Golem

GolemThe Ancient Idol

Statistics

Type	Boss
Environment	Jungle Temple
Life	198,700 (total)
KB resist	100%

Drops

Coins	40

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Golem is a Hardmode boss fought in the Jungle Temple. Defeating it unlocks an array of content, including the ability to mine Scoria Ore, the final tier of the Old One's Army and thus Betsy, and the onset of the Plague.

Spawn

Golem is summoned by using a Lihzahrd Power Cell at a Lihzahrd Altar, or by using an Old Power Cell anywhere in the Jungle Temple. If spawned within the Jungle Temple, all blocks within a square arena made around the Golem will be instantly destroyed. If not spawned within the Jungle Temple, it will create a temporary arena of Lihzahrd Bricks around itself and also become enraged for the duration of the fight.

Upon being spawned, the screen will dim to black. After a moment, a pair of red eyes will flash in the darkness as the boss appears above the Lihzahrd Altar.

Behavior

The Golem's eyes will flash a characteristic color when an attack is about to be performed. Additionally, Golem never repeats the same attack from the previous two instances.

GolemPhase One

Statistics

Life	198,700 / 198,700 (total)
KB resist	100%

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Golem performs attacks from the following roster at random:

Fist Spin

• Golem's arms extend on their chain and spin in a circle, creating fists in a circle around the boss.
• After a few moments, each of the firsts flies towards the player, each telegraphed by a beige line.
• After 6 seconds, the boss moves on to the next attack.
  • Approximately 32 fists in total will be fired.

• The Golem's eyes will glow orange during this attack.

Grappling Hook

• The Golem's arm fires towards the ceiling, pulling it upwards.
• Upon reaching the ceiling, the Golem fires out bursts of lasers from its eyes.
• Additionally, the Golem's other hand fires out tracking fists which fly towards the player, telegraphed by a beige line.

• The Golem's eyes will glow pale purple during this attack.

Slam

• The Golem lines up above the player, then slams down, releasing lines of fire crystals from the ground.
  • Each fire crystal is telegraphed by a yellow line.
• This attack is repeated 3 times before moving on to the next one.

• The Golem's eyes will glow white during this attack.

Alternating Wall Spikes

• The Golem extends its arms out horizontally, punching the sides of the arena.
• Moments later, 2 waves of moving spikes appear from the upper and lower parts of the walls.
• After 7 seconds, the spikes disappear and the boss moves on to the next attack as its hands retract.

• The Golem's eyes will glow blue during this attack.

Converging Rays

• The Golem's head flies off its body and aligns itself vertically above the player as a horizontal telegraph appears from its eyes.
• 1.5 seconds later it becomes stationary, and converging beams fire downwards from the telegraph.
• Additionally, the Golem's head fires 9 waves of lasers radially outwards.

• The Golem's eyes will glow red during this attack.

GolemPhase Two

Statistics

Life	119,200 / 198,700 (total)
KB resist	100%

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Golem enters Phase 2 upon reaching 60% (119,200) health, gaining buffs to its attacks as well as new abilities. Upon transitioning into the second phase, the screen briefly shakes and damaging spikes appear on the floor. Moving platforms will appear periodically within the interior of the arena during certain attacks to help the player reset their flight time.

Golem performs attacks from the following roster at random:

Solar Beam

• The Golem goes still and begins charging up a beam angled towards a specific side of the arena.
• After 1.5 seconds, the beam is fired downwards towards the floor arena, stopping just shy of the spikes.
• The Golem also fires a small laser from its body at the player every 0.33 seconds.

• The Golem's eyes will glow magenta during this attack.

Trap Barrage

• Golem goes still as its body glows orange.
• Moments later, horizontal lasers start firing at random from tiles on the walls.
• After 7 seconds, the boss moves on to the next attack.

• A new rising platform will be created throughout this attack approximately every second.
  • At the beginning of the attack, all existing platforms will be destroyed.

• The Golem's eyes will glow green during this attack.

Fist Spin

• Golem's arms extend on their chain and spin in a circle, creating fists in a circle around the boss.
• After a few moments, each of the firsts flies towards the player, each telegraphed by a beige line.
• After 6 seconds, the boss moves on to the next attack.
  • Approximately 42 fists in total will be fired.

• A platform will rise up from the floor beneath the player approximately every 1.5 seconds during this attack.

• The Golem's eyes will glow orange during this attack.

Grappling Hook

• The Golem's arm fires towards the ceiling, pulling it upwards.
• Upon reaching the ceiling, the Golem fires out bursts of lasers from its eyes.
• Additionally, the Golem's other hand fires out tracking fists which fly towards the player, telegraphed by a beige line.

• Rows of horizontally-moving platforms will emerge from specific regions of the walls during the attack.

• The Golem's eyes will glow pale purple during this attack.

Slam

• The Golem lines up above the player, then slams down, releasing lines of fire crystals from the ground.
  • Each fire crystal is telegraphed by a yellow line.
• This attack is repeated 3 times before moving on to the next one.

• The Golem's eyes will glow white during this attack.

Alternating Wall Spikes

• The Golem extends its arms out horizontally, punching the sides of the arena.
• Moments later, 2 waves of moving spikes appear from the upper and lower parts of the walls.
• After 7 seconds, the spikes and platforms spawned during this attack disappear, and the boss moves on to the next attack as its hands retract.

• Two rows of horizontally-moving platforms will emerge from the center of the sides of the arena during this attack.

• The Golem's eyes will glow blue during this attack.

Converging Rays

• The Golem's head flies off its body and aligns itself vertically above the player as a horizontal telegraph appears from its eyes.
• 1.5 seconds later it becomes stationary, and converging beams fire downwards from the telegraph.
• Additionally, the Golem's head fires 9 waves of lasers radially outwards.

• 2 platforms will rise up from the floor near the player approximately every 1.5 seconds.

• The Golem's eyes will glow red during this attack.

GolemPhase Three

Statistics

Life	59,610 / 198,700 (total)
KB resist	100%

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Golem enters Phase 3 upon reaching 30% (59,610) health, gaining significant buffs to its attacks. It performs attacks from the following roster at random:

Solar Beam

• The Golem goes still and begins charging up a beam angled towards a specific side of the arena.
• After 1.5 seconds, the beam is fired downwards towards the floor arena, stopping just shy of the spikes.
• The Golem also fires a small laser from its body at the player every 0.33 seconds.

• The Golem's eyes will glow magenta during this attack.

Trap Barrage

• Golem goes still as its body glows orange.
• Moments later, horizontal lasers start firing at random from tiles on the walls.
• After 7 seconds, the boss moves on to the next attack.

• A new rising platform will be created throughout this attack approximately every second.
  • At the beginning of the attack, all existing platforms will be destroyed.

• The Golem's eyes will glow green during this attack.

Grappling Hook

• The Golem's arm fires towards the ceiling, pulling it upwards.
• Upon reaching the ceiling, the Golem fires out bursts of lasers from its eyes.
• Additionally, the Golem's other hand fires out tracking fists which fly towards the player, telegraphed by a beige line.

• Rows of horizontally-moving platforms will emerge from specific regions of the walls during the attack.

• The Golem's eyes will glow pale purple during this attack.

Slam

• The Golem lines up above the player, then slams down, releasing lines of fire crystals from the ground and the walls.
  • Each fire crystal is telegraphed by a yellow line.
• This attack is repeated 3 times before moving on to the next one.

• Throughout the attack, a rising platform will emerge from the ground below the boss every 1.2 seconds.

• The Golem's eyes will glow white during this attack.

Alternating Wall Spikes

• The Golem extends its arms out horizontally, punching the sides of the arena.
• Moments later, 2 waves of moving spikes appear from the upper and lower parts of the walls.
• After 7 seconds, the spikes and platforms spawned during this attack disappear, and the boss moves on to the next attack as its hands retract.

• Two rows of horizontally-moving platforms will emerge from the center of the sides of the arena during this attack.

• The Golem's eyes will glow blue during this attack.

Converging Rays

• The Golem's head flies off its body and aligns itself vertically above the player as a horizontal telegraph appears from its eyes.
• 1.5 seconds later it becomes stationary, and converging beams fire downwards from the telegraph.
• Additionally, the Golem's head fires 9 waves of lasers radially outwards.

• 2 platforms will rise up from the floor near the player approximately every 1.5 seconds.

• The Golem's eyes will glow red during this attack.

Aftermath

• Cultists spawn at the Dungeon's entrance.
• Martian Probes can now spawn.
• The Old One's Army is upgraded to Tier 3.
• The Steampunker will begin to sell the Steampunk Wings.
• The Party Girl will begin to sell the Celebration.
• A status message appears which reads "A plague has befallen the jungle.", indicating that Plague enemies can now spawn.
• The Bandit will begin selling the Ethereal Extorter.
• The Drunk Princess will begin selling Moonshine, Moscow Mule, Cinnamon Roll, and Tequila Sunrise.
• The Wizard will begin selling the Spectre Staff, Inferno Fork, Shadowbeam Staff and Magnet Sphere.
• The Arms Dealer will begin selling the Tactical Shotgun, Sniper Rifle and Rifle Scope.
• The Cyborg will begin selling the Rocket Launcher and Martian Distress Remote.
• The Witch Doctor will begin selling Butterfly Dust.
• Shockstorm Shuttles will begin dropping Martian Conduit Plating.
• Devil Fish and Chaotic Puffers will begin dropping Scoria Ore.
• Sulphurous Crates now have a chance of containing Scoria Ore and Scoria Bars.
• Jungle Crates and Bramble Crates now have a chance of containing Plague Cell Canisters.

Tips

Achievement

The Chosen One • "Legends tell of a mighty warrior who will venture into the world and find the legendary blade hidden within"

Find an egg sword shrine after defeating Golem

Trivia

• The sound played when Golem's eyes flash during its spawn animation is sampled from the game Deltarune.
• Golem's title card has a 1/500 (0.2%) chance to read "NUMBER * SALSMAN Circa 1997", referencing a quote by the character Spamton from Deltarune. The chance of this occurring is increased to 1/5 (20%) during April Fools.
• If Eternity Mode from the Fargo's Soul Mod is active, Golem's title card will read "Sands Under Table", and only one of its eyes will flash a bright blue in its spawn animation, playing a different sound. This can also randomly replace its normal spawn animation during April Fools.
  • The easter egg as a whole ties into the fact Eternity Mode replaces Golem's sprite with one resembling the character Sans from the game Undertale. Sans uses this eye flash for some of his abilities during his fight.
  • "Sands Under Table" is a humorous corruption of the phrase "Sans Undertale".
  • The sound played during this easter egg is sampled from Undertale.