Wondrous Creatures: Gargantuan Beasts

No. “Gain a Beast” is a Basic Action, and you can perform only one Basic Action per turn. To gain one, hatch 4 Eggs from your reserve, then take a Beast from the pool and place it dormant-side up; each player can have only 1 Beast, and the pool is not refilled (p. 6).

No. The Tracker advances by 1 when you play a Creature Card with a species icon matching your Beast; gaining matching Eggs does not advance it, and multiple matching icons on one card still count as only 1 advance. Some Creature Card abilities can also advance it (pp. 7–8).

No. You may take the Achievement Marker Reward, gain 2 VP, or advance your Beast Tracker by 2 spaces instead of taking the marker reward (p. 7).

The Beast awakens as soon as its Tracker reaches the final space; flip the card to its awakened side, and you can then use its ability. After awakening, the Tracker cannot advance further (p. 9).

Beasts are not Creature Cards and do not count when a rule asks you to count Creature Cards; their Energy also cannot be restored. However, an awakened Beast’s species icons count for Achievements and other effects that tally species, and its specific end-game scoring effect is calculated at the end (pp. 9–11).