Pirate

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, he will defend himself using either a gun or Cannon.

On the Desktop version, the Pirate prefers the Ocean Biome and likes the Angler NPC.

Names
The Pirate can have the following names:

Interaction quotes

 * "" (reference to "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" from Alfred Tennyson's poem )
 * "" (reference to the 1851 novel )
 * "" (reference to the sea song "")
 * "" (reference to the 1851 novel )
 * "" (reference to the sea song "")
 * "" (reference to the sea song "")

When is present:

If the player is female / Any gender :

During a :

When in a :
 * "Hardee harr... the sea be a pirate's graveyard! Ye landlubbers waste ye time!"


 * "Arr... hate to say it, but many me mateys put these holes in the ground... if ye catch me drift!"

Happiness quotes
When homeless:


 * "The open sea’s me true home, but if I be landlocked for awhile... well I need me shelter matey."

When far from home:


 * "Me bed and me rum be callin’ me name back home."

When in a sparse area:


 * "'Tis like having my own galleon, matey!"

When overcrowded:


 * "Avast! Too many landlubbers on me ship be foulin’ my mood."


 * "Ye too hate the feelin’ that a mutiny be comin’? Too many scallywags gettin’ close to me quarters."

When in the Ocean:


 * "Hardy har har, matey! the Ocean is me true home! Ahoy!"

When in the Underground:


 * "Argh, the Underground be a bit cramped for me style, ye scurvy dog!"

When in the Corruption:


 * "Arr, the Corruption be the foulest chunk ‘o dry land ever traversed!"

When near the Angler:


 * "Me takes [Name of Angler] under me wing, landlubber. Me love raisin' sea pups!"

When near the Tavernkeep:


 * "Har Har! Me likes how [Name of Tavernkeep] the Tavernkeep brings ye best bottle o’ rum."

When near the Stylist:


 * "Ye know me don’t like that [Name of Stylist] the Stylist tries to cut my beard, I’ve slit scurvy throats fer less!"

When near the Guide:


 * "Me want to make [Name of Guide] the Guide walk ye plank, sea dog! Hate the coddlin’ and the dastardly smell!"

When neutral:


 * "Yarr. I be in ship shape!"

Trivia

 * The Pirate looks almost like the Pirate Captain in the Pirate Invasion, (minus the gold gloves on the enemy's sprite).
 * 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 who was known as Baba Oruç, which was transformed into Barbarossa (Redbeard in Italian) in Europe,
 * David to the idiom ,
 * Captain Morgan to the Welsh privateer, and
 * James T. Beard to the fictional starship captain from the American media franchise . (Notably not a pirate character)
 * The name Jake could be a reference to the American musical and interactive children's animated television series .
 * Rarely, the Pirate and the Guide can have the same name (Jake or Jack).
 * During a, 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.

History
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