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Type	NPC
Sub Type	Outdoors/Boss Summoner
HP	250
Defense	15

The Old Man is a pre-boss NPC. He does nothing but walk around 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. 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 Skeletron is defeated, the player will be chased by a Dungeon Guardian that inflicts an instant kill on touch. Once Skeletron is slain, the Old Man will appear as the Clothier in town if you have an available room.

If Skeletron is not defeated, and the player is slain, the Old Man will reappear back at the entrance to the dungeon.

Occasionally, the Old Man can spawn past the door marking the entrance of the Dungeon. On even rarer occasions, 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.

NotesEdit

The Old Man is immune to the attacks from monsters. However, he can still take damage from lava, dart traps and boulders. However, when killed he will respawn almost instantly.
The Clothier has blue eyes instead of red, probably due to him being free of his curse.
His sprite was changed, before he had a red blanket and short hair.^{[citation needed]}
He and Santa Claus are the only NPCs without a name.
If you talk to him as far away as possible, Skeletron's head will not touch you.
He will sometimes go down into the Dungeon causing the player to have to wait with the far enough distance away for him to teleport back.
Unlike the player, the Old Man will not continuously take damage from a sand trap, though he will take damage initially. He will repeatedly turn while stuck in the trap, but will take no damage from it.
May be a reference to the Old Man in the original Legend of Zelda.

Old Man's Quotes

Daytime

"Come back at night if you wish to enter."
"I cannot let you enter until you free me of my curse."
"My master cannot be summoned under the light of day."

Night time, before you are considered strong enough to defeat Skeletron

"You are far too weak to defeat my curse. Come back when you aren't so worthless."
"You pathetic fool. You cannot hope to face my master as you are now."
"I hope there are, like, six friends hiding behind you."
"Please, no, stranger. You'll only get yourself killed"