We’re two years into Critical Role campaign 3, and we’ve learned a lot about Bells Hells on our most recent trips to Exandria. Sometimes, though, you don’t have time for a days-long catch-up binge. If you’re new to the third Critical Role series, or you’re looking for a refresher on its most important details, we’ve got the guide for you.
Below you’ll find the best places to watch the adventures, as well as the Critical Role cast involved in the show (including their character names, DnD classes, and DnD races). We’ve even thrown in a complete episode list that documents the weekly DnD campaign, plus a spoiler-free synopsis of the story so far.
Here’s everything you need to know about Critical Role campaign 3:
How to watch Critical Role campaign 3
Campaign 3 airs every Thursday (except the final Thursday of the month) on Twitch at 7pm PT (10pm ET / 3am GMT). Episodes are uploaded to YouTube around 36 hours later. You can also listen to episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts – but they’re uploaded a week after the original Twitch stream.
You can watch or listen to campaign 3 on all platforms for free. However, subscribing to Critical Role’s Twitch gets you access to episode recordings sooner.
Critical Role campaign 3 cast and characters
Here’s the core cast for Critical Role campaign 3:
As well at the DM and the seven players in the party, various guests have appeared in campaign three. These include:
Actor | Character name | Race | Class |
Aabria Iyengar | Deanna Leimert | Gnome | Cleric |
Aimee Carrero | Deni$e Bembachula | DnD Dwarf | Barbarian |
Christian Navarro | F.R.I.D.A | Aeormaton | Fighter/Rogue 5e/Cleric |
Emily Axford | Prism Grimpoppy | DnD Elf | Wizard 5e |
Erika Ishii | Dusk | DnD Changeling | Warlock/Paladin 5e |
Robbie Daymond | Dorian Storm | Air Genasi | Bard 5e |
Utkarsh Ambudkar | Bor’Dor Dog’Son | DnD Half-Elf | Sorcerer |
Critical Role campaign 3 episode list
Currently, there are 84 episodes in Critical Role campaign 3. The series began in 2021, and it’s still going strong in 2024.
Here’s every episode so far:
Episode | Title | Runtime | Date |
1 | The Draw of Destiny | 03:58:25 | October 21, 2021 |
2 | Trial by Firelight | 04:07:40 | October 28, 2021 |
3 | The Trail and the Troll | 04:08:42 | November 4, 2021 |
4 | On the Trail of a Killer | 03:52:12 | November 11, 2021 |
5 | The Threat Between the Walls | 04:25:35 | November 18, 2021 |
6 | Growing Bonds and Teasing Threads | 03:54:57 | December 2021 |
7 | Behind the Curtain | 03:49:38 | December 9, 2021 |
8 | A Woodworker’s Quandary | 03:23:00 | December 16, 2021 |
9 | Thicker Grows the Meal and Plot | 04:14:35 | January 6, 2022 |
10 | Ghosts, Dates, and Darker Fates | 03:16:29 | January 13, 2022 |
11 | Chasing Nightmares | 04:52:18 | January 20, 2022 |
12 | Make It Fashion | 04:36:53 | February 3, 2022 |
13 | A Dance of Deception | 04:01:00 | February 10, 2022 |
14 | In Too Deep | 04:45:08 | February 17, 2022 |
15 | The Tunnels Below | 04:42:24 | March 3, 2022 |
16 | The Shade Mother | 04:12:12 | March 10, 2022 |
17 | Heart-to-Heartmoor | 04:11:30 | March 17, 2022 |
18 | A Hungry Jungle | 03:23:13 | March 24, 2022 |
19 | Omens Above | 03:23:13 | March 24, 2022 |
20 | Breaking and Entering… | 03:36:18 | April 14, 2022 |
21 | Fight at the Museum… | 03:47:28 | April 21, 2022 |
22 | Promise and Potential | 04:21:06 | May 5, 2022 |
23 | To the Skies | 04:14:53 | May 12, 2022 |
24 | The Hellcatch Valley | 03:55:34 | May 19, 2022 |
25 | A Taste of Tal’Dorei | 04:23:45 | June 30, 2022 |
26 | Hidden Truths | 04:10:25 | July 7, 2022 |
27 | A Race for the Prize | 04:01:16 | July 14, 2022 |
28 | The Deathwish Run | 04:28:03 | July 21, 2022 |
29 | Dark Portents | 03:36:48 | August 4, 2022 |
30 | Reunion and Revelation | 03:37:25 | August 11, 2022 |
31 | Breaking Point | 03:52:41 | August 18, 2022 |
32 | A Stage Set | 04:34:30 | September 1, 2022 |
33 | Blood and Dust | 03:56:22 | September 8, 2022 |
34 | What Dreams May Come | 03:40:31 | September 15, 2022 |
35 | Pyrrhic Return | 04:35:31 | September 22, 2022 |
36 | A Desperate Call | 04:16:08 | October 6, 2022 |
37 | From the Boughs | 04:10:18 | October 13, 2022 |
38 | A Dark Balance | 04:20:44 | October 20, 2022 |
39 | The Momentum of Murder | 03:32:47 | November 3, 2022 |
40 | Compulsions | 03:56:30 | November 10, 2022 |
41 | Call of the Wild | 04:11:05 | December 8, 2022 |
42 | The City of Flowing Light | 03:53:29 | December 15, 2022 |
43 | Axiom Shaken | 04:13:36 | December 22, 2022 |
44 | Bawdy Basement Belligerence | 03:53:18 | January 5, 2023 |
45 | Ominous Lectures | 03:35:02 | January 12, 2023 |
46 | Night at the Ligament Manor | 04:18:46 | January 26, 2023 |
47 | The Fey Key | 04:20:21 | February 2, 2023 |
48 | An Exit Most Fraught | 03:55:30 | February 9, 2023 |
49 | The Aurora Grows | 05:01:46 | February 16, 2023 |
50 | Red Moon Rising | 03:51:43 | March 2, 2023 |
51 | The Apogee Solstice | 04:37:04 | March 9, 2023 |
52 | Far From the Others | 03:48:35 | March 16, 2023 |
53 | Ripples | 04:02:46 | March 23, 2023 |
54 | Treacherous Toys | 04:18:33 | April 6, 2023 |
55 | Hope Within History | 03:35:16 | April 13, 2023 |
56 | By Goat or By Boat | 04:10:39 | April 20, 2023 |
57 | The Sorrow of Molaesmyr | 03:37:32 | May 4, 2023 |
58 | Escape from the Past | 04:04:22 | May 11, 2023 |
59 | Somewhere Out There | 04:10:11 | May 18, 2023 |
60 | Faith or Famine | 04:13:18 | June 1, 2023 |
61 | Crisis of Faith | 04:52:56 | June 8, 2023 |
62 | A Long Walk of Reflection | 03:43:45 | June 15, 2023 |
63 | A Haunted Past | 04:05:26 | June 22, 2023 |
64 | Reunited | 04:16:20 | July 6, 2023 |
65 | A Path of Vengeance | 04:07:21 | July 13, 2023 |
66 | Aid of the Tempest | 04:43:29 | July 20, 2023 |
67 | Bloody Flowers | 04:47:31 | August 3, 2023 |
68 | For the Tempest | 03:48:26 | August 10, 2023 |
69 | Nice | 03:57:56 | August 17, 2023 |
70 | Embattled in Bassuras | 04:38:25 | August 24, 2023 |
71 | Mist and Whimsy | 04:17:51 | September 7, 2023 |
72 | Phantasmal Parley | 03:55:02 | September 14, 2023 |
73 | Kindling the Spirits | 04:27:26 | September 21, 2023 |
74 | Roots Between Worlds | 03:47:08 | October 5, 2023 |
75 | An Ancient Flame | 03:55:26 | October 12, 2023 |
76 | A Gathering of Heroes | 04:01:04 | October 19, 2023 |
77 | The Promise and the Price | 04:30:06 | November 9, 2023 |
78 | Fractures | 04:00:41 | November 16, 2023 |
79 | To Hurt is to Heal | 03:59:18 | December 7, 2023 |
80 | A Test of Trust | 03:50:42 | December 14, 2023 |
81 | The Eve of the Red Moon | 03:36:06 | December 21, 2023 |
82 | Rush for the Bloody Bridge | 04:19:40 | January 11, 2024 |
83 | Ruidus | 03:54:10 | February 1, 2024 |
84 | Red Rural Revelations | 03:52:20 | February 8, 2024 |
85 | – | – | February 15, 2024 |
What’s the story of Critical Role campaign 3?
The party is originally united in the city of Jrusar. While their alliance isn’t exactly built on noble grounds, the group are quickly united by tragedy, mystery, and tensions – and names themselves Bells Hells.
Their adventures quickly expand beyond the city’s walls, taking them across the whole continent of Marquet. Much of their story concerns the build-up to and aftermath of the Apogee Solstice, an event which enhances the magical abilities of beings across the land of Exandria.
Exandria’s second moon, and the Ruidusborn people born during its flares, have a host of dark secrets that Bells Hells gradually discover. This knowledge leads the party into conflict against a group known as the Ruby Vanguard, who (as super-villains usually do) have evil, world-altering intentions.
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