The Traveling Merchant is a unique NPC vendor who randomly visits the player's town for one day. His inventory is randomized and different every visit, selling 4-10 (average 5.5) different items (4-11, average 6 in Expert Mode) listed below.
In order for the Traveling Merchant to spawn, at least 2 other NPCs must already be present. The Guide counts as one of these, but the Old Man and Skeleton Merchant do not. He won't spawn during Events (except Rain and Slime Rain). He does not require his own house in order to spawn, and will instead spawn near existing NPCs, spending the day walking around near them.
Once the criteria are met, the Traveling Merchant has a 22% chance (roughly 1 in 4.5) of spawning each day, appearing at a random time between 4:30 AM and 12 PM. He generally stays for only one day at a time, after which he leaves at 6:00 PM. He despawns if the world is vacated before that time.
If threatened by enemies, the Traveling Merchant will defend himself with a Revolver. Once Hardmode begins, he upgrades to a Pulse Bow.
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Notes
- The actual "roll" to spawn the Traveling Merchant is not performed once-per-day as a Goblin Invasion or other Event is determined. Rather, the roll is performed once per in-game second for the first half of each day. There are 60 in-game seconds per 1 real-world second.
- For each in-game second of the first half of each day (4:30am – 12:00pm = 7.5 hours = 27,000 seconds), there is a 1 in 108,000 chance to spawn the Traveling Merchant. Thus, the Traveling Merchant has a: 1 - (107,999 / 108,000)27,000 = 0.2212 ≈ 22% chance of arriving each day.
- This means that if you want a specific item from the Traveling Merchant but he arrived without that particular item you can simply kill him and there's a chance that another merchant may spawn if you killed him before 12:00pm. An easy way to kill him (and any other friendly NPC) is with a boulder if you already got the Goblin Tinkerer (you need the Tinkerer's Workshop to craft it), otherwise your best option is lava or drowning.
- The Traveling Merchant departs by simply disappearing while off-screen. If the player keeps him on-screen during the time when he would normally depart, he will remain until he is off-screen again. If he is kept on-screen until dawn, he will not depart until he is off-screen the following evening.
- If you are standing where the Traveling Merchant spawns, you will notice that he falls from the sky.
Trivia
- Many of the things he sells are of Asian origin, many from the Qing Dynasty.
- The name Willy is most likely a reference to the play, "The Death of a Salesman", by Arthur Miller, where the main character is named Willy Loman and is a traveling salesman.
- One of his quotes is a reference to a man who yells "One pound fish!" to sell fish, popularized by the song "One Pound Fish".
Quotes
- "Combination hookah and coffee maker! Also makes julienne fries!"
- "Meet me behind [Name of Guide]'s house in about three hours, I think I have something you will find very appealing."
- "A thrift shop? No, I am only selling the highest quality items on the market."
- "I don't refund for "buyer's remorse..." Or for any other reason, really."
- "I only sell what I can get. [Name of Clothier] keeps hounding me for exotic clothing." (Only if Clothier is present)
- "If you're looking for junk, you've come to the wrong place."
- "I sell wares from places that might not even exist!"
- "That [Name of Merchant], he really has no appreciation for a really good deal." (Only if Merchant is present)
- "Hmm, you look like you could use an Angel Statue! They slice, and dice, and make everything nice!"
- "Come and have a look! One pound fish! Very very good! One pound fish!" (Possibly a reference to the song One Pound Fish.)
- "Buy now, and get free shipping!"
- "You want two penny farthings!? Make it one and we have a deal."
Names
The traveling merchant may have any of the following names: Traveling Merchant/Names
See also
History
- 1.3.0.1: Now sells many new items, including yoyos, accessories, and paintings.
- 1.2.4.1: Now sells animal skins.
- 1.2.4: Fixed issue where Scorpions worked with King Statue and Traveling Merchant did not.
- 1.2.3.1: The Traveling Merchant can no longer spawn in lava. Fixed bug where Queen/King Statues didn't teleport Stylist and traveling merchant respectively.
- 1.2.3: Introduced.
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