Treebark Dryad

Treebark Dryad

Map icon

Statistics

Type	NPC
Environment	Forest – Day
Damage	0
Max Life	500 2000 (During Hardmode)
Defense	6
Elemental multipliers	1.25x 1.25x 0.75x 0.5x
KB Resist	100%
Immune to	All debuffs

Drops

Coins	No value

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Wood (40-60)
  100%
• Acorn (10-20)
  100%

The Treebark Dryad is an NPC that spawns rarely in the Forest during the Day. They sell various nature themed items found in Living Trees or Surface Chests.

A Sakura Treebark Dryad named "Blossomwood" will always spawn near the Nature Shrine. They will leave after 3 in-game days have passed after the world's creation.

Treebark Dryads (with the exception of the Shrine Dryad) will only despawn during the Night and if they are off-screen.

The player can kill a Treebark Dryad with any Axe, which will result in reducing Alignment by 1 if it is the first slain Treebark Dryad. Any Treebark Dryads encountered in the future will not sell any items to the player, and the Forest Nymph will require at least 3 Alignment to gain her trust, with the NPC version losing her trust when the player's Alignment goes below 2.

Treebark Dryads can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer and its upgrades.

Variants

Treebark Dryads come in three variants, depending on the type of trees nearby. The more Sakura or Willow trees are nearby, the higher the chance for a Treebark Dryad to spawn with the corresponding appearance.

Appearance	Map Icon	Tree Type
		Any
		Sakura
		Willow

Items Sold

Treebark Dryads sell one moss (with Lava Moss being sold after an earlygame boss), one glowing moss (after Skeletron), one fruit, and one accessory at random, alongside a few constant items.

Inventory
Item	Cost	Availability
Living Twig	40	Always available.
Grass Seeds	20	Always available.
Acorn	10	Always available.
Mushroom	12  50	Always available.
Blue Moss	20	Sells one moss at random
Brown Moss	20	Sells one moss at random
Green Moss	20	Sells one moss at random
Purple Moss	20	Sells one moss at random
Red Moss	20	Sells one moss at random
Lava Moss	20	After defeating Eye of Cthulhu, Eater of Worlds, Brain of Cthulhu, Queen Bee or Skeletron
Argon Moss	40	Sells one glowing moss at random after Skeletron
Krypton Moss	40	Sells one glowing moss at random after Skeletron
Xenon Moss	40	Sells one glowing moss at random after Skeletron
Neon Moss	40	Sells one glowing moss at random after Skeletron
Helium Moss	40	Sells one glowing moss at random after Skeletron
Apple	1	Sells one fruit at random
Apricot	1	Sells one fruit at random
Lemon	1	Sells one fruit at random
Peach	1	Sells one fruit at random
Grapefruit	1	Sells one fruit at random
Wand of Sparking	1	Always available.
Finch Staff	1	Always available.
Aglet	2  50	Sells one accessory at random
Anklet of the Wind	5	Sells one accessory at random
Flower Boots	30	Sells one accessory at random
Nature's Gift	2  70	Sells one accessory at random
Jungle Rose	1	Sells one accessory at random
Forest Core	6	Sells one accessory at random

Names

Treebark Dryads can have any of the following names:

• Gentlewood
• Blandwood
• Elmshade
• Vinewood
• Bitterthorn
• Irontwig
• Tapio

Sakura Treebark Dryads can additionally get the names "Cherrysplinter" and "Blossomwood", and Willow Treebark Dryads can be named "Willowbark". The Sakura Treebark Dryad at the Nature Shrine will always be named "Blossomwood".

Quotes

"Hmmmm... Are you friend, or foe? As long as you don't use your axe on me, I don't care..." If spoken to the Treebark Dryad near the Shrine: "What's that shrine behind me..? It was built by a group of humans, long dead by now, as a place of worship to some sort of figure... I don't recall their name, but I know they were a good friend of nature. Some may consider her the Mother of Nature..? Hmmm... My memory grows distant in my old age." "I have been here a long time, even for us. I was a bold sapling, far more than the others, and so I had come to this land far far earlier than the rest. Maybe I was unwise, but I have seen more of us coming from our lands in recent times, so perhaps the others grew adventurous too." On the third day: "I think I have lingered here for long enough. I was told by the humans to guard this place, but it has been far too long an age... Dangers have come and gone, but none have ever sought to demolish this shrine. To Fairwood I return - I have missed its lush forests and bark'en friends. Mayhaps you be this shrine's new protector..? If it needs one, anyway." If Thorn, Bane of the Forest has not been defeated: "Hmmmm... You wouldn't happen to see a brambly young man..? Poor thing was gulped up by the cursed forest we once lived in. I toil with no humans, but I do wonder if he's alright..." If Thorn, Bane of the Forest has been defeated: Hmmmm... The forest we came from, Fairwood, has been freed of its curse. I was there to witness the forest's warden be tangled up by those cursed roots... But we toil with no humans, and our magic did nothing, so we roamed and roamed until we found this strange portal. It's what lead us here." If the player has Thorn Mask equipped: "Hmmmm... You remind me of that young warden, did the forest's curse get you too..?" If the player has negative Alignment: "Hmmmm... You don't look like a very pleasant fellow. I hope you don't try to chop me down... Haha.. Ha." If there less than 60 trees nearby: "Hmmmm... You aren't using that axe of yours on my tree friends, are you..?" If there are no trees nearby at all: "Hmmmm... Where did all my tree friends go..? Perhaps they grew weary of me..." If the Treebark Dryad is below 80% health or a Treebark Dryad has been killed before: "Hmmmm... Do you fear the unknown? Does my size frighten you? Please, do not be afraid, I am just a lone ent." If the Treebark Dryad is below 80% health or a Treebark Dryad has been killed before: "Hmmmm... You are a peculiar thing. Do you chop for a reason, or for fun? You should be more considerate about your surroundings." If a Treebark Dryad has been killed before: "Hmmmm... I help no tree-feller." After taking at least 10 damage: "Now, now. Watch where you swing that axe of yours... I don't want you chopping down any of my friends." Below 50% health: "It will do no good, young man/lady. We bring no harm to you. Chopping us down will only bring bad omens."

Notes

• Treebark Dryads spawn on grass tiles during the Day and only if there are at least 60 tree tiles in an 80 tile radius. Their spawn chances are increased during the rain and are massively increased if the player has befriended a Forest Nymph. Additionally, only 1 Treebark Dryad can exist at a time.

Trivia

• The Bestiary entry for the Treebark Dryad: "A slow-thinking ent from Fairwood. Some say it is wise, some say it is mystical, but everyone can agree that it is, indeed, a tree."

Gallery

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  Talking animation

History

• 0.8.0.4073:
  • Added localization for possible names.
  • Decreased hitbox width.
  • The Sakura Treebark Dryad at the Nature Shrine will now always be called "Blossomwood"
• 0.8.0.4050: Resprited map icons.
• 0.8.0.4038:
  • Now sells Lava Moss after an earlygame boss is defeated and a random glowing moss after Skeletron is defeated.
  • Added map icons.
  • Now counts Sakura and Willow trees for its spawn condition.
• 0.8.0.4036: Changed bestiary entry from "These slow-thinking ents only appear in heavily forested areas. They have only recently arrived on this island, coming from the portal on the surface. Once every century, they find a shallow pond and hibernate in the centre. The water from the pond feeds the ent during the process" to "A slow-thinking ent from Fairwood. Some say it is wise, some say it is mystical, but everyone can agree that it is, indeed, a tree."
• 0.8.0.4030:
  • Now only despawns during the Night.
  • Now spawns more frequently after befriending a Forest Nymph.
• 0.8.0.4024: Fixed taking damage from mounts.