Vaal Temple: 9x9 Grid, Architect and the Route to Atziri

The Temple Hub is where you manage the build. Vaal Beacons and Energised Crystals fuel room placement; without Crystals you cannot expand the grid.

Crystals accumulate from Vaal-flavoured Atlas content. Treat them as a budget: each room placement spends Crystals, so plan before you build.

Do not enter the Temple to fight until you have placed the rooms you need; some layouts are easier to complete in one pass than to fix later.

The grid is 9x9 with a fixed entrance and a build direction. Each cell shows whether it is empty, occupied, or a special node.

Room cards display their entrances and exits. Two rooms only connect if a facing entrance meets a facing exit on adjacent cells.

The interface also tracks your main path, branches, and any unreachable region so you can see problems before committing.

Start from the entrance and grow a single main path toward your target chamber. Branches are optional and can strand if not careful.

Keep the main path priority high; once it reaches the Architect or Royal Access, side rooms are bonuses, not requirements.

Avoid boxing yourself in: leaving no adjacent empty cell for a needed room type is the most common way to break a layout.

Rooms connect only through matching entrance/exit facings on adjacent cells. A room whose only exit faces a wall or an empty cell goes nowhere.

You cannot connect two rooms that are diagonally adjacent; connectivity is orthogonal only.

If a room appears unreachable, check the cell between it and the path, not the room itself.

• Match entrance to exit facings
• Orthogonal adjacency only
• Main path first, branches last

Prioritise rooms that advance the Architect and Royal Access chain; decorative or economy rooms are secondary until the path is secure.

Vaal Orbs and Architect's Orbs are typical temple rewards; decide whether you need them before investing Crystals in side rooms.

Once Atziri is reachable, the temple's job is done; you can close it without building every optional room.