Cult of the Lamb
This site will serve as a quick guide to manually editing your Cult of the Lamb Saves. There's not a lot that goes into it, and it can help break some of the tedious parts of the game, or even help you get past some of the unfortunate bugs. This currently only works for the PC versions of the game, as there is no known way to decrypt your save on other platforms.
Instructions
There are a few things we need to do to prepare our save for editing. Firstly, most importantly, BACKUP YOUR SAVE. Your save is located at: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Massive Monster\Cult Of The Lamb\saves slot_0 is save slot 1, slot_1 is save slot 2, and slot_2 is save slot 3. It doesn't matter how or where you back it up, just make sure it is backed up.
Secondly, take your save file and go to this github website: CotL Save Decryptor by Pentalex. Tt will spit out a new unencrypted save file called 'slot_0' make sure you are aware that no matter which save you are encrypting it will always be 'slot_0' that gets produced.
Lastly, open your new unencrypted save file with a text editor that can read json. You can open in a standard notepad, but it will be extremely messy. I suggest Notepad++ or VSCode. If using Notepad++, grab the JSTools plugin from the plugins menu: Plugins > Plugins Admin > JSTools. After you install it, you can then open your JSon file and go to: Plugins > JSTools > JSFormat, and it will make your json file much more readable.
Now you can go onto whichever section you want to modify your save. We will be editing individual objects within the json file so Ctrl + F to search for the mentioned object will make your life so much easier.Doctrine Unlocking / Modifying
There can be upto three sections that need to be updated; UnlockedUpgrades, DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades and CultTraits, each of which are closely positioned in the json file. Everything in the Left Branch overrides the Right Branch version and must be removed. So if the Left Branch only has one entry and the Right Branch has two different ones you still need to remove the Left Branch values.
Why am I using the word branches? Well, in the Doctrines Book, they are listed as a Left and Right path/branch of each category.
Example
In order to replace Ritual of Funeral with Ritual of Resurrection remove the following related to Funeral: UnlockedUpgrades 111 (and) DoctrinUnlockedUpgrades 33 and replace with the corrsponding from Resurrection: UnlockedUpgrades 110 (and) DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades 32Below are tables for each Doctrine Tree for reference when doing the replacement.
Afterlife
| Left Branch | Right Branch |
|---|---|
|
- Belief in Sacrifice Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 30 CultTrait: 9 |
- Belief in Afterlife Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 31 CultTrait: 3 |
|
- Ritual of Resurrection - UnlockedUpgrades: 110 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 32 |
- Funeral - UnlockedUpgrades: 111 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 33 |
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- Respect Your Elders Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 34 CultTrait: 30 |
- Good Die Young Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 35 CultTrait: 31 |
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- Return to the Earth - UnlockedUpgrades: 53 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 36 |
- Grieve the fallen - UnlockedUpgrades: 57 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 37 |
Work and Worship
| Left Branch | Right Branch |
|---|---|
|
- Faithful trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 10 CultTrait: 11 |
- Industrious Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 11 CultTrait: 24 |
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- Inspire - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 6 |
- Intimidate - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 7 |
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- The Glory of Construction - UnlockedUpgrades: 100 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 8 |
- Ritual of Enlightenment - UnlockedUpgrades: 101 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 9 |
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- Glory Through Toil Ritual - UnlockedUpgrades: 102 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 12 |
- Holy Day Ritual - UnlockedUpgrades: 103 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 13 |
Possessions
| Left Branch | Right Branch |
|---|---|
|
- Extort Tithes - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 14 |
- Bribe Follower - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 15 |
|
- Belief in Materialism Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 18 CultTraits: 18 |
- Belif in False Idols Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 19 CultTraits: 18 |
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- Alms for the Poor Ritual - UnlockedUpgrades: 104 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 20 |
- Ritual of Enrichment - UnlockedUpgrades: 105 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 21 |
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- Sacral Arthitecture Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 16 CultTraits:27 |
- Devotee Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 17 CultTraits:26 |
Law and Order
| Left Branch | Right Branch |
|---|---|
|
- Murder Follower - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 38 |
- Ascend Follower Ritual - UnlockedUpgrades: 154 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 39 |
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- Ritualist Fight Pit - UnlockedUpgrades: 112 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 40 |
- Wedding - UnlockedUpgrades: 113 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 41 |
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- Belief in Original Sin Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 44 CultTrait: 7 |
- Belief in Absolution Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 45 CultTrait: 8 |
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- Loyalty Enforcer - UnlockedUpgrades: 114 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 42 |
- Tax Enforcer - UnlockedUpgrades: 115 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 43 |
Sustenance
| Left Branch | Right Branch |
|---|---|
|
- Ritual Fast - UnlockedUpgrades: 106 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 22 |
- Feasting Ritual - UnlockedUpgrades: 107 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 23 |
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- Cannibal Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 26 CultTrait: 5 |
- Grass Eater Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 27 CultTrait: 6 |
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- Ritual of the Harvest - UnlockedUpgrades: 108 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 28 |
- Ritual of the Ocean's Bounty - UnlockedUpgrades: 109 DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 29 |
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- Substances Encouraged Trait - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 24 CultTrait: 28 |
- Belief in Prohibitionism - DoctrineUnlockedUpgrades: 25 CultTrait: 29 |
Divine Inspiration Tree
Below you will find the upgrade numbers for each of the specific nodes within the Divine Inspiration Tree. These are useful for locking/unlocking nodes that bug out, or manually unlocking a bunch of them. Add the number you want to unlock to the bottom of UnlockedUpgrades. The header of each table is tier and related id at which they unlock. The left column of each table is the left is the left side of the tree, and the right side is the right.
An alternative is to see your AbilityPoints to any number and then you can unlock each node in your tree while at the Shrine. I recommend doing this as you get the cutscenes, and ingame dialogs/alerts.
If you have any bugged unlocks I would try the following steps: Backup your save, then remove the number for the bugged unlock, launch the save, verify its locked, save over it from in game WITHOUT UNLOCKING the node, quit to main menu, launch save, then unlock it again.
| --- Cult Upgrade IV 84 and 79 --- | |
|---|---|
| 80 - Tabernacle III | 36 - Lumberyard II |
| 78 - Shrine flame III | 31 - Stone Mine II |
| 137 - Healing Bay II | 211 - Missionary III |
| 124 - Outhouse II | 156 - Demonic Summoning Circle III |
| 126 - Devotion Harvest Totem | |
| --- Cult Upgrade III 83 and 75 --- | |
|---|---|
| 91 - Ritual Cooldowns | 35 - Refinery II |
| 82 - Shrine Flame II | 140 - Bone Decorations |
| 118 - Grand Shelter | 213 - Farmer Station II |
| 14 - Compost | |
| 125 - Trap Scarecrowm | |
| --- Refinery upgrade 34 --- | |
|---|---|
| 116 - Propaganda | 210 - Missionary II |
| 50 - Confession booth | 155 - Demonic Summoning Circle II |
| 89 - Cheaper Rituals | 121 - Fertiliser Silo |
| 73 and 81 - Shrine Flame Bundle | 135 - Harvest Totem |
| 144 - Janitor Station | |
| 136 - Healing Bay | |
| 46 - Outhouse | |
| --- Cult Upgrade II 64 and 72 --- | |
|---|---|
| 45 - Prison | 33 - Lumberyard |
| 76 - Tabernacle | 32 - Stone Mine |
| 74- Offering Statue | 117- Missionary |
| 55 - Shelter | 145 - Demonic Summoning Circle |
| 139 - Decorations | 44 - Scarecrow |
| --- Temple --- | |
|---|---|
| 134 - Body Pit | 43 - Farm |
| 51 - Sleeping Beds | 52 - Farming Bundle |
Cooking Recipes
In order to use/unlock any of the recipes just edit RecipesDiscovered: and add any of the following numbers to unlock the matching recipe. Make sure every number you add has a comma after it EXCEPT the last one.
| ID | Recipe Name |
|---|---|
| 32 | Paltry Pumpkin Soup |
| 57 | Grassy Gruel |
| 58 | Heart Meat Broth |
| 59 | Splendid Vegetable Feast |
| 60 | Tasty Fish Meal |
| 65 | Minced Follower Meat |
| 69 | Bowl of Poop |
| 99 | Delicious Fish Feast |
| 100 | Pungent Fish Stew |
| 106 | Basic Berry Bowl |
| 107 | Cheery Cauliflower Chowder |
| 108 | Meager Mixed Meal |
| 109 | Modest Mixed Meal |
| 110 | Magnificent Mixed Meal |
| 111 | Deadly Dish |
| 112 | Stringy Meat Gruel |
| 113 | Mighty Meat Feast |
Item IDs
This is a list of the currently known item IDs. Some are unused or not an inventory item. They are here for reference and potential future modding. In order to add items to your inventory search for "items": and edit the following lines where type is the id of the item form the list and quantity AND UnreservedQuantity is the amount you want. You can edit existing ones by updating the quantity or add new ones by using the code below.
,{
"type": 20,
"quantity": 0,
"QuantityReserved": 0,
"UnreservedQuantity": 0
}
| ID | Item Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Logs |
| 2 | Rocks |
| 3 | Unused / Rock2 |
| 4 | Unused / Rock3 |
| 5 | Unused / SEED_SWORD |
| 6 | Meat |
| 7 | Wheat (unused) |
| 8 | Berry Bush Seeds |
| 9 | Bones |
| 10 | Devotion ( shouldnt be an item ) |
| 11 | Vines (unused/not an item) |
| 12 | Red Heart (unused/not an item) |
| 13 | Half Red Heart (unused/not an item) |
| 14 | Red Heart (unused/not an item) |
| 15 | Half Blue Heart (unused/not an item) |
| 16 | Unused / TIME_TOKEN |
| 17 | Unused / GENERIC |
| 18 | STAINED_GLASS (unused/not an item) |
| 19 | FLOWERS (unused/not an item) |
| 20 | Gold Coins |
| 21 | Berry |
| 22 | Heart of a Heretic |
| 23 | BLUE_PRINT (unused/not an item) |
| 24 | WEAPON_CARD (unused/not an item) |
| 25 | CURSE_CARD (unused/not an item) |
| 26 | Tarot Card |
| 27 | SOUL_FRAGMENT (unused/not an item) |
| 28 | Salmon |
| 29 | Menticide Mushroom |
| 30 | BLACK_SOUL (unused/not an item) |
| 31 | MUSHROOM_BIG (unused/not an item) |
| 32 | MEAL (unused/not an item) |
| 33 | Minnow |
| 34 | Tuna |
| 35 | Grass |
| 36 | THORNS (unused/not an item) |
| 37 | KEY_PIECE (unused/not an item) |
| 38 | KEY (unused/not an item) |
| 39 | Poop |
| 40 | Blueprint [twitch logo ] (unused/not an item) |
| 41 | FOUND_ITEM_WEAPON (unused/not an item) |
| 42 | FOUND_ITEM_CURSE (unused/not an item) |
| 43 | Small Gift |
| 44 | Big Gift |
| 45 | Flower Necklace |
| 46 | Feather Necklace |
| 47 | Skull Necklace |
| 48 | Natures Necklace |
| 49 | Moon Necklace |
| 50 | Pumpkin |
| 51 | Pumpkin Seeds |
| 52 | Follower Form (unused/not an item) |
| 53 | Diesed Heart (unused/not an item) |
| 54 | Permanent Half Heart (unused/not an item) |
| 55 | Camellia |
| 56 | FLOWER_WHITE (unused/not an item) |
| 57 | MEAL_GRASS (unused/not an item) |
| 58 | MEAL_MEAT (unused/not an item) |
| 59 | MEAL_GREAT (unused/not an item) |
| 60 | MEAL_GOOD_FISH (unused/not an item) |
| 61 | MEAT_ROTTEN |
| 62 | Follower Meat |
| 63 | Follower Meat Rotten |
| 64 | MEAL_ROTTEN (unused/not an item) |
| 65 | MEAL_FOLLOWER_MEAT (unused/not an item) |
| 66 | N/A |
| 67 | MEALS (unused/not an item) |
| 68 | N/A |
| 69 | MEAL_POOP (unused/not an item) |
| 70 | Menticide Mushroom Sport |
| 71 | SEED_FLOWER_WHITE (unused/not an item) |
| 72 | Camellia Seed |
| 73 | GRASS2 (unused/not an item) |
| 74 | GRASS3 (unused/not an item) |
| 75 | GRASS4 (unused/not an item) |
| 76 | GRASS5 (unused/not an item) |
| 77 | FLOWER_PURPLE (unused/not an item) |
| 78 | SEED_TREE (unused/not an item) |
| 79 | MAP (unused/not an item) |
| 80 | MEAL_MUSHROOMS |
| 81 | Wooden Planks |
| 82 | Stone Blocks |
| 83 | Gold Nugget |
| 84 | Rope (unused/not an item) |
| 85 | Followers (unused/not an item) |
| 86 | Gold Bars |
| 87 | BLOOD_STONE (unused/not an item) |
| 88 | TRINKET_CARD_UNLOCKED (unused/not an item) |
| 89 | Crystal Shards |
| 90 | Spider Silk |
| 91 | Crab |
| 92 | Lobster |
| 93 | Octopus |
| 94 | Squid |
| 95 | Swordflish |
| 96 | Blowfish |
| 97 | Beetroot |
| 98 | Beetroot Seeds |
| 99 | MEAL_GREAT_FISH |
| 100 | MEAL_BAD_FISH (unused/not an item) |
| 101 | Eye of the Witness |
| 102 | Cauliflower |
| 103 | Cauliflower Seed |
| 104 | DISCIPLE_POINTS (unused/not an item) |
| 105 | Morsel |
| 106 | MEAL_BERRIES (unused/not an item) |
| 107 | MEAL_MEDIUM_VEG (unused/not an item) |
| 108 | MEAL_BAD_MIXED (unused/not an item) |
| 109 | MEAL_MEDIUM_MIXED (unused/not an item) |
| 110 | MEAL_GREAT_MIXED (unused/not an item) |
| 111 | MEAL_DEADLY (unused/not an item) |
| 112 | MEAL_BAD_MEAT (unused/not an item) |
| 113 | MEAL_GREAT_MEAT (unused/not an item) |
| 114 | Holy Talisman |
| 115 | MEAL_BURNED (unused/not an item) |
| 116 | Commandment Stone Fragment (not an item) |
| 117 | Shell |
Tarot Cards
Tarot cards are the easiest of them all and can be manually unlocked by adding them to PlayerFoundTrinkets. The default Tarot cards are: 0, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 32, 33, 34, 36, 42, 44, 48
| ID | Tarot Card Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | The Hearts I |
| 1 | The Hearts II |
| 2 | The Hearts III |
| 3 | The Lovers I |
| 4 | The Lovers II |
| 5 | All Seeing Sun |
| 6 | Weeping Moon |
| 7 | Gift From Below |
| 8 | The Aracnid |
| 9 | Diseased Heart |
| 10 | True Sight |
| 11 | Fervour's Host |
| 12 | Death's Door |
| 13 | The Deal |
| 14 | Telescope |
| 15 | Hands of Rage |
| 16 | Natures Boon |
| 17 | The Burning DDead |
| 18 | Ambrosia |
| 31 | The Path |
| 32 | Divine Strength |
| 33 | Master of the Art |
| 34 | Fervours Harvest |
| 35 | Soul Snatcher |
| 36 | Shield of Faith |
| 37 | The Bomb |
| 38 | Ichor Earned |
| 39 | Ichor Lingered |
| 40 | Mithridatism |
| 41 | Blazing Trail |
| 42 | Fortune's Blessing |
| 44 | Divine Curse |
| 45 | Strength from Within |
| 46 | Strength from Without |
| 47 | Neptunes Curse |
| 48 | Rabbits Foot |