Talk:Merchant/@comment-60.240.222.32-20120627212633/@comment-5238475-20120628192251

This means you were in sight of his house when he arrived. All you need to do is wait until night-time and then run away from his home (until it is off screen and with some extra buffer space in between); this causes him to teleport into his house. However, he can't do it on-screen.