Jim's Cap

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Jim's Cap is an vanity item. It will always drop from the Painter, but only when his name is Jim.

Notes

This content is transcluded from NPCs/dropnote.Since town NPCs cannot be damaged by players normally, external damage sources must be used to obtain this item. The Flymeal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) is one of the easiest options; other effective options include traps, lava, drowning, Boulders or Rolling Cacti(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), enemies, Explosive Bunnies, Land Mines, or the Halloween-exclusive Rotten Eggs (in tandem with Frost armor).

The name Jim is a reference to Terraria artist, Jim T Myhre "Jimmarn" Kjexrud.
It is one of the only three items dropped by NPCs with special names, the others being the Green Cap, which is dropped by a Guide named Andrew, and Ivy, which is dropped by a Steampunker named Whitney.