Architect Crest
The Architect Crest spins the needle like a screw and lets Hornet spend Silk to craft and deploy tools quickly.
- Playstyle
- Screw-spin needle, fast crafting
- Unlock
- Buy Architect's Key from the Twelfth Architect
The Architect Crest gives Hornet a screw-spinning needle attack and a heavy investment in Red Tool slots, built for players who fight through their gadgets. It lets you spend Silk to craft and deploy tools quickly, so your loadout becomes the main weapon. You unlock it by buying the Architect's Key from the Twelfth Architect in the Underworks. It is the engineer's build: bury enemies under traps, bombs, and thrown weapons.
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