Quick guide : solutions to all the tarot card riddles

A concise guide to each enigma linked to a tarot card, a quick explanation if you want to solve the mystery yourself, and the right solution in spoilers. This guide also lists the rewards for solving each of these puzzles.

Guide's Introduction

There are a number of very complete and thoughtful guides to Strange Horticulture. However, as I played, I regretted spending a lot of time looking for the solution to one or two tarot riddles in very detailed and comprehensive guides.

I've created this guide to make it easier for me to play in the future, and I hope you'll find it useful too. I'll put the explanation first and then the solution, hidden, so that you can look for yourself with the explanation if you wish.

I hope you enjoy this game as much as I did !

Day 2

Text on card	Row H ; the third river.
Explanation	Find the third river square on the H line, starting from the left of the map.
Solution	H11
Rewards	Gilded Dendra

Day 3

Text on card	North of Hawkshead ; East of Lowick ; West of Rusland ; South of Crinkle Crags.
Explanation	By drawing an imaginary line at each point and excluding the squares behind this line, you will be left with just one square to click on.
Solution	E17
Rewards	Candlewood & Thum

Day 4

Text on card	None ; it is a map fragment.
Explanation	You have to superimpose the tarot card on the map, looking for their correspondences to find mark X.
Solution	N6
Rewards	Twilight Lepiota & Aguria

Day 5

Text on card	She lives alone in the castle northwest of the abbey. She buried her husband three miles to the east where the Everheart grows.
Explanation	We know from the bottom left-hand corner of the map that the side of a square on the map equals one mile. Start by finding a castle close to an abbey on the map.
Solution	B4
Rewards	Royal Gentia

Day 6

Text on card	The Old Man of Coniston looks across the lake with blind eyes. His mind wanders with the current, floating gently southwards to the fork.
Explanation	Names beginning with a capital letter indicate places. Start by looking for The Old Man and Coniston. The fork indicates a pattern on the map.
Solution	O17
Rewards	Solomon's Sceptre & Bella Nox

Day 7

Text on card	Five miles south of the tallest but one, it grows in peace in the midday sun.
Explanation	‘The tallest but one’ means that you have to start by finding the second highest mountain on the map. The text after the comma is not relevant to solving the riddle.
Solution	i14
Rewards	Red Abony

Day 8

Text on card	Lowick to Illgill Head ; Foxfield to Crinkle Crags.
Explanation	Draw two imaginary lines between the destinations mentioned. Where the lines meet is where you'll find the square you want to visit.
Solution	i13
Rewards	Long Verecund & Prittle

Day 9

Text on card	In Tebay a ; Noble ; Elder ; Stood ; Silently ; Watching ; Starry ; Skies.
Explanation	This text forms an acrostic. This means that the solution to the riddle is hidden in the first letter of each word - from the second line onwards.
Solution	F31
Rewards	Cauldery & Palliance

Day 10

Text on card	Apparently none.
Explanation	By using Red Abony on the Looking Glass, you get it working. Use the functional Looking Glass by placing it on top of the card and you'll see a text telling you the solution.
Solution	K11
Rewards	Embersoul

Day 11

Text on card	902 ; Mark X ; 803.
Explanation	The numbers on the map correspond to the height of the mountains shown. Superimpose the card on the map by placing the small triangles of the appropriate mountains in the hollows, and click on the square matching the X mark.
Solution	E16
Rewards	Sour Bandy

Day 12

Text on card	The first letter of the Latin name of a plant known as Goldenlight. The number of petals on a lucky Caballia flower.
Explanation	Get your Book of Plants out and find the two relevant entries : the answer is there.
Solution	L7
Rewards	Trimblehuff & Evulum

Day 13

Text on card	Endmoor ; Raven ; Spider.
Explanation	This riddle can be solved with Bryer's Disc. Start by placing it on Endmoor, then on the square you find, following the correct drawing. From this square, use Bryer's Disc again to find the solution.
Solution	H25
Rewards	Sheepsnap & Burdum

Day 14

Text on card	Eight miles to the east. There is also a drawing of a tree with symbols on it.
Explanation	The drawing on the card corresponds to the one on the coin obtained earlier, which shows the name of a town. Start there.
Solution	E11
Rewards	Poliscus & Demmel

Day 15

Text on card	Decay gives way to new growth. From death ; life. Then, in mirror image, is written : The cycle starts again. West of White Scar, by the river.
Explanation	Once you've read the second part of the text, the solution is obvious.
Solution	P29
Rewards	Devil's Nightcap

Day 16

Text on card	To the east of the castle, accross th river and through the mountain pass, it grows at the edge of the wood.
Explanation	Simply follow the route described. The castle depicted on the card is the one furthest to the east.
Solution	K31
Rewards	Swiftsnare

Epilogue

This one is a bit special : you don't get it in all the possible endings of the game, and it's not associated with a draw of cards.

Text on card	None. Just marks.
Explanation	By superimposing this card on your map, find the place where the dots (a circle at the top, a triangle in the middle and two circles at the bottom) correspond to symbols of places on the map. Then click on the square corresponding to mark X.
Solution	N27
Rewards	Lisle of Neptune & Maybe another plant if you have not discovered it yet

Guide's Conclusion

I hope you found this guide useful ! Let me know if you spot a mistake or if something is unclear - English is not my mother tongue. If you think anything could be added to this guide, feel free to say it.

Have fun !

[Maopowaplouf]

@Jesscraft, I think you will find the answer in this guide (beware, spoilers !) : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2727297761

[Jesscraft]

I have a question, how do I follow or complete the wooden box?