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Pirate
PirateOld-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version
Classic mode icon Classic
Expert mode icon Expert
Master mode icon Master
Statistics
Type
AI TypePassive
Max Life250
Defense15
KB Resist5000%

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This article is about the town NPC. For the enemies that spawn during the Pirate Invasion, see Pirates.

The Pirate is an NPC. If you have defeated a Pirate Invasion once and there is a vacant house, the Pirate will move in. This will even work in a non-hardmode world, provided you have a Pirate Map with you.

Items sold

Once the Pirate has moved into a house, he will sell the following:

Inventory
Item Cost Availability

CannonCannon 25 Always available.
CannonballCannonball 15 Always available.
Pirate HatPirate Hat 5 Always available.
Pirate ShirtPirate Shirt 5 Always available.
Pirate PantsPirate Pants 5 Always available.
SailSail 50 (Template:Pc icon) Always available.
Parrot CrackerParrot Cracker 375 Must be in Ocean biome
Bunny CannonBunny Cannon 50 When Party Girl is present, world is in Hardmode and one Mechanical Boss is defeated.
Explosive BunnyExplosive Bunny 35 (Template:Console icon/Template:Mobile icon) When Party Girl is present, world is in Hardmode and one Mechanical Boss is defeated.

Names

The pirate can have the following names: Pirate/Names

Quotes

  • Stay off me booty, ya scallywag!
  • I'm no landlubber, but it's better to have lubbed and lost than never to have lubbed at all. (Reference to "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" from Alfred Tennyson's In Memoriam A.H.H.) (can sometimes be said by Party Girl)
  • YAR! Funny ye should be mentionin' parrots b'cause...um... What t'were we talkin' 'bout?
  • "Yarr Blarr Harrdarr" (May be drunken speech)
  • What in blazes are ye talkin' about? Moby Dick is mine!
  • Yo ho ho and a bottle of....blinkroots!

If the player is female

  • "[Name of Player], Ye be one o' the finest lookin' lassies this here captain's seen in many a fortnight!

Notes

  • Template:Console icon In the housing menu, he has a description saying "I think he lost his boat".

Trivia

  • The name Black Beard is a reference to Captain Edward Teach, a notorious pirate in the early 18th century.
  • The name David is a possible reference to the legend of Davy (a nickname for David) Jones and his famous locker.
  • The name Jack could refer to Captain John "Calico Jack" Rackham, a pirate who sailed in the 18th century or Captain Jack Sparrow from Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean."
  • The name Jake is possibly a reference to Cut-Throat Jake from Captain Pugwash.
  • The name Captain Morgan could be a reference to the Captain Morgan brand of spiced rum or the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan, which the rum itself is named after.
  • The name James T. Beard is a reference to Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek.
  • The name Red Beard is a possible reference to Oruç Reis, a Barbary pirate in the late 1400's, who was known in Europe as Barbarossa (Italian for Redbeard).
  • The quote, "Yo ho ho and a bottle of blinkroot!" is a reference to the quote, "Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!" often said by pirates.

History

  • 1.2: Introduced.

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