The beasthead Athasian giant and the humanoid Athasian giant first appeared in the original "Dark Sun Campaign Setting" (1991). The beasthead Athasian giant, the desert Athasian giant, and the plains Athasian giant appear in the "Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of Athas" (1992). The beasthead Athasian giant, the desert Athasian giant, and the plains Athasian giant were later reprinted in the expanded and revised "Dark Sun Campaign Setting" (1995) The shadow giant appears in the "Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr" (1995). The crag giant first appeared in "The Wanderers Chronicle: Mind Lords of the Last Sea" (1996), and was reprinted in "Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four" (1998).