🌎🔨 World-Building Tools and Resources List

[BriarCrawford]

If a link has a beside it, it means that it is a resource that I personally use regularly, or have used in the past. Most often, this will be links to programs or other like resources.

If a link has a next to it, that means that I really like the content of the link. Most often, this will be for links to media, such as videos.

Please note that I have not tried everything on this list. Also, please don't be afraid to share more!

APPS AND PROGRAMS

• Fantasia Archive (Free)
• Tennessine Flag Maker (Free)
• COAMaker: Coat-of-arms maker (Free)
• Fantasy Calendar (Free limited version, subscription full version)
• Bubisco (Free limited version, paid full version)
• Campfire (Free limited version, subscription full version)
• World Anvil (Free limited version, subscription full version)
• Legend Keeper (Free trial, subscription full version)
• One Stop for Writers (Free trial, subscription full version)
• Inkarnate (Free limited version, subscription full version)

WORLD BUILDING QUESTIONS

• Reedsy
• Ellen Brock Editing
• SFWA

GENERATORS:

World Maps:

• Donjon’s Fantasy Map Generator
• Mewo2’s Fantasy Map Generator
• Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator

City/Village Maps:

• Watabou’s City Map Generator
• Watabou’s Village Generator
• Eigengrau’s Town Generator
• Probabletrain’s Modern City Map Generator

Street/Neighborhood Maps:

• Watabou’s Neighborhood Generator

Location Details Generator:

• Rangen’s Country Generator
• Rangen’s City Generator
• Donjon’s Fantasy Calendar Generator
• Rangen’s Laws Generator
• Springhole’s Random Holiday Generator
• Springhole’s Landmarks Generator
• Arkimedz’s Star Map Generator
• Donjon’s Demographic Generator
• Springhole’s Plant Generator

Languages:

• Vulgar Language Generator
• Madequa’s Glyph Generator

Money:

• RanGen Currency Generator
• Springhole Currency Generator

MAP MAKING

• Cartographers Guild (Map Tutorials)
• Wonderdraft (Map Maker. Paid )

MISC

• Dan Koboldt (a blog about getting the science right in Fantasy and Sci-Fi)
• Food Timeline (shows what what people ate in history)
• Orbis: helps estimate travel time based on distance and travel type

YOUTUBE

• Ask a Mortician: Has videos about historical death customs
• English Heritage: The Victorian Way: A series all about Victorian life
• Modern History TV: Medieval Life
• Tasting History: Historical Recipes
• Hands on History: Viking history mixed with advertisements for their tours
• Grimfrost: Viking history mixed with product advertisements
• The Welsh Viking: Viking history
• The British Museum: History told through artifacts

[Erutaerc]

Thanks for this! It'll be really helpful for the worldbuilding in my story.

[BriarCrawford]

You're welcome! I am very glad it will help ｡^‿^｡

[TheProlific]

Oh wow! What an amazing thread! Thanks so much. Definitely need to bump this, every single day.

[yaraiso]

One resource I like is the Youtube channel Just in Time Worlds, who I would say specialises in epic fantasy / high fantasy worldbuilding.

There are so many videos on specific topics such as magic systems, geography, politics etc. She is also very thorough with explaining everything, and pulls out specific points and tips I haven't really seen anywhere else before.

I used these videos a lot when worldbuilding the culture and history of my fantasy novel. That channel is so underrated imo, I hope this helps other people too!

[RabbitSama]

Thank you so much for this! You're the best (づ￣ 3￣)づ