An NPC (Non Playable Character) is a automated character that can interact with the player and provide help. NPCs can be Vendors (meaning they sell items for coins) or Helpers (provide service for free/coins). NPCs cannot be directly harmed by the player, though they can take other forms of damage and
Types
Sprite | Name | Spawns | Sells/Helps |
---|---|---|---|
Guide | On creation of world | Gives information on what to do | |
Nurse | Merchant is present | Heals player | |
Merchant | Player has 50 Silver Coins | Sells basic tools and items | |
Demolitionist | Player has explosives | Sells explosives | |
Arms Dealer | Player has bullets, or a gun | Sells guns and ammo | |
Dryad | Player has beaten a boss (except Lepus, King Slime and Wall of Flesh) | Sells natural items, tells % of Hallow & Corruption | |
Clothier | Skeletron has been beaten | Sells Vanity Clothes | |
Mechanic | When talked to in Dungeon | Sells Electronics | |
Dye Trader | Player has a dye | Sells dye and related items | |
Wizard | Hardmode is active | Sells Magic Items | |
Painter | 3 Town NCPs are acquired | Sells Paint & Related items | |
Witch Doctor | Queen Bee is defeated | Sells Jungle-related items & Fountains | |
Cyborg | Plantera is beaten | Sells Rockets and other items | |
Party Girl | 2% chance to spawn if 8 NPCs are acquired | Sells Confetti & Other items | |
Steampunker | 1 Mechanical Boss is beaten | Sells Electronics (Teleporter, etc.) | |
Pirate Captain | Pirate Invasion is beaten | Sells Pirate-related items | |
Truffle | House is built in Overground Mushroom Biome | Sells Autohammer & related | |
Santa Claus | Frost Legion is beaten | Sells Christmas Items | |
Old Man | Dungeon Entrance |
Summons Skeletron, turns into Clothier | |
Stylist | Spider Nest | Hair Dyes | |
Traveling Merchant | Random Spawn | Special Expensive Items |
Angler | On Creation of World | Gives Fishing Quests |
Notes
- The Old Man is the only NPC who will not move into a house.
- The Truffle NPC has a glitch that he won't spawn even if the requirements are complete.
- The Pirate and Witch Doctor NPC get quotes mixed up with the Party Girls quotes
- The Pirate NPC has the Cyborg's quote when the Cyborg says Diologue:258
- The house must have a chair, a table, light, a 6x10 house, and walls for them to move in.