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A comprehensive guide to achieving the Palest Victory in Cultist Simulator, detailing requirements, strategies, and essential steps for this challenging endgame.

This guide covers the endgame for the Palest Victory in Cultist Simulator, a challenging route that requires careful preparation and execution. It's recommended to attempt this with the Medium Legacy and the Winter Cult for optimal support.

Walkthrough:

1. Preparation: Obtain 7 Lock Scars. Ensure you have a Rite that accepts a tool slot. You will also need 22 Knock.
2. Acquiring Knock:
   • Easiest: 14 Lore + 8 Tool/Ingredient. Obtain an 8 ingredient from Unnumbered Stones (repeatable) or craft a Painting Tool with 4 Pigment if you had 4 Passion.
   • Alternative: 12/14 Lore + 12 Tool. Obtain the Frangiclave from the Wreckage of the Crystabel (a 14 SH Vault with a curse). This method is not recommended due to difficulty.
   • Alternative: 12/14 Lore + 10 Follower. This is the reward if you chose the Knock Cult, allowing you to skip a Lore level.
3. Initiating the Rite: Place your Lock Scars into the Rite's tool slot. Manually add each of the seven Lock Scars as they do not have a magnet.
4. Winning: After all seven Lock Scars are placed, you will win the game.
5. Alternative Death Scene: Dying of hunger with 3 Lock Scars triggers a special death scene. Be cautious of dying from disease during this process.
6. DLC Specifics (Ghoul DLC): The Palest Victory is tied to the Ghoul DLC. This route is stressful from the start, offering no rest. The theme involves painting and the deceased. Give memories to your painting friend to become disgraced, then initiate a museum raid to obtain the painting needed for your verbs. Sustain yourself with Health work and occasional painting while raising health. Consider Glover, but be prepared to leave it unless you use Sulochana frequently, as the Work verb is used often.
7. Cult Choice Recommendations:
   • Winter: Ideal for this route, providing fresh corpses, dealing with curses, and supporting obligatory expeditions.
   • Grail/Edge: Recommended for obtaining Prisoners, which decay into corpses. Also useful for Expeditions.
8. Requirements for Winning (Pre-Potion):
   • DO NOT USE THE ELIXIR EARLY. Gather all necessary items first: money, a healthy cult, basic Lore, and stats. Aim for 10+ Lore for King Crucible.
   • Safe Route: Obtain all remnants before drinking the potion to avoid stress.
   • Expeditions: Undertake the following expeditions to gather necessary items:
     • Saint Felix of Schüren (SH 2) - Edge/Moth
     • Crowkiss Hill (SH 4) - Forge/Knock
     • Keglin's Scratch (SH 4) - Forge/Lantern + Forge/Winter
     • Shadowless Kings Tomb (SH 10) - CURSED - Grail + Knock/Lantern + Forge/Winter
     • Lagun's Tomb (SH 12) - CURSED - Forge + Heart/Lantern
   • Ingredients: Acquire two specific ingredients:
     • Holiest Hemoglyph (found on Lagun's Tomb)
     • True Blood of Saint Janus (Fort Geryk, SH 14) - Forge + Edge/Winter
   • Additional Ingredients: Obtain two more:
     • Decrepitude: Let health decay from a Wound or give up Passion/Reason to a summon.
     • King Crucible's Remnants: After a timer, King Crucible gains a remnant aspect. Consume him then. He cannot be summoned again.
   • Total: You need to acquire 9 items in total. It's advisable to get expedition cards and ingredients before starting. Crucible can be used to obtain Decrepitude easily.
   • Drinking the Potion: Once ingredients, summoning methods, and expedition cards are ready, drink the potion. It is recommended to complete all expeditions before drinking to manage Notoriety.
9. Acquiring Marks:
   • Problem: A desire card requires Corpses to prevent death. Each Ambition season brings a Graveyard Mouth (GM). Reaching 7 GMs results in death.
   • Solution: Eat dead corpses to reduce GMs. This can be done via the desire card on Explore or using your Winter Cult. Exhumation leads to Notoriety, which must be cleansed by Heart followers.
   • Strategy if Potion Drunk Early: This occupies vital verbs. Adopt two