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Critical Role campaign 3 cast, episodes, and where to watch

Calling all Critters and Dungeons and Dragons fans - here’s a quick recap of Bells Hell, the currently-ongoing Critical Role campaign 3.

Critical Role campaign 3 art of Bells Hells sleeping against a tree

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. 

Photo of the cast of Critical Role campaign 3

Critical Role campaign 3 cast and characters

Here’s the core cast for Critical Role campaign 3:

Actor Character name Race Class
Ashley Johnson Fearne Calloway Faun Druid 5e
Laura Bailey Imogen Temult DnD Human Sorcerer 5e
Liam O’Brien Orym DnD Halfling Fighter 5e
Marisha Ray Laudna Human (Hollow One) Sorcerer/Warlock 5e
Sam Riegel Fresh Cut Grass Aeormaton Cleric 5e
Taliesin Jaffe Ashton Greymoore Earth Genasi 5e Barbarian 5e
Travis Willingham Bertrand Bell Human Fighter
Chetney Pock O’Pea DnD Gnome Blood Hunter 5e/Rogue
Matthew Mercer Dungeon Master

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

Screenshot from a stream of Critical Role campaign 3

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

Matt Mercer, Dungeon Master of Critical Role campaign 3

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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