone for a drink? 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

451 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 13, 2018   Report

They drop cementing paste which is used for lots of things.

156 points   🔧 Utility   Jul 1, 2022   Report

the water jug bugs can be life savers. the oil jug bugs, i’m pretty sure the United States wants to acquire them for reasons

322 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 13, 2018   Report

Basically just murder them for your own survival. Their purpose is just to be murdered for xp and oil. I recommend killing the quickly so you don’t feel bad.

195 points   🔧 Utility   Apr 2, 2020   Report

If you find one near your house, just bola and trap it for infinite water

60 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Jun 24, 2023   Report

They are bugs.

They like jugs.

They have water for you to chug.

But sometimes you cannot chug.

For when you are in turmoil.

They will probably give you oil.

134 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Oct 14, 2018   Report

Don’t follow it when it’s in the air or else you might find yourself in a ditch somewhere.

129 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 16, 2018   Report

U can't tame this weird water filled giant firefly

60 points   ⚔️ Encountering   May 9, 2022   Report

What I know about jug bugs:

• big behinds

• won’t attac at all

• blue= water

• red= oil

• can drink if ded or alive

• you can make it pee water in ur mouth

104 points   🔧 Utility   Dec 25, 2018   Report

Press e to gather oil from pink ones or drink water from blue ones. They regain oil/water over time as well.

86 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Jan 29, 2019   Report

You can use a grappling hook to drag them into a holding pen, and then you can continue to milk the bug

5 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Nov 27, 2024   Report

If you are thirsty don’t wish for them because they will show up but wish if you don’t want them.

(Based of of experience😀)

21 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 1, 2023   Report

You can force/dotame them and put them in your greenhouse for a nice (aestetic) effect.

Does it do anything? No, but they're pretty cute, but I wish it could be tamed normally.

If you want one without cheats you have to catch/trap it in a building, best to have two doors incase it tries to run away!

57 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 15, 2019   Report

Make a pen use grappler to Bing it inside make sure there is no door then bring it and let go of your grappeler an place a door behind you = free oil or water

59 points   🔧 Utility   Dec 21, 2018   Report

The blue ones give you water and the red ones give you oil which is essential later on

46 points   🔧 Utility   Feb 11, 2019   Report

This thing can save your life on scorched,some of them give water,and other give oil.

29 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Apr 15, 2021   Report

If you're playing online and planning on having one of these beautiful bugs, heres what you need to do:

Make a small or big room however you want it

Then make sure there's a jugbug near the trap (or just use a grappling hook)

Lure it into the room

Close the door

There, you now have a jugbug :)

45 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Dec 31, 2018   Report

Up to 16 oil for the red jug bugs

18 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Aug 9, 2022   Report

When I was still a noob on scorched, I was dying left right and centre- I got enough for a thatch foundation, placed it, died. Another thatch foundation, placed it died. You get the idea. Now, once I had my hut I also had enough xp to get a spear, so I did and I hunted a water jug bug, but dragged it into my house and shut the door. I examined it, and saw that I could drink water from it. I survived! I built up my hut more, and when that one ran out, I harvested the corpse and brought another dead one inside. I survived like this until finally I tamed a Morrellatops, and we hiked back and forth from a nearby lake I discovered while chasing my new friend. That is how I survived- use these guys, they’re lifesavers. Literally.

Also, just me or when I’m low level mainly oil ones spawn but when I’m high level only water ones spawn??? Maybe they just hate me

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