Santa Claus
![Santa Claus.png](/images/5/58/Santa_Claus.png)
![Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version](/images/f/f3/Santa_Claus_%28old%29.png)
![Map Icon Santa Claus.png](/images/0/07/Map_Icon_Santa_Claus.png)
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AI Type | Passive AI |
Damage | 10 |
Max Life | 250 |
Defense | 15 |
KB Resist | 50% |
- Christmas Ornament
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Killed |
- Internal NPC ID: 142
- Internal Projectile ID: 589
“What? You thought I wasn't real?
—
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is a unique Hardmode NPC vendor who sells various decorative Christmas-themed items. He will move in once the following criteria have been met:
- There is an available vacant house.
- The Frost Legion event has been completed at least once, but will only spawn during the Christmas seasonal event ((Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions) December 15 – December 31 / (3DS version) December 1 – January 15, (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) or unlocked for an in-game day outside of those dates by completing the Frost Moon), after which he dies.
(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Santa Claus will defend himself against nearby enemies by throwing baubles.
Items sold
![Desktop version](/images/7/72/Desktop_only.png)
![Console version](/images/6/6c/Console_only.png)
![Mobile version](/images/b/b2/Mobile_only.png)
Item | Cost | Availability
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15 GC | Always available. |
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15 GC | Always available. |
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15 GC | Always available. |
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25 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
Item | Cost | Availability
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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5 SC | Always available. |
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10 GC | When in a specific biome and is happy enough. |
Living preferences
Biome | Neighbor | |
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Loves | n/a | |
Likes | n/a |
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Dislikes | n/a | n/a |
Hates |
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For more information, see NPC happiness.
Shimmered form
When submerged in Shimmer, the Santa Claus 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.
Quotes
Interaction quotes
During a Party(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions):
When it's Raining:
During a Windy Day(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions):
During a Thunderstorm(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions):
When in a Graveyard(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions):
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Happiness quotes (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
When homeless:
When far from home:
When in a sparse area:
When overcrowded:
When in the Snow Biome:
When in the Desert:
When near the Princess:
When near the Tax Collector:
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Tips
This content is transcluded from Christmas § Tips.
- Christmas can be "activated" by setting the device's date to any date within the respective Christmas timespan.
Change the computer's date to any day between December 15th and 31st.
Disconnect from
Xbox Live /
PSN and change the console time.
Disconnect from automatic date/time updates and change the time manually. Note that this does not work for some devices.
Go to "System Settings" and go to "Other Settings, click on "Date and Time", then "Today's Date" and "Current Time" and set the date and time there.
Go to "System Settings" and go to "System", click on "Date and Time", turn off "Synchronize Clock via Internet" and set the time there.
- If a change of the device's time is undesired, applications like "RunAsDate" allow launching Terraria with a changed time and date.
- Changing the time back to normal will cause him to die at the next sunrise.
- If he is spawned in while it is not Christmas via TShock or similar third-party software, he will die instantly.
- As long as the Frost Legion is defeated once in a world, he will arrive every time Christmas content is active in that world. They do not need to be defeated each Christmas.
Trivia
- If a Snow Globe is obtained and brought into a pre-Hardmode world, Santa Claus can be summoned outside Hardmode by defeating the Frost Legion and having available housing for him.
- Santa Claus sells 39 items at any given time, more than any other NPC.
- Two other NPCs sell more items only during certain conditions. The Golfer sells 39 items only if the player has a golf score of 2000 or higher. If the Golfer is happy enough, he will additionally sell a Pylon, therefore expanding his supplies to 40. Also, the Tavernkeep(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) will have 40 items available once Golem has been defeated.
- It is not possible to buy back items sold to this NPC since the last item slot cannot hold any sold items.
- In the
Console version, he has a description in the housing section saying "A jolly old fellow".Verify
- "Ho ho ho, and a bottle of... Egg Nog!" is a reference to the fictional sea song Dead Man's Chest, originally from Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel Treasure Island which was first published in 1883. The song contains the verse "Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum".
- The Pirate also makes this reference, saying, "Yo ho ho and a bottle of....blinkroots!"
- He has the least number of possible names, having only one.
- In the housing menu, he is described as "Santa Claus the Santa Claus".
- Santa hating the Tax Collector is likely a reference to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, where protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge (whom the Tax Collector is based on) despises everything to do with Christmas, hence Santa hating him.
- This is the only NPC to actively love or hate a biome – all other NPCs simply like or dislike certain biomes.
- Santa Claus' interaction quote during a Storm, "Oh ho... whoah! There goes Dasher. There went Donner, too!" is a reference to the fact that Donner is the German word for 'Thunder', as well as one of Santa's reindeer.
- Santa Claus' Shimmered form could be a reference to the Ded Moroz, a legendary figure in Slavic mythology who is similar to Santa Claus.
- The
Bestiary entry for the Santa Claus: "Only present during a specific time of year, Santa Claus makes a big entrance and an even bigger, rather explosive exit. Ho! Ho! Ho!"
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.5: Fixed Santa Claus having a Traveling Merchant party quote rather than his own.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Now attacks enemies in sight by throwing baubles.
- Sprite updated.
- Desktop 1.2.2: Now sells the Christmas Tree and items to decorate it.
- Desktop 1.1.1: Introduced. Sells Santa Hat, Santa Shirt, Santa Pants, Red Light, Green Light, and Blue Light.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.10061: Santa now requires the Frost Legion to be defeated before he would spawn.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.