Horizons of Spirit Island
61 questions players ask about Horizons of Spirit Island. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-05.
Game Setup
- How much Blight and how many Fear markers go in the pools for Horizons of Spirit Island?
- Can you play Horizons of Spirit Island with 4 or 5 players?
- Can Horizons island boards be mixed with the base game's modular island boards?
- What if a Horizons Spirit's preset Power deck runs out?
- Is the Explore during setup different from a normal Explore?
- For Rising Heat of Stone and Sand's setup, do both Presence go in the highest-numbered Sands land on your own board?
Sequence of Play
- What does the Escalation (castle) icon on Stage II Invader cards do?
- Which land gets the Town added by Stage II escalation, and does it depend on Cities?
- When Invaders Build in a land with exactly one Town and one City, do they add a Town or a City?
- Do Dahan still fight back when Defend prevents all Ravage damage?
- Does Defend reduce all Invader damage in a land for the whole turn?
- Which lands on a Horizons board are coastal and can receive Explorers from the ocean?
- If Fathomless Mud's inland rule and Habsburg's Build modifier both apply, which comes first?
Game Concepts
- Can Explorers, Presence or Powers cross the lines between the Horizons island boards?
- How does Blight cascade?
- When an Elemental threshold is met, does it add to the base effect, and are the Elements used up?
- On Jungle Hungers, does the threshold that says not to destroy Dahan still allow Towns and Cities to be destroyed?
- Can you use a higher innate threshold without meeting the lower ones?
- What do element symbols on the Energy and Card Plays tracks do once uncovered?
- When resolving a Fear card, do you use the Invader level or the Terror Level?
- Which Terror Level applies when you earn several Fear cards in one turn?
- If a Power generates more Fear than you need to earn a card, how are the markers handled?
- Where does a Forgotten Power card go, and which cards can you Forget?
- Is there a hand limit on Power cards, and what does Reclaim return?
- What counts as an Invader in card text?
- In a Power's text, what does "that land" refer to?
- Does Paralyzing Fright stop Invader actions everywhere or only in the target land?
- Does Damage from separate Powers add up on the same Invader in a turn?
- How do you divide Damage among Explorers, Towns and Cities in the target land?
Power and Fear Effects
- Does a Power affect pieces outside its target land?
- Can I choose not to resolve part of a Power, such as pushing Dahan?
- For a Power with range 2 that says Gather or Push, must the movement start or end at my Presence?
- Do changes to a Power, such as extra Damage, carry over when it is Repeated?
- How much Damage does The Land Thrashes in Furious Pain deal per Blight?
- If Stinging Sandstorm makes a Sacred Site where an Explorer and a damaged Town stand, what is destroyed?
- What does Vengeance of the Dead do when played?
- What counts as a Damage-dealing Power?
Spirits and Specific Cards
- Does Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot's +1 Damage apply once per Power or per level?
- Can Devouring Teeth's innate power affect more than one land?
- Does Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot interact with Beast tokens?
- Where does Territorial Aggression's +1 Damage go, and does it work on Gift of Searing Heat?
- Does Gift of Furious Might's +3 Damage let a Power hit targets it normally cannot?
- Which Powers can Gift of Furious Might boost, and does it need a Power that actually deals Damage?
- How does Gift of Furious Might combine with Tempest of Leaves and Branches?
- What can Gift of Wind-Sped Steps make Fast?
- How does Rising Heat's Sacred Site rule affect Invader Health?
- Does Finder pay Responsibilities to the Dead when moving Rising Heat's Sacred Site into a land with damaged Invaders?
- Can Fathomless Mud's innate target its own land, and which Sacred Site is the origin?
- Can Sun-Bright Whirlwind's innate deal 3 Damage in a single land?
- When does Eyes Watch's special rule let me gather a Dahan after Defending?
- Does Green's innate damage every Town or City or just one?
- If Mark Territory with Scars and Teeth targets a land with Dahan, must I push 2 Dahan?
- Does Exaltation of Tangled Growth work when it targets yourself?