Which Doctrines & Rituals Make Your Cult the Best Ever? Cult of the Lamb

[@Snel_yt]

Time stamps for your convenience, and don't forget to leave a like and subscribe if you found this video helpful! Intro: 00:00 Rituals Overview: 00:46 Rituals you must take: 01:40 Ascend Follower & Ressurection Loop: 02:08 Doctrines Overview: 02:40 Afterlife Doctrines: 03:29 Work & Worship Doctrines: 05:20 Law & Order Doctrines: 07:45 Possessions Doctrines: 10:47 Sustenance Doctrines: 13:42 Thank yous: 17:20

[@whistlewind3927]

Relics of the old faith: let me just prove you wrong real quick (Forgotten commandment stones added) Very good video

[@Snel_yt]

@@whistlewind3927 haha yeah, and with the sins of the flesh we have a new line of commandments, might remake this video some day soon

[@whistlewind3927]

@@Snel_yt yeah maybe you could rank the doctrines instead

[@Dizy21]

9:25 Actually you'd be better off with the wedding ritual over the fight pit for the loop cause you get the option to kiss your spouse which adds a little loyalty and can often get them that little extra needed to level up.

[@Snel_yt]

Yeah after testing this loop out with the new dlc the options have gotten even better!

[@SplatToaster_N093]

@@Snel_yt The new DLC is perfect now i can do every option in the doctrines and i get the berserk fleece which is the best one {in my opinion}

[@alexanderg9940]

Married followers give bigger bonuses for revival

[@Snel_yt]

Even more reason to take it over the pit fight doctrine

[@Cr7ptid]

@@Snel_yt What does the pit one even do?

[@Cr7ptid]

@@Snel_yt Nevermind lol I missed that

[@hanzofps1119]

My in game husband is practically begging me to keep him dead at this point. When I checked last, he’s 132 years old

[@GogoGST]

​@@hanzofps1119hahahah

[@triadwarfare]

6:28 "we can't have it both ways" Relics of the old Faith DLC: uhh, about that...

[@Snel_yt]

What can I say. Massive monster humbled this year old video lol

[@KarlRock]

Thanks! Just starting out now. Loving the game

[@tristarnova3454]

If you are going for the infinite loop choose the non right option, otherwise just choose grass Eater, it’s very useful as you’ll get a lot of grass

[@ryan7948]

I absolutely love the grass eater doctrine. Grass is so easy to come by and you can just spam out food

[@majorakavorka]

I went with Ritual of Enrichment…maybe it was recently buffed or something but I run my Cult around 24-28 members usually and if I do that I’ll get a solid 1200+ gold each time. For some reason my followers ask me to do that a lot as follower quests as well

[@Snel_yt]

it's definitely better since I originally made this video, not sure if it was originally a bug

[@Undercaffinated]

Yeah, you're right. Something must have changed cuz I usually get several hundred up to 1200 gold

[@AntiScxial]

Hey just started playing this today and I must say your video is a lot better and more concise than the other ones from bigger channels. You've earned my sub and looking forward to more stuff you do in other games as well keep it up

[@Snel_yt]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback, currently waiting for the next big update to drop for CotL, so that will be in the works :)

[@grimselection5666]

one of the best cult of the lamb videos i've found! thank you!

[@Snel_yt]

Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words ☺️

[@Kenstro27]

Great video. I'm happy to see that I made most of the better choices since I already had all doctorines maxed before watching this. This also gave me ideas for different choices if I end up doing a second playthrough. Thank you!

[@Snel_yt]

Thanks for the feedback! I’m on like playthrough number 4 already. Waiting for the combat update they mentioned late last year

[@ubersnipes101]

telling people they can dislike is a true gamer move jokes asside this was a helpful video!

[@Snel_yt]

I hate saying like the video, like it feels forced. Instead like or dislike it haha either way I get the feedback and can learn from it. Thanks for watching and finding it helpful!

[@mattgonzales7294]

my boy just casually dropping a dialectical materialism reference in the possessions doctrine session, i see you comrade

[@Snel_yt]

Gotta represent whenever I get the chance, comrade!

[@dumpsterfunny2522]

not gonna lie my favorite 2 rituals to do is both the fast ritual and the brainwash ritual just do the brainwash ritual before you do the fast ritual (:

[@808ster]

+ the Glory Through Toil Ritual, the best way to literally have robotic followers ;v;

[@Stitched_up]

I've played this game threw three times and I always go down the darkest possible route. Murder, cannibalism, and generally anything cruel or nasty. I think this game might be my favorite game ever 😂😈

[@Snel_yt]

Haha I can’t wait for the big update that’s coming so I can make more videos on it. It is a great game!

[@VanNessy97]

Cult name: Silence of the Lamb

[@kawaiicrossing5047]

I feel like picking the murder follower doctrine is more beneficial if you also pick the good die young doctrine.

[@Snel_yt]

It has its merits. Like it’s incredibly useful but if you pick murder you don’t get the benefit of ascending followers, which can give all your cultists 50% loyalty meaning you can mass level up your followers quickly

[@kawaiicrossing5047]

@@Snel_yt yeah, but then you don't have to worry about a cool down or having too many elders.

[@Snel_yt]

@@kawaiicrossing5047 Elders aren't really an issue for me, also good die young doctrine works with ascending them as well, like I said it's a valid way to go I just prefer ascension as it benefits the whole cult more overall IMO

[@SplatToaster_N093]

i have a trick for the inspire one 1. Get all of your followers in one place 2 preform the inspire on one of them 3. now you have lots of faith and you just leveled up all your followers

[@Snel_yt]

Yeah the updates have made inspiring your followers much easier, originally though it was a manual 1:1 process, so I am glad they made the changes.

[@rollingspirit2586]

I just noticed that playing today, and noticed that. I love to inspire followers when they are building since they are likely to crowd up when building and that would immediately give me a bunch of faith and loyalty.

[@kenne-leegado4366]

From what i could see, taking belief in afterlife literally creates an afterlife for your followers Hear me out, ascending follower without the belief in afterlife kills your follower offscreen and the aura is red Buf if you took it earlier, ascend follower changes drastically. White aura and no corpse and ressurecting followers instead make them fall from the sky

[@jeremyjoyner9796]

That’s a pretty cool detail. I’m guessing it wouldn’t be good for a cannibal cult though. I wonder if belief in sacrifice changes the animation as well, maybe that’s the animation with the lovecraft tentacles that pull them down.

[@nikolasversteeg]

This was super helpful! Thanks!

[@Snel_yt]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@Skaetbull]

SPOLIERS: Eventually you are able to unlock every doctrine from lost commandments, this video is good for the early game

[@applle11]

The only way to get that is to meet the ??? God, right?

[@Skaetbull]

@@applle11 yes

[@scuds4184]

Thank you this was a very informative and helpful video. Really helped me out a lot. Best part is there's not a lot of controversy in the comments thank you

[@jeffgreen3638]

Great video! Saved me a bunch of time! (liked and subbed)

[@Snel_yt]

Thanks for the sub! I don’t do much content on COTL lately but hope you like my other vids too!

[@RoyalStarlord]

With the Relics of the Old Faith update you could have all of the doctrines and rituals. :3

[@EternalCrystalOfSeas]

make sure to update this with relics of the old faith!

[@awesomeninja9178]

sins of the flesh came out we need another update

[@Mirtala101]

Thank you so much! I loved your video since it was very helpful and insightful :)

[@Snel_yt]

I appreciate the feedback and I’m glad it was helpful!

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

Work, worship, die, be resurrected, feast on one’s own flesh, repeat

[@mariohoehlein8011]

Ritual of the harvest grows your crops to maturity. I have it unlocked and it’s really handy to have.

[@Snel_yt]

Oh it’s definitely handy, I just prefer oceans bounty since you can sell rare fish in the chest for 20 gold coins and helps complete the fishing quest for talisman pieces if you are struggling catching the rare fish. That being said the dlc let’s you have all rituals and now I’m using harvest every once and a while

[@tsu-uun4985]

@@Snel_yt Didn't know if anyone mentioned it, but if you have harvest totem 2 and stack it with the harvest tarot card and ritual you'll get extra crops and devotion.

[@juliaboskamp9666]

And now a year later you can have them all and a whole new thing to pick from

[@kodo8889]

12:00 when i don this ritual, i get at least 300 gold, i don't know what your cult is on but mine gives a lot. I rellied on this for the majority of my playthrought because first that's a lot of gold and second the drawback is not so high.

[@Snel_yt]

Pretty sure it’s been adjusted since launch. It’s great for making money but I also didn’t ever struggle with getting money until the very late game. Also with the latest update you don’t have to pick anymore as you’ll eventually get all the rituals

[@Kacper1305]

Thank you so much for this very informative and helpful video! I know what I will pick now to make the best cult ever, with many benefits that will help it grow faster along the way^^ Btw, any tips about what would be the best order to unlock doctrines?

[@Snel_yt]

In order I think go for law 1, then do afterlife 1&2, then likely sustenance 1 and work 1. After that it’s all your preference

[@Kacper1305]

@@Snel_yt Thanks again!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Snel_yt]

@@Kacper1305 Always happy to help

[@korrenthereaper4357]

The answer is simple. All of them.

[@Snel_yt]

Haha yeah sadly the dlc has made this a little outdated

[@PuppiKatts]

I did the ritual of enrichment and if you have around 20 followers you can actually get 2000+ gold per ritual. So imma do that. Also I’d suggest you do it after you get your cult high on shrooms so you don’t loose faith (Edit) Whoops I meant 20!

[@Snel_yt]

The ritual is definitely better than when I originally made this video and scales well with a larger cult with higher level cultists. But I still wouldn’t pick it over the other option for a first playthrough.

[@harkey5035]

Idk if you will take this feed back but it would be nice to have on one screen all the choices you made so I can screen shot it and look at it when I'm playing not having to go back to your video but it will be nice having people save and re-watch your video for more views. but in all great video.

[@Snel_yt]

I appreciate the feedback, I definitely could have done it and forgot to when I was gathering clips. But with the latest update I plan on doing another cider revisiting doctrines since technicially this video is out of date, you can get all doctrines now once you beat the game

[@curiouscreator8806]

Now, with Forgotten Doctrines existing, this would just only apply to the main game if you manage to max out all of the doctrines by the time you beat the game -- because now, in the post game, you can have EVERY single ritual, action, trait, etc.. Just letting people know this.

[@aliceh5289]

True! But imo you don't want Good Die Young or Prohibitionism. They're both just adding penalties and giving you something you have to watch out for. Edit: they're

[@MelVridos]

​@@aliceh5289prohibitionism is still a solid doctrines, and in the late game you won't have problems with faith anyways. Good die young is really bad to get tho. Since the only benefit is to sacrifice old people but you won't need to do this the far the game goes anyways

[@BlackCanvasAudio]

Hey just wanted to say for a new channel your content, editing and overall presentation is EXCELLENT! SUBBED!

[@Snel_yt]

Thanks! I'm very passionate about making good, entertaining and informative content so I appreciate the feedback!

[@kittenwithanax4937]

Hey!!! Now, with all the new DLCs, are you planning to do an updated video of this one??

[@Snel_yt]

Possibly? I can’t make any promises but it’s on my list to get to eventually

[@tiagocosmos]

Spent 7 hours playing this and everything was going well and suddenly i found myself stuck without being able to gather enough lumber, a ton of people got sick all of a sudden and everyone lost faith and i had to start over. Major bummer, because I was having fun up until then. I don't even feel like playing it any more tbh

[@Snel_yt]

tough loss I know, but it's almost always recoverable sometimes you just have to do a crusade and focus on gather resources from specific gathering floors/nodes and then do your best to keep them happy, maybe take a break for a bit and come back refreshed, losses like that do suck

[@shelly_mia]

Belief in afterlife is actually better than sacrifice :/ You can have multiple elderly followers of the same age but ritual would be on cooldown preventing you to sacrifice all in time. So you could have 1 +20 but 3 -20 on faith in the end

[@Snel_yt]

Thanks for your input, but I disagree, the loop I mention makes it pretty easy to stay pm top of your followers life expectancy, and keep in mind that the loss in faith is temporary, but the benefits of sacrificing are permanent

[@calaca076]

great video ty! 😊

[@CarpeNoctem135]

I did grieve the fallen and put the graves between the lamb statue and their beds so their faith is pretty much 100 all the time with little to no work on your end

[@Kars_The_Ultimate_Being]

I get several thousand gold when I do the ritual of enrichment It probably depends on how much gold you already have

[@Snel_yt]

Hmmm interesting it seemed to be pretty static when I tested it out but I also didn’t test it out on a fill that’s been going for as long as my other files

[@arisenspirit]

I think it's based on the number of followers and their level. I do it when someone asks me to and get between 700-1000+ gold at once

[@annepandesal]

awesome, thanks

[@tenshi3911]

I been jumping around a bit. What do you do without fast ritual and wanting to go on long dungeon run and having faith go down when they get hungry

[@Snel_yt]

So if you want to avoid faith going down you can you the brainwashing ritual since it locks their faith for 2 days. I know I said to take the Prohibitionism doctrine but you could take the belief in psychedelics Instead and use brainwashing to forget about yo ur cult more often

[@poko60]

You can create extra food. The food stays there for them to eat I beleive

[@aliceh5289]

The ritual of enrichment is now broken. I have a couple followers at +50 level and I get 10k gold each time. Nowhere to spend it though 😅

[@Snel_yt]

lol yeah that'll do it

[@subjetividadobjetivaconmak4259]

I chose funeral... Welp, I'll start over after day 60... :'(

[@Snel_yt]

No need to, with the relics of the old gods update (free dlc) you’ll eventually be able to get them all!

[@subjetividadobjetivaconmak4259]

@@Snel_yt Nah. It's easier this way. Already on day 10 and everyone is still there. Almost there for resurrection. I'll do things right this time around and keep the veterans without using space needlessly with tons of graves and crypts. Plus, I barely had no more than 6 followers after every crusade. They become old and grow impatient really fast. :/

[@zdslmn]

very useful. Thank you

[@denysvision]

To bad that the new dlc aka "relics of the old faith" it allows you to unlock previously missed doctrines

[@Snel_yt]

Oh I didn’t hear that announcement. That’s huge I’m glad they are doing that!

[@Facelauss]

Feasting is the worst choice imo, if your hunger bar is green it’ll stay that way for 3 days. Easily letting you stockpile food Vs full hunter for 1 day

[@Snel_yt]

So there’s some background info to consider, the fast has a 10 day cooldown, meanwhile the feast only has 5 and gives faith so the reason I recommend it is it’s faster to re-use and can help when faith is low. Fast doesn’t impact faith at all but with the newest update you don’t gotta pick (eventually)

[@YourFriendlyHouseInvader]

Now the game allows you to get everything and every ritual

[@Snel_yt]

yeah, a great change overall, i was definitely hoping they'd at least allow you to do something to change them but getting them all is great too

[@FearsomeLAG]

FEED YOUR DAMN FOLLOWERS!

[@Snel_yt]

They have been feed, poop because of this comment

[@VanNessy97]

I too prefer a harem of my most favorite followers

[@totothepotato2794]

In the new update you can get all rituals.

[@Snel_yt]

haha I am quite aware of that, this video is from when the game first came out, but I still stand by these as the first unlocks, as you can't get all rituals until you've at least beaten the base game and get access to god tears

[@VayreenaVulpera]

I used ritual of enrichment yesterday... a bunch of faith loss but 700+ gold

[@Snel_yt]

My only issue is that there’s only so much use for gold, at least how I play so I don’t find it as useful as the other rituals.

[@VayreenaVulpera]

@@Snel_yt i just literally buy the extra tarrots in every crusade and well... if you do run out at some point.. ritual is done quick and one bonfire makes it well again... havent even have loyalty problems except for that one time i looked at upgrades and had to go afk with me thinkimg the game was paused in the upgrade window

[@Snel_yt]

@@VayreenaVulpera that's fair again i don't go crazy spending gold so and how quickly I go through dungeons I usually can only buy 1 or 2 extra tarots since the cool down is on a timer, not per floor.

[@henrygrey7857]

I like sacrificing the Elderly, getting a sacrifice faith, and making people wish the elderly will not die to old age. Oh and dispose of the bodies.

[@henrygrey7857]

My law and order ? One word: Kill

[@garra123454]

I made a mistake of sacrificing elders i shouldve did the praise elders

[@Snel_yt]

It’s not the worst mistake to make 😂

[@Jimmy_Swag]

thanks for the info

[@Snel_yt]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching!

[@awesomeninja9178]

my bro says you can get them all after you beat the game but i screwed up

[@Snel_yt]

So you can. You have to beta the final boss and then you’ll get access to the relics of the old god content which gives you the ability to unlock the other rituals/tenants

[@juliepenoyer3062]

17:11 Wait, a follower skin can be unlocked by followers eating a bunch of poop?

[@Snel_yt]

Yup!

[@TheUltimateGooner]

Luckily in relics kf the old faith you can get all doctrines

[@Snel_yt]

Yup but only once you get to that point in the game so it’s not all outdated

[@flamer3985]

"you can only select one" Me: *laughs in new update*

[@Snel_yt]

Yeah couldn’t have foreseen that they would make such a bold change with the new update dlc but I still stand by these as the better doctrines/rituals 😂

[@dominikkorbely5809]

actually never seen enrichment return less than 1500 gold

[@Snel_yt]

So since the update, and using this on my end game save it definitely returns 1.4k+, and is great for making money, but also I am at a point where I can't spend it fast enough lol

[@Rujw]

My ritual of enrichment gives me 3000 gold

[@Snel_yt]

Yeah it may have been an issue with balance at release. It’s much better now

[@jeffsenigma]

The ritual of enrichment for me is the biggest money grab. I get anywhere from 500 to 900 gold each time I use it. 😂😂

[@Snel_yt]

That’s noted, I did make this video a while back so I wonder if the game had been patched because I had high level followers and it didn’t give me much.

[@jeffsenigma]

@@Snel_yt I think part of it is that I just got my physical copy for my switch a few days ago. They probably patched it.

[@SalahDaftarDAr]

I just used forgotten doctrines from circlehead’s mystic shop

[@Snel_yt]

Yes unfortunately there was no way of me knowing a future dlc would impact a video I made 2 years ago 😂

[@paprika059]

I cant believe i literally chose ALL of the WORST ONES and I cant reverse this... fuck meeee

[@Snel_yt]

lol, good news is you can reverse this now, or more specifically, you'll be able to unlock the others and have all the options!

[@paprika059]

@Snel_yt AH! Aahahaha, thank fuck! Is this new, has anyone covered this yet?? How do I reverse them ? Wait I'm gonnA look it up when I get home THANK YOU! (New video Idea tho :) )

[@Snel_yt]

@@paprika059 it's possible it's been covered by someone else, I haven't done a video yet, but to do it you do need to enter the "post game" and interact with the mystic seller. basically you get forgotten commandment stones, this is all from the relic of the old faith update (which is a few years old now)

[@LiBear]

ritual of enrichment gives me abount 1k gold?

[@Snel_yt]

How big is your cult and what’s the level of the cultists. I’m thinking it’s tied to those factors. But my cult was 20 or so strong and wasn’t giving me much gold. Unless it’s been patched to give more

[@dominikkorbely5809]

valefar is MUCH harder than kallamar at the level you fight them at

[@Snel_yt]

I would disagree. Valefar has a fairly straight forward attack pattern. Kallamar has some wide and aggressive attacks. Took me many more attempts compared to valefar but I can understand your point.

[@dominikkorbely5809]

@@Snel_yt i say this from personal experience as it took me like 7 attempts for valefar but only 2 for kallamar

[@Snel_yt]

@@dominikkorbely5809 i think we are both talking from experience than because I bodied valefar, but struggled with kallamar until I got the golden fleece

[@ciberblazksm7044]

i'm the 666th like, blursed thanks for the tips

[@outofthebox5696]

>.> I'm greedy for some money s o s

[@hatyyy]

"Toughest boss in the game" So I beat the hardest boss first try? Didn't seem that hard...

[@Snel_yt]

Everyone has different experiences lol, to be fair I thought shamura was a joke and lots also thought shamura was difficult, also depends on your difficulty level your playing on, but glad you found them easy!

[@TheBored_1]

I want my followers to be cannibals

[@Snel_yt]

you absolutely can, the relics of the old gods update allows you to get all doctrines & rituals now

[@pineapplesmoovey7898]

this video would be 5 minutes long without the constant joking around Jebus

[@Snel_yt]

This comment would be shorter without the complaining