The Merchant: Detailed Terraria NPC Guide

Matt — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:07:35 +0000

“You want apples? You want carrots? You want pineapples? We got torches.”
– The Merchant

The Merchant is an NPC that will move in when a player has at least 50 Silver in their inventory. He sells the player tools and ammo, and is very useful in the early game. Some of the most useful items he sells are the Anvil, Torch, Piggy Bank and Safe.

Spawn Requirements
Living Preferences
Shop
Notes and Lore
Bestiary Entry
FAQ

Spawn Requirements

The player has at least 50 Silver. In multiplayer worlds, the Merchant will spawn in if the players have a combined wealth of 50 Silver.
There is at least one empty house in the World.

Living Preferences

	Biome	NPC
Loves	–	–
Likes	Forest	Princess, Golfer, Nurse
Dislikes	Desert	Tax Collector
Hates	–	Angler

Shop

Note, the prices may change based on his happiness.

Item	Cost	Availability	Other Info
Mining Helmet	4 Gold	Always	Provides light when worn.
Piggy Bank	1 Gold	Always	Provides a safe space to store coins and other things. Items placed in the Piggy Bank do not drop on death.
Iron Anvil	50 Silver	Always	Lets the player craft with metals.
Bug Net	25 Silver	Always	Allows the player to catch critters.
Copper Pickaxe	5 Silver	Always	–
Copper Axe	4 Silver	Always	–
Torch	50 Copper	Always	Provides light. Considered a light source.
Lesser Healing Potion	3 Silver	Always	Restores 50 Health.
Lesser Mana Potion	1 Silver	Always	Restores 50 Mana
Wooden Arrow	5 Copper	Always	Arrow that deals 5 damage.
Shuriken	15 Copper	Always	Throwable that deals 10 damage.
Rope	10 Copper	Always	Allows the player to ascend to higher places.
Marshmallow	1 Silver	In Snow Biome	Can be turned into the Marshmallow On Stick at a campfire, which provides the Well Fed buff.
Furnace	3 Silver	In Jungle Biome	Allows players to smelt ores, and craft other special blocks like bricks.
Pin Wheel	20 Silver	On a Windy Day	–
Throwing Knife	50 Copper	During Blood Moon	Throwable that deals 12 damage.
Glowstick	10 Copper	At night	Provides light when thrown. Works underwater. Does not count as a light source.
Sharpening Station	10 Gold	Hardmode	Applies the Sharpened buff which provides players with better armor penetration on melee weapons.
Pylon	10 Gold	When Happy enough	Allows the player to teleport from one Pylon to another.
Safe	20 Gold	After Skeletron has been defeated	Provides a safe space to store coins and other things. Items placed in the Piggy Bank do not drop on death.
Disco Ball	1 Gold	Hardmode	–
Flare	7 Copper	When the player has a Flare Gun	Ammo for the Flare Gun.
Blue Flare	7 Copper	When the player has a Flare Gun	Ammo for the Flare Gun.
Sickle	60 Silver	Always	Produces Hay blocks when cutting tall grass
Gold Dust	17 Silver	After the WoF has been defeated	Crafting Material.
Drumset	10 Gold	When either the Eater of Worlds, Brain of Cthulhu, Skeletron or WoF has been defeated.	–
Drumstick	50 Silver	When either the EoW, BoC, Skeletron or WoF has been defeated.	–

Notes and Lore

The Piggy Banks and Safes he sells allow the player to safely store coins and items. They prevent items dropping upon death, which is especially useful on Mediumcore Characters and players in Expert and Master Mode worlds.
The Merchant can be seen in the paintings “The Merchant” and “Father of Someone”. He seems to have a Son or Daughter.
The Merchant says “I feel like an evil presence is watching me” when the Eye of Cthulhu Spawn requirements are met.

Bestiary Entry

The Merchant acts as a simple general store of sorts, providing useful starter tools and supplies needed for exploration.

He has a 1 Star rarity rating.

FAQ

How do you attract the Merchant in Terraria?

To attract the Merchant, you need a total of 50 Silver in your inventory.

How many Merchants are there in Terraria?

There are 3 different Merchants in Terraria: The Normal Merchant, Travelling Merchant and Skeleton Merchant.

Why is the Merchant not selling a Pylon?

The Merchant only sells a Pylon when he’s happy enough. It is recommended to house him near the Golfer or Nurse, as he likes those NPCs.

Arms Dealer – Terraria Wiki NPC (Full Guide 2022)

Matt — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:05:17 +0000

Starting a new game in Terraria will land you with basic Copper Tools and Shortsword. From a beginner’s perspective, it’s decent, considering you have something to defend yourself at night. However, the real fun starts once you have at least the Minishark (but Undertaker is okay too).

If you plan to use ranged weapons in this game, you must prepare your arsenal first. You can worry later about which best bullets to use or guns to carry.

Meet the Arms Dealer first – a trusty NPC who keeps your gun magazines loaded. This guide lets you know how to spawn him and everything he sells.

Arms Dealer – Overview

The Arms Dealer is one of the first NPCs you’ll have in the pre-Hardmode game. He sells a variety of weapons and ammunition, which scales depending on the difficulty level and player-defeated mechanical bosses.

Once exposed to enemy monsters, he’ll defend himself with a Flintlock Pistol. It’s a relatively weak gun, but once you progress through Hardmode, he’ll gain stats and use the Minishark.

This NPC likes the Desert but dislikes the Snow biome.

Spawning

Getting the Arms Dealer to move in is easy. Once at least one bullet or gun type is in the player’s inventory (any), it guarantees that he’ll appear in a moment. Note that if they’re in storage items, it won’t count. Don’t forget to furnish the empty house and make it suitable for living first, so he moves in!

Since finding equipment is hard, we recommend an underground adventure on either the Corruption or the Crimson (easiest way). You’ll soon find Shadow Orbs or Crimson Hearts covered with impenetrable blocks your Pickaxe usually can’t break. However, you can blow them away with bombs, and it usually works.

Once destroyed, you’ll get a Musket or an Undertaker (also found in Corrupt Crates or Crimson Crates).

Alternatively, you can get a Boomstick from Ivy Chests and Jungle Crates. Descending below the Dungeon is also a guarantee to obtain a Handgun – but defeat Skeletron first! Lastly, the dropped ammo from Pigronata also works, although you need Party Girl in your town.

The following are qualifying guns and bullets to spawn the NPC in Terraria:

Guns	Bullets
Boomstick	Chlorophyte Bullet
Chain Gun	Crystal Bullet
Clockwork Assault Rifle	Cursed Bullet
Flintlock Pistol	Endless Musket Pouch
Gatligator	Exploding Bullet
Handgun	Golden Bullet
Megashark	High Velocity Bullet
Minishark	Ichor Bullet
Musket	Luminite Bullet
Onyx Blaster	Meteor Shot
Pew-matic Horn	Musket Ball
Phoenix Blaster	Nano Bullet
Quad-Barrel Shotgun	Party Bullet
Red Ryder	Silver Bullets
Revolver	Tungsten Bullet
S.D.M.G.	Venom Bullet
Shotgun
Sniper Rifle
Tactical Shotgun
The Undertaker
Uzi
Venus Magnum
Vortex Beater
Xenopopper

Note: Flare Guns excluded.

Inventory

The Arms Dealer can offer several helpful items you can buy depending on the circumstances. Note that you can get lower prices by equipping a Discount Card or Greedy Ring and achieving better happiness for the NPC.

Item Name	Copper Coin Price	Silver Coin Price	Gold Coin Price	Availability
Musket Ball	7			• Always
Silver Bullet	15			• Blood Moon event, a world with Silver Ore and Tungsten Ore (pre-Hardmode) • Always (Hardmode)
Tungsten Bullet	18			• Blood Moon event, a world with Tungsten Ore (pre-Hardmode) • Always (Hardmode)
Unholy Arrow	40			• Nighttime after defeating the Brain of Cthulhu or Eater of Worlds (Hardmode)
Flintlock Pistol			5	• Always
Minishark			35	• Always
Illegal Gun Parts			20	• Nighttime
Shotgun			25	• Always (Hardmode)
Empty Bullet	5			• Always (Hardmode)
Stynger Bolt	75			• Stynger must be on the player inventory
Stake	15			• Stake Launcher must be on the player inventory
Nail		1		• Nail Gun must be on the player inventory
Candy Corn	5			• Candy Corn Rifle must be on the player inventory
Explosive Jack ‘O Lantern	15			• Jack ‘O Lantern Launcher must be on the player inventory
Nurse Hat			3	• At Halloween
Nurse Shirt				• At Halloween
Nurse Pants				• At Halloween
Quad-Barrel Shotgun			35	• NPC must be at the Graveyard Biome after defeating Skeletron
Pylon			10	• NPC must be happy enough (any biome)

Relationships

The Arms Dealer prefers to live near the Nurse, although also attracted to the Dryad. Moreover, the Princess, the Mechanic, and the Steampunker are also okay as they share a good friendship.

However, the Golfer and the Demolitionist may be a problem as the Weapons Dealer dislikes them.

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