Dye Trader
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AI Type | Passive AI |
Damage | 111619 (Exotic Scimitar) |
Max Life | 250 |
Defense | 15 |
KB Resist | 50% |
- Item (Quantity)Rate
- Exotic Scimitar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)12.5%
Hurt | |
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Killed |
- Internal NPC ID: 207
The Dye Trader is an NPC that sells the Dye Vat and other dye-related items. He will move in when the following criteria have been met:
- There is an empty house.
- (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The player has a dye, dye ingredient, or Strange Plant in their inventory, and at least four other town NPCs are in the world. Note that while the Old Man, Traveling Merchant, and town pets count towards this total, the Skeleton Merchant does not.[1]
- (Old-gen console version) The player has a dye or dye ingredient in their inventory.
- !!Error: Invalid EICONS input! One of the following:
- The player has a Strange Plant in their inventory.
- The player has a dye or dye ingredient in their inventory, and one of the four major pre-Hardmode bosses has been defeated: Eye of Cthulhu, Skeletron, or Eater of Worlds / Brain of Cthulhu depending on the world's evil biome.
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) In addition to selling dye-related items, players may trade in Strange Plants for uncraftable and unpurchasable animated dyes (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) once Hardmode has been reached. These dyes are given at random in sets of three for each exchanged Strange Plant.
On the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version, the Dye Trader will attack nearby enemies with his Exotic Scimitar to defend himself, dealing 11 / 16 / 19 damage at the start of the game, and (on the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version) as players progress he will gain various stat increases. He may also drop this weapon on death.
Items sold
Item | Cost | Availability
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Dye Vat(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) | 5 GC | Always available. |
Silver Dye(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) | 1 GC | Always available. |
Team Dye(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) | 1 GC | On a multiplayer server. |
Dye Trader Robe(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) | 3 GC | During Halloween. |
Dye Trader's Turban(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 3 GC | During Halloween. |
Shadow Dye(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 3 GC75 SC | During full moon. |
Negative Dye(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 3 GC75 SC | During full moon. |
Brown Dye(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 1 GC | Always available. |
Fogbound Dye(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 7 GC50 SC | While in a Graveyard. |
Bloodbath Dye(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 7 GC50 SC | During a Blood Moon. |
Any Pylon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) | 10 GC | When in a specific biome and is happy enough. |
Strange Plant quests (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Speaking to the Dye Trader will show the "Strange Plants" quest (requires Hardmode on Desktop, Console, and Mobile), in which the Dye Trader asks players to fetch him rare plants. In return, he rewards players with three vials of a special dye which cannot be obtained otherwise. More of these dyes become available as the game progresses.
Rewards
Living preferences (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Biome | Neighbor | |
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Loves | n/a | n/a |
Likes |
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Dislikes | ||
Hates | n/a |
For more information, see NPC happiness.
Notes
Names
The Dye Trader may have any of the following names:
- Abdosir
- Ahinadab
- Ahirom
- Akbar
- Batnoam
- Bodashtart
- Danel
- Hannibal
- Hanno
- Hiram
- Kanmi
- Philosir
- Sikarbaal
- Tabnit
- Yehomilk
- Yutpan
Quotes
Interaction quotes
When Pirate is present:
During a Party(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions):
During a Windy Day(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions):
During Rain:
During a Thunderstorm:
When turning in a Strange Plant:
When the player does not have a strange plant:
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) When in a Graveyard:
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Happiness quotes (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
When homeless:
When far from home:
When in a sparsely populated area:
When overcrowded:
When in the Desert:
When in the Forest:
When in an Evil Biome or the Dungeon:
When near the Princess:
When near the Arms Dealer:
When near the Painter:
When near the Steampunker:
When near the Pirate:
When neutral:
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Trivia
- Ahirom, Abdosir, Hiram, and Batnoam are the names of ancient Phoenician kings and queens. Phoenicia was an east Mediterranean empire that became wealthy from the purple dye extracted from coastal snails, and Sea Snails drop the ingredient for Purple Dye.
- Hanno is the name of a Carthaginian explorer from the 5th century BC, who is known for his naval exploration of the western coast of Africa.
- One of his quotes mentions that he sells "the richest colors"; however, he only sells (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 7 / (Old-gen console version) 5 dyes, one of them only on multiplayer.
- The Dye Trader's sprite was created by former Re-Logic artist Waffles. In 1.3.0.1(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), it was updated by Lazure.
- Even if the player is wearing the Dye Trader's own attire, he still criticizes their clothes.
- Despite it being hidden under his turban, the Dye Trader's hair is observed to be black, which can be seen when it is removed during a Party(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) in favor of a party hat.
- His persona is heavily inspired by stereotypes of early Middle Eastern and North African culture, as seen by his clothing (turban), his drops (Exotic Scimitar), and references to a sultan in his quotes.
- As seen in his quotes, he is greedy and looks down on monotone robes.
- The Bestiary entry for the Dye Trader: "Eccentric and rather snobby to a fault, the Dye Trader has expensive tastes. He is passionate about the materials used in the dyes he sells."
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Option to exchange Strange Plants for dyes now requires Hardmode.
- Defeating pre-Hardmode bosses is no longer part of the spawn requirements, now instead always requires at least four other town NPCs.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- New "Strange Plants" quest.
- Defends self with Exotic Scimitar.
- Now sells Dye Trader's Turban, Shadow Dye, Negative Dye, and Brown Dye.
- Sprite updated.
- Now only spawns if a Strange Plant is in the player's inventory, or a dye or dye ingredient is in the inventory and any of the major pre-Hardmode bosses has been defeated.
- Desktop 1.2.3: Now sells the Team Dye on a multiplayer server as well.
- Desktop 1.2.1: Now sells the Dye Trader Robe during Halloween as well.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
References
- Pages setting LuaCache keys
- Exclusive content
- Desktop content
- Console content
- Old-gen console content
- Mobile content
- Valid house NPCs
- NPC NPCs
- Passive AI NPCs
- Pages with information based on outdated versions of Terraria's source code
- Pages with template errors
- Pages with errors from Eicons
- Eicons template with invalid platforms