From Waterdeep’s bright spires to Underdark caverns that swallow light, the Forgotten Realms is where tavern rumors become epic quests.
What Is the Forgotten Realms?
The Forgotten Realms is one of Dungeons & Dragons’ most storied settings. It encompasses Faerûn, a magical world of epic heroes and villains with bustling trade roads and perilous frontiers. While the setting has decades of history spanning a multitude of D&D books, novels, video games, and more, you can jump into a campaign today to tell your own story—no research required.
New to the Realms?
If you’re new, an excellent place to start is with the free Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure. This will introduce you and your party to the Sword Coast—home to cosmopolitan cities like Waterdeep, Neverwinter, and Baldur’s Gate.
From there, feel free to wander wherever adventure calls! Maybe you'll visit the neighboring Dalelands, where quiet villages hide ancient ruins and old magic. Or, you could venture north to Icewind Dale, sail south for the jungles of Chult, or descend into the Underdark to explore the deep recesses of the realm.
Choose Your Corner of Faerûn
The Sword Coast
Merchant princes, masked lords, and monsters in the wilds. While the trade ways between Waterdeep, Neverwinter, and Baldur’s Gate have created a safe corridor and thriving economy, danger still lurks in the shadows of cities and vast wilderness.
The Dalelands
Rolling dales and old forests ringed by ancient ruins. Explore Shadowdale, Mistledale, and the Cormanthor woods, where the fallen city of Myth Drannor whispers of lost glory.
Icewind Dale
A hard land of cracking ice and long nights. Brave the Ten-Towns, bargain with trappers and reindeer herders, and face terrors that prowl the tundra. The Arcane Brotherhood chases secrets here, and legends of one of the Realm's greatest heroes, Drizzt Do’Urden, still echo on the wind.
Chult
Steaming jungles, lost cities, and deadly ruins. Chart the coasts near Port Nyanzaru, explore the wilderness while navigating dangerous flora and fauna, and delve into vine-choked ziggurats where ancient power stirs.
The Underdark
Labyrinthine caverns ruled by drow houses, mind flayers, and worse. Navigate webs of intrigue in the drow city of Menzoberranzan, resist the psychic dominion of illithids and aberrations, and flee the clutches of horrors that seek tender surface-dwellers.
Calimshan
A sun-baked realm of caravans traveling across the desert, bustling bazaars, and potent magic. Walk the streets of Calimport, where intrigue and ambition thrive, or explore the deserts hiding the secrets of genie factions.
Moonshae Isles
Sail to Gwynneth, Alaron, and the wild Moray to explore these misty isles steeped in nature magic. You'll find druids guarding sacred groves, ample fey influence, and rumors of a divine embodiment of the isles stirring.
Adventures and Sourcebooks Set in the Forgotten Realms
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
The definitive player’s guide to forging legendary heroes in the Forgotten Realms. Craft characters with 8 new subclasses, over 50 feats and backgrounds, new spells, and rules for gaining divine renown from Faerûn's pantheon.
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
The definitive guide for Dungeon Masters to bring the Forgotten Realms to life at the table. Includes 50+ ready-to-run adventures, detailed setting gazetteers, monsters, magic items, and more.
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
From the streets of Baldur’s Gate to the battlefields of the Blood War, lead a desperate mission into the first layer of the Nine Hells.
Dragon of Icespire Peak
Kick off a classic Sword Coast campaign with approachable quests that scale as your party grows.
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Learn to play D&D with a dragon-centric quest on an island off the Sword Coast.
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Survive a sunless frontier where isolation, secrets, and the cold are as deadly as any monster.
Out of the Abyss
Escape drow captivity and lead a desperate trek through the Underdark as demon lords run rampant.
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Uncover sinister corruption beneath the frontier town of Phandalin in an adventure that begins with small-town intrigue and descends into eldritch horror.
Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Regions, factions, deities, and options to root characters in the Sword Coast—your launchpad for Realms play.
Storm King’s Thunder
Stand against rampaging giants as the Ordning shatters, traveling from coastal towns to the storm-tossed halls of giant lords.
Tomb of Annihilation
Brave Chult’s jungles and delve a legendary deathtrap to end a soul-draining curse.
Tyranny of Dragons
Rally heroes and factions to stop the Cult of the Dragon from summoning Tiamat into the Forgotten Realms.
Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
Investigate a mysterious murder in the streets of Neverwinter.
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Race rival factions through Waterdeep’s alleys in a city caper where clues matter more than combat.
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Drop into Undermountain—a megadungeon beneath Waterdeep—for a sprawling, level-by-level delve.
Getting Started in the Forgotten Realms
Free resources with your D&D Beyond account.
Lost Mine of Phandelver
Embark on a classic D&D starter adventure set in the frontier town of Phandalin.
Prisoner 13
Break into a high-security prison in the frigid north of Faerûn in this one-shot heist.
Map of Faerûn
Chart your own adventures with this high resolution map of the northwest corner of Faerûn
Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Start your first quest on an island of mystery, danger, and discovery.
D&D Honor Among Thieves: Thieves’ Gallery
Meet the characters from the hit film and bring them to your own campaigns.
D&D Honor Among Thieves: Legendary Items
Add the film’s most iconic magic items to your adventures.