My Little Scythe FAQ
119 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
Move
- Can a Seeker move one space, pick up resources there, and then move one more space in the same move?
- Must both Seekers do the same thing on a Move action?
- Can two of your own Seekers end a move on the same space?
- If one Seeker moves onto its sibling and takes resources, can the other Seeker carry those same resources later that turn?
- Do your two Seekers move at the same time, or can you hand resources from one to the other mid-move?
- Can you take the same Move action on two turns in a row?
Delivery
- Can two Seekers split a four-resource delivery to Castle Everfree in one turn?
- Can one Seeker reach Castle Everfree empty-handed, with the other Seeker joining it by Wings of Friendship while carrying the four resources?
- Can a Supply Catapult, or a resource catapulted in, complete a delivery at Castle Everfree?
- Can one Seeker walk into Castle Everfree empty-handed so the other Seeker completes the delivery in the same turn, without Wings of Friendship?
- If a Seeker carries five gems to Castle Everfree, what happens to the extra?
- Can each Seeker make its own delivery, one of gems and one of apples, in the same turn?
Portals
- After a move ends on a Portal, does the Seeker stay there until your next move?
- Can a Seeker carrying apples or gems move from one Portal to another?
- Can a Seeker carrying apples or gems step onto a Portal and warp to another Portal in the same turn?
- Can a Seeker pass through a Portal space and keep moving in one move?
- Does Portal Express let a Seeker that carries resources make its free Portal jump?
- Can Portal Express chain several Portal jumps in one move?
- Can Seekers that end a Move on Portals next to Castle Everfree deliver in the same turn?
Power-ups
- With Wicked Wagon, can a Seeker pick up apples or gems partway through its move?
- What does the red line on the Wicked Wagon card mean?
- Does a Seeker moved by Wings of Friendship bring the apples and gems it carries?
- Can a Seeker that already gathered resources this turn use Wings of Friendship to join its sibling?
- Does a Seeker moved by the Mechanical Frog carry its resources, including when it lands on a space with two or more resources?
- Does the Mechanical Frog or Adventure Balloon teleport end your whole Move action, or can you keep moving afterward?
- Are power-up abilities mandatory, such as the Adventure Balloon's teleport?
Pie Fight
- Can a Seeker move through a space occupied by an opponent's Seeker?
- If your Seeker loses a pie fight while carrying apples or gems, what happens to them?
- Can you start a pie fight with zero Friendship?
- Can you start a pie fight when you have no pies and no magic spell cards?
- Who wins a pie fight when the totals are tied?
- How many magic spell cards can one pie fight use, and do a card's pies count toward the 10-pie limit?
- Do you spend the pies printed on a magic spell card in a pie fight?
- Is it open information whether a player has attached a spell card to a pie fight?
- What does Dark Magic's Embrace option move, and where can the resources go?
- Does Pie Cannon's +2 pies apply to every pie fight, including fights where your Seeker is attacked?
- How much Friendship does an attacker need to earn the Pie Fight Victory trophy?
- If two opposing Seekers share a space, is it one pie fight, and how much Friendship does it cost?
- Can you start a pie fight on purpose, with zero pies, so that your Seeker loses and returns to base camp?
Base Camps
- Can you rejuvenate more than once in a turn if your Seekers return to base camp separately?
- Do you rejuvenate if a Seeker is already at base camp and does not move?
- What counts as a turn for the once-per-turn Base Camp rejuvenation?
- Can Treasure Map move a Seeker onto its sibling at base camp, and does that rejuvenate you?
- If you make two deliveries in one turn, do you get a trophy and a return reward for each?
Quests
- Can a quest make you lose more Friendship than you have, or gain pies past the track's 10?
- Can you save a quest card you picked up and complete it later?
- When a quest makes you pay apples or gems to another player, where do they come from?
- Can quest or spell effects that move apples or gems take them from other players' spaces, or from resources a Seeker is carrying?
- After a move that ends in a pie fight and on a quest token, which resolves first?
- Can you pay a quest's cost using resources from both of your Seekers?
- When a quest says to place apples or gems on another player's space, do they come from the supply or from your own?
- Does any quest card bring apples or gems in from outside the supply?
- What counts as an occupied space for Trick or Treat's option to place three apples or gems?
- On Trick or Treat, when the chosen player gives you two apples or gems, can they mix the types?
- On Trick or Treat, if the chosen player has fewer than two apples or gems, do you still complete the quest?
- On Apple Party, if the target player has no pies, can you still gain two pies?
- If you pass on a quest's options, is the quest token left on the board?
- Does a quest token stop a Seeker's movement when the Seeker passes over it?
- Can a Seeker decline a quest when it lands on a quest space?
- When a quest says to pay apples to a character, who receives them?
- When a quest says to place 2 gems on a space occupied by another player, must both gems go on the same space?
Seek
- If one token type runs out in the supply, can you still Seek to place the others?
- Must you roll every die shown on the Seek action, including the quest die?
- Where can a quest token go when a Seek roll places one?
- Can you place apples or gems on another player's Seeker through Seek to gain Friendship, and can they refuse?
Make
- Does a Make cost of 'any 2' let you mix token types?
- Does Sneaky Merchants take pies from one other player or several?
- Can you take a Make action more than once in a turn, or take Make actions with both Seekers?
- Can you replace a Power Up you dislike by buying another upgrade for the same section?
- Can the resources for one Make action come from two different occupied spaces?
Trophies
- How many trophies can you earn in one turn, and what if you qualify for two?
- Can you wait to claim a trophy you already qualify for, so you can take a harder one later in the same turn?
- If a quest drops your Friendship below 3, can you still claim a trophy for a second quest?
- Can you claim the 8 Pies trophy during a pie fight, before spending the pies?
- Can you claim a trophy on another player's turn, and when?
- Can I claim a trophy on a later turn because I met a personality card's requirement on an earlier turn?
- Can a Pie Fight Victory trophy be claimed later if your Friendship rises to 3 after the fight?
- Can a threshold trophy, such as 8 Pies or 8 Friendship, be claimed on a later turn once its requirement is met?
How to Win
Automountie solo
- When an Automountie Seeker moves over or onto its sibling, does it take the sibling's resources?
- Will an Automountie still move if none of its movement paths gains any resources?
- When an Automountie moves off quest tokens it carries, or loses a pie fight while carrying them, are those quests resolved?
- Can an Automountie earn a trophy from winning a pie fight?
- Can the Automountie earn the Friendship trophy, or drop below 3 Friendship?
- Does an Automountie use quest tokens to score its token trophy?
- Does the Automountie ever give you quest tokens as payment?
- Can an Automountie's Seek placement put a quest token on a Seeker or on another quest token?
- If an Automountie card shows a quest token placed on an occupied space, is the token placed?
- Do both Automountie Seekers choose their paths before either one moves?
- If the first Automountie Seeker's pie fight drops its pies below 3, does the second Seeker still start its own fight?
- If two Automountie Seekers join one pie fight, how many Automountie cards are drawn?
- If an Automountie's pie fight calls for two magic spell cards, does it use both?
- In a pie fight with an Automountie Seeker, which Automountie card resolves it?
- Is the Automountie movement diagram oriented to the board or to the Automountie's base camp?
- Do Automountie Seekers gain tokens from each other, and does a sibling's tokens count toward a path's gain?
- If every route for an Automountie Seeker gains zero tokens, does it still attack a Seeker on its route?
- Do Automountie Seekers use portals when moving?
- In what order does the Automountie trade tokens for trophies?
- Can the Automountie choose a path on which it cannot move at all?
- How many trophies can the Automountie earn, and from what sources?
My Little Scythe: Pie in the SkyExpansion
- Does Air Transport let the airship move to a space without an apple or gem?
- Where do the apples and gems placed by the Boars and Muskoxen abilities come from?
- Does Pie in the Sky add new trophy criteria beyond the base game's?
- What is the gadget token from Pie in the Sky for?
- With the Food Truck upgrade, do you gain a pie for each Seeker you do not move on a Move action?
- How does the Unstable Portal work with teleporting and carried goods?
- Does the Copy Cat tile let you pay for and copy another player's whole Make action?
- Can you copy another player's Make action when their token is on it, and can you copy all their Make actions in one turn?
- Can the Hawk's airship ability take the 3 apples or gems from different spaces?
- Does an EMP Device dropped in a region stop players from using airship abilities there?
- Does the Automountie's Trophy Dropper let it teleport to the trophy space?
- Can you earn a fifth trophy in the Grand Finale with Pie in the Sky?
- Can you place apples or gems on the airship's space when you Seek?
- Can the airship move to a space that has no apples or gems?
- Can you move an airship ability token to a different region on a later Seek action?