Home

A Home is a safe haven for players and NPCs where they can spend their nights without fear of attack (under most conditions). If a Blood Moon or Goblin Invasion is occurring, in which Zombies or Goblins respectively can open doors, the home is no longer a guaranteed safe zone.

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Once your house has been set up, the first NPC you meet - the Guide - will move in. For additional NPCs, you will be required to either make multiple claimable levels using platforms as access to each, add a door and make a new room, or make a new house. Each additional NPC require one room or level. Once this is complete, other NPCs will slowly join you depending on certain additional criteria. You will need a total of 6 rooms to house all of the NPCs.


 * As of the 1.1 update, you can decide which NPC will be in which room.HellHome.jpg

Requirements
By definition, a house (home) in Terraria:
 * Has closed walls as well as background walls. The background walls have to be placed by your self for the NPCs to recognize the house. For background walls, a small section of it may be removed for aesthetic purposes, but only so much of the back wall can be removed, depending on the size of the room.
 * Has more than 50% (4 blocks in home going by the shortest possible) of the floor made of Wooden Platforms, but not less.
 * Has a table or Work Bench and chair.
 * Has a door (each NPC demands own door; shared doors don't count).
 * Has a light source - e.g. a torch or a candle.
 * A minimum height and width of 10 blocks wide by 6 blocks high, which means the room will have 8x4 blocks of free space.
 * In the 1.0.6 update it requires one Household item

Comfort Items
Each NPC requires at least one comfort item. The following items are Comfort items:
 * Bench
 * Bed
 * Chair
 * Throne
 * Toilet

Flat Surface Items
Each NPC requires at least one Flat Surface item. The following items are Flat Surface items:
 * Bathtub
 * Bookcase
 * Dresser
 * Table
 * Workbench

Defense
Main Article: House Defense

There are many ways to provide additional defense to your home. With the right home design, you can almost completely avoid the risk of any monsters getting in (Goblin Sorcerer is the exception). The most effective means for new players is by placing a single block on the inside of a closed door. This is only needed during a Blood Moon or Goblin Invasion as that is the only time monsters can open/break doors.

Zombies can now break doors too. It's recommended that you do this now if you have many doors on your house.