The Bug-Infested Temple is a location in
ADOM which consists of two
levels: a
wilderness level and an underground level. They are both
full of greater claw bugs and
killer bugs. These are nasty monsters
which always punch through your armour when they hit you and which can
easily kill an unprepared character.
In ADOM 1.0.0, the bugs could not see invisible characters or fight in
the dark, which provided a safe way to deal with them. Unfortunately,
these loopholes have been closed in version 1.1.x, so the
Bug-Infested Temple is much more dangerous now. If you must go in
there, bring a large supply of spenseweeds to heal yourself with,
and seven league boots so that you can retreat when necessary. Try
to kill the bugs from a distance whenever you can.
There are two reasons to go to the Bug-Infested Temple. The first is
to eat the corpses of the bugs, which increases your Dexterity and
speed and decreases your Willpower. This is no longer as effective
as in ADOM 1.0.0, but it is still useful. Willpower can be trained
back up to 25 with morgia roots, and if you want, you can drink a
potion of exchange afterwards, for the chance that your high
Dexterity will be swapped with an even more useful stat like
Strength.
The other reason to go to the Bug-Infested Temple is to smash the
statues on the bottom level. This will stop the bugs from
multiplying, and when you finish the game, there will be a note that
you stopped the generation of nasty bugs. More importantly, there are
lots of useful items including scrolls of
chaos resistance hidden in the statues. All the loot is cursed, but
one blessed scroll of uncursing will take care of that problem.