Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game FAQ
221 questions players ask · Updated Nov 13, 2026 · Full rulebook
Zombie Mode / Hero Mode
- Can you discard a Heroic Trait you just gained to trigger Doom's skill that gives Power for discarding a Trait?
- Does the Marvel Zombies core box let you play Hero Mode?
- In multi-floor missions, are spawn points on upper floors active before heroes reach that floor?
- Does Nightcrawler's BAMF let him jump to any Zone on the map containing a Zombie Hero, without line of sight?
- Does Nightcrawler's BAMF cost an action, and can he leave an enemy-occupied zone with it?
- Does Kingpin's once-per-turn free attack use up one of his actions?
- Does Kingpin gain XP when the zombie hero he activates eliminates enemies with the free attack?
- What is the star icon on a Bystander card, such as Okoye's ability?
- Can Kitty Pryde's Phase Out target herself as well as other Bystanders or Super Heroes in her zone?
- Must you use every step of Electro's Electric Travel, or can you use only the movement?
- Can a living hero recover health, and what options exist?
- When Mystique activates as an enemy and copies a Zombie Hero, does she gain that hero's spawn ability?
- In Hero Mode, do Ravenous rolls or maximum hunger affect Super Heroes?
- How does the Tactical Heroic Trait move enemies in the selected zone?
Setup
- Must spawn points sit on the board where the mission marks them, or can the tokens go off the board?
- Are the doors printed on the board open or closed when the game starts?
- Do you need extra setup for a mission with 5 or 6 Zombie Heroes?
- How many Zombie Heroes does a game use, and how do fewer players split them?
- Does XP or equipment carry over from one mission to the next?
- Do most missions start with enemies already on the board?
- Where do Bystander cards go at setup, and when are they revealed?
General
- Can Marvel Zombies be combined with Heroes' Resistance or X-Men Resistance?
- Can expansions from other Zombicide settings, such as 2nd Edition or the Batman packs, be used in Marvel Zombies?
- Can DCeased characters be used in Marvel Zombies, and which rules apply?
- Is the Heroes' Resistance zombie spawn deck the same as the X-Men Resistance spawn deck?
- How much Power does Emma Frost's Induce Pain need to kill a Brute?
- Can Emma Frost use Induce Pain more than once in a turn, and does it cost an action?
- Why does the Mystique zombie hero card have a bystander card back?
- How many character slots does playable Thanos take up?
- Can Rocket copy a Trait that another hero discarded, and does he take the card?
- When you defeat a Super Hero whose toughness was reduced, do you get the XP printed on the card or less?
The Basics
- Can Zombie Heroes heal Life, for example after devouring a target?
- How much XP do Zombie Heroes earn, and at what XP do they reach Yellow, Orange and Red?
- Do Zombie Hero skills, traits and abilities with range need line of sight?
- Can Taunt pull enemies through walls?
- Does line of sight or range trace diagonally?
- Do enemy hero and zombie hero abilities require line of sight?
- Does a skill gained mid-game apply to events that already happened this turn?
- Do skills unlocked at higher Danger Levels use up one of your actions, or are they free?
- If you reach a new Danger Level in the middle of your turn, do its skills apply that same turn?
- Does each Hero or Zombie Hero have only one ability?
- Can a player interrupt an Action with a Trait, skill or ability to gain Power mid-attack?
Enemies
- Can Ms. Marvel attack Zombie Heroes without line of sight, around corners?
- Does Lizard come back after being eliminated by a Devour Attack, as his card says?
- When Zombie Magneto moves into a Super Hero's zone without moving that hero, does the hero still take the 1 wound?
- Can Scarlet Witch be killed with melee attacks?
- Can Troopers Open Fire spread their damage across several Zombie Heroes in different zones?
- Does Trooper Sidearm roll one die for each Trooper or a single roll for the group?
- Is there a limit on how many Super Heroes can be on the board at once?
- How does Zombie Moon Knight's damage work at the start of a Player Phase?
- Where does Spider-Man spawn when he is drawn as a Super Hero spawn?
- When does Warmachine's ability to attack a Zombie Hero in line of sight take effect?
- Does a push have to go in a specific direction, and can it push Bystanders or enemies into your zone?
- What does Deadpool's Merc with a Half a Mouth skill do with enemies already in a zone with other Zombie Heroes?
- Does Taunt make a Super Hero with range 2 move into your zone instead of attacking from range?
Player Phase
- Does opening a preprinted building door cost an action, and when do the building's enemies spawn?
- If I open a door and a spawn card draws a Rush, does the Rush hit my hero immediately?
- Do enemies spawn in every room of a building when its door is opened, even behind closed interior doors?
- When a building spans several tiles, does opening one door spawn enemies in the whole building?
- Do you need to break a door to exit a building from the inside?
- Is an opening in a building wall a door that can be opened?
- Do you need door tokens for closed doors already printed on the map?
- Is there a fixed turn order for player activations in Marvel Zombies?
- Can you perform only part of a Trait's or Bystander's linked actions, such as moving without the Devour?
- Can you use a free skill or a Trait after your final action of the turn?
- Do Zombie Hero skills cost an action?
- Does a hero who ignores Enemies still stop when entering a zone with Zombies, as Wasp does?
- Does a free Move action let a hero leave a zone with enemies without the extra action cost?
- Can a Zombie Hero be unable to leave a zone because there are too many enemies?
- Must you use or discard Zombie Trait cards on the following turn even if you do not want to?
- Does gaining a Trait from a hero skill count against the once-per-turn Gain Trait limit?
- If you draw an Ambush Trait while already holding 2 Traits, must you resolve the Ambush?
Enemy Phase
- How many Specialists does Specialist Air Drop place, and when does it apply?
- Does each Multiple Man figure get its own Specialist when a Specialist Air Drop spawns?
- Does Doctor Strange act as a spawn point on the turn he enters play during the Enemy Phase?
- When are Bystanders revealed after a building is opened?
- When you open a building door, do all rooms connected to it spawn enemies and bystanders, or only the room you enter?
- When an enemy is taunted, does it attack, or only move toward the taunter?
- If Taunt makes an enemy already in range activate and move into your zone, does it attack instead?
- Is there a set order for enemy activations, or do the players choose?
- If a spawn card's extra activation or trooper shot has no effect because no enemy of that type is on the board, do you draw another spawn card?
- When do spawn points place enemies: only when a door first opens, or every round?
- Does an escorted bystander with no guard move or exit when left alone?
- Can enemies or bystanders open closed doors in Marvel Zombies?
- When would enemies be unable to move because their paths are blocked?
- Can Specialists and Super Heroes attack twice in one activation?
- Can all of an enemy's wounds go to one hero who can take them, such as one who ignores wounds from certain enemies?
- When spawning enemies, which spawn point do you start from, and in what direction do you go?
- If you run out of miniatures while spawning, how many extra activations does that type get?
- Does a Rush card of five or more enemies kill a Zombie Hero who moves onto a stair spawn zone?
- When a door opens and reveals a spawn zone, do the new enemies activate right away?
- When does Nova's Cosmic Awareness trigger on enemy spawns?
- When enemies spawn in a zone, do they count as entering that zone for abilities that trigger on enemies entering?
- When spawning two or three Sentinels, do you still draw a spawn card for each spawn zone?
- Do enemies attack automatically when they move into a zone with Zombie Heroes?
- In a mission with Silent Guardians, do Super Heroes activate as soon as their door opens?
- When do players lose after a Zombie Hero is eliminated: immediately or at the end of the round?
- Do enemies on a floor or area with no Zombie Heroes activate, and do enemies on another floor act?
- Does Human Torch's Pyrogenesis apply separately to each enemy that moves into his zone, with up to 3 Power spent on each?
- How often can Spider-Man's Web Shooters be used, and does one use stop an enemy's movement for the whole phase?
Combat
- Can Repulsor Blast push enemies in any direction, not only directly away from Iron Man?
- When Repulsor Blast pushes several enemies, do they all have to go into the same adjacent zone?
- Do you have to assign every hit you roll during an attack, including while Ravenous?
- Does a +1 modifier that turns a 5 into a 6 count as rolling a 6 for abilities like Wolverine's Berserker Rage?
- Can a melee attack choose its target in Marvel Zombies, or must it follow target priority?
- Is there friendly fire in Marvel Zombies, so that a ranged attack that misses can hit an ally in the same zone?
- Can you gain or spend Power in the middle of an Attack to add more dice to it, or use a before-attack skill twice?
- Can a Zombie Hero use Devour only while Ravenous?
- Do Brutes and Zombie Heroes add dice to Invisible Woman's Shockwave attack?
- Must Zombie Wolverine or Daredevil roll the extra dice from a hero's roll-on-6 ability when the hits already clear the zone?
- Does the Avengers Sign count as an attack action, and does rolling a 1 with it increase Hunger?
- Are Super Heroes ignored when throwing the Avengers Sign, and do Hunger bonus dice apply?
- Does Ms. Marvel need line of sight to make her attack, and can she attack around a corner?
- Do you get XP for a Super Hero you kill after its toughness was reduced?
- Can the same die be rerolled twice when a hero has two reroll abilities?
- Can you attack a zone that has no enemies in it?
- Can a +1 Range trait or Bystander let a melee character attack at range 1?
- Does Zombie Captain America's Ricochet still trigger if the Vibranium Shield attack makes him Ravenous?
- Does Nebula's Killing Strike replace her Electro Staff attack or come on top of it?
- Is there a limit on how many dice a Zombie Hero can roll in one attack?
- Can a Zombie Hero devour enemies other than Bystanders, including Super Heroes?
- How many hits does a Devour attack need to eliminate a Hero or a Guard, and can one Devour eliminate several enemies?
- Does a Devour attack follow target priority, and can it hit a bystander?
- Can you attack an enemy whose toughness is higher than your damage output, and do hits carry over to a later attack?
- Does Iron Man's Missile Wave push need a hit, and in which direction can enemies be pushed?
- Does Human Torch's Pyrogenesis have to follow Target Priority when hits are assigned?
- Does Zombie Nightcrawler's orange Surprise attack ignore target priority?
- Do you get XP for devouring heroes, guards, specialists, or troopers, not just Bystanders? How much XP is a Guard worth compared with a Super Hero?
- Does Scorpion's Tail Sweep attack ignore Super Heroes entirely, including their dice and hits?
- Can Scorpion's Blue skill still make a free Devour when Scorpion's Tail targets his own zone at zero range?
- Does an attack-based skill bonus, such as Thor's blue Toughness reduction, still apply to Devour while the Zombie Hero is Ravenous?
- If Hulk's rerolls and Scarlet Witch's forced reroll both apply, or Black Panther and Zombie Wanda overlap, which one goes first?
- Does Captain Marvel's Mighty Punches remove a Trooper or Specialist even if all of its attack dice miss?
- How many dice does Zombie Hulk roll with Thunderclap?
- Does Psylocke's Psychic Bolt use up one of her actions?
- Do bonuses that add Range to an attack apply to Melee attacks and to Devour?
- Can Zombie Captain America get two saves against the same wounds from different sources?
- How much range does Silver Surfer get from spending Power on Cosmic Ray?
- Does Zombie Gambit's blue skill deal hits equal to the die roll, or only 1 plus Hunger?
- Can you range attack through an unbroken window, or around a corner without line of sight?
- Can Colossus's Charge attack an empty zone, or must the zone it moves to contain enemies?
- Can a player pick up the Avengers Sign and carry it to another zone?
The Hunger
- Can a Ravenous Zombie Hero still use free effects and skills that are not Actions?
- After a successful Devour, does Hunger drop to 0 even if the attack rolled Hunger symbols?
- Does a +1 bonus, such as Opportunist's, stop a rolled Hunger symbol from raising Hunger?
- If a Devour wounds a Super Hero without eliminating it, does the Zombie Hero's Hunger reset?
- Can a Ravenous Zombie Hero play a Zombie Trait card?
- Can a Ravenous Zombie Hero gain a new Zombie Trait?
- Can a Zombie Hero use a trait, skill or card that increases Hunger when Hunger is already at maximum or the hero is Ravenous?
- Can Submit To Hunger be played while Hunger is already at 4?
- If a trait lets you increase Hunger by any amount, can you choose an increase of 0?
- Can a Zombie Hero increase Hunger by more than the room left before Ravenous, or raise it for movement without moving?
- When does a Zombie Hero's Hunger go up each round?
- When does Hunger from rolled Hunger symbols rise, before or after rerolls and the attack?
- If an effect makes a Zombie Hero Ravenous during an action, can that action still be completed?
- If a separate free action raises Hunger to 4 before a Zombie Hero attacks, can the hero still attack?
- How many dice does a Ravenous Zombie Hero roll for a Devour?
- Does a Zombie Hero who is still Ravenous at the end of their turn take a wound?
- Can a Ravenous Zombie Hero devour enemies other than Bystanders, such as Troopers or Super Heroes?
- Can a Ravenous Zombie Hero move toward the Exit instead of toward food?
- Can a Ravenous Zombie Hero leave through the Exit or complete a mission objective?
- Do passive skills keep working while a Zombie Hero is Ravenous?
- Does a Hunger symbol rolled on a defense save raise Hunger?
Bystanders
- Can Missile Wave target a zone that holds only Bystanders, or push them with Repulsor Blast?
- Are Bystanders, including Combat Bystanders, Enemies for movement costs and for effects that target Enemies?
- Can a Bystander open a closed door?
- How do Combat Bystanders behave, and how can you tell them apart?
- Where do Escorted Bystanders move, and what happens when their Guards move, die or are gone?
- Where do Non-Combat Bystanders go, and can Zombie Heroes block them?
- When is a face-down Bystander card revealed?
- What happens when a drawn Bystander card is a Rescued! card?
- Does a Bystander escaping lose the game for everyone, or only in some missions?
- Does an Action granted by a Bystander card cost the Zombie Hero one of their own Actions?
Interactive Objects
Missions: Zombie Mode
- How is the Anti-Hunger Device extra mission set up and won?
- How is the Hunting Jane extra mission set up and won?
- In a mission that says to devour or rescue all Bystanders, do Bystanders spawned during play count?
- Do you gain XP each time Doctor Strange is eliminated, if Wong's spell brings him back?
- In MZ6 Raiding Hell's Kitchen, do buildings that are already open at setup get enemies or Bystanders?
- In MZ6 Raiding Hell's Kitchen, when a Blue or Green Objective is taken, does its Super Hero appear right away?
- In MZ6 Raiding Hell's Kitchen, must you take the Blue Objective?
- In MZ0 Tutorial: Growing Hunger, must a hero carry the Blue Objective to the door?
- What happens if a Secret Mission Bystander card turns up in a mission without Secret Mission rules?
Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game – Clash of the Sinister SixExpansion
- Can two living hero teams play Team vs Team against each other in Clash of the Sinister Six?
- Can Heroes' Resistance cards stand in for X-Men Resistance in the Clash of the Sinister Six Team vs Team trait decks?
- In Team vs Team, does a hero pay extra actions to leave a zone that holds enemy minions or enemy heroes?
- Can one player control a whole team against several players in Team vs Team?
- In Team vs Team, must you deal an enemy hero's full health in one attack to eliminate it?
- In Clash of the Sinister Six, does entering a subway car cost a move, and are its outer doors open?
- How often can a hero use each skill in Team vs Team?
- Does Assassin's Reflexes trigger when you Devour a Bystander?
Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game – Fantastic 4: Under SiegeExpansion
- Can Fantastic Four: Under Siege be played with Heroes' Resistance?
- In Fantastic Four: Under Siege, do doorways without door handles block zombie spawns?
- In Fantastic Four: Under Siege, do spawn points on a level with no heroes still spawn enemies each turn?
- Do the Fantastic Four: Under Siege tiles have windows?
- Can Human Torch's Pyrogenesis eliminate several enemies that move into his zone in one Enemy Phase?
- How much damage does Black Bolt's enemy attack deal, and can one attack's damage be split among heroes?
- If an attack raises your XP to a Skill's threshold, does that Skill apply to that same attack?
- When Doctor Doom spawns, does his extra-activation text apply to Doom himself?
- How many Walkers are placed at setup in the MH2 mission?
- How many actions does it take to move the elevator, and do the riders move with it?
- In Mission 3, do collecting all the objectives eliminate the rooftop spawns or Doom?
Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game – Galactus the DevourerExpansion
- Can the Silver Surfer be used in a game without Galactus?
- Can you play the Galactus expansion without the giant Galactus miniature?
- Can Galactus be used with Heroes' Resistance?
- How far does Galactus move with each movement action?
- In the first Galactus scenario, which spawn point ends the game when Galactus reaches it?
- What are the Special Rules for MH2 Final Course in Hero Mode?
- Can a player hold more than one Power Cosmic card, and when is Cosmic Binding's target chosen?
Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game – Hydra ResurrectionExpansion
- In Hydra Resurrection mission MRS4, is the Red Skull's marked room door open or closed?
- What is the Devour target priority with Hydra Resurrection?
- Can Zombie Heroes Devour Hydra enemies?
- Do enemies that spawn into a zone with a Fire token from an explosive canister take fire damage?
- Who gets XP for enemies killed by an explosive canister?
- Does devouring a Hydra Soldier reset Hunger?
- In mission MH4, can Hawkeye be knocked out by normal attacks?
- Can Red Skull be devoured if he can respawn?
- Does a Hydra Soldier roll to hit when it attacks at range 1?
- In MZ4 Increasing the Ranks, what does a revealed Secret Mission Bystander card do?