The Church

Beside your graveyard stands a ruined temple to an ancient god: the church. Once it’s back in use you’ll hold a weekly sermon there, the one and only way to earn Faith. You enter from the graveyard, and the door is locked when the game begins.

The door opens when Agatha the Nun heads there during Holy Moly!, and she won’t allow a sermon until it reaches church quality 10.

Church quality

Quality is the sum of everything in the building, and it caps how many parishioners fit into a sermon. On your first visit the place is full of junk that drags the number down:

Object	Count	Quality each	What to do
Donation box	1	+1	Leave it; sermon money is collected here
Blockages	4	−2	Repair each with 1 Bronze Detail and 1 Board; needs Building mastery 2
Broken pots	13	−2	Smash each with a single hit, for a red tech point apiece

The starting total comes to roughly −33. Clear it all and you’re at +1; three Interior Bench I at +3 apiece then take it to 10.

Furnishing it

Technology	Furniture	Quality	Cost
Church Cleaning	Interior Bench I	3	2 Wooden Planks, 6 Bronze Nails
Church Furniture I	Confession Booth I	4	6 Wooden Planks, 8 Bronze Nails
Church Furniture I	Church Shrine I	2	4 Wooden Planks, 6 Bronze Nails, 3 Pieces of stone

Each furniture type has dedicated spots, one piece per spot:

Spot type	Number
Bench	6
Confession	2
Shrine	2
Candle	4
Incense	4

The build desk also lists Improve the Church I (8 Boards, 6 Pieces of stone). It restores part of the ruin without adding any quality or spots. The second and third improvements add two candle spots apiece, and the third adds four shrine spots on top. Better furniture, candles and incense on the desk come from later technologies, beginning with Church Lighting I.