Talk:Skeletron/@comment-91.188.50.222-20120208153045/@comment-82.25.190.184-20120209202855

It is possible to kill the old man with lava, dart traps or sand, this does not defeat skeletron however, this is because the old man and skeletron are 2 different NPC's. But as soon as skeletron spawns the old man dies, this makes it look like he has turned into skeletron.