Pirate



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Environment | |
AI Type | Passive AI |
Damage | 10 |
Max Life | 250 |
Defense | 15 |
KB Resist | 50% |
Hurt | |
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Killed |
- Internal NPC ID: 229
The Pirate is a Hardmode NPC that appears after at least one Pirate Invasion has been defeated and a vacant house is available. He also has nearly the exact same texture as the Pirate Captain, an enemy from the Pirate Invasion.
On the Desktop version,
Console version, and
Mobile version, he will defend himself using either a gun or Cannon.
Items sold



Item | Cost | Availability
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25 | Always available. |
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15 | Always available. |
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5 | Always available. |
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5 | Always available. |
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5 | Always available. |
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50 | Always available. |
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375 | When spoken to in an Ocean biome. |
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50 | When Party Girl is present, world is in Hardmode and one mechanical boss is defeated. |
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35 | When Party Girl is present, world is in Hardmode and one mechanical boss is defeated. |
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10 | When in a specific biome and is happy enough. |
Living preferences
Biome | Neighbor | |
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Loves | n/a | |
Likes | ||
Dislikes | ||
Hates | n/a |
For more information, see NPC happiness.
Shimmered form
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Shimmered Pirate and his Map Icon. |
When submerged in Shimmer, the Pirate 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.
Names
The Pirate may have any of the following names:
- Black Beard
- Captain Bullywort
- Captain Morgan
- Captain Stoney Dirt
- David
- Gunpowder Garry
- Jack
- Jake
- James T. Beard
- Red Beard
- Wet Beard
Quotes
Interaction quotes
When Tavernkeep is present:
If the player is female / Any gender :
During a Party:
During a Windy Day:
During Rain:
During a Thunderstorm:
When in a Graveyard:
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Happiness quotes
When homeless:
When far from home:
When in a sparse area:
When overcrowded:
When in the Ocean:
When in the Caverns:
When in an Evil Biome or the Dungeon:
When near the Angler:
When near the Princess:
When near the Tavernkeep:
When near the Stylist:
When near the Guide:
When neutral:
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Notes
- Like the Steampunker and Santa Claus, the pirate's spawn requirements do not necessarily require the world to be in Hardmode. However, at least one Hardmode world is required to obtain the event-summoning item.
In the housing menu, his description states "I think he lost his boat".
Trivia
- The Pirate looks like the Pirate Captain in the Pirate Invasion (minus the gold gloves on the enemy's sprite).
- The Pirate's shimmered form appears to be of a ghost, in reference to ghost ships, which can be seen often in media.
- The shimmered form does not appear similar at all to the Pirate's Curse, even though the Pirate appears to be the enemy Pirate Captain.
- The shimmered form uses the same death sound as the regular Pirate, instead of a ghostly death sound.
- Many of the Pirate's possible names allude to historical captains (though the "pirate" status of many of these figures is contested to this day):
- Black Beard to the English pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach.
- Red Beard to the Ottoman seaman Oruç Reis who was known as Baba Oruç, which was transformed into Barbarossa (Redbeard in Italian) in Europe.
- David to the idiom Davy Jones' Locker.
- Captain Morgan to the Welsh privateer Sir Henry Morgan.
- James T. Beard to the fictional starship captain James T. Kirk from the American media franchise Star Trek. (Notably not a pirate character)
- Jack to the main protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Captain Jack Sparrow.
- The name Jake could be a reference to the American musical and interactive children's animated television series Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
- His quote "I'm no landlubber, but it's better to have lubbed and lost than never to have lubbed at all." is a reference to "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" from Alfred Tennyson's poem In Memoriam A.H.H..
- His quote "What in blazes are ye talkin' about? Moby Dick is mine!" is a reference to the 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
- His quote "Yo ho ho and a bottle of....blinkroots!" is a reference to the sea song "Dead Man's Chest".
- Although the Cyborg says that the Pirate treats him favorably, the Cyborg does not appear to affect the Pirate's Happiness.
- Rarely, the Pirate and the Guide can have the same name (Jake or Jack).
- During a Party, other than donning a party hat, his sleeves also appear different.
- The flaming pumpkins from The Horseman's Blade will home in on the Pirate even though he is not an enemy.
- Apparently the Pirate has a soft spot for the Angler and wants to teach him to be a pirate.
- The Pirate sometimes defecates, similar to the Pirate minion.
- The Pirate's shimmered form seems to reference the Pirate's Curse enemy.
- The
Bestiary entry for the Pirate: "Ahoy! The only good Pirate Captain is... one that sells cannons and weapons to take out all competing Pirate Captains!"
History
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.
- Desktop 1.2.4.1: Added price for Sail.
- Desktop 1.2.4: Now sells Sail.
- Desktop 1.2.3: No longer sells Explosive Bunny.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.