Dungeon Name Generator

Crypts, caves, wizard's towers and drowned temples, from the Sunken Crypt of Vael to Oswin's Folly.

Kind of dungeon

Name format

Press Generate Names for 8 dungeon names.

Tap a name to copy it, or the bookmark to keep it.

black shadow = tap it

By Rich · Updated 25 October 2026

Example Dungeon Names

A few names this generator came up with. Tap one to copy it, or press "Generate Names" above for more.

Any kind of dungeon · Name only

The Pathless Halls
Coldharrow Caves
Dremor's Maze
Jessamy's Puzzle-House

Crypt or tomb · With a DM hook

The Cairn of the Grey Pilgrims: Strange lights have been seen at the barrow since the last storm.
The Drowned Barrow: The tomb was sealed from the inside.
The Sealed Catacombs: The dead here only rise when someone speaks above a whisper.
The Weeping Charnel Vaults: The priests who guard the entrance have not eaten or slept in decades.

Ruined fortress · Name only

The Headless Fortress of Hesketh
Fort Wolfsbane Moor
The Forsaken Bastion
The Shattered Castle

Wizard's lair · With a DM hook

The Clockwork Athenaeum of Hesper: The wizard's familiar wants to hire the party.
The Ink-Black Menagerie: The library's books bite.
Varnis's Lopsided Spire: A failed experiment has fused two rooms and their occupants.
The Workshop of Belisane the Unready: The lair is guarded by illusions of the party themselves.

Mine · Name only

The Old Sapphire Tunnels
The Black Tin Delve
The Garnet Adit of Nettlecombe
The Crystal Lode of Blindwell

Under the city · With a DM hook

The Abandoned Cisterns: A buried street from the old city lies under the sewers, shops and all.
The Rat-Haunted Tunnels of Hollin: A crocodile from the duke's menagerie escaped into the drains.
The Bone Drains: The undercroft beneath the cathedral has a door that is always warm.
The Sunken Waterworks: The flood gates are failing, and a storm is coming.

How the Dungeon Name Generator Works

It works from 870 names and name parts, which combine into over 5,100,000 possible results.

The choices:

Kind of dungeon: Any kind of dungeon, Crypt or tomb, Caves, Ruined fortress, Wizard's lair, Temple, Mine, Under the city, Labyrinth.
Name format:
- Name only, e.g. The Labyrinth of Reflections
- With a DM hook, e.g. The Gnawed Mine: Gems from the deep shafts glow faintly and whisper.

Each press gives you 8 names. "Show 8 more" adds 8 you haven't seen yet. Once you've seen them all, "Start again" shuffles the whole list again.

Good dungeon names tell the players what they're walking into before they light the first torch: a crypt, a mine, a wizard's tower gone wrong. This dungeon name generator makes names for D&D and other fantasy games in eight kinds, from crypts and goblin caves to wizard's lairs and shifting mazes, and can add a one-line hook to get the adventure started.

Eight good dungeon names

All eight came from the generator:

The Mouldering Ossuary of the Silent Order: a crypt with a backstory in the name.
The Webbed Hollows: a cave that warns the players about spiders.
The Siege-Scarred Castle: a ruined fortress whose name tells you what happened.
Oswin's Folly: a wizard's lair where "a failed experiment has fused two rooms and their occupants".
The Drowned Fane of the Spider Mother: a fane is an old word for a temple.
The Singing Iron Workings: a mine with something strange in it.
The Old Greymarket Storm Drains: an under-the-city dungeon named like a real place.
The Maze That Breathes: a labyrinth with a name that makes players nervous.

What makes a dungeon name work

The word itself has moved. Dungeon comes from the Old French donjon, the great tower or keep of a castle, and only later came to mean the cells underneath. Since D&D was published in 1974, it has meant any place full of monsters and treasure, from a tomb to a sewer.

Say what it is. Catacombs, Ossuary, Warrens, Workings, Cisterns: the kind of place tells players what to expect.
Add one detail. Moss-Grown, Bone-Strewn, Smoke-Stained: an adjective is a description the players hear before they arrive.
Name it after someone for a lair or a tomb: Morwenna's Puzzle-House, The Pale Crypt of Nerith.

The eight kinds use real words for each place: an ossuary holds bones, an undercroft is the vaulted cellar under a church, an adit is the level entrance to a mine, and firedamp was the miners' name for explosive gas. Choose With a DM hook for a one-line reason to go in, like The Pit of Orvane: The local troll is reasonable, but only if you bring cheese.

Running your dungeon

Use the hook as the rumour the players hear in the tavern, then decide whether it's true.
Name the rooms too. A dungeon with a Bell Room and a Drowned Stair is easier to map and remember.
Link it to the world above. A mine belongs to a town; a crypt belongs to a family; a ruin belonged to someone's castle.

For the castle the ruin used to be, try the Castle Name Generator. For whoever gives the players the job, the NPC Name Generator makes a name, a job and a quirk. For every race and class, see all the D&D name generators.

For more, see all the world-building name generators.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are good D&D dungeon names?

Names that say what kind of place it is and add one detail, like The Webbed Hollows, The Singing Iron Workings or The Mouldering Ossuary of the Silent Order. Add a DM hook for a reason to go in.

What does dungeon originally mean?

It comes from the Old French donjon, the keep or great tower of a castle. The meaning of a prison underneath came later.

Can I use these in a published adventure?

Yes, they're free to use. Search a name first if you're publishing, in case another adventure already uses it.