Centipede Critter Collection Guide

What Is Centipede in Heartopia?

Centipede is a level 2 common critter that lives exclusively in the Cave biome, available at any time of day across all four seasons. This unrestricted availability makes Centipede the single most farmable critter in the entire game — no seasonal planning needed, no alarm clocks for specific time windows. Just head to the Cave whenever you have spare stamina and centipedes will be there.

Catching your first Centipede triggers a short dialogue with Miner Korvo at the Cave entrance, who introduces the “Chitinous Harvest” side quest. Completing the quest unlocks the Armorer workbench upgrade that lets you craft Cave-tier armor from Chitin Plates — the material centipedes drop at a 35 percent rate. This armor set provides resistance to underground environmental hazards like gas vents and crystal shards, making deeper Cave exploration significantly safer.

Centipede belongs to the Underground collection tier in the critter journal alongside the Giant Centipede sub-variant and Cave Cricket. Donating a Centipede to the journal rewards a permanent +5 percent pickup radius in dark environments, a small but meaningful quality-of-life buff that stacks with lantern bonuses and helps collect dropped items in the tight Cave corridors where things roll into crevices.

The centipede’s wall-hugging patrol behavior is unique among Heartopia critters. Instead of wandering randomly or circling a point like Moth or Firefly, centipedes follow the Cave wall in a continuous loop. Once you identify their patrol direction, you can position yourself ahead of their path and swing as they approach — nearly guaranteeing a catch every time with a copper-tier net or better.

How to Catch Centipede Efficiently

1. Enter the Cave at any time of day. Equip a copper net or higher and a lantern for visibility in the deeper chambers.
2. Head to the first chamber and scan the floor edges along the walls. Centipedes are small but their segmented bodies glint under lantern light.
3. Identify the patrol direction — centipedes always follow the wall clockwise or counter-clockwise in a continuous loop.
4. Position yourself two tiles ahead of the centipede along the wall and swing your net as it approaches. The wall-hugging path makes this nearly a guaranteed catch.
5. Clear the first two chambers, then exit and re-enter to reset spawns. Each cycle takes roughly 5 in-game minutes and yields 3-5 centipedes.

Cave Chamber Locations

• First chamber: Highest centipede density; 3-4 spawns per cycle along the main walls and under flat rocks
• Second chamber: Moderate density; centipedes here tend to cluster near the underground stream where moisture is higher
• Third chamber: Fewer standard centipedes but the Giant Centipede sub-variant appears here at a 1-in-20 rate, selling for 300g
• Rainy surface days: All chambers get a 20 percent spawn boost from increased humidity; check the forecast before heading underground

Priority: unlock the Armorer workbench through the Chitinous Harvest quest first, then settle into a steady farming routine whenever you have downtime between seasonal critter windows.

Parallel Night Collections

Related Pages

• Critter collection index — full journal map.
• Beetle guide — another accessible critter for early-game farming.
• Snail guide — low-level Garden critter for beginners.
• Bass guide — all-time fishing alternative during Cave breaks.
• Full fishing index for cross-category progress.

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