How to play as The Goat in Cult of the Lamb: Unholy Alliance

The Unholy Alliance update for Cult of the Lamb has brought a slew of new content to the game, including the long-awaited local multiplayer so you can play with friends. As The Lamb and The Goat, you and your friend can take on all sorts of challenges together.

However, if you’re looking to spice things up in your game, or just don’t have anyone else to play with but still want to see The Goat, you can switch to playing as The Goat during single-player mode. Here’s how you unlock The Goat for play, both in single-player and multiplayer.

How to unlock The Goat in Single-Player Mode Cult of the Lamb: Unholy Alliance

To unlock The Goat fleece, you will need to enable co-op. Connect a second controller to your console so The Goat appears in your game. You do not need to have a second player, just a second controller.

Now that co-op is enabled, you need to die. You can be in single-player now. Go into any Crusade you want and simply do not fight back when attacked by enemies. You’ll die and be transported to a white realm with a large black pool of liquid ahead of you.

Walk up to the cursed statue of The Goat and choose to interact. You’ll go through some dialogue first, and then several Corrupted Tarots and Relics will be unlocked. You can read through each of them to find out the bonuses. Once you’ve respawned, leave, or finish the Crusade.

Head to the Temple and interact with the Temple Altar. Open the Crown menu and you’ll be shown that The Goat is now available. Equip it to begin playing as The Lamb’s wicked counterpart. 

Be aware that it does cost 5 Sin to unlock The Goat, which you can obtain by absolving your followers. Sin can be difficult to farm since you risk followers becoming Damned, but if you have the Violent Extremist trait you can earn Sin from defeating Crusade bosses. 

How to play as The Goat in co-op Cult of the Lamb: Unholy Alliance

If you want to be The Goat in co-op while your friend is The Lamb, it’s easy. All you need to do is be added to the game by:

• Pausing the game
• Selecting “Add Co-op Player”
• Selecting the device and choosing The Goat

The second player will automatically spawn in the game as The Goat. There’s no way to change that the first player is The Lamb and the second is The Goat, but feel free to switch controllers if you want.

How to get The Goat fleece in Cult of the Lamb: Unholy Alliance

These are the only two methods of playing as The Goat available in the game. Playing as The Goat doesn’t give you any bonuses, as it’s merely a cosmetic change. The Lamb will be swapped for The Goat seen in multiplayer mode, but nothing else will change about your abilities or skills. 

You are able to switch back to The Lamb whenever you want by going back into the Crown menu at the Temple Altar and switching to a different fleece while in single-player mode. This will remove The Goat skin and transform you back into The Lamb.