D&D General More Details Revealed for Forgotten Realms Digital Expansions

Pre-orders are live for the upcoming Forgotten Realms books, with one D&D Beyond listing providing some new details about digital DLC released alongside the books. Posted today on D&D Beyond, the "Forgotten Realms Ultimate Bundle" will include three digital expansions - Astarion's Book of Hungers, Netheril's Fall, and a third "secret" expansion to be named later. The digital expansions will be gradually released over a three week period. Astarion's Book of Hungers will include new player options, while Netheril's Fall will be an adventure book of some kind. Page count is not available, but currently the only way to get these three digital expansions will be through buying the "Ultimate Bundle," which has a whopping price point of $159.99 and includes both physical and digital versions of the other Forgotten Realms books.

What (little) information we know was provided by D&D Beyond and can be seen below:

• Astarion’s Book of Hungers: a digital expansion where players can indulge in their vampire desires with new player options, monsters, and adventure content – all shared by Astarion himself! | Release Date: November 11, 2025
• Netheril’s Fall: a digital expansion where players can explore the lost Netherese Empire in a time traveling adventure | Release Date: November 18, 2025
• A secret third digital expansion – to be revealed soon! | Release Date: November 25, 2025

 

[GarrettKP]

The panel I just attended said the Astarion book will include the revised Dhampire species.

 

[Christian Hoffer]

The panel I just attended said the Astarion book will include the revised Dhampire species.

Any other big news coming out of that panel? I was about to write that up after I hit the Banneret news.

 

[GarrettKP]

Any other big news coming out of that panel? I was about to write that up after I hit the Banneret news.

I posted my notes from the panel over on the Gameinformer article thread. Feel free to use that and ask me any questions or clarifications. I’ll answer what I can.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Any other big news coming out of that panel? I was about to write that up after I hit the Banneret news.

There's a lot from the panel on the Game Informer article thread, which we've been using as the main discussion for the books here.

 

[Remathilis]

The panel I just attended said the Astarion book will include the revised Dhampire species.

I'm willing to bet the farm that it gets reprinted in whatever Ravenloft book they put out with the horror subclasses. Sooner rather than later.

 

[Remathilis]

If the DLC is only available as part of the print/digital bundle . . . that's going to upset me. I would like to get the special edition covers of these two books at my FLGS and then pick up the digital copies on D&D Beyond.

I'm going to wager they will be on sale separately. They didn't just delay the digital release of Forge of the Artificer just to screw game stores with a bundle bonus exclusive. They are them right now to pretty up the bundle, but I don't think they will sacrifice potential sales from people who bought the book in game stores, only want the player book, or are vampire aficionados.

 

[Selas]

I posted this on the other "DLC" thread; cross-posting for awareness.

Also, the digital expansions will be sold separately once the FR books come out for the people only interested in those; there's a thread in DDB confirming it.

 

[pukunui]

I posted this on the other "DLC" thread; cross-posting for awareness.

And they are also available as part of the digital only preorder bundle!

 

[Demetrios1453]

And they are also available as part of the digital only preorder bundle!

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Great! I tend to get the digital bundles in these cases, and then the special edition covers from the store, so this is perfect.

 

[EternalDungeonMaster]

The difference between the ultimate physical bundle ($159.99) and the digital bundle ($126.93) is $33.06? That's insanity.