New DnD Dragon Anthology Announced for 2025
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Wizards of the Coast recently held their D&D Direct 2024, an annual online event in which they unveil a number of new products and gameplay initiatives for Dungeons & Dragons. During the livestream, WotC announced that a new as-yet-untitled DnD Dragon Anthology would be coming out in the summer of 2025.
The new dragon anthology will be the first adventure supplement to feature the new 2024 DnD rules and to focus exclusively on dragons. So what else can players expect in this tome of draconic goodness? Below, we break out everything we know so far.
What will the DnD Dragon Anthology be about?
So far, Wizards of the Coast has been very light on details as to what the untitled DnD Dragon Anthology will actually be about. In the D&D Direct video, Senior Designer Amanda Hamon said that “it will be the first anthology and adventure book following the new 2024 rules… It is a book of 10 short adventures that all feature dragons in dungeons.”
While an entire book of dragon-themed adventures may seem like well-trod ground (after all the creatures are in the name of the game), in the video Senior Designer James Wyatt noted that “it’s kind of surprising how many people say that they’ve actually never fought a dragon in D&D.”
It’s not yet clear what levels the adventures will be designed for or if the book will include updated DnD 2024 versions of any existing modules. If it’s anything like other adventure anthologies, however, it will likely work for a range of character tiers.
When is the DnD Dragon Anthology coming out?
Currently, the new DnD dragon anthology is scheduled for release sometime in the summer of 2025. As with other Wizards of the Coast products, however, you will be able to pre-order the digital and physical bundle via D&D Beyond, which means you’ll be able to access the digital version several weeks earlier,
This will also likely be the case if you pre-order from your local game store if they have opted into Wizards of the Coast’s early access program.
How much is the DnD Dragon Anthology?
Wizards of the Coast has recently increased the price of their DnD 5e books, so the print version will likely retail for $59.95 USD (which is a comparable MSRP to to recent publications). The print and digital bundle will likely retail for $69.95 USD on D&D Beyond (with a discount for pre-orders).
Notably, you’ll likely also be able to purchase the digital only version for $29.99 USD via D&D Beyond.
Will there be an alternate cover for the Dragon Anthology?
As with other new DnD 5e releases, there will likely be an alternate cover of the book that features stylized embossing. Typically, these are the same price as the standard edition, so it’s simply a matter of which cover you prefer.
It’s also not clear if Beadle & Grimm’s will be producing any alternate versions of the book, which has been the case for other DnD 5e products.
What other tie-in products will be available?
Typically, WizKids releases a variety of monster and NPC miniatures that tie-in to DnD adventure supplements, so it’s likely we’ll see similar tie-in products with the upcoming dragon anthology.
It’s also likely that book will integrate with the new 2D Maps VTT via D&D Beyond, although it’s not yet clear if it will also be compatible with Project Sigil, the codename for upcoming 3D DnD virtual tabletop, which is currently in Beta testing and which will likely be significantly closer to launch by the time the DnD anthology hits shelves.
Final Thoughts
Adventure anthologies are of course, nothing new for DnD 5e, with books such as Journey Through the Radiant Citadel, Candlekeep Mysteries and Keys from the Golden Vault all featuring collections of original adventures designed for a variety of different character tiers. We’ve also seen anthologies like Tales from the Yawning Portal and the more recent Quests from the Infinite Staircase update old school adventures for fifth edition.
While creating an anthology of nothing but “dragons in dungeons” may seem like burning some low hanging fruit on the part of Wizards of the Coast, it will really depend on the quality of the adventures. We’ll be keeping a close eye on this story in the days ahead and will update this page with more information as it’s made available.
In the meantime, below is a the D&D Direct 2024 video, timestamped to where the team discusses the new dragon adventure anthology.
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Ollie Delano is a Staff Writer who lives in Chicago, Illinois where he majored in Journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He’s been playing Dungeons & Dragons for over 10 years and currently plays in a weekly game group where he rolls way too many natural 1s and chugs way too much Mountain Dew. His favorite D&D campaign setting is Eberron and his favorite character to play was a Tiefling rogue named Draxiss who enjoys both literal and figurative backstabbing.
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