Talk:Merm/Normal/@comment-83.241.10.217-20130407193438

The merms attack you if you get too close to their house, otherwise they are neutral (attack if you hit them first)

When you hit one, all the merms from the house it's from will spawn and chase you for a short distance (about 1.5 screens away), then they back into the house and the last one stays outside.

If you have nothing to sick them onto, nor ranged weps, what you can do is get close to one's house (only one will aggro you) and run about a screen away (this way the house won't spawn any help, since they're too far, and the one you're fighting won't leash back to the house. Repeat about 4 times (1 outside 3 inside usually) and it's clear for a while.

I suggest hammering the houses right away, since mermer aren't of any use; hammering their house gives 1 fist 1 board 1 stone.