Temple

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Temple
A giant that walks along the valley...
Profile
Inhabitant	Minotaur A
Quadrant	F5
Connecting Quadrants	E5 F4 F6 G5
Stage Number	17
Seamless Designer	Koji Hasegawa (hw)
Theme
Theme (Pre-E3)

Temple is the developer name given to the arena of the 1st colossus. The name refers to the ruined temple at the end of it.

Description

It is a misty valley surrounded by high walls. The only man-made structures are the ruined temple and the ones seen in the pathway at the entrance of the arena.

Location

The arena is located at the center of the Forbidden Lands, on top of the cliffs seen to the south of the Shrine of Worship, at quadrant F5.

Trivia

• The theme Sign of the Colossus plays when first finding the arena.
• In the pre-E3 demo, the entrance of the arena originally had a small set of stairs, and the theme Lakeside played, likely as a placeholder.
• The ruined temple was originally accessible, and it looked similar to the one that the Canossa has. In the older days, you would have to hide under it and wait for the 1st Colossus to crouch down so you could grab its hand or chest.
• The trees seen close to the cliffside are destructable and shake as the colossus walks.
• If you stand at the top of the rubble next to the ruined temple, the colossus won't be able to attack.
• At the top of the temple, something which resembles a door can be seen, but it's not accessible without hacking and leads nowhere. In the PS4 version, the door is blocked by rubble.
• The Temple is the most centrally-located of all arenas.
• As seen in early footage and screenshots of the arena, it used to be larger, with a path to the right of the now ruined temple.

Gallery

• Original
• Remake
• March 2005
• Earlier versions

Original

Picture taken from the artbook.

Entrance of the arena. Picture by Nomad colossus.

The ruined temple.

Top of the temple. Picture by Nomad Colossus.

Remake

The stairs leading to the arena's entrance in the remake.

Entrance to the Temple in the remake.

The temple's door blocked by rubble in the remake.

Concept art of the Temple's entrance from the remake.

Concept art of the Temple from the remake.

March 2005

Reaching the early version of Temple from March 2005.

Cropped version of the previous picture, by Liam Walsh.

Early entrance of the arena.

Another shot of the entrance.

Early screenshot of Wander climbing the grass on the wall.

Early version of the pathway to the top. You used to not have to hang on the edge of the column.

Early version of the top of Temple.

Earlier versions

Early version of the temple. A very similar model to this one was used for the Canossa.

Earlier screenshot of Wander hiding from the colossus in the old temple.

Early footage of the entrance to the arena during the period when the world map was completely flat.

Modelling the entrance to the arena using the "parts library". From the CG World magazine.

The Forbidden Lands World Era 3 World Era 2 Retail Map Beta Map (fan recreation)