Tax Collector



The Tax Collector is a Hardmode NPC that taxes other housed NPCs to earn coins for players. He is obtained by throwing Purification Powder on a Tortured Soul, a rare Underworld enemy. The enemy will transform into the Tax Collector, and if killed, he will respawn like all other town NPCs so long as a vacant house is available.

When the Tax Collector is present, will be earned per real-world minute (each in-game hour), for each NPC that has a house – including the Tax Collector himself. The Tax Collector stores these funds, up to  /. Speaking to him will reveal the amount stored thus far, and offer the option to collect.

The Tax Collector will attack nearby enemies with his cane to defend himself.

Tips

 * With 20 town NPCs, the Tax Collector will collect every minute, collecting   per in-game day.
 * When searching for a Tortured Soul, make sure all minions are dismissed so they will not kill it. Note that a Tortured Soul can respawn like any other enemy, should the minions kill it.
 * It is advisable to always carry Purification Powder in the inventory when travelling to the Underworld.

Names
The Tax Collector may have any of the following names.

Quotes


When Dryad is present:

When Arms Dealer is present:

When Demolitionist is present:

When Merchant is present:

During a :


 * "Bah! If this wind keeps up, people will lose their precious possessions and stop paying me!"


 * "Just because your house blows down, doesn’t mean you stop paying taxes!"

When in a :
 * "Death and taxes, nothing more sure in life than that!"


 * "The people here aren't paying up! They are better off dead! Oh, perhaps they already are."

When player clicks "Collect":
 * When player clicks "Collect" when some money is collected:
 * When player clicks "Collect" when there is no money to be collected:
 * When player clicks "Collect" when there is no money to be collected:
 * When player clicks "Collect" when there is no money to be collected:
 * When player clicks "Collect" when there is no money to be collected:
 * When player clicks "Collect" when there is no money to be collected:

Happiness Quotes
When homeless:


 * "How can a man of my riches have no home? Preposterous!"

When far from home:


 * "Bah! I’m trying to make my way back home to count my money. Begone!"

When in a sparse area:


 * "Finally, isolation from all these miserable peasants!"

When overcrowded:


 * "Go tell all these miserable poor freeloaders to scram, I hate crowds."

When in a Snow biome:


 * "Living in the Snow forces people to stay indoors and leave me alone. I find that pleasant."

When in the Hallow:


 * "What kind of irritating place is the Hallow? Poppycock, I tell you!"

When in the Corruption:


 * "Even for my standards, the Corruption is beyond miserable!"

When near the Merchant:


 * "I highly admire [Name of Merchant] the Merchant. Anyone who knows the true value of money earns my utmost respect!"

When near the Party Girl:


 * "Exuberant people tend to give me headaches, but somehow I actually like [Name of Party Girl] the Party Girl. I must be losing my mind!"

When near the Demolitionist:


 * "[Name of Demolitionist] the Demolitionist is just too noisy, away with them and their ilk!"

When near the Mechanic:


 * "[Name of Mechanic] the Mechanic is just too noisy, away with them and their ilk!"

When near Santa Claus:


 * "I loathe the very existence of Santa Claus! What kind of lunatic just gives things away for free?"

Trivia

 * The Tax Collector is a reference to Ebenezer Scrooge from the story . Scrooge is a greedy, grumpy old man with a cane and top hat, mutton chops, and a hunched back. Many of his quotes are references to the story. Additionally this is why he prefers the Snow biome and dislikes Christmas and hates Santa.
 * The Tax Collector's potential names are all names of well-known U.S. politicians, most of which were at one point president or vice-president.
 * The Tax Collector not participating in the event, is almost certainly intentional and possibly another reference to Ebenezer Scrooge, as they both do not celebrate.
 * In the game files, the Tax Collector has an alternate image of him without a hat: Tax Collector (without hat).png. This would have been originally used to don him with a party hat during a Party.
 * Many of his quotes reference colloquial names for pre-decimal units of British currency, such as s.
 * The quote "" is possibly a reference to the post-apocalyptic fiction novel , where ammo is used as currency. However, it's more likely that the Arms Dealer is making a veiled threat to shoot the Tax Collector rather than paying him, and the Tax Collector doesn't understand the undertone.
 * The quote "" is a vague sexual reference.
 * The line "" is a reference to slimes being so easy to kill and make money off them.
 * The quote "" exists in the game's source code, but never appears, possibly due to a coding error.
 * The chance of The Tax Collector being named "Agnew" is twice as high as any other name, also possibly due to a coding error.
 * In the of the game, there used to be a chance the Tax Collector will be spawned with the name “TaxCollectorNames.Name_20”. The Tax Collector only has 19 names in total, so this is likely a small programming error, this has been fixed in 1.3.5.

History
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