Guide:Surviving in the Jungle Temple


 * Using a Nimbus Rod to cover a vertical drop from layer to layer allows for a good crowd control of enemies.

Surviving
Although defeating Plantera and gaining access to the Lihzahrd temple requires good gear, the enemies and Golem boss will be difficult. Reccommended armor includes: Hallowed armor at the very, very least. Turtle, Shroomite, or Spectre is preferable. Good weapon choices are: Magnet sphere, for it's ability to hit multiple enemies and it's paralyzing knockback. Vampire Knives are good because of the high DPS and life steal. A shadowbeam staff be used to devastating effect, due to the enclosed nature of the Lihzahrd Temple and it's piercing abilities. Accessories: Any high-tiered wings, ghost wings are good and can be obtained fairly easily. For different players, you could use a warrior/sorcerer/ranger/avenger emblem. Lightning boots or better are reccomended. An obsidian shield (or better, an Ankh Shield) is useful for avoiding knockback and providing a small amount of defense. And finally, a titan glove or better, due to the increased knockback.

Enemies
There are 2 main enemies in the Lihzahrd Temple, which are Lihzahrds and Flying Snakes. Lihzahrds have 2 forms: One is walking on two legs, the other is crawling on all fours. Lihzahrds do about 40 damage in their first form, and about 60 in their second. Flying snakes are especially dangerous due to their flying ability. They do about 85 damage and are the more dangerous of the two.

The Golem
The Golem boss is awoken by using a Lihzahrd Power cell at the altar found at the bottom of the temple, A cell has a 2% drop chance from lihzahrds and flying snakes, but there is always at least 1 in a chest near the altar. Beware: This boss is very hard. General strategies are:
 * Put a wall between the two of you and summon nimbus clouds
 * Use a wall and hit the Golem through the wall with a mushroom spear


 * A Dangersense Potion is extremely useful in the Lihzahrd Temple because of it's ability to highlight traps, such as the ones all over the temple.


 * Hunter Potions are useful for detecting enemies in the next room or layer.


 * One should move slowly and carefully, good ranged or magic weapons are advised, such as the golden shower for dealing with enemies from a distance, move slowly and pay attention to the floor, its advised to remove pressure plates and spikes for easier navigation


 * Using a grappling hook is good to avoid Lihzahrds when in a room with a high ceiling, but you are still vulnerable to Flying Snake attacks.


 * It is recommended that a player takes a wrench or some wire cutters to the temple. The traps in the Lizahrd can be rather difficult to avoid, and the pressure plates can be broken. However, being able to see wires and cut them can make the task a lot easier, leaving the player to focus on entities instead. Or you can just take the traps with you.

And the liking, then return to it without having to worry about traps, and only having to worry about enemies. It can be useful to replace pressure plates with yellow ones to get the enemies to kill themselves. Explosives, such as dynamite, can be found in lizhard chests, making removing spikes easier. And if you don't have the Picksaw constantly swing your pick to get rid of the pressure plates.
 * As stated above, a good method would be to go into the temple specifically just to remove wires

After defeating the Golem, the Picksaw can be used to remove blocks. Traps can be removed and harvested with the Drax. You can use the traps to your advantage. Do not use spikes though, because they are immune.
 * Using a Death Sickle (dropped by a Reaper in a Solar Eclipse) are recommended due to them being able to shoot through walls. The Scourge of the Corruptor is useful due to the tiny eaters being able to chase mobs. It is also a good idea to grapple on to the ceiling and shoot around with Vampire Knives to heal and attack large areas.