Temple Question

You should avoid starting the second chain until you're almost finished the first chain. Some of these golem works you're going to be placing are going to require two or three locks at a time and having to get another one just to lock your second chain is not ideal.

As for your architect I would just run him whenever you can. Eventually he'll make it to the ideal position

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• Brick - Using a Vaal Orb or other crafting method on an item and receiving an outcome that greatly decreases its value (Wiki)

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Do not build your second chain. You will need the locks and the space. You will need to move the architect as it is, and you're taking the time for the tech temple so just move it to the right place. Also, smithy-golem chain is a pain, get ready.

Move the architect and don't build your second chain. The hard part of the build is in front of you with golem Smithy Chain. You need a lot of locks for that.

Abandon the 2nd chain immediately.

Make sure you plop down a Sacrificial Chamber in your 1st chain, preferably 3 or 4 rooms back from where the 1st chain is at right now. Just lock behind and destabilize it to pull the snek back.

Better do it now than learn the leason later.

If this is the temple layout that I think it is, you'll need the 2x removal from the sac room for a MANDATORY placement tech and another one for a QoL placement tech.