Includes:

• Physical Copies of the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual.

• Digital Copies of the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual (for use with dndbeyond).

• A Physical Dungeon Master Screen

Includes:

• Physical Copies of the fifth edition Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, and Monsters of the Multiverse (with special foil covers)

• Digital Copies of the fifth edition Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, and Monsters of the Multiverse (for use with dndbeyond).

• A Physical Dungeon Master Screen

Includes:

• A Digital Copy of the fifth edition Dungeon Master’s Guide (for use with dndbeyond).

• 30 double-sided interlocking 5" × 5" terrain tiles for dungeon, city and wilderness adventures.

• 5 sheets of reusable Adventure Clings with an assortment of wilderness, dungeon and interior features to customize your terrain surfaces, including campsites, rubble, and tombs.

• 1 double-sided Adventure Grid with Wilderness terrain on one side and Dungeon on the other, measuring 22" × 25.5" when laid flat.  Ready to use in combination with the terrain tiles or on its own.

• 1 storage folder for your reusable Adventure Clings.

• 1 sturdy storage case with a magnetic closure and rope handle for portability.

• 1 Outer box.

Includes:

• A Digital Copy of the fifth edition Monster Manual (for use with dndbeyond).

• 64 weighted plastic discs that come in 3 sizes and 4 colours for maximum flexibility in encounter creation: 40 medium sized creature tokens, 20 large sized creature tokens, 4 huge sized creature tokens

• 5 Sheets of fully illustrated reusable creature clings (apply a cling to a disc to create customized Creature Tokens).

• 2 Removable custom token storage trays.

• 1 storage folder for creature clings.

• 1 durable storage case with a magnetic closure and a rope handle for portability.

• 1 Outer box that protects the keepsake box.

Includes:

• A Preorder which grants Early Access to the Digital Copy of the fifth edition Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen starting 22nd November 2022 (for use with dndbeyond).

• A Physical Copy of the fifth edition Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen.

Note: D&D Beyond Adventure Bundle and Legendary Bundle discounts are not currently valid with this purchase. Click here for FAQ's.

Includes:

• A Preorder which grants Early Access to the Digital Copy of the fifth edition Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen starting 22nd November 2022 (for use with dndbeyond).

• A Physical Copy of the fifth edition Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen with an exclusive foil cover.

• A Dungeon Master’s screen found only in this Deluxe Edition.

• Warriors of Krynn, a cooperative mass-battle game:

Warriors of Krynn Game Components: 

• 6 Highly detailed hero figures   
• 6 Hero Boards  
• 136 Plastic unit markers   
• 10 Double sided Battle tiles   

• 22 Double sided Adventure tiles   
• 7 Custom Dice   
• 92 Tokens   
• 320 Cards   
• 7 Card dividers   

• 1 Storage tray   
• 1 Rulebook   
• 1 Scenario book   
• 1 Key Moments Tracker  

Note: D&D Beyond Adventure Bundle and Legendary Bundle discounts are not currently valid with this purchase. Click here for FAQ's.

'What are digital and physical product bundles?

We’re excited to offer our first ever selection of specially priced bundles that give you a physical copy and a D&D Beyond digital copy of the upcoming book Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen. Our first offering is now live on dndstore.wizards.com.

Can I expect more D&D products to offer physical and digital bundles?

Yes! We want to deliver on this ask. Right now, we are in the test and learn phase. Join us on this first foray and expect more in the future. For now, we’re not quite ready to commit to every book getting a bundle.

You called this bundle a test. What are you testing?

We are testing everything from distribution method and quantities to bundle contents. We thought it was important to call this out as a test because you should expect things to change over the next two years while we work on bringing more D&D in more ways to more people.

Does the bundle come with preorder perks?

Yes, all preorder perks you would receive on D&D Beyond are included in this bundle. A preorder perk exclusive to this bundle is early access to Shadow of the Dragon Queen on D&D Beyond. Players who preorder the bundle will be able to access the D&D Beyond digital book starting November 22, 2022.

How do I redeem my product on D&D Beyond?

When you purchase a bundle, you will be asked to provide an email address at checkout. You will later receive instructions via that email to access a code that grants you early access to the product on D&D Beyond. Your code can be redeemed at: dndbeyond.com/marketplace/redeem-key.

If I have purchased a bundle on D&D Beyond that discounts products, will that discount apply to this bundle?

No, those discounts only apply to products purchased directly on the D&D Beyond website.

Is there a way to get this bundle and support my local game store?

We love our friendly local game stores and we know you do, too, but at present this test bundle is limited to online purchases directly from dndstore.wizards.com. It is not available through any other store or marketplace.

I already preordered my book physically or digitally on D&D Beyond. Can I swap it for the bundle?

We do not have any upgrade paths to the bundle at this time. You would need to work with that outlet to request a refund.'

The short answer is no.

To be brief, this Website is owned by the company Wizards of the Coast which is currently a subsidiary of Hasbro.

Prior to 13th April 2022, this Website was not owned by Wizards of the Coast but by a company called Fandom, which was the primary factor as to why you could not redeem Hardcover Books for Digital Books (for a multitude of reasons).

At this moment time, D&D Beyond are attempting a ‘Test Phase’ – please see the ‘Disclaimer 2’ section above for the details.

So whilst you can’t redeem them Hardcover Books for Digital Books at present, depending on how things work out with the release of Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen and the announcements in Disclaimer 1, it does seem the wheels are turning on whether that becomes a possibility in the future.

At the moment however, buying a book in Hardcover entitles you to the Hardcover version only and NOT the Digital version.

To buy the Digital Versions, you will need to visit the Marketplace.

Regretfully it's not that simple. This process takes time and money; simply put, trained staff need to be paid to implement these files from the original physical texts and into a digital format that the websites digital tools can read. 

Whilst it seems a fairly simple request, there are some complications. Here’s the main ones as to why it will be unlikely to be implemented:

• Putting codes in books requires sealing books which deters sales as people like to look through books in stores (less of a thing now, but is still a consideration)
• Not sealing books means people can just snapshot the codes and redeem without purchase (this is a problem that plagued Nintendo Club back in the GameCube and Wii era; people would just write down the codes in the game cases and redeem them)
• Printing codes in books increases printing costs (you need a two stage system)
• Point of Sale code verification systems have an overhead that smaller gaming stores can't afford
• Point of Sale coupons are insecure and can be trivially stolen (interesting factlet; this is why Subway moved over to an app, their stamps were being stolen by the fist full and costing the company hundreds of thousands of dollars)

As per the Disclaimers above however, it appears there is some headway towards supplying a code for a Physical/Digital Bundle. Please see the relevant sections for details.

The problem with this is that it requires every merchant who wants to honour this system (and those who don't will miss out on sales to those who do) to have a PoS (point of sale) system capable of generating those QR codes. This means that the PoS unit needs to be able to:

1. Connect to the internet
2. Connect to and communicate with the D&D Beyond backend that generates codes
3. Authenticate and validate transactions with the backend via an approved vendor ID (so D&D Beyond knows the request for a code is coming from an actual store)
4. Receive the code and accurately convert it into a QR code (or just print out a key)

Imagine you're a gaming store who is running on a 20 year PoS system and you don't have the budget to replace your existing system with one that has the fancy internet connected features. Or better yet, you're a store running on a whitelabel, out of the box stock management app and a square reader. Or perhaps a google sheet and the paypal app (believe me, there are stores with margins so narrow that's how they operate). Well either you upgrade or hand over your D&D sales to a competitor.

This is a topic that has been debated since DDB launched and ultimately almost every solution hurts gaming stores. WotC however seems to be very committed to uplifting gaming stores, not competing with them

No, here is what the two subscriptions allow (correct as of 09.08.2022):

Hero Tier:

• Removes Ads
• Allows you to create an unlimited number of character slots
• Allows you to save published, public homebrew
• Grants you access to features in alpha (such as the Combat Tracker when it was first created)
• Create unlimited encounters in the Encounter Builder
• Access to monthly subscriber perks such as Character Sheet backdrops and Digital Dice

Master Tier:

• Removes Ads
• Allows you to create an unlimited number of character slots
• Allows you to save published, public homebrew
• Grants you access to features in alpha (such as the Combat Tracker when it was first created)
• Create unlimited encounters in the Encounter Builder
• Access to monthly subscriber perks such as Character Sheet backdrops and Digital Dice
• Allows you to share content you own on D&D Beyond with players in your campaigns (up to 3 campaigns of 12 players each)
• Allows you to share all content owned by all players in a campaign you've enabled content sharing in, not just content you own

Subscribing to ANY Tier does NOT allow you to get any part of the Digital Books for free.

Details can be found here on the Subscriptions page.

• The D&D Basic Rules and the D&D System Reference Document (SRD - link to WotC Website). These rules allow you to play any of the standard races and classes and either DM or play the game of D&D.
• Please note, the free rules do not have access to all of the Subraces, Subclasses and additional content from the source books, such as Forest Gnomes, Drow and Battlemaster Fighters.
• Additionally, the Elemental Evil Players Companion is free as well which allows the access to the races of Aarakocra, Deep Gnome, Genasi, and Goliath – with some spells included as well. Active playtest and (certain) Critical Role content are also free to use.
•  One thing to note is that the Articifer class is not free in any form - this Class requires you to buy at least 1 Subclass to use it.

On this site, there are homebrew tools available that you can use to recreate things from the books you bought for free - this lets you use them privately for your own character sheets on here (and can share them with the campaign) without having to buy again, it just takes time * .

* (Please note that it is currently impossible to Homebrew any Eldritch Invocations, Pact Boons, Mystic Arcana, Fighting Styles, Maneuvers, Metamagic Options, or Infusions. We can also not homebrew Class Feature Options for the base Classes, only for Subclasses. As such, certain elements from both Xanathar’s and Tasha’s are not currently possible to recreate for free using the D&D Beyond Homebrewer)

If you don't want to do that then you need to purchase them again here, but if you don't want to pay for the whole book you can buy the individual things (like a certain race, or subclass or item, etc) instead. Anything paid towards the individual items discounts the overall book cost if you ever decide to rebuy the whole book.

More information can be found here on the D&D Beyond - Pricing & Purchase FAQ & Discussion thread.

The compendium content includes the full pages of content that you can read through - in essence all of the content of the physical book. Think of it like an online browsable version of the Player's Handbook.

It does NOT include digital assets that can be used with the character creator.

For example, if you purchase the PHB Compendium Content, you have the full Player's Handbook that you can read, reference and search through using D&D Beyond. However, you would not unlock the ability to use the additional subraces, subclasses, spells, feats etc for use in the character creator.

If you should later decide that you would like the digital assets as well, you can upgrade to the full Player's Handbook by paying the difference. 

Here is what it states for the example of the Player's Handbook in the Marketplace (the Compendium version is located just below 'Spells')

• 'Purchasing this bundle unlocks the Player's Handbook book in digital format in the game compendium with all the artwork and maps, cross-linking, and tooltips.
• The Compendium Content bundle does not grant access to all the content's options in the rest of the toolset, such as the searchable listings, character builder, or digital sheet.
• In the future, we hope to offer more translations and features to make it easier to play the game in your native language.'

Only you can answer that question.

The way I personally approach it is, you could put your own time and effort into creating everything yourself for FREE using the Homebrew tools on this site.

By paying for the books however, you get the convenience of having someone else do the hard work coding all the official stuff without having to put that hard work of homebrewing everything yourself. There are sometimes discount codes, marketplace bundles that give you ‘bulk buy’ discounts and, if you spread cost of the books between your players, anyone with a ‘Master Tier Subscription’ can share purchases between players in 3 campaigns (the DM must enable 'Content Sharing').

e.g. 4 People are playing together – Matthew owns the Players Handbook, Mark owns the Monster Manual, Luke is the Dungeon Master and John is a Master Tier Subscriber.

Luke can enable ‘Content Sharing’ in his campaign. Because John is on the Master Tier, every player now has access to the Players Handbook for character options and the DM has access to all the creatures in the Monster Manual.

In my personal opinion, spreading the cost and having access to digital tools that do the hard work for you is worth the price. Essentially, you are paying for convenience; why carry a dozen books in a bag when you can access all of it from a smartphone in the palm of your hand? And searching through a digital book can be faster than searching through a physical book. You also don't have to worry about wear and tear or misplacing the book. However, there are of course arguments that can be made for having just a physical book.

At the end of the day, it's about what you prefer.

This is entirely possible through the Marketplace; you just have to buy ‘piecemeal’ from the books that the Race/Spell etc you want is from.

For instance, if I just wanted to buy the Samurai Subclass from Xanather’s Guide to Everything, you can find the Book in the Marketplace and simply scroll to the Subclasses and only add the Samurai to your cart for $1.99. Buying this also subtracts from the total cost of buying XgtE if you wished to buy it in the future.

For this specific example, you can find the Samurai on the Xanather’s Guide to Everything book in the Marketplace here (it's located down the page under 'Subclasses' - 'Individual Purchase Items')

Here is a very handy Buyer's Guide for D&D Beyond that helps break down FAQ's in case you're still confused.

EDIT - On the 1st May 2024, Wizards of the Coast decided without warning or prior announcement to disable the ability to buy things piecemeal.

https://dndbeyond-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/7747224960788-FAQ-D-D-Beyond-Sales
Are à la carte purchases of subclasses, feats, and other game listings no longer available?
While they are no longer available for purchase, any such items that you've previously purchased will continue to be available for use on D&D Beyond.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1709-d-d-beyond-marketplace-redesign-see-whats-new-here
Can I still purchase subclasses, feats, and other game listings à la carte?
À la carte purchases are no longer supported. However, any individual items you've previously purchased will continue to be available for use on D&D Beyond. If you've purchased à la carte items and would like to buy the digital book, your discounts are available to you at any time by contacting customer service.