Old Man


 * Spawns on the first night of the first day.

The Old Man is an NPC found outside every dungeon. He guards the entrance and a dungeon cannot be fully explored until he is gone. When spoken to at day, He will say "Come back at night if you wish to enter". When spoken to at night he will warn the player and ask if you want to fight him or not. He will also tell the player if he is ready to fight him.

When entering the dungeon without killing Skeletron, Dungeon Guardians will spawn and kill the player.

The Old Man can only be hurt with lava. He will only take 1 damage per second from the lava. Killing the old man is pointless, because his death does not eliminate the Dungeon Guardians that will appear inside the dungeon and you will not be able to fight him until the next night when he respawns.

When Skeletron is killed, the Old Man is freed from his curse and will arrive at your house as the Clothier. Thus, you can only fight Skeletron once per world as if you kill the Clothier a new one will spawn if a house is still available, not a new Old Man.

Patch Notes
1.0.5: The Old Man now warns players before transforming into Skeletron at night.