Living Forest FAQ
61 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
Guardian Animals and turn structure
- Can you use a Fragment tile after the third Solitary symbol is revealed?
- Can you discard a Guardian Animal other than the one you just drew, and how many Fragment tiles can you use in one phase?
- Do Gregarious symbols cancel Solitary symbols drawn earlier or later?
- In a 2-player game, do the second player's turns run consecutively across rounds?
- Do players take turns one action at a time, or does each Spirit take all of its actions before the next plays?
- What happens if both players keep drawing Guardian Animals and neither stops?
- Where do Guardian Animal cards you attract go in your deck?
- Can you reshuffle your discard pile mid-turn and keep drawing?
- Can you permanently remove Fire Varan cards from your deck?
Actions and trees
- Can you always take a Fragment tile as one of your actions?
- Can you perform the same action twice in one turn?
- What does the 11-point tree let you do?
- Can you own more than one copy of the same tree, such as two Protective Trees?
- Do two copies of the 11-point Protective Tree give four actions?
- How much water do you need to extinguish several Fire tokens in one action?
- Do you spend Sun, Water, Plant and Movement symbols when you use them, so later actions in the turn have less?
- Can an action be paid for only with symbols from your trees or player board?
- Do trees and animal cards bought this turn help a later action in the same turn?
- Can you buy a second 11-point tree in the same turn?
Circle of Spirits
- When you jump another Spirit, do you take a victory tile from that Spirit even if the tile belongs to a different Spirit?
- If you jump the same Spirit twice in one turn, do you take two victory tiles?
- Does landing on a Circle of Spirits space give you an extra bonus action, and can you chain circle moves?
Fire and Onibi
- If the Guardian Animal row is empty, are Fire tokens still added to the Sacred Tree?
- Do you have to extinguish Fire tokens every turn?
- When a Fire token must be added but none of that value is left, what replaces it?
- When the Circle of Spirits already holds 7 Fire tokens, what happens to new fires?
- If only some new Fire tokens fit under the 7-token limit, which ones are placed?
- How are Fire Varan cards split when there are not enough for the Fire tokens?
- After Onibi attacks, do the Fire tokens stay on the Circle if some players have enough water?
- What does the Onibi promo card do when revealed in a Help Line?
- If not enough Level 1 Guardian Animal cards remain to refill the row at end of round, how many Fire tokens are added?
End of the Game
- If a Spirit reaches 12 mid-round and loses it before the round ends, does the game end?
- Do you need your matching victory tile to win?
- Do victory tiles count toward the 12 needed, including tiles you started with or stole?
- Do identical trees count toward the 12 different trees needed to win?
- When several Spirits complete a victory condition at the end of a round, who wins?
- How do you total a tied player's points in the final scoring example?
- If a tied player has negative Sacred Flower points, does that subtract from their final total?
- Does the 12-Fire victory count Fire tokens or their total value?
Solo mode
- In solo mode, do you add Fire tokens to the Circle when you buy Guardian Animals?
- Which Fire tokens are in play at the start of solo mode?
- In solo mode, do both stacked victory tiles count toward your goal?
- In solo mode, is there an Onibi attack on the Sacred Tree?
- In solo setup, how many other Spirits go on the Circle, and from where?
- In solo mode, how far do the other Spirits move at the end of a round?
Living Forest: KodamaExpansion
- How is the new Kodama Sacred Flower tree scored at the end of the game?
- Does the Kodama expansion include a different solo mode?
- In a 2-player Kodama game, how far does Onibi move when you buy a Kodama card, and when are fires added?
- In a Kodama game, where does Onibi start and which way does it move?
- In Kodama solo mode, is Onibi's water check done before or after its fires are added?
- In Kodama solo mode, which rows of the Kodama board add fire each turn?
- Does Onibi always move after you acquire a Kodama card?
- Does the +1 Kodama tree give its Kodama only if you own another new tree?
- Do the new Kodama trees pay out resources immediately in the turn you buy them?
- Is Call a Kodama a normal action I can choose, or only a bonus from its Circle rocks?
- Are the expansion trees adjusted by player count in a 2-player game?
- Can you perform three identical basic actions with the Kodama expansion?