Cult Of The Lamb Knucklebones: How To Play & Win

Our guide on Cult of the Lamb Knucklebones will give you all the details about the mini game, minor and big. You will know all about winning coins and making your opponents lose.

What Is Knucklebones 

Knucklebones is a minigame that offers a break from combat and provides an opportunity to earn coins. It’s a dice game that allows you to test your strategic skills and have some fun. Here’s an overview of Knucklebones and how to play it:

Cult OF The Lamb Knucklebones
Knucklebones

Also, check out our review of the Cult of the Lamb.

Key Highlights
  • In Cult Of The Lamb, one of the activities is mini-games, including Knucklebones.
  • Knucklebones is a dice game where you can win cash prizes.
  • To win, you have a 3×3 grid, and your dice scores fill the grid.
  • Winning is determined by having the highest score compared to other players.
  • If your dice match your opponent’s, their dice are removed.
  • Four NPCs offer Knucklebones games: Ratau, Flinky, Klunko & Bop, and Shrumy.
  • Each NPC has its own difficulty level and allows you to bet coins for potential winnings.

Related: Cult of the Lamb Weapons Tier List

How To Play Knucklebones

After completing the tutorial with Ratau, you can visit the Loney Shack in the game to play Knucklebones. This minigame offers a simple yet strategic gameplay experience.

Rules of Knucklebones:

  • Knucklebones involves rolling six-sided dice.
  • You can play it for fun or bet coins with other players in the game.
  • Winning depends on your strategic decisions and the outcome of the dice rolls.

How to Play Knucklebones:

  1. Each player has a 3×3 grid on the board.
  2. Players take turns rolling dice and placing them on their grid.
  3. The objective is to fill all the slots on the grid.
  4. The player with the highest score wins the game.

Grid Of The Player

  • Each player’s grid has three columns.
  • To score, you need at least three dice in your grid with the same number.
  • You multiply the number of matches you have by that specific number to determine your score.

Score Chart: Double And Triple

  • Number 1: Double-4, Triple 9.
  • Number 2: Double 8, Triple 18.
  • Number 3: Double 12, Triple 27.
  • Number 4: Double 16, Double 36.
  • Number 5: Double 20, Triple 45.
  • Number 6: Double 24, Triple 54.

Matching Dice:

  • If you roll a dice that matches more than one dice on your opponent’s grid, all the matching dice on your opponent’s grid are eliminated.
  • This allows you to remove higher-scoring dice from your opponent’s grid, potentially increasing your own score.

Opponents In Knucklebones

Knucklebones opponents are Ratau’s old friends you meet as you progress through the Old Fait’s realm. Here are some key points about these opponents:

Encountering Opponents:

  • You’ll encounter Ratau’s old friends as they make their way to the Loney Shack.
  • They typically appear late in each region as you advance toward the Temple of Bishop.
  • You don’t need to worry about losing track of them; they follow their usual main route.

Opponents’ Skill Levels:

  • Ratau’s friends have varying levels of skill when it comes to playing Knucklebones.
  • Less skilled opponents may make several mistakes in the game, such as mishandling dice or struggling to achieve Doubles or Triples.
  • Skilled opponents, on the other hand, are more proficient at the game and provide a more challenging experience.

Two Ways to Play:

  1. For Fun: You can play Knucklebones with opponents just for the sake of enjoyment. In this mode, there’s no need to bet coins, and it’s a more relaxed experience.
  2. Betting Coins: For a more competitive experience, you can bet coins on the game. The bet amount may be higher when facing skilled opponents, potentially allowing you to win more coins.

Betting and Winnings:

  • If you bet coins and win the game, you receive the exact amount back as your winnings.
  • However, if you lose the game, you forfeit the coins you bet.

If your opponent is skilled, the bet you would make would be high, allowing you to place in more gold. All the coins get lost, in case you lose the game. However, when you win, you get the exact amount back.

NPC Ratau

  • Location: Lonely Shack
  • Skill: Extremely Easy
  • Maximum Bet: Total 10 Coins.
Knucklebones Cult of the Lamb
The Lamb VS Ratau

Flinky NPC

  • Location: Anura
  • Skill: A Little Easy
  • Maximum Bet: 15 Coins.

Klunko And Bop NPC 

  • Location: Anchordeep
  • Skill: Medium
  •  20 Coins: Maximum Bet

NPC Shrumy

  • Location: Silk’s Cradle
  • Medium: Skill
  • Maximum Bet: 50 Coins
Cult of the Lamb Game Knucklebones
Lamb Vs. Shrumy

How To Win At Knucklebones

If you are smart enough in the game, you can even beat Shrumy. You may follow the following tactics to win the game:

  1. Always use your chance in getting the double or triple numbers, even if they are not as high. 
  2. Try to take out the dice of your opponent as much as you can. If it’s possible, try eliminating the doubles and triples.
  3. You may be given a choice to either match with your opponent’s dice or eliminate it. You need to choose wisely. You can do a little math here to figure out the better gain for the net in this situation.

As an example, if you manage to shoot one six, then that would be better than matching for two more points.

  1. You can put in dice that are high in numbers, the one your opponent has filled beforehand. Doing so will avoid the elimination of your scores through them.
  2. Try having a column for trash, where you can place all the ones and twos. It would be perfect if you could have that column on the other side of your opponent’s column that is empty.

You can also try baiting them by eliminating your dice that have low numbers. Consequently, you can replace those dice with good numbers.

  1. You can win the game if you are the one to put in the ninth dice; that is the last one, however, if your opponent is left with a number of matches and dices that are high in number.
Cult OF The Lamb Knucklebones
Win Of The Lamb

After you learn how to play Knucklebones in Cult Of The Lamb, you will have a full bag of coins every time you step out of the Lonely Shack.

Let’s end this guide with the hope that it must have helped you. You now are aware of all the skills and fun things to do in Cult of the Lamb, Knucklebones.

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