Dye Trader

The Dye Trader is an NPC that sells the Dye Vat and other dye-related items. He will move in when the following criteria have been met:
 * There is an empty house.
 * Any material used to craft dye is in the player's inventory (eg. Yellow Marigold).
 * One of the following:


 * A Strange Plant has been acquired and is in the player's inventory
 * One of the four major Pre-Hardmode bosses has been defeated: Eye of Cthulhu, Skeletron, or Eater of Worlds / Brain of Cthulhu depending on whether you have Corruption or Crimson.

In addition to selling dye-related items, players may trade in Strange Plants for uncraftable and unpurchasable animated dyes. These dyes are given at random in sets of three for each Strange Plant exchanged in the 1.3 update.

On the, the Dye Trader will attack nearby enemies with his Exotic Scimitar to defend himself. He may also drop this weapon on death.

Strange Plant Quests
Speaking to the Dye Trader will show the "Strange Plants" quest, in which the Dye Trader asks players to fetch him rare plants. In return, he rewards players with 3 vials of a special dye which cannot be obtained otherwise. More of these dyes become available as the game progresses.

Names
The Dye Trader can have the following names:

Quotes
When Pirate NPC is present: During a Party When you give him a Strange Plant: When you don't have a strange plant:

Trivia

 * Ahirom, Abdosir, Hiram, Batnoam and Hanno are the names of ancient Phoenician kings and queens. was an east Mediterranean empire that became wealthy from the purple dye extracted from coastal snails, and Sea Snails drop the ingredient for Purple Dye.
 * His comment of Yes Yes in one of his quotes may be a reference to Tom Nook from the Animal Crossing series who often says the exact same thing in various situations.
 * One of his quotes mentions that he sells "the richest colors"; however, he only sells 5 dyes, one of them only on multiplayer.
 * Sprited by former artist William Data AKA Waffles. In 1.3.0.1, it was updated by Lazure.
 * The Dye Trader's comments about rich mahogany have been confirmed by Cenx to be a reference to the film Anchorman.[citation needed]
 * Even if you are wearing the Dye Trader's own attire, he still criticizes your clothes.
 * As mentioned in one of his quotes, he seems to dislike the Pirate.

History
Teinturier 染料商