Frequently Asked Questions

Version 4.2 / Effective 09.06.2018

SUMMARY OF MAJOR CHANGES
• All: Moved rules questions and clarifications from this • Page 12: Added an explanation for the interaction between
document to the Rules Reference. Always Be Running and Enhanced Login Protocol.
• Page 2-3: Issued errata to Franchise City, Maxwell James, • Page 13: Added answers to frequently asked questions for cards
Emergent Creativity, Kill Switch, and Peeping Tom. in the Kitara cycle and Reign and Reverie.
• Page 8: Added card clarifications for the Kitara cycle.
• Page 9: Added card clarifications for the Reign and Reverie.

Changes since Version 4.1 are marked in pink.

 Rachel Beckman ( 60)
Should read: “You have 1 additional [ to spend during your
turn.” (Changed “each” to “during your”.)
Wireless Net Pavilion ( 108)
Should be unique.
This document contains card clarifications and errata, rule Franchise City ( 114)
clarifications, timing structures, and frequently asked questions Should read: “If the Runner accesses an agenda from R&D, he
for Android: Netrunner. All official play and tournaments will or she must reveal it.” (Added the above text before Franchise City’s
use the most recent version of this document to supplement ability.)
the most recent Android: Netrunner tournament rules and
core rulebook. Progenitor ( 43)
Should read: “Whenever virus counters are purged, instead of
removing all virus counters from the hosted card, remove...”
Section 1: Rotation and Card Pool (Added “instead of removing all virus counters from the hosted card”.)
Rotation is the systematic retirement of older cards from
Android: Netrunner’s card pool as newer cards are added. Museum of History ( 19)
The current standard card pool, for use in all Organized Play Should be unique.
tournaments, consists of the Revised Core Set, Terminal
Salsette Slums ( 59)
Directive, each deluxe expansion, and the latest five to seven
Should read: “Once per turn, you may pay the trash cost of a
cycles.
card you access that is not in Archives to remove that card from
A card pool is all of the available cards that a player can use the game.” (Changed “when you pay...instead of trashing it” to “you
to build their deck. The card pool for Android: Netrunner is may pay...remove that card from the game”.)
determined by defining which products, and the cards within Weyland Consortium: Builder of Nations ( 38)
them, are legal at any given time. Should read: “The first time an encounter with a piece of ice
with at least 1 advancement token ends each turn, do 1 meat
Rotated cards within this documents are identified with ®.
damage.” (Changed “the Runner encounters a piece of ice with at least
1 advancement token on it” to “an encounter with a piece of ice with at
For more information regarding Tournament Regulations and
least 1 advancement token ends”.)
Product Legality, please visit:
[Link]/OP/Legality SYNC BRE ( 15)
Should read: “...accesses 1 fewer card whenever he or she
Section 2: Card Errata accesses cards for the remainder of this run.” (Added “for the
This section contains the official errata that have been made on remainder of this run”.)
individual cards in Android: Netrunner. Errata overrides the Severnius Stim Implant ( 21)
originally printed information on the card it applies to. Unless Should read: “Hardware: Cybernetic” (Changed “Cybernetics” to
errata for a card appears below, the original English non- “Cybernetic”.)
draft product printing of that card and all of its information Should read: “Whenever you access cards from that server
is considered accurate, and overrides all other printings. This during this run...” (Added “during this run”.)
includes translated cards, promotional cards, and printings
which may appear in alternate products. MCA Informant ( 36)
Should read: “Install MCA Informant on a connection
AstroScript Pilot Program ( 81) ® resource...” (Added “resource”.)
Should read: “Limit 1 per deck.” (Added to ability.)
Nerine 2.0 ( 40)
Director Haas ( 10) Should read: “| Do 1 brain damage...” (Changed “Deal” to “Do”.)
Should read: “You have 1 additional [ to spend during your
Adjusted Matrix ( 46)
turn…” (Changed “each” to “during your”.)
Should read: “Host icebreaker gains AI and “You may spend
Scavenge ( 34) [ to break any subroutine on a piece of ice currently being
Should read: “Trash an installed program. If you do, install a encountered.”” (Changed “[: Break ice subroutine” to “You may
program from your grip or heap...” (Removed “As an additional spend [ to break any subroutine on a piece of ice currently being
cost to play Scavenge” and added “If you do”.) encountered”.)

Security Testing ( 48) NEXT Opal ( 50)

Should read: “...turn begins, you may...” (Added “you may”.) Should read: “You may install...” (Added “You may”.)

Q-Coherence Chip ( 52)

Should read: “Trash Q-Coherence Chip when an installed
program is trashed.” (Added “installed”.)

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Bioroid Work Crew ( 51) tournament play. For more information, see Appendix A in the
Should read: “Use this ability only during the next paid ability Android: Netrunner tournament rules.
window after playing and resolving an operation.” (Changed
“immediately after playing” to “only during the next paid ability window
after playing and resolving”.)
Section 3: Other Errata
This section contains the official errata that have been made
Standoff ( 77) on individual deck lists and stickers in Android: Netrunner.
Should read: “...trashes 1 of his or her installed cards...” (Added Errata overrides the originally printed information on the
“of his or her”.) deck list or sticker it applies to. Unless errata for a deck list or
sticker appears below, the original English non-draft product
Respirocytes ( 102) printing of that deck list or sticker and all of its information is
Should read: “Hardware: Cybernetic” (Changed “Cybernetics” to considered accurate, and overrides all other printings.
“Cybernetic”.)

Salvaged Vanadis Armory ( 103) Ayla “Bios” Rahim ( Deck List)

Should read: “Use this ability only during the next paid ability Identity Programs
window after suffering any amount of damage.” (Changed 1x Ayla “Bios” Rahim (45/15) 2x Datasucker*
“immediately after having taken” to “only during the next paid ability 3x Dhegdheer
window after suffering any amount of ”.) Events
3x Careful Planning 2x Magnum Opus*
Threat Level Alpha ( 117) 3x Deep Data Mining 2x Adept
Should read: “...he or she has; if the Runner...” (Changed “.” to “;”.) 3x Diesel* 2x Gordian Blade*
2x Modded* 1x Mammon
Maxwell James ( 11) 2x Egret
3x Process Automation
Should read: “...only during the next paid ability window after
3x Special Order* Resources
a successful run on HQ ends.” (Changed “after a successful run on
HQ” to “during the next paid ability window after a successful run on 1x Stimhack* 2x Biometric Spoofing
HQ ends”.) 3x Sure Gamble* 2x Dean Lister
Hardware
Dhegdheer ( 20)
2x The Personal Touch*
Should read: “Lower the install cost of programs you install
2x Ubax
on Dhegdheer by 1.” (Changed “When you install a program on
Dhegdheer, lower its install cost by 1” to “Lower the install cost of 2x LLDS Memory Diamond
programs you install on Dhegdheer by 1”.)
Objective: Closing In ( C8.2 Sticker)
Executive Functioning ( 35) Should read: “Progress – Score 1 agenda point.” (Changed
Should read: “Trace4– If successful,...” (Added “If successful”.) “Steal” to “Score”.)

Holmegaard ( 36)
Should read: “Trace4– If successful,...” (Added “If successful”.) Section 4: Card Clarifications
This section addresses rules interactions with regard to specific
Hortum ( 50) cards. The cards are sorted by set and then card number.
Should read: “If Hortum has 3 or more advancement tokens on
it...” (Changed “there 3 or more advancement counters on Hortum” to Original Core Set
“Hortum has 3 or more advancement tokens on it”.)

Emergent Creativity ( 28)

Should read: “...of programs and/or pieces of hardware from...”
(Changed “or” to “and/or”.)

Kill Switch ( 70)

Should read: “If the Runner accesses an agenda from R&D, he
or she must reveal it.” (Added the above text between Kill Switch’s first
and second abilities.)

Peeping Tom ( 45) 1 Noise

• Cards trashed by Noise’s ability are placed facedown in Archives.
Should read: “...has the named type for the remainder of this
run.” (Added “for the remainder of this run”.) 2 Demolition Run
• The Runner can trash an agenda accessed with Demolition Run,
NAPD Most Wanted List instead of stealing it.
The NAPD Most Wanted List contains a list of cards with
additional deck building restrictions. Players must adhere 9 Djinn
to the NAPD Most Wanted List for all Fantasy Flight Games • The Runner cannot move other installed programs to Djinn when it
is installed.

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• When the Runner installs a program, he or she has the choice 57 Aggressive Secretary
of installing it directly into his rig or on Djinn. He cannot move • The programs are trashed at the same time.
programs onto Djinn at a later point.
• The Corporation cannot choose to trash the same program more
10 Medium than once.
• Before accessing cards from R&D at step [5.5] of a run, the Runner
chooses how many cards he or she wants to access when using 75 Chum
Medium. • If the Runner jacks out immediately after encountering a Chum and
not breaking its subroutine, the Runner does not take any damage.
12 Parasite • Chum deals its net damage the first time either of the following
• Parasite cannot be hosted on Djinn. A card or counter can only be
occur during an encounter with the next piece of ice:
hosted in one place at a time, and Parasite has the restriction that it
1) Step [3.1] of a run closes and there is an unbroken subroutine on
must be installed on a piece of ice.
the piece of ice.
• If a piece of ice hosting Parasite is derezzed, the Parasite continues 2) Step [3.1] of a run was skipped or did not resolve because the
to collect virus tokens, but the hosting ice has no strength while encounter/run ends (if [3.1] does not happen, no subroutines can be
derezzed and therefore cannot be trashed by Parasite unless it is broken). This applies even if the piece of ice has no subroutines.
rezzed again.
90 Tollbooth
13 Wyrm • If the Runner cannot pay 3< when encountering Tollbooth, then the
• The Runner can only use Wyrm to lower the strength of a currently run ends without the Runner paying any credits.
encountered piece of ice, and only if Wyrm is of equal or higher
• The Runner must pay 3< if he or she is able to do so, even by
strength than that ice.
spending temporary credits (such as bad publicity credits).
18 Account Siphon 91 Red Herrings
• The Runner can choose to not use the ability on Account Siphon
• If the Runner accesses an agenda from R&D and does not pay the
when accessing cards, and if so does not take any tags.
additional cost to steal it, he or she does not reveal it to the Corp.
• If the Runner ends up running successfully on another server
than HQ, the “If successful...” effect on Account Siphon cannot be 97 Aggressive Negotiation
triggered. • Aggressive Negotiation can be played if the Corp scores an agenda
during step [1.2] of his or her draw phase.
20 Forged Activation Orders
• The Corp cannot rez Akitaro Watanabe in response to a Forged 101 Archer
Activation Orders being played. The effect of Forged Activation • If the Corp has an over advanced Braintrust scored and rezzes
Orders is immediately resolved unless prevented or avoided. Archer, forfeiting Braintrust, Archer gains the discounted rez cost.

25 Femme Fatale
• Femme Fatale does not need to match the strength of a piece of ice Creation and Control
in order to bypass it.

• The Runner can spend the credit from Cyberfeeder to pay for the
bypass ability.

• If Femme Fatale is uninstalled, the Runner cannot bypass the ice

chosen by the Femme Fatale when it was installed; the ability is no
longer active since the card is no longer active. Even if that copy of
Femme Fatale is re-installed, it is treated as a ‘new’ copy and cannot
bypass anything other than the ice chosen when it was just installed.

26 Sneakdoor Beta 21 Awakening Center

• Ice hosted on Awakening Center can be rezzed through other card
• If Sneakdoor Beta is trashed during a run it initiated, the run is still
effects, but a rezzed piece of ice cannot be encountered unless it was
treated as a run on HQ if it is successful.
rezzed by Awakening Center.
29 Bank Job • Only one piece of hosted ice on Awakening Center can be
• The Runner can take credits from Bank Job if he or she made a encountered per run.
successful run on an empty server.
• Ice on Awakening Center are in the server and do not count as ice
45 Net Shield protecting the server.
• Net Shield can prevent a single point of net damage each turn. It
does not prevent all net damage from a single source. 34 Scavenge
• The Runner can trash a program as an additional cost, and then
• Multiple Net Shields cannot prevent more damage. reinstall that same program.

47 Aesop’s Pawnshop • As part of the install action, the Runner can trash installed
• Aesop’s Pawnshop can only trash a single card each turn. programs.

54 Same Old Thing

• The Runner cannot use Same Old Thing to play priority events.

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 • An ice is considered “just rezzed” for Nasir’s ability if it is rezzed at
Honor and Profit any time during timing structure 2 of a run.

• Abilities which increase the rez cost of ice give Nasir more credits
when his ability resolves. Likewise, abilities which reduce the rez
cost of ice give Nasir fewer credits.

• Abilities which require the Corp to pay an additional cost to rez ice
do not give Nasir more credits when his ability resolves.

21 The Foundry
• The Corp must find a piece of ice searched for, if able.
3 Tennin Institute
• The Tennin Institute cannot place advancement tokens on itself, 26 Targeted Marketing
since ID cards are not installed. • The Corp cannot gain 10 credits when the Runner plays a current
that trashes Targeted Marketing (if the current was named when
• The Tennin Institute can place advancement tokens on Runner Targeted Marketing was played). Targeted Marketing is trashed
cards. before its ability resolves.

22 Tori Hanzō 48 Crisium Grid

• The first net damage can be prevented/avoided before Tori Hanzō’s • The run is considered neither successful nor unsuccessful for the
replacement ability resolves. purpose of future card abilities, even if Crisium Grid is later trashed.
(e.g., Tennin Institute will trigger if the only successful run the
• If the first instance of net damage is prevented by another effect or Runner made was against a server with a rezzed Crisium Grid).
replaced with Tori Hanzō’s own effect, Tori Hanzō cannot trigger for
the remainder of the run. • Restrictions which require a successful run (e.g. Emergency
Shutdown, Data Leak Reversal) cannot be used if the successful run
28 Iain Stirling was against a server with a rezzed Crisium Grid.
• If Iain Stirling has a negative agenda point total, then he has fewer
agenda points than a Corp with 0 or more agenda points. 56 The Supplier
• The Runner cannot use any “when your turn begins” abilities on
48 Security Testing cards that are installed by The Supplier until his next turn.
• If Security Testing is uninstalled after a server is chosen, its ability
cannot replace accessing cards if the first run on the chosen server is 58 Order of Sol
successful; the ability is no longer active since the card is no longer • The Runner gains 1 credit even during the resolution of another
active. ability (e.g., paying the cost to play a Sure Gamble with 5 credits in
the credit pool).
53 Overmind
• Overmind is installed, and its MU counts against the Runner’s 83 Hostile Infrastructure
memory limit, when it gains power counters. • Hostile Infrastructure does not resolve when the Corp trashes his or
her cards, even as a result of a Runner ability (e.g. Noise forcing the
Lunar Cycle Corp to trash the top card of R&D).

• If Hostile Infrastructure and any other Corp cards are trashed

simultaneously, Hostile Infrastructure will do 1 net damage for each
card trashed.

86 Daily Business Show

• If the Corp has multiple copies of Daily Business Show installed, the
abilities stack on top of each other (e.g. two copies result in the Corp
drawing 3 cards and adding 2 to the bottom of R&D).

• The Corp does not have to tell the Runner whether he or she kept
9 Taurus the first or second card drawn. The Corp must keep the two cards
• If the Corp’s trace strength is 5 or greater, Taurus trashes a piece discrete from the rest of his or her hand, though, when deciding; the
of hardware even if the trace was unsuccessful. This also applies to Corp can shuffle the two cards together to obscure which card was
Gemini, Sagittarius, and Virgo. taken.

10 Mother Goddess 93 Ekomind

• Mother Goddess only gains the subtypes of other ice while it is • The memory limit from Ekomind is modified by other card abilities
rezzed. (e.g. a Runner with 5 cards in his or her grip and an Akamtasu Mem
Chip installed has 6 MU).
12 Bad Times
• The Runner can choose which memory to lose (e.g., memory from 95 Leela Patel
Deep Red). • If Leela steals an agenda while accessing multiple cards from HQ,
she adds a card to HQ before continuing to access more cards.
17 Nasir Meidan
• Nasir loses any bad publicity credits he has when his ability resolves.

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103 IT Department 33 Itinerant Protesters
• Once triggered, IT Department results in a constant ability that • The Corp does not lose the game if he or she has a negative hand
continually tracks how many power counters are on the card. size.

• IT Department always gives a piece of ice +1 strength due to the 40 Eater

token spent to activate the card ability, even if there are no other • If the Runner access Archives after using Eater, all cards are turned
counters left on the card or IT Department is no longer installed. faceup but no individual cards are accessed.
Example: There are 5 tokens on IT Department. If the Corp
spends 1 token, the ice has +5 strength (1 for the initial token SanSan
+ 4 for the token still on IT Department). If the Corp spends
another token, now the ice has +8 strength (2 for the initial
tokens + 3 for each of the two instances of the ability).

112 Self-Destruct
• Self-Destruct does not count itself as one of the cards trashed in
order to establish the trace value.

Order and Chaos

5 Enhanced Vision
• The revealed card is no longer revealed during the access phase; it
immediately returns to its unrevealed state after the Corp shows the
card to the Runner.

43 Turntable
• Agendas switched with Turntable keep any hosted counters or cards
on them, but their text is not active.

2 Gagarin Deep Space 73 Allele Repression

• The Runner can decline to pay the 1 credit to access a card. • Allele Repression can add itself to HQ as part of the resolution of its
effect.
5 Glenn Station
• If Glenn Station is forfeited, any card hosted on it is trashed. 86 Film Critic
• After Film Critic’s ‘when accessed’ ability resolves, any remaining
• Glenn Station can only host a card through its click ability. ‘when accessed’ abilities are non-resolvable.

• An agenda hosted on Film Critic is not considered to be stolen. An

9 Mark Yale agenda added to the score area from Film Critic is not considered to
• If the Corp spends an agenda counter for Mark Yale’s paid ability, he
be stolen.
or she also gains 1 credit from his conditional ability.
• The Runner cannot voluntarily trash an agenda hosted on Film
13 Wormhole Critic, even if the Runner accesses another agenda.
• The subroutine that resolves is not considered to be on Wormhole
(e.g. when the Corp uses Wormhole with cards like Data Raven or • Film Critic can only host an agenda through its ‘when accessed’
Viktor 2.0, the power counters are placed on those cards and not ability.
Wormhole).
96 Casting Call
20 Housekeeping • Agendas installed faceup with Casting Call are not active (unless
• If the Runner has 1 card in his or her grip and installs it, those agendas can be installed faceup through their own abilities).
Housekeeping has no effect and does not prevent the install. (Only
forced trashing through damage can result in a flatline.) • If the agenda hosting Casting Call is uninstalled, Casting Call is
trashed.
24 The Twins
• The Runner cannot jack out before encountering the ice again. 116 Worlds Plaza
• Worlds Plaza may be accessed and trashed, thereby trashing all of its
hosted cards, before the cards hosted on it are accessed.
28 Edward Kim
• If the first operation Edward Kim accesses is in Archives, then he
cannot trash another operation with his ability that turn.

32 I’ve Had Worse

• The Runner trashes all cards from the damage before drawing for
I’ve Had Worse.

• I’ve Had Worse cannot prevent the Runner from being flatlined if
the Runner takes more damage than the number of cards in his or
her grip.

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 28 Lakshmi Smartfabrics
Data and Destiny • Lakshmi Smartfabrics gains a power counter when it is rezzed.

• Even if Lakshmi Smartfabrics is trashed, agendas revealed by

Lakshmi Smartfabrics cannot be stolen for the remainder of the
turn.

67 Jeeves Model Bioroids

• Playing a double operation and then playing a regular operation,
spending three clicks for Melange Mining Corp., as well as clicking
for three credits are each considered spending three clicks on the
same action. Additional [ costs are still costs to trigger an ability.
13 Archangel • Jeeves must be rezzed while all 3 clicks are being spent. Installed
• Archangel is not considered to be rezzed during its encounter, and cards must be active while meeting their trigger condition, and
cards that interact with rezzed cards, e.g., Datasucker, cannot affect Jeeves trigger condition is the spending of 3 clicks on the same
it. action, not the third click.

20 Ad Blitz 83 Rebirth
• The Corp must both install and rez any advertisements chosen by • Rebirth cannot switch an identity with an identity from Genesis or
Ad Blitz. Spin cycle.

22 The All-Seeing I Flashpoint

• The Corp does not have to have a bad publicity in order to play The
All-Seeing I.

33 Endless Hunger
• Endless Hunger can only break subroutines that read exactly “| End
the run.” It cannot break subroutines that use the words “end the
run” as only part of its effect, e.g. on Tsurugi or Pop-up Window.

35 Hunting Grounds
• The prevent ability on Hunting Grounds is optional; because it can
only be triggered “once per turn” it is the Runner’s choice as to when
to trigger it.
26 Temüjin Contract
• If the server that Temüjin Contract chooses is destroyed, credits on
Temüjin Contract remain on it. However, there is no way for the
39 Brain Chip Runner to take those credits.
• If the Runner has negative agenda points, Brain Chip does not lower
his or her hand size or MU: these cannot be increased by a negative
number.
39 Financial Collapse
• The Corp cannot play Financial Collapse if there are no installed
resources.
41 Always Be Running
• Programs that make a run, such as Sneakdoor Beta, Keyhole, etc., do
not fulfill the requirement to make a run on Always Be Running.
41 Obelus
• The Runner draws 1 card for each card accessed during the run,
even if those cards are accessed from a server other than the
Mumbad attacked server.

107 Encore
• If the Runner has enough clicks in a single turn to successfully run
on R&D, HQ, and Archives and then play two Encores, he or she
takes two additional turns after the current turn.

Red Sand

5 Mongoose
• If Mongoose is used to break subroutines on a piece of ice during
a run, Mongoose may be used again if that same piece of ice is
encoutered later in that run.

7 Maya
• Maya can add an accessed card to the bottom of R&D even if that
card has already been trashed or stolen.
36 MCA Informant
• The tag from MCA Informant cannot be removed.
25 Corporate Scandal
• Bad publicity from Corporate Scandal cannot be removed.

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46 Adjusted Matrix 41 Skorpios Defense Systems: Persuasive Power
• The host icebreaker’s strength must be equal to or greater than the • If multiple cards are trashed simultaneously (such as through
ice it is encountering in order to use the ablity provided by Adjusted damage), the Corp may decide which of those cards is removed
Matrix. from the game.

51 Bioroid Work Crew • Skorpios cannot remove cards that have been discarded (step [2] of
• If the Corp plays a terminal operation, Bioroid Work Crew’s trash the Runner’s turn) from the game.
ability may only be used during the paid ability window in the
discard phase of that turn. Kitara
52 AgInfusion: New Miracles for the New World
• The Corp cannot use AgInfusion’s ability if the approached ice is
already rezzed or if the ice is prevented from being rezzed (such
as through a card ability). However, the Corp can use AgInfusion’s
ability if they do not have enough credits to rez the ice, as
AgInfusion only checks if the approached ice has the opportunity to
become rezzed.

• If the Runner is redirected to a server...

• ...with a rezzed outermost piece of ice, the Runner moves to 1 By Any Means
step [3] of the run. • If the Runner plays By Any Means, then accesses a Corp card that
• ...with an unrezzed outermost piece of ice, Runner moves to has a “When accessed...” ability (such as Snare! or Archangel), By
step [4] of the run. Any Means resolves first, trashing the accessed card and preventing
it from resolving.
• ...that is not protected by ice, the Runner moves to step [5] of
the run.
8 Assimilator
• Flipping a card faceup with Assimilator is not the same as installing
85 Flashbang that card. As such, if Assimilator turns a card faceup that has a
• Flashbang’s strength must be equal to or greater than the ice it is “When installed...” ability, that ability does not trigger.
encountering in order to use its derez ability.
• Assimilator can circumvent Apex’s play restriction by turning non-
92 Mandatory Seed Replacement virtual resources faceup.
• The same number of ice must be protecting each server after the
rearrangement as before. 19 Wake Up Call
• The Corp cannot play Wake Up Call if the Runner has neither a
94 Metamorph piece of hardware nor a non-virtual resource installed.
• Cards swapped by Metamorph do not have to follow play
restrictions (such as “Install only in a remote server”). However, 31 Jinja City Grid
Metamorph cannot place two agendas and/or assets in the same • If the Corp draws multiple cards simultaneously (such as by
server. triggering Rashida Jaheem), the Corp draws all cards first, then Jinja
City Grid meets its trigger condition simultaneously for each drawn
99 Transparency Initiative piece of ice. The Corp decides the order in which to trigger the
• The Corp cannot install Transparency Initiative on an agenda that is instances of Jinja City Grid’s ability, and thus the order in which to
already faceup. install the drawn ice.

33 Bacterial Programming
Terminal Directive • If the Runner steals Bacterial Programming from R&D with accesses
remaining and the Corp uses the ability on Bacterial Programming,
the Runner continues accessing cards from R&D as normal, starting
with whatever card is now on top of R&D, and proceeding down
through as many cards as they have accesses remaining.

• If the Runner steals Bacterial Programming from HQ with accesses

remaining and the Corp uses the ability on Bacterial Programming
to add any cards to HQ, the Corp randomizes any cards added to
HQ together with the remaining unaccessed cards in HQ, then the
Runner continues accessing as normal. Note that cards entering HQ
12 Ayla “Bios” Rahim: Simulant Specialist cannot change the total number of accesses the Runner has.
• The Runner places cards in NVRAM after both players have
revealed their identities and shuffled their decks. • If the Runner steals Bacterial Programming from Archives, and
the Corp uses the ability on Bacterial Programming to trash any
cards, the cards trashed by Bacterial Programming enter Archives
27 The Shadow Net facedown, and they will not be turned faceup during this access
• The Runner cannot use The Shadow Net to play priority events. phase. The Runner can choose to access those facedown cards if
they still have accesses remaining, returning any accessed facedown
29 Brain Rewiring cards to Archives facedown when the access phase ends, but the
• Both the cards that are selected from the grip and the order that they total number of cards the Runner accesses does not change. Thus, if
are added to the bottom of the stack are randomized. Bacterial Programming is the last card the Runner chooses to access
from Archives, they will not be able to access any of the facedown

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 cards; if Bacterial Programming is not the last card the Runner 25 DJ Fenris
chooses to access from Archives, they will not access every card in • If DJ Fenris is flipped facedown or his text box is blanked, the
Archives. hosted identity stays hosted on DJ Fenris. The identity no longer has
any effect on the game.
58 Death and Taxes
• Death and Taxes triggers when the Runner trashes one of their own • If DJ Fenris is uninstalled, even while facedown or blanked, the
cards. identity is removed from the game.

• If DJ Fenris is uninstalled and then installed again, the Runner can

63 419: Amoral Scammer choose to host the same identity as before.
• The Runner chooses whether or not to trigger 419’s ability first. If
they do, the Corp chooses whether or not to pay 1<.
26 Sportsmetal
• If the Corp draws while the Runner is accessing cards from R&D,
87 Gebrselassie the Runner continues accessing from the new top card of R&D.
• Gebrselassie replaces any instance of an icebreaker resetting to
base strength at the end of an encounter with resetting at the end
of the turn. This includes the basic rule applied to any strength
28 Meridian
• If Meridian’s subroutine triggers, the Runner has two options: either
boost that does not specify a duration, as well as any strength boost
(A) allow the Corp to gain 4< and end the run or (B) add Meridian
that specifies the end of an encounter explicitly (such as Takobi).
Gebrselassie does not have any effect on abilities that continuously to their score area as an agenda worth -1 agenda point.
modify strength (like Na’Not’K) or abilities that modify the strength
of the host icebreaker for a different specified duration. 38 Otoroshi
• The Corp can choose to place 0 advancement tokens on a card. If
89 Logic Bomb they do, the Runner must either access that card or pay 3<.
• The Runner can use Logic Bomb even if they have no remaining [.
40 Hangeki
106 PAD Tap • The Corp may choose an installed piece of ice. If that ice has a
• PAD Tap triggers even if a Runner card causes the Corp to gain “when accessed” ability, that ability resolves just as it would if it were
credits. accessed normally (such as from HQ or R&D).

• PAD Tap does not trigger when the Corp “takes” credits (such as 41 Daruma
through Adonis Campaign). • If Daruma swaps a card hosting tokens or other cards with another
installed card, the host relationship remains intact.
114 Mti Mwekundu
• If the piece of ice that Mti Mwekundu installs is the first piece of ice • When swapping cards, the Corp must follow all applicable
that the Runner approaches that run, the Runner cannot jack out. restrictions from card abilities and game rules. As an example,
If the piece of ice is not the first piece of ice that the Runner has Daruma cannot swap an upgrade with an agenda if Daruma’s server
approached that run, the Runner can jack out. already has an installed agenda or asset.

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Reign and Reverie • The additional tag cannot be removed or manipulated.

Section 6: Frequently Asked

Questions
This section answers some of the more frequently asked
questions that arise while playing Android: Netrunner.

If the Runner steals an agenda from Jinteki using the core set
3 Guinea Pig identity, but has no cards in hand, who wins if the agenda
• Guinea Pig can be played if it is the only card in the grip. gives the Runner his seventh point?
The Runner wins the game. Whenever a player has 7 or more
4 Patchwork agenda points in his score area, the game immediately ends. The
• Patchwork can be used to play or install cards that have a higher
cost than the number of credits in the Runner’s credit pool. As an game ending takes precedence over any conditional ability that
example, the Runner could play an event that costs 5< even if the triggers when an agenda is stolen.
Runner only has 3< in their credit pool.
When a piece of ice allows the Runner to break subroutines
7 District 99 on it by spending clicks, does the Runner have to match the
• As discarding is not the same as trashing, District 99 does not gain strength of the ice before using this ability?
power counters from cards discarded at the end of the Runner’s
turn. No. The Runner does not have strength, only icebreakers have
strength and an icebreaker must match the strength of a piece
8 Liza Talking Thunder of ice to interact with it. This ability allows the Runner to break
• The Runner will draw 2 cards even if they avoid the tag. subroutines by spending clicks without using any icebreakers.

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If the Corp rezzes an illicit piece of ice during a run, can the Does the Corp know what cards the Runner accesses from HQ?
Runner spend the bad publicity credit immediately? Yes. The Corp should know what cards are accessed and in what
No. Bad publicity credits are only gained at the beginning of a order.
run.
Can the Runner trash an accessed card with Demolition Run
Can the Runner use Datasucker to reduce the strength of a before any ‘when accessed’ conditional abilities resolve?
piece of ice before an ability on that ice triggers when it is No. The card must be accessed before Imp, Demolition Run,
encountered (such as a Tollbooth)? or any other similar effect can be used to trash it, just as if the
No. Tollbooth ends the run unless the Runner pays 3< before Runner was paying its trash cost.
the Runner has the opportunity to use a paid ability. See step [3]
of a run on page 13. Can the Runner install a program if he or she has no more
available memory units?
Can the Runner combine multiple effects to make a run, like Yes. The Runner can trash any number of already installed
using both Sneakdoor Beta and Account Siphon? programs before installing a new one (and must if there is not
No. Using each of those cards is an action, and a player cannot enough space for the new program). So the Runner can initiate
take an action during the resolution of another action. an install action, trash any number of programs to free up MU,
and then install the new program.
The rules state that “The Runner cannot jack out while
approaching the first piece of ice during a run.” Can the The Runner chooses an unrezzed Archer as the target of a Forged
Runner jack out after the subroutine on Cell Portal resolves Activation Orders. Can the Corp choose to rez Archer, but then
and he or she is approaching the outermost piece of ice decline to pay the additional cost of forfeiting the agenda?
protecting the server? No. If the Corp chooses to rez Archer, then as part of this
Yes. “The first piece of ice” refers to the first time a piece of ice choice he or she must pay 4< and forfeit an agenda. Otherwise,
is approached during a run, and not the ice itself. The Runner the ice is trashed.
approaches the ice and has the opportunity to jack out.
Can the Corp rearrange his installed cards within a single
server, to obscure the order that he or she installed them in?
There is a Parasite with 1 virus counter hosted on a rezzed
The Corp must keep the order of his installs clear to the
Enigma, and the Runner has an Ice Carver installed. If the
Runner; he or she cannot rearrange cards in servers however he
Runner encounters Chum, does not break its subroutine, and
or she likes.
then continues the run and encounters Enigma, is the Enigma
trashed?
If the Corp uses Efficiency Committee for extra clicks, can he or
No. Chum’s ability is a required conditional effect that creates she then play Shipment from Kaguya or Red Planet Couriers
a constant +2 strength effect. When the Runner encounters the to place/move advancement tokens during that turn?
ice, both modifiers (Chum at +2 and Ice Carver at –1) apply at
Yes. Placing or moving advancement tokens on a card is
the same time and the strength of Enigma would be 2.
different than advancing it, and Efficiency Committee only
stops the Corp from advancing cards.
If the Runner takes 4 brain damage from a single source, how
many brain damage tokens would he or she get?
The Runner does not break a subroutine that specifies “Trash 1
The Runner takes 1 brain damage token for each point of brain program.” Who chooses the program to trash?
damage he or she suffers, even if it was suffered all at once. The
The Corp chooses which program to trash. Unless otherwise
Runner would get 4 tokens to mark the brain damage he or she
noted, each player makes the choices required by the effects on
has suffered.
his cards.
Where is an upgrade installed in a remote server?
Can the Runner use the recurring credit on Cyberfeeder to pay
An upgrade is installed in a remote server in the same position for using Femme Fatale’s bypass ability or Mammon’s counter
as an agenda or asset. The Runner should not be able to tell gaining ability?
what type of card is installed in a remote server by its position.
Yes. Triggering any ability on an icebreaker is considered to be
This is different than installing an upgrade in a central server,
using it.
where it is always installed in the root.
How does Rielle “Kit” Peddler’s ability interact with bypassing
Can the Runner use multiple icebreakers on a single piece of
a piece of ice? Is there any way to bypass a piece of ice and
ice?
make the next piece of ice a code gate?
Yes, although there are few situations where this is beneficial. There is no way to bypass a piece of ice and then make the
But the Runner cannot use one icebreaker’s strength to allow next piece of ice a code gate. Rielle “Kit” Peddler makes the
another icebreaker to interact with the ice. first piece of ice encountered a code gate, and this is a constant
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choose to resolve the bypass ability before Kit’s constant ability, If the Runner uses a Tinkering on a Wendigo with one
because the constant ability is always active. advancement token on it, is the Wendigo a code gate?
Yes. Gaining and losing subtypes are tracked as a running total,
If the Runner uses Film Critic to add an agenda to his or her but having the subtype is a binary state. In this scenario the
score area while The Source is installed, is The Source trashed? Wendigo had two code gate subtypes and loses one, meaning it
No. Adding an agenda to the Runner’s score area is not the is still a code gate.
same as scoring or stealing an agenda.
If the Corp has an active Enhanced Login Protocol, does it
The Runner encounters Heimdall 1.0 and uses a click to break trigger the ability on a Heinlein Grid?
the first subroutine. If the Corp rezzes a Tyr’s Hand and uses No. The additional click is spent to initiate the run, and is not
its ability to prevent that break, can the Runner spend another spent during the run.
click to rebreak the subroutine?
Yes. Tyr’s Hand prevents a subroutine from being broken once, If the Corp uses the ability on The Foundry during the
but the Runner can break the subroutine again. resolution of an Accelerated Beta Test, what happens?
Each piece of ice is installed and rezzed one at a time. So the
The Corp has two copies of Director Haas installed, one rezzed Corp installs the first piece of ice and then uses The Foundry to
and one unrezzed. The Corp spends four clicks and then rezzes search R&D for another copy. This results in shuffling the other
the second copy. Does the Corp have an additional click to two looked at cards into R&D (they never actually leave R&D),
spend? preventing them from being installed or trashed.
No. Clicks are tracked as a running total and not individually.
The Corp still has 4 clicks to spend on his turn, and he or she Can the Corp add subroutines to a piece of grail ice in any
has spent 4 clicks, whether or not the additional click came order (by using other grail ice)?
from a different card. Yes. The Corp can add subroutines to grail ice before or after
any subroutines, including the subroutine printed on the card.
Can the Runner spend credits to boost the strength of an
icebreaker, or break a subroutine on a piece of ice, if she is If the Runner has 2 credits and an active Net Celebrity, does he
about to encounter a Tollbooth during step [2.3] of a run? or she have to pay 3 credits (including the Net Celebrity credit)
The Runner cannot break subroutines outside of step [3.1] of a when encountering a Tollbooth?
run, but he or she can boost the strength of an icebreaker. Yes. Cards with recurring credits (like Net Celebrity) or
temporary credits (like Ghost Runner) have to be used if the
The Runner has Security Testing and Aesop’s Pawnshop requirement to use the credits on the card is met and an effect
installed. At the start of his turn, the Runner names a server requires credits to be paid.
for Security Testing, then sells it to Aesop’s Pawnshop. The first
time he or she makes a successful run on that server, does the If the Runner chooses Archives for Security Testing, and the
Runner gain 2 credits instead of accessing cards? Corp has Crisium Grid installed there, can Security Testing be
No. A conditional ability can only resolve if it the card it is on is used?
active when the trigger condition is met, and Security Testing When the Runner makes a run on a server with Crisium Grid,
is no longer active after it is trashed. Security Testing has two the run is still successful but it is seen as neither successful or
conditional abilities on it (like Femme Fatale), unlike Joshua B., unsuccessful for the purposes of card abilities. Security Testing
who has one. does not see that a successful run occurred. If the Runner
trashes the Crisium Grid and then successfully runs Archives
The Runner uses Femme Fatale to bypass a Komainu for 0 for a second time, the Security Testing triggers because it
credits. If there is a Chum installed before the Komainu, are believes the first run was not successful or unsuccessful.
the 0 subroutines on Komainu broken, or does the Runner take
the 3 net damage? What happens if the Runner uses Eureka! to install Angel
The subroutines are not broken because the ice was bypassed, Arena?
and the Runner takes 3 net damage. If Angel Arena is installed using Eureka!, then the X value the
Runner chooses to pay is lowered by 10. So if the Runner paid 0
If Security Testing is used on HQ and the Runner plays credits he or she gets 0 power counters, because X was lowered
Diversion of Funds, can she choose which replacement effect from 10 to 0.
to use?
No. Security Testing triggers at step [5.4] of a run, and replaces
the access. Security Testing is also a required ability and the
Runner cannot choose to not use it. Diversion of Funds does
not trigger until step [5.5] of the run, at which point Security
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If the Runner has a Hivemind with 1 virus counter on it and If the Runner plays Drive By and the Corp uses Zaibatsu
an Imp with no virus counters on it, can he or she use Virus Loyalty to prevent the card from being exposed, can the card
Breeding Ground to move 1 virus counter to Imp? still be trashed if it is an asset or upgrade?
Yes. Imp is considered to have the virus counters on Hivemind No. The effect does not resolve because Drive By cannot
on it. confirm the card to be an asset or an upgrade.

Can the Runner use Incubator to move all the virus counters If a Runner with no tags accesses a Quantum Predictive Model
on Hivemind to another card? If so, does the Runner have to that hosts Casting Call, does the Corp score the Quantum
move all the virus counters or can he or she pick how many to Predictive Model?
move? No. The Quantum Predictive Model does not resolve if the
Yes, the Runner can and must move all virus counters from Runner is not tagged when the access occurs.
Hivemind to the chosen card when using Incubator.
If the Runner trashes a Worlds Plaza that is hosting a Hostile
If the Runner accesses a Cyberdex Virus Suite from HQ, does Infrastructure, how much net damage does the Runner take?
the Cyberdex Virus Suite purge virus counters first or can the The Runner takes 1 net damage from trashing the Worlds Plaza.
Runner use a virus counter on Imp to trash it before the purge? The Hostile Infrastructure is trashed by the game (according to
The Cyberdex Virus Suite removes the virus counters from Imp the rules for hosting) and not by the Runner.
first; the Runner cannot trash a card accessed with Imp until
after all of the “when accessed” abilities are resolved. Can a Runner playing as Kate “Mac” McCaffrey use a DaVinci
with 1 power counter on it to install a 2-cost card like Clot?
Does Blacklist prevent the Runner from using Same Old Thing No. DaVinci’s ability looks at the install cost of the card while
to play an event from the heap? it is in the Runner’s grip, before it is installed by triggering the
Yes. The event must leave the heap when played using Same Old trash ability.
Thing, so while Blacklist is active it prevents the Runner from
using Same Old Thing. What happens if the Runner accesses an Archangel from R&D
during an encounter with a Shiro?
Can the Runner use Sacrificial Construct to prevent the If the Corp pays 3 credits, then the Runner encounters
trashing of a program on London Library? Archangel; while encountering Archangel, the Runner is not
Yes. Programs on London Library are installed, the Library’s considered to be encountering Shiro again until the Archangel
effect is a conditional ability that resolves at the end of each of access ends. Then the Runner continues the previous encounter
the Runner’s turns. So Sacrificial Construct will delay the trash, with Shiro, resolving any other of its subroutines, if necessary,
but London Library will attempt to trash it again at the end of and continuing the run from that position.
the Runner’s next turn.
If the Runner encounters Archangel after an Apocalypse has
Can the Runner use Immolation Script during a run in which been played can the Corp just name a card that was previously
Eater was used to break a subroutine? installed?
No. Eater stops the Runner from accessing any individual cards, The Corp player must specifically indicate the facedown card he
and so there is no access to replace with Immolation Script. or she wants to return to the Runner’s grip. Naming a card that
had previously been installed faceup is not enough.
If the Runner trashes a Worlds Plaza that is hosting The
If Enhanced Login Protocol and Always Be Running are both
Board, does the Runner add The Board to their score area?
active, and the Runner can’t or doesn’t want to play a run
No. Since The Board is not currently being accessed, it is not event, is the Runner forced to spend their first two clicks to
added to the Runner’s score area. make a run? What happens if they only have 1 click for their
turn?
If the Runner takes net damage while both Titanium Ribs and
Yes, the Runner must fulfill one of the options Always Be
the Chronos Protocol are active, what happens?
Running allows if possible. This includes all costs associated
If it is the Runner’s turn, then Titanium Rib resolves and the with those options. If the Runner has neither 2 clicks to legally
Runner chooses which card to trash. If it is the Corp’s turn, then initiate a run, nor a run event to play, they must reveal their
the Corp chooses which card to trash. grip to the Corp to demonstrate that they cannot fulfill either
option. Once this is demonstrated, the requirement can be
Can the Corp score a Research Grant, use Team Sponsorship to ignored for that turn and the Runner can spend their one click
install another copy of it, and then score the new copy with the on another action.
ability on the first Research Grant?
Yes. The Corp can choose the order in which his or her If the Runner loses the psi game from Psychic Field while
simultaneous effects trigger. Fumiko Yamamori is rezzed, does the Runner suffer meat
damage before or after Psychic Field does net damage?
The Runner suffers meat damage from Fumiko Yamamori after
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is a constant effect from the result of the secretly spent credits card chosen for Malia will end up unblanked, it still has its text
being revealed, so it must resolve before any abilities triggered blank for a brief moment of time between ability resolutions.
from the secretly spent credits being revealed. For example, if the Runner has cloud programs installed,
and Malia momentarily blanks a card providing link such as
Can the Runner use Salsette Slums to remove an installed Maxwell James, then the Runner’s installed programs could
Mumbad Virtual Tour from the game? exceed their available MU. The Runner will have to trash
No. Mumbad Virtual Tour requires the Runner to trash it when programs immediately before Councilman is able to resolve,
accessed; Salsette Slums, however, does not trash cards but as the MU requirement does not wait for the timing steps of
instead provides the Runner a new option for interacting with resolving Councilman’s ability to complete.
an accessed card.
What is the base trace strength for Amani Senai if the Corp
If the Runner uses Salsette Slums to remove a card from the scores Medical Breakthrough?
game, does Maw trigger? Medical Breakthrough’s ability is active before Amani Senai’s
As Salsette Slums does not trash the card, Maw will trigger. ability resolves, so if it’s the first copy of Medical Breakthrough
to be scored or stolen, Amani Senai’s base trace strength is 3.
If the Runner uses Salsette Slums to remove an installed Corp
Each additional copy of Medical Breakthrough in a player’s
card from the game, does Controlling the Message trigger?
score area lowers Amani Senai’s base trace strength by 1.
No. However, Controlling the Message will still have the
opportunity to trigger later that turn. If the Runner plays Apocaplypse while Consume is installed,
does Consume gain counters before being flipped facedown?
If a Runner with Doppelgänger uses Möbius, can he or she
Yes. The virus counters then remains hosted on the facedown
choose in which order their effects trigger?
Consume until the Corp purges, the counters are removed by a
Both Doppelgänger and Möbius meet their trigger conditions
card ability, or the facedown Consume becomes uninstalled.
at the same time, so the Runner chooses the order that the
abilities trigger. Once the additional run from either ability What is the additional cost to rez Masvingo incurred by
has completed, the other ability triggers and the Runner may Hernando Cortez?
initiate another run. Either (a) the Runner chooses to trigger No matter how many advancement tokens are on Masvingo,
Möbius first, makes a run on R&D, then makes an additional Hernando Cortez does not add any additional cost to rez it.
run with Doppelgänger’s ability; or (b) the Runner makes Masvingo’s ability is not active until rezzed.
an additional run with Doppelgänger’s ability, then triggers
Möbius to make an additional run on R&D. What happens if the Runner uses The Turning Wheel during a
run with Divide and Conquer?
If the Corp is playing as Potential Unleashed and the Runner The Runner must choose to access an additional card from
steals an Obokata Protocol from a server with a rezzed Ben either R&D or HQ each time they use The Turning Wheel.
Musashi, how many times does Potential Unleashed trigger?
The Runner must suffer 4 net damage and 2 net damage If the Runner plays Guinea Pig with Dadiana Chacon installed
simultaneously, so Potential Unleashed will trash 2 cards from and exactly 4< in their credit pool, does the Runner flatline?
the top of the stack after all damage has resolved. Dadiana’s ability triggers after the Runner pays the play cost of
Guinea Pig but before Guinea Pig’s ability resolves. Therefore, if
If the Corp is playing as Skorpios Defense System and the the Runner has at least 3 other cards in their grip, they do not
Runner uses Scavenge, can the Corp remove the trashed flatline from Dadiana Chacon; if they have 2 or fewer cards,
program from the game before the Runner can reinstall it? they will flatline from Dadiana Chacon.
Yes. The trigger condition for Skorpios is met as soon as the
Runner trashes the program. If Ika uses the credits on Flame-out to host itself on a piece of
ice, is Ika trashed when the Runner’s turn ends?
If the Runner is forced to encounter Archangel but breaks all No. Flame-out only trashes programs that are still hosted on it.
of its subroutines using Inversificator, can the Runner swap
Archangel with an installed piece of ice? If The Outfit is playing against Valencia Estevez, does the Corp
Forced encounters only follow step [3] of a run. Inversificator start the game with 1 bad publicity and 8<?
has no opportunity to trigger as the Runner does not pass (step No. The Corp does not “take” bad publicity from Valencia, they
[4]) the ice after the forced encounter. simply start the game with the bad publicity.

Can the Runner use Hunting Grounds to prevent Anansi’s How does Formicary interact with Mti Mwekundu?
ability? Once either ability from Formicary or Mti Mwekundu resolves,
No, as Anansi has a “When the encounter ends...” ability, not a the Runner is no longer approaching the server and the other
“When encountered...” ability. ability cannot be triggered. But if the Runner passes the piece
of ice encountered this way, they will approach the server again
If the Corp rezzes Malia Z0L0K4 during their turn and the and these abilities can meet their trigger condition again.
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