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For Under the Pyramids Prelude, see Under the Pyramids (Prelude).

The second card + board expansion for Eldritch Horror. Requires the core set to play.

[...] Jack’s torch illuminated a mural on the wall. It depicted Akenaten’s prayer to the sun and the arrival of the priest, Nephren-Ka. Look again, Jack. How many times had Jack stared blankly at a shard of pottery or weatherworn stone only to have his father’s voice gently urge him to see more? Jack looked again. That was not the sun. It was a swirling mass of chaos, and it was not sending a priest. It was resurrecting a king. Nephren-Ka was not just named after the legendary Dark Pharaoh; he was that same ancient horror. “Hanif! Get in here! This is an amazing—” Jack turned and abruptly came face to face with Hanif, now clad in a black robe and wearing an inverted ankh around his neck. “You were a brave man, Jack.” Hanif raised his khopesh to Jack’s throat. “Your father died bravely as well.”

Expansion Overview[]

UtP components

Under the Pyramids component overview

From the rulebook[]

The Under the Pyramids expansion leads investigators on an expedition beneath the pyramids of Giza to uncover the dark history of the Black Pharaoh, a cruel ruler of ancient Egypt who was stricken from all records.

It includes new investigators, Ancient Ones, Monsters, and encounters to be used with Eldritch Horror. It also introduces new mechanics including a new sideboard, Unique Assets, Impairment tokens, and an adventure Under the Pyramids.

Mechanics[]

This expansion introduces Impairment mechanics and uses Glamour spells, Unique Assets and Preludes. It also contains the 6 Museum Heist adventures.

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

Component list
Component Amount
Side Board Egypt
Rulebook 1
Investigator Sheets with Matching Tokens and Plastic Stands 8
Ancient One Sheets 2
America Encounter Cards 4
Europe Encounter Cards 4
Asia/Australia Encounter Cards 4
General Encounter Cards 4
Other World Encounter Cards 6
Expedition Encounter Cards 12 (9 backs for 9 locations)
Special Encounter Cards 40 (3 backs for 2 Ancient Ones)
Research Encounter Cards 48 (2 backs for 2 Ancient Ones)
Egypt Encounter Cards 16
Africa Encounter Cards 16
Mythos Cards 22 (8 yellow, 8 green, and 6 blue)
Mystery Cards 12 (2 backs for 2 Ancient Ones)
Adventure Cards 6 (1 back)
Artifact Cards 4
Asset Cards 16
Unique Asset Cards 35
Condition Cards 16
Spell Cards 24
Prelude Cards 6
Monster Tokens 12 (7 normal, 5 epic)
Impairment Tokens 20 (4 for each skill)
Health Health Tokens 12 (12 Health 1 Health)
Sanity Sanity Tokens 12 (12 Sanity 1 Sanity)
Clue Clue Tokens 6 (1 for each Pyramids location)
Gate Tokens 6 (1 for each Pyramids location)
Doom Adventure token 1
Active Expedition Token 1

Detailed Content[]

Ancient Ones[]

The expansion contains the 2 Ancient Ones below:

Abhoth[]

Abhoth has 6 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 24 Special Encounter cards (Spawn of Abhoth and Deep Caverns).

Abhoth
Mystery Type
Child of Abhoth Child of Abhoth Epic Monster
Exploring the Caverns Exploring the Caverns Special Encounter
Sealing the Caverns Sealing the Caverns Research Encounter
Spawn of Uncleanliness Spawn of Uncleanliness Eldritch Tokens
The Source of Filth and Disease The Source of Filth and Disease Research Encounter
Touched by Abhoth Touched by Abhoth Eldritch Tokens

Nephren-Ka[]

Nephren-Ka has 6 Mysteries listed here, 24 Research Encounter cards and 16 Special Encounter cards (Black Wind and Dark Pharaoh). It also uses the Pyramids Map Board with its 32 Encounter cards.

Nephren-Ka
Mystery Type
Exploring Egypt Exploring Egypt Eldritch Tokens
Haunter of the Dark Haunter of the Dark Epic Monster
Stricken from History Stricken from History Research Encounter
The Beast The Beast Epic Monster
The Black Wind The Black Wind Special Encounter
Worshipers of a Forsaken Pharaoh Worshipers of a Forsaken Pharaoh Miscellaneous

Investigators[]

This box contains the 8 Investigators below:

Artifacts[]

It contains the 4 Artifacts below:

Card Name Trait
Book of the Dead Book of the Dead Item — Relic Tome
Scales of Thoth Scales of Thoth Item — Magical Relic
Shining Trapezohedron Shining Trapezohedron Item — Magical
Twin Scepters Twin Scepters Item — Magical Relic

Spells[]

The box contains 24 Spell cards listed here. Each spell has 4 variants.

Card Name Trait
Alter Fate Front Alter Fate Glamour
Enchant Weapon Enchant Weapon Glamour
Enchanting Grace Enchanting Grace Glamour
Forced Learning Forced Learning Glamour
Shroud of Shadow Front Shroud of Shadow Glamour
Wrack Wrack Incantation

Assets[]

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

Card Name Trait Value
.32 Colt Pocket .32 Colt Pocket Item — Weapon 2
Ancient Tome Ancient Tome Item — Relic Tome 2
Ankh Ankh Item — Relic 3
Arcane Scroll Arcane Scroll Trinket — Tome 1
Book of Spells Book of Spells Item — Tome 3
Curiosity Shoppe Curiosity Shoppe Service 4
Enchanted Dagger Enchanted Dagger Item — Magical Weapon 1
Lucky Talisman Lucky Talisman Trinket — Relic 3
Magick Shoppe Magick Shoppe Service 2
Magnifying Glass Magnifying Glass Trinket 1
Psychoanalyst Psychoanalyst Ally 2
Ritual Candles Ritual Candles Trinket 1
Scribe's Journal Scribe's Journal Item — Tome 1
Sledgehammer Sledgehammer Item 2
Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter Ally 4
Ward Evil Ward Evil Service 2

Unique Assets[]

This expansion contains 35 Unique Assets, listed here:

Card Name Trait Count
Ancient Sword Ancient Sword Item — Magical Relic Weapon 1
Canopic Jar Canopic Jar Item — Magical Relic 3
Cryptic Text Cryptic Text Item — Tome 4
Cursed Tablet Cursed Tablet Item — Magical Relic 1
Enoch Bowen Enoch Bowen Ally — Character 1
Erich Weiss Erich Weiss Ally — Character 1
Fossilized Samples Fossilized Samples Item — Relic 3
Halpin Chalmers Halpin Chalmers Ally — Character 1
Invoke the Elements Invoke the Elements Task 3
Jeweled Scarab Jeweled Scarab Trinket — Magical Relic 1
Know Thy Enemy Know Thy Enemy Task 3
Mysterious Idol Mysterious Idol Item — Magical Relic 3
Ornate Scarab Ornate Scarab Trinket — Magical Relic 1
Pharaonic Mask Pharaonic Mask Item — Magical Relic 1
Purifying the World Purifying the World Task 3
Treasure Map Treasure Map Trinket 4
Wooden Puppet Wooden Puppet Ally — Magical Relic 1

Conditions[]

It contains 16 Conditions cards, listed here:

Card Name Traits Count
Amnesia Amnesia Madness 1
Back Injury Back Injury Injury 1
Blessed Blessed Boon 1
Cursed Cursed Bane 1
Despair Despair Madness 4
Diseased Diseased Illness 4
Haunted Haunted Bane 4

Monsters[]

The expansion contains 12 Monster tokens (7 normal, 5 epic).

Token Name Class Count
Abhoth (token) Abhoth Epic 1
Child of Abhoth (token) Child of Abhoth Epic 1
Cultist Cultist Normal 3
Crawling One Crawling One Normal 1
Fire Vampire Fire Vampire Normal 1
Haunter of the Dark (token) Haunter of the Dark Epic 1
Quachil Uttaus Quachil Uttaus Epic 1
Sand Dweller Sand Dweller Normal 1
Spawn of Sebak Spawn of Sebak Normal 1
The Beast (token) The Beast Epic 1

Preludes[]

The box contains 6 Prelude cards listed here.

Prelude Mechanic used
Call of Cthulhu Cthulhu
Drastic Measures Impairment
Epidemic Abhoth
Ghost from The Past Haunted Condition
Litany of Secrets Expedition Encounters
Under the Pyramids Nephren-Ka or Museum Heist adventures

Mythos[]

It also contains the 22 Mythos cards listed below:

Name Type Difficulty
Archaeological Breakthroughs Green Easy
Curse of Knowledge Yellow Medium
Did We Make It? Yellow Easy
Dream of Lands Beyond Blue Medium
Food for Worms Green Hard
Forgotten Knowledge Green Medium
Glimpse the Lurker Yellow Hard
Madness From the Sea Blue Hard
Milk of the All Mother Green Hard
Overabundance Yellow Medium
Shadow Beneath Chicago Blue Medium
The Contagion Blue Easy
The Messenger Green Hard
The Ones Left Behind Green Medium
The Ravages of Time Yellow Hard
The Ulama of Ibn Tulun Green Easy
Treader of the Dust Blue Hard
Unimaginable Horror Yellow Hard
Unknown Dangers Green Medium
Visions of Past Lives Yellow Easy
Voodoo Curse Blue Easy
Weight of Avarice Yellow Medium

Other[]

This expansion adds many other cards and tokens, but the most relevant additions are the following:

Gate Location Board Omen
Antarctica Main Board Blue Omen blue
Cairo Sideboard Green Omengreen
The Heart of Africa Main Board Red Omen red
The Himalayas Main Board Red Omen red
The Nile River Sideboard Blue Omen blue
The Sahara Desert Sideboard Red Omen red

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