Better Friendly NPCs

Better Friendly NPCs

Better Friendly NPCs is a mod aimed for more stat customization for Town NPCs! You can now have competent townsfolk defending themselves from the evils that await your journey, or just straight up make them invincible! Also improves upon vanilla scaling NPCs.

Latest Update

v1.9.0 (18/10/2026)

• Added Friendly/Town NPCs Keep Doors Shut Near Enemies: town NPCs no longer open a door leading out of their room while an enemy is near it.

• Added Friendly/Town NPCs Max Happiness: best prices, pylon sales and Angler rewards from every town NPC.

• Added Friendly/Town NPCs Immune to Voodoo Dolls: the Guide survives the Guide Voodoo Doll (the Wall of Flesh still spawns), and equipped dolls no longer let players hurt the Guide or Clothier.

• Added Angler Unlimited Quests: the Angler gives a new quest right after one is turned in.

• Added Disable Shop Conditions: town NPCs sell every item in their shop regardless of progression, biome or time (pylons keep their rules).

• Added Daily Traveling Merchant: the Traveling Merchant arrives every morning at 4:30 AM when vanilla requirements are met.

• Added Friendly/Town NPCs Immune to Drowning. Immune to Traps no longer prevents drowning; turn this on instead.

• Added Friendly/Town NPCs Homeguard: a newly arrived town NPC with a house teleports straight to it.

• Added Friendly/Town NPCs Respawn: town NPCs that died come back at the next dawn, in their old house when it is still free.

• Added Advanced Combat Techniques: Follow Me: after the first book was read, use another copy on a town NPC that can fight to make it follow you (toggle, not consumed). More copies can be fished during a Blood Moon.

• Added NPC Immunity Frames (default 60): friendly NPCs cannot be hit again for that many frames after taking damage.

• A HERO's Mod error while registering the config permission no longer stops this mod from loading. The problem is written to the log instead.

Any other feedback is welcome, thanks for checking out this mod!