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Are you considering Shrine blessings in Blue Prince? There are eight blessings you can activate, but their effects and durations vary based on your donation of gold. Keep in mind potential mishaps if you’re feeling a bit rebellious. Also, be aware that this article contains minor spoilers.

Complete Shrine blessings in Blue Prince – Shrine room guide

The Shrine is an outer area in the game, and you won’t have immediate access to it. You must first unlock the Garage Door to access the West Gate Path.

Afterward, you can explore outer rooms via the shed beyond the wooden bridge. However, due to randomization, the Shrine won’t always be available as an option.

Shrine blessings: Effects and durations

Shrine blessings: Effects and durations

To acquire Blue Prince Shrine blessings, you’ll need to interact with the stone statue and contribute a specific gold amount. The donation influences the type of blessing you receive and its duration. Note that blessings can last between three to seven days.

Blessing of the Dancer

  • Effect: Spend +1 gem when drafting to rotate floorplans.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 1 gold
    • 4 days: 17 gold
    • 5 days: 33 gold
    • 6 days: 49 gold
    • 7 days: 65 gold

Blessing of the High Roller

  • Effect: Gain +1 Ivory Dice every time you draft a shop; gain +10 gold when you reroll with an Ivory Dice.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 3 gold
    • 4 days: 19 gold
    • 5 days: 35 gold
    • 6 days: 51 gold
    • 7 days: 67 gold

Blessing of the Gardener

  • Effect: Adds +8 Courtyards to today’s draft pool.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 5 gold
    • 4 days: 21 gold
    • 5 days: 37 gold
    • 6 days: 53 gold
    • 7 days: 69 gold

Blessing of the Chef

  • Effect: Each time you trigger a “resource spread” effect, add an extra dish to the Dining Room.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 7 gold
    • 4 days: 27 gold
    • 5 days: 43 gold
    • 6 days: 59 gold
    • 7 days: 75 gold

Blessing of the Red General

  • Effect: After drafting a red room, if you possess at least five different rows containing red rooms, you gain +5 gems.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 9 gold
    • 4 days: 25 gold
    • 5 days: 41 gold
    • 6 days: 57 gold
    • 7 days: 73 gold

Blessing of the Tinkerer

  • Effect: Trigger your current Laboratory experiment whenever you draft a mechanical/gear-type room.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 11 gold
    • 4 days: 23 gold
    • 5 days: 39 gold
    • 6 days: 55 gold
    • 7 days: 71 gold

Blessing of the Monk

  • Effect: Ending your day inside a manor room allows you to draw that room in the grounds the following day.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 13 gold
    • 4 days: 29 gold
    • 5 days: 45 gold
    • 6 days: 61 gold
    • 7 days: 77 gold

Blessing of the Berry Picker

  • Effect: Instead of selecting a floorplan when drafting, you can choose a berry instead. If you opt for a berry, you draft a random floorplan from your draft pool disregarding rarity.
  • Duration:
    • 3 days: 15 gold
    • 4 days: 31 gold
    • 5 days: 47 gold
    • 6 days: 63 gold
    • 7 days: 79 gold

What makes the Blessing of the Monk crucial?

What makes the Blessing of the Monk crucial?

The Blessing of the Monk in Blue Prince may be the most significant boon you can acquire from the Shrine. As mentioned, you need to end your day inside a manor room. This makes that space available as a drafting option in the grounds—essentially transforming it into an outer room. This results in amusing exploits and mysteries. Here are a few examples:

  • Entrance Hall – You can shatter the vase that contained the Microchip previously to receive an Allowance Token.
  • Lost & Found – You can quickly verify if it holds rare items, without losing any inventory items if you start a new run.
  • Antechamber – Contains a very cryptic clue if you can unlock the Room 46 doorway.

More secrets await if you “monk” particular rooms. We prefer not to reveal all the details here, so be sure to explore them during your gameplay.

What happened? I was cursed!

What happened? I was cursed!

After contributing to the Shrine statue in Blue Prince, you might find a prompt allowing you to retrieve the coins. If you take back your own donation, your character will become cursed. This debilitating condition results in:

  • Lose 1 step, key, gem, or gold whenever you draft a bedroom, hallway, green room, or shop, respectively.
  • Lose one of each resource every time you draft a red room.

Things worsen with the Cursed Coffers from the Gift Shop:

  • You can draft the Bookshop from the Library to acquire a book titled The Curse of Black Bridge. This makes the Cursed Coffers available for purchase in the Gift Shop.
  • Purchasing triggers a stone chest to appear inside the Shrine. You will be warned if you attempt to break open the lock using a Sledge Hammer. Another warning will follow if you try to pick up the stone figurine inside.
  • Picking up the figurine permanently activates “Curse Mode.” This challenge mode can be tackled using a different save file.
  • Additionally, the figurine also curses you as though you took back your donation. Your step count will drop to just 13.

The curse from taking back your donation and from collecting the figurine endures for two days. This affliction also overwrites any blessings you might hold. Consequently, your gameplay will become more challenging.

In conclusion, that’s all you need to know about Shrine blessings in Blue Prince. Choose the ones essential to your playthrough, or explore the Blessing of the Monk to uncover additional treasures.

A surreal journey full of wonders and enigmas awaits you in Blue Prince. Should you find yourself stuck or uncertain at any point in your playthrough, don’t hesitate to consult our Blue Prince guides hub.