# Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate

Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate is a board game for 1–6 players. It plays in 90–180 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 9.1 out of 10 by 10 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $25.50 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–6 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 90–180 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 4.4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2023
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Expansion for Base-game, Mythology, Territory Building
- **Mechanics:** Solo / Solitaire Game, Cooperative Game, Automatic Resource Growth, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Area Majority / Influence, Set Collection, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Events, Action Retrieval, Variable Set-up, Modular Board, Simultaneous Action Selection
- **Ludoya rating:** 9.1 out of 10, from 10 reviews
- **Owned by:** 96 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 4
- **Unique players:** 12

**Designers:** R. Eric Reuss

**Artists:** Nolan Nasser, Katherine Guevara, SaRae Henderson, Agnieszka Dabrowiecka, Darrell Louder, David Markiwsky, Emily Hancock

**Publishers:** Greater Than Games, LLC

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 40.26 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/spirit-island-nature-incarnate |
| Cardhaus Games | 41.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/spirit-island-nature-incarnate/ |
| Rampi Games | 43.76 € | https://www.rampigames.com/juego-de-mesa/spirit-island-nature-incarnate/ |
| Mathom | 52.76 € | https://mathom.es/es/spirit-island/56223-spirit-island-nature-incarnate-8421005001649.html |
| Good Games | 76.59 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/spirit-island-nature-incarnate-preorder |
| Mono de Juegos | 50 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/spirit-island-nature-incarnate/ |
| Ludifolie | 53.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/21053-spirit-island-nature-incarnee.html |
| Goblin Trader Barcelona | 53.95 € | https://www.goblintrader.es/es/inicio/53769-spirit-island-nature-incarnate-castellano.html |
| Va de jocs | 54 € | https://vadejocs.es/producto/spirit-island-nature-incarnate |
| Gameology | 88.95 $ | https://www.gameology.com.au/products/spirit-island-nature-incarnate |
| Games Empire | 91.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/spirit-island-nature-incarnate |
| World of Board Games | 649 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/spirit-island-nature-incarnate-exp |
| Philibert | 57.95 € | https://philibertnet.com/fr/intrafin/139534-spirit-island-nature-incarnee-5425037741347.html |
| El Nucli | 59.95 € | https://www.elnucli.es/products/spirit-island-nature-incarnate-expansion |
| Curiosity Shop | 59.95 € | https://www.thecuriosityshop.es/products/spirit-island-nature-incarnate |
| Get Your Fun | 59.99 € | https://www.getyourfun.it/038145-spirit-island-nature-incarnate-giochi-gestionali.html |
| Svet deskovych her | 1485 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/14120/duchove-ostrova-ozivla-priroda |
| TLAMA games | 1489 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/duchove-ostrova--ozivla-priroda/ |
| Alphaspel | 699 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/179010-spirit-island-nature-incarnate |
| Game Ninja | 749 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/spirit-island-nature-incarnate-expansion-en/ |

## Rules questions

### “Does my Incarna count as Presence, and what happens if it leaves the island?”

While on the island, an Incarna may count as any or all of the pieces printed on it, including Presence; it remains only an Incarna while off the island. If it is counting as another piece, it still counts as only one piece, not multiple Presence. (Rulebook, pp. 8–9, 24)

### “Can I use an extra Spirit action in the middle of resolving another action?”

No. Extra Actions during the Spirit, Fast, or Growth Phase may be taken at any time in that phase, but cannot interrupt another Action; Fast/Growth extra Actions cannot interrupt a Power, and Spirit-Phase extra Actions cannot interrupt a Growth Action. (Rulebook, p. 10)

### “Do the Ravage, Build, and Explore steps still happen if there is no card in that space?”

Yes. The Ravage, Build, and Explore steps always occur, even when their corresponding Invader Board space has no Invader Card. An effect can change or skip an action within a step, but the step itself is not skipped. (Rulebook, pp. 17, 23)

### “When I upgrade or downgrade an Invader, do I add a new piece and remove the old one?”

No. Upgrade or downgrade replaces the Invader with the next-largest or next-smallest type, without adding anything; attached tokens and damage remain. Downgrading an Explorer removes it, while Cities generally cannot be upgraded unless an effect specifically allows it. (Rulebook, pp. 11, 22–23)

### “Can I change the element I chose for a flexible element space during the turn?”

No. A flexible element space lets you choose one of the shown Elements at any point during the turn, but you cannot change that choice until the next turn; the element is lost when the space is covered or when Time Passes. (Rulebook, pp. 10, 24)

### “Do I really start with an extra Blight on the Blight Card or Blight space?”

Yes. The Nature Incarnate errata changes setup so that the game starts with exactly 1 additional Blight on the Blight Card or Blight space. (Rulebook, pp. 6, 24)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/spirit-island-nature-incarnate)
- [Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/spirit-island-nature-incarnate)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/365137)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-23. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._