Clank! board. Put it to one side. Put the Dragon marker on the Rage Track space showing your number of players.

Tiles. Sort the 28 square tiles by their backs. Shuffle the 22 Depths tiles into a face-down stack in the Bank. Shuffle the other 6, return 2 to the box unseen, and put the remaining 4 on top of the stack.

The Bank. Gold and Lockpicks (unlimited), the 5 white Ghost cubes, and the Dragon Bag with the 24 black cubes inside.

Artifacts. Stack the 7 Artifacts face up in order of value: the 5-point Artifact on top, the 20-point one on the bottom.

Secrets and prisoners. Shuffle the major secrets, minor secrets and prisoners face down, each in their own pile.

Market. Put the Market Board in the Bank with 2 Backpacks, 2 Blood Amulets, 3 Burglar's Kits and 3 Crowns stacked on it (10-point Crown on top).

Starting tile. Put it in the middle of the table, either side up, with room around it. Put the 3 Monkey Idols on the Monkey Shrine, and one Mastery token per player near the Crypt.

Cards. Make the Reserve (Goblin, Mercenary, Explore, Secret Tome). Shuffle the Dungeon Deck and deal 6 face up as the Dungeon Row, replacing any Dragon Attack cards until none show.

Each player. Takes 30 cubes and a pawn (on the Crypt), 3 Lockpicks, and a deck of 6 Burgle, 2 Stumble, 1 Sidestep and 1 Scramble. Shuffle and draw 5.

First player. The sneakiest goes first. The first player puts 3 cubes in the Clank! area, the second 2, the third 1, the fourth 0.