Dryad

Dryad

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Statistics

Type	NPC
Environment	Valid house
AI Type	Passive AI
Damage	10
Max Life	250
Defense	15
KB Resist	50%

Grants buff

Grants buff

Grants buff

Buff	Dryad's Blessing
Buff tooltip	The power of nature protects you
Duration	2 seconds after Enchanting is over

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 20

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File:DryadCasting.gif

Dryad's Blessing in action.

The Dryad is an NPC vendor that will spawn once the following criteria have been met:

• There is an empty House.
• Any boss has been defeated (excluding King Slime, Wall of Flesh, and Lepus).

In addition to selling items, the Dryad can also report the percentages of Corruption/Crimson vs. Hallow that exist in the current world.

When enemies are nearby, the Dryad will periodically grant the Dryad's Blessing buff to players in the vicinity and displays a leaf barrier effect. The buff grants +8 defense, increased health regeneration, and gives the player contact damage. Enemies touching the leaf circle of the barrier will take 1 point of damage per second, (more damage per second if you have defeated more bosses and x1.5 during Expert mode).

Items sold

Inventory

Item	Cost	Availability
Purification Powder	75	While not a Blood Moon.
Vile Powder	1	During a Blood Moon in a Corrupt world.
Vicious Powder	1	During a Blood Moon in a Crimson world.
Grass Seeds	20	While not a Blood Moon.
Corrupt Seeds	5	During a Blood Moon in a Corrupt world.
Crimson Seeds	5	During a Blood Moon in a Crimson world.
Sunflower	50	While not a Blood Moon.
Acorn	10	Always available.
Dirt Rod	5 20	Always available.
Pumpkin Seed	250	Always available.
Grass Wall	10	Always available.
Flower Wall	10	Always available.
Jungle Wall	10	In Hardmode.
Hallowed Seeds	20	In Hardmode.
Mushroom Grass Seeds	150	While in a Glowing Mushroom biome.
Dryad Coverings	3	During Halloween.
Dryad Loincloth	3	During Halloween.
Daybloom Planter Box	1	After King Slime is defeated.
Moonglow Planter Box	1	After Queen Bee is defeated.
Blinkroot Planter Box	1	After Eye of Cthulhu is defeated.
Deathweed Planter Box	1	After Eater of Worlds is defeated, or (with sprite ) after Brain of Cthulhu is defeated.
Waterleaf Planter Box	1	After Skeletron is defeated.
Shiverthorn Planter Box	1	After Skeletron is defeated.
Fireblossom Planter Box	1	After Wall of Flesh is defeated.
Sparkly Wings	40	In Hardmode, during a Blood Moon.

World status

The Dryad's reports on Corruption/Crimson/Hallow coverage are accompanied by a status message. She sees Hallow as "good", and Corruption or Crimson "bad". The Dryad makes the distinction between Corruption and Crimson if they are present in the same world, and will list their percentages separately, though they both contribute to the overall "bad" total in her final report.

Quote	Appears When
"[Name of World] is completely pure. You have done an amazing job!"	The world has no Corruption, Crimson, or Hallow.
"The world is in balance."	Corruption/Crimson and Hallow percentages are similar (0.8*good < bad < 1.2*good).
"We are living in a fairy tale."	Corruption/Crimson and Hallow percentages are not similar, and the world has more Hallow than Corruption/Crimson.
"Things are grim indeed..."	Corruption/Crimson and Hallow percentages are not similar, and the world has far more Corruption/Crimson than Hallow (bad - good > 20%).
"You are so close!"	Corruption/Crimson and Hallow percentages are not similar, and the world has more Corruption/Crimson than Hallow, and there is very little Corruption/Crimson in the world (bad <= 10%).
"You have a lot of work to do."	Corruption/Crimson and Hallow percentages are not similar, and the world has more Corruption/Crimson than Hallow, and there is more Corruption/Crimson in the world (bad > 10%).

Tips

• For players creating housing for the Truffle, it would be beneficial to temporarily house the Dryad in or near a Glowing Mushroom biome where she will sell Mushroom Seeds.
  • If you can't build a house you can use a Queen Statue to teleport her to a Glowing Mushroom biome.
  • Another way to get Mushroom Seeds is to use Boulders or Land Mines to kill the Dryad and make the only valid house in a Glowing Mushroom biome.

Names

The Dryad may have any of the following names: Dryad/Names

Quotes

• "Be safe; Terraria needs you!"
• "The sands of time are flowing. And well, you are not aging very gracefully."
• "What's this about me having more 'bark' than bite?"
• "So two goblins walk into a bar, and one says to the other, 'Want to get a Goblet of beer?!"

After defeating Old One's Army:

Tier 1:

• "When I was in Etheria, I felt so disconnected from [Name of World]. It's good to be back."[sic]

Tier 2:

• "The Corruption tried to take me over when I went to Etheria, but instead, I used its power against the Old One's Army!"

When Merchant is present:

• "Why does [Name of Merchant] keep trying to sell me angel statues? Everyone knows that they don't do anything."[sic]

When Arms Dealer is present:

• "I wish [Name of Arms Dealer] would stop flirting with me. Doesn't he realize I'm 500 years old?"

When Truffle is present:

• "I feel like [Name of Truffle] is a bit misunderstood, he really is a fun guy."

Before Skeletron is defeated:

• "Have you seen the old man walking around the dungeon? He doesn't look well at all..."

In a Corrupt world:

• "You must cleanse the world of this corruption."

Before defeating the Eater of Worlds

• "Have you tried using purification powder on the ebonstone of the corruption?"

In a Crimson world:

• "You must cleanse the world of this crimson."

Before defeating the Brain of Cthulhu:

• "Have you tried using purification powder on the crimstone of the crimson?"

Only during a Blood Moon:

• "I sell what I want! If you don't like it, too bad."
• "Dude, is it just me or is there like a million zombies out tonight?"
• "I don't want you to buy my stuff. I want you to want to buy my stuff, ok?"
• "Why do you have to be so confrontational during a time like this?"

When asking for the status

• "[Name of world] is [hallow percentage]% hallow and [crimson/corruption percentage]% [crimson/corruption]. [Dryad's comment, see above]."(She will say crimson or corruption depending on which one there is, however if you have corruption and make an artificial crimson biome, she will list both crimson and corrupt percentages, as well as vice versa. She will tell the hallow's percentage in Hardmode.)

Once the world is completely pure:

• "[Name of World] is completely pure. You have done an amazing job!"

During a party:

• "I thought I would throw a party to celebrate our victories in the past and those yet to come."

Trivia

• A Dryad is a nature spirit from Greek mythology, generally depicted as a beautiful young woman. Fittingly, many of the Dryad's possible names take inspiration from either classical literature (e.g. Caelia, Elysia, Fae, Titania) or female celebrities.
  • This might be the reason that the Arms Dealer appears to flirt with her as shown in one of his quotes, but she states in one of her quotes that she wishes the Arms Dealer would stop pestering her.
    • In the same quote she reveals that she is 500 years old.
• The Dryad is depicted in a Painting called Dryadisque.
• Her quote calling the Truffle a "fun guy" plays on the homophone "Fungi".
• One of the Dryad's quotes about the player's safety says "Terraria needs you," instead of "[World Name] needs you." This is an oddity among the other quotes.
• Calista the Dryad is featured in the Terraria Comic Book from DC Comics.
• The Dryad also appears in Dungeon Defenders II.
• The Dryad's quote referencing her time in Etheria and her use of the corruption against the Old One's Army is a reference to her ability in Dungeon Defenders 2 where she can become a corrupted version of herself to do extra damage.
• One of The Dryad's names (Nissa) comes from the planeswalker Nissa Revane from the trading card game, Magic: The Gathering.
• According to the official game lore, an ancient race of Dryads once waged a large war with Cthulhu. Unable to defeat the beast, they crippled him by ripping out vital chunks of its body. However, only one Dryad remains, this being the NPC you obtain in-game.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.6: Now sells Vicious Powder during a Blood Moon on Crimson worlds.

• Desktop 1.3.0.5: Now properly increases the defense of other NPCs instead of decreasing it.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added Planter Box
  • Added Dryad's Blessing Buff

• Desktop 1.2.3: Now sells Crimson Seeds during Blood Moon if in a Crimson world.
  • Now has Crimson specific dialogue for worlds with Crimson in them.
  • Can now arrive following the defeat of the Brain of Cthulhu.
  • Improved Dryad's world status dialog.
  • Fixed bug where Brain of Cthulhu wouldn't make dryad spawn or stop talking about the chasms.
  • Fixed bug where Dryad would mention the Corruption in Purification Powder suggestion while in Crimson world.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Now sells Pumpkin seeds along with her own clothes.

• Desktop 1.2: Now sells Grass Walls and Flower Walls. Also sells Mushroom Grass Seeds when in a Glowing Mushroom biome.

• Desktop 1.1.1: Now Corruption and Hallow status numbers are correct.

• Desktop 1.1: Now has random name given to her on spawn. Her deaths will be reported with this name. Also other NPCs will use it in their quotes.
  • The Dryad will now tell you the percentage of Corruption vs. Hallow in the game world.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Vile Powder and Corrupt Seeds were added to inventory. Choice of goods became time of the day and event dependent.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.