Temple

Learn how to build and utilize the Temple in Core Keeper! Discover sacrifice recipes, creature happiness benefits, and how to cure your dungeon dwellers.

Alright, let's talk about the Temple in Core Keeper. This isn't just some decorative building; it's a super important asset, especially as you get further into the game. You'll need to shell out 350 gold per tile to build it, and it's worth a hefty 25000 research points. You can even use Ctrl + T as a shortcut to select it if you've built one.

So, what's the big deal with Temples? For starters, they're key for sacrifices, which can net you some seriously powerful creatures. They also keep your Horned Reaper happy, and honestly, any creature (except the Vampire, weirdly) will be happier if they hang out in there. Plus, if any of your little monsters get 'diseased' or 'chickenfied' (yeah, that's a thing), the Temple is where you go to cure them. Oh, and if you put a creature in the Temple, they're basically immune to scavenging for about 1.5 minutes, which is a nice little safety net.

Now, let's get to the juicy part: the sacrifices. This is where you can really get some unique creatures:

• Imp: Sacrificing an Imp makes it way cheaper to generate more Imps later on.
• 2x Fly: This instantly completes your current research. Super handy if you're trying to break walls or need a specific tech boost fast.
• 2x Beetle: Completes your current Workshop manufacture. Great for speeding up production.
• 3x Spider: You'll receive a Bile Demon.
• Beetle + Spider: Combine these two to get a Dark Mistress.
• Fly + Spider: This sacrifice yields a Warlock.
• Bile Demon + Troll + Dark Mistress: This is the big one – sacrificing all three of these powerful creatures will summon a Horned Reaper.

There are a few other sacrifices that have... interesting results, so be careful:

• Ghost: All your chickens will die. So, if you're raising chickens, avoid this!
• Vampire: This causes disease to spread to all your other creatures. Definitely not ideal.
• 2x Bile Demon: Turns all your creatures into chickens. Might be funny once, but probably not what you want long-term.

A good rule of thumb is to avoid sacrificing any undead creatures unless you absolutely know what you're doing, or you're ready for potential trouble. The level of the creatures you get from sacrifices seems to be related to the levels of the creatures you sacrificed, so keep that in mind when choosing who to offer up!