Cult of the Lamb Unholy Alliance update (2024): Co-op mode, new features, and more

The new Unholy Alliance update for Cult of the Lamb introduces many notable additions. These include an immersive Co-op mode and a range of new Buildings, Traits, and quests to explore. Various quality-of-life enhancements and bug fixes have also been made for a fresh and enhanced gameplay experience. With all these captivating updates, players will surely be enticed to revisit their cult compound and delve once again into the roguelite world of Cult of the Lamb.

This piece showcases all the major additions to Cult of the Lamb following the Unholy Alliance update released on August 12, 2024.

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Cult of the Lamb Unholy Alliance update (2024) patch notes

Cult of the Lamb has been enriched with three expansions so far: Relics of the Old Faith, Sins of the Flesh, and now, Unholy Alliance. Among the exciting features introduced in this latest free update is a local two-player Co-op mode, allowing players to assume the roles of the Lamb and the Goat.

In this dynamic duo, players can exchange weapons, unleash devastating combined attacks, and even achieve critical hits through synchronized strikes. For those who prefer to venture alone, a plethora of new powers and abilities are also available. Additionally, this update introduces fresh Traits for followers, further enhancing the gameplay experience.

The patch notes for the Cult of the Lamb Alliance update are shown below:

Local Co-op

• Your friend can join you locally as the Goat and play in Co-op mode.

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Buildings

• Nursery: The baby followers can be looked after in groups when sending them to the nursery.
• Knucklebones Table: You can verse followers or a friend to the knucklebones table.

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New Traits

• Poet: These followers never work and have no interactions. They will sit near the base's edge, writing poetry all day.
• Unlawful: This trait has a tiny chance in each phase to break out of prison. It can even break some other followers out of prison.
• Snorer: These followers wake up followers who are sleeping nearby by snoring loudly at night.
• Insomniac: These followers work at night and sleep during the day.
• Inspired by Mission: These followers will have positive conversations with other followers.
• Excited by Mission: The followers will have higher mating chances after getting excited by their latest adventure.
• Disturbed by Mission: These followers will behave similarly to catatonic followers. However, healing them will withdraw the trait.
• Polyamorous: These followers cannot get other wedding-related traits after getting married.
• Pettable: These followers can be pets regardless of their skin.
• Spy: These followers may join the cult by themselves. They work and behave like any other followers, but will leave the cult with 10% of gold after five days.
• Reformed Criminal: These followers will be 10% more productive.
• Scarred Criminal: These followers will act like Coward followers.
• Hardened Criminal: These followers will act like Jerk followers.
• Happily Married: These followers will be 20% more productive.
• Unhappily Married: These followers will be 20% less productive.
• Jealous Spouse: These followers will keep fighting other spouses until they eliminate them.
• Murderous Spouse: These followers will keep fighting other spouses until they eliminate them. Notably, they always win fights.
• Cursed: These followers will not work and have limited interactions, They also eat other followers.
• Proud Parent: They can embrace their kids, no matter how old they are, and have special thoughts about them.
• Overwhelmed Parent: They will also have special thoughts about their kids. Furthermore, they will generally look exhausted and have more frequent negative conversations.
• Catatonic: These followers cannot perform any tasks and have limited interactions.

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Fleeces

• Goat Fleece: It is a cosmetic fleece that allows you to play the Goat in the single-player mode.
• Cowboy Fleece: It forces you to use the Blunderbuss.
• Transmog System: Interchange the appearance and abilities of fleeces.

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Relics & Tarots

• Normal Relics: 12 normal new relics.
• Corrupted Relics: 8 new corrupted relics. These grant some great powers but come with a trade-off.
• Co-op Relics: Five co-op relics that will only drop in the Co-op mode.
• Tarot Cards
• Normal Tarot Cards: 9 new tarot cards.
• Corrupted Tarot Cards: 9 new corrupted tarot cards. These grant some great powers but come with a trade-off.
• Co-op Tarot Cards: Five Co-op tarot cards that will only drop in the Co-op mode.

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Accessibility

• Force Weapon Mode: You can choose a type of weapon to spawn at all times.

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New Misc Content

• Bishop Quests: You can discover more lore about the Bishops in the new quests.
• Dungeon Encounters: All four dungeons have been populated with many new encounters.

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This covers all the new major content coming to Cult of the Lamb with the Unholy Alliance update.

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