Sermon

The ability to perform sermons is unlocked when you get the Preacher perk as part of the story progression. The Preacher perk is obtained when you speak to the bishop on after having achieved a graveyard quality of 5 or higher.

To perform a sermon, wait for until sunrise then go to the church, stand behind the lectern and press the action button (E) to pray, then select the sermon/prayer to perform, a short cutscene will play out showing a reaction of the congregation and giving you an idea of how the sermon went, afterward the members of the congregation will all provide a donation based on your Graveyard Rating and Church Rating .

Note: If you already have performed a service that day, you'll get an error message, saying that you have to wait until next . This is misleading before sunrise, because then, it says next too, but it's actually only waiting for sunrise.

Church Influence

For the main article on how church ratings work see church.

Each sermon you can perform has a requirement to be 100% successful. You can still perform a sermon in a church below that requirement but it will have a chance to fail. Your church rating determines how many parishioners will attend your sermon as well as the amount of faith you will get as a result of your sermon. A successful sermon creates donations at the base rate of 3:1, and will produce faith at a rate of 1:5.

Name	Notes
Faith	Required for most tasks involving the study table as well as several quests and recipes.

Sermon Topics

All sermon topics must first be unlocked via various technologies and then must be crafted at the desk for use in a sermon. The exception to this is the casual prayer which is given by default when the church is first opened.

A successful sermon provides additional faith and coins specified on the prayer. Otherwise, you'll just get the base results.

Icon	Sermon Topic	Quality Required	Description	Notes
	Casual prayer	10	A couple words without any real inspriration. It still works somehow... Faith(x2)	Received from the Bishop after unlocking Church.
	Prayer for faith	10 20 50	A number of very touching words. Your flock will produce more. Sermon money: +20% Sermon faith: +50% Faith(x1), 1 Sermon money: +20% Sermon faith: +100% Faith(x2), 2 Sermon money: +20% Sermon faith: +150% Faith(x3), 3
	Prayer for donations	10 20 50	Piteous word about the church's needs. You can count on the extra donations! Sermon money: +50% Sermon faith: +20% Faith(x1), 1 Sermon money: +100% Sermon faith: +20% Faith(x2), 2 Sermon money: +150% Sermon faith: +20% Faith(x3), 3
	Prayer for shoots and roots	10 20 30	A few words about the importance of agriculture, fertilization, and personal hygiene. Grants Fertility: "Vegetables grow faster." Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x3)	Duration: 36:00 1:12:00 1:48:00 Increases the growth rate of vegetable crops. Potentially doesn't work.
	Prayer for repentance	10 20 40	Its about sin and forgiveness. Based on a couple stories from your youth. Grants Repentance: "More people come during the week to confess their sins." Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +50% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +75% Faith(x3)	Duration: 18:00 36:00 54:00 Increases the chance the Confessional being filled at the Church. Potentially doesn't work.
	Prayer for prosperity	10 20 30	For those who earn their keep in honest trade. This will give you a Commercial Blessing which can improve one vendor. Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1), 1 Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x2), 2 Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x3), 3	This sermon grants the user 1/2/3 Blessing of commerce.
	Combo prayer	15 30 60	A touching story about the church's needs. Earns extra and donations. Sermon money: +50% Sermon faith: +50% Faith(x1), 1 Sermon money: +100% Sermon faith: +100% Faith(x2), 2 Sermon money: +150% Sermon faith: +150% Faith(x3), 3	This prayer combines the benefits of Faith and Donations.
	Prayer for retribution	10 20 40	True words that fuel you with fury. Grants Rage: "You deal additional damage to monsters". Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x3)	Duration: 36:00 1:12:00 1:48:00 Increases the damage of your weapon by 5.
	Prayer for protection	10 20 40	True words that make you tough. Grants Tough Mood: "You receive less damage from enemy attacks." Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x3)	Duration: 36:00 1:12:00 1:48:00 Increases armor by 4.
	Prayer for repose	20 40 50	(Advertising) All deceased are welcome in your graveyard! Grants Difficult Corpses: "Donkey brings corpses with more and ." Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +10% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +50% Sermon faith: +10% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +75% Sermon faith: +10% Faith(x3)	Duration: 18:00 36:00 54:00 Increases the variance in a corpses Important Parts. Increases the maximum corpse tier delivered by 1. Has no effect if maximum corpse tier is already unlocked.
	Prayer for imagination	10 40 60	These words will boost your inspiration! Grants Inspiration: "You have a better chance to write something of good quality." Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +50% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +75% Faith(x3)	Duration: 18:00 36:00 54:00 +0.7 base quality when crafting stories, notes, chapters, and most sermons. Does not affect any other crafting, including books.
	Prayer for excellence	10 40 60	True words about the blessedness of hard work. Grants Handyman Mood: "You have a better chance to craft something of good quality." Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +50% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +10% Sermon faith: +75% Faith(x3)	Duration: 18:00 36:00 54:00 +0.2 base quality of some craftables. Does not affect food, drink, or writing.
TBA	Pray for soul's repose	15 30 60	Let's pray for the repose of souls. The more you got, the more faith you'll get Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +50% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +100% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +150% Faith(x3)	Exact mechanics TBA. Added in the Better Save Soul DLC.
TBA	Pray for soul's contentment	10 20 30	Let us pray for the contentment of souls. Increases the amount of (gratitude points) [sic] received from souls (+10%) Grants Spiritual blessing: "Gain 10% more of " Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x3)	Duration: TBA Added in the Better Save Soul DLC.
TBA	Pray for soul's thorough cleansing	10 20 30	Let us pray for the thorough cleansing of souls. Increases the number of shards of sins [sic] received from the successful treatment of souls (x2) Grants Spiritual magnetism: "Gain x2 of sin shards" Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x1) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x2) Sermon money: +25% Sermon faith: +25% Faith(x3)	Duration: TBA Added in the Better Save Soul DLC.

Unimplemented Sermon Icons

None of these should be seen in-game, though, oddly, the Pray for souls' repose sermon uses grey question mark icon (almost certainly a bug).

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