PC Can I get the Golfer NPC if my world was created before 1.3?

[Comicbook23]

I want to complete the Bestiary in my main world, and to do that, I will need to get the Golfer NPC, which is the last one I need before the Princess NPC can appear. However, my world was created before 1.3 came out, so I don't have a natural underground desert biome. Is there a way to artificially create one so that the Golfer will spawn there?

 

[Uncrushed]

I'm asking a very similar question and made some headway, but no golfer yet:

Thread 'Trying to spawn the Golfer in a single-block world'

Aug 3, 2025

I'm using the "One Skyblock Challenge" mod, which starts in a world with a single weird block you can use to get resources. The world is empty except for that one block, the Dungeon, and the Jungle Temple. I made a desert biome, then underneath it, in the underground layer, I made an underground desert using Hardened Sand Walls and a bunch of Sand and Hardened Sand, plus some desert torches for luck and light, and a little lava pool for all the enemies to die in.

I can hear the Underground Desert theme music, but the enemies that are spawning are Red, Yellow, and Blue Slimes, Rats...

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[Lmutt090]

Yes, as long as the underground desert is registered as a desert and is underground, you can create an artificial one. The best use of sandstone and other materials found in the underground desert will help it appear natural, if this doesn't work. You might have to register it as the desert using third-party world modification tools. I suggest TEdit for that.

 

[FavoritoHJS]

[...] You might have to register it as the desert using third-party world modification tools [...]

Not needed, you need to be in front of a treacherous sandstone wall (obtainable by shimmering normal sandstone walls [or using powder/solution shenanigans if that hasn't been patched out]) and have 1500 sand nearby.
Mob spawning might also need a valid wall behind the spawning tile? The wiki also says it can check the tile above the spawn spot but if it doesn't work that might be why.