Cult of The Lamb, Massive Monster’s critically acclaimed roguelike, has received a huge free update. Released on Monday, Cult of The Lamb‘s ‘The Relics of the Old Faith’ update adds a ton of new stuff, including remixed bosses, enemies, and dungeons, a new photo mode, a new post-game story, and much more besides.
The biggest game changer though is the addition of Relics. As Massive Monster explained on Twitter: “Relics are an entirely new combat system that we’ve added for the Lamb to collect and combat. From the Eye of Leshy to Clauneck’s Shoe, each of these ideological items will grant a powerful new ability for your crusades.”
RELICS OF THE OLD FAITH – APRIL 24
A huge FREE major content update to Cult of the Lamb is almost here!
📖 New post-game story
🔪 Deeper combat
🐛 Revamped bosses & enemies
💀 More replayability
📸 Photo mode
💓 Many requested features🧵 See how much we've added below! pic.twitter.com/VAgW7Ylyse
— Cult of the Lamb (@cultofthelamb) April 19, 2023
Massive Monster added: “To be honest, we never expected so many people to want to play our game. The devotion you’ve shown is beyond our wildest dreams.” They continued with “we’ve packed as much as we possibly could into this free update and we can’t wait for you to play it”.
Several fan-requested features have also been added to the game including the ability to battle the final boss again, pause time during crusades, and unlock skipped doctrines during the post-game.
To celebrate the release of the Relics of the Old Faith update, Cult of the Lamb is also 35% off until May 1 on the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Steam, and Xbox Store.
Will you be checking out the latest Cult of the Lamb update? Let us know in the comments below. For those curious, the full official patch notes including all new content, features, and settings are detailed below. For more gaming news, stay tuned to GameLuster.
NEW CONTENT
- Added a new storyline which begins after completing the base game.
- Added 37 new Relics with various powers which must be collected by the player.
- All 5 Weapons got a new Heavy Attack and Level 2 Heavy Attack.
- Added new Sermon upgrades that unlock extra damage, Relics, Heavy Attacks, and a new ability to reroll your Weapons and Curses on Crusades.
- Added new Crusades, which are encountered after the base game.
- Added 13 new Encounters with various Characters and cutscenes.
- Added many new Combat rooms, with new traps such as rivers, swinging axes, etc.
- Added Fish, Meat, and Relic rooms.
- Added 6 new Enemies to fight in new Crusades.
- Added 16 new Minibosses to fight in new Crusades.
- Added 4 new Bishop transformations to fight in new Crusades.
- Added Chemach – a new Character who deals Relics.
- Added ??? – a new Character who provides quests and opens a shop that accepts God Tears.
- Added Forgotten Commandment Stones – a new resource used to unlock Doctrines you didn’t choose in the past.
- Added 6 new Necklaces to obtain in ???’s shop.
- Added 7 new Tarot Cards to collect.
- Added 2 new Critters – Jellyfish in Anchordeep and Relic Goat from Relics.
- Added 4 new Buildings – Kitchen, Shared Shelter, Crypt, and Morgue with some having additional upgrades.
- Added 11 new Followers obtainable in various ways through gameplay, and 7 previous Twitch Followers obtainable through ???’s shop.
- Added 2 new Twitch Follower Forms only currently obtainable as Twitch Drops for Steam (will be available for other platforms in the future through normal gameplay.)
- Added 6 new special Followers – Leshy, Heket, Kallamar, Shamura, Baal, and Aym.
- Added new quests, including some secret quests.
- Added 5 new Fleeces – obtained through various quests and combat.
- Added Purgatory – a new way to fight in Dungeon Gauntlet and Boss Rush. Use Fleeces to fight in new ways against bosses from the base game.
- Added the ability to re-fight Baal, Aym, and The One Who Waits in Purgatory.
SETTINGS
- Added a Photo Mode that allows you to tilt, change height, focus, and take photos while pausing the game.
- Added a Gallery to view your Photos taken while using Photo Mode.
- Added Edit option in Gallery that allows the player to add, scale, flip, rotate and undo Stickers.
- Added 88 new Stickers, with the ability to Clear and Undo.
GENERAL
- Can now toggle a setting to display follower names above their heads.
- Tutorial tooltips can now be navigated with the mouse.
- Tutorial tooltips now show button controls.
- A Permadeath Mode has now been added, unlocked after finishing the base game once.
ACCESSIBILITY
- Dyslexic Fonts (English only) – font option to allow easier reading for those with dyslexia.
- Numbers as Roman Numerals – change Roman numerals in the game to Arabic numerals.
- Stop Time on Crusade – time will pause in the Cult while visiting Crusades.
- Show Build Mode Filter – the player is now able to turn off the full-screen blue build mode filter.
- High Contrast text option – sets text to a clearer colour where appropriate for an easier reading experience.
- Remove Text Styling – you can now turn off all bold and italic text for an easier reading experience.
- Main Menu Dark Mode – change the main menu to dark mode.
- The Flashing Lights option has been improved.
- Remove Lighting Effects – turn off various lighting and day/night visual effects.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Relics of the Old Faith – Collect all Relics.
- Shake Down – Get your Coin back from Midas.
- True Love Found – Reunite Aym and Baal with Forneus.
- Leader of Leaders – Indoctrinate all five Bishops into your Cult.
HERETIC DLC PACK
- Added 5 new Follower Forms.
- Added 8 new Decorations.
- Added a new decorative Fleece.
BALANCING & BUG FIXES
- Fishing rates were adjusted to prevent the player from fishing too long.
- Mushroom drops in Anura were raised.
- Dagger damage was raised slightly.
- Fleece of the Diseased Heart was rebalanced with an added dodging minigame.
- The Shrine will no longer give Coins when completing upgrades after the base game and gives God Tears instead.
- Cloud shadows were enabled again after accidentally being disabled on PC.
- Many optimizations were added to smooth gameplay for lower memory hardware.
- Some miscellaneous general improvements.
- Many small bug fixes.
