Botanicula Basics: Using the Five Friends and Finding Cards

Look for Mr Twig for distant objects and thin branches, Mr Feather for flying objects, Mrs Mushroom for small holes and bouncing games, Mr Poppyhead for a large body and bubbles, and Mr Lantern for hardness or light.

This is not an RPG where abilities stay equipped; choose a friend for each situation and watch the response. At holes and elsewhere, reactions from companions who do not succeed can also lead to cards.

Wait for a click's reaction to finish. Grab and pull threads, tongues, legs, or eyes; move balloons and bubbles to where they should burst.

Shadows, deer, and underwater groups require hovering the cursor over them. Even when no clickable point seems visible, move around the area and watch for reactions.

A card-acquisition animation differs from adding a bird, key, or element to your inventory. Even after a card appears, you may not have picked up the progression item dropped beside it.

Traded items disappear from inventory. Check changes at the recipient and the chapter goal together, rather than only the number you still hold.

Chapter 1's green bug and red-pod bug, and Chapter 4's stork after the vending machine, require leaving and returning to the screen.

The black storyteller appears in 3 places. Do not count conversations that update a card as the same thing as increasing the number of distinct cards.