So, this was another project spurred by something said on Twitter. Two nights ago Jerry LeNeave (@DreadGazeebo) asked the following via Twitter…

Anyone know where I can find a nice high-res copy / fan-recreated map of the Caves of Chaos (aka B2 KotB). The 20+ year old scan is meh #dnd

Well, I had been looking at the map myself recently and decided to do a quick check via Google – see if I couldn’t link him to something. At a glance I couldn’t find anything and I thought… maybe I should make one!

Last night I started, and tonight I finished (I spent about 8-9 hours on it). Some quick numbers: It is high res (300dpi), 17″ wide by 11″ tall (5100 pixels wide by 3300 tall). The Photoshop .PSD file is about 760 megs and has somewhere around 400 layers. The full-sized higres JPG itself is almost 17 megs.

I want to thank @chattydm, @eldritchreverie, and @merricb for glancing over it really quick a bit ago. It’s nice to have a fresh set of eyes to make sure there is nothing glaringly obvious that I overlooked.

Download Options

Please feel free to download this and use it as you wish (even print it) I would just ask you keep credit to me in the image, and point people to this page to download it (as opposed to linking directly to an image). Each size has 2 options. The first is the regular version, the second (“No Trees”) has had the tree overlay removed, incase they get in your way.

Great for gaming use…

Large – (JPG, ~700kb – slightly reduced quality – 1200×776)

Large, No Trees – (JPG, ~700kb – slightly reduced quality – 1200×776)

Large, “Player” Version* – (JPG, ~700kb – slightly reduced quality – 1200×776)

[NEW IN 2020] Large, “Overland” Version** – (JPG, ~700kb – slightly reduced quality – 1200×776)

Good for printing…

NOTE: Feel free to print these in large poster formats as well, as long as they are for personal use. For commercial use, please contact me first.

HiRes – (JPG, ~4mb – full quality – 2500×1618)

HiRes, No Trees – (JPG, ~4mb – full quality – 2500×1618)

HiRes, “Player” Version* – (JPG, ~4mb – full quality – 2500×1618)

[NEW IN 2020] HiRes, “Overland” Verson** [not available yet] – (JPG, ~4mb – full quality – 2500×1618)

And finally, this one is overkill unless you intend on printing it poster size, but here it is…

NOTE: Feel free to print these in large poster formats as well, as long as they are for personal use. For commercial use, please contact me first.

Full – (JPG, ~17mb – full quality – 5100×3300)

Full, No Trees – (JPG, ~17mb – full quality – 5100×3300)

Full, “Player” Version* – (JPG, ~17mb – full quality – 5100×3300)

[NEW IN 2020] Full, “Overland” Version** – (JPG, ~17mb – full quality – 5100×3300)

* The “Player” version of the map has no trees, secret doors, secret rooms, traps or room numbers.

** The “Overland” version of the map has only the cave entrances, and other “above ground” elements

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Discussion

– “Weem and the Caves of Chaos” [ENWorld.org]

– “The Caves of Chaos (from B2 – Keep on the Borderlands) map lovingly recreated in hi-res” [Reddit]

– “Nice Hi-Res Caves of Chaos Maps” [Dungeons and D20s]