Board. Put the board in the middle. The front side is recommended for your first game.

Artifacts. Put the 7 Artifacts face up on the spaces with their numbers. With 3 players, first return 1 at random to the box; with 2 players, return 2.

Secrets. Shuffle the Major Secrets face down and put one on each Major Secret space (return the extras unseen). Shuffle the Minor Secrets and put one on each Minor Secret space (two in each such room).

Market. Stock the Market with 2 Master Keys, 2 Backpacks and 3 Crowns (10, 9 and 8).

Idols, Mastery and Gold. Put the 3 Monkey Idols on the Monkey Shrine, one Mastery token per player near the top left corner, and the Gold in a bank beside the board.

The Dragon. Put the Dragon marker on the Rage Track: first space with 4 players, second with 3, third with 2. Put the 24 black cubes in the Dragon Bag.

Reserve. Beside the board, make stacks of Mercenary, Explore and Secret Tome, and add the single Goblin.

Dungeon Row. Shuffle the Dungeon Deck and deal 6 cards face up. Replace any showing a Dragon Attack symbol until none do, then shuffle those back in.

Cubes and pawn. Take your colour's 30 cubes and pawn. Put the pawn just outside the dungeon, at the top of the board.

Starting deck. Take 6 Burgle, 2 Stumble and your two single cards (Sidestep and Scramble, called Cautious Advance and Skillful Move in some printings). Shuffle and draw 5.

First player. The sneakiest player goes first. Starting Clank! goes into the Clank! area as shown below.