D&D General Did the Known World/Mystara exist in 4e canon?

[JEB]

Following from my similar questions last month about Greyhawk and Dragonlance...

Was there any official coverage of Mystara (a.k.a. the Known World, the Basic D&D default setting) in 4e? All I could find was:

• A description of the Isle of Dread in Heroes of the Feywild, as a multiversal location that didn't reference Mystara (or Oerth for that matter)
• Various Basic D&D monsters that were updated to 4e, but didn't reference Mystara
• A very early 4e writeup of Bargle

Mind, I also don't recall a lot of official support for Mystara during 3e (just some Dragon and Dungeon content), so I wouldn't be surprised if it was even lower priority during 4e than references to Oerth.

(Based on previous experience, however, I'm hoping for another research miracle from @Echohawk...)

 

[Echohawk]

Was there any official coverage of Mystara (a.k.a. the Known World, the Basic D&D default setting) in 4e?

The short answer is "no".

(Based on previous experience, however, I'm hoping for another research miracle from @Echohawk...)

The long answer is also "no"

The only specific reference to "Mystara" I can find in any 4e source is in Into the Unknown, where there is a page and a half about The Lost City as a dungeon location. Even then, the reference is simply a word in the name of a Dragon magazine article ("Mystara: The Lost City" in issue #315).

As you point out, 4e occasionally drew on creatures and lore from Basic D&D but specifically referencing Mystara as a D&D world? Not that I can see.

 

[JEB]

The short answer is "no".

The long answer is also "no"

The only specific reference to "Mystara" I can find in any 4e source is in Into the Unknown, where there is a page and a half about The Lost City as a dungeon location. Even then, the reference is simply a word in the name of a Dragon magazine article ("Mystara: The Lost City" in issue #315).

As you point out, 4e occasionally drew on creatures and lore from Basic D&D but specifically referencing Mystara as a D&D world? Not that I can see.

Aww. Sorry, Mystara fans. (At least 5e has been a tiny bit better.)

Thanks for checking!