The Cullfield Ritual

The Cullfield Ritual is a puzzle game about moving between reality and the Spiritual Realm to collect the soul fragments of a loved one and bring them back to life. The ritual was discovered in 1872 by self-proclaimed spiritualists in the rural village of Cullfield. Success can restore the dead; failure means your soul is absorbed by the Spiritual Realm.

Prepare the ritual

To prepare the Spiritual Realm for human passage, you must send a pilgrim there first. The pilgrim remains in the realm and seeks revenge, and your choice of pilgrim also affects you adversely. You must end the pilgrim’s life, consume some of its blood and go to sleep. When you wake, your house has changed drastically.

Before entering the realm, you need to obtain a spirit candle, use chalk to draw a pentagram in a room, and open every door in the house so the pilgrim can move freely. Blocking its path can have detrimental effects.

Search both realms

To complete the ritual, you must collect five spirit remains belonging to the loved one you are trying to bring back, then place them in the pentagram’s corners. Some puzzles and items appear only in the Spiritual Realm, so you need to alternate between the two realms to find all five remains.

To enter the Spiritual Realm, turn off all the lights at the distribution board, hold the candle in your left hand and light it. The pilgrim wanders the realm looking for a chance to take revenge. If it spots you, you can hide or leave before it catches you.

Escape the Spiritual Realm

Your time in the realm is limited. If the candle goes out, you have only a few seconds to leave. To exit, turn the lights back on and put out the candle. If the pilgrim catches you or you fail to leave in time, you are normally taken. Three crucifixes hang on your wall, and each catch consumes one; once all three are gone, they can no longer protect you.