Not to be confused with Frost Moon, a Christmas-themed invasion event.
Christmas is a seasonal event that occurs between December 15th ( December 1st) and 31st ( January 15th). 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.
Reaching the end of the Frost Moon will unlock one in-game day of the Christmas Event, regardless of the date.
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Characters
Unique Drops
From any enemy:
- Candy Cane(replaces Hearts)
- Sugar Plum(replaces Mana Stars)
- Present(1/13 or 7.7% chance)[1]
From Present Slimes:
For Sale
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Tips
- Christmas can be "activated" by setting the device's date to any date within the respective Christmas timespan.
- If a change of the device's time is undesired, applications like "RunAsDate" allow launching Terraria with a changed time and date.
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.1: Reaching the end of the Frost Moon unlocks one in-game day of Christmas.
- 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-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.10061: Santa now requires the Frost Legion to be defeated before he'll spawn.
- Mobile 1.1.5: Introduced, Santa can spawn randomly any time during the Christmas season.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.