Painter

Painter

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Statistics

Type	NPC
Environment	Valid house
AI Type	Passive AI
Damage	81214›101517 (Paintball Gun)
Max Life	250
Defense	15
KB Resist	50%

Drops

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Paintball Gun
  10%
• Jim's Cap(Only if name is Jim)
  100%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 227

The Painter is an NPC vendor who sells paint and painting tools, as well as paintings and wallpapers. He will spawn once the following conditions are met:

• There is an empty house.
• 8 / 8 other town NPCs are in the world. Note that while the Old Man, Traveling Merchant, and town pets count towards this total, the Skeleton Merchant does not.

The Painter's shop inventory changes based on external factors. The biome in which he is talked to, the moon phase, and seasonal events all determine which paintings and wallpapers are available. As of version 1.4.4, wallpapers and paintings are sold under the interaction labelled "Decor" while paints, paint tools, and pylons are sold under the normal "Shop" option.

On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version,  Old Chinese version,  tModLoader version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, the Painter will attack nearby enemies with his Paintball Gun to defend himself, dealing 8 / 12 / 14 damage in Pre-Hardmode (increasing to 10 / 15 / 17 damage in Hardmode), and (on the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version) as players progress he will gain various stat increases.

Items sold

Note: All item prices can be decreased by equipping a Discount Card or Greedy Ring. On the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, prices can also be higher or lower based on the NPC's happiness level.

Inventory

Item	Cost	Availability
Paintbrush	1	Always available.
Paint Roller	1	Always available.
Paint Scraper	1	Always available.
Red Paint	25	Always available.
Orange Paint	25	Always available.
Yellow Paint	25	Always available.
Lime Paint	25	Always available.
Green Paint	25	Always available.
Teal Paint	25	Always available.
Cyan Paint	25	Always available.
Sky Blue Paint	25	Always available.
Blue Paint	25	Always available.
Purple Paint	25	Always available.
Violet Paint	25	Always available.
Pink Paint	25	Always available.
Black Paint	25	Always available.
Gray Paint	25	Always available.
White Paint	25	Always available.
Brown Paint	25	Always available.
Shadow Paint	50	In Hardmode.
Negative Paint	75	In Hardmode.
Illuminant Coating	2	While in Graveyard.
Echo Coating	2	While in Graveyard. After Plantera has been defeated.
Any Pylon	10	When in a specific biome and is happy enough.

Decorations

Inventory

Item	Cost	Availability
Daylight	1	Always available.
First Encounter	1	During the following moon phases:
Good Morning	1	During the following moon phases:
Underground Reward	1	During the following moon phases:
Through the Window	1	During the following moon phases:
Purity	1	While in the Forest.
Deadland Comes Alive	1	While in Crimson.
Lightless Chasms	1	While in Corruption.
The Land of Deceiving Looks	1	While in Hallow.
Do Not Step on the Grass	1	While in Jungle.
Cold Waters in the White Land	1	While in Snow Biome.
Secret of the Sands	1	While in Desert.
Evil Presence	1	During a Blood Moon.
Place Above the Clouds	1	While in Space.
Sky Guardian	1	Hardmode, while in Space.
Thunderbolt	1	During a Thunderstorm.
Nevermore	1	While in a Graveyard.
Reborn	1	While in a Graveyard.
Graveyard (Painting)	1	While in a Graveyard.
Ghost Manifestation	1	While in a Graveyard.
Wicked Undead	1	While in a Graveyard.
Hail to the King	1	While in a Graveyard.
Bloody Goblet	1	While in a Graveyard.
Still Life	1	While in a Graveyard.

Inventory

Item	Cost	Availability
Bubble Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Copper Pipe Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Ducky Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Fancy Gray Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Ice Floe Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Music Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Purple Rain Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Rainbow Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Sparkle Stone Wallpaper	75	Always available.
Starlit Heaven Wallpaper	75	Always available.

Inventory

Item	Cost	Availability
Christmas Tree Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Candy Cane Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Stars Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Snowflake Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Bluegreen Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Ornament Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Festive Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Squiggles Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Krampus Horn Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.
Grinch Finger Wallpaper	75	Only during Christmas.

Living preferences

	Biome	Neighbor
Loves	n/a	​Dryad
Likes	​Jungle	​Princess ​Party Girl
Dislikes	​Forest	​Cyborg ​Truffle
Hates	n/a	n/a

For more information, see NPC happiness.

Shimmered form

Shimmered Painter and his Map Icon.

When submerged in Shimmer, the Painter will transform into his Shimmered form. This has no impact on gameplay or dialogue and is only a visual change. He can be returned to his classic look by submerging him in Shimmer again.

Notes

• An NPC's shop window can display a maximum of 39 items. During Christmas, the number of items the Painter can sell at once increases above 39, which can push some items into the second shop window, making them technically unobtainable during Christmas. Assuming the Painter is in a pre-Hardmode world and talked to in a Forest biome, the Sparkle Stone Wallpaper and Starlit Heaven Wallpaper will be affected by this. More wallpapers will move to the second window, going up the list, if the world is in Hardmode or the Painter is talked to in different biomes.
• On the Nintendo 3DS version, the painting tools and paint he would normally sell are unavailable, due to the general unavailability of paint on this version.

Tips

• It is possible to use Teleporters or the King Statue to teleport him to different biomes in order to obtain all of his paintings. Alternatively, one can change the biome he is currently staying in.
• Another method is to build a small House in each biome and wait until night. If an NPC is assigned to a House at night, and the player moves a screen away, they will suddenly pop into the House. After that simply backtrack to the House, buy the painting, and repeat in as many biomes as you would like.
  • The Crimson and Corruption make this difficult due to House location requirements. The easiest way is to build valid housing on corruptible blocks such as dirt, stone or sand, then using the Clentaminator with the required evil solution to spray the area around the house till the Painter begins selling the painting. Once bought, you can use Green Solution to purify the area again. This can also work with the Hallow if you don't wish to move the Painter from their house, and can be done in pre-Hardmode with the Evil Powders.

Names

The Painter may have any of the following names:

• Bruno
• Carlo
• Darren
• Enzo
• Esreadel
• Guido
• Jim
• Leonardo
• Lorenzo
• Luca
• Luciano
• Ludo
• Luigi
• Marco
• Mario
• Martino
• Mauro
• Raphael
• Stefano

Quotes

Interaction quotes

"I know the difference between turquoise and blue-green. But I won't tell you." "I'm all out of titanium white, so don't even ask." "Try swirly pink and purple, it works, I swear!" "No, no, no... There's TONS of different grays! Don't get me started..." "I hope it doesn't rain again until this paint dries. That would be a disaster!" When Party Girl is present: "Check out <name of Party Girl>. Now that's a girl who can paint the town red!" During Hardmode: "Once you enter hallowed land, you will see a rainbow in the sky. I can help you with painting that if you want." During a Party: "I tried having a paintball fight, but everyone wanted food and decorations instead." During Rain : "Rain is my worst nightmare. It literally rinses out all my hard work!" "I painted a mural on this wall just a moment ago. Shoulda bought a weather radio!" During a Thunderstorm: "When the thunder rolls, and the lightning strikes... it really brings out the colors on the furniture." "Blink and you'll miss it. The brightest colors stand out when the lightning flashes." During a Windy Day: "Feel that draft coming through? It's wafting paint fumes all over the place." "This wind storm just blew all the fresh paint right off the wall!" When in a Graveyard: "I paint walls and furniture, not bones! It isn't Dia de Muertos!" "What a dreary place... it sure could use a splash of color, huh?"

Happiness quotes

When homeless: "I ain't got a place to stay!" When neutral: "Yeah, I might be in a good mood. What's it to ya?" When far from home: "I need more paint, but my flat is too far, ya?" When in a sparse area: "This serene living space has all the quiet I need to focus on my mural." When overcrowded: "I don't like all these people around makin' noise when I'm painting." "I hate noisy crowds, when will I get some peace and quiet?" When in the Jungle: "There are many ingredients for mixin' new paint in the Jungle, and the pretty view don't hurt either!" When in a Forest: "Why don't I like the Forest? Because it's borin'. Green? Brown? That's it?" When in an Evil biome or the Dungeon: "Woah, the Corruption/Crimson/Dungeon is disgusting, get me outta here!" When near the Dryad: "I would really love to paint <name of Dryad>... because of the vivid colors, of course!" When near the Party Girl: "<name of Party Girl> and I like the same shade of pink! That's a friend, in my book!" When near the Cyborg: "<name of Cyborg> is just too bland for my tastes, I dislike associating with dull types." When near the Truffle: "<name of Truffle> is just too bland for my tastes, I dislike associating with dull types." When near the Princess: "<name of Princess> commissioned me to paint a mural on the roof of her throne room!"

Trivia

• It is apparent that most of his names are references to famous artists.
• He is most likely of Italian origin, considering most of his names are typical Italian names.
• Two of the names, Mario and Luigi, are the two main characters of the Super Mario Brothers video games.
• The name Darren is a reference to a letter sent to Red by a person whose friend named Darren passed away. Red then put Darren in the pool of possible painter names.
• The quote "I'm all out of titanium white, so don't even ask." is a direct reference to the American painter, art instructor, and television host Bob Ross.
  • Also, his shimmered form is a direct reference to Bob Ross.
• His quote "No, no, no... There's TONS of different grays! Don't get me started..." may be a reference to the novel Fifty Shades of Grey.
• The quote "When the thunder rolls, and the lightning strikes... it really brings out the colors on the furniture." may be a reference to the song The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks.
• Like the Arms Dealer, Cyborg, and Goblin Tinkerer, his quotes may reference him having a crush on a female NPC, in this case, the Dryad.
• The Painter was sprited by former Terraria spriter Waffles.
• The Painter is completely bald, as evidenced from the source files for NPCs without headwear.
• If the Painter is talked to in a converted Snow or Desert biome, he will sell two biome-exclusive paintings at once. For example: If the Painter is talked to in a Hallowed Desert, he will sell the paintings "The Land of Deceiving Looks" and "Secrets of the Sands" at once.
• Even with Blood and Gore turned off, his paintbrush and paint bucket will always drop when he dies, as if they were body parts.
• The name Guido may be a reference to the Italian painter Guido Reni.

The Bestiary entry for the Painter: "The Painter can talk about all the different shades of colors with which one can paint the walls. He'll sell but a handful of them!"

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Now has a separate menu for paintings and wallpapers.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Now sells Illuminant Paint and several new paintings when in a Graveyard.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Now has a chance to be named "Esreadel".

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Old Man, Traveling Merchant, and Skeleton Merchant are now excluded from NPC count for move-in requirement.
  • Now attacks enemies with a paint gun, drops paintball gun if killed.
  • The Painter now shows up after 8 other NPCs have moved in, instead of 4.
  • Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Now sells Brown Paint and various Wallpapers. Sells Shadow Paint and Negative Paint in Hardmode worlds.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Now sells Christmas-themed wallpapers during Christmas.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.