Editing Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (section)

== 4th edition ==
Wizards of the Coast released another revised edition of the ''[[Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide]]'' for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition|4th edition]] of ''D&D'' in August 2008, and also released the ''[[Forgotten Realms Player's Guide]]'' in September 2008.

To usher in the new edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', major campaign world events included the death of the goddess Mystra and her Weave, and the subsequent Spellplague, which caused calamitous events such as animation of giant statues, violent earthquakes, corruption of various beings into monsters, and the collapse of some regions of the Underdark.<ref name="Ask Wizards">{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ask/20070822a| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825042847/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ask/20070822a| url-status=dead| archive-date=25 August 2007| title=What campaign settings will 4th Edition D&D support?| work=Ask Wizards| publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]| date=22 August 2007}}</ref> 

An additional campaign setting book, covering the city of Neverwinter and its environs, was released in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmsguild.com/product/163174/Neverwinter-Campaign-Setting-4e|title=Neverwinter Campaign Setting (4e) - Wizards of the Coast - Dungeons & Dragons 4e - Dungeons & Dragons 4e - Dungeon Masters Guild|website=www.dmsguild.com|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> while an overview of the history, both fictional and real-world, of the Realms was published as ''[[Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms]]'' in 2012, written by Realms creator Ed Greenwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmsguild.com/product/166568/Ed-Greenwood-Presents-Elminsters-Forgotten-Realms|title=Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms - Wizards of the Coast - Forgotten Realms 3.x - Dungeons & Dragons 4e - Forgotten Realms - Dungeon Masters Guild|website=www.dmsguild.com|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>