Here’s every doctrine you can unlock in Cult of the Lamb
Make the most of your flock with this doctrines guide.
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Cult of the Lamb doctrineslet you influence yourfollowersin different ways, and you can build your Cult around these hard and fast rules—you are a cult leader, after all.. If you’re planning on going on longCrusades, for example, enacting the doctrine that stops your followers from getting hungry for three days will be a solid choice. Likewise, theMurder Followeroption gives you a simple—yet harsh—solution if one of your flock decides to dissent.
You can’t choose all the doctrines though, so it makes sense to figure out which ones you want to unlock first and target those—and that’s where this guide comes in handy. Below you’ll find a list of every Cult of the Lamb doctrine, and what they do, to make your life as a cult leader that much easier.
Cult of the Lamb doctrines: How to unlock them
Doctrines are unlocked fairly early on and aside from the first two which you get automatically, you’ll need to collectCommandment Stonesto unlock them. You need to acquire Commandment Stone fragments from levelling up followers and you occasionally find them when you’re out on a Crusade.
There are five categories to choose from and you’ll pick four doctrines from each. Spending a Commandment Stone will give you a choice of two doctrines,TraitsorRituals, though occasionally, one will add a follower action.Traitsare automatically taken on by your followers, whereas you’ll need to performRitualsat the cost ofBones. Choose wisely, though, as thedoctrine you didn’t pick will disappear for the current playthrough.
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Many of your doctrine choices will come down to personal preference. That said, there are a couple that are worth targeting early on.
TheMurder Followeraction is one of the first options in theLaw and Ordercategory. It might seem a little extreme but a dissenting follower can cause havoc with the rest of your flock when trying to establish yourself. Just make sure you do the deed at night when no one else is looking.
Belief in the Afterlife—which, unsurprisingly, is found in theAfterlifecategory—is another handy trait to have active early on. Your followers will naturally age and die and this can cause unrest among the other Cult members. With this trait, your followers won’t lose as much Faith when another follower passes on.
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BothRitual FastandGrass Eaterfrom theSustenancecategory are also pretty handy early on, when you might struggle to keep up with the demand for food. Grass is easy to come by while on Crusades and the Ritual Fast will be helpful to keep your flock happy when you unlock longer Crusades.
All Cult of the Lamb doctrines
Here is every doctrine you’ll find in Cult of the Lamb. Just remember that you can only unlockone doctrineon each of the four rows for each category.
Automatically unlocked doctrines:
Afterlife
Work and Worship
Possessions
Law and Order
Sustenance
Sarah started as a freelance writer in 2018, writing for PCGamesN, TechRadar, GamingBible, Red Bull Gaming and more. In 2021, she was offered a full-time position on the PC Gamer team where she takes every possible opportunity to talk about World of Warcraft and Elden Ring. When not writing guides, most of her spare time is spent in Azeroth—though she’s quite partial to JRPGs too. One of her fondest hopes is to one day play through the ending of Final Fantasy X without breaking down into a sobbing heap. She probably has more wolves in Valheim than you.
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