Party

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“ Hmm? Nothing special today... just kidding! It's party time, and then it's after party time! — The Party Girl

A Party is an event that can occur randomly, or be activated manually using a Party Center. Parties are mainly visual, having little functional effect on gameplay, with the exception of some exclusive vanity and novelty items available from the Clothier and Party Girl. A Party lasts until 7:30 PM, and if spawned randomly, begins at 4:30 AM.

A Party has a random 10*1/10 (10%) chance of occurring at any particular dawn ("thrown" by one to three NPCs), without the need for a placed Party Center. A Party will not occur randomly if a random party already occurred in the previous 5–10 days (the actual cooldown period is chosen at random when a natural Party initiates), but a Party can still be triggered manually via the Party Center during that time.

When NPCs throw a Party, any placed Party Center activates, a burst of confetti appears on each NPC, and a pink status message displays: "Looks like <NPC name>, <NPC name>, and <NPC name> are throwing a party". At its conclusion, the Party automatically deactivates with a puff of smoke on all NPCs and another pink status message: "Party time's over!". A Party can still be re-initiated manually afterward.

During a Party,

• all NPCs except the Tax Collector, Zoologist, Old Man, and Skeleton Merchant wear Party Hats, including town pets.
• balloons continually rise in the background,
• Bunnies also wear Party Hats (but drop only normal Bunnies when caught),
• the Clothier and Party Girl sell additional Party-exclusive novelty and vanity items, the Party Girl will give the player a Slice of Cake when spoken to, and
• most NPCs display unique quotes when spoken to.

Contents

For Sale

From Party Girl:

• Party Present(2000*20)
• Pigronata(10000*1)
• Streamers(50*50)
• Silly Balloons(100*1)
• Silly Tied Balloons(1000*10)
• Slice of Cake(talking to Party Girl)

From Clothier:

• Bundled Party Balloons(20000*2)
• Balloon Animal(20000*2)
• Silly Sunflower set(90000*9)

NPC quotes

Most NPCs display unique quotes during Parties when spoken to:

NPC	Quote
Angler	"What, you think I like parties because I am a kid? Well, you're right, so get to partying!"
Arms Dealer	"Parties are great for getting people to come out of their shell, just like with bullets."
Clothier	"Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can party on."
Cyborg	"This party is going to be nuts, maybe even bolts!"
Demolitionist	"You might want to be careful today. Us dwarves tend to have pretty explosive parties."
Dryad	"I thought I would throw a party to celebrate our victories in the past and those yet to come."
Dye Trader	"I truly love parties, so many beautiful colors and happy people."
Goblin Tinkerer	"Goblin parties are a lot like humans. They both have games like "Pin the Blame on the Human" er... I don't play that game at my parties."
Golfer	"I'm having trouble concentrating on this swing because of the obnoxious party going on around me." "I hit a hole in one! That's a good reason for us all to celebrate. Time to put my club down and have a margarita."
Guide	"Never been to a party before? You might want to check around with the others. People sometimes bring out special party favors."
Mechanic	"Do you think anyone would mind if I wired a cake with bulbs instead of candles?"
Merchant	"You know what would be the best way to party? Buying things for others, specifically from me."
Nurse	"No, I will not tell you how many candles are on my cake."
Painter	"I tried having a paintball fight, but everyone wanted food and decorations instead."
Party Girl	"Hmm? Nothing special today... just kidding! It's party time, and then it's after party time!" "At last, my time has come!"
Pirate	"After all that cake, you might have to call me White Beard for a while."
Santa Claus	"Come now, you didn't think I only celebrated on Christmas did you?"
Steampunker	"Everyone said they like stacked cakes, so I installed smokestacks in mine." "Everyone said they like stacked cakes, so I installed smokestacks in mine" (note the missing period)
Stylist	"I may have gotten my hair done up just for today, but honestly, I just want to pop balloons with my scissors."
Tavernkeep	"There's a party happening here! I had just wiped down the bar, too." "You should sit down and have a little fun. Don't worry, I don't think any kobolds will crash this party."
Traveling Merchant	"Many say that parties give you the richest of memories. So buy something and make this memory rich!"
Truffle	"I would have invited everyone to party in my home, but there's not mushroom."
Witch Doctor	"I wanted to see how your kind celebrate, I am not disappointed."
Wizard	"Clearly I throw the most magical of parties."
Zoologist	"So, uh, I can't wear the hat. Sorry. I'm still here for the party, no worries!"

Notes

• Parties affect all NPCs (except the Tax Collector, Old Man, and Skeleton Merchant), regardless of their location in the world.
• It is possible that only one or two NPCs throw a Party. The respective status messages in these cases are:
  • "Looks like <NPC name> is throwing a party"
  • "Looks like <NPC name> & <NPC name> are throwing a party"
• The background balloons effect wears off if the player is 47 tiles away from any Party Center or NPC.

Trivia

• The event was introduced to celebrate Terraria's 5th birthday, May 16, 2016.
• Prior to 1.4.0.1 and the addition of Lantern Nights and Meteor Showers, this was the only event that was peaceful, i.e. did not cause more enemies to spawn.
• Also prior to 1.4.0.1, the Party Girl was the only NPC to have two Party unique messages.
• Even though the Tax Collector does not wear a Party Hat or says anything related to Parties, he can still throw a Party.
• Parties are the only event that allow seeing the hair of some NPCs, most noticeably the Dye Trader.
• The Goblin Tinkerer's quote references "pin the tail on the donkey", a party game.
• Even though the Pirate's quote is on eating so much cake his beard is white, his beard in his sprite is the same color as always.
• The Truffle's quote is a joke on the words mushroom and much room.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Party Girl now gives a Slice of Cake to the first player that talks to her during the party.
  • Bunnies spawned from Bunny Statues now also wear Party Hats.

• Desktop 1.3.2.1: Fixed NPC-started parties occurring only for 1 player in the server at random.

• Desktop 1.3.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2: Introduced.