Old Man

Information
The Old Man is a pre-boss NPC. He does nothing but stand at the entrance to a dungeon. If a player attempts to talk to him at night, a warning dialogue will appear asking if the player wants to continue (Pre-v1.0.5 he would have instantly turned into Skeletron without any dialogue). During the day he will just tell you to come back at night. To enter the dungeon he is guarding, Skeletron must be defeated.

If a player attempts to enter the dungeon before this, they will be chased by a Dungeon Guardian that inflicts an insta-kill on touch.

Occasionally, the Old Man can spawn past the door marking the entrance of the dungeon. Even rarer, though, he can become stuck to a wall of the dungeon going downwards. The result is him flashing back and forth at a very fast speed, probably because of his strange walk cycle.

Once Skeletron is slain the Old Man will appear as the Clothier in town if you have an available room. Also, the Clothier has blue eyes instead of red, probably due to him being free of his curse.



Quotes

"I can't let you in before you free me from my curse."

"They call me Old Man." (A reference to the webseries The Legend of Neil)

"Come back again at night if you wish to enter."

"Do you wield(?) the power to defeat my master?"

"You are far to [sic] weak to defeat my curse. Come back when you aren't so worthless." (If found when before strong enough to defeat Skeletron)

"You pathetic fool. You cannot hope to face my master as you are now." (If found before strong enough to defeat Skeletron)