Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor Maps for Dungeons

The most complete set of Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor maps is in Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Dan Irish and Daniel Achterman, which you can borrow and read for free on the Internet Archive. It is the official guide published alongside the 2001 release, and it is the one place with area maps for the game's dungeons. That matters in practice because the game is a dungeon crawl with large dungeons full of bare, similar-looking rooms — a layout players at the time found confusing and seemingly endless — so a printed map is the practical way to stay oriented while playing.

Where to get the maps

• Open the Internet Archive listing for Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor Official Strategy Guide. You can read it online, borrow it, or download it for free.
• Use the book's area map sections as you reach each dungeon. The guide was written with the direct help of the Stormfront Studios team, so its maps and walkthrough material track the real game areas.
• Pair the maps with your own note-taking: the in-game re-release improved the UI with an action bar and tooltips, but no in-game area map feature is listed on the official Steam page.

The areas the maps need to cover

Community coverage of the game lists the locations your party travels through, from the dungeons below the city to the city itself and the catacombs beneath it. These are the names you will see in guide maps and area discussions:

Why the guide is the go-to map source

The 2001 original was plagued by bugs and criticized for its repetitive, confusing dungeons, and no digital release existed for over two decades. The game only returned digitally when SNEG's re-release launched on Steam on November 6, 2026 for Windows at $17.99, as listed on the official Steam page as of 2026-11-07. That means the printed Prima guide remains the dedicated published source of area maps for the game's dungeon layout — the re-release announcements describe UI, visual and bug-fix enhancements, but no added mapping feature.

Next steps

• If you are working through a specific dungeon with your map open, the walkthrough page gives you the ordered route to follow alongside it.
• Early on you will need the Prison Key Ring to open locked areas that appear on the Bedlam Prison maps.
• For clearing the first major dungeon level, see clearing the center of the First Cellar.

FAQ

Where can I find Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor maps for the dungeons?

The Prima official strategy guide on the Internet Archive is the fullest published map source. You can borrow and read it free online, and it covers the game's dungeon and ruin areas with the maps that printed guides of that era included.

Which dungeon areas do the maps cover?

The main named areas are the Dwarven Dungeons, Dwarven Tombs, Elven Catacombs, Bedlam Prison, Deep Halls and Castle Cormanthor, plus the Central Ruins, the Halls of Light and Stone, the Hall of Wizards, House of Gems, and the wilderness areas Cormanthor and Sullymarsh.

Does the 2026 re-release add an in-game map?

No mapping feature is listed. As of 2026-11-07, the official Steam page lists the re-release's enhancements as sharper visuals, widescreen and 4K support, a reworked camera, an action bar and tooltips, full controller support, Steam Cloud and 32 achievements — no in-game area map is mentioned, so use the Prima guide alongside the game.

Is the strategy guide free?

Yes. The Internet Archive offers the guide as a free download, borrow and streaming item, so you can read the map sections without paying.

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Check note: area and map availability facts come from the Internet Archive's Prima guide listing and community coverage of the game's locations; version and feature facts come from the official Steam page. The exact page-by-page placement of each map inside the guide is unconfirmed here — check the guide's table of contents when you open it.