Talk:NPC/@comment-24760936-20140401041312

I seem to have encountered a bug of some sort. Npc's seem to avoid my town as if it were a plague village. After sacrificing the guide to activate hard mode, npc's just stopped coming altogether, even though I have ample suitable housing (it should be noted that npc's would move into one room in particular, so I know it's valid housing). I admit there is a bit of crimson nearby, but I beat it back with some purification powder and sunflowers, so it is nowhere near the NYC housing. The only thing I can think of is that (I live in a living tree) my tree was hit by a meteor. But nowhere in this page does it say that any proximity to a meteor will completely halt npc's moving in. Please help, as it is rather frustrating to have to world-jump just to buy some bombs and see the guide (and before you say anything, I constantly carry around some form of explosive, have beaten many bosses, and carry marigolds around. I only have the wizard, nurse and merchant).