Merchant (2024)

The Merchant is an NPC vendor that will spawn once the following conditions have been met:

• There is an empty House.
• All players in the game world have more than 50 between them in their inventories.

He will also spawn as the starter NPC instead of the Guide when the world seed is "not the bees!" or "not the bees".

Note that only coins in the main inventory or coin slots are counted; savings stored in a portable storage item like the Piggy Bank do not count toward the requirement. If the Merchant is killed, he will only respawn if the above conditions are met again. This means all players need to have over 50 in their combined inventories.

On the PC version, Console version, Mobile version, Old Chinese version, tModLoader version, and tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, the Merchant will lob Throwing Knives at nearby enemies to defend himself, dealing 12 / 18 / 21 damage at the start of the game, and as players progress he will gain various stat increases.

Items sold[]

Inventory

Item	Cost	Availability
Mining Helmet	4 8	Always available.
Piggy Bank	1	Always available.
Iron Anvil	50	Always available.
Bug Net	25 1	Always available.
Copper Pickaxe	5	Always available.
Copper Axe	4	Always available.
Torch	50	Always available.
Lesser Healing Potion	3	Always available.
Lesser Mana Potion	1	Always available.
Wooden Arrow	5	Always available.
Shuriken	15	Always available.
Rope	10	Always available.
Marshmallow	1	When spoken to in a Snow biome.
Furnace	3	When spoken to in a Jungle.
Pin Wheel	20	During a Windy Day.
Throwing Knife	50	During a Blood Moon.
Glowstick	10	During night.
Sharpening Station	10	In Hardmode .
Any Pylon	10	When in a specific biome and is happy enough.
Safe	20	When Skeletron has been defeated.
Disco Ball	1	In Hardmode.
Flare	7	When the player carries a Flare Gun in their inventory.
Blue Flare	7	When the player carries a Flare Gun in their inventory.
Sickle	60	Always available. During Halloween.
Gold Dust	17	In Hardmode.
Drum Set	10	When either the Eater of Worlds, Brain of Cthulhu, Skeletron, or Wall of Flesh have been defeated.
Drumstick	50	When either the Eater of Worlds, Brain of Cthulhu, Skeletron, or Wall of Flesh have been defeated.
Nail	1	When the player possesses a Nail Gun.
Tax Collector's Hat	3	During Halloween.
Tax Collector's Suit	3	During Halloween.
Tax Collector's Pants	3	During Halloween.
Valentine Ring	1	During Valentine's Day.
Wiesnbräu	995	During Oktoberfest.
Turkey feather	10	During Thanksgiving.
Heart Arrow	50	During Valentine's Day.
Festive top hat	1	During Christmas.

Living preferences []

For more information, see NPC happiness.

Shimmered form []

Shimmered Merchant and his Map Icon.

When submerged in Shimmer, the Merchant will transform into his Shimmered form. This has no impact on gameplay or dialogue and is only a visual change. He can be returned to his classic look by submerging him in Shimmer again.

Tips[]

• The Merchant's quote "I feel like an evil presence is watching me." can be used to tell if the Eye of Cthulhu's natural spawn requirements are met.
• Simply having coins researched in the Journey mode menu does not meet the requirements for the Merchant to move in, the coins must be in your inventory.
• Note: There is sometimes a bug where duping coins in Journey Mode before you get the 50 silver requirement can cause the merchant to not spawn, to fix this, simply collect 50 silver by killing enemies or breaking pots.

Names[]

The Merchant may have any of the following names:

• Additional names have been added to the Xbox One version. Those names include Steve, Logan, and Jason.

Quotes[]

Interaction quotes[]

Happiness quotes []

Trivia[]

• The Merchant sells Furnaces in the Jungle due to the fact that Stone Blocks necessary to their construction do not appear in the Not The Bees! World Seed.
• The Merchant's inability to pronounce "Cthulhu" during a Blood Moon is reference to the fact that the American author H. P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu's creator, intended for the name to be impossible to pronounce. However, the Merchant is able to pronounce the name correctly in another of his quotes ("I hope a scrawny kid like you isn't all that is standing between us and Cthulhu's Eye.")
• At the beginning of the night, the Merchant may say "Kosh, kapleck Mog. Oh sorry, that's klingon for 'Buy something or die.'", although Buy something or die is actually translated as vay' Daje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh in the Klingon language. Kosh, kapleck Mog does not mean anything in Klingon.
• The Merchant is depicted in the paintings "The Merchant" and "Father of Someone".
  • Because of being depicted in "Father of Someone", he seems to have an offspring.
• On rare occasions, the Merchant and the Clothier can share the names "Alfred" or "Edmund".
• The Merchant's quote "I hope a scrawny kid like you isn't all that is standing between us and Cthulhu's Eye." is also used by another NPC, the unspawnable Mc MoneyPants.
• The Merchant seems to be greedy, judging by various quotes, such as "Did you say gold? I'll take that off of ya." and also dislikes the Tax Collector who refuses to buy anything.
• He makes several quotes referencing things he does not sell, such as armour and umbrellas. In addition, despite claiming they sell for a lot overseas, he gives no money for Dirt Blocks.
• His dialogue about buying 99 torches references how before the 1.4 update, Torches only stack to 99.
• While the Merchant likes the Golfer due to how much money he has, the Golfer does not like the Merchant due to his greedy behaviour.
• His Shimmer variant shares some similarities with the appearance of the Star Merchant.

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

History[]

• Desktop 1.4.1: Now sells the Sharpening Station in Hardmode.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Now has NPC happiness and prefers to live in the Forest.
  • Now sells any Pylon for 10 when the criteria are met and he is in the correct biome.
  • Now sells the Furnace when in the Jungle biome.
  • Now sells the Pin Wheel during a Windy Day.
  • Now sells the Drum Set and Drumstick.
  • No longer sells the Tax Collector's set.
  • Now has a chance to be named "Kristian".
  • Removed "Finn" as a possible name.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Now sells Nail and Tax Collector's set.
  • Sickle price reduced from 1 to 60, and is now sold year-round.
  • Mining Helmet price reduced from 8 to 4.
  • Bug Net price reduced from 1 to 25.
  • Shuriken price reduced from 20 to 15.
  • Lesser Mana Potion price reduced from 2 to 1.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Fixed a typo in one of the Merchant’s first names (Isacc is now Isaac).

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Now sells Bug Net.
  • Now always sells Lesser Mana Potions (no base mana requirement).
  • Fixed bug where Merchant would not spawn if player owned over 21k .

• Desktop 1.2.1.1: Now correctly sells Sickle during Halloween.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Can now sell the Sickle during Halloween. However, it is not sold properly, due to a bug.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Items can no longer be duplicated with the Merchant.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Now sells Rope, Marshmallows, Flares, and Gold Dust.
  • Safe price reduced from 50 to 20.
  • Lesser Mana Potion price raised from 1 to 2.

• Desktop 1.1:
  • Now has random name given to him on spawn. His deaths will be reported with this name. Also other NPCs will use it in their quotes.
  • Sells Disco Ball after activating Hardmode.
  • Lesser Mana Potion price reduced from 10 to 1.
  • Will no longer spawn second and third Merchants in multiplayer.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Now sells Safe.
  • Glowstick price reduced from 20 to 10.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Now sells Lesser Mana Potions (req. 200 base mana), Glowsticks, and Throwing Knives.
  • Choice of goods now depend on the time of day or the event.

• Desktop 1.0.3: Like other NPCs, can now be killed by enemies.

• Desktop-Release:
  • Introduced.
  • Sells Mining Helmet, Piggy Bank, Iron Anvil, Copper Pickaxe, Copper Axe, Torch, Lesser Healing Potion, Wooden Arrow, Shuriken.

• Console 1.09: No longer autobuy first item from a Merchant.

• Console 1.08: When shopping with a merchant you are now able to see your currency.

• Console 1.07: Fixed a typo in one of the Merchant’s first names (Isacc is now Isaac).

• Console 1.06:
  • Now sells Bug Net.
  • Now always sells Lesser Mana Potions (no base mana requirement).
  • Fixed bug where Merchant would not spawn if player owned over 21k .

• Console 1.05: Now sells Disco Ball.

• Console 1.02:
  • Now sells Rope, Marshmallows, Flares, and Gold Dust.
  • Safe price reduced from 50 to 20.
  • Lesser Mana Potion price raised from 1 to 2.
  • You can no longer sell your gold to NPCs.
  • Increased speed at which you can buy stacks of things.
  • Items can no longer be duplicated with the Merchant.
  • Can now sell the Sickle during Halloween.

• Console-Release: Introduced. Disco Ball is unobtainable.

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Now sells Bug Net.
  • Now always sells Lesser Mana Potions (no base mana requirement).
  • Fixed bug where Merchant would not spawn if player owned over 21k .
  • Fixed a typo in one of the Merchant’s first names (Isacc is now Isaac).

• Mobile 1.2.6508:
  • Now sells Rope, Marshmallows, Flares, and Gold Dust.
  • Safe price reduced from 50 to 20.
  • Lesser Mana Potion price raised from 1 to 2.

• Mobile 1.1.6255: Now sells Turkey feather during Thanksgiving season.

• Mobile 1.1.5933: Now sells Wiesnbräu during Oktoberfest season.

• Mobile 1.1.8: Now sells Heart Arrows and Valentine Ring during Valentine's Day season.

• Mobile-Release:
  • Introduced.
  • Sells additional items, however the updates in which these items began to be sold is unknown.

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.

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