Updated Planescape Cosmographical Tables

A Brief Reference Guide to the Planes and the Realms and Towns Within Them

Adapted from tables in Planes of Conflict by TSR Inc. This page is intended only as a resource. All locations are credited. Copyright held by the originators is all cases.

The links to the Mimir are not organised yet: The Planes of Cordance are found under 'Mapping the Infinite', and the new towns under 'No Burg Like Home'.

KEY:

Plane (number of layers)

Planar Feature

LAYER (layer number and name)

  • IT: Independent Town (source)
  • Si: Site (source)
  • Re: Realm (source)
    • RT: Realm Town (source)
PSCS: Planescape Campaign Setting Boxed Set
  • DMG: DM Guide to the Planes
  • SaB: Sigil and Beyond
    • PoX: Planes of Chaos Boxed Set
    PoC: Planes of Conflict Boxed Set
    PoL: Planes of Law Boxed Set
    PSMCI: Planescape Monstrous Compendium Volume I
    PPttO: Player's Primer to the Outlands Boxed Set
    PWHB: The Planewalker's Handbook
    TDS: The Deva Spark Adventure
    ITA: In The Abyss Adventure
    WoW: Well of Worlds Adventure Anthology
    FoD: Fires of Dis Adventure
    Hellbound: Hellbound: The Blood War Boxed Set
    F&A: Faiths and Avatars (Forgotten Realms Accessory)
    P&P: Powers and Pantheons (Forgotten Realms Accessory)
    FoE: Faces of Evil: The Fiends
    FoS: Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
    TGMM: The Great Modron March Adventure Anthology
    NBotA: Adapted from the Net Book of the Abyss
    MotP: 1st Edition Manual of the Planes
    PSMCIII: Monstrous Compendium, Planescape Appendix 3
    PoD: Pools of Darkness computer game
    TftIS: Tales from the Infinite Staircase Adventure Anthology
    DBG: Dungeon Builder's Guidebook

    These tables will be updated periodically as the multiverse is mapped and explored. Realms are often undescribed. OHG and the 'Planes of...' sets contain all the available information on realms, except where noted.

    Abyss

    (Seemingly infinite, unstable layers, possibly close to 900 in number, although that number changes. 986 mapped to date.)

    Except where noted, Abyssal locations are from PoX. Layers marked (I) are interdicted.

    River Styx
    River Pyriphlegethon

    LAYER/REALM 1: PLAIN OF INFINITE PORTALS

    LAYER/REALM 2: "DRILLER'S HIVES"
    LAYER/REALM 3: FORGOTTEN LAND
    LAYER/REALM 4: GRAND ABYSS
    LAYER/REALM 5: "WORMBLOOD" (I)
    LAYER/REALM 6: REALM OF A MILLION EYES (Great Mother's realm)
    LAYER/REALM 7: PHANTOM PLANE (Sess'inek's realm)
    LAYER/REALM 8: "SKIN-SHEDDER" (I)
    LAYER/REALM 9: BURNINGWATER (I)
    LAYER/REALM 10: "THAT HELLHOLE" (I)
    LAYER/REALM 11: MOLRAT (I)
    LAYER/REALM 12: TWELVETREES
    LAYER/REALM 13: BLOOD TOR (Beshaba and Umberlee's realms; F&A)

    LAYER/REALM 14: A'SHAD'IFOHG

    LAYER/REALM 15: THE COURTS OF MUSTERING
    LAYER/REALM 16: THE ENDLESS GRAVEYARD
    LAYER/REALM 17: THE WHISPERING LIGHTS (I)
    LAYER 18: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 19: FALSERAPTURE (I)
    LAYERS 20-22: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 23: IRON WASTES (Kostchtchie's realm)
    LAYERS 24-26: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 27: MALIGNEBULA (Lissa'aere the Noxious' realm; Hellbound)
    LAYERS 28-29: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 30: SLIMEFLOW
    LAYERS/REALMS 31-32: DESERTS OF STILL SILVER (THE DUNGEON DIMENSIONS) (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYER/REALM 33: HOLLOWSHELL (I)
    LAYERS 34-36: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 37: THE FEEDING REACH (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 38-44: Unknown
    LAYERS/REALMS 45-47: AZZAGRAT (Graz'zt's realm)
    LAYER 48: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 49: THE HORRID SEA
    IT: Sanspathos, the Lingering City
    LAYERS 50-52: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 53: IMPALATOR (THE GLASS SPIKES) (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 54-56: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 57: TORTUOUS TRUTH (Duke Alvarez's realm; FoE)
    LAYERS 58-62: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 63: CHITINOUS (Mantha's Realm) (I) (NBotA) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 64-65: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 66: THE DEMONWEB PITS (Lolth's realm)
    LAYER/REALM 67: HEAVING HILLS
    LAYER/REALM 68: UNNAMED (Void) (I)
    LAYER/REALM 69: THE CRUSHING PLAIN (I)
    LAYER/REALM 70: "THE ICE FLOE" (I)
    LAYER/REALM 71: SPIRAC
    LAYER/REALM 72: "DARKLIGHT" (I)
    LAYER/REALM 73: THE WELLS OF DARKNESS (I)
    LAYER/REALM 74: SMARAGD (Meershaulk and Ramenos' realms)
    LAYERS 75-79: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 80: "THAT MISERABLE PLACE" (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 81-87: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 88: THE GAPING MAW (Demogorgon's realm, formerly Yam's realm)
    LAYER/REALM 89: DEMOZG
    LAYERS 90-99: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 100: THE FORGE OF THE ABYSS (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 101-111: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 112: STALKINGBONES (THE FONT OF SKELETONS) (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYER/REALM 113: THANATOS, THE BELLY OF DEATH (Kiaransalee's realm, formerly Orcus' realm)
    LAYER/REALM 114: OPEN GRAVE (I)
    LAYERS 115-127: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 128: THE SLUGBED (Lupercio's realm; FoE)
    LAYERS 129-141: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 142: LIFEBANE (Chemosh's Realm; OHG)
    LAYERS 143-155: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 156: BOGGYWOOD
    LAYERS 157-175: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 176: HOLLOW'S HEART (Fraz Urblu's new realm; FoE)
    LAYERS 177-180: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 181: ROTTING PLAIN (Laogzed's Realm)
    LAYERS 182-192: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 193: VULGAREA (Eshebala's realm; OHG)
    LAYERS 194-220: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 221: BLEKHOLE (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYER/REALM 222: SHEDAKLAH (Jubilex's and Zuggtmoy's realms)
    LAYER/REALM 223: RARANDRETH
    LAYERS 224-240: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 241: PALPITATIA (Grankhul's and Skiggaret's realms; OHG)
    LAYERS 242-265: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 266: ACID INDECSION (Tel'Quay's realm)
    LAYERS 267-273: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 274: DURAO (gateway layer)
    LAYERS 275-296: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 297: THE SIGHING CLIFFS (Lynkhab's realm; FoE)
    LAYERS 298-299: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 300: FENG-TU (Tou Mu and Lu Yueh's realm) (MotP) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 302-302: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 303: SULFANORUM (smoking realm)
    LAYERS 304-312: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 313: UNNAMED
    LAYERS 314-323: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 324: THEIVUKASH (Stromckkuk's realm; NBotA) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 325-332: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 333: THE BROKEN SCALE (Hiddukel's realm; OHG)
    LAYERS 334-344: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 345: FYERWOLD
    LAYERS 346-347: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 348: UNNAMED (Formerly Thralhavoc's realm)
    LAYERS 349-376: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 377: PLAINS OF GALLENSHU (Armanite realm)
    LAYERS 378-389: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 390: THE HINGED PLAIN (THE CLAP) (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 391-398: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 399: WORM REALM (Urdlen's Realm)
    LAYER/REALM 400: WOEFUL ESCARAND (nalfeshnee realm)
    LAYERS 401-402: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 403: THE RAINLESS WASTE
    LAYERS 404-421: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 422: THE SEEPING WOODS (Yeenoghu's realm)
    LAYERS 423-433: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 434: SHRIEKING LANDS (HOUSE OF MASKS) (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 435-447: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 448: THE GREAT BORDELLO (Syliviana's realm) (NBotA) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 449-463: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 462: THE ATROCITY CAVERNS (I) (Coming soon to the Mmir)
    LAYERS 463-470: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 471: SUCCUBI WOMB (THE FLESH PITS) (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 472-486: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 487: LAIR OF THE BEAST AND MANSION OF THE RAKE (Kanchelsis' realm; OHG)
    LAYERS 488-498: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 499: CARRORISTO (Hellbound)
    LAYERS 500-502: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 503: TORREMOR (THE LAYER OF FLIES) (Pazrael's realm)
    LAYERS 504-523: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 524: SHATTERSTONE (Vaprak's realm, OHG)
    LAYERS 525-529: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 530: KAZUM, THE CITY OF THE PIT (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 531-545: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 546: THE NIGHTMARE CAGE (J'sald-Xerix's realm) (NBotA) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 547-554: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 555: MAGGOTLOCH (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 556-564: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 565: SANDSLIDE (THE FALLING DESERT) (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYER/REALM 566: BLOODFIELD (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 567-571: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 572: MORTALUS (Mors' realm)
    LAYERS 573-574: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 575: AWASH (I)
    LAYERS 576-585: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 586: PRISON OF THE MAD GOD (Diinkarazan's realm)
    LAYERS 587-599: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 600: ENDLESS MAZE (Baphomet's realm, OHG)
    LAYER/REALM 601: CONFLAGRATUM (Alzrius' realm, Hellbound)
    LAYERS 602-621: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 622: ENGULFING ABOMINATION (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 623-634: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 635: BEHEMOTHHOME (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 636-642: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 643: CAVERNS OF THE SKULL (Kali's realm)
    LAYERS 644-669: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 670: THE CRUMBLING HELL (I) (Coming soon to the Mimir)
    LAYERS 671-682: Unknown
    LAYER/REALM 683: TUTIOLTH (I)
    LAYERS 684-985: Unknown
    LAYER 986: UNNAMED
    LAYERS 987 and DOWN: Unknown

    Acheron (four layers)

    Except where noted, Acherian locations are from PoL.

    River Styx
    River Acheron
    Fujiyama
    Mictlan

    LAYER 1: AVALAS

    LAYER 2: THULDANIN

    LAYER 3: TINTIBULUS

    LAYER 4: OCANTHUS

    River Acheron

    Air (no layers; touches Vacuum, Lightning, Ice and Smoke)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Arborea (three layers)

    Unless otherwise noted, all Arborean locations are from PoX.

    River Oceanus
    Mount Olympus
    Yggdrasil
    Mictlan

    LAYER 1: OLYMPUS/ARVANDOR

    LAYER 2: OSSA/AQUALLOR

    LAYER 3: PELION/MITHARDIR

    Arcadia (three layers)

    Unless noted, all Arcadian locations are from PoL.

    Fujiyama
    River Eridanus

    LAYER 1: ABELLIO

    LAYER 2: BUXENUS

    LAYER 3: NEMAUSUS

    All information on Nemausus has been withheld by order of Factol Sarin of the Harmonium.

    Ash (no layers; touches Fire, Negative Energy, Magma, Smoke and Vacuum)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Astral (no layers; in fact a zero-dimensional space)

    All Astral locations are from the Guide to the Astral Plane unless noted.

    Avalon

    (no layers - lies ethically between the Outlands and Elysium)

    All Avalonian locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Baator (nine layers)

    All Baatoran locations are from PoL unless otherwise noted.

    River Styx
    River Lethe
    River Pyriphlegethon
    River Cocytus
    Mictlan

    LAYER 1: AVERNUS

    LAYER 2: DIS

    LAYER 3: MINAUROS

    LAYER 4: PHLEGETHOS

    LAYER 5: STYGIA

    LAYER 6: MALBOLGE

    LAYER 7: MALADOMINI

    LAYER 8: CANIA

    LAYER 9: NESSUS

    The Beastlands (three layers)

    All Beastlander locations are from PoC except where noted.

    River Oceanus
    Yggdrasil

    LAYER 1: KRIGALA

    LAYER 2: BRUX

    LAYER 3: KARASUTHRA

    Bytopia (two layers, bounded)

    Unless noted, all Bytopian locations are detailed in PoC.

  • Re: Epimetheus (titan; wanders)

    • LAYER 1: DOTHION

    LAYER 2: SHURROCK

    Carceri (six layers)

    All Carcerian locations are from PoC, unless otherwise noted.

    River Styx
    Mount Olympus
    Fujiyama

    LAYER 1: OTHRYS

    LAYER 2: CATHRYS

    LAYER 3: MINETHYS

    LAYER 4: COLOTHYS

    LAYER 5: PORPHATYS

    LAYER 6: AGATHYS

    Discordia

    (no layers - lies ethically between Limbo and the Outlands)

    All Discordian locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Dust (no layers; touches Earth, Negative Energy, Magma, Ooze and Salt)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Earth (no layers; touches Magma, Dust, Ooze and Mineral)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Elysium (four layers)

    All Elysian locations are in PoC except as noted.

    River Oceanus
    River Eridanus
    Fujiyama
    Yggdrasil

    LAYER 1: AMORIA

    LAYER 2: ERONIA

    LAYER 3: BELIERIN

    LAYER 4: THALASIA

    Ethereal (geometry unrevealed)

    Until the release of The Guide to the Ethereal Plane, Ethereal locations will be individually keyed.

    Fire (no layers; touches Ash, Magma, Radiance and Smoke)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Gehenna (four volcanoes acting as layers, plus void)

    Except where noted, Gehennan locales are from PoC.

    River Styx
    Mount Olympus

    LAYER 1: KHALAS

    LAYER 2: CHAMADA

    LAYER 3: MUNGOTH

    LAYER 4: KRANGATH

    The Grey Waste (three layers)

    Except where noted, Hadean locations are in PoC.

    River Styx
    River Slith
    River Lethe
    Mount Olympus
    Yggdrasil
    Mictlan

    LAYER 1: OINOS

    LAYER 2: NIFLHEIM

    LAYER 3: PLUTON

    Ice (no layers - touches Air, Water, Lightning, Steam, Vacuum and Salt)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    K'un Lun

    (no layers - lies ethically between Mt. Celestia and the Outlands)

    All K'un Lun locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Lightning (no layers - touches Air, Positive Energy, Steam, Ice, Radiance and Smoke)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Limbo (pure chaos - what the zog's a layer, berk?)

    All Limbo locations are taken from PoX, except where noted.

    Yggdrasil (maybe)
    Fujiyama (sometimes)

    Magma (no layers - touches Ash, Dust, Fire, Earth, Mineral and Radiance)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Mechanus

    (no layers per se; rather each cog acts like a self-contained layer/realm)

    All Mechanican locations can be found in PoL except as noted.

    Mictlan

    Mineral (no layers - touches Earth, Positive Energy, Mist, Radiance, Ooze and Magma)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced. The general conditions of Mineral are covered in the articles 'Bazaar of the Bizarre: Ioun Stones' and 'The Dragon's Bestiary: What Guards the Ioun Stones?' in Dragon #174.

    Mist (no layers - touches Water, Positive Energy, Lightning, Mineral, Ooze and Ice)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced. Mist is also called Steam.

    Mount Celestia (seven layers)

    Except where noted, all Celestial locations are from PoL.

    River Lethe
    River Eunoë
    River Eridanus
    Fujiyama

    LAYER 1: LUNIA

    LAYER 2: MERCURIA

    LAYER 3: VENYA

    LAYER 4: SOLANIA

    LAYER 5: MERTION

    LAYER 6: JOVAR

    LAYER 7: CHRONIAS

    Chronias is unmapped, as none have returned, but supposedly contains Ahura Mazdah's realm and the source of the Lethe and Eunoë.

    Negative Energy (no layers - touches Vacuum, Salt, Dust, Ash and Shadow)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each energy plane location will be individually referenced.

    Nether

    (no layers - located ethically between the Grey Waste and the Outlands)

    All Nether locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Ooze (no layers - touches Earth, Water, Mist, Mineral, Salt and Dust)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    The author presumes that the Paraelemental baron Bwimb must have had a realm, but has never heard of it.

    The Outlands

    (no layers per se, but decomposes into Spirelands, Ringlands and Hinterlands)

    Unless mentioned otherwise, Outlandish locations are from PPttO or PSCS;SaB.

    Yggdrasil
    River Pyriphlegethon

    SPIRELANDS

    RINGLANDS

    HINTERLANDS

    Pandemonium (four layers)

    All Pandemonic locations are from PoX, except where noted

    River Styx
    River Cocytus
    River Pyriphlegethon
    Yggdrasil
    Fujiyama

    LAYER 1: PANDESMOS

    LAYER 2: COCYTUS

    LAYER 3: PHLEGETHON

    LAYER 4: AGATHION

    Pangaea

    (no layers - lies ethically between Arborea and the Outlands)

    All Pangaean locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Perditon

    (no layers - lies ethically between the Abyss and the Outlands)

    All Perditian locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Positive Energy (no layers - touches Radiance, Mineral, Steam, Lightning and Shadow)

    P.E. is empty and likely to stay that way.

    Purgatory

    (no layers - located Ethically between Mechanus and the Outlands)

    All Purgatorian locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Radiance (no layers - touches Smoke, Lightning, Positive Energy, Mineral, Magma and Fire)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Salt (no layers - touches Water, Ice, Vacuum, Negative Energy, Dust and Ooze)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Shadow

    (Opinion is divided as to whether the Plane of Shadows is a demiplane or an Inner Plane. It touches only the Ethereal Plane and the two energy planes, and is described in Dragon #213.)

    No locations in Shadow have yet been revealed.

    Sheol

    (no layers - lies ethically between Baator and the Outlands)

    All Sheolim locations are referred to in the 'Planes of Cordance' article under 'Mapping the Infinite' on the Mimir.

    Mictlan

    Smoke (no layers - touches Radiance, Lightning, Air, Vacuum, Ash and Fire)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Steam see under Mist

    Vacuum (no layers - touches Air, Ice, Salt, Negative Energy, Ash, and Smoke)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Water (no layers - tocuhes Steam, Ice, Salt and Ooze)

    Until the release of The Inner Planes, each elemental location will be individually referenced.

    Ysgard (three layers)

    All Ysgardian locations are from PoX, except where noted.

    Fujiyama
    Yggdrasil
    The Infinite Staircase

    LAYER 1: YSGARD

    LAYER 2: MUSPELHEIM

    LAYER 3: NIDAVELLIR