Documentation Archive

Open 3D Engine (O3DE), the successor to Lumberyard, is now available in Developer Preview. Download O3DE or visit the AWS Game Tech blog, O3DE Discord, or O3DE GitHub to learn more. The Lumberyard forums have been deprecated. You may view past forum discussions in the archive.

Lumberyard documentation is available in PDF format for the following versions.

Lumberyard Version	Guide
2016-02-09 (1.0)	Getting Started Guide
2016-03-10 (1.1)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2016-04-26 (1.2)	Getting Started Guide
2016-06-28 (1.3)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2016-08-08 (1.4)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2016-09-22 (1.5)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2016-11-03 (1.6)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2017-01-25 (1.7)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2017-02-22 (1.8)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2017-04-25 (1.9)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2017-08-01 (1.10)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2017-09-28 (1.11)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2017-12-14 (1.12)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Developer Guide
2018-03-15 (1.13)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2018-05-11 (1.14)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2018-07-27 (1.15)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2018-11-13 (1.16)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2018-12-18 (1.17)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2019-03-14 (1.18)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2019-07-25 (1.19)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2019-09-12 (1.20)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2019-12-13 (1.21)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2020-02-14 (1.22)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide
2020-05-14 (1.23)	Getting Started Guide	User Guide	Legacy Guide
2020-06-25 (1.24)	Welcome Guide	User Guide
2020-10-01 (1.25)	Welcome Guide	User Guide
2020-12-04 (1.26)	Welcome Guide	User Guide	Tools UI Extensions Guide
2021-05-13 (1.27)	Welcome Guide	User Guide	Tools UI Extensions Guide