Nidavellir FAQ
52 questions players ask · Updated Nov 9, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and Components
Turn Sequence and Bidding
- Can I put my 0 coin in my pouch instead of on a tavern?
- If I play my 0 coin, do I still take a card in that tavern?
- In a 2-player game, what happens to the third card in each tavern?
- Can the deck run out so a tavern doesn't get a full set of cards?
- How does the neutral opponent in solo mode upgrade its coins?
Recruiting a Hero
- How many complete lines do I need before I can recruit another Hero?
- What does "pose" mean in the Recruiting a Hero rule?
- If one card completes several lines at once, such as Aegur, do I recruit a Hero for each?
- If I lose a line and rebuild it, do I get another Hero?
- When I recruit a Hero, can I take any Hero in the display?
Trading and Transforming Coins
- Can I take back the coin I just discarded during a trade or upgrade?
- When I upgrade a coin and hold two coins of the same value, which do I discard?
- What if the coin value I need is gone from the Royal Treasure?
- Can the 0 coin or the special Mithril 3 coin be upgraded?
- When I trade with my 0 coin, which pouch coin is upgraded?
- If two players upgrade to the same coin value, who gets it?
Troop Evaluation (End of Age 1)
- What does "strict majority" mean for the Troop Evaluation distinctions?
- How does the Hunting Master's special 3 coin work?
- Why does the Age 2 deck have an extra card, and what happens to it?
- Where do the special Blacksmith card and the King's Great Armorer card go?
- Can a Hero recruited via the King's Great Armorer change a later Distinction?
Heroes
- How does Uline the Seer work, and can I bid a coin I upgraded earlier in the same round?
- Can Uline's trade use coins from already-resolved taverns?
- Does Ylud count as a rank in her column, or only her value?
- If I move Ylud at the end of Age 2, can I recruit a new Hero?
- Does Ylud's rank count toward Hourya while she sits in the Command Zone?
- How is Idunn's Explorer bonus counted?
- Can Dagda or Bonfur discard a Dwarf that sits under a Hero?
Final Scoring
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- Do Olwyn's doubles count as a rank in the column where they are placed?
- Do Olwyn's doubles count as Heroes for Svalinn's points per Hero?
- Can Odin return one of Olwyn's doubles?
- Where do used Royal Offering and +X coin cards go?
- When can I assign a Mercenary card to my army?
- When are the Camp cards refilled?
- In a 2-player game, does the tavern winner who takes a Camp card also discard a Tavern card?
- When is the leftover tavern card discarded after someone takes a Camp card?
- When do I gain the Hero from Gjallarhorn?
- What are the class tokens for?