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Developer Massive Monster’s Cult of the Lamb, an adorable mish-mash of cute critters and macabre cult-isms, is finally out and it’s a great time. You can read about why in my review here<\/a>. If you’re jumping into the game today, I have just the thing for you: some tips and tricks I wish I could have read before starting what would become a 19-hour journey through Cult of the Lamb. \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n Your followers\u2019 faith in your cult drives everything in Cult of the Lamb. If you fail to keep them fed and happy, or if you decline their sub-quests too much, or even simply neglect to clean up their poop, their faith will drop. Any kind of wrongdoing, neglect, or slight against them, can cause them to lose faith in you. This will be stressful but don\u2019t fret too much over it. In my 19-hour playtime, my cult\u2019s faith hit basically zero multiple times, and I usually only lost a follower or two (they\u2019d steal 10 coins and peace out).<\/p>\n When faith first\u00a0reached zero, I was terrified \u2013 I assumed that\u2019d mean game over, or I\u2019d lose a bunch of my followers, but that\u2019s not what happened. If you run out\u00a0or have little faith, just focus on getting it back up, and you\u2019ll be okay. Of course, I don\u2019t recommend letting it sit there for a while, but your cult will be alright if it needs to be low for a day or two.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The quickest way to get your cult firing on all cylinders is to create some daily routines. You can perform many faith-building systems in Cult of the Lamb once a day \u2013 sermons, inspirations, and more \u2013 and you\u2019ll want to get into the habit of ensuring you complete them each day. Typically, while my followers were asleep, I\u2019d clean up the area, gather resources, and get some buildings ready for construction when they woke up.<\/p>\n Upon their awakening, I\u2019d visit each other and bless them (slightly raising their loyalty to me). Over time, you can upgrade your blessings to inspirations, which increases their loyalty even more. You can also preach sermons in your temple daily, which is essential to making your lamb stronger for their upcoming crusade runs through the game\u2019s four main dungeons. There\u2019s plenty more to complete each day, and you\u2019ll want to get it all figured out to ensure you\u2019re upgrading and maximizing your cult\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n When your cult reaches a healthy number of followers, you might feel like you\u2019re all set \u2026 but you\u2019re not, for two reasons.<\/p>\n 1. To progress through the game, you must get those follower numbers up. There are four main dungeons to get through in Cult of the Lamb before reaching the game\u2019s finale. To unlock the door leading to each, you\u2019ll need a certain number of followers (each door requires more).<\/p>\n 2. There are times when you\u2019ll lose followers quickly. They can die of sickness, old age, murder, sacrifices, and more. Plus, at any moment, they might just up and leave your cult altogether, having lost faith in you as a leader. The more followers you have, the better these situations will be!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Lumber and stone are two essential resources your cult can acquire. They\u2019re needed to build basically everything, and you\u2019ll always need them. Even when you\u2019re focused on making things that don\u2019t require lumber or stone, you\u2019ll need to refine these materials\u00a0into wooden planks and stone blocks to construct\u00a0bigger and better things. As such,\u00a0be sure you have followers in the lumber yards and stone mines collecting these resources for you at all times.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n I spent a small portion of my time in Cult of the Lamb ignoring gifts, and I regret it because gifts made cult life so much easier for me. You\u2019ll earn gifts on your dungeon runs that typically amount to a special type of necklace. Some of these can increase the devotion a follower creates at the central shrine. Others can increase the speed at which they work for you. The most important one, and my favorite, is a necklace that makes it so that a follower doesn\u2019t need to sleep. You can probably already imagine how helpful that is. A\u00a0follower that works all day and night? Excellent (albeit morally wrong, but you\u2019re a cult leader after all).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n As someone who did this (blade for life), don\u2019t. You will run through the game\u2019s randomly-arranged dungeons many times in Cult of the Lamb, and the starting weapon and the random weapons you might find later in the dungeon will vary. You\u2019ll want to focus on getting proficient and comfortable with each because there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll reach the dungeon\u2019s boss without your favorite weapon in hand. And fighting one of the game\u2019s many tough bosses with a weapon you\u2019re not great with will not be a fun time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Tarot Cards will be crucial in every single dungeon run, and that\u2019s because they\u2019re potent bonuses that can change the tide of your run. You\u2019ll sometimes find Tarot Cards in chests, and in each phase of a dungeon, you\u2019ll almost always come across an NPC that lets you choose one of three to activate for free. Mind you, these bonuses only last for this dungeon run, so don\u2019t grow too attached, but in the late-game parts of Cult of the Lamb, you\u2019ll complete a dungeon with nearly 10 cards activated. Some give you extra health, others speed up attacks or boost their damage, and some can even resurrect you.<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, is that there are other systems in the game that interact with these Tarot Cards. For example, I have a tunic that gives me a diseased heart (essentially health) every time I pick up a Tarot Card, and this made some of the more challenging bosses a breeze, which was nice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n One of my biggest critiques with Cult of the Lamb (you can read my review here<\/a>) is that it features many cosmetic items for your cult compound but rarely gives you the time in the game\u2019s opening hours to focus on them. Instead, the game pushes you to use your followers to produce resources to empower your lamb further. This is fine \u2013 it\u2019s clearly what developer Massive Monster intended \u2013 but the sooner you realize this, the better. You need to upgrade as much as you can as fast as you can before focusing on making your cult look nice aesthetically. You\u2019ll be thankful you did. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n You\u2019re the leader, after all. I mention this because many of your followers will ask you to do tasks for them to raise their loyalty to you. Sometimes you\u2019ll be asked to feed another follower a bowl of poop. Occasionally, followers will ask you to murder someone or sacrifice them in the temple. If you decline a follower\u2019s sub-quest, you\u2019ll lose 35 faith, but sometimes, this is worth it because, for example, murdering a follower could cost you even more faith. Weigh your options before deciding what you want to do, and don\u2019t feel like you need to do what your followers ask of you every time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n It\u2019s good fun to name your followers after people you know, pets, or characters from your favorite movie or show, and it\u2019s just as easy to spend time designing them to be awesome. However, don\u2019t get too attached to them. Ultimately, because of Cult of the Lamb\u2019s resource management mechanics, you\u2019ll need to view these followers as workers first, friends second.<\/p>\n What\u2019s important is what they can do for you. You\u2019re a cult leader, after all; part of that is being a dirtbag, like it or not. Plus, your followers don\u2019t live forever, and sometimes, sacrificing one for the good of the cult instead of letting one die of old age is worth it. Growing too attached to your followers makes doing so harder.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n1<\/h2>\n
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Don’t Stress Too Much About Your Cult’s Faith Dropping To Zero<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n2<\/h2>\n
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Build Habits And Manage A Daily Routine<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n3<\/h2>\n
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Continue To Add Followers To Your Cult<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n4<\/h2>\n
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Build Lumber Yards And Stone Mines ASAP<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n5<\/h2>\n
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Give All Of Your Followers Gifts<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n6<\/h2>\n
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Don’t Fall In Love With One Weapon<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n7<\/h2>\n
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When You Find Vendors Selling Tarot Cards, Buy Them<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n8<\/h2>\n
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Focus On Upgrading Your Cult Before Decorating<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n9<\/h2>\n
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You Don’t Always Need To Listen To Your Followers <\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n10<\/h2>\n
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View Your Followers As Just That<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\n