It's time to enter the Temple:
It wasn't an easy area to pass through, as traps like Spear Traps deal over 100 damage, and I was unable to dismantle the traps unless I've to spend bombs for that. And I rather wanted to save a Statue grind session again.
So things had to be done slow and carefully, Thankfully the Glowsticks, torches, blocks and Djinn's Curse helped me with it.
Though, it seems that the Lihzarhd wanted to prevent cheesing around:
Guess I'll have to use bombs here then.
The enemies themselves were not much of a thread, at least not for the Dart Rifle and Nimbus Rod.
So as safe as I was for the traps, so was I also for the enemies:
And in some cases, just a single mud block does enough:
Nerf mud blocks.
Sadly, I've noticed that crafting Solar Tablets requires a Mythril Anvil, and I only found one Solar Tablet in the temple.
So summoning the Eclipse is not as renewable as I thought to be. I guess I shouldn't rely on Mothron Wings too much.
Eventually, the Golem Arena was eventually reached.
As usual I've made the arena as flat as possible to cover all the pressure plates and unflat surface. (Why does the Lihzahrd construct it like that? must have been collapsed partially)
Normally, if I'm able to beat Plantera, then Golem is going to fall without a doubt.
But I have a preference to fight it without cheesing methods like platforms, as Golem is already easy enough.
An attempt against the Golem was made using the Dart Gun.
But I noticed that shooting overhead will also damage the head, which caused him to shoot lasers earlier than intended.
And I died...
It's noticeable that I need a more focussed weapon for this fight, thankfully I got a Jungle Key, so I decided to visit the Dungeon to find the Jungle Chest.
The Dart Rifle knows their limits in the Hardmode Dungeon, so I better hope to gain better weapons soon.
I've decided to search up the Jungle Chest on the map before entering, that way I could already make the route to the chest.
2 tries later, I eventually got it:
Quite a worthless prefix, but it'll do it's job. And it certainely does against these teleporting mages!
I could spend my time in the Dungeon to gain some items, but it won't be enough with just the Piranha Gun, so I decided to take down Golem first, and then farm in the Dungeon.
So, another attempt against the Golem was made, this time using the Piranha gun.
..and I died again...
Somehow, Medusa manages to spawn inside the temple, so I even have to worry about more than I thought.
Good dang, been Stunlocked by Medusa while getting hit by Golem's Arms is horrible.
Another attempt have been made while attempting to ignore Medusa, even sacrificing an Accessory slot just for the Pocket Mirror.
But once again I wasn't able to survive it, but at least managed to get it in it's second stage.
I think I'm underestimating Golem a lot. I never had to be properly prepared for a Golem fight before.
Not to forget that I actually have to walk the whole path through the temple again by every death. >.>
Attempt #4: Still no success, it's not like I'm not trying to:
It's actually starting to frustrate me. One of the Easiest bosses in the game is just blocking me to progress...out of everything that I've done in this run.
I guess i'm underestimating him a lot, but if I'm not able to beat Golem in this no-cheesing state, then how can I even stand up against the Celestials?
Endgame is starting to worry me...actually, this boss is starting to worry me.