Christmas

Not to be confused with Frost Moon, a Christmas-themed invasion event.

Christmas is a seasonal event that occurs between December 15th (December 1st on the  Mobile and DS versions) and 31st (January 15th on the  Mobile and DS versions). During Christmas, Presents can be dropped by any enemy (1/13 or 7.7% chance), 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.

Contents

Characters

Critters:

• Santa Bunny
• White Present Slime
• Gold Present Slime
• Green Present Slime
• Red Present Slime

Unique Drops

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)

For Sale

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 

Tips

• Christmas can be "activated" by setting the device's date to any date within the respective Christmas timespan.
  • Change the computer's date to any day between December 15th and 31st.
  • Disconnect from Xbox Live / PSN and change the console time.
  • Disconnect from automatic date/time updates and set the time to any day in December. Note that this does not work for some devices.
  • Go to "System Settings" and set the date there.

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