King of Tokyo: Dark Edition FAQ
37 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
How to Play
- How much Wickedness do you gain when you roll more than one three-of-a-kind?
- Do you earn Victory Points and Wickedness for rolling three 1s or three 2s, and do dice Victory Points apply outside Tokyo?
- How does the optional 2-player rule change Tokyo scoring?
- If Tokyo is empty, must you enter it, and can a monster leave Tokyo on its own?
- In a 5-6 player game, when Tokyo City and Tokyo Bay are both occupied, who can yield and in what order?
- Does the first player enter Tokyo on turn one, and can they attack?
- Do cards that check your roll, like 'if you roll three 1s', count an intermediate roll?
- How many Victory Points do you score for rolling six 3s, and do extra triples stack?
- Can a monster in Tokyo heal from effects other than dice, such as Full Regeneration or Eternal?
End of Game
Power Cards and Wickedness Tiles Clarifications
- Does We're Only Making It Stronger! trigger when you lose just 1 health?
- Can you buy Natural Selection while a 3 is showing on your dice?
- When does Natural Selection's 3 check happen relative to dice and card effects?
- Does Natural Selection's +4 Energy and +4 Health apply once, when you buy it?
- Does Camouflage reduce the health lost to Natural Selection?
- Does Fluxling copying Smoke Cloud get a fresh set of three Smoke tokens?
- Does Devious's extra roll let you reroll all of your dice, or just one die?
- Can you discard Hibernation without another card or effect, and can you do it after rolling?
- With Hibernation in play, can rolled numbers that don't match its faces still trigger other Power cards like Detritivore?
- Are Wickedness tiles discarded by an eliminated monster returned to the stack for later selection?
- Can a monster in Tokyo use a heart die to remove a Poison Spit token?
- If Armor Plating stops the loss that would smash a monster, does Poison Spit still apply to that monster?
- Is Energize (discard to gain 9 Energy, costing 8) misprinted?
- What happens with Zombify and It Has a Child when you die?
- Does Final Roar still trigger when Zombify keeps you from being eliminated?
- Does Underdog gain a point for each monster it smashes in one turn?
Editions and Expansions
- Are the existing King of Tokyo expansions and monster packs compatible with Dark Edition?
- Is there a Dark Edition version of Power Up, and does the original Power Up work with Dark Edition?
- Do monsters without Evolution cards still work if only some expansions are owned?
- Are the Dark Edition card lists the same as the standard King of Tokyo cards?
- Why are there two Evacuation Orders cards in the deck?