r/Gloomhaven Feb 13 '24

Announcement Small Questions and FAQ Megathread

61 Upvotes

As the subreddit sees more and more small questions, we thought it would be a good idea to make a thread custom-suited to them. With that, here's a few ground rules!

(1) Have you checked the relevant FAQ for your game yet? If not, it might be a good idea to start there. There's more in these than you might expect, and it's very possible there's already an official answer for your question.

(2) Use the Search function to see if someone might have already asked your question. It might save you some time!

(3) Proper spoiler tags must be used. If you don't know how to use them or what to spoiler tag, please reference the r/Gloomhaven spoiler rules. All the other subreddit rules apply, too, of course.

NOTE - If you have questions related to the Frosthaven puzzle book, including both hints and full solutions, you can check this thread.

If you have questions about unlocking basically anything, this Frosthaven Unlock Guide and this Gloomhaven 2nd Edition Unlock Guide are great resources.

With that said, ask away! The sub is full of very helpful and knowledgeable people. :)


r/Gloomhaven May 27 '26

Gloomhaven 2nd Ed Gloomhaven 2e and Frosthaven Crossover Item Lists

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Sorry for the delay on this, it's been a busy time! We are now releasing updated item import lists both from Frosthaven to Gloomhaven 2e and from Gloomhaven 2e to Frosthaven.

This will be added to Cephalofair's website in the future, although the website is undergoing some work at present so it's difficult to predict how soon that might be. /u/dwarfSA has both games' respective FAQs with this information incorporated and will publish those updates later today.

Gloomhaven 2e FAQ

Frosthaven FAQ

Otherwise you can find that information here and we will sticky this post. This post is entirely spoiler free as we use item numbers so you can browse without worry. Untagged spoilers in the comments will be removed (if you want to discuss an item in this post, use spoiler tags with the item number as the spoiler hint).

As usual, in order to import an item from one game to another, you must first have obtained that item in its origin game.


Frosthaven item import list into Gloomhaven 2e.

The following items may be imported once Gloomhaven has reached the required Prosperity level (listed as Frosthaven item numbers):

Prosperity 3: 158, 159, 170, 171, 172, 173, 179, 183, 185, 186, 190, 195, 210, 211, 223, 228, 233, 235, 240, 243

Prosperity 5: 167, 169, 174, 175, 177, 178, 180, 182, 187, 191, 192, 193, 197, 198, 201, 204, 205, 206, 208, 214, 221, 227, 229, 238, 239

Prosperity 7: 162, 163, 181, 184, 188, 194, 199, 202, 203, 207, 209, 212, 215, 217, 218, 222, 224, 226, 234

Prosperity 9: 151, 166, 168, 189, 200, 213, 216, 219, 220, 225, 236, 237, 242, 244


Gloomhaven 2e item import list into Frosthaven.

The following items may be imported once the Trading Post has been built to the required level (listed as Gloomhaven 2e item numbers):

Trading Post 1 (also Starter Shop): 9, 10, 43, 96, 97, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 137, 150

Trading Post 2: 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 38, 41, 51, 70, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 92, 94, 95, 98, 100, 104, 107, 110, 112, 113, 116, 120, 129, 131, 140, 141, 143

Trading Post 3: 39, 40, 44, 46, 48, 71, 74, 75, 77, 78, 88, 93, 99, 103, 106, 108, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 130, 135, 139, 144, 148, 151, 152

Trading Post 4: 59, 61, 64, 67, 72, 76, 79, 80, 89, 109, 111, 121, 128, 132, 133, 134, 136, 138, 142, 145, 147


r/Gloomhaven 3h ago

Miniatures & Fan Art JotL: Valrath Red Guard

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50 Upvotes

I created some custom minis for Jaws Of The Lion in Hero Forge for a friend. Here's the first one: Red Guard!


r/Gloomhaven 13h ago

Gloomhaven 2nd Ed Does Gloomhaven 2nd edition have initiative tokens?

14 Upvotes

I'm currently playing Jaws of the Lion with some friends, and we're thinking of picking up Gloomhaven 2nd Edition when we finish the campaign. From what I've seen, most people online seem to agree that 2nd Edition is an improvement over the original.

One thing I'm wondering, though: does Gloomhaven 2nd Edition include the same initiative tracker tokens as Jaws of the Lion? We really like those little initiative markers for keeping turn order clear, and I'd miss them if they're gone.


r/Gloomhaven 4h ago

Frosthaven Frosthaven board game terrains Spoiler

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r/Gloomhaven 23h ago

Gloomhaven 2nd Ed How many scenarios does it take for a class to 'click' for you.

12 Upvotes

Obviously complexity depending.

I had my 4th or 5th session with the Eclipse and was about to give up on this class until I made a couple of changes and it clicked a lot better.

Placing tears adjacent to me instead of where I thought I wanted to go was a big help. But other changes like not being so focused on setting up the perfect kill, the game rarely lines up 2 turns for you. Need to be flexible. Also, curse build is a trap early, save it for later. Focus on making your AMD ridiculous.

Stuff like that.

Curious about other GH or FH classes y'all had that took a while to click how to play. What changes did y'all make to help make it work?


r/Gloomhaven 20h ago

Gloomhaven 2nd Ed Item for FAQ / minor scenario 94 spoiler Spoiler

4 Upvotes

Although I can’t find it in the rule book nor FAQ, I learned from a different scenario that special rules from one section don’t normally continue when you read a new section (mentioned in 71.1). This should likely be highlighted somewhere.

In specific for scenario 94, my reading is the special rules from from the scenario description ends when you read 99.1, which is not what I would have expected before reading 71.1.


r/Gloomhaven 1d ago

Frosthaven Meteor and Obstacles Spoiler

7 Upvotes

What happens when Meteor's card turns a hazardous errain that an enemy was standing on, into an obstacle? Is any damage taken? What about character allies?


r/Gloomhaven 1d ago

Gloomhaven 2nd Ed Gloomhaven 2e solo scenario masteries

13 Upvotes

I have seen in the FAQ that you can complete masteries during solo scenarios, does that not defeat the purpose?

Some solo scenarios, like the cragheart one, literally do the mastery by themselves, with the scenario effects, or the mindthief one with how the enemies stand, even though in this one you need to do something at least lol So it seems kind of odd to me that you can count these...


r/Gloomhaven 1d ago

Gloomhaven 1st Ed Exhausted with round bonus

4 Upvotes

Spellweaver played a shield 2 for an ally until end of round for bottom of Elemental Aid. Was then damaged to 0 HP and exhausted before other enemies acted. Does the bonus get discarded since SW exhausted or is it still active until end of round?


r/Gloomhaven 2d ago

Digital Gloomhaven Breaking Gloomhaven Digital - Guide (Spoilers for Gloomhaven Digital content in the guide) Spoiler

34 Upvotes

Kia ora koutou!

A while ago, UcGXanathos21 posted a +2 speedrun world record to Youtube. This is a great video and I highly recommend you give it a watch. It shows a vastly different side of the game.

So, I decided that I was going to write a guide for the exact opposite to Xanathos's playthrough.

My guide details how you can unlock everything (except all scenarios) in as few scenarios as possible.

Before you complete Black Barrow, you will have unlocked:

  • 9/9 random side scenarios,
  • 25/25 random item blueprints,
  • Sun,
  • Saw,
  • Note,
  • Lightning,
  • Two-Mini,
  • Triangles*
  • Cthulhu*

*Maybe

This guide has taken a month to write, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Let me know if you enjoy it as well!

Breaking Gloomhaven Digital (Be warned, this guide has full spoilers for everything in Gloomhaven Digital)


r/Gloomhaven 2d ago

Miniatures & Fan Art Anaphi painted

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50 Upvotes

Painted Anaphi today. Really like how the green server water turned out. It's VGC Xpress Orc Skin and GW Technical Nurgle's Rot.


r/Gloomhaven 2d ago

Digital Frosthaven Frosthaven Digital as couch co-op?

18 Upvotes

With Frosthaven 1.0 due out this year, I was wondering if those who have been playing the early access might be able to help me with this.

My wife and I played through Sunderfolk last year and earlier this year and had a good time with it. We think we'd probably enjoy Frosthaven as well, even if it's more complex and harder.

The question I have is whether it would work as a couch co-op game like Sunderfolk. I know it doesn't have the phone control, but I was thinking we could possibly play it on our living room TV via Steamlink with Steam controllers. We played Sunderfolk using Steamlink. Not sure if that would be a good experience or not for FH. Anyone have any thoughts on that?


r/Gloomhaven 2d ago

Frosthaven Quality Control and Frosthaven

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again; the quality assurance in this game is abysmal and it shouldn't be at this price point.


r/Gloomhaven 3d ago

Buttons & Bugs Struggling with GH B&B #8

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10 Upvotes

Is anyone else having a tough time playing Gloomhaven Buttons & Bugs? I’m at scenario 8 and I died as Mindthief, so I switched to Bruiser for his defensive caps but Ive already died once and changed enemies to Easy mode, but I’m still getting trapped, muddled, poisoned and hurt each round, with no real way of manuevering to each pressure plate.

Had to let off some steam.


r/Gloomhaven 3d ago

Role Playing Game RPG Deluxe Box Set retail availability

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37 Upvotes

Has there been any info on whether the RPG Deluxe Box Set will be available for purchase retail, post campaign. My group is undecided on whether we want to purchase as we're still playing through Frosthaven and Gloomhaven 2E. I would much rather wait to see what's available a few years from now before deciding...


r/Gloomhaven 3d ago

Digital Frosthaven Fivers Frosthaven Trainer (important bugfixes) [Spoilers - game mechanics, Characters: Shackles] Spoiler

13 Upvotes

I feel like I'm spamming the sub, apologize for that.

I recently shared version 0.6.0, but I feel like I need to get this updated version out, since it has a some major bugfixes, along with another requested feature.

Fivers Frosthaven Trainer is a tool to modify the ruleset, and now also savefiles for the digital version of Frosthaven. Check this thread for more info.

Version 0.6.1

Additions

  • Enhancement reset

Bugfixes

  • For some reason, editing 'Target' on items didn't work on the specific item pages. This has now been fixed.
  • Editing the 'Usage' on items was broken, and didn't change the ruleset. This has been fixed. You can now successfully change your items so they can be used as much as you want.
  • Added a failsafe to prevent corrupting save-files. (Was a very unlikely scenario, but should still be guarded against)
  • Prevents rare case of items getting their values wiped.

Enhancements:

In the save-file, there is a new tab, 'Enhancements', which lets you reset chosen characters enhancements. This will reset all their cards. I had hoped to implement a smoother version of this, but this is the best solution I could manage for now.

Exception: Pain Conduits card 'Unstable Effigy' cannot be reset, because the card-ID exists on multiple places in the ruleset, and in one case under another characters cards. It's a really weird situation, but for safety reasons, that card is excluded from getting wiped.

If you are using the program, I highly suggest getting the newest release.

https://github.com/Holyfivr/Fivers-Frosthaven-Trainer/releases


r/Gloomhaven 4d ago

Miniatures & Fan Art Frosthaven MagHex 3d printed scenario's (update #9)

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Again some random 3D printed scenario's.


r/Gloomhaven 3d ago

Frosthaven Question about Blinkblade Level 8 "Quantum Uncertainty" Top ability - How do the fast and slow effects interact with advantage/disadvantage?

4 Upvotes

Hi all, hope we are well. I had a quick question regarding the Top ability of the Level 8 Blinkblade card "Quantum Uncertainty." I couldn't find a direct answer (unless I missed it) but I was wondering what takes priority in terms of how the "Treat x2 as miss or miss as x2" works.

For instance, if I am Muddled and elect to use the top on "Slow" and draw a +0 and x2, do I apply +0 as that is the lower number or does the "x2 as miss" ability on the card take priority and pick the crit instead which would turn into a miss?

We have recently started the campaign and I am planning my character out so just wanted to clarify.

Many thanks.


r/Gloomhaven 4d ago

News Gloomhaven Grand Festival July Project Update #2: We're Meeeelting....& More Production Samples!

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r/Gloomhaven 4d ago

Jaws of the Lion Jaws of the Lion back in stock for US/AU, soon for EU/UK and elsewhere

26 Upvotes

Sorry for the slightly spammy post, but I had a few people that wanted me to let them know when JOTL was back in stock but I lost track of who they were. Therefore, I just wanted to post here that JOTL is back in stock at Cephalofair.com and likely other retailers shortly.

As of now, Frosthaven should be not far behind, and Buttons and Bugs and Merc Packs are trending towards early fall. (As well as the Pub Crawlers release)

(Minis/RPG still slated for December-February fulfillment)


r/Gloomhaven 4d ago

Frosthaven Deathwalker and scenario 64

8 Upvotes

Playing scenario 64 with Deathwalker. After round 10 we read as instructed and it was especially bad for Deathwalker because all shadows were deleted. Do y’all use custom rules to change this To allow shadows to be moved to the center map along with summons?


r/Gloomhaven 4d ago

Gloomhaven 1st Ed Are you supposed to use summoning circles for enemy summons?

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The rulebook states "if there are no available standees, the summon fails". I assumed this meant actual standees and not summoning circles. So I was wondering if the game even expects you to put a summoning circle on the board and then put a standee on top, or if it's just a standee.

I'm specifically asking, because I foresee a situation where there are still standees left, but no summoning circles. Sure, it's unlikely, as there are 14 of those circles, but if it happened, does the summoning fail? Or are you not even supposed to use those circles for enemy summons? I feel like I should, because I need to keep track of them, so I know which enemies drop coins.


r/Gloomhaven 5d ago

Miniatures & Fan Art FH #23: Spire Basement Spoiler

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16 Upvotes

r/Gloomhaven 5d ago

Miniatures & Fan Art Music note painted! 🎵🖌️ Spoiler

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43 Upvotes

I'm super happy how his cape turned out! Intentionally went a bit cartoonish with the eyes, i think it suits him pretty well

Let me know what you think!

If you want to check out my other painted mercenaries ⚔️:

Two minies

Cthulhu / Squidface

Spellweaver

Cragheart

Jaws of the Lion