Faith, sermons and reusable prayers

Get Faith from sermons on Wrath Day after Agatha opens the Church. Bring a reusable Prayer, then check both Church Quality and available Town Gratitude: the lower limit controls attendance. Starting the service spends Gratitude equal to the congregation.

Open the church

Agatha opens the Church during Holy Moly!. Clear its negative-quality debris and reach 10 Church Quality, then report back for the Basic Prayer. Interior Bench I adds 3 quality and uses 2 Wooden Planks and 6 Bronze Nails.

The introductory sermon is an exception to the weekly schedule: Agatha lets it happen immediately after approval. Later services use the Wrath Day opportunity. Carry the chosen Prayer in inventory; prayers are reusable rather than consumed after each sermon.

Attendance and success are separate

With Church Quality 31 and Gratitude 20, attendance is capped at 20. Increasing Church Quality to 40 leaves the same 20-person limit until more Gratitude is available. Town development also limits how much Gratitude can be stored.

If Church Quality already exceeds Gratitude, replenish Gratitude through Town orders and trade before building more benches.

A prayer has its own minimum attendance and guaranteed-success threshold. Check both values in the lectern interface. The ability to craft a silver or gold Prayer does not establish that the town can support its congregation.

Do not replace a usable lower-tier prayer merely because the higher tier exists. Retain the old item until the new prayer’s attendance requirement is practical.

Faith and donations

Attendance provides base Faith and money. A successful prayer adds its relevant bonuses. Graveyard Quality contributes to the successful sermon’s money bonus; improving a grave does not directly add the same number of Faith.

If rewards fall unexpectedly, check the Excessive Zombies penalty and the active PR allowance. A large productive workforce can reduce sermon effectiveness when its allowance expires.

Town Gratitude explains merchant caps and order deadlines. Study and Science helps allocate the Faith after the sermon instead of spending it on duplicate studies.