Christmas

Christmas is a seasonal event that occurs between December 15th (December 1st on the Mobile and  3DS versions) and 31st (January 15th on the Mobile and  3DS versions). During Christmas, Presents can be dropped by any enemy (1 in 13 chance, or about 7.7%), except for enemies spawned by statues. Hearts are also replaced by Candy Canes, and Mana Stars are replaced with Sugar Plums.

During Hardmode, one of the items a present can contain is the Snow Globe, which summons the Frost Legion. Defeating it enables the Santa Claus NPC, which spawns if valid housing is available, but only during the Christmas season.

Christmas is not to be confused with the Frost Moon, a Christmas-themed invasion event.

Contents

Christmas
Characters	Unique Drops	For Sale
Critters: Santa Bunny White Present Slime Gold Present Slime Green Present Slime Red Present Slime	From any enemy: Candy Cane(replaces Hearts) Sugar Plum(replaces Mana Stars) Present(1/13 or 7.7% chance)* From Present Slimes: Giant Bow(1/20 or 5.0% chance)*	From Painter: Christmas Tree Wallpaper   Candy Cane Wallpaper   Stars Wallpaper   Snowflake Wallpaper   Bluegreen Wallpaper   Ornament Wallpaper   Festive Wallpaper   Squiggles Wallpaper   Krampus Horn Wallpaper   Grinch Finger Wallpaper	From Clothier: Festive top hat  From Demolitionist: Roman candle From Traveling Merchant: Acorns  Cold Snap  Cursed Saint  Snowfellas  The Season

• *Does not drop from Statue-spawned enemies

Tips

• Christmas can be "activated" by setting your computer's date to a day between December 15th and 31st, and on the  Console version, disconnecting from Xbox Live/PSN and changing the console time. On mobile you should disconnect from automatic date/time updates, and set the time to any day in December, however this does not work for some devices, and for the 3DS version, go to System Settings and set the date there. However, if you wish to not change your device's time to avoid messing up scheduled programs, you can use applications such as RunAsDate to launch Terraria with a changed time/date.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.2.2:
  • The event has been updated, featuring several new items.
  • One single present item drops instead of three different colors.

• Desktop 1.1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.10061: Santa now requires the Frost Legion to be defeated before he'll spawn.

• Mobile 1.1.5 Christmas Update: Introduced. Santa can spawn randomly any time during the Christmas season.