The Mound Guide: Prowler, Saints & Expeditions

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Expedition field notes

In The Mound, the contract is the build

A jungle expedition is decided before the first threat appears. The Captain Contract sets the item slots, weather answer, Wagon role, and recovery margin that keep a four-person route from becoming a lost solo search.

Reserve the six slots

Carry the contract item and an emergency answer first; treasure is useful only if the crew can still return with it.

Make weather actionable

Choose a ranged option and Saint around the forecast and route, not around a universal blessing list.

Keep the Wagon alive

Ox-wagon storage, light, sanity shelter, and recovery are one route system; do not call it on ground the squad cannot defend.

Revisit signal: Open this Hub again when a Prowler, rain shift, sanity event, or contract objective changes the safe return plan.

Field visual reference

See the item, blessing, and threat before the route

These local entity assets connect the hub’s first decisions to the full item, Saint, and threat databases. Use the record for the answer; use the image to confirm what the crew is looking at.

Ammonia Salts item from The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu — **Recovery item**Keep Ammonia Salts accessible when a downed crewmate can still be recovered.

Saint Eulalia blessing from The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu — **Weather answer**Choose Saint Eulalia when rain would break the planned ranged route.

Prowler threat from The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu — **Regroup response**The Prowler is an isolation problem; reform the buddy route instead of chasing a normal kill.

Field lookup

Open the exact answer the crew needs

Use the expedition planner for contracts and loadouts. Use the field finder when the question names an item, Saint, threat, or storage system.

Prowler isolates a player

Regroup at the last shared landmark instead of chasing a normal kill.

Prowler response

Choose a Patron Saint

Match madness, rain, fatal-hit, or attrition coverage to the expected failure.

Compare Saints

Use Ammonia Salts

Keep the field-revival item accessible when a downed player needs recovery.

Revival answer

Protect Wagon storage

Move treasure out of personal slots without losing the light and return anchor.

Storage answer

Captain Contracts

The objective decides the loadout and return rule

Each run starts from the Tempestad galleon. Pick the contract first; then protect the six-slot inventory, weather coverage, Ox-wagon route, and recovery plan.

Six-slot baseline

Carry the route before the treasure

1
One firearm or ranged weapon that fits the weather.
2
Machete for a low-cost melee and firewood answer.
3
Powder only when the chosen firearm needs it.
4
Food for route sustain.
5
Keep two slots open for the contract item, treasure, or emergency equipment.

Ox-wagon

The Wagon is storage, light, sanity shelter, and recovery

Treasure

Move the haul out of personal slots and protect the carrier route.

Survivors

Carry living or downed crewmates back toward Priest recovery.

Sanity

Use its light and presence to slow the cost of darkness.

Horn risk

Call it only on ground the squad can defend because the noise attracts enemies.

Map order

Use forts and landmarks to extend the known route

The map is hand-built rather than procedurally generated. Story discoveries such as forts expand what the crew can identify and revisit.

1Landing Beaches
2Valdivian Forest
3Scarlet Flower Woods
4Abandoned Forts
5The Mound
6K'n-yan

Expedition preflight

Make the return route explicit before the jungle gets strange

The Mound is easier to recover when the crew agrees on the objective, the shared landmark, the first fallback, and the point where the Ox-wagon call is worth the noise.

Before leaving	Agree on	Abort signal	Open next
Contract intent	Treasure, cylinder, corruption, exploration, or descent.	The scouting run quietly becomes an all-in push.	Contract planner
Buddy pairs	Who verifies the other pair’s sight, sound, or route call.	A player cannot name the last shared landmark.	Threat responses
Six-slot loadout	One weather-safe ranged answer, recovery, and two flexible slots.	The contract item has no room or the return answer was dropped.	Item slots
Saint coverage	Rain, sanity, attrition, fatal hit, blade, or firearm pressure.	The blessing does not address the failure the run is showing.	Compare Saints
Ox-wagon call	Defensible ground, rear watch, and the fastest storage/recovery handoff.	The horn would strand the crew beside a new threat.	Storage route

Player questions

The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu FAQ

Answers reflect the current status and check date shown on this hub.

Can you play The Mound solo?

Yes. The publisher lists a single-player mode as well as co-op for up to four players.

How many players does The Mound support?

The game supports groups of up to four players.

What should a squad decide before an expedition?

Agree on the objective, buddy pairs, a short communication format, and a retreat trigger before leaving the galleon.

What should we do when players see different things?

Stop the push, describe the immediate cue without interpretation, and seek a second angle or second player before splitting the group.

How do you survive the Prowler in The Mound?

Treat the Prowler as an isolation punishment, not a normal kill target. Stop the push, return to the last shared landmark, restore contact, and reform the buddy pair before advancing again.