I don't know, but it drives me a little nuts when I see a fantasy map with a river that on one end drains into the ocean and on the other end... also drains into the ocean. Like the second map in the Bushlands. Answer from Thorjelly on reddit.com
Armoria
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Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator
November 20, 2025 - Free web app that helps fantasy writers, game masters, and cartographers create and edit fantasy maps
Inkarnate
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Inkarnate - Create Fantasy Maps Online
Create fantasy maps online. With Inkarnate you can create world maps, regional maps and city maps for dungeons & dragons, fantasy books and more! FREE SIGN-UP!
Videos
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Making WORLD MAPS for a fantasy continent in Photoshop - YouTube
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Reddit
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r/Fantasy on Reddit: Favourite/Best Fantasy Maps?
May 13, 2024 -
PICTURES/LINKS TO PICTURES APPRECIATED
What are some of your favourite fantasy maps out there? Which ones do you think are the best? Do the two overlap, or are they entirely separate?
I'll go first (these are in no particular order):
Map Of Epheria, The Bound And The Broken written by Ryan Cahill: I just love the general shape of this continent! And I love the art for it. Here I have the territories map, just because I like it more. (Btw the Bound and the Broken is a spectacular, lesser known series. Go check it out!)
The Known Werld of The Dragonslayer Codex written and illustrated by Sawyer Lee Art: Wow, just, WOW. The art for this one is spectacular, and I love all the names of the areas. (The Dragonslayer Codex is a worldbuilding project by SawyerLeeArt on twitter/instagram, with spectacular lore, even better drawings, and amazing spec-evo dragon species, among other animals! Go check it out! The book is set to publish this year!)
Now, care to share some of your favourite maps in fantasy?
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I don't know, but it drives me a little nuts when I see a fantasy map with a river that on one end drains into the ocean and on the other end... also drains into the ocean. Like the second map in the Bushlands.
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This alternate universe fantasy map of Europe during WW1, from the Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfeld has always been my favorite. The representation of the axis and allies into the beasts and mechs they fight with, but also as symbols of their country as a whole is just so cool.
The Book Designer
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Fantasy Map Generator - The Book Designer
June 13, 2024 - Enchanted castles? Magical forests? A desolate wasteland? Plug in the details, and our AI fantasy map generator will create it!
Pinterest
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100 Fantasy Maps! ideas to save today
A collection of maps created for fictional places! Let's be honest, they usually come from the Fantasy genre :)
Reddit
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r/mapmaking on Reddit: The Biggest Fantasy Map on the Internet (Seriously)
February 15, 2024 - Check out the legend in the bottom right! And i'm sorry it feels empty—nearly every fantasy trope exists somewhere on the map. The wiki for the map is 800 pages. I promise there's a lot of stuff going on, even if it doesn't pop out at you!
Wikipedia
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Fantasy cartography - Wikipedia
July 29, 2025 - Fantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a real-world geography in a fantastic style.
YouTube
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Fantasy Map Making & Worldbuilding Tutorials (RPG Cartography) - YouTube
Video about drawing maps and creating worlds (world building) for fantasy settings! This includes Dungeons & Dragons, your latest comic, novel, or other tabl...
Joseph D'Urso
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How to Make a Free Sci-Fi/Fantasy Map — Joseph (Joey) D'Urso
March 11, 2024 - A quick sample map I made using Inkarnate. Inkarnate is a web-based fantasy mapmaker that’s marketed as being “Ideal for Game Masters, Fantasy Authors and Map Enthusiasts.” It offers users both a free and a paid version, which are distinguished by the number of art assets available, the resolution at which your maps may be exported, the maximum number of maps, and personal vs.
Fantasymapshop
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Fantasy Map Shop | Commission your fantasy map or get one from the webshop
Choose to have your own custom-made fantasy map or one of the many off-the-shelf world, regional, city and battle maps.
Reddit
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Sharing and requesting fantasy maps!
August 19, 2011 - A place to share your original Fantasy/Sci-Fi maps. Or, just relax and check out some really nice Fantasy Maps! Looking for tips, help or general discussion regarding map creation? Check out r/mapmaking
Map Effects
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3 Keys to Creating "Good" Fantasy Maps — Map Effects
March 26, 2025 - At its most basic level, the purpose of a map is to help a person get from point A to point B. A map serves to orient a reader in the world so they can understand the relationship between locations. A fantasy map is no different and perhaps is even more essential because you are introducing someone to a world where they have no prior knowledge.
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Medium
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9 Map-making Software for Fantasy Cartographers | by Varun Prabhu | Medium
January 3, 2025 - Wonderdraft is a software developed by Megasploot. This software is quite easy to master and is known for giving its maps a classic fantasy feel. The learning curve is pretty much minimal, and anybody could draw maps without the need of knowhow of graphic design.
Reddit
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r/worldbuilding on Reddit: how do i start making a fantasy world map?
October 31, 2022 -
I'm struggling to start a dnd campaign because i dont know how to make a map whit cities and other things. If u have any tips, it could really help.
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Are you looking for a map generator that you can edit to a degree, or actual programs/tools to help you create your own fully custom map? For the former, there’s a lot out there - Azgaar’s generator has a lot of layers to mess around with, or Watabou’s various tools for just a quick realm-sized map to play in plus some other details.
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With a pencil and some paper so you can make changes. Focus on the area of relevance. Are you running a campaign in a city, a country or spanning continents? You dont really have to do much for areas you dont plan to use. And only think the first major story arc out. If its going to be a 1-5 level campaign where farm boys kill some orcs and save the village you dont need to know anything about the Yuan-ti empires across the sea. Keep it relevant with only vague references to stuff outside the story. Map making goes hand in hand with the rest of the world building. Start with the point on the map where the characters are. Add the point where they will go. Now fill in the in between. Is there a river linking them or dividing them? A mtn range or swamp? Why is the starting place where it is? What surrounds it? Farmland? Forest? Do the same with the target location. What kind of adventures do you want them to have in between? Now that you have at least 3 things on the map (start, between terrain, end) name them. What relevance do the names have to other things that might need to be on the map? If the town is Southwood is there a Northwood? Does that imply there is a forest between or nearby you havent added yet? Look at who is in the start besides the players? Is it a small independent town or part of a larger state? Who controls it? Do you need a home for the local noble or is he an absent landlord and if he is where is he? Are there mines, lumber operations, ship building? If so who do they trade with and how? Roads? Rivers? Magic Portals? What is the predominate race in the start location? What other races will you allow and where do they live? Do you need a Dwarven citadel and a mtn range? A sylvan forest for elves? Swamps for lizard men? Hills for halflings and gnomes? How did each of these races people get to your starting point? EDIT: use real world locations for inspiration. The last campaign I started was a small mountain kingdom so I spent a lot of time researching Andorra and looking at maps of it to design where the characters would start. It became the basis for the first local map. An isolated mountain kingdom divided into river valleys sandwiched between larger neighbors with only one city of note and a bunch of small faming communities, a few mines, and lots of broken mountainous terrain.
Google Play
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Atlas - Fantasy Map Generator - Apps on Google Play
Create endless fantasy worlds with A.t.l.a.s - your personal RPG map maker!
Reedsy
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The 13 Best Fantasy Map Generators, Tools, and Resources
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Whether you fancy a randomly generated fantasy map as your muse, or designing a map from scratch, there's sure to be something here for you! Of course, the best way to make a fantasy map is to hire a professional. For a personal and expert approach, it's definitely worth hiring an illustrator.
ZeWood
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FANTASY WORLD MAPS – ZeWood
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Fantastic Maps
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Fantastic Maps - Fantasy maps and mapmaking tutorials by Jonathan Roberts
I'm a professional fantasy mapmaker posting tutorials on how to draw maps, free map resources, and my published work.
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How to Make a Rice Fantasy Map - the cozy art teacher blog
April 30, 2024 - As a lifelong fantasy nerd, I have become obsessed. In this art trend, you pour rice over a sheet of drawing or watercolor paper and arrange it to look like a big plot of land. Then you outline the rice edges to create the shape of your map. Finally, you use an ink pen and add locations and ...