Cult of the Lamb is an action roguelike and with all the fighting involved in the game, you will have difficulty progressing unless you focus on getting more heart slots. The game starts with 3 hearts, which allows you to take 6 hits. With each hit, you will lose half a heart. But, there are various ways to increase the number of hearts and get additional hearts so you have the max. HP possible. Keep reading and we will show you how to increase the HP in Cult of the Lamb.
How to Get More HP in Cult of the Lamb
Increasing the number of hearts in Cult of the Lamb is quite easy and requires you to focus on Tarot cards that provide additional hearts. Right after the intro stage or the unsaid tutorial where you are introduced to your base, you can start opening Tarot Cards and you will likely get a chance to choose a card that increases the heart slot to boost the HP quite early.
Clauneck is the NPC who will provide you with most of the Tarot cards but there are others ways that you can get the cards too. Make sure to check out the Tarot card wiki for more info. The game has a total of 36 Tarot cards and a number of them are associated with getting additional hears.
Every time you visit the said NPC, he will give you an option to choose between two cards. Some of the cards that award the heart are The Lover 1 card, The Heart 1 card, Diseased Heart card, and more.
With The Lovers 1 card, you will get an additional heart. This heart is different and appears Green (it’s the Soul heart and it’s stackable from what we have seen). In your adventure, various chests will drop the Green Heart separately. So, choosing the Lover 1 card is the best option if you want to increase your life.
The Heart 1 card increases the Red Heart by half. There are many tiers of this card, so getting a better tier of The Heart card will increase more of your Red heart slots. The Diseased Heart gives you a black heart. Each time you take damage half of the heart will fade and deal damage to the enemies. So, this card does not just extend your life but is also offensive. But, the only disadvantage of this card is that it does not propagate. Once you lose the heart it’s gone until you find the next card.
So, this is how you can increase your life or gain more HP/hearts in Cult of the Lamb. Check out the game category for more guides on tips to play the game.