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. (Sometimes on desktop he can be found as a normal tax payer without using the powder)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. It would then take 100 minutes (a bit over 4 game days) to reach the cap of.
 * 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 traveling 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:

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 living in a sparsely populated area:


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

When living in a biome:


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

When living in a densely populated area


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

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 and he also hates Santa Claus.
 * 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 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.
 * 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.
 * The quote "" is possibly a reference to the post-apocalyptic fiction novel , where ammo is used as currency.
 * Many of his quotes reference colloquial names for pre-decimal units of British currency, such as s.
 * The quote "" is a vague sexual reference.
 * 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.
 * The line "" is a reference to slimes being so easy to kill and make money off them.
 * In the of the game, there is 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.

History
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