Nurse

Nurse

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Statistics

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

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 18

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

• There is an empty house.
• The player's maximum health is greater than 100.
• The Merchant is present.

The Nurse will heal the player's health and cure them of any active debuffs (there are exceptions, see Notes and History), for a price. Healing costs can range from a few Copper to a several Silver Coins, depending on how much health the player is missing. She charges Copper equal to 75% of the health restored (e.g. 75 for restoring 100 health), plus an additional 750 for every active debuff on the player.

In the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version,  Old Chinese version,  tModLoader version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, she will fight enemies by throwing poison syringes that will damage and poison enemies for 3-5 seconds. She can also use healing syringes to heal herself and other friendly NPCs for 20 health. If the autopause option is off and the player is talking to her, she won't heal herself, resulting in her death if she keeps taking damage. Keep this in mind if you are going to use the nurse in a boss fight.

Notes

• If the player has full health and the heal option is available, this may be because of active debuffs.
• If planning on healing and drinking Ale, make sure to drink the Ale after healing, as healing after using Ale will remove the Tipsy debuff and all its attack benefits.
• The Nurse can survive forever underwater due to the fact that she heals herself.
• The Nurse cannot remove Potion Sickness, Water Candle, and Creative Shock, nor does she charge extra for them.

Achievement

The Frequent Flyer • “Spend over 1 gold being treated by the nurse.”

Spend over 1 total being treated by the Nurse.

Category: Challenger

Names

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

Quotes

Anytime other than during a Blood Moon:

• "Turn your head and cough."
• "That's not the biggest I've ever seen... Yes, I've seen bigger wounds for sure."
• "Would you like a lollipop?"
• "Show me where it hurts."

Before defeating Wall of Flesh:

• "I need to have a serious talk with <name of Guide>. How many times a week can you come in with severe lava burns?" (a reference to the effects of the Guide Voodoo Doll when it is thrown into lava.)

Before defeating Skeletron:

• "Have you seen that old man pacing around the dungeon? He looks troubled."

When Demolitionist is present:

• "I wish <name of Demolitionist> would be more careful. I'm getting tired of having to sew his limbs back on every day."

When Arms Dealer is present:

• "Hey, has <name of Arms Dealer> mentioned needing to go to the doctor for any reason? Just wondering."

When Tavernkeep is present:

• "I keep asking for wine, but all <name of Tavernkeep> gives me are mugs of ale."

When player is moderately injured (≥33% health, but <66% health):

• "Quit being such a baby! I've seen worse."
• "That's gonna need stitches!"
• "Trouble with those bullies again?"
• "Hold on, I've got some cartoon bandages around here somewhere."
• "Walk it off, <name of player>, you'll be fine. Sheesh."
• "Does it hurt when you do that? Don't do that."
• "You look half digested. Have you been chasing slimes again?"

When player is badly injured (<33% health):

• "I think you look better this way."
• "Eww... What happened to your face?"
• "MY GOODNESS! I'm good, but I'm not THAT good."
• "Dear friends we are gathered here today to bid farewell... Oh, you'll be fine."
• "You left your arm over there. Let me get that for you..."

During a Blood Moon:

• When player is not badly injured (≥33% health):
  • "What is that supposed to mean?!"
  • "I don't think I like your tone."
  • "Why are you even here? If you aren't bleeding, you don't need to be here. Get out."
  • "WHAT?!"
• When player is badly injured (<33% health):
  • "You better not get blood on me."
  • "Hurry up and stop bleeding."
  • "If you're going to die, do it outside."

When player clicks Heal:

• When player clicks Heal if slightly injured (≥75% health):
  • "That didn't hurt too bad, now did it?"
• When player clicks Heal if moderately injured (≥50% health, but <75% health):
  • "All better. I don't want to see you jumping off anymore cliffs."
• When player clicks Heal if badly injured (≥25% health, but <50% health):
  • "That's probably going to leave a scar."
• When player clicks Heal if very badly injured (<25% health):
  • "I managed to sew your face back on. Be more careful next time."
• When player clicks Heal at full health:
  • "I don't give happy endings."
  • "I can't do anymore for you without plastic surgery."
  • "Quit wasting my time."
• When player clicks Heal without enough coins:
  • "I'm sorry, but you can't afford me."
  • "I'm gonna need more gold than that."
  • "I don't work for free you know."

During a Party:

• "No, I will not tell you how many candles are on my cake."

Tips

• The Nurse can be used as a "healing station" when at low health, e.g. during a boss fight, by teleporting to the spawn point (using a Magic/Ice Mirror) where the Nurse is present. Autopause can be used to grant more time.

Trivia

• There appears to be conflict between the Nurse and the Mechanic during a Blood Moon. When both are present, they have various hostile sayings that replace their standard quotes (see Quotes). During this time, the Merchant has a chance of saying, "Oh, great. I can hear <name of Mechanic> and <name of Nurse> arguing from here."
• The Arms Dealer seemingly has romantic interest in her according to his quotes when the Nurse is present. This is also reflected in the Nurse's quote "Hey, has <name of Arms Dealer> mentioned needing to go to the doctor for any reason? Just wondering."
• The Nurse is depicted in a painting called "Nurse Lisa", a reference to the famous portrait painting Mona Lisa by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci.
• During a Party, when the Nurse dons a party hat, her hairstyle is different. She wears it down instead of up in a ponytail: This makes sense as wearing a party hat while having hair in a ponytail would be cumbersome.
• The Nurse never says "I don't give happy endings." if the Blood and Gore setting is turned off.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Nurse no longer charges for or removes heart lantern and campfire buffs. This also applies to the Potion Sickness and Water Candle debuffs.

• 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. No longer spawns a second nurse in multiplayer.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.