User blog comment:TerrariamcSwaggins/Poll - Your favorite NPC?/@comment-3157150-20140308074606

Without a doubt, the guide. As common-sense as a lot of his suggestions are, without him I'd be flicking between the wiki and the game every five minutes. I mean this as an endgame player too, by the way; I'm horrible at remembering quantities of what I need, so it's easier to find the whole recipe by giving him a single known ingredient. (Or just randomly chucking things in if you're curious, that works too. Still surprises me sometimes too.)