The Sword Coast
Realm · the Empty Lands
The Sword Coast is the long seaboard of western Faerûn along the Sea of Swords, a wilderness of independent cities and roaming monsters that holds some of the most important cities in the Realms.
Long empty miles of coast and hills stretch between cities, and every caravan travels with swords drawn.
The Sword Coast at a glance
- Also known as
- the Empty Lands
- Kind & extent
- Coastal region
- Inhabitants
- Humans, dwarves, elves, halflings, gnomes, half-orcs, tieflings and orcs
Overview
Some see the Sword Coast as merely a wilderness to cross on the way somewhere else, a tract of land dotted with independent cities and overrun by bands of monsters. It is far more: a rich land with a long history, and home to cities such as Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep.
Most of the official adventures of D&D 5th edition take place along it.
On the map
Lands of The Sword Coast
Places in The Sword Coast
Neighbouring regions
Regions whose bounds come within about 20 miles of The Sword Coast on our map.