Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure
143 questions players ask about Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-06.
Setup
- Do Arrive effects on the starting Dungeon Row cards happen during setup?
- Can a Dragon Attack happen during setup or before the first player enters the dungeon?
- How many Minor Secrets go on each Minor Secret space at setup?
- How does setup change with 2 or 3 players?
- Who goes first, and how much Clank does each player start with?
- Where do Secret tokens go at setup: on the board or in a pool?
- Is the Gold supply limited, and what if it runs out?
- Can the Mercenary, Explore and Secret Tome stacks run out?
- How many copies of a promo card go into the Dungeon Deck?
- Can you play base Clank! with five or six players by combining two copies?
Playing Cards and Resources
- Do I have to play every card in my hand each turn?
- Do I have to spend all the Boots, Skill and Swords my cards give me?
- Is a card's text mandatory, or can I skip effects I do not like?
- Do I have to carry out a card's text right away when I play it?
- Does a -Clank card cancel Clank I add later in the same turn?
- If I play -2 Clank and then +2 Clank, what is my Clank for the turn?
- Can I choose a 'remove 2 Clank' option when I have no Clank to remove?
- Does Swagger count Clank I made even if a -Clank card cancelled it?
- Does Swagger count Clank from a Gem I buy or from a monster's Clank?
- If I trash a card after playing it, do I keep its Skill, Boots and Clank?
Deck, Draw and Trash
- If my deck runs out mid-turn, are the cards I already played shuffled back in?
- When a card says 'draw a card', do I draw from my own deck or the Dungeon Deck?
- When do I draw my next five cards?
- Is there a hand limit in Clank!?
- What is the difference between trashing and discarding a card?
- Can I trash a card from my discard pile that I put there on an earlier turn?
- Is the Magic Spring trash effect mandatory, and what can I trash?
- Which Secret tokens can I keep for a later turn?
- Where do the three cards from Flash of Brilliance come from?
Movement, Tunnels and Teleport
- What happens when I enter a Crystal Cave?
- Can I teleport out of a Crystal Cave, and can I then use Boots?
- Do Flying Carpet or Dead Run let me keep spending Boots after a Crystal Cave?
- How does Teleport work, and can it ignore locks and one-way tunnels?
- Can I teleport out of the dungeon to the entrance for the Mastery token?
- Can I teleport back into the room I'm already in, such as with Door to Before?
- How does a tunnel with monster icons work, and can I take the damage on purpose?
- If I take tunnel damage and gain a Sword later, can I cancel that damage?
- What happens when I run out of cubes in my personal supply?
- How do footprint, arrow and wrap-around tunnels work?
Market, Tokens and Artifacts
- Can I buy more than one Market item per turn, including two of the same?
- Can I buy any Market item from any Market space?
- Do I pay Gold for the Minor Secrets and Artifact that sit on Market spaces?
- Can I buy at a Market space I'm passing through or starting my turn on?
- Which Crown do I take when I buy one, and what do Market items score?
- Do I have to take an Artifact the moment I enter its room, or can I take it later?
- How many tokens can I take when I enter a room?
- If a room has two Minor Secrets, can I look at both before choosing?
- Can I take more than one Monkey Idol in a turn, and can I take one later?
- Can I decline an Artifact, or swap the one I carry?
Clank, Dragon Attacks and the Dungeon Row
- How exactly does a Dragon Attack resolve?
- If several Dragon Attack symbols appear in one Dungeon Row refill, does the dragon attack more than once?
- When a refill shows both an Arrive card and a Dragon Attack, which resolves first?
- When is the Dungeon Row refilled?
- Does a Dragon Attack symbol already sitting in the Dungeon Row, or on a card I bought, cause an attack?
- How do Danger cards work, and do they apply to countdown attacks?
- Do the extra cubes on the Countdown Track apply to normal Dragon Attacks?
- If someone is on the Countdown Track and a refill also shows a Dragon, do both attacks happen?
- What happens if the Dragon Bag has no cubes during a Dragon Attack, and does the game end?
Leaving the Dungeon, Knockouts and Scoring
- When I leave the dungeon, can I still play cards, buy and fight that turn?
- If a card I buy on the turn I leave adds Clank, does the Clank go in the Clank Area?
- What happens to a player after they leave the dungeon or are knocked out?
- Who uses the Countdown Track, and what triggers it?
- If I'm knocked out during my turn, does my turn end?
- If I'm knocked out in the Depths, do I score even with an Artifact?
- What is the difference between the Depths and the Dungeon?
- When do I get the Mastery token?
- Can I go back in once I have left the dungeon?
- When does the game end, and what if all remaining players are knocked out?
Card Rulings
- How do companions like Rebel Scout draw when I have other companions?
- How many Swords and Boots does Mountain King give, and does the Crown add to them?
- How does Treasure Hunter's replace effect work, and where does the replaced card go?
- Does Search count gold gained earlier in the turn, or from Secrets?
- Does Dwarven Peddler count duplicates when scoring his 4-point bonus?
- Does the Archaeologist give more Skill for each Monkey Idol I own?
- If I don't spend Dead Run's Boots, do I still take its +2 Clank?
- Does Kobold Merchant give both its Gold and its Skill?
- Can I pick Mister Whiskers' -2 Clank option when I have no Clank in the area?
- Which cards count as Gems for Gem Collector?
Solo Mode and App
Clank!: Adventuring PartyExpansion
- How and when do React cards work?
- Where do the new Minor Secrets go, and how many can I take?
- Can I take two Artifacts from the same room with the new Backpack?
- What do I use when playing Adventuring Party with 4 or fewer players, or with Catacombs?
- Can I use Adventuring Party characters in the base game, or with other character packs?
- Does the Invisibility Cloak count as defeating tunnel monsters for Scavenge?
- What counts as a Find for D'allan's React cards?
- If I play Mister Whiskers, can I React to his own 4-cube Dragon Attack, and what about the Dragon Attack from refilling the row?
- Does the Hexavultus hydra change any rules?
- How do Monkeybot Prime's gears work?
Clank!: Sunken TreasuresExpansion
- Can Boomerang be discarded more than once for a single Deep Dive?
- Can I play Deep Dive with fewer than three cards in hand?
- Must I move toward air when I begin my turn in a flooded room, and what do flooded passages cost?
- Do I need the base game for Sunken Treasures, and which spaces are the market?
- Are the wave spaces part of the Depths, and what do the new Minor Secrets do?