Treebark Dryad

Treebark Dryad

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The Treebark Dryad is a Pre-Hardmode NPC that spawns rarely in the Forest. They sell various nature themed items found in Living Trees or Surface Chests. They can be cut down with any Axe, resulting in -1 Alignment.

Treebark Dryads come in three variants, depending on the types of tree nearby.

Items Sold

Inventory
Item	Cost	Availability
Living Twig	16	Always available.
Mushroom	50	Always available.
Acorn	10	Always available.
Grass Seeds	20	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
Apple	40	Sells one fruit at random
Apricot	40	Sells one fruit at random
Lemon	40	Sells one fruit at random
Peach	40	Sells one fruit at random
Grapefruit	40	Sells one fruit at random
Wand of Sparking	1	Always available.
Finch Staff	1	Always available.
Aglet	1	Always available.
Anklet of the Wind	2	Always available.
Flower Boots	12	Always available.
Nature's Gift	1  8	Always available.
Jungle Rose	1  8	Always available.
Forest Core	12	After the Forest Nymph has moved in

Names

Treebark Dryads can have any of the following names:

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

Quotes

"Are you friend, or foe. As long as you don't use your axe on me, I don't care..." If Thorn, Bane of the Forest has not yet been defeated "You wouldn't happen to see a brambly old man..? Poor thing with 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 is defeated 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 "You remind me of that old warden, did the forest's curse get you too..?" If the player has negative Alignment "You don't look like a very pleasant fellow. I hope you don't try to chop me down... Haha.. Ha." If there are few trees nearby "You aren't using that axe of yours on my tree friends, are you..?" If there are no trees around at all "You aren't using that axe of yours on my tree friends, are you..?" If the Treebark Dryad is below 80% health or a Treebark Dryad has been killed in the past "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 in the past "You are a peculiar thing. Do you chop for a reason, or for fun? You should be more considerate about your surroundings." If the player attempts to buy from the Treebark Dryad after killing another Treebark Dryad "I help no tree-feller."

Chopping Down

Treebark Dryads will respond to attempts to chop down itself or nearby trees, warning the player before they do so.

Attempting to chop down a tree "Now, now. Watch where you swing that axe of yours... I don't want you chopping down any of my friends." Attacking the Treebark Dryad with a weapon with an Axe weapon "It will do no good, young man/lady. We bring no harm to you. Chopping us down will only bring bad omens."

Killing a Treebark Dryad in this way will lower the player's Alignment by 1 and prevent the player from purchasing from Treebark Dryads in the future. Additionally, Forest Nymphs will require the player's alignment by at 3 or above if attempting to garner their trust once a Treebark Dryad has been slain.

Trivia

• The Treebark Dryad's bestiary is *"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 while hibernating."*
• Killing a Treebark Dryad for the first time with the Chalice of Alignment in your inventory will prompt it to say "Assisting the extinction of these dwindling dryads is not something I approve of."
• The Treebark Dryads reference Thorn, Bane of the Forest, and allude to Fairwood, the kingdom Thorn is from.
  • Additionally, the Surface Portal leads to Thorn's forest in Fairwood, which will eventually be implemented as a Subworld containing the bossfight.
• Sakura Treebark Dryads can additionally get the name "Cherrysplinter", and Willow Treebark Dryads can be named "Blossomwood".