NPCs/emotes

Emote Conditionā€ƒ
Combat
Emotion Anger Emotion Cry Emote Sadness Emote Run Emote Fight Item Tombstone If the speaking NPC is near an enemy.
Weather
Weather Cloudy When cloudy.
Weather Storming When raining.
Weather Lightning Weather Rain When nighttime and raining.
Weather Blizzard In a blizzard.
Weather Sunny When sunny.
Weather Rainbow In the Hallow.
Events
Party Present Party Hats Party Cake Party Balloons During a Party.
Event Blood Moon During a Blood Moon or rarely at night.
Event Solar Eclipse During a Solar Eclipse or rarely in Hardmode.
Event Meteor If a Shadow Orb has been smashed or a Meteorite has fallen.
Event Pumpkin Moon While Pumpkin Moon event is active or it is night and Pumpking or Mourning Wood has been defeated.
Event Frost Moon While Frost Moon event is active or it is night and an Ice Queen or Santa-NK1 has been defeated.
Event Old Ones Army During an Old One's Army event or after it has been defeated once.
Debuffs
Debuff Burn If the player is On Fire!, has a Cursed Flames, is in the Underworld, or the NPC being spoken to is on fire.
Debuff Curse n/a
Debuff Poison If the player is Poisoned, the NPC being spoken to is poisoned, or the player is in the Jungle.
Debuff Silence If the player currently does not have the Whoopie Cushion selected in their hotbar.
Items
Item Ring n/a
Item Life Potion n/a
Item Mana Potion n/a
Item Soup n/a
Item Sword n/a
Item Pickaxe n/a
Item Tombstone If the player is below half health.
Other NPCs
Town Guide Town Merchant Town Nurse Town Demolitionist Town Painter Town Dye Trader Town Party Girl Town Angler Town Stylist Town Dryad Town Tavernkeep Town Witch Doctor Town Arms Dealer Town Goblin Tinkerer Town Clothier Town Mechanic Town Tax Collector Town Pirate Town Truffle Town Wizard Town Steampunker Town Cyborg Town Santa Town Traveling Merchant Town Oldman Town Skeleton Merchant Town Golfer Town Zoologist Town Princess If the respective NPC is alive in the world.
Biomes
Biome Space If the player is near Space (above 55% altitude of the surface).
Biome Underground If the player is Underground.
Biome Underworld If the player is in the Underworld.
Biome Hallow If the player is in the Hallow.
Biome Corruption If the player is in the Corruption.
Biome Crimson If the player is in the Crimson.
Biome Jungle If the player is in the Jungle.
Biome Snow If the player is in a Snow biome.
Biome Beach If the player is at an Ocean.
Biome Desert If the player is in the Desert.
Biome Forest If the player is in a Forest.
Critters/Enemies
Critter Bee Critter Slime Critter Bird Critter Bunny Critter Butterfly Critter Mouse Critter Goldfish If it is daytime.
Critter Zombie If the sun has not risen (includes some areas of sunrise/sunset).
Critter Goblin If the Goblin Army has been defeated.
Critter Snowman If the Frost Legion has been defeated.
Critter Pirate If a Pirate Invasion has been defeated.
Critter Martian If the Martian Madness event has been defeated.
Critter Spider If the world generated with Crimson.
Critter Skeleton Critter Mouse If the NPC is Underground.
Emotions
Emotion Love Emotion Anger Emotion Cry Emote Note Emote Laugh Emote Confused Emote Run
Emote Happiness Emote Sadness Emote Anger Emote Wink Emote Scowl Emote Silly
n/a
Emotion Anger Emotion Cry More common during night or a Blood Moon.
Bosses
Boss Eye of Cthulhu Boss King Slime
Boss Eater of Worlds (Corruption worlds)
Boss Brain of Cthulhu (Crimson worlds)
More common if only up to Eye of Cthulhu has been defeated, less common if future bosses have been defeated.
Boss Queen Bee Boss Skeletron More common if only up to Eater of Worlds or Brain of Cthulhu has been defeated, less common if future bosses have been defeated.
Boss Wall of Flesh Boss The Destroyer Boss The Twins Boss Skeletron Prime More common if only up to Wall of Flesh has been defeated, less common if future bosses have been defeated.
Boss Plantera
Boss The Destroyer (if not defeated)
Boss The Twins (if not defeated)
Boss Skeletron Prime (if not defeated)
More common if only up to one mechanical boss has been defeated, less common if future bosses have been defeated.
Boss Plantera Boss Golem Boss Duke Fishron More common if only up to Plantera has been defeated, less common if future bosses have been defeated.
Boss Golem Boss Duke Fishron Boss Lunatic Cultist More common if only up to Golem has been defeated, less common if future bosses have been defeated.
Boss Lunatic Cultist Boss Moon Lord More common if only up to the Lunatic Cultist has been defeated, less common if future bosses have been defeated.
Boss Flying Dutchman If the Pirate Invasion has been defeated and the world is in Expert Mode.
Boss Martian Saucer If the Martian Invasion has been defeated.
Boss Ice Queen If an Ice Queen has been defeated.
Boss Everscream If an Everscream has been defeated.
Boss Santa-NK1 If a Santa-NK1 has been defeated.
Boss Pumpking If a Pumpking has been defeated.
Boss Mourning Wood If a Mourning Wood has been defeated.
Boss Empress of Light If the Empress of Light has been defeated.
Boss Queen Slime If the Queen Slime has been defeated.
NPC-specific behavior
Item Goldpile Item Bug Net Used more often by Merchant.
Item Life Potion Item Tombstone Item Soup Used more often by Nurse.
Emotion Anger Emote Fight Emote Kick More common when the Arms Dealer is talking to the Guide.
Item Minishark Item Goldpile Item Ale Emote Fight Used more often by the Arms Dealer.
Town Stylist (if alive)
Misc Tree
Used more often by Dryad.
Emotion Cry Used more often by Guide if night.
Item Fishing Rod Used more often by Guide if not a Blood Moon.
Emotion Anger Emote Kick Emote Fight More common when the Guide is talking to the Arms Dealer.
Boss Skeletron Critter Skeleton Used more often by Old Man.
Item Ale Item Dynamite Item Pickaxe Used more often by Demolitionist.
Item Ale Item Dynamite Used even more often by Demolitionist during a Blood Moon.
Boss Skeletron Critter Skeleton Used more often by Clothier during a Blood Moon.
Town Mechanic (if alive)
Emote Note
Used more often by Clothier when not during a Blood Moon.
Emote Run Emote Kick Town Mechanic Used more often by Goblin Tinkerer when not speaking to Mechanic.
Emotion Love Emote Note Item Diamond Ring Emote Kiss
Never uses Town Mechanic
More common when the Goblin Tinkerer is talking to Mechanic.
Misc Fire Emote Sleep Debuff Curse Used more often by Wizard.
Emotion Cry Boss Skeletron
Town Goblin Tinkerer (if alive)
Town Wizard (if alive)
Used more often by Mechanic.
Emotion Love Emote Note Item Diamond Ring Emote Kiss
Town Mechanic
More common when the Mechanic is talking to Goblin Tinkerer.
Biome Snow Critter Snowman Emote Note Emote Laugh Used more often by Santa Claus.
Debuff Silence Emote Eating Emote Sleep Debuff Poison Used more often by Truffle.
Item Cog Used more often by Steampunker.
Biome Desert Emote Fight Weather Sunny Used more often by Dye Trader.
Emote Eating Emote Note Emotion Alert Item Ale Used more often by Party Girl.
Item Cog Boss Plantera Weather Lightning Used more often by Cyborg.
Critter Bird Critter Butterfly Used more often by Painter.
Biome Jungle Weather Sunny Debuff Poison Used more often by Witch Doctor.
Emote Fight Debuff Burn Critter Pirate Town Pirate Boss Flying Dutchman Used more often by Pirate.
Critter Spider
Town Dryad (if alive)
Town Mechanic (if alive)
Used more often by Stylist.
Item Goldpile Item Ring Item Fishing Rod Used more often by Traveling Merchant.
Critter Goldfish Item Cooked Fish Item Fishing Rod Used more often by Angler if not a Blood Moon.
Biome Beach Used more often by Angler if not Underground.
Critter Skeleton Critter Mouse Emote Confused Emotion Alert Used more often by Skeleton Merchant.
Misc Fire Emotion Anger Emote Confused Used more often by Tax Collector.
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