The merchant died - how to get him back?

[Purple Mackerel]

So Howard the Merchant drowned... But I built him a house beforehand but he has not spawned back in the house, and when I look at the housing list, his icon isn't even there anymore. It is just Steve the Guide and the question mark to see if a housing is suitable. How do I resurrect the merchant? :3

Thanks in advance :D

[The_Technomancer]

You have to have an available house in the world (that's done) then npc's should respawn during the day. However a different npc that you have the spawn requirements for may move into you're merchant's house forcing you to build another. So make sure it is prepared and he should respawn at some point during the next day.

Also I think you have to have at least 20 silver for his spawn requirements so carry some around with you to hopefully increase his spawn rate.

[E X P A N S I O N P A C K]

Originally posted by The_Technomancer:

You have to have an available house in the world (that's done) then npc's should respawn during the day. However a different npc that you have the spawn requirements for may move into you're merchant's house forcing you to build another. So make sure it is prepared and he should respawn at some point during the next day.

Also I think you have to have at least 20 silver for his spawn requirements so carry some around with you to hopefully increase his spawn rate.

if you met the requirments once then they always respawn. It's also 50 silver

[The_Technomancer]

Originally posted by AWB:

Originally posted by The_Technomancer:

You have to have an available house in the world (that's done) then npc's should respawn during the day. However a different npc that you have the spawn requirements for may move into you're merchant's house forcing you to build another. So make sure it is prepared and he should respawn at some point during the next day.

Also I think you have to have at least 20 silver for his spawn requirements so carry some around with you to hopefully increase his spawn rate.

if you met the requirments once then they always respawn. It's also 50 silver

Ok so I was wrong, just leave it to the day then.

[Celator]

Originally posted by AWB:

if you met the requirments once then they always respawn. It's also 50 silver

That's not true. For any NPC to respawn you have to meet their spawning requirement again. For some of them their spawning requirement is a flag event like a defeated boss or having rescued them once that stays trigered once you trigger it, but the game still always checks for that flag every time the NPC respawns. In the Merchant's case, he will never spawn unless you have at least 50 silver in your inventory.