Cards & Components

2017 base-game expedition cards, with every expansion face and board component gap kept visible.

This guide covers the 2017 English edition. The current Ravensburger reprint has a different component set; confirm editions before combining add-ons. The BGG files page lists rulebooks and aids.

Boards

The official assembly sheet’s first-game layout is pictured below. The tile faces are reproduced individually from the Quest for El Dorado map-tile catalogue, which assigns letters to match the printed tile layouts. The catalogue artwork includes its letter markers; it is a readable reference image rather than a photograph of the physical cardboard.

Face	What it is	Rules
	Starting board section, side A; the board provides the first hex spaces for the route.	Setup
	Starting board section, side B; choose the side specified by the route.	Setup
	Modular map section C, with water, sand, rubble and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section D, with water, mountain and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section E, with rubble, mountain, sand, water and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section F, with rubble, mountain, sand, water and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section G, with sand, rubble, mountain and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section H, with water, sand and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section I, with water, mountain, sand, rubble and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section J, with water, mountain, sand, rubble and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section K, mostly jungle with a few water and sand spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section L, with water, mountain, sand, base camps and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section M, with water, mountain, sand, rubble and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Modular map section N, with water, sand and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Narrow route strip O, with water, mountain, sand, rubble and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Narrow route strip P, with water, rubble and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Narrow route strip Q, with water, sand, rubble and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Narrow route strip R, with mountain, sand, base camp and jungle spaces.	Setup, terrain movement
	Ending tile’s water side; it marks the final spaces before El Dorado.	Setup, Game End and Scoring
	Ending tile’s jungle side; use the face required by the selected route.	Setup, Game End and Scoring
To be added — market board	The marketplace board face.	Market
To be added — expedition board	Player board face.	Market

Cards

The 21 distinct base expedition-card faces below are pictures from the matching 2017 artwork in a public scanned component set. This includes all 18 market-card types plus the three starter-card faces. Repeated copies are listed in the setup rules rather than repeated here.

Face	What it does	Rules
	Power 2 for green, blue or yellow; purchase value 2 in any of those colours; cost 4.	Movement, buying
	Blue power 3; cost 2.	Movement
	Draw 2 cards; cost 4.	Discard and refill
	One-use item: draw 3 cards; cost 2.	Items
	Green power 1; 3 in each starting deck.	Movement
	One-use item: green power 6; cost 3.	Items
	Green, blue or yellow power 1; cost 2.	Movement
	Yellow power 3; cost 3.	Movement
	Yellow power 4; cost 5.	Movement
	Move to one adjacent space without its normal terrain/power requirement; cost 5.	Movement
	Yellow power 2; cost 2.	Movement
	Green power 5; cost 5.	Movement
	One-use item: choose green, blue or yellow power 4; cost 4.	Items
	Blue power 1; 1 in each starting deck.	Movement
	One-use item: draw 1, then optionally remove up to 1 card from your hand; cost 4.	Items
	Green power 2; cost 1.	Movement
	Green power 3; cost 3.	Movement
	One-use item: take a card from any market supply, including off-board supplies, and place it in your discard pile without paying; cost 4.	Buying cards
	One-use item: draw 2, then optionally remove up to 2 cards from your hand; cost 3.	Items
	Yellow power 1; 4 in each starting deck.	Movement
	Yellow power 4; cost 3.	Movement

Heroes & Hexes cards

The public scan provides 19 distinct card faces: four new expedition-card types (three copies of each in English), four familiars, ten hero faces usable in English (seven English and three language-neutral) and the shared Demon face. The rules identify 20 physical curse tokens, not cards, and show seven named curse groups, including three distinct Lethargy faces. All nine distinct token faces are pictured below from the expansion manual.

Face	What it does	Rules
	Power 3 in green, blue or yellow.	Heroes & Hexes
	Yellow power 6.	Heroes & Hexes
	Green or blue power 4.	Heroes & Hexes
	Take a cave token from the supply, then use one of your cave tokens without removing it.	Heroes & Hexes
	Move up to six adjacent spaces, including occupied spaces and empty mountains; ignore normal space requirements.	Heroes & Hexes
	Move to one adjacent space, including an occupied space or an empty mountain; ignore normal requirements and may pass a blockade.	Heroes & Hexes
	Move each opposing pawn to an adjacent unoccupied space, ignoring normal requirements; cannot use tunnels, pass blockades or collect cave tokens with these moves.	Heroes & Hexes
	Before moving with this card, remove any number of Demon cards from your hand.	Heroes & Hexes
	Move up to three times onto adjacent one-power spaces, including demon spaces; may pass a one-symbol blockade.	Heroes & Hexes
	Take a card from the market board without paying and put it face down on your draw pile; it is not a purchase and cannot come from beside the market board.	Heroes & Hexes
	Use a printed regular power, or the familiar’s special two-symbol value; special use removes it from the game.	Familiars
	Green power 2, or green power 4 as its one-use special ability; remove it from the game after the special use.	Familiars
	Green or blue power 1, or power 3 in one of those colors as its one-use special ability; remove it from the game after the special use.	Familiars
	Yellow power 1, or yellow power 3 as its one-use special ability; remove it from the game after the special use.	Familiars
	Green or blue power 3; cost 4.	New expedition cards
	Take a cave token from the supply; cost 3.	Caves
	Enter an adjacent demon space or an empty mountain without a cave token; cost 3.	New terrain
	Move up to twice to adjacent spaces as with Native, then draw a curse; cost 4.	Curses
	Demon cards have no useful effect and occupy hand space; they can still be spent on rubble or as half a coin.	Demons
	Cannot play cave tokens; lift it by returning an unused cave token to the box.	Curses
	Cannot play any card; lift it by discarding two cards.	Curses
	The player to your left moves your just-moved piece twice to adjacent unoccupied spaces, ignoring requirements; these moves cannot use tunnels, pass blockades or collect cave tokens.	Curses
	Each other player moves each of their pieces once to an adjacent unoccupied space, ignoring requirements; these moves cannot use tunnels, pass blockades or collect cave tokens.	Curses
	Cannot play purple cards; lift it by discarding any purple card without using its function.	Curses
	Immediately draw a Demon card and put it on your discard pile.	Curses
	Cannot use machete power until lifted by discarding the pictured combination, with at least the shown machete power.	Curses
	Cannot use paddle power until lifted by discarding the pictured combination, with at least the shown paddle power.	Curses
	Cannot use coin power until lifted by discarding the pictured combination, with at least the shown coin power.	Curses

Dragons, Treasures & Mysteries cards

The expansion has 12 cards across these four distinct faces (three copies of each). The rules and action-card effects are in the printed expansion manual.

Face	What it does	Rules
	Take an adjacent treasure without meeting its requirement, then move onto its space; remove the card after use. Cost 4.	Treasures
	Put a dragon on an empty space on its current terrain tile or strip; remove the card after use. Cost 2.	Dragons
	Move to an adjacent one-power space, even while hiding from a dragon; cost 3.	Dragons
	Move a dragon, then draw a card; cost 5.	Dragons

Dangers & Muisca cards

The Muisca cards have the same movement and purchase values shown on each face. They may be played normally or stored face up on your expedition board for use on a later turn.

Face	What it does	Rules
	Green power 4; cost 5.	Muisca
	Blue power 2; cost 3.	Muisca
	Power 1 in green, blue or yellow; cost 3.	Muisca
	Green power 3; cost 4.	Muisca
	Power 2 in green, blue or yellow; cost 5.	Muisca
	Yellow power 2; cost 3.	Muisca
	Yellow power 3; cost 4.	Muisca
	Blue power 3; cost 4.	Muisca

Promotional cards

These nine distinct promotional faces are from the public scan linked above. The printed effects are readable, but pack membership and edition compatibility are not established; follow the promo setup guidance before mixing them into a market.

Face	What it does	Rules
	Copy the effect of one card on the market board; cost 3.	Promo cards
	Move up to twice between adjacent green jungle spaces; cost 4.	Promo cards
	Move to an adjacent space with at least three symbols, occupied or empty; cost 3.	Promo cards
	Move to one adjacent mountain space, occupied or empty; cost 3.	Promo cards
	One per player’s starting deck; once per game, buy a card from above the market instead of the market board, then remove this card.	Letter of Recommendation pack
	Move up to twice between adjacent yellow village spaces; cost 2.	Promo cards
	One-use blue power 6; cost 2.	Promo cards
	Take one non-Telegram card from the market board into your hand; cost 3.	Promo cards
	Move up to four times between adjacent one-symbol spaces; cost 3.	Promo cards

Expansion cards: Heroes & Hexes has 4 English expedition-card types, 4 familiars, 10 hero faces usable in English (17 physical cards across languages), 15 Demon cards and 20 curse tokens represented by seven named rule groups, including three Lethargy symbol faces; Dangers & Muisca has 8 pictured Muisca faces; Dragons, Treasures & Mysteries has 12 cards across four faces; nine promotional card faces are pictured above. Unpictured expansion faces and their effects remain To be added on their relevant pages.

Tiles

Face	What it is	Rules
	Green machete requirement; blockade 1 is its printed tie-break number.	Blockades
	Yellow coin requirement; blockade 2 is its printed tie-break number.	Blockades
	Gray-card requirement; blockade 3 is its printed tie-break number.	Blockades
	Blue paddle requirement; blockade 4 is its printed tie-break number.	Blockades
	Green machete requirement; blockade 5 is its printed tie-break number.	Blockades
	Gray-card requirement; blockade 6 is its printed tie-break number.	Blockades
To be added — Heroes & Hexes terrain A face	Face A of expansion terrain tile 1.	Heroes & Hexes
To be added — Heroes & Hexes terrain B face	Face B of expansion terrain tile 1.	Heroes & Hexes
To be added — Heroes & Hexes terrain C face	Face A of expansion terrain tile 2.	Heroes & Hexes
To be added — Heroes & Hexes terrain D face	Face B of expansion terrain tile 2.	Heroes & Hexes
To be added — Heroes & Hexes terrain E face	Face A of expansion terrain tile 3.	Heroes & Hexes
To be added — Heroes & Hexes terrain F face	Face B of expansion terrain tile 3.	Heroes & Hexes
	Purple blockade 7; its three curse symbols resolve when removed.	Heroes & Hexes
	Purple blockade 8; its three curse symbols resolve when removed.	Heroes & Hexes
To be added — dangerous terrain strip	One strip of dangerous spaces.	Dangers & Muisca
	Swamp tile 1 face, upper-left in the source photo. Enter a swamp space only with a card whose power exactly matches its crocodile count, regardless of symbol color. Swamps. Image: Spellenbunker review photo.
	Swamp tile 2 face, right side in the source photo. Enter a swamp space only with a card whose power exactly matches its crocodile count, regardless of symbol color. Swamps. Image: Spellenbunker review photo.
	Swamp strip face, lower-left in the source photo; it adds swamp spaces along a route. Enter a swamp space only with a card whose power exactly matches its crocodile count, regardless of symbol color. Swamps. Image: Spellenbunker review photo.
To be added — mountain overlay 1 face	Mountain overlay face 1.	Mountains
To be added — mountain overlay 2 face	Mountain overlay face 2.	Mountains
To be added — river overlay 1 face	River overlay face 1.	Rivers, lakes and vortex
To be added — river overlay 2 face	River overlay face 2.	Rivers, lakes and vortex
To be added — river overlay 3 face	River overlay face 3.	Rivers, lakes and vortex
To be added — lake overlay 1 face	Lake overlay face 1.	Rivers, lakes and vortex
To be added — lake overlay 2 face	Lake overlay face 2.	Rivers, lakes and vortex
To be added — lake overlay 3 face	Lake overlay face 3.	Rivers, lakes and vortex
To be added — vortex overlay face	The water vortex overlay.	Rivers, lakes and vortex
To be added — shrine color 1 face	One of four shrine faces, each associated with a card color.	Shrines and artifacts
To be added — shrine color 2 face	One of four shrine faces, each associated with a card color.	Shrines and artifacts
To be added — shrine color 3 face	One of four shrine faces, each associated with a card color.	Shrines and artifacts
To be added — shrine color 4 face	One of four shrine faces, each associated with a card color.	Shrines and artifacts
	One of the six three-space temple boards; its spaces hold the guardian and gem shown.	Golden Temples crossover
	One of the six three-space temple boards; its spaces hold the guardian and gem shown.	Golden Temples crossover
	One of the six three-space temple boards; its spaces hold the guardian and gem shown.	Golden Temples crossover
	One of the six three-space temple boards; its spaces hold the guardian and gem shown.	Golden Temples crossover
	One of the six three-space temple boards; its spaces hold the guardian and gem shown.	Golden Temples crossover
	One of the six three-space temple boards; its spaces hold the guardian and gem shown.	Golden Temples crossover
	Green gem; collect it by stopping on a temple space after movement.	Golden Temples crossover
	Red gem; collect it by stopping on a temple space after movement.	Golden Temples crossover
	Blue gem; collect it by stopping on a temple space after movement.	Golden Temples crossover
	Common dragon-head reverse used while guardian powers are hidden.	Golden Temples crossover
	Each other player gains one gold coin; no player may hold more than three.	Golden Temples crossover
	Each other player may draw one card, reshuffling their discard pile first if needed.	Golden Temples crossover
	Each other player in turn order may remove a card from hand from the game; this is optional.	Golden Temples crossover
	The active player returns all of their gold coins to the supply.	Golden Temples crossover

Tokens & pieces

Face	What it is	Rules
	English Ravensburger expedition-board face; other player colors and the pawn/hat pieces are not pictured.	Setup and two-player game
To be added	Player pawns (two per colour) and starting-player hat.	Setup and two-player game
	Two tokens; spend as yellow power 1, or as 1 coin when buying a card.	Caves
	Three tokens; spend as yellow power 2, or as 2 coins when buying a card.	Caves
	Two tokens; spend as blue power 1.	Caves
	Three tokens; spend as blue power 2.	Caves
	Two tokens; spend as green power 1.	Caves
	Three tokens; spend as green power 2.	Caves
	Two tokens; spend as green power 3.	Caves
	Four tokens; draw one card and may play it this turn.	Caves
	Four tokens; remove any card from your hand from the game.	Caves
	Three tokens; set aside up to four hand cards, then draw that many.	Caves
	Two tokens; after using an item, put it in your discard pile instead of removing it from the game.	Caves
	Two tokens; move onto or past occupied spaces this turn; mountains remain off limits.	Caves
	Two tokens; move to any adjacent space ignoring its requirements, but not onto occupied spaces or mountains.	Caves
	Two tokens; change the symbol of the next card you play.	Caves
	Use a Demon Banisher to put a demon card from your hand on any player’s discard pile.	Heroes & Hexes
	When you draw a curse, you may spend this token to avoid that curse; return the token and curse to the box.	Heroes & Hexes
	Move onto an adjacent unoccupied demon space without drawing a curse, or an adjacent empty mountain with no cave tile.	Heroes & Hexes
	Buy a card from a pile that is not currently on the market board; leave the other cards in that pile where they are.	Heroes & Hexes
To be added — artifact color 1 face	Four matching artifact tokens; face needs a picture.	Dangers & Muisca
To be added — artifact color 2 face	Four matching artifact tokens; face needs a picture.	Dangers & Muisca
To be added — artifact color 3 face	Four matching artifact tokens; face needs a picture.	Dangers & Muisca
To be added — artifact color 4 face	Four matching artifact tokens; face needs a picture.	Dangers & Muisca
To be added — Muisca cave token face A	Three tokens copy an opponent’s displayed Muisca card.	Dangers & Muisca
To be added — Muisca cave token face B	Three tokens copy your own displayed Muisca card.	Dangers & Muisca
	Valley map face 1 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 2 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 3 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 4 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 5 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 6 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 7 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 8 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Valley map face 9 (editorial order); shows its printed terrain spaces.	Mysteries
	Common misty reverse shared by all nine valley tiles.	Mysteries
	Meet a blue strength 3 requirement.	Treasures
	Meet a blue strength 4 requirement.	Treasures
	Remove two blue cards from the game.	Treasures
	Meet a yellow strength 4 requirement.	Treasures
	The face shows four gray cards, but which cards meet this requirement is To be added.	Treasures
	Meet a green strength 4 requirement.	Treasures
	Remove three yellow cards from the game.	Treasures
	Remove three green cards from the game.	Treasures
	Meet a green strength 5 requirement.	Treasures
	Remove two purple cards from the game.	Treasures
	Meet a yellow strength 5 requirement.	Treasures
	Remove one green, one yellow and one blue card from the game.	Treasures
	Move to an adjacent space ignoring its requirement, but only when moving into, out of or within an awake dragon’s vicinity; not onto an occupied space or mountain. Three copies.	Dragon cave-token variant
	Move a dragon using its normal movement rule. Three copies.	Dragon cave-token variant
	Swap any two face-up treasure tokens along the route. Three copies.	Treasure cave-token variant
	When lifting a treasure, use this as strength 2 in one matching color; it cannot be used for ordinary movement. Three copies.	Treasure cave-token variant
	Move up to two adjacent spaces on valley tiles, ignoring requirements; not onto an occupied space or mountain. Three copies.	Mystery cave-token variant
	One dragon miniature, shown in turquoise; matching it to a printed rule color is not confirmed by the component photo.	Dragons
	One dragon miniature, shown in purple; matching it to a printed rule color is not confirmed by the component photo.	Dragons
	One dragon miniature, shown in orange; matching it to a printed rule color is not confirmed by the component photo.	Dragons
	One dragon miniature, shown in pale mint; matching it to a printed rule color is not confirmed by the component photo.	Dragons
To be added	Extra promo products and any faces beyond the nine pictured cards have not been inventoried by pack.	Promo cards

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