Pirate Captain

NPC

Pirate Captain

  • Enemy

Pirate Captain is a Terraria NPC. It shows up during this event: Pirate Invasion. It drops 7 items: Cutlass, Barrel Launcher, Gold Ring and 4 more.

Bestiary entry

Rarity:

A pirate captain's love for riches is only rivaled by his obsession with heavy gunpowder and large, rampart-shattering cannons!

Stats by game mode

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary (For the Worthy)
Life3,0006,0009,00012,000
Attack70140210373
Defense30303030
Knockback Taken0% (None)0% (None)0% (None)0% (None)
Coins5125012501750

The last column is Master mode in a For the Worthy world.

Numbers are for one player, before Hardmode.

Coins: each kill rolls from 80% to 175% of this value. Rarer extra rolls can add more.

Attacks

ClassicExpertMasterLegendary
Touch damage70140210373

Projectiles

ProjectileClassic (range)Expert (range)Master (range)Legendary (range)Inflicts
BulletBullet60 (50 to 68)120 (100 to 136)180 (150 to 204)180 (150 to 204)
CannonballCannonball200 (170 to 228)400 (340 to 456)600 (510 to 684)600 (510 to 684)

Drops

Classic

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Barrel Launcher11/50 (2%)35114
Cutlass11/50 (2%)35114
Gold Ring11/125 (0.8%)87287
Discount Card11/250 (0.4%)173575
Pirate Staff11/250 (0.4%)173575
Lucky Coin11/500 (0.2%)3471,151
Coin Gun11/1,000 (0.1%)6932,302

Expert

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Barrel Launcher11/50 (2%)35114
Cutlass11/50 (2%)35114
Gold Ring11/125 (0.8%)87287
Discount Card11/250 (0.4%)173575
Pirate Staff11/250 (0.4%)173575
Lucky Coin11/500 (0.2%)3471,151
Coin Gun11/1,000 (0.1%)6932,302

Master

ItemQuantityChanceKills for 50%Kills for 90%Conditions
Barrel Launcher11/50 (2%)35114
Cutlass11/50 (2%)35114
Gold Ring11/125 (0.8%)87287
Discount Card11/250 (0.4%)173575
Pirate Staff11/250 (0.4%)173575
Lucky Coin11/500 (0.2%)3471,151
Coin Gun11/1,000 (0.1%)6932,302

Chance is per kill. Kills for 50% / 90% is how many kills give that chance of at least one drop.

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