Free Adventures For Your D&D Campaign
Need a little help this week with campaign prep? Why not try out a one shot adventure! This will be a page where I am collating every free adventure I can find and linking them here!
The adventures will be split into categories based on tiers of play and the recommended level (or level range) will be put into parenthesis next to the adventure link. If the adventure runs multiple levels (which some might if they are long enough), that will be denoted with an arrow (ex. 1 -> 3). All adventures will be credited when applicable, but for adventures with many collaborators, the credits will almost always be in the linked page. All of these adventures will either be specifically designed for 5e/5r or system agnostic.
While many of these adventures may take place in set worlds, they can easily be reconfigured to fit your campaign so don’t be shy in which materials you use! That being said, some of these may be part of larger adventures so keep that in mind when using some material as you may be able to get more from the same author.
As a final note, I do not consider “Pay What You Want” adventures as free, and while you could download them for free, I would personally recommend that you try to support those creators when possible.
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Levels 1-4
(1-4) A Murder in Redwater by psionicalpha
(1-3) An Easter Egghunter’s Guide to Adventure by Scott McClintock
(1-4) Beware the Moonless Night by Matt Butcher
(1-3) Castle Evernight: The Sharpfang Abductionby Jason Beil
(1) Chalice of the Mountain God by Benjamin J. Villarreal
(1->2) Corrupted Nature by Vicky-Eve Lovvorn
(1->3) Death House by Christopher Perkins
(1->3) Death House Revisited by Tahlia Espenscheid (You would play this over the Death House above, so up to you if you want this highly rated remake or the highly rated original!)
(1) Death Pit of Moloch by CJ Leung – Made specifically for new players and DMs
(1-3) Delve into Darkness by Benjamin Brews
(1-4) Dues for the Dead by Steve Winter
(1->3) Frozen Sick
(1-4) Faceless Hunger by Gavin Capener
(1-4) Grammy’s Country Apple Pie by Jennifer Adcock (Free Downloadable Map)
(1-4) Heart of a Hero by Kelly Ferry
(1) Heartburn by Trystan Goetze
(1-5) House of Horrors by Jim Bruno
(1) Lost and Found by The Fireside GM
(1) Moon Over Graymoor by S.T. Mannell
(1-3) Murder at The Rampant Rooster by Robin Hoopes
(1-4) Mire’s Edge by P.D. Millar
(1-4) Outlaws of the Iron Route by Will Doyle
(1-4) Shackles of Blood by Joshua Kelly
(1) Shadows over Whitarrows by Benjamin Saintpierre
(1-4) Shadows Over The Moonsea by Greg Marks
(1) Storm the Dark Castle By TrueTenno
(1-4) Tales Trees Tell by Thomas Reid
(1-3) The Delian Tomb by Seth Harris
(1-4) The Delivery by Ea Nasir
(1) The Dragon Prince by Sam Harris
(1-3) The Face of the Oak by Fabrizio Pedani, Marco Benucci, Lorenzo Mereni
(1) The Gribbits Detective Agency by Ben Jenkins and David Harmon
(1-4) The Halls of Helmoot Rustymail by David Gowans
(1) The Justice Fist by DM Boo
(1-3) The Keep on the Borderlands by Excalibur Penn
(1-4) The Legend of the Ice Lady by Amonshi
(1) The Mountain King by Paul Warmerdam
(1-2) The Sanctum of Pain by The Bugbear Brothers
(1-4) The Scroll Thief by Daniel Helmick
(1) The Strange and Delightful Emporium: A First Time DM Adventure by Lynn Rose
(1-3) The Undertaker by Kristinn Kristmundsson
(1->3) Tomb of the Dragon Queen by Wolfgang Baur and Steve Winter
(1-3) Trouble in Tailroot by Iurii Teterevkov
(1-4) Welcome To Tanglewood Faire
(1-4) Winter’s Splendor by Ashley Warren
(2-3) Cadaver Mansion by Kieran Stocks
(2) Moordeep Crypts by David Henry, The Gentlemanly Dragon Game Company Inc.
(2-3) Now That’s A Kick! by Christophe Debruyne
(2) Pigmented Predicament by Giel Vervuurt
(2-3) The Dour Dowry by Wyrmworks Publishing
(2) The Misfit Maggot Five by Matt Rauscher – Pre-generated characters for this adventure
(2-4) The Oracle of Aegis Isle by Nick Petrou
(2-3) Wolves of Welton by Winghorn Press
(3) A Crumb in Winter by Gwen C. Katz
(3-5) A Flight to Remember by Doug Strain
(3) A Night of Masks and Monsters by Ashley Warren (Roll20 version)
(3) Ascent of Dragons: Greenmoot by J R Eyre Evans
(3->8+) Cult of Desire: Shadows of Oath-Iron by Alister Kane – Includes a lot of adventures and some maps as well
(3) Curious Case of Danvers Carew by Doug Strain
(3) Hell’s Bells by Willow Locke
(3) Mirror Mirror by Kurt Venetis
(3) The Heart of Autumn by Jacob Guest
(3-4) The Horror, The Horror by Doug Strain
(3-4) The Howling Valley by Tobias Scheurer (VTT version)
(3) The Mist of Horror by Björn Karsten Wendisch
(3) The Price of Success by Wyrmworks Publishing
(3) What Ails You by NightFlyer0ne
(3) Where Is My Alligator? by Kitoypoy
(3) Wild Hunt: Waterdeep by Jay Rincher
(3-5) Crypts of Kelemvor by Thomas Foss and Scott Fitzgerald Gray
(3-5) Mind Over Mimic by ZeConster
(3-5) The Brakkenwoods are Burning! by David Gowans
(3-5) The Gray Tower by Noah Haas
(3-4) The Halls of the Toymaker by Xero Reynolds
(3-5) Wendi by Christian Dawson
(4->5) Borderline Dead by Justin Blasdel
(4) Christmas Remnants by Zorth
(4-6) Daughter of the Wind by Constantine Kelfecil Christakis
(4) Fey & Fortune by Wyrmworks Publishing
(4) Haggle Rock: A Sour Sixteen by Ben Morrison, Spencer Foust
(4-6) The Barber of Silvermoon by Jason Bradley Thompson
(4) The Ember Elk by Wyrmworks Publishing
(4) The Gilded Isle by René Beauregard
(4) The Greater of Two Evils by Wyrmworks Publishing – Includes 4k maps!
(4-6) The Inevitable by Wyrmworks Publishing
(4) The Obsidian Crown by Matt Bryant
(4-6) The Tournament of Tokens by Adam DeWees
(4->7) What’s Wrong In Rethlyn? by J.D. Stroix
(4-5) Wild Sheep Chase by Richard Jansen-Parkes
Levels 5-10
(5) Dead Awake by Justin Blasdel
(5) Elfhunt by Jussi R. Foltmar Svendsen
(5) Merhoth’s Madness by Alexander Evans – Map for roll20 included!
(5-10) Murderer’s Fjord by Andy Brim
(5) Musical Morels by Callum Bains
(5-8) Sewing Up a Dream by Raymond Schneider
(5-10) Stolen for Stitches by Kelly Ferry
(5) The Cube of Vanya by AzCopey
(5) The Dark Watchmen by Wyrmworks Publishing
(5-10) The Desolate Undercroft by Gary Affeldt
(5) The King’s Gambit by RaptorHeist
The Lich’s Heart by John Thompson – Party level not provided but looks around 5-7. Includes many maps!
(5-7) The Murkwater Maniac by Nico Scarpi
(5-15) The Nine of Himdal by Ian Maene
(5) The Secrets of Skyhorn Lighthouse by Kelsey Dionne
(5-6) The Smuggler’s Hideout by N.M. Sheldon
(5) The Wandering at Witchlight by Xero Reynolds
(5-7) The Weight of Glory by Wyrmworks Publishing
(5) The Winter’s Crest by Tib Winterfield
(5-7) This Is The Title by Doug Strain
(5-7) Unintended Magics
(6-8) Burning Revenge by Red Rose Raconteurs
(6) Cult of the Sun Lion by scholarmage
(6) Lost in the High Forest by Fred Love
(6) Ravnician Heist by Oleksandr Parforov
(6-8) Secrets of Darkmoor by HuskingtonOSRS
(6) The Kris by frigid_lich_dnd
(6-8) The Lambent Delirium by Lauren Neuburger
(6-8) The Sun Road by Paul Siegel
(6-7) The Tower of the Starlight Knight by Constantine Kelfecil Christakis
(6-8) Tomb of Omri by HuskingtonOSRS
(6-10) Trespasses by M.A. Norton
(6-10) Trick or Treat by Umm Adab أمّﺃَﺩَﺏ
(6) Tyranny in Phlan by Greg Marks
(7) Fireheart Arsonist by Art Anderson
(7) How Not to Host a Murder by Mike Krahulik
(8) The Caverns of Chameen by Niels Elmer
(8) Ocean of Greed by MonkeyDM
(8-9) Save the Queen by Wyrmworks Publishing
(9-10) A False Life by Caleb Paige
(9) Aboard the Corsair Ship Perilous by Mason Joiner
(10) The Mystery of Stargazer Tower by Joshua Nagle
(10) Valerian’s Trial by Nyhur
Levels 11-16
(11-16) A Dungeon and a Dragon by Chris Bergman
(15) Eyes of the Beholder by Legend Prime
(11-13) Six Faces of Death by Scott Fitzgerald Gray
(11) The Blind Mansion by J.W.H. Verhoeven
Levels 17+
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Any Level
A Friendly Competition by Sander Goldman
A Night At The Gala by Emily Armstrong
An Orphan’s Inheritance by Dwarf Hamster Creations – Very short adventure
Arcane Hosts – A Collection of Heists
Blasdel’s 20 Mini-Campaigns by Justin Blasdel – All 20 are free on the author’s profile and it seems they don’t have specific level requirements
Dungeon of the Mad Alchemist by -SaC
Esteemed House of Cats by Constantine Kelfecil Christakis – Short and no combat, highly related none the less
Hammering Out a Sequel by Thomas Kolar – A sequel to Curse of Strahd
If You Hear Laughter, RUN by DoggertQBones
Magnificent Mansion Murder Mystery by Alagomar
Race to the Ruins by George Sanders
Secrets in the Swamp by Kefkejaco
Soiree: A Waterdeep Tale by Xero Reynolds
The Little Astralnaut by Anthony Joyce – This is specifically for children as a bedtime story or similar (which is absolutely adorable)!