Terraria Map
Stats
| Classic | Expert | Master | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Contact damage | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Defense | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Knockback resistance | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Coin value | – | – | – |
Where and when it spawns
- Biomes
- Snow
- Events and invasions
- Christmas
Happiness: where it likes to live
| Biomes | Neighbours | |
|---|---|---|
| Loves | the Snow | |
| Likes | Princess | |
| Hates | the Desert | Tax Collector |
Town NPCs charge less when they are happy: the game lowers their prices for loved and liked biomes and neighbours and raises them for disliked and hated ones.
Shop
| Item | Price | When it is sold |
|---|---|---|
 Santa Hat | 15 gold | |
 Santa Shirt | 15 gold | |
 Santa Pants | 15 gold | |
 Red Light | 5 silver | |
 Green Light | 5 silver | |
 Blue Light | 5 silver | |
 Christmas Tree | 25 silver | |
 Star Topper 1 | 5 silver | |
 Star Topper 2 | 5 silver | |
 Star Topper 3 | 5 silver | |
 Bow Topper | 5 silver | |
 White Garland | 5 silver | |
 White and Red Garland | 5 silver | |
 Red Garland | 5 silver | |
 Red and Green Garland | 5 silver | |
 Green Garland | 5 silver | |
 Green and White Garland | 5 silver | |
 Multicolored Bulb | 5 silver | |
 Red Bulb | 5 silver | |
 Yellow Bulb | 5 silver | |
 Green Bulb | 5 silver | |
 Red and Green Bulb | 5 silver | |
 Yellow and Green Bulb | 5 silver | |
 Red and Yellow Bulb | 5 silver | |
 White Bulb | 5 silver | |
 White and Red Bulb | 5 silver | |
 White and Yellow Bulb | 5 silver | |
 White and Green Bulb | 5 silver | |
 Multicolored Lights | 5 silver | |
 Red Lights | 5 silver | |
 Green Lights | 5 silver | |
 Blue Lights | 5 silver | |
 Yellow Lights | 5 silver | |
 Red and Yellow Lights | 5 silver | |
 Red and Green Lights | 5 silver | |
 Yellow and Green Lights | 5 silver | |
 Blue and Green Lights | 5 silver | |
 Red and Blue Lights | 5 silver | |
 Blue and Yellow Lights | 5 silver |
Prices are the base prices, before the happiness discount or surcharge. The conditions were found by running the game's own shop code in every world state, one and two at a time.
Drops
Santa Claus drops nothing in the game's drop rules.
Winter summons and the Frost Legion eviction
Santa Claus arrives exclusively during the festive winter season, active in late December through New Year's Eve in real-world calendar time, or for a single in-game day after conquering the Frost Legion in Hardmode via a Snow Globe. Wrapped presents dropped by any enemy during holiday festivities carry a chance to contain the Snow Globe summon. Once unlocked, he requires an unoccupied room to move in.
The moment the seasonal holiday window closes, he abruptly dies on the spot, dropping his Santa outfit if a gravestone appears. He protects his holiday quarters by hurling decorative Santa Baubles at approaching hostiles. He withstands the winter chill with 250 life, protected by 15 defense, dealing 10 contact damage against intruders that disturb his seasonal workshop.
Tundra lodge quarters and festive holiday wares
Santa Claus is a seasonal visitor who only appears in the world between mid-December and mid-January, or after completing wave fifteen of the Frost Moon. The preference table above displays his environmental and neighbor preferences.
Housing him in a snowy chalet within the Snow biome ensures maximum discounts on Christmas trees, festive lights, and Santa vanity suits while activating the Snow Pylon during his holiday residency.
Yuletide lights and festive forestry
His shop is a seasonal emporium for holiday architecture, offering the Santa Hat, Santa Shirt, and Santa Pants vanity costume set. He also supplies Christmas Tree saplings along with an assortment of ornaments, tree toppers, bows, and multi-colored Christmas Tree lights in red, green, blue, and yellow to brighten winter settlements alongside festive candy cane walls. Decorated Christmas trees can be customized with multiple tiers of lighting and ornaments.
Holiday storage and permanent keepsakes
Prudent builders purchase bulk stacks of colored lights, candy cane blocks, and trees before his holiday season expires. All items acquired from Santa Claus remain permanently in player storage chests and world builds even after his seasonal departure, allowing players to design winter chalets year-round.
Trivia
- Completing the final wave of the Frost Moon event also triggers one in-game day of Christmas festivities.
- When the Christmas holiday event expires, Santa Claus instantly perishes regardless of his health.