Temple

Temple
Overview
Description	Establish a Temple to preach Sermons and perform Rituals.
Size	5x5
Cost	Lumber 15 Stone 5
Unlocking requirement	Temple Divine Inspiration unlocked
Technical
ID	TEMPLE

Temple is a building in Cult of the Lamb.

Description

The Temple is where players can perform Sermons, to shape the cults belief system. It's also where the player performs Rituals, to gain perks and upgrades and where they can access the Doctrines, which track player and cult progress.

Sermons

Main article: Sermons

Gets access to upgrades that unlocks Weapons, Curses and enhance your stats.

Red Crown

Unlock the abilities of the Red Crown.

Doctrines

Main article: Doctrines

Use a Commandment Stone to declare a new Doctrines, which unlock Rituals or Traits for your cult. Also use a Forgotten Commandment Stone to declare Doctrines that are not picked previously after maxing out the section of the Doctrines.

Abilities

Use 1 Heart of a Heretic to unlock new abilities.

Name	Image	Description
Resurrection		When killed the first time on a crusade run, sacrifice a Follower to be resurrected. You can choose 1 Follower to be sacrificed. You will be resurrected with the amount of Red Hearts equals to the Follower's level (capped at 4 Hearts). If the Follower is sick or a dissenter, the Red Hearts are halved (capped at 2 Hearts). If the Follower is an elder, you will receive half a Red Heart. If the Follower is a spouse, you will receive additional Blue Hearts equal to the number of Red Hearts, allowing for a maximum of 4 Red Hearts and 4 Blue Hearts to be received. Alternatively, walking down to the ritual circle will skip the option and just result in a death as normal.
The Hunger		Once a day, eat a meal to receive 1 Blue Heart. Some meals have different effect instead of giving 1 Blue Heart: Minced Follower Meat gives 2 Diseased Hearts Bowl of Poop and Grassy Gruel make you lose half a Red Heart Deadly Dish makes you lose 1 Red Heart
Darkness Within		Receive 1 Diseased Heart at the beginning of each crusade run.
Omnipresence		Focus while on a crusade run to instantly return to your base. Lose a percentage of collected items during the run (depending on Difficulty). Does not lower faith like a death. Unlocked from the start in Penitence Mode

Fleeces

Main article: Fleeces

Use 1 Holy Talisman to unlock new fleeces.

Rituals

Main article: Rituals

Perform Rituals to manipulate your cult.

Temple

Use some Sin to cosmetically upgrade the Temple and its appearance. Only appears after taking the first Sins Doctrines.

The higher the level, the more Sin is required to upgrade, with additional resource.