Frequently Asked Questions

Fair Fight specifically copies the attack stat of the unit that is attacking or retaliating against it. Attack upgrades are counted, since they modify the unit's attack stat. Talents that modify the damage dealt do not alter the landmark minion's attack stat. For example, if a landmark minion with Fair Fight is attacked by a unit with an attack stat of 2 and the talent Hunter, which allows it to deal an extra damage when attacking a landmark, the landmark minion will take 3 damage but its retaliation will still only deal 2 damage.

Unstable Rift can remove an entire group from play, not just the top unit of the group.

Yes. If the Gateport your unit teleports to is adjacent to something with Toxic Secretion, your unit will take the damage from the Toxic Secretion.

No. When a unit teleports, that unit does not use any amount of movement to do so and continues its movement from the point it was before the teleport.

When you reveal the Naroran Altar you gain 1 Source for each health chip on active units adjacent to it, regardless of who controls those units. Inactive units in a group do not have health, so you do not gain any Source from those units when grouped. The landmark is responsible for the defeat, not the player, so Source rewards for units defeated this way are not gained by the revealing player.

No. When a unit with a spire reward is defeated it only grants a spire reward on the hex it was defeated on and only if it is a Source well.

No. Gateports are considered path hexes for the purposes of unit movement only. You cannot earthscape in such a way that a Gateport is used as part of the path that must exist between fortresses.

No. The Ancient Traxxyr is a special landmark unit, but is not a hero or minion. It attacks and can be attacked, in which case it retaliates. It will not be attacked by spires, since it does not activate within a turn. It is opposing to all faction units. It cannot be affected by talents or advancements that specify they are used on landmark minions, faction units, minions, or heroes, such as Pacify, Possess, Recruiter, Stasis, and Yrtel's Will. It can be damaged or affected by talents and advancements that specify they are used on units, such as Entropy, Glidebomb, Impale, Incorporeal, Quick Counter, Self Destruct, Source Aura, Splash, Toxic Secretion, Unstable Rift, and Wallop.

Your unit will attack one of the units with Engage, and you may choose which one.

In this very specific scenario, treat the landmark minion as though it is hitting the fortress gate for 0, and have it take retaliation damage until it is defeated.

No. When you reveal the landmark, the Vision Stone reveals all other landmarks. You do not gain any benefits from revealing it because it was not you who revealed it.

You can only construct spires which you have access to. If you are playing the Heirs, Grovetenders, or Brawnen and have not purchased a specific fortress advancement, you will only be able to construct a basic spire. Spires that cannot be constructed during the onslaught phase, such as the Brawnen Drilling Outpost, cannot be selected for this reward.

Some talents or game effects, like the relic Edible Bribery or the Greige minion Mugwump with its Recruiter talent, allow a player to gain control of landmark minions. Landmark minions otherwise do not move on their own.

You are not obligated to use any market purchase on the same wave you acquire it.

No. Once equipment is attached to a hero, it will remain on that hero until it is defeated. You cannot trade it for another piece of equipment. If the hero returns to its fortress, it keeps the equipment and will deploy with it again next time it enters play. When the hero is defeated, the equipment is discarded.

No. The Flying talent does not change the unit's terrain allowance. A hero with a forest terrain allowance and Makeshift Wings is still restricted to forest terrain and below. That hero may not move on mountain and water hexes.

Londil will always trigger Leech and heal after retaliation, as the attacker or retaliator. Page 2 of the rules reference under Attack explains that an ability that triggers after attacking does so after retaliation because retaliation is considered to be part of the attack.

The Tracker talent can be found in the corresponding section of the reference.

No, only actual Griege faction units are immune to Toxic Secretion.

The merc hero Yewsel and the equipment Slingshot both have the talent 1 Range. Heroes with the Range talent are allowed to gain range upgrades when leveling up, unlike most other heroes.

No. Back to the Future grants a move and an attack, which happen during the end of the turn. No other steps of the turn are repeated. It is still part of the same turn so units that retaliated this turn will not be able to retaliate again.

No. Narora's heroes are put into the Forgotten Graves when they are defeated, unlike other factions. This means that the Narora may redeploy defeated heroes, so long as they unlock their Forgotten Graves advancements to bring them back. Heroes returned from the Forgotten Graves are returned on their basic side and with no upgrades and deploy with full health.

Yes. After movement only refers to the timing restriction of when Anjabin can use the talent. Anjabin may use Source Aura after using any amount of movement, including zero, but if Anjabin elects to use Source Aura, he cannot move any more that turn.

Forsaken (possessed): You may possess a Forsaken minion, because possession does not form a group. Before the Forsaken moves it still rolls the Forsaken die and adheres to the results. The Medium is no longer considered in play when possessing the Forsaken, so if the Forsaken is the only minion in play while possessed the wave will end as part of the Neglected talent, and the Medium will continue to possess the Forsaken going into the next wave. Elfinkazi (possessed): When you possess an Elfinkazi, the Roost talent from the unit it is on, if any, still applies. The Roost talent does not specifically state that the unit must be friendly. The Elfinkazi cannot attack their roost unless they move adjacent to it, because the two share a hex and are therefore not adjacent to each other. When the Elfinkazi uses the Glidebomb or Save talent, the Medium is defeated. The Elfinkazi is not defeated and the Heirs may use the Elfinkazi again during their next wave as normal. The Medium is no longer considered in play when possessing the Elfinkazi. If the Elfinkazi is the only minion in play while possessed, the wave will end as part of the Precious talent. The Elfinkazi will return to the Heirs barracks to be used in a future wave and the Medium will be sent to the Forgotten Graves. Humminger (possessed) with an Elfinkazi: When you possess a Humminger that has an Elfinkazi perched on it, the Elfinkazi remains on the roost as normal. The Roost talent does not specify friendly units. The Elfinkazi continues to move with the Humminger as it moves and the Heirs continue to control the Elfinkazi, since it is not possessed. The Elfinkazi and Humminger are not adjacent, so neither unit may attack each other while the Elfinkazi is roosted. Taproot (possessed): While possessed, a Taproot cannot use the Summon talent. While the Narora have full control of the Taproot, they lack the appropriate units to summon from their barracks. Architect (possessed): While possessed, an Architect cannot use the Builder talent to construct Dispatch Platforms. While the Narora have full control of the Architect, they lack the appropriate spires to construct. Possessed Architects may still add upgrades to adjacent spires or even flip adjacent Dispatch Platforms into Siege Towers, if they choose. When the Architect is removed from the board using its talent, it returns to the Brawnen's barracks to be deployed again later. It is not defeated, so the Medium does not prevent this. The Medium is then sent to the Forgotten Graves. The last unit my opponents control: If a minion is possessed and all remaining faction units are friendly to each other, the Narora's heroes will go into campfire mode at the start of their next turn as normal. When the Medium is defeated and the possessed player gains control of their minion again, the Naroran heroes will not become active. Campfire mode persists for the entire wave once triggered.

No. A possessed unit does not count as a unit of its original faction. It becomes a faction unit controlled by the possessing faction. This is important for determining whether a hero will go into campfire mode.

Fortress Source wells are adjacent to the fortress gate hex. Units may freely deploy directly into this spire. Naroran heroes may teleport from another Naroran Rift in the play area to this spire. This is not considered returning to the fortress gate; the Naroran heroes still need to spend movement to move onto the fortress gate hex. Naroran minions cannot normally teleport to a spire on a fortress Source well because they are required to make progress while moving if they are able to.

A spire's upgrade capacity only limits a player's ability to add upgrades using a build option during the build phase or during the onslaught phase as a limited build option. The upgrade capacity does not limit the total number of chips a spire may have. For example, the Narora construct a Refractor spire with attack and range. They do not have any other spires in play. Although the Refractor has three upgrades with a capacity of two, the excess upgrades are not removed. The Narora cannot add any more upgrades to this spire until its upgrade capacity is greater than the number of upgrades it has, through a combination of constructing more spires with the Connected talent and or the spire losing upgrades during gameplay. If a second spire with Connected was constructed and the spire lost one upgrade from the opponent attacking it, then its upgrade capacity is three and it has two upgrades from having a chip removed by the opponent. This spire can now have one upgrade added to it.

Minions with the talent Incorporeal must use this talent if it is the only way they would be able to use their full movement to make progress, as they must do this if able. The talent is optional if they have other movement options that would use their full movement to make progress.

No. Naroran Rift allows the unit to teleport to a chip with the Riftwalk talent, but the Riftwalk talent does not allow the unit to teleport to a Naroran Rift.

The unit using Possess must be placed under the unit it is affecting. When it does so, it leaves the rest of its group, and the next unit in the group is revealed.