Wizards of the Coast Re-Registers Dark Sun With USPTO

Wizards of the Coast recently filed an application to register Dark Sun in the US, a sign that D&D could be bringing back the campaign setting in the near future. The trademark claim was filed on October 13th, 2025 and is poised to replace a previous trademark that was cancelled by the USPTO in 2024. The trademark, like most involving D&D properties, covers both "downloadable electronic games," "games and playthings," and "entertainment services." Similar active trademarks exist for other D&D campaign settings such as Spelljammer and Forgotten Realms, although neither of those have lapsed in recent years.

We'll note that, as the previous Dark Sun trademark lapsed a year ago, this could be a case of simple paperwork, or it could be the latest sign that a Dark Sun product is eminent. Earlier this year, Wizards released an Unearthed Arcana for the Psion class and several subclasses that all but spelled out a return to the setting, complete with mentions of sorcerer-kings, gladiatorial fights, and preservers and defilers.

 

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I prefer a more hopeful Dark Sun. I would this by having one or more remote locations elsewhere on the planet. They would be subterranean communities (perhaps magitech) with large aquifers nonvisible from the surface, thus the Table Lands were unaware of them. The remote communities are relatively benign, with civic responsibility and trying to rebuild the planetary environment. But the resources are scarce, selfdefense is necessary against outside desperate populations despite feeling compassion for their plights.

I think it was called dragon spine mountains or something. A bunch of gith(?) had been stranded there since the sphere was sealed