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The first card-only expansion for Eldritch Horror. Requires the core set to play.

[...] Over a billion years ago, the elder things descended from space and built enormous cities. Hundreds of millions of years after that, the Great Race of Yith projected their minds into strange conical beings and used their advanced technology to catalog knowledge throughout time. The serpent people were once the undisputed rulers of the world, even using their mastery of science and sorcery to subjugate early humans. [...] Their stories are known to only a few. The knowledge of these species has been kept from humanity, and yet, within these lost stories lays the only hope for the survival of mankind. To protect this world from the imminent threat of the Ancient One, a few brave investigators must uncover this forsaken lore.

Expansion Overview[]

FL components

Forsaken Lore component overview

From the rulesheet[]

In the Forsaken Lore expansion, what the investigators previously thought they understood was all an illusion. Now the Ancient Ones have grown in power and stand ready to breach into our world.

This expansion includes a new Ancient One, Yig, as well as new Mystery cards for the existing Ancient Ones, hundreds of new stories to encounter, and new Artifacts, Assets, and Spells for investigators to wield against the Ancient Ones.

Mechanics[]

This expansion does not introduce any new mechanics and is the only one which does not contain any new investigators. Instead, it contains a lot of content tied to the base box, enhancing replayability with Encounter cards and upgrading the existing Ancient Ones.

Each card in this expansion is marked with the Forsaken Lore Forsaken Lore expansion icon at the bottom-left corner. Non-card components aren't marked with this icon.

Component list
Component Amount
Rulebook 1
Ancient One Sheets 1
America Encounter Cards 8
Europe Encounter Cards 8
Asia/Australia Encounter Cards 8
General Encounter Cards 4
Other World Encounter Cards 6
Expedition Encounter Cards 6 (6 backs for 6 Expedition spaces)
Special Encounter Cards 20 (3 backs for 3 Ancient Ones; 2 cards for Cthulhu, 10 for Yog-Sothoth, and 8 for Yig)
Research Encounter Cards 88 (5 backs for 5 Ancient Ones; 24 cards for Yig, 16 for Azathoth, Cthulhu, Shub-Niggurath and Yog-Sothoth each)
Mythos Cards 6 (2 yellow, 2 green, and 2 blue)
Mystery Cards 14 (5 backs for 5 Ancient Ones; 6 cards for Yig, 2 for Azathoth, Cthulhu, Shub-Niggurath and Yog-Sothoth each)
Artifact Cards 8
Asset Cards 16
Condition Cards 24
Spell Cards 28
Monster Tokens 8 (1 normal, 7 epic)
Health Health Tokens 4 (4 Health 1 Health)
Sanity Sanity Tokens 2 (2 Sanity 1 Sanity)

Detailed Content[]

Ancient Ones[]

The expansion contains 1 new Ancient One and add new cards for the Ancient Ones from the Core Game:

Yig[]

Yig has 6 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 8 Special Encounter cards (K'n-yan Unearthed).

Yig
Mystery Type
Crown of the Serpent Crown of the Serpent Item Requirement
Descendants of Yig Descendants of Yig Epic Monster
K'n-yan Unearthed K'n-yan Unearthed Special Encounter
Migration of Serpents Migration of Serpents Research Encounter
Rise of the Serpent People Rise of the Serpent People Eldritch Tokens
The Winged Serpent The Winged Serpent Epic Monster

Azathoth[]

Azathoth has 2 Mysteries listed here and 16 Research Encounter cards.

Azathoth
Mystery Type
The Green Flame The Green Flame Epic Monster
Voice of Azathoth Voice of Azathoth Item Requirement

Cthulhu[]

Cthulhu has 2 Mysteries listed here, 16 Research Encounter cards and 2 Special Encounter cards (R'lyeh Risen).

Cthulhu
Mystery Type
Queen of the Deep Ones Queen of the Deep Ones Epic Monster
Threatening Seas Threatening Seas Eldritch Tokens

Shub-Niggurath[]

Shub-Niggurath has 2 Mysteries listed here and 16 Research Encounter cards.

Shub-Niggurath
Mystery Type
Blasphemy of the Black Goat Blasphemy of the Black Goat Epic Monster
Hour of the Moon Lens Hour of the Moon Lens Eldritch Tokens

Yog-Sothoth[]

Yog-Sothoth has 2 Mysteries listed here, 16 Research Encounter cards and 10 Special Encounter cards (The Key and the Gate Final Mystery and Void Between Worlds).

Yog-Sothoth
Mystery Type
The Stone Circles The Stone Circles Eldritch Tokens
Void Between Worlds Void Between Worlds Special Encounter

Artifacts[]

It contains the 8 Artifacts below:

Card Name Trait
Cursed Sphere Cursed Sphere Item — Magical
Elixir of Life Elixir of Life Item — Elixir
Milk of Shub-Niggurath Milk of Shub-Niggurath Item — Elixir
Massa di Requiem per Shuggay Massa di Requiem per Shuggay Item — Tome
Satchel of the Void Satchel of the Void Item — Magical
Serpent Crown Serpent Crown Item — Magical
Sword of Y'ha-Talla Sword of Y'ha-Talla Item — Magical Weapon
Zanthu Tablets Zanthu Tablets Item — Tome

Spells[]

The box contains 28 Spell cards listed here. Each new spell has 4 variants, but it adds also 2 variants more for the core game spells.

Card Name Trait Count
Blessing of Isis Blessing of Isis Ritual 2
Clairvoyance Clairvoyance Incantation 2
Conjuration Conjuration Ritual 2
Feed the Mind Front Feed the Mind Ritual 2
Flesh Ward Flesh Ward Incantation 2
Healing Words Healing Words Incantation 4
Instill Bravery Instill Bravery Incantation 2
Mists of Releh Front Mists of Releh Incantation 2
Plumb the Void Front Plumb the Void Ritual 2
Poison Mist Front Poison Mist Ritual 4
Shriveling Shriveling Ritual 2
Wither Wither Incantation 2

Assets[]

It contains its 16 Asset cards, as we see here:

Card Name Trait Value
.45 Colt Revolver .45 Colt Revolver Item — Weapon 1
Appeal to the Council Appeal to the Council Service 1
Bodyguard Bodyguard Ally 2
Conspiracy Theorist Conspiracy Theorist Ally 3
Elder Sign Elder Sign Trinket — Magical 2
Enchanted Blade Enchanted Blade Item — Magical Weapon 3
Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit Item 1
Intelligence Report Intelligence Report Service 3
Lantern Lantern Item 1
Lucky Ring Lucky Ring Trinket 3
Mystic Bounty Hunter Mystic Bounty Hunter Ally 2
Police Assistance Police Assistance Service 1
Police Ledger Police Ledger Item 1
Research Student Research Student Ally 1
Syndicate Agent Syndicate Agent Ally 2
Tear Gas Tear Gas Item — Weapon 1

Conditions[]

It contains 24 Conditions cards, listed here:

Card Name Traits Count
Amnesia Amnesia Madness 1
Back Injury Back Injury Injury 1
Blessed Blessed Boon 3
Cursed Cursed Bane 3
Dark Pact Dark Pact Deal 1
Debt Debt Deal — Common 2
Detained Detained Restriction 1
Hallucinations Hallucinations Madness 1
Internal Injury Internal Injury Injury 1
Leg Injury Leg Injury Injury 1
Lost in Time and Space Lost in Time and Space Restriction 4
Paranoia Paranoia Madness 1
Poisoned Poisoned Illness 4

Monsters[]

The expansion contains 8 Monster tokens (1 normal, 7 epic).

Token Name Class Count
Children of Yig Children of Yig Epic 1
Cultist Cultist Normal 1
Doppelganger Doppelganger Epic 1
Hydra Hydra Epic 1
Tulzscha Tulzscha Epic 1
Winged Serpent Winged Serpent Epic 1
Yeb Yeb Epic 1
Yig (token) Yig Epic 1

Mythos[]

It also contains the 6 Mythos cards listed below:

Name Type Difficulty
Drawn to Our World Blue Medium
Driven to Madness Yellow Medium
Evil Never Sleeps Green Hard
Tainted Rations Green Medium
The White Ship Blue Hard
Wanderlust Yellow Hard

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