Saint

''Frail and armed with a long tongue. Your journey will be one of perfect enlightenment, but walking this path requires patience, caution and complete attunement with the world.''

The Saint is one of five playable Slugcats in the Downpour DLC. They begin the game in Windswept Spires, and have a variety of unique mechanics, including the ability to grapple and swing from walls and ceilings with their long tongue, which can be extended and retracted by pressing up and down. Saint is unable to throw spears properly, making defending themselves incredibly challenging.

Food
4 food pips are required to hibernate, while only 1 may be stored for the next cycle.

General Changes

 * Eating meat gives no Food Pips, and slightly stuns Saint.
 * Saint immediately dies to any danger, including ones that are normally randomized like bites.
 * They also have a more intense reaction to being stunned, especially to creatures like Snails, which make the Saint seize helplessly for around 4 seconds.
 * s cannot be properly thrown. Instead, they spin in the air and fall after a short distance. Other throwables like, s, s and s still work, however.
 * This means that, while unconventional, passages such as The Outlaw and The Dragon Slayer are technically attainable.
 * Popcorn plants cannot be opened, instead opening by themselves as the blizzard worsens
 * [[File:Echo_icon.png]]Echoes can be met with any Karma level, and they will raise Saint's Karma by one. Meeting one while having 5 maximum Karma raises Saint's maximum Karma by 2 instead.
 * Saint starts with a maximum Karma level of two, and must meet seven Echoes to fully maximize their Karma.
 * Rain is not present. Instead, snowfall gradually increases into a blizzard, decreasing your temperature until you hibernate or freeze.
 * Objects like will reduce freezing while indoors. This includes background lanterns, which can increase Saint's temperature meter to max. This effect occurs when a Lantern is swallowed as well as when held.
 * Travelling through a gate will increase Saint's temperature by 4-5 pips
 * Riding a Rain Deer will increase Saint's temperature meter similarly to lanterns, depending on how close to the body Saint is.
 * Saint changes color depending on temperature; they begin green, fade slowly to white, followed by blue, and then a dull brown.
 * Nearly all Colored Pearls have been "blanked" by the passage of time. Only two remain readable: The Pink Pearl at Farm Arrays and a pearl that's special to.

Tongue
Saint possesses a long tongue they can use to grapple onto walls or ceilings, much like a Grapple Worm. This tongue can be extended or retracted by holding Up or Down. Jumping while grappled de-attachs the tongue from the surface, and gives Saint upward momentum.

World Changes

 * Snow falls all over the surface.
 * Almost every area is renamed to reflect the passage of time.
 * 's name has uniquely not been changed.
 * Water becomes dangerous when the snow grows intense enough, freezing the Saint faster.
 * s have spread all over the world and can be found in several regions, in greater numbers than before.
 * packs are now widespread across most regions.
 * All Lizards except for s can have horns on their snouts as well as hair, which is more commonly seen in Yellow and lizards.
 * has collapsed, and has fallen on top of the, crushing it. As such, and  no longer exist and cannot be accessed. What remains of the regions that comprised the Shaded Citadel and ' superstructure is now known as the.
 * has transformed into, a humid jungle environment unaffected by the cold. An Echo can be found there.
 * The Rot in (Glacial Wasteland) is completely gone.
 * (Frigid Coast)'s waters are now fully clean. Fauna and flora from the like es and s have expanded into the region. Due to this, the lack of  and the presence of s, the region is much more dangerous than before.
 * The Leg and the part of the Underhang that contained the lower entrance to Five Pebbles has crushed the Shaded Citadel-Shoreline Karma gate, replacing it with a connection to the Silent Construct.
 * has gravity fluctuations due to Moon's partial reactivation. The original upper entrance to her superstructure can be reached while there's low gravity. There's an Echo at the western dead end, beyond the Five Natural Urges' representations.


 * has a few changes to make it easier to reach The Heart, and the Saint can find an additional, optional Echo inside of Bitter Aerie. Even with the changes, reaching The Heart is incredibly difficult without 10 maximum Karma.
 * (Ancient Labyrinth) now has a visual distortion effect similar to the one in the Depths, which are is now gone entirely and replaced with a massive pit that leads to . Rubicon cannot be accessed without 10 maximum Karma, and any attempts to jump down just teleport you back up.

Attunement
Once Saint meets 7 of the 8 echoes available, and reaches a maximum Karma level of ten, they unlock the ability to fly and ascend creatures, instantly killing them. Saint can take flight by pressing Grab and Jump while airborne (this includes when grappled onto a surface). In this state, they move at slightly faster than walking speed through the air, and as fast as holding a  through water (where they do not use up breath). Saint can pick up items and eat food but cannot throw objects. Instead, pressing Throw while flying gives you an aiming reticule controlled by the movement keys. After some time, an explosion appears at the aiming reticle, killing anything in a slight area of effect, and opening s to drop s. Ascension kills do not count for the score tally after finishing the campaign, unless Saint hits a creature with another attack first (e.g. ). This makes killing stationary or blind creatures, such as or, a viable method to gain the Outlaw passage. It also makes it significantly easier to gain the Dragon Slayer passage.

The ascension attack works on any creature in the game, including es, s, s, s,, and. Unlike everyone else, Guardians can survive up to three attacks before dying.

Should the player die in the same cycle as ascending Looks to The Moon or Five Pebbles, they will remain ascended on the following cycle.

If one or both of the above characters are ascended, they will offer special dialogue at the end of Rubicon.

Echo Monologues
Main page: Echo/Dialogue

Trivia

 * Although Saint is unable to throw most s, Saint is still able to use and throw fire spears just like any other slugcat.


 * When the blizzard is at full force, a single only keeps Saint at 3 pips of warmth indoors, even if they gain more from other sources. Being in the proximity of more s still increases Saint's temperature at a rate proportionate to their number until max, but the s required for this also increase as time goes on. Although it is cumbersome to carry multiple, having one swallowed allows for indoor travel almost indefinitely, with short bursts outdoors. However, spending too long without hibernating forces Saint to freeze regardless of how many s there are.
 * Saint shivers if the external temperature would normally lower theirs.
 * in Saint's campaign have hair growing from their heads, this is presumably an evolved adaptation to survive the winter environment.
 * Saint is the only whose body is covered in fur. It can be assumed that similar to the, the fur is an evolved adaptation.
 * This would make sense as Saint is the furthest in the timeline.
 * The game actively takes screenshots of Saint at each karma cap increase, displaying them again at the end, which makes each playthrough unique.


 * Saint opens their eyes while flying. Their color changes rapidly, similar to strobe lights.
 * Their paws also move erratically in a circular motion.
 * If the player restarts the Saint's campaign after completing it, the selection screen art still shows Saint as an.