With Cult of the Lamb officially released on August 11, 2022, many of us are trying our gaming hands at this simulation, cult-building game. While the adorable creatures make it fun to play, it can become challenging the more you progress into it.
If you don’t have the right strategy going into the game, you’ll find it too difficult to play later on. Here’s a detailed guide on the best tactics for Cult of the Lamb. After all, games are meant to be fun to play and possible to complete.
Choose your strategy
The one aspect that makes Cult of the Lamb exciting to play is that you have two approaches to the game. On the one hand, you’ll have to develop your cult, making them stronger with sermons and increasing experience (XP). The benefit of staying at home and powering up your following is that you’ll discover more powerful items on your journeys.
The second element is heading out to crusades. There are tons of resources to find that will increase the speed of your cult development. While this may sound promising, you may want to wait until your followers are strong enough to handle the outside world.
Our next two tips will help you with both these aspects.
Heading into crusades
When you head out into crusades, you’ll inevitably run into combat zones where your Culf of the Lamb followers need to fight. It’s essential that you locate the boss of that region, specifically the statue. There’s Devotion you can absorb as well as stone when you chop it down.
Take some time to learn how different weapons work. Some are fast but deal less damage, while others are slow and deal more damage. Once you get the hang of them, you’ll know which ones are best for each scenario.
If you see a combat region with banners and icons, it means the enemies will have damage modifiers. They may have double damage applied or more health than usual. Be sure to prepare your cult members for each type of situation.
Managing your Cult of the Lamb members
Since Cult of the Lamb has a sim aspect, you’ll need to make sure your followers are strong, healthy, fed, and well-rested. For the last element, they’ll all head to sleep when night approaches. You can still go search for resources and build while they’re resting, as long as you don’t summon an event.
One lesson you’ll need to learn for the night is that spiders will appear to eat on resources lying around, similar to Minecraft. You’ll need to chase after them and kill them before they vanish. The benefit of this action is that you’ll score some meat that you can cook for your cult.
If one of your followers becomes sick, have a look around for any mess they’ve made. Any other Cult of the Lamb members who spot any vomit will quickly proceed to add to the mess. It can become chaos to clean.
Death is only the beginning
Do you have a favorite cult member that you love with every inch of your dark heart? Even Elder followers will eventually die, which means that you’ll lose the loyalty points they added. Also, there will be fewer Elders to add to the sermons every day.
Fortunately, you can use the Ritual of Resurrection to bring back your faithful followers. It returns them to active duty and brings back those loyalty points. It doesn’t matter how they died, even by sacrifice. You’ll easily be able to bring them back to the land of the living.
Essential farming tips
Remember the part where you need to keep your cult well-fed? Cult of the Lamb has a farming mechanic that will aid you with this task. Once you establish a massive farm, you can automate tasks so that there’s always enough food for everyone.
When you head out on crusades, you’ll inevitably find seeds along the way. All you need to do is place them in the silo. Your followers you assign to the farm will plant them, and then you wait for them to grow. Once ready, you can harvest them to add food to your stockpile.
A ruthless Cult of the Lamb mindset
Cult of the Lamb is definitely not a game for the sentimental player. You need to view your followers as a resource and nothing else. Unlike your horse in Skyrim that you love and cherish, the cult members are items you need to see as expendable.
The reason for saying so is that you can sacrifice the Elder followers to gain more resources. There will always be more members you can recruit or add to your tribe later. So put the soft side of your heart aside, preparing to kill them off when they’re served their purpose.
That’s it for our beginner’s tactics for the game. Please be sure to head to our detailed Cult of the Lamb review to see everything you’ll experience when you play it!
