Everything Included in the Sins of the Flesh Update in Cult of the Lamb
From new gameplay elements to post-game storylines, Sins of the Flesh offers a ridiculous amount of new content for devoted cult leaders to explore. Lock your doors and grab your consoles, cult leaders, because we’ll be diving into everything included inthe Sins of the Flesh update in Cult of the Lamb!
The Sins of the Flesh update was released onJanuary 16th, 2024to overwhelmingly positive reviews from Cult of the Lamb’s fan base. This massive update easily rivals Relics of the Old Faith in size and adds ametric tonof new content to the game (though the addition of sex was easily the most highly anticipated feature).
This update added new storylines, post-game content, follower forms, cult buildings, rituals, doctrines, entirely new gameplay elements, and more to Cult of the Lamb. And that’s not even the half of it!
Here’s everything that was included in the Sins of the Flesh update in Cult of the Lamb:
Mating and Breeding
you may’t have an article detailing all of the content included in the Sins of the Flesh update without including the obvious; itwascalled the “sex update” for a reason, after all.
Understandably, mating and breeding were the most highly anticipated features included in the Sins of the Flesh update. This addition allows players tomate and breed their followers, which has the potential to result in the production of a fertile egg.
These eggs can either be hatched into new followers (sharing a combination of traits from both parents) or cracked open for their yolks, which can be used in a variety of recipes.
The Sin System
In addition to Loyalty,followers can now also generate Sin, which can be used as a form of currency. Sin can be used on upgrading your Temple, removing purgatory cooldowns, building structures, mating followers, crafting clothing, making certain drinks, re-indoctrinating followers, and more!
Players can cause their followers to generate more Sin by conducting specific rituals, crafting alcoholic beverages, inviting them to mate and breed, utilizing the confession booth, and playing the Drum Circle mini-game.
Be careful though; if you cause a follower to produce more Sin at a time than it can handle all at once, then it will cause them to become damned!
Buildings and Building Upgrades
The Sins of the Flesh update addedtonsof new buildings for players to decorate their bases with. Here are all of the new buildings (and building upgrades) that this massive update added to the game:
In addition to these interactable buildings, Sins of the Flesh also added a handful of new base decorations to Cult of the Lamb.
Follower Forms
The new follower forms are easily some of the most exciting features of the Sins of the Flesh update in Cult of the Lamb. The follower forms prior to Sins of the Flesh were great and all, but they can still get boring after a while if you’ve been playing the game for a long time.
These are the new forms that your followers can take in Cult of the Lamb:Snake, Lemur, Caterpillar, Seal, Worm, Mushroomo, and Poppy (a Schnauzer).
The Worm and Poppy (the Schnauzer) can be obtained through the usual methods of collecting new forms, but the Snake, the Caterpillar, the Lemur, the Mushroomo, and the Seal will require a little extra work to obtain (no spoilers).
Hidden Lore
One of the best features that Sins of the Flesh added to the game is the lore. Specifically, the addition ofthe Lore Tablets; Lore Tablets are hidden, collectible items that can be obtained during crusades.
Once found and collected, each Tablet will grant the player more insight into the deep and complex lore of Cult of the Lamb’s twisted world. Once all15 Lore Tabletshave been collected, players will even be granted a special reward (no spoilers)!
Additionally, players can find little “Notes” hidden in resource rooms that will give them smaller, yet still appreciated bits of in-game lore.
Alcoholic Beverages
Besides sex, the addition of alcoholic beverages was another one of the most highly anticipated features of the Sins of the Flesh update. Using the Drinkhouse,players can now crafta variety of alcoholic beveragesfor their followers, which will cause them to get drunk.
Once drunk, followers gain the “Befuddled” status condition, throw up everywhere, produce unique dialogue options/character animations, become more likely to break things around your base, generate more Sin, and become more prone to fighting each other, sometimes to the death.
You might think that getting your followers drunk is more trouble than it’s worth, but trust me, it’s one of the most entertaining things to do in Cult of the Lamb!
Custom Clothing and Outfits
The little default red robes that your followers gain when they’re indoctrinated are cute and all, but they can get super boring after a while. After all, what’s a demonic cult without a little flare?
Thanks to the Sins of the Flesh update, players can now craftall kinds of adorable robes for their followers!Similar to base decorations, these robes will require a recipe to be unlocked, which can be obtained through a variety of ways, though most notably from Berith.
Berith is a new NPC that can be encountered during crusades. This NPC will gladly trade a brand-new robe recipe for 5 gold bars, though you’ll only be able to purchase one robe recipe per visit.
More Follower Traits
Considering all of the new features, items, and resources that Sins of the Flesh added, it isn’t surprising that the developers chose to add corresponding follower traits as well. These are all of the new follower traits in Cult of the Lamb:
In addition to all of these new follower traits, a handful of new cult traits were added as well:
Rituals and Doctrines
Conducting rituals is probably one of the most entertaining things to do in Cult of the Lamb, which is why it’s so exciting every time an update adds even more to the game! The Sins of the Flesh update adds5 new rituals and 8 new doctrinesto the game.
Of course, 4 of these new doctrines will be available to unlock immediately, while the other 4 will require Forgotten Commandment stones to unlock.
Here are all 5 of the new rituals and what they do:
And last but not least, here are all 8 of the new doctrines and what they do:
Sozo’s Story
I know I can’t be the only one who was kind of heartbroken when Sozo overdosed on Menticide Mushrooms in the Spore Grotto. Like, yeah he was a wacky dude who neglected/terrorized his Mushroomo followers most of the time, but like… he was kind of afungi! (I’m so sorry)
Anyway, you don’t have to be heartbroken over Sozo’s untimely death any longer, because Sins of the Fleshallows players to revive him!
All you have to do is go to the Spore Grotto, pick the weird mushroom growing out of Sozo’s corpse’s head, plant it in your farm, and wait. After a day or two, Sozo will be born again, right out of your soil! This will kickstart a series of story quests called “Sozo’s Story”.
Resources and Items
Understandably, Sins of the Flesh had to add new resources and items to go with all of the other changes that it implemented, from food ingredients to craft supplies!
Here are all the new resources and items that this update added:
There areplenty of other small/minor changesthat this update implemented that didn’t quite deserve a whole category of their own:
Sins of the Flesh Update Patch Notes
These arethe official patch notes released by Cult of the Lamb’s developersforthe Sins of the Flesh update:
New Features:
The Sin System:
New Rituals:
Buildings:
Follower States:
Chore Levelling Up:
Poop variations:
Lore Tablets:
Twitch Integration Update:
Bug Fixes:
Sinful DLC Pack:
And that’s it for our deep dive into everything that was included in the Sins of the Flesh update in Cult of the Lamb! For more awesome Cult of the Lamb content, check out Twinfinite’s “Best Relics in Cult of the Lamb” and “Can You Skip Nights in Cult of the Lamb?“!
