The game provides a set of ready-made characters, or the player may create one from scratch. Along the way, many optional side quests are made available.Īs in the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game, the first thing a player must do is create a new character. The first and final chapters of the campaign deal with the city of Neverwinter itself, but the lengthy mid-story requires the player to venture into the surrounding countryside and travel northward to the city of Luskan. The PC is tasked with defeating a powerful cult, collecting four reagents required to stop a plague, and thwarting an attack on the city of Neverwinter, located along the Sword Coast of Faerûn, in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons.

The gameplay centers on the development of a player character (PC) through adventuring, who ultimately becomes the hero of the story.

It comprises approximately sixty hours of gameplay. The original scenario supplied with the Neverwinter Nights is the campaign.