Santa Claus

Type	NPC
Environment	Valid house
AI Type	Passive AI
Damage	10
Max Life	250
Defense	15
KB Resist	50%
Hurt
Killed

This is the main page whose information applies to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.
For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Santa Claus.

Christmas-Only Content
The content described on this page will only appear during the Christmas event.

“
What? You thought I wasn't real?
— Santa Claus

"Santa" redirects here. For the Frost Moon mini-boss, see Santa-NK1.

Santa Claus is a unique Hardmode NPC vendor who sells various decorative Christmas-themed items. He will move in once the following criteria have been met:

There is an available vacant house.
The Frost Legion event has been completed at least once.

Santa Claus will only spawn during the Christmas seasonal event (December 15 – December 31, or unlocked for one in-game day outside of those dates by reaching the Frost Moon event's 15th wave), after which he dies.

Santa Claus will defend himself against nearby enemies by throwing baubles.

Items sold

Note: All item prices can be decreased by equipping a Discount Card or Greedy Ring(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions). Prices can also be higher or lower based on the NPC's happiness level.

Inventory
Item	Cost	Availability
Santa Hat	15 GC	Always available.
Santa Shirt	15 GC	Always available.
Santa Pants	15 GC	Always available.
Christmas Tree	25 SC	Always available.
Red Light	5 SC	Always available.
Green Light	5 SC	Always available.
Blue Light	5 SC	Always available.
Star Topper 1	5 SC	Always available.
Star Topper 2	5 SC	Always available.
Star Topper 3	5 SC	Always available.
Bow Topper	5 SC	Always available.
White Garland	5 SC	Always available.
White and Red Garland	5 SC	Always available.
Red Garland	5 SC	Always available.
Red and Green Garland	5 SC	Always available.
Green Garland	5 SC	Always available.
Green and White Garland	5 SC	Always available.
Multicolored Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
Red Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
Yellow Bulb	5 SC	Always available.

Inventory
Item	Cost	Availability
Green Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
Red and Green Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
Yellow and Green Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
Red and Yellow Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
White Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
White and Red Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
White and Yellow Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
White and Green Bulb	5 SC	Always available.
Multicolored Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Red Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Green Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Blue Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Yellow Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Red and Yellow Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Red and Green Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Yellow and Green Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Blue and Green Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Red and Blue Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Blue and Yellow Lights	5 SC	Always available.
Any Pylon	10 GC	When in a specific biome and is happy enough.

Living preferences

	Biome	Neighbor
Loves	Snow biome	n/a
Likes	n/a	Princess(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Dislikes	n/a	n/a
Hates	Desert	Tax Collector(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

For more information, see NPC happiness.

Shimmered form

Shimmered Santa Claus


NPC	Map icon

When submerged in Shimmer, the Santa Claus 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.

Tips

This content is transcluded from Christmas § Tips.

Christmas can be "activated" by setting the device's date to any date between December 15th and 31st.
- Change the computer's date in the system settings.
- Disconnect from Xbox Live / PSN and change the console time.
- Disconnect from automatic date/time updates and change the time manually. Note that this does not work for some devices.
- Go to "System Settings" and go to "System", click on "Date and Time", turn off "Synchronize Clock via Internet" and set the time there.

If a change of the device's time is undesired, applications like "RunAsDate" allow launching Terraria with a changed time and date.

Changing the time back to normal will cause him to die at the next sunrise.
- If he is spawned in while it is not Christmas via TShock or similar third-party software, he will die instantly.
As long as the Frost Legion is defeated once in a world, he will arrive every time Christmas content is active in that world. They do not need to be defeated each Christmas.

Quotes

Interaction quotes

"Ho ho ho, and a bottle of... Egg Nog!"
"What? You thought I wasn't real?"
"Care to bake me some cookies?"

During a Party:

"Come now, you didn't think I only celebrated on Christmas did you?"

During Rain:

"Got a torch? If so, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?!"

During a Windy Day:

"Ho ho! My reindeer will fly at mach speeds, tonight!"

During a Thunderstorm:

"Oh ho... whoah! There goes Dasher. There went Donner, too!"

When in a Graveyard:

"Ho ho ho! Wait, look at this place... did I come two months too early!?"
"Naughty or Nice? Hm, how unusual... the people here have all been crossed off my list for some time now."

Happiness quotes

When homeless:

"I can't just go back to the north pole when I please, ho ho ho! Think you can spot me a temporary house?"

When far from home:

"Hello there! I'm far from my temporary home!"

When in a sparse area:

"Ho ho ho! Just me and my elves, a perfect place for my remote workshop."

When overcrowded:

"I prefer to work alone, in the presence of just my elves. I dislike all the distractions!"
"This is a pretty big crowd, each and every one on the naughty list. I hate carrying that heavy bag of coal!"

When in a Snow biome:

"I absolutely love it here! Are you surprised? Who thought I wouldn't like the Snow?"

When in a Desert:

"I'm adding you to the naughty list for putting me in a awful place like the Desert."

When near the Princess:

"Ho ho ho, <name of Princess> is most certainly on top of the nice list. "

When near the Tax Collector:

"I hate people who don't believe in me! For example, <name of Tax Collector> the Tax Collector, the naughtiest I've ever known!"

Trivia

If a Snow Globe is obtained and brought into a pre-Hardmode world, Santa Claus can be obtained outside Hardmode by defeating the Frost Legion and having available housing for him.
Santa Claus sells 39 items at any given time, more than any other NPC.
- Two other NPCs sell more items only during certain conditions. The Golfer sells 39 items only if the player has a golf score of 2000 or higher. If the Golfer is happy enough, he will additionally sell a pylon, therefore expanding his supplies to 40. Also, the Tavernkeep will have 40 items available once Golem has been defeated.
- It is not possible to buy back items sold to this NPC since the last item slot cannot hold any sold items.
In the Console version, he has a description in the housing section saying "A jolly old fellow".^Verify
"Ho ho ho, and a bottle of... Egg Nog!" is a reference to the fictional sea song "Dead Man's Chest", originally from Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel Treasure Island which was first published in 1883. The song contains the verse "Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum".
- The Pirate also makes this reference, saying, "Yo ho ho and a bottle of....blinkroots!"
He has the least number of possible names out of all NPCs, having only one.
In the housing menu, he is described as "Santa Claus the Santa Claus".
Santa hating the Tax Collector is likely a reference to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, where protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge (whom the Tax Collector is based on) despises everything to do with Christmas, hence Santa hating him.
This is the only NPC to love or hate a biome – all other NPCs simply like or dislike certain biomes.
Santa Claus' interaction quote during a Thunderstorm, "Oh ho... whoah! There goes Dasher. There went Donner, too!", is a reference to the fact that Donner is the German word for thunder, as well as one of Santa's reindeer.
Santa Claus' Shimmered form could be a reference to the Ded Moroz, a legendary figure in Slavic mythology who is similar to Santa Claus.

The Bestiary entry for the Santa Claus: "Only present during a specific time of year, Santa Claus makes a big entrance and an even bigger, rather explosive exit. Ho! Ho! Ho!"