Question about importance of two buildings

[BiteMe111]

I'm level 34 and have somehow made it this far without two buildings that I see a lot of my neighbors (often on much lower levels) have: the cathedral and the windmill. What am I missing?

As far as I understand, the cathedral is only a coin building? Or am I wrong and it does drop something? I was considering getting it some levels back, when I was hurting for royal points to expand to Sabina, but then I expanded to the troll pit first and that gave me RPs. With the new garden fences and poles being 3 RPs each, i'm at 3600 RPs and not needing more at this point. So am I OK keeping my queendom secular, or are there some other benefits of this building (which takes quite a bit of room and resources to build) that I'm not aware of.

And the windmill? I seem to recall it takes wool and gives back some kind of cloth, but what do I need this cloth for? Am I missing some cool tasks that getting a windmill would activate?

[roguebee]

The windmill serves no purpose other than to give coins and a stray sack of flour. The Cathedral will be needed for future quests. You need to visit it from time to time.

[BiteMe111]

The windmill serves no purpose other than to give coins and a stray sack of flour. The Cathedral will be needed for future quests. You need to visit it from time to time.

Thanks for the reply. I guess I better start making room for that cathedral then.

[vednir]

The windmill serves no purpose other than to give coins and a stray sack of flour. The Cathedral will be needed for future quests. You need to visit it from time to time.

Later in the game windmills can be quite useful as they relieve some strain off your kitchens. Any building that has the occasional rare drop of a food item (windmill, harvest pergola, reindeer stable) helps to alleviate the bottleneck that usually arises when you're trying to create a few food items simultaneously. Conversely, later in the game coins are useless and often the cathedral, unless needed for a quest, will no longer be needed.

[ShibuyaCloth]

Cathedral L5 have a pretty good coin/energy ratio, so for cheep coin harvesting they are nice.

[PraxisOfGood]

It's not clear from the guides what triggers the quest "Micro Managing" that eventually unlocks the trade with the fruit farmers, but that quest will require you to visit both a cathedral and an amphitheater. That's the only reason I built it.

[88silver]

The Cathedral is needed for both the Glimmergate and Troll story lines.