Cult Management Guide

Everything you need to know about managing your cult, from follower recruitment to doctrine selection.

Follower Management

  • 1Recruit followers after defeating mini-bosses in crusades -- choose based on their traits and bonuses.
  • 2Assign followers to tasks like worshipping, farming, mining, or lumbering to keep your cult productive.
  • 3Feed your followers daily to prevent starvation and dissent -- build farms early to sustain food supply.
  • 4Sick followers spread illness quickly; build healing bays and quarantine infected cultists immediately.
  • 5Elderly followers can be sacrificed or ascended to free up space for younger, more productive recruits.

Buildings & Infrastructure

  • 1Prioritize building a shrine first to generate devotion, then sleeping bags and a cooking station.
  • 2Farm plots are essential for sustainable food production -- plant berry seeds early and expand gradually.
  • 3Outhouses and janitor stations prevent your cult grounds from becoming filthy and spreading disease.
  • 4Decorations boost follower loyalty and morale -- place them strategically near high-traffic areas.
  • 5Upgrade buildings whenever possible to increase efficiency and unlock new follower task options.

Doctrine Choices

  • 1Doctrines are permanent unlocks chosen from pairs -- read both options carefully before committing.
  • 2Work-focused doctrines increase resource generation but may lower follower happiness over time.
  • 3Afterlife doctrines affect how followers view death -- some make sacrifice easier, others boost morale.
  • 4Law and Order doctrines help manage dissent and prevent followers from losing faith during crises.
  • 5Choose doctrines that complement your playstyle -- aggressive crusaders benefit from sustenance doctrines.

Sermons & Rituals

  • 1Deliver sermons daily at the shrine to level up your cult and unlock new abilities and buildings.
  • 2Rituals consume bones and other resources but provide powerful temporary or permanent bonuses.
  • 3The Feast ritual instantly feeds all followers and boosts loyalty -- perfect before a long crusade.
  • 4Resurrection rituals bring back dead followers with their original traits and loyalty intact.
  • 5Time rituals like the Ritual of the Ocean or Ritual of the Harvest affect world state significantly.

Loyalty & Faith System

  • 1High loyalty followers generate more devotion at the shrine and work harder at assigned tasks.
  • 2Gift followers necklaces to boost their loyalty instantly -- craft necklaces at the refinery.
  • 3Blessing followers individually raises loyalty but costs time -- prioritize low-faith cultists.
  • 4Dissenting followers can infect others with doubt -- re-educate or imprison them before it spreads.
  • 5Completing follower quests (marked with exclamation marks) provides major loyalty boosts.