Traveling Merchant

Statues

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Statistics

Type	Furniture
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 3 high)
Use time	14 (Very fast)
Rarity	0
Sell	60

• Internal Item ID: 52, 438-478, 1152-1154, 2672 (Deco/functional), 2702-2737 (Text)
• Internal Tile ID: 105 (Normal), 337 (Text), 349 (Mushroom)

Statues are furniture items. There are a total of 109 different statues - 31 decoration statues, 36 text and numerical statues and 42 functional mechanisms that have an effect when connected to wires and activated. Depending on the statue, upon activation it may spawn enemies, drop items, or teleport an NPC to the statue's location. Most statues can be found already placed in any area underground (most frequently in the Dungeon and Underground Cabins, and Cavern level), though Angel Statues appear in Chests. Like all furniture, a pickaxe is used to free and collect them.

Quick Answers

What is the average number of items the Traveling Merchant sells in Terraria?

The Traveling Merchant in Terraria sells an average of 5.47 to 5.97 items per visit. This number can be increased by 2 on Celebrationmk10 worlds, and by 1 by using the Peddler's Satchel.

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What conditions must be met for the Traveling Merchant to spawn in Terraria?

In Terraria, the Traveling Merchant has a 22.12% chance of spawning each day, appearing at a random time between 4:30 AM and 12:00 PM. The chances of him spawning are always the same regardless if the player is sleeping. He despawns if the world is vacated any time after he spawns. It's important to note that he leaves the same day at 6:00 PM, but can only do so once he is off-screen. If you're wondering how to get the traveling merchant to spawn, it's mostly a matter of luck and time in the game!

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How does the Peddler's Satchel affect the Traveling Merchant's inventory in Terraria?

In Terraria, the Peddler's Satchel is a consumable item that has a significant impact on the Traveling Merchant's inventory. When used, it permanently increases the number of items that the Traveling Merchant sells at any given time. This means you'll have a wider variety of items to choose from whenever the wandering merchant visits your town. It's a handy tool for those looking to maximize their shopping options with the traveling trader.

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What is the difference between the Traveling Merchant and other NPCs in Terraria?

The Traveling Merchant in Terraria is a unique NPC vendor who randomly visits the player's town for one day. Unlike other NPCs, his inventory is randomized and different every visit, selling a varying number of items. He also requires at least 2 other NPCs to be present in order for him to spawn. Other NPCs, like the Merchant, have fixed inventories and spawn under different conditions, such as having an empty house and players having more than 50 between them in their inventories.

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How often does the Traveling Merchant visit the player's town in Terraria?

In Terraria, the Traveling Merchant has a 22.12% chance of visiting the player's town each day. He appears at a random time between 4:30 AM and 12:00 PM and leaves the same day at 6:00 PM. However, he can only leave once he is off-screen. If the world is vacated any time after he spawns, he will despawn. The chances of him visiting are always the same, regardless of whether the player is sleeping or not.

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Functional statues

All placed functional statues.

These statues can be wired and activated to spawn enemies, drop items, or teleport a random NPC to their location. For more information on wiring, go here. Statue-spawned enemies don't drop coins. They do generally drop their other usual items, with the exception of the Mimic, which will only drop its banner after the designated amount of kills. Critters spawned from statues cannot be caught with the Bug Net; attempting to do so will cause the critter to disappear in a puff of smoke. See spawn limits (below) for limitations that apply to functional statues.

Spawn Enemies
Statue		Enemy		Notes
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Cave Bats can inflict the Feral Bite debuff in expert mode, which increases your damage temporarily and causes other negative debuffs. Drop Chain Knife and Depth Meter.
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Spawned Mimics resemble the appropriate Chest type for the current biome. Chest Statues can still spawn Mimics pre-Hardmode. Mimics spawned via the statue will not drop loot.
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Useful for making a Crab Engine.
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Can be farmed for Jellyfish Necklaces, making high profits.
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Drops Hooks, Robot Hat, and Compass.
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Sharks will only spawn if the area around the statue is at least 6 blocks wide and 3 blocks high. Drops Shark Fins and Diving Helmet.
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Template:Mobile iconDrop Bones. Rare drops Ancient Gold Helmet, Ancient Iron Helmet, Bone Sword and Hooks.
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Uses to create Gel farm. Very rare drop Slime Staff. Useful for creating an invulnerability mechanism to shield against heavy damage attacks.
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Spawn Critters
Statue		Critter		Notes
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Useful for making a Bird Engine.
Template:Il2cn		Grubby Sluggy Buggy
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	Bunnies spawned during a Blood Moon will instantly transform into Corrupt Bunnies or Crimtane Bunnies. Corrupt Bunnies - Very rare drop Bunny Hood.
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Template:Il2cn		Duck Mallard Duck
Template:Il2cn		Firefly Lightning Bug
Template:Il2cn	Template:Il2c	When raining, Goldfish will start walking, ignoring the spawn cap. Goldfish spawned during a Blood Moon will instantly transform into Corrupt Goldfish or Crimtane Goldfish.
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Template:Il2cn		Snail (80%) Glowing Snail (20%)
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Teleport NPC
Statue		Effect
Template:Il2cn	Teleports a random male NPC to the statue's location
Template:Il2cn	Teleports a random female NPC to the statue's location
These can only summon NPCs that are currently alive and have been rescued.

Drop Items
Statue		Drops
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Decorative
Statue			Effect
	Template:Il2cn	Emits blue glow similar to Mushroom Grass (not a valid light source for NPC houses)

Decorative statues

Decorative Statues have no function and only serve as decoration. They are generally found placed underground. The three Lihzahrd statues are only found in the Jungle Temple, and are the only statues that do not appear to be made of stone. The Angel Statue is sometimes found in Chests.

Angel Statue Anvil Statue Armor Statue Axe Statue Boomerang Statue Boot Statue Bow Statue Corrupt Statue Cross Statue Eyeball Statue Gargoyle Statue Gloom Statue Goblin Statue Hammer Statue Hornet Statue Imp Statue Mushroom Statue Pickaxe Statue Pillar Statue Pot Statue Potion Statue Reaper Statue Shield Statue Spear Statue Sunflower Statue Sword Statue Tree Statue Woman Statue Lihzahrd Statue Lihzahrd Guardian Statue Lihzahrd Watcher Statue File:Placed Statues (Decorative).png All placed decorative statues.

Text Statues

These are crafted at the Heavy Work Bench for 50 Stone each.

'A' Statue 'B' Statue 'C' Statue 'D' Statue 'E' Statue 'F' Statue 'G' Statue 'H' Statue 'I' Statue 'J' Statue 'K' Statue 'L' Statue 'M' Statue 'N' Statue 'O' Statue 'P' Statue 'Q' Statue 'R' Statue 'S' Statue 'T' Statue 'U' Statue 'V' Statue 'W' Statue 'X' Statue 'Y' Statue 'Z' Statue '0' Statue '1' Statue '2' Statue '3' Statue '4' Statue '5' Statue '6' Statue '7' Statue '8' Statue '9' Statue File:Placed Statues (Text).png All placed text statues.

Spawn limits

Entities within range count towards spawn limit.

Activation of a spawning statue will not produce an item/character if a certain quantity of that entity already exists within a certain range. The range boundary is square, centered on the statue's spawning point.

Spawn Limit	Distance (D) to Range Boundary
	Enemy and Critter Statues	Item Statues
3	12.5 tiles (200 pixels)	18.75 tiles (300 pixels)
6	37.5 tiles (600 pixels)	50 tiles (800 pixels)
10	Anywhere in the world

• Example: A new Bunny will not be spawned by an activated Bunny Statue if 3 or more Bunnies already exist within a 200 pixel radius.

All statues (even those that appear shorter) have a footprint of 6 tiles (2 wide, 3 tall). Each of these 6 tiles could be used as a wire input. Since 1.3 update, each input shares cool down period with each other after activation. During an input's cooldown, activations from any trigger devices (switches, timers, pressure plates) will be ignored. For enemy & critter statues, this cooldown lasts exactly 0.5 seconds. Item statue inputs have a far longer 10 second cooldown.

Creatures spawned by Fish and Bunny Statues during a Blood Moon will immediately become corrupted. Corrupt Goldfish and Corrupt Bunny enemies do not count against the spawn limits, allowing quicker farming. The same is true of Goldfish which start walking during a rainstorm. Another exception is the Bomb Statue, since Bombs may group together into stacks of up to 100 and each stack counts as a single item.

Notes

• Template:Mobile icon Heart Statues may appear inside a wooden chest in Heart Shrines.
• With a single wire color, up to three independent 1-second timers can be wired per statue, for three spawns per second each.(Not working as of March 11, 2016.) With all three wire colors, all six tiles of a statue can be connected to separate timers, for a possible six spawns per second. Enemy spawn limits apply, though if the enemies are instantly killed upon spawning (eg. if lava or a continually activated trap is used, as in the image to the right), each activation will successfully spawn an enemy. ^Verify
• Connecting two or three 1-second timers to the same tile using multiple wire colors results in more spawns, though timing for the activation of the timer is required. The timers can override each other if their intervals are too close together. However, it is possible to activate all six blocks of a statue for six spawns per second with only two one-second timers if you use all three colors of wire. ^Verify
• Spawned enemies will not drop items that are specific to a particular biome or event. There is one exception: during a Blood Moon, Corrupt Bunnies can drop Bunny Hood, and Template:Mobile iconTemplate:Console icon both Corrupt Bunnies and Corrupt Goldfish can drop the KO Cannon^Verify.
• Both Corrupt Bunnies and Corrupt Goldfish do not have any limits on spawning; thus, during a Blood Moon, it is possible to have hundreds of corrupt bunnies from statues, making this a good way to farm for the KO Cannon^Verify (Template:Console icon Template:Mobile icon) or Bunny Hoods.

Tips

• Template:Desktop icon Template:Mobile icon Bunnies can be crafted into Explosive Bunnies (which would cost 35 if purchased from the Pirate NPC).
• Template:Console iconTemplate:Mobile icon One way to make money or grind for Ectoplasm is to put a Chest Statue or Shark Statue in the dungeon after Plantera has been defeated. Since only enemies with about 100 health have a chance (6.67%) of spawning a Dungeon Spirit (drop 1-2 Ectoplasm, 50 each).
• The most valuable statue in terms of rare drops is the Jellyfish Statue (1 per Jellyfish Necklace).
• The Metal Detector can help find statues. It can find Underground Cabins (by detecting the chest within), where statues often spawn. Note that Life Crystal has higher priority over chests.

Trivia

• Before the 1.1 update, the Angel Statue could be neither placed nor sold, and had no apparent use in the game. It was (and still is, even after the update) the subject of a running in-game joke, whereby NPCs will make reference to its useless nature. It was speculated to be a replacement for developer testing items, to prevent the overpowered test items from being hacked in. It could also simply be an in-joke among the game's developers. If the player acquires a Zapinator, Soul Scythe, Scythe, or Icemourne with an Inventory Editor, it will become an Angel Statue.
• The Angel Statue is listed to have 5 separate item IDs, but all 5 different statues will stack upon one another in your inventory.
• The Pillar Statue is the only statue that doesn't have a base.
• Since 1.3.0.1 update, the Mushroom Statue, though not being a functional statue, will react when stimulated with wire by lighting up.
• The Armor Statue is useless. You cannot put armor on it to decorate it.

History

• 1.3.1:
  • More statues added.
  • Critters generated by statues can no longer be captured in bug nets.

• 1.3.0.1:
  • Skeleton Statues can generate as part of Statue traps.
  • Chest Statues can now be found in generated houses in Underground Deserts.
  • Each of the 6 tiles of a functional statue now has the same cooldown, preventing the use of multiple Timers to spawn six times as many monsters or items.
  • Mimics and Sharks spawned by statues placed in the post-Plantera Dungeon no longer have a chance to spawn Dungeon Spirits.
  • Fixed bug where KO Cannon could drop from statue-spawned monsters.
  • Fixed a bug where you could spawn a heart/enemy from a statue using wires faster than intended.
  • Fixed a bug where Piranha Statues weren't spawning properly when a world was created.

• 1.2.4: Added Shark Statue and letter and number statues.

• 1.2.3.1:
  • The King Statue now correctly summons the Traveling Merchant.
  • The Queen Statue now correctly summons the Stylist.

• 1.2.0.3:
  • The Lucky Coin no longer causes statue-spawned monsters to drop coins.
  • The King Statue and Queen Statue now correctly summon new NPCs.

• 1.2.0.2:
  • Hardmode summon items will no longer drop from monsters that have been spawned from statues.
  • Statues will no longer spawn on Thin Ice.

• 1.2: Added three new Statues, found in the Jungle Temple. Now require a Picksaw to be harvested. Corrupt Goldfish and Bunnies spawned from Statues no longer drop money.

• 1.1.1: Statues no longer turn into Armor Statues when they are smashed from the top.

• 1.1: All other statues introduced.

• Pre-Release: Angel Statue introduced. Could not be placed or sold for any money.

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