List of Dungeons & Dragons adventures
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This is a list of official Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

 adventures published by Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

 as separate publications. It does not include adventures published as part of supplements, officially licensed Dungeons & Dragons adventures, official d20 System
D20 System
The d20 System is a role-playing game system published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast originally developed for the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons...

 adventures and other Open Game License adventures that may be compatible with Dungeons & Dragons.

Officially published adventures from before 3rd edition are often called modules. For a list of published modules from before 3rd Edition Adventures, see List of Dungeons & Dragons modules. For description and history of Adventures/Modules. see Adventure (D&D).

3rd edition

The adventures listed here are official Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons 3/3.5 adventures only. The first 3rd Edition adventure module published (not counting OGL/d20 STL modules) was The Sunless Citadel
The Sunless Citadel
The Sunless Citadel is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Plot summary:This 32-page book begins with a two-page introduction. According to the adventure background provided, the plot involves a fortress that became buried in the earth ages...

, in 2000.
Number Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
| Anauroch: The Empire of Shade Greg A. Vaughan
Greg A. Vaughan
-Works:Grey A. Vaughan's role-playing credits for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game include Drow of the Underdark, Scepter Tower of Spellguard, Pathfinder #11: Skeletons of Scarwall, Anauroch: The Empire of Shade, The Twilight Tomb, and Pathfinder #6: Spires of Xin-Shalast.He was written...

, Thomas M. Reid, and Sean K. Reynolds
Sean K. Reynolds
Sean K Reynolds is a professional game designer who has worked on and co-written a number of D&D supplements for Wizards of the Coast, as well as material for other companies. He does not put a period after his middle initial.-Background:...

2007 Set in the Forgotten Realms
Forgotten Realms
The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...

. Final volume of a trilogy of hardcover adventures (preceded by Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave and Shadowdale: The Scouring Of The Land).
959767400 Barrow of the Forgotten King 2 Ed Stark 2007 Generic D&D setting
88167 Bastion of Broken Souls 18–20 Bruce R. Cordell 2002 Generic D&D setting
88574 City of the Spider Queen
City of the Spider Queen
City of the Spider Queen is an adventure module for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Plot summary:...

10–18 James Wyatt
James Wyatt (game designer)
James Wyatt is a game designer and a former United Methodist minister. He works for Wizards of the Coast, where he has designed several award-winning supplements and adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game...

2002 Set in the Forgotten Realms. Ranked 24th greatest adventure of all time.
| Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave 4-8 Richard Baker
Richard Baker (game designer)
Richard Baker is an American author and a game designer who has worked on many Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings.-Early life, education, and military:...

, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan
David Noonan (game designer)
David Noonan is an author of several products and articles for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast.-Role-playing games:...

, Matthew Sernett, and James Wyatt
2007 Set in the Forgotten Realms. First volume of a trilogy of hardcover adventures (followed by Shadowdale: The Scouring Of The Land and Anauroch: The Empire of Shade).
11855 Deep Horizon 13–15 Skip Williams
Skip Williams
Ralph Williams, almost always referred to as Skip Williams, is an American game designer. He is married to Penny Williams, who is also involved with the games industry...

2001 Generic D&D setting
953937200 Expedition to Castle Ravenloft 6–10 Bruce R. Cordell and James Wyatt 2006 Ravenloft
Ravenloft
Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a pocket dimension called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called domains brought together by a mysterious force known only as "The Dark...

955687200 Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits is a super-adventure module for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The adventure is designed for characters of levels 9–12...

9–12 Wolfgang Baur
Wolfgang Baur
Wolfgang Baur is an American game designer, best known for his work with Dragon magazine. He designs role-playing games and also is known for his work at Wizards of the Coast.-Biography:...

 and Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel
2007 Generic D&D Setting
109257200 Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk is an adventure book for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The adventure is set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting, specifically in and around Castle Greyhawk and its dungeons. As such, it is an update to the...

8–13 Jason Bulmahn
Jason Bulmahn
-Career:Jason Bulmahn became the managing editor of Dragon in 2004 and is now the lead designer of Paizo Publishing and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. The Beta version of the Pathfinder RPG received the gold ENnie award for "best free product or web enhancement" in 2008...

, James Jacobs and Erik Mona
Erik Mona
-Career:Erik Mona served as the editor-in-chief of Dragon magazine since 2004 and Dungeon magazine from 2004 to 2006; at the time, both magazines were published by Paizo Publishing, until the license through Wizards of the Coast expired in September 2007...

2007 World of Greyhawk, update of WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins
Greyhawk Ruins
Greyhawk Ruins is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It was published in 1990 by TSR, Inc...

957327200 Expedition to Undermountain 1–10 Eric L. Boyd, Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian writer and editor who created the Forgotten Realms. He invented the Forgotten Realms as a child, as a fantasy world in which to set the stories he imagined, and later used this world as a campaign setting for his own personal Dungeons & Dragons playing group...

, Christopher Lindsay, and Sean K. Reynolds
2007 Forgotten Realms
953777400 Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto
Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto
Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto is a generic setting adventure module for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The adventure is designed for 10th level characters...

10 Ed Stark 2006 Special maps for use with miniatures
95003 Fantastic Locations: Fane of the Drow 4 Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel 2005 Special maps for use with miniatures
95364 Fantastic Locations: Fields of Ruin   Richard Pett 2006 Special maps for use with miniatures
957557400 Fantastic Locations: The Frostfell Rift 4–18 Ari Marmell 2006 Special maps for use with miniatures
95004 Fantastic Locations: Hellspike Prison 9 Matthew Sernett 2005 Special maps for use with miniatures
11644 The Forge of Fury
The Forge of Fury
The Forge of Fury is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Plot summary:The Forge of Fury is a dungeon crawl, a site-based adventure describing the stronghold of Khundrukar...

3–5 Richard Baker 2000 Generic D&D setting. Ranked 12th greatest adventure of all time.
B0001723 The Fright at Tristor
The Fright at Tristor
The Fright at Tristor is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The 32-page adventure was published by Wizards of the Coast in 2001 and distributed primarily through the company's Role-Playing Games Association...

1–3 Keith Polster 2001 Living Greyhawk
Living Greyhawk
Living Greyhawk was a massively shared Dungeons and Dragons living campaign administered by RPGA that ran from 2000 to 2008. The campaign setting and storyline were based on Gary Gygax's World of Greyhawk setting, and used the Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition rules...

 adventure
11730 Grasp of the Emerald Claw 6 Bruce R. Cordell 2005 Set in Eberron
Eberron
Eberron is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of Khorvaire...

11847 Heart of Nightfang Spire 10–13 Bruce R. Cordell 2001 Generic D&D setting
11634 Into the Dragon's Lair 10 Sean K. Reynolds;
Steve Miller
Steve Miller (game designer)
Steve Miller is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast, and other role-playing games.-Early life and education:...

2000 Set in the Forgotten Realms
88163 Lord of the Iron Fortress
Lord of the Iron Fortress
Lord of the Iron Fortress is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Plot summary:This 48-page book begins with a two-page introduction. According to the adventure background provided, the plot involves the Blade of Fiery Might once wielded by...

15–17 Andy Collins
Andy Collins (game designer)
Andy Collins is a game designer whose writing credits include numerous books for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Early life and education:Andy Collins grew up in Olympia, Washington...

2002 Generic D&D setting
11710 Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor 6 Sean K. Reynolds 2001 Set in the Forgotten Realms
953857400 Red Hand of Doom
Red Hand of Doom
Red Hand of Doom is a 128-page adventure module for the 3.5 edition of Dungeons & Dragons . It is designed to be used as a generic D&D adventure, which can be dropped into any campaign world, including a personal one...

5–12 James Jacobs
Richard Baker
2006 Generic D&D setting
11843 Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting.-Publication history:...

4–14 Monte Cook
Monte Cook
Monte Cook is a professional table-top role-playing game designer and writer. He is married to Sue Weinlein Cook.-Roleplaying:Cook has been a professional game designer since 1988, working primarily on role-playing games. Much of his early work was for Iron Crown Enterprises as an editor and writer...

2001 Sequel to T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil
The Temple of Elemental Evil
The Temple of Elemental Evil is an adventure module for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module was published by TSR, Inc. in 1985 for the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules...

; Set in Greyhawk
Greyhawk
Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game...

. Ranked 8th greatest adventure of all time.
953827400 Scourge of the Howling Horde 1 Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel 2006 Generic D&D setting
| Shadowdale: The Scouring Of The Land 8-13 Richard Baker, Eric L. Boyd, and Thomas M. Reid 2007 Set in the Forgotten Realms. Second volume of a trilogy of hardcover adventures (preceded by Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave, and followed by Anauroch: The Empire of Shade)
86410 Shadows of the Last War 2 Keith Baker 2004 Set in Eberron
0786941960 The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde 1–6 David Noonan 2006 Generic D&D
884467400 Sons of Gruumsh 4–6 Christopher Perkins 2005 Set in the Forgotten Realms
11830 The Speaker in Dreams 5–7 James Wyatt 2001 Generic D&D setting
11838 The Standing Stone 7–9 John D. Rateliff 2001 Generic D&D setting (minor references to Greyhawk)
11640 The Sunless Citadel
The Sunless Citadel
The Sunless Citadel is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Plot summary:This 32-page book begins with a two-page introduction. According to the adventure background provided, the plot involves a fortress that became buried in the earth ages...

1–3 Bruce R. Cordell 2000 Generic D&D setting
953947400 The Twilight Tomb 3-4 Greg A. Vaughan 2006 Set in the Forgotten Realms
95363 Voyage of the Golden Dragon 7 Nicolas Logue 2006 Set in Eberron
86430 Whispers of the Vampire's Blade 4 David Noonan 2004 Set in Eberron

10797740 The Sinister Spire 5 Bruce R Cordell & Ari Marmell 2007 Generic D&D setting

4th edition

The first official Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

 4th edition adventure published was Keep on the Shadowfell
Keep on the Shadowfell
Keep on the Shadowfell is the first official product from the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons line. It is part one of a three part series of adventures introducing the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons concept of Points of Light, a loosely connected and open-ended setting designed to allow modules and...

 in 2008.

E

E—Epic tier adventures were designed for use with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, specifically for characters of level 21-30. This series can stand alone, or can be used following the H series and P series to conclude a campaign from 1st to 30th level, focusing on the cult of the demon prince Orcus.
Code Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
E1 Death's Reach 21–23 Bruce R. Cordell, Chris Sims April 21, 2009 Generic D&D setting
E2 Kingdom of the Ghouls 24–26 Wizards
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

 RPG team
June 16, 2009 Generic D&D setting
E3 Prince of Undeath 27-30 Wizards
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

 RPG team
October 20, 2009 Generic D&D setting

FR

FR—Forgotten Realms adventures were designed for use with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons in the Forgotten Realms
Forgotten Realms
The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...

 campaign setting.
Code Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
FR1 Scepter Tower of Spellgard 2–5 David Noonan
David Noonan (game designer)
David Noonan is an author of several products and articles for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast.-Role-playing games:...

, Greg A. Vaughan
September 16, 2008 Forgotten Realms
Forgotten Realms
The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...


H

H—Heroic tier adventures were designed for use with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, specifically for characters of level 1-10. This series can stand alone, or can be used before the P series and E series to begin a campaign from 1st to 30th level, focusing on the cult of the demon prince Orcus.
Code Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
H1 Keep on the Shadowfell
Keep on the Shadowfell
Keep on the Shadowfell is the first official product from the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons line. It is part one of a three part series of adventures introducing the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons concept of Points of Light, a loosely connected and open-ended setting designed to allow modules and...

1–3 Bruce Cordell
Bruce Cordell
Bruce Robert Cordell is an American author of roleplaying games and fantasy novels. He won the Origins Award for Return to the Tomb of Horrors and has won several ENnies as well...

, Mike Mearls
Mike Mearls
Michael Mearls is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games and related fiction.He worked as a freelance writer and designer for various gaming publishers for several years before being hired in June 2005 as a designer by Wizards of the Coast. He was a Lead Developer for Dungeons &...

May 20, 2008 Nentir Vale
H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth
Thunderspire Labyrinth
Thunderspire Labyrinth is the second in the three part series of adventures introducing the new 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons concept of Points of Light, a loosely connected and open-ended setting designed to allow modules and Dungeon Masters created materials to be seamlessly integrated into...

4–6 Richard Baker
Richard Baker (game designer)
Richard Baker is an American author and a game designer who has worked on many Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings.-Early life, education, and military:...

, Mike Mearls
Mike Mearls
Michael Mearls is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games and related fiction.He worked as a freelance writer and designer for various gaming publishers for several years before being hired in June 2005 as a designer by Wizards of the Coast. He was a Lead Developer for Dungeons &...

July 15, 2008 Nentir Vale
H3 Pyramid of Shadows
Pyramid of Shadows
Pyramid of Shadows is the final part of a loosely-connected three part series of adventures introducing the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons ruleset. The adventure, written by Mike Mearls and James Wyatt, was published in 2008 by Wizards of the Coast, as a sequel to the adventures Keep on the...

7–10 Mike Mearls
Mike Mearls
Michael Mearls is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games and related fiction.He worked as a freelance writer and designer for various gaming publishers for several years before being hired in June 2005 as a designer by Wizards of the Coast. He was a Lead Developer for Dungeons &...

, James Wyatt
James Wyatt (game designer)
James Wyatt is a game designer and a former United Methodist minister. He works for Wizards of the Coast, where he has designed several award-winning supplements and adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game...

August 19, 2008 Nentir Vale

HS

HS—Heroic Standalone tier adventures were designed for use with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, specifically for characters of level 1-10. Adventures in this series were designed to be used stand alone and not as part of a multi-adventure campaign.
Code Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
HS1 Slaying Stone, The 1 Logan Bonner May 18, 2010 Generic D&D setting
HS2 Orcs of Stonefang Pass 5 Logan Bonner July 20, 2010 Nentir Vale

P

P—Paragon tier adventures were designed for use with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, specifically for characters of level 11-20. This series can stand alone, or can be used in between the H series and E series to continue a campaign from 1st to 30th level, focusing on the cult of the demon prince Orcus.
Code Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
P1 King of the Trollhaunt Warrens
King of the Trollhaunt Warrens
King of the Trollhaunt Warrens is the first part of a three part series of adventures belonging to the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons concept of Points of Light, a loosely connected and open-ended setting designed to allow modules and Dungeon Masters created materials to be seamlessly integrated...

11–13 Richard Baker
Richard Baker (game designer)
Richard Baker is an American author and a game designer who has worked on many Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings.-Early life, education, and military:...

, Logan Bonner
October 21, 2008 Generic D&D setting
P2 Demon Queen's Enclave
Demon Queen's Enclave
Demon Queen's Enclave is the second part of a three part series of adventures belonging to the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons concept of Points of Light, a loosely connected and open-ended setting designed to allow modules and Dungeon Masters created materials to be seamlessly integrated into...

14–16 David Noonan
David Noonan (game designer)
David Noonan is an author of several products and articles for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast.-Role-playing games:...

, Chris Sims
December 16, 2008 Generic D&D setting
P3 Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress
Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress
Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress is the third part of a three part series of adventures belonging to the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons concept of Points of Light, a loosely connected and open-ended setting designed to allow modules and Dungeon Masters created materials to be seamlessly integrated...

17–20 Bruce R. Cordell March 17, 2009 Generic D&D setting

?

These adventures were designed for use with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons but either have not yet been assigned codes or the codes are unknown.
Code Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
? Seekers of the Ashen Crown 2–5 Chris Sims, Scott Fitzgerald Gray July 21, 2009 Eberron
Eberron
Eberron is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of Khorvaire...

? Revenge of the Giants 12–17 Bill Slavicsek
Bill Slavicsek
Bill Slavicsek is a game designer who served as the Director of Roleplaying Design and Development at Wizards of the Coast. He previously worked for West End Games and TSR, Inc., and designed products for Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, Alternity, Torg, Paranoia and Ghostbusters.-Biography:Bill...

, Mike Mearls
Mike Mearls
Michael Mearls is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games and related fiction.He worked as a freelance writer and designer for various gaming publishers for several years before being hired in June 2005 as a designer by Wizards of the Coast. He was a Lead Developer for Dungeons &...

, David Noonan
David Noonan (game designer)
David Noonan is an author of several products and articles for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast.-Role-playing games:...

August 18, 2009 Generic D&D setting
? Tomb of Horrors
Tomb of Horrors
Tomb of Horrors is an adventure module written by Gary Gygax for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It was originally written for and used at the 1975 Origins 1 convention...

10–22 Ari Marmell
Ari Marmell
Ari Marmell is an American novelist and freelance role-playing game writer.-Novels:His first novel, Gehenna: The Final Night, was published in 2004 by White Wolf Publishing...

, Scott Fitzgerald Gray
July 20, 2010 Generic D&D setting

Essentials

These adventures were included in the boxed sets of the new Essentials Line of 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons.
Code Title Levels Author(s) Published Notes
Essentials Dungeons and Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Red Box) - Twisting Halls 1 Wizards RPG Team September 7, 2010 Nentir Vale
Essentials Dungeon Master's Kit
Dungeon Master's Kit
The Dungeon Master's Kit contains rules concerning the arbitration and administration of the fourth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, and is intended for use primarily or only by the game's Dungeon Master....

 - Reavers of Harkenwold
2-3 James Wyatt
James Wyatt
James Wyatt RA , was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical style, who far outdid Adam in his work in the neo-Gothic style.-Early classical career:...

, Jeremy Crawford
October 19, 2010 Nentir Vale
Essentials Monster Vault - Cairn of the Winter King 4 Rodney Thompson
Rodney Thompson
Rodney Thompson is a game designer whose writing credits include numerous books for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game and the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game...

, Mathew Sernett, Logan Bonner
November 16, 2010 Nentir Vale
Essentials Madness at Gardmore Abbey 6-10 RPG Staff September 20, 2011 Nentir Vale

See also

List of Dungeons & Dragons modules - for adventure modules up until the publication of 3rd Edition D&D
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