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For follower traits or temple unlocks, start here; doctrine tiers unlock in order, and choosing one option makes its tier’s alternative unavailable.
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Roguelike · EQUIPMENT & PROGRESSION
Cult of the Lamb
Guides onlyWeapon upgrades, curses, doctrines, and cult progression. Explore how the equipment and progression systems work.
14 guidesMassive MonsterPC edition · Aug 11, 2022
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Understand weapon progression
To learn how weapons are offered at crusade starts, read the named families alongside the upgrade path and random selection records.
Five weapon families Weapon upgrade path Random crusade weaponFollow cult unlocks
For cult progression, these records describe a follower command and how harvested Devotion can unlock building blueprints.
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Equipment & progression guides
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Belief in Sacrifice
This Afterlife Tier I doctrine gives all cult members a trait that grants 20 Faith when another cult member is sacrificed.
Understand this choiceBelief in Afterlife
This Afterlife Tier I doctrine gives all cult members less Faith loss when a follower dies, changing the loss from 20 to 5.
Understand this choiceRitual of Resurrection
This Afterlife Tier II choice unlocks a temple ritual that brings a dead follower back to life.
Understand this choiceFaithful Trait
This Work & Worship Tier I choice gives all cult members 15% faster Devotion generation.
Understand this choiceIndustrious Trait
This Work & Worship Tier I choice gives all cult members a 15% increase in work speed.
Understand this choiceIntimidate
This Work & Worship Tier II unlock slightly increases a follower’s loyalty and makes them work 10% harder for two days.
Understand this choiceBelief in Materialism
This Possessions Tier II doctrine gives all cult members Faith when better sleeping quarters are built.
Understand this choiceExtort Tithes
This Possessions Tier I unlock adds a follower action that collects one coin from a follower once per day.
Understand this choiceWedding
This Law & Order Tier II choice unlocks a temple ritual to marry one follower and grants 30 Faith.
Understand this choiceGrass Eater Trait
This Sustenance Tier II doctrine gives all cult members no negative Faith effect when a follower eats a grass meal.
Understand this choiceFive weapon families
The weapon article identifies swords, daggers, axes, hammers, and gauntlets as the five main weapon types with unlockable variations.
Understand this choiceWeapon upgrade path
Sermon-derived upgrade points unlock weapon variations, while the middle upgrade path determines the starting level of a crusade weapon.
Understand this choiceRandom crusade weapon
Each crusade begins with one randomly selected weapon, with variant availability affected by upgrades already purchased.
Understand this choiceDevotion and building unlocks
Devotion can be harvested to unlock building blueprints through Divine Inspiration, including farm plots, outhouses, and decorations.
Understand this choiceCommon mistakes to avoid
Doctrine choices are tiered and exclusive
The guide says tiers unlock in order and selecting one option makes the other option for that tier unavailable; later choices require earlier tiers first.
Weapon family unlocks do not identify the offered weapon
The article describes random weapons at crusade starts and says purchased upgrades can affect variant chances. It provides no selection odds or variant-specific effects.
Doctrines are documented in an older guide
The supplied IGN doctrine guide was updated August 14, 2022. The identity passage describes later updates and DLC, but the supplied passages do not verify doctrine details against those additions.
References & guide scope
Selected systems and editions described by the linked references.
Edition and mechanic limits
- Weapon and curse information comes from one secondary article that names five weapon families and progression paths but provides no individual weapon, variant, or curse effects.
- The sources describe doctrine unlocking through three Commandment Stone pieces and weapon-related unlock points from sermons, but do not establish detailed progression costs beyond those stated facts.