D&D Beyond Importer

The D&D Beyond Importer lets you import D&D 5e character sheets from D&D Beyond to World Anvil.

Before Importing a Character...

If you're proficient with using World Anvil, you can skip to the next section. Otherwise, this section explains how to set up your world for D&D 5e and how to get to the character sheet creation page.
First, you will need to choose Dungeons & Dragons 5e as the world's RPG system. To do so, go to the world settings by clicking the cog button at the bottom of the sidebar. Then, in the Role Playing Gaming System drop-down of the Basic tab, choose Dungeons & Dragons 5e. Save changes.
Then, go to the Statblocks section of the left sidebar. This page displays all statblocks in your world. On the right side of the screen, open the drop-down and pick Character Sheet (2020) (Dungeons & Dragons 5e). Then, click the Create a new sheet button. This will create a new blank character sheet and you'll be ready to import a character from D&D Beyond.

How to Import Characters

In order to import a character sheet, your D&D Beyond character needs to be public—World Anvil can't import private articles. You can toggle character privacy in the character settings menu. Then, follow these steps:

1. Create a new character sheet on World Anvil. It should be a D&D 5e sheet, and, if you have multiple options, make sure it's the 2020 version (its full name is Character Sheet (2020) (Dungeons & Dragons 5e)).
2. On your right, you'll see a button labelled "Import D&D Beyond Character". Click it—this will open a pop-up.
3. On D&D Beyond, find the character sheet's ID. To do it, look at the URL of the character sheet: the ID will be the numbers at the end. For example, if the URL is https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/username/characters/11111111, the ID will be 11111111.
4. On World Anvil, paste the ID in the pop-up and click Summon my Character.
5. Note that importing a character will replace the World Anvil sheet with the contents from D&D Beyond. So make sure you haven't opened the wrong sheet by accident.

Importing a character will automatically save the sheet, so your character will now be fully integrated with World Anvil.

Limitations of the importer

Due to technical limitations and incompatibilities, some fields won't be imported into your World Anvil sheet. Note that if you re-import a character on a filled-out sheet, fields that are not imported will be blanked out from the World Anvil sheet (but will remain on D&D Beyond). We recommend not using this method to level-up your characters. These are the fields that are not imported:

• Features like class abilities and spells.
• Movement speed.
• Temporary HP.
• Attribute, saving throw, and skill modifiers that are bonuses on top of the regular modifiers (for example due to magical items).
• Initiative bonus (beyond the base bonus).
• Senses (like darkvision, truesight, etc).
• Armor and tool proficiencies.
• Certain information about items (such as cost and weight)
• Background feature, characterstics, and personality trait.
• Notes

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FAQ

Are changes on D&D Beyond synced with World Anvil?

No, you'll need to re-import the character if you change it on D&D Beyond. Changes on the World Anvil sheet will not be reflected on D&D Beyond's sheet.

When I try to import a character, I get a 403 error. What does it mean?

It probably means that the D&D Beyond character is private. Make sure it's public before importing it—you can make it private again after importing.

It looks like my character is missing something. What's going on?

Our D&D Beyond Importer grabs your basic chartacter sheet. This does not yet include spells, class features, resources or walking speed. These would need to be imported manually.