The community field guide to Catch Bugs, the Roblox bug-collecting tycoon by abzent. It blends rare, exotic and mutated bug hunting with a vivarium that pays out offline cash, a net-upgrade tree that scales from the $8,000 Fast Net all the way to the 200,000,000 Bone Net, and a hidden Catch Bugs Secret Tomb beneath Dune Burrow. This Catch Bugs wiki keeps the bug list, locations, net upgrades, mutations, vivarium enclosures and patch notes verified and dated so you always know what's current. Every Catch Bugs entry on this site — bug, net, weather event or zone — is sourced and dated against the original Catch Bugs creator video, ProGameGuides article or RoUniverse coverage that confirmed it.
Catch Bugs is a Roblox simulation tycoon that launched on 2026-02-02. You start in the Grasslands with a basic net, swing at common butterflies and beetles, and either sell them for cash or place them in your vivarium enclosure for offline income. Every session pushes you a little further: a stronger net unlocks heavier bugs, better lures change which species spawn, and weather-driven mutations roll about every 45 minutes for a five-minute window. With a 97% rating across 87,069 upvotes and 15,214,790 visits, Catch Bugs has become one of the busiest bug-collecting tycoons on Roblox in 2026.
Bug spawn rotations cover eight current zones, from Grasslands to the new Desert biome. You either sell each bug for instant cash or bank long-term offline income in your vivarium. The economy rewards keeping at least one rare or exotic bug per slot before dumping duplicates.
The vivarium enclosure is the heart of progression. Each placed bug pays out automatically while you are online and offline — rarer tiers like Mythical, Celestial, Zenith and Supreme dramatically out-earn common spawns. Upgrade slot count before chasing rarity.
The hidden Secret Tomb under Dune Burrow houses Anpu and the 200,000,000 Bone Net. Carry Crescent Wing Butterfly, Wasp Moth and Spiny Harvestman at the same time, then walk into the rocky tunnel between the Potion Traders and the waterfall. Our full Catch Bugs Secret Tomb guide walks every step.
A quick visual tour of all eight Catch Bugs zones — captured straight from the official Catch Bugs Roblox thumbnails — covering the Grasslands starter run all the way to the Dune Burrow Secret Tomb tunnel. Each Catch Bugs zone has its own bug pool, weather pattern and lure rotation; see the full breakdown on the locations page.
Screenshots sourced from the official Roblox page thumbnail set, which abzent updates each major patch.
Each zone has its own bug pool, weather and progression role. The Grasslands and Crawlwood teach the core loop. Moon Hollow and Deeproot Caves contain two of the three Secret Tomb keys. Dune Burrow and the new Desert expansion are the late-game grinds. Jewel Jungle adds statue-collection quests on top of normal catching.
STARTER ZONE
Open green fields where every Catch Bugs run begins. Common butterflies, beetles and ants for early money. The vivarium tutorial happens here.
MID ZONE
Moon-lit hollow where night-active bugs spawn. Home of the Crescent Wing Butterfly, one of the three keys to the Secret Tomb.
MID ZONE
Branching cave system with quest pickups and statue collectibles. Wasp Moth (the second Secret Tomb key) and Cave Mother (Celestial rarity) both spawn here.
LATE ZONE
Sun-baked dunes and underground burrows. Spiny Harvestman (the third Secret Tomb key) spawns here, and the Secret Tomb entrance is hidden between the Potion Traders rocks and the waterfall.
ENDGAME ZONE
Hidden endgame area beneath Dune Burrow. Houses the Anpu NPC who sells the Bone Net, plus exotic Undead Scorpion, Thousand Scorpion and Secret Tomb Swarm spawns.
ENDGAME ZONE
Wide desert zone added in April 2026, with new lures (Sandstorm, Solar, Area 51), new mythical-tier bugs such as Colossal Sandworm and the Rune multiplier system.
Hand-picked creator videos that match the four most-asked questions: how to progress, how to unlock the Secret Tomb, how to chase Zenith and Supreme rarities, and how to make money fast. Click any walkthrough below to open the original video on YouTube — we deliberately do not auto-load embeds so the page stays fast.
The BEST Progression in Roblox Catch Bugs
Catch Bugs beginner-to-mid net + vivarium walkthrough
How to Unlock Secret Tomb in Catch Bugs
Catch Bugs Secret Tomb three-key unlock walkthrough
3 Best Ways to Get Zenith or Supreme Bugs
Catch Bugs Zenith and Supreme rarity grinding routes
2 Best Ways to Get Money in Catch Bugs
Catch Bugs cash farms for new and mid-game players
Creator videos verified on YouTube on 2026-05-03. View counts and titles can change — links open the live YouTube page.
If this is your first run, follow this five-step path. Every step is built around the one rule that defines the early game: bank rares in the vivarium, sell duplicates, upgrade the net last.
Tip: bugs you place in the vivarium can't also be sold. While you're chasing the Secret Tomb keys, treat Crescent Wing Butterfly and Wasp Moth as locked vivarium income — don't sell them.
Net upgrades are the single biggest progression lever. Every confirmed net is in our full nets table, but here are the four every run actually buys:
These are the species we can verify from at least one player video or guide. The full Catch Bugs Bugdex holds 130+ species, but until each entry is cross-checked we won't list it here. Visit the bug list for the latest verified species and the rarities each zone produces.
elusive Secret Tomb key
Moon Hollow · Spawns only after in-game 6:30 PM (night cycle)
Required to unlock the Secret Tomb. Also a high-value vivarium bug at unlock time.
exotic Secret Tomb key
Deeproot Caves
Required to unlock the Secret Tomb.
elusive Secret Tomb key
Dune Burrow
Required to unlock the Secret Tomb.
mythical
Location: needs_check · Likely tied to a sun / solar weather event — confirm in-game
High-value vivarium bug; worth holding for offline income.
celestial
Deeproot Caves
Endgame vivarium target; one of the highest-rarity confirmed cave spawns.
rare
Location: needs_check
Mid-tier vivarium bug.
Catch Bugs has an in-game code redemption box, but right now we cannot verify any active code from an official source. Aggregator sites list 30+ unverified codes, none of which we can confirm via the developer Discord, the Catch Bugs! Roblox community or the in-game UI. We do not list unverifiable codes.
2026-04
Major late-game expansion. Adds the Desert zone, Rune system multipliers, Zenith and Supreme rarities, and four new endgame nets (Demon, Nuclear, Black Hole, Dark Matter). Introduces Sandstorm, Solar and Area 51 lures.
Catch Bugs is developed by abzent under the Catch Bugs! community. Every official channel we have verified is listed below — and we keep them in sync on the dedicated Discord and links page.
