The Arms Dealer is an NPC that will move into a suitable house once the player has a firearm of any kind, besides the Flare Gun. The fastest way to get the arms dealer to move in to a house is to destroy Shadow Orbs or Pulsating Hearts (which have a chance to drop a Musket or The Undertaker respectively).
Despite the Flare Gun's name, it does not fulfill the Arms Dealer's spawning requirements because only weapons that fire bullets count towards it.
Services[]
The Arms Dealer is a vendor who primarily deals in ranged weapons and related items, such as ammunition. To this end, he sells a variety of guns (including the Minishark and Shotgun, which can be found nowhere else) in addition to basic ammunition.
Defense[]
He uses a Flintlock Pistol to defend himself. However, he upgrades it to a Minishark when Hard Mode begins. The Flintlock and Minishark deal the exact same damage, however the Minishark is significantly faster.
Sells[]
| Item | Sale Price | Special Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Empty Bullet | 3 
|
Wall of Flesh defeated |
| Flintlock Pistol | 5 
|
None |
| Illegal Gun Parts | 20
|
 (Night)
|
| Musket Ball | 7
|
None |
| Minishark | 35
|
None |
| Nurse Hat | 3
|
Halloween |
| Nurse Shirt | 3
|
Halloween |
| Nurse Pants | 3
|
Halloween |
| Silver Bullet | 15
|
 (Blood Moon) or  (Hard Mode)
|
| Shotgun | 25
|
Wall of Flesh defeated |
| Unholy Arrow | 40
|
(Night), Eater of Worlds defeated
|
| Stake | 75
|
The Stake Launcher is present in inventory |
| Candy Corn | 5
|
The Candy Corn Rifle is present in inventory |
| Stynger Bolt | 75
|
The Stynger is present in inventory |
| Explosive Jack 'O Lantern | 15
|
The Jack 'O Lantern Launcher is present in inventory |
| Arms Dealer's Quotes | |
|---|---|
During a blood moon:
A bugpresumably causes this to be the only thing he says when Skeletron is defeated, but the Wall of Flesh is not, even if the Guide is dead.
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| Arms Dealer's Names | |
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Trivia[]
- In the leaked version, this skin was used for the Demolitionist.
- He seems to be infatuated with the nurse as seen in his quotes. As of 1.2.1 he also sells the Nurse Costume on Halloween. Why he has a costume of the nurse up for sale is currently unknown.
- In one of his quotes, he is referring to the Guide Voodoo Doll, telling it can be found in the underworld, and even saying he would like to 'put a few rounds in it', showing the Guide and the Arms Dealer don't like each other.
- There are three emotes used more commonly by the Guide and the Arms Dealer; Fight, Kick, and Anger.
- The quotes of the other female NPCs suggest that the Arms Dealer is interested in women.
Update Info[]
- Now sells Nurse Costume during Halloween.
- Now sells Empty Bullet.
- Lowered price of Illegal Gun Parts, Shotgun and other items.
- Now has a randomly generated name when spawned.
- Now sells Shotgun, Silver Bullets and Unholy Arrows after the Wall of Flesh is defeated.
- Now sells Unholy Arrows, Silver Bullets and Illegal Gun Parts.
(Each of these were dependent on the current time and events that had occurred)
- Added to the game.
