| First encounter |  Master, you seem the lone maker left in this Citadel. Are you my enemy? The other constructs of this place object aggressively to my presence.Bug-Red? I am a m-m-maker. Yes. Enemy. No. I am an Architect. Only an Architect. To build-automate is not choice. It is our nature-directive-c-c-c-cage. You are weave-type, yes? A first child? Rare-e-e-extinct. Or not it does so seem. You see it true, Master. I bear the lineage of Weavers, along with other strands, equally strange.Then on your r-r-request, Bug-Red, as directive demands, for Pharloom's first children, a-a-a-and our kingdom-eternal, I shall serve. I shall c-c-craft. |
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| Opening the shop | Bug-Red. Do you ask-need our service? We shall create, as is our d-d-directive. To serve, for Pharloom eternal. |
| After acquiring the Ruined Tool | A fine artefact you carry there, Bug-Red. That broken tool, it is Weaver-make?
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| After acquiring the Architect Crest | Master, I have communed with the shrine above. Your learnings are unique, techniques born of cogwork hearts. Their mastery will require some commitment on my part. Bug-Red, you are the first organic shell to fuse our memories. S-s-s-such behaviour, my line would have believed improbable-impossible. |
| After acquiring Cogheart or Cogheart Pieces | Those pieces of a h-h-heart-core you carry upon you, how did you acquire-recover an artefact so rare?
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| Asking about the Architect's Melody | Master, I seek a melody held by your line, one part of a sequence, and key to ascending above the Citadel. Can you teach it to me? Our melody? I r-r-recall! Yes! There was melody, once, but its sound... that I possess no longer... |
| Returning before obtaining the Architect's Melody | Are you still to c-c-climb our grand core, Bug-Red? Within you may marvel at the work of Architects, my own, and all those passed b-b-before.
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| After acquiring the Architect's Melody | What's this, Bug-Red? Even down here, I d-d-did detect its working... Have you climbed our c-c-core, and woken the voices of my l-l-line?
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| After acquiring the Architect's Melody and purchasing all goods | My s-s-service to you, Bug-Red... As it concludes, I must speak-confess. Long now I have felt my rotors slow their s-s-spin. My limbs lift weak. An ending is felt, coming, sudden-certain...welcome. Whatever fading you feel has not shown in your craft, Master. You have provided tools of immaculate make. What will follow if you pass? Would another take your place? One cannot. The skill to construct an Architect... That was taken by t-t-time. I am the last-final. The core remains to sustain the song, but no more Architects to tend-toil or build anew. S-s-strange... 'For Pharloom eternal,' states the d-d-directive-cage. But how can eternity sustain without an Architect to serve? This seems e-e-error. An end? An error... welcome? |
| Playing the Needolin | ...To mend...Unending... ...To serve...Eternal... |
Twelfth Architect
Twelfth Architect is a merchant in Hollow Knight: Silksong. It sells wares at its shop in the Underworks in exchange for Rosaries and Craftmetal.
Background
Twelfth Architect is an Architect built by the Citadel to serve Pharloom by creating mechanical tools.[2] It is the only Architect still functional within the Citadel.[3] The Architects learned some of their skill from the Weavers.[4]
Twelfth Architect is old and beginning to shut down due to its advanced age.[5] It appears to be overriding its original directive with some of its own feelings and opinions.[6]
In-game Events
Twelfth Architect sells goods to Hornet in exchange for Rosaries and Craftmetal. After Hornet finds the Ruined Tool in Weavenest Murglin, Twelfth Architect can convert it into the Silkshot.
After Hornet collects 25 Tools, Twelfth Architect sells Architect's Key, which unlocks Chapel of the Architect.
After all of Twelfth Architect's items have been bought (with the exception of the Silkshot, even if Hornet has acquired the Ruined Tool) and Hornet has acquired the Architect's Melody, talking with Twelfth Architect reveals that its end is coming. Later, it can be found motionless at its desk, and a Pristine Core can be collected from the floor. A Silk Fly, presumably the one that animated the Architect, will be resting on its head and will fly away once approached.
Goods
| Item | Cost | Twelfth Architect's Description | Requires |
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 130 1
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An intricate implement of Pharloom's first children. I can restore-repair the w-w-weapon, though it will bear some trace of my identity-idiom. | |
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360 1
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You have affinity for such radial blades? I can b-b-build upon the idea-knowledge. Make them retract. Make them force-store. | |
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230 1
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This band of metal teeth, sharp and light-fine. It could be woven within your red outer layer? A hidden weapon. | Drifter's Cloak |
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140 1
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A flexible shell-prosthetic. It would enhance a weave-type's flexibility, allowing evasive options. | |
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450
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Tools of my craft. They could be used to improve your own. Make harder, sharper. | |
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110
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Before having enough Tools: If Bug-Red could prove their aptitude with our implements, and others like, I would offer my key, to grant access to the chapel-store above. After having enough Tools: |
25 Tools |
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50
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Raw materials, for creation. Carry them with you always, that y-y-you may be prepared. |
Dialogue
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Location
Twelfth Architect can be found in the Underworks. It can be accessed using the Clawline or the Faydown Cloak.
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Location in the Underworks
Gallery
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Working
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Talking
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Working on upper floor
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Singing
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Dead on the work table
Names in Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning/Explanation |
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 Brazilian Portuguese
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Duodécimo Arquiteto | Twelfth Architect (masculine) |
 French
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Douzième Architecte | Twelfth Architect |
 German
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Zwölfter Architekt | Twelfth Architect (masculine) |
 Italian
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Artefice-12 | Artificer-12 |
 Japanese
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十二番目の設計者 Jū ni banme no sekkeisha |
Twelfth Designer |
 Korean
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열두 번째 설계자 Yeoldu beonjjae seolgyeja |
Twelfth Designer |
 Russian
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Двенадцатый Архитектор Dvenadcatyj Arxitektor |
Twelfth Architect |
 Simplified Chinese
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第十二席建筑师 Dì shí'èr xí jiànzhú shī? |
Twelfth Rank Architect |
 Traditional Chinese
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第十二建築師 Dì shí'èr jiànzhú shī? |
Twelfth Architect |
 Spanish
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Duodécimo Arquitecto | Twelfth Architect (masculine) |
 Internal name
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ARCHITECT
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References
- ↑ Twelfth Architect: "Then on your r-r-request, Bug-Red, as directive demands, for Pharloom's first children, a-a-a-and our kingdom-eternal, I shall serve. I shall c-c-craft."
- ↑ Twelfth Architect: "Bug-Red. Do you ask-need our service? We shall create, as is our d-d-directive. To serve, for Pharloom eternal."
- ↑ Twelfth Architect: "One cannot. The skill to construct an Architect... That was taken by t-t-time. I am the last-final. The core remains to sustain the song, but no more Architects to tend-toil or build anew."
- ↑ Twelfth Architect: "An Architect's work owes much to the art of the f-f-first children. They set expert standard for the tools and talents of Pharloom eternal."
- ↑ Twelfth Architect: "T-t-t-too long I have worked. From my mind-vault, the imprint has f-f-faded. With many things it is like this... remembrance, dimmed..."
Twelfth Architect: "Long now I have felt my rotors slow their s-s-spin. My limbs lift weak. An ending is felt, coming, sudden-certain...welcome." - ↑ Twelfth Architect: "To build-automate is not choice. It is our nature-directive-c-c-c-cage."
Twelfth Architect: "Long before the c-c-creation of the core, the sentinels ventured, even beyond these walls, to see all bugs brought-forced safe to serve the Citadel."
