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Paizo's sourcebooks build the foundation of the Pathfinder campaign setting and its inhabitants. Each sourcebook details a different part of the world of Golarion and introduces new and exciting lore that Game Masters and players can incorporate into their campaigns and characters.

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There are many ways to locate a specific sourcebook. Articles about sourcebooks on PathfinderWiki are organized by the following criteria:

• Sourcebooks by author
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• Sourcebooks by ruleset

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

Announced: War of Immortals
	The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game puts you in the role of a brave adventurer fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. Will you cut your way through monster-filled ruins and cities rife with political intrigue to emerge as a famous hero laden with fabulous treasure, or will you fall victim to treacherous traps and fiendish monsters in a forgotten dungeon? Your fate is yours to decide with the giant Core Rulebook that provides everything a player needs to set out on a life of adventure and excitement!	All Pathfinder Roleplaying Game releases Second Edition rules 2025 releases Battlecry! NPC Core 2024 releases War of Immortals Player Core 2 Howl of the Wild Monster Core 2023 releases GM Core Player Core Rage of Elements Treasure Vault 2022 releases Dark Archive Book of the Dead 2021 releases Guns & Gears Secrets of Magic Bestiary 3 2020 releases Beginner Box Advanced Player's Guide Bestiary 2 Gamemastery Guide 2019 releases Bestiary Core Rulebook First Edition rules 2018 Release Planar Adventures 2017 releases Ultimate Wilderness Book of the Damned Adventurer's Guide Bestiary 6 2016 releases Villain Codex Horror Adventures Ultimate Intrigue 2015 releases Bestiary 5 Occult Adventures Pathfinder Unchained Strategy Guide 2014 releases Monster Codex Advanced Class Guide 2013 releases Bestiary 4 Mythic Adventures Ultimate Campaign 2012 releases NPC Codex Ultimate Equipment Player Character Folio Advanced Race Guide 2011 releases Bestiary 3 Beginner NBox Ultimate Combat Ultimate Magic 2010 releases Bestiary 2 Advanced Player's Guide GameMastery Guide 2009 releases GM Screen Bestiary Core Rulebook Bonus Bestiary 2008 releases Pathfinder RPG Beta Playtest Pathfinder RPG Alpha Playtest

Pathfinder Lost Omens (Second Edition)

Next: Rival Academies
	The world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game comes alive in the Pathfinder Lost Omens series! From the crumbling civilizations to bustling merchant kingdoms, the Pathfinder Lost Omens line details the world of Golarion, the official backdrop for the Pathfinder adventures and fantasy roleplaying supplements. With topics ranging from in-depth looks at the pantheons of Golarion, guidebooks on its nations, and supplements for Pathfinder adventurers, the Pathfinder Lost Omens line is the perfect enhancement and companion to your Pathfinder campaign.	All Pathfinder Lost Omens releases 2025 releases Rival Academies 2024 releases Divine Mysteries Tian Xia Character Guide Tian Xia World Guide 2023 releases Highhelm Firebrands 2022 releases Impossible Lands Travel Guide Knights of Lastwall City of Lost Omens Poster Map Folio 2021 releases Absalom, City of Lost Omens Monsters of Myth Grand Bazaar The Mwangi Expanse Ancestry Guide 2020 releases Pathfinder Society Guide Legends Gods & Magic 2019 releases Character Guide World Guide

Pathfinder Campaign Setting (First Edition)

Final release: Druma, Profit and Prophecy Penultimate release: Concordance of Rivals
	Under the name of Pathfinder Chronicles until late 2010, the Pathfinder Campaign Setting was a monthly publication that built upon the lore of Golarion and its inhabitants. The Pathfinder Campaign Setting was intended to create the panoramic backdrop for Paizo's other Pathfinder fantasy roleplaying products. Paizo released several Pathfinder Campaign Setting supplements each year covering the world, societies, and ecologies of Golarion and other planets, including nations visited in popular Pathfinder Adventure Paths and Pathfinder Modules. The Pathfinder Campaign Setting provided classic adventuring style and cutting-edge game design optimized for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and suitable for use with all fantasy roleplaying systems. This product line ended with the advent of the Second edition of the rules in 2019. Products of a similar nature designed for Second edition rules would be released under the Lost Omens product line.	All Pathfinder Campaign Setting releases 2019 releases Druma, Profit and Prophecy Concordance of Rivals Return of the Runelords Poster Map Folio 2018 releases Faiths of Golarion Construct Handbook Sandpoint, Light of the Lost Coast War for the Crown Poster Map Folio Distant Realms Nidal, Land of Shadows Inner Sea Taverns Ruins of Azlant Poster Map Folio 2017 releases' Taldor, the First Empire Ironfang Invasion Poster Map Folio Aquatic Adventures Lands of Conflict Strange Aeons Poster Map Folio Qadira, Jewel of the East 2016 releases The First World, Realm of the Fey Horror Realms Inner Sea Temples Planes of Power Hell's Vengeance Poster Map Folio Path of the Hellknight Inner Sea Intrigue Heaven Unleashed Inner Sea Faiths Darklands Revisited Hell's Rebels Poster Map Folio 2015 releases Cheliax, The Infernal Empire Occult Realms Distant Shores Gazetteer Inner Sea Races Occult Bestiary Giantslayer Poster Map Folio Inner Sea Monster Codex Hell Unleashed Andoran, Birthplace of Freedom Tombs of Golarion Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes Iron Gods Poster Map Folio 2014 releases Lost Treasures Ships of the Inner Sea Undead Unleashed Technology Guide Mummy's Mask Poster Map Folio Numeria, Land of Fallen Stars Occult Mysteries Inner Sea Combat Inner Sea Gods Wrath of the Righteous Poster Map Folio Osirion, Land of Pharaohs 2013 releases Inner Sea NPC Codex Towns of the Inner Sea Mythic Realms Demons Revisited Reign of Winter Poster Map Folio The Worldwound Dragons Unleashed Castles of the Inner Sea Fey Revisited Chronicle of the Righteous Shattered Star Poster Map Folio 2012 releases Irrisen, Land of Eternal Winter Mystery Monsters Revisited Inner Sea Bestiary Artifacts & Legends Paths of Prestige Magnimar, City of Monuments Skull & Shackles Poster Map Folio Lost Kingdoms Giants Revisited Isles of the Shackles Distant Worlds Jade Regent Poster Map Folio 2011 releases Mythical Monsters Revisited Dragon Empires Gazetteer Horsemen of the Apocalypse Lands of the Linnorm Kings Inner Sea Magic Pathfinder Society Field Guide Carrion Crown Poster Map Folio Dungeons of Golarion Undead Revisited Rival Guide Rule of Fear The Inner Sea World Guide Inner Sea Poster Map Folio Serpent's Skull Poster Map Folio Lost Cities of Golarion' 2010 releases Lords of Chaos Misfit Monsters Redeemed Kingmaker Poster Map Folio City of Strangers Heart of the Jungle Faction Guide Classic Treasures Revisited NPC Guide Council of Thieves Map Folio Guide to the River Kingdoms Classic Horrors Revisited 2009 releases City Map Folio Cities of Golarion Seekers of Secrets Princes of Darkness Legacy of Fire Map Folio Dungeon Denizens Revisited The Great Beyond Dark Markets, A Guide to Katapesh Dragons Revisited Second Darkness Map Folio 2008 releases Guide to Absalom Into the Darklands Gods and Magic Campaign Setting Curse of the Crimson Throne Map Folio Guide to Darkmoon Vale Gazetteer Classic Monsters Revisited Guide to Korvosa Harrow Deck Rise of the Runelords Map Folio

Pathfinder Player Companion (1E)

Final release: Chronicle of Legends
	Pathfinder Player Companion was a 32-page monthly publication that explored a major theme in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting in each issue. Among the explored themes were: expanded regional gazetteers, new player character options, and organizational overviews. Designed to help players flesh out their character backgrounds and to provide both players and Game Masters alike with new sources of campaign intrigue, Pathfinder Player Companions were specifically written for players of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. This product line ended with the advent of the Second edition of the rules in 2019. Products of a similar nature designed for Second edition rules would be released under the Lost Omens product line.	All Pathfinder Player Companion releases 2019 releases Chronicle of Legends Heroes of Golarion Wilderness Origins 2018 releases Martial Arts Handbook Plane-Hopper's Handbook Heroes from the Fringe Blood of the Ancients Merchant's Manifest Disciple's Doctrine 2017 releases Potions & Poisons People of the Wastes Blood of the Coven Antihero's Handbook Elemental Master's Handbook Blood of the Sea Adventurer's Armory 2 Legacy of the First World Heroes of the Darklands Monster Hunter's Handbook Psychic Anthology Heroes of the High Court Healer's Handbook 2016 releases Paths of the Righteous Blood of the Beast Divine Anthology Legacy of Dragons Haunted Heroes Handbook Spymaster's Handbook Magic Tactics Toolbox Armor Master's Handbook Blood of Shadows Arcane Anthology 2015 releases Agents of Evil Weapon Master's Handbook Black Markets Occult Origins Heroes of the Streets Dirty Tactics Toolbox Monster Summoner's Handbook Cohorts & Companions Heroes of the Wild Melee Tactics Toolbox Familiar Folio 2014 releases Giant Hunter's Handbook Ranged Tactics Toolbox Advanced Class Origins Champions of Corruption People of the Stars People of the River Blood of the Elements The Harrow Handbook Alchemy Manual Undead Slayer's Handbook Champions of Balance Bastards of Golarion 2013 releases People of the Sands Magical Marketplace Blood of the Moon Mythic Origins Demon Hunter's Handbook Faiths & Philosophies Pathfinder Society Primer Dragon Slayer's Handbook Quests & Campaigns Kobolds of Golarion Champions of Purity Dungeoneer's Handbook 2012 releases Animal Archive People of the North Knights of the Inner Sea Varisia, Birthplace of Legends Blood of Angels Blood of Fiends Pirates of the Inner Sea 2011 releases Dragon Empires Primer Faiths of Corruption Goblins of Golarion Faiths of Balance Humans of Golarion Faiths of Purity Halflings of Golarion 2010 releases Inner Sea Primer Orcs of Golarion Sargava, The Lost Colony Gnomes of Golarion Adventurer's Armory Andoran, Spirit of Liberty 2009 releases Dwarves of Golarion Cheliax, Empire of Devils Qadira, Gateway to the East Taldor, Echoes of Glory Legacy of Fire Player's Guide 2008 releases Osirion, Land of Pharaohs Elves of Golarion Second Darkness

OGL sourcebooks

Various Open Gaming License (OGL) sourcebooks have been referenced throughout Pathfinder:

• Advanced Bestiary
• Book of Fiends
• Indulgence, Art of the Duel
• Midgard Bestiary for Pathfinder RPG
• Necropolis
• Nyambe, African Adventures
• Plot & Poison
• Testament, Roleplaying in the Biblical Era
• The Tome of Horrors
• The Tome of Horrors II
• The Tome of Horrors III
• The Tome of Horrors Complete
• Unearthed Arcana

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