Leaf It Alone Sakura Cards: All 8 Battle Card Locations

Where to Find Every Battle Card in the Sakura Park

The cherry blossom map from the free 1.1 update is a calm, satisfying cleanup, until you finish and realize you're one card short. The Leaf it Alone Sakura cards are eight squirrel battle cards stuck to railings, lamps, tree trunks and tunnels around the park. Grabbing all of them unlocks Gotta Find 'em All.

Check each spot while you're clearing that area anyway, so you don't have to backtrack later.

#	Area	Exact location	Tip
1	Garden	Right side of the stairs, attached to a vertical post of the wooden railing beside the steps	Walk the fence line up the steps
2	Temple	Inside the Temple, wedged into the wooden lattice railing near a corner	Look through the square openings in the lattice
3	Dog Run	Under the arched wooden agility tunnel	Crouch or drop your camera to see underneath
4	Open-air	At the base of the wooden stand, behind the first support beam on the right	Check low, at ground level
5	Playground	Under the wooden stairs, on the left side	Duck under the play structure steps
6	Lanterns	Tucked on the tree beside the wooden walkway railing, on your left as you enter	The card blends into the dark bark
7	Recreation	On the tall lamp post near the bench, tree and soccer field, against the glass panel	Look up, not down
8	Picnic	At the base of the big cherry tree trunk, among the pink petals	Sweep the petals away if you can't see it

The Cards Players Miss Most

Most cards sit at eye level or on the ground, which is exactly why two of them catch people out.

• Recreation (#7): You spend this area looking at the grass from a mini tractor, but this card is stuck on a lamp, inside the lit fixture. If you're missing one card after clearing the whole map, check the lamp posts first.
• Lanterns (#6): The card is on a dark tree trunk next to the walkway, and it's easy to walk right past. Look on your left when you come in and check the trunk closely, not the bridge railing.
• Dog Run (#3): The card sits under the low tunnel, on the left side of the arch. Look at it from the side, at a low angle, to see it.
• Temple (#2): The lattice has lots of small square gaps, so the card is easy to miss. Scan the railing slowly instead of running past.

A Card Route That Follows Sakura Progression

Collect each card as soon as you reach its area:

1. Temple. Indiana Brooms pops when the Temple opens. Grab card #2 from the lattice while you clean.
2. Lanterns. Pick up card #6 from the tree beside the walkway.
3. Playground and Garden. Get #5 under the Playground stairs and #1 at the Garden steps.
4. Park sweep. In the Park (Touch the Grass), check the Recreation lamp (#7) and the Picnic tree (#8). Do this before you start cleaning with the tractor.
5. Open-air and Dog Run. Take #4 from the wooden stand in Open-air, then #3 from under the tunnel once the Dog Run opens (Pawsome!).
6. Ancient Tree. Count your cards before you head to the Ancient Tree (Ancient Acorn).

If you take the cards in this order, you won't have to walk back across the whole park looking for the last one.

Other Sakura Collectibles to Grab on the Same Sweep

You'll be checking every corner for cards anyway, so tick off the map's other collectible achievements as you go:

Image: Steam / Eternity

Achievement	What you need	Where
Gotta Find 'em All	All 8 battle cards	Garden, Temple, Dog Run, Open-air, Playground, Lanterns, Recreation, Picnic
Bright Idea	Light all 12 hanging lanterns	6 in Statues, 4 in the Temple, 2 more elsewhere in the park. Clear the Lanterns area to unlock lighting
Bag to Basics	Dispose of the 12 pre-placed leaf bags	11 scattered around the Park, 1 in the Dog Run
Like a Monk	Complete the required Sakura objectives	Your journal's Sakura objective list; the final stage is opening the Ancient Tree area

Don't forget the Dog Run bag. It sits apart from the other 11, so it's easy to overlook for Bag to Basics.

Achievement Rules and Recent Sakura Fixes

Castle and Sakura arrived together in the free 1.1 update on October 30, 2026. Each map has 18 achievements, for 54 in total. You can earn achievements in Story Mode or in Custom Mode. Since Patch v1.1.7 (November 5), Custom Mode counts without Ranked Mode as long as you use the default parameters. That makes Custom Mode a quick way to replay Sakura for a missed card or lantern, because cutscenes are skipped and you can pick the map directly.

The same patch fixed two Sakura bugs that could get in your way while hunting cards. Leaves no longer reappear after loading a save, and terrain no longer disappears at high FOV settings. If either problem happened in your earlier sessions, update the game on Leaf it Alone's Steam page before you go hunting.

Castle Playing Cards at a Glance

The Castle map has its own set of eight playing cards for the Poker Hand achievement. Here are their locations:

• Shop: under the bottom shelf of the bookcase
• Fresco: behind the shield next to the squirrel statue
• Dinette: low on the stone wall by the exit, beside the open wooden gate
• Ruins: on the wall near the barrels, visible through the Dinette archway
• Terrace: on one of the stone merlons along the railing
• Love Garden: on one of the beams in the middle of the garden
• Leaf Garden: on a ledge of the right-hand stone column at the entrance
• Throne Room: at the base of the archway right on the threshold

Crouch around the Castle's lower walls and check high ledges. Several cards sit just outside your normal line of sight.

FAQ

How many cards are in the Sakura map?

There are eight battle cards. Collecting all of them unlocks Gotta Find 'em All.

Can I go back for a missed Sakura card after finishing the story?

Yes. In Story Mode you can pick a previously played map when you start a new session, and Custom Mode lets you choose Sakura directly. With default settings, Custom Mode still counts toward achievements.

Which Sakura card is hardest to find?

The Recreation card is easy to overlook. It's attached to a lamp post's glass panel, well above where you look while cleaning.