How do I tell whether it's D&D Beyond or just my setup?

Run the 60-second isolation: try the site in an incognito window, then on your phone using mobile data instead of wifi. If it loads on mobile data, the problem is your network or browser, not D&D Beyond. If it fails everywhere and other websites work, it's very likely on their side.

How long do D&D Beyond outages usually last?

Most incidents resolve within minutes to a few hours. Scheduled maintenance is usually announced in advance and tends to cluster around big content releases. Multi-day outages are rare, so the practical question is how to keep tonight's session going, not whether your data is gone. Characters and purchases live on their servers and come back when the service does.

What can my table use while D&D Beyond is down?

The free basic rules cover rules lookups, a PDF export of your character (made in advance) covers the sheet, and for dice the table can use physical dice, a Discord bot like Avrae, or a free shared browser roller like DiceDND, where one room link shows every player's roll live with no accounts. The session does not have to stop.

Is D&D Beyond down? How to check in 60 seconds (and keep playing)

Q: How do I check if D&D Beyond is down right now?

Two fast checks: an outage tracker like Downdetector (search for D&D Beyond), and the r/dndbeyond subreddit sorted by New, where outage threads appear within minutes of a real incident. There is no official public status page, so those two plus D&D Beyond's social accounts are the quickest reliable signals.

Quick answer: check two places: Downdetector (search "D&D Beyond") and the r/dndbeyond subreddit sorted by New, where outage threads appear within minutes of a real incident. There's no official public status page. If those are quiet, it's probably your setup: run the isolation check below. And if it is down mid-session, the stopgaps at the bottom keep the game going.

How do I check if D&D Beyond is down right now?

In order of speed:

Downdetector: search for D&D Beyond. A spike in reports in the last hour means it's not just you.
r/dndbeyond sorted by New: the community is fast. During real outages, "site timing out?" threads appear within minutes and confirm scope (site, app, dice, or everything).
D&D Beyond's social accounts: official acknowledgments and maintenance announcements land there, usually slower than the community but authoritative.

D&D Beyond has no public status page, which is exactly why the community signals matter: they're the de facto status page.

Is it D&D Beyond, or is it just me?

The 60-second isolation check:

Incognito window, same device. Loads fine? Your extensions or cache were the problem.
Phone on mobile data (wifi off). Loads fine? Your network or DNS is the problem, not the site.
Fails everywhere while other sites work? It's on their side. Stop debugging your browser.

If everything loads except the dice specifically, that's its own known failure mode with its own fixes: see D&D Beyond dice roller not working.

What usually breaks?

Symptom	Likely situation
Gateway timeouts everywhere	Real outage or maintenance; wait it out
Site loads, characters won't	Partial incident, often recovers first; try again in minutes
Dice won't roll, rest works	Usually client-side (ad blocker, cache), see the dice guide above
App white screen, site fine	App-side; force close, update, reinstall
Announced maintenance window	Common around big releases; the banner tells you the end time

How long do outages last, and is my stuff safe?

Most incidents resolve in minutes to a few hours; multi-day outages are rare. Your characters and purchased books live on their servers and come back when the service does, nothing on your end is lost. So the practical problem is never your data, it's tonight's session.

How to keep the session going while it's down

Rules: the free basic rules and the physical books cover lookups.
Sheets: a PDF export of each character, made once in advance, is cheap insurance. Do it after your next level-up.
Dice: physical dice if you're at one table; a Discord bot like Avrae if your table lives in text; or a shared browser dice room. We built DiceDND for this: one room link, every player's roll lands live for the whole table, free, no accounts, ready in under a minute. Disclosure: this site is that tool.

The 30-second version mid-session: someone opens a dice room, drops the link in the group chat, and the DM narrates from the books until Beyond comes back. The game doesn't have to stop.

Open a shared dice room → Free, no signup, works on phones