NPC types
Every NPC has an NPC type, one of a set of kinds, and the kind decides what happens when you click it.
Monsters
Only the two monster kinds can be attacked: an aggressive monster attacks on sight, and a passive one leaves you alone until it is attacked. Everything else is talked to, or is scenery: it stands there and cannot be spoken to or attacked.
NPCs you talk to
Shops sell a fixed list of items and buy things back, and crafters make items from materials and eons (see crafting). Quest givers hand out quests and skill masters teach spells and skills. A bank NPC keeps your locker, an inn rents a bed for the night and runs the citizenship test, and transport NPCs carry you elsewhere for a fare. The barber sells a new hairstyle, the guild master runs guilds, the priest performs weddings, the law NPC issues marriage approvals and handles divorce, and the shadow master takes Shadow Guide applications.
A collectible stands on the map, and clicking it gathers its drop. A milkable NPC, the cow, is milked with an Empty Bucket. The Aeven Charger is unused: it has no use in the game at present.
Behaviours
A monster is aggressive or passive, and some do more. Some belong to an attack pack: attack one and it alerts its neighbours (any NPC, its own kind, or its exact kind), and the Cyclopses were the first; fleesome NPCs, the Ashbiters of the Dragon Path and Den, switch between attacking and fleeing; the dragons change speed by state and can sprint at a player they notice[1]. Casters stay back and face what they cast at[2]. The Bogo Supremes apply Stained, which makes your attacks miss now and then while it lasts[3].
NPC kinds
| Kind | NPCs | For example |
|---|---|---|
| quest | 250 |  Inventor,  Import Assistant,  Drunk |
| monster (passive) | 132 |  Crow,  Rat,  Chicken |
| monster (aggressive) | 110 |  Deep Spider,  Gnomi,  Murk Mutation |
| scenery | 105 |  Aeven Guard,  Customer,  Pinky |
| crafter | 104 |  Juice Adept John,  Juice Novice Joy,  Juice Special Jane |
| shop | 69 |  Jimmy Bottle,  Potion Dealer,  Bartender |
| transport | 24 |  Boatman,  Conductor,  Boat Manager |
| skill master | 13 |  Mount Trainer (DEV),  Book Of Knowledge,  Book Of Wisdom |
| bank | 10 |  Bank Daddy,  Bank Franny,  Bank Maya |
| collectible | 10 |  Little Spider,  Baby Turtle,  Runaway Piggy |
| inn | 2 |  Inn Keeper,  Hattie Homestead |
| barber | 1 |  Babs Haircutter |
| guild master | 1 |  Aeven Guildmaster |
| lawyer | 1 |  Aeven Lawyer |
| milkable | 1 |  Cow |
| priest | 1 |  Big Priest |
| shadow master | 1 |  Shadow Master |
| mount handler | 1 |  Aeven Charger |
See also
- Spawn: Where monsters stand, how many are alive at once, and when they come back.
- Drop: What a monster leaves behind, and how often.
- Shop: Buying and selling: what a shop charges and what it pays.
References
- ↑ “This state allows all npcs (aggressive and passive) to flip between attacking and fleeing” Update 0.4.41: Dragons
- ↑ “The new caster behavior makes npcs naturally stay further in the back while reacting dynamically to danger, facing the enemy direction while casting.” Update 0.4.51: Hall Of Pain
- ↑ “When afflicted with Stained, players become briefly distracted by these disturbing visions, causing attacks to occasionally miss their target.” Update 0.4.51: Hall Of Pain