Inscryption Map Symbols
These icons are the Act I and Kaycee’s Mod trail, which is rebuilt every run. A campfire can buff a card or eat it. The ring trial lets you through if you hold the ring, or if you draw Ouroboros or Ring Worm. Act II is a place you walk, not a row of these symbols.
Legend
Match the shape you can see on the route to the icon cue below. The table uses written descriptions rather than copied game artwork. Normal card-selection nodes, battles and bosses are different encounters even when their symbols all involve cards or skulls.
Trial of the Ring: carry the ring from the clock, or draw Ring Worm or Ouroboros. At a campfire, survivors can eat Ring Worm; if they do, they disappear from later campfires in that run. This interaction is described independently by ScreenRant and Inscryption Wiki.
| Node | Icon cue | What it does | Where | Decision / risk | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card battle | Skulls | A normal fight | Main path and Kaycee's Mod | Lose a life if defeated | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Totem card battle | Horned raven | A fight with a totem already built | Main path and Kaycee's Mod | Enemy tribe receives a totem sigil | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Prospector | Large boss portrait at map end | Boss node | Act I woodlands | Boss encounter; your board changes after phase one | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Angler | Large boss portrait at map end | Boss node | Act I | Boss encounter; consider the hook and bait buckets | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Trapper | Large boss portrait at map end | Boss node, then the trader | Act I snow line | Boss encounter; traps can remove attackers | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Build a totem | Bird / carved piece with knife | Woodcarver offers one piece | Act I and Kaycee's Mod | Choose a head or body; the other part is needed | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Buy pelts | Bear trap | Spend teeth on pelts | Act I | Spends teeth and adds pelts to the deck | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Trade pelts | Card-shaped mark with a question mark | Turn pelts in for cards | Act I | Trades away pelts for cards | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Boulder choice | Pickaxe and rock | Break one rock for a card or pelt | Act I | Choose one concealed reward | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Mycologists | Mushrooms | They fuse two cards | Act I | Fusing removes the two originals | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Card choice | Question mark | Choose one of the offered random cards | Act I | Choose one card from the offered set | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Deck trial | Cave opening with eyes | Test three drawn cards against a criterion; pass for a card | Act I / Kaycee’s Mod (not Leshy’s final boon trials) | A failed trial gives no new card | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Bone altar | X-shaped bone mark | Sacrifice a card for a bone boon | Act I | Removes the selected card | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Campfire | Fire | Survivors buff a card, or eat it | Act I | Further upgrades can cost the chosen card | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Gain a consumable | Backpack | An item node | Act I | A full inventory changes the reward | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Sigil transfer | Sacrifice-stone / horned altar mark | Destroy one card and move its transferable sigils to another | Act I / Kaycee’s Mod | The donor card is permanently removed from the run | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Steam guide) |
| Goobert painting | Canvas and paintbrush | Copy a chosen card, with possible altered stats or sigils | Kaycee’s Mod | The copy can differ from the original; keep both cards | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Steam guide) |
| Card by cost | Blood drops | Choose a cost category for a card | Act I; deathcards are story-mode progression | Adds a card to the current deck | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Card by tribe | Canine head / tribe emblem | Choose a tribe for a card | Act I; deathcards are story-mode progression | Adds a card to the current deck | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
| Deathcard choice | Skull above a card | Choose from offered deathcards | Act I; deathcards are story-mode progression | Adds a card to the current deck | 2 independent sources (Wiki + Prima / Steam guide) |
FAQ
What is the campfire icon?
The campfire upgrades a card, with a consumption risk when you push further. If survivors consume Ring Worm, they disappear from later campfires during that run.
Do these icons exist in Act II?
No. Act II is a pixel world map. Act III is the factory. This legend is the cabin trail.
Related
Sources
- Inscryption Wiki (Fandom): Map events — checked 2026-11-04
- Inscryption Wiki (Fandom): Leshy's Trials — checked 2026-11-04
- Inscryption Wiki (Fandom): Leshy's Cabin — checked 2026-11-04
- ScreenRant: Ring Worm and campfires — checked 2026-11-04
- Prima Games: Act I map symbols — checked 2026-11-04
- Steam community: map symbols and Kaycee’s Mod — checked 2026-11-04
- Inscryption Wiki: Goobert — checked 2026-11-04