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Dungeon Delver’s Guide Trap List

The Dungeon Delver’s Guide is coming to Kickstarter on August 30th! Amongst the many resources in this immense tome, you’ll find over 100 traps. Here’s a list of them, sorted by Challenge Rating!

CR 1

Acid bucket trap 

Caltrops trap 

Caltrops trap variant: Slippery floor 

Commanding voice trap  

Commanding voice trap variant: holy writ 

Crossbow trap 

Darkness statue

Darkness statue variant: cyclops eye 

False hoard trap (elite)

Illusory balcony trap 

Intoxicating brazier trap 

Lock trap 

Spear trap 

Spear trap variants: other spear traps

Wind tunnel trap


CR 2

Crossbow trap variant: poison crossbow trap 

Cursed altar trap  

Cursed altar trap variant: Altar to Knowledge

Cursed altar trap variant: Altar to Natura

Cursed altar trap variant: Altar to the Sun

Falling axe trap 

Falling axe trap variant: The Doormen

Gnashing teeth trap 

Gnashing teeth trap variant: other gnashing teeth

Hidden pit trap 

Hidden pit trap variant: Different description +0

Hidden pit trap variant: Lidded pit trap

Invisible caltrops 

Sacred flame gem trap (elite)

Shock door trap 

Snake hatch 


CR 3

Falling Room trap (elite)

False door trap 

Hidden pit trap variant: Locking-lidded pit trap

Lightning-blast statue

Lock trap variant: Scorpion needle trap

Oil pool trap

Sigil trap 

Sigil trap variants: Other elements

Snake hatch variant: Green slime hatch

Poison gas trap (elite)

Poison gas trap variant: sleep gas trap 


CR 4

Drop ceiling trap 

False trapdoor trap

Ghost trap (elite)

Hidden pit trap variant: Gelatinous cube pit trap

Hidden pit trap variant: Spiked pit trap

Mirror trap

Snake hatch variant: Black pudding 

Ratling-catcher trap

Reverse gravity trap 

Reverse gravity trap variant: Random gravity trap elite


CR 5

Bookcase trap 

Flammable gas trap 

Hourglass room (elite)

Lock trap variant: Paralysis needle trap

Ratling-catcher trap variant: Electrified ratling-catcher trap


CR 6

Brown mold trap 

Crossbow trap variant: Ballista trap

Crushing pit trap  (elite)

Crushing pit trap variant: Statue pit trap (elite)

Hidden pit trap variant: Poison-spiked pit trap

Lightning bolt trap 

Sword guardian trap

Sword guardian trap variant: Sword guardian riddler trap


CR 7

Black tentacles trap 

Bright mirror trap

Collapsing dungeon (elite) 

Explosive runes trap 

Explosive runes trap variant: City of Brass trap

Yellow mold trap 


CR 8

Black dragon pool trap

Black dragon pool trap variant: White dragon pool trap

Lock trap variant: Shock lock

Water-filled room trap (elite)


CR 9

Contagion trap 

Contagion trap variants: other contagion traps

Ghost trap variant: Hezrou trap (elite)

Magic comet trap

Sigil trap variant: Sigil Sequence trap 


CR 10

Collapsing dungeon variant: Deep collapsing dungeon (elite)

Crushing room trap (elite)

Geas trap

Snake hatch variant: Crusher trap


CR 11

Guilty soul trap

Hidden pit trap variant: acid pit trap

Hidden pit trap variant: monster pit trap  

Symbol of death trap 


CR 12

Gas vacuum trap (elite)

Ice-breather trap 

Poison dart skulls 


CR 13

Collapsing dungeon variant: Deeper collapsing dungeon (elite)

Poison gas trap variant: Green dragon poison gas trap

Rolling icosahedron (elite)


CR 14

Falling room trap variant: Plummeting room trap (elite)

Ghost trap variant: Nalfeshnee trap 14 (elite)

Lock trap variant: Plague poison lock


CR 15

Water-filled room trap variant: Water-filled dungeon trap (elite)

Wind tunnel trap variant: Howling wind tunnel trap


CR 16

Forbidden tome

Supercharged metal cube (elite)


CR 17

Collapsing dungeon variant: Deepest collapsing dungeon (elite)

Snake hatch variant: Minotaur champion


CR 18

Chaos crystals (elite)

Necromantic bridge (elite)


CR 19

Crossbow trap variant: Cannon trap

Ghost trap variant: Balor trap (elite)


CR 20

Floating sphere of annihilation (elite)

Obsidian Vine Trap (elite)