Exploration

Tequila Starrise

[p]A thousand years ago, amidst the vast cosmic sea, humanity stirred from a profound slumber. The colossal colony ship U.E.F Paris, a sentinel of their forgotten origins, gently touched down on the en...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction

Seyter

Seyter, um mundo cercado por Magia, desde as pequenas pedras no fundo de um riacho à os seres que habitam os céus, voando acima das nuvens. A magia impregna suas terras, seus elementos. Ela está presente em tudo, pronta para ser usada, mas também par...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Zamzara, The Hollow Earth

The world of Zamzara, one of lost secrets, ancient mysteries, and perilous danger. Twin moons encircle the planet, equal yet opposite, one by day and one by night. Under the surface of the eart...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Oriental Post Apocalyptic

Rokugan

The Emerald Empire, where Honor is stronger than steel. The Emerald Lands, or “Rokugan” in the tongue of its people, comprise a vast, majestic countryside that stretches nine hundred miles fro...

Exploration Horror Oriental Political Supernatural

Legends of the Dragonguard

Corruption bleeds into every corner of the world, nurtured by those who thrive in its shadows. Cults whisper of a long-forgotten power, while rumors of Ancient Dragonkin returning resonate throughout the land.Here are the stories told from the [b...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Military Solarpunk

Frontier Flora

[p]The year is 18XX. The Colonies may have gained their independence, but the New World is still a trackless frontier full of both dangers and delights. Negotiations with the native People have resulted in protected commonwealth zones, where settlers...

Alternative History Child Safe Comedy Exploration Western

Tahuum Itaqiin

[url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/tahuum-itaqiin-eldknighterrant/a/synopsis3A-tahuum-itaqiin-enters-its-third-age-article]Full synopsis: Tahuum Itaqiin Enters its Third Age Tahuum Itaqiin is a vast continent, a world in recover...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery Wuxia-Fantasy

Vil'ron

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Terra Caelum Legacy

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Gothic

Yonderverse

Explore the endless planets brimming with life in the Yonderverse! Go after creatures, discover new places, and learn about the people you find along the way. Winner of Best World 2024!

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fantasy Solarpunk Speculative Evolution

The Fabulae Anthology

[spotify:https://open.spotify.com/track/4Fk82bRqcJ5kcunfSVaGXT?si=4db561557c104c47] [p]It has been three hundred years since the Great Sangfroid War, and the world of @[Fabulae](loca...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

An Akarran Sunset

Your first sight is a warm, motherly face filling your vision, a goddess clad in billowing, white robes framed against a backdrop of sunset orange clouds. She looks at you and smiles. “Welcome, new one,” she says. ”I think you’ll like it here, if...

Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Sword & Sorcery

I.D.E.A.

200 years ago, a dimensional rift opened in the middle of Terra. A genius of his time, Hernst Van Glosten, managed to stabilize the phenomenon to visit this parallel dimension, thus creating what will become the InterDimensional Exploration Agency. C...

Exploration Political Post-modern Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Shelder

[h2|ee7d7e6f-f0e5-4ca4-9565-bdc5b7d70fbb]The "perfect" Earth clone... only 23 million light years away! [p][/p] [h3|de03da23-9950-4771-bfe4-6dc45eeb0289]Planet Shelder. Four billion and a half years of evolution to get here, now: explosive bio...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Valley of Man

An expansive high altitude valley bordered by the ever mountainous Brine Marshes to the west, the Bad Step to the east, the Northern Range and the Floodlands in the south. This is a story of the end of human civilization as the Sang know it. The...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Political

Pakali-Pakamuut

Pakali-Pakamuut is an earth-like planet where magic blooms young and nature reigns supreme. All that is known about this world lies within a single island, home of the Kukai and the utopia...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Slice of Life Soft Magic

the cosmic pool

[h|574a6c4d-2e7c-4eae-b374-7468899461d8]journey's rest, distant traveler [h1|74ff56db-e0da-4b33-8eaa-bb5fa238993e]welcome to: [h2|df515c0b-16a4-45cb-8acf-fe0aeba41b68]this wo...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban

Istar

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Sword & Sorcery

Expeditions of Ember

Exploration Fantasy Survival

Sinstram

Sinstram is a tabletop RPG homebrew setting. It is high fantasy, with a splash of Science Fantasy if you look in the right places, with a focus on strange locations and adventure across various cultures and lands. It can lend itself to story dense, o...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Elaris: Sea of Stars

Exploration Mecha Political Science Fantasy Space Opera

Aethermarch

[h3|d874efdd-9609-4f61-be71-5026bce4729e]Praefatio ad Lectorem — A Note to the Reader [p]From the Orbis Descriptio, compiled 1200 A.P.[/p] [p]By Gaius Cornelius Plinius Secundus Aethermarchensi...

Alternative History Exploration Fantasy

Curia

[p]Curia est un monde recouvert de vastes océans de sable, où des continents émergent telles des îles colossales. Leurs côtes déchiquetées et leurs falaises abruptes sont constamment balayées...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Sword & Sorcery

Dinosaur Country

Welcome to Dinosaur Country! A dinosaur western set around the fictional town of Fossil Creek. A world where dinosaurs never went extinct, and humans have learned to tame them. Welcome to the frontier where Red Dead Redemption meets Jurassic Park.

Alternative History Exploration Speculative Steampunk Western

Unknown Shores

[aloud] [p]Long before the present age, Aerith thrived on magic. Its cities ran on arcane systems that preserved knowledge, reshaped landscapes, and bound civilization together. That era ended with the Shattering, a magical apocalypse that didn't jus...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Literature RPG Sword & Sorcery

The Golden Frontier

We find ourselves in the world of Drakenelm, in a time of great change. What was once thought to be an unending ocean of simple islands, one discovery is going to change the course of history forever: The discovery of the golden frontier. A strange a...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Laethelle: the Starlight Age

The Great Dark. The Starlight Age. The Long Night. For a hundred generations the entirety of the known world has lain shrouded by unceasing darkness. Yet myths remain, legends of an ancient Dawn Age, when the sky was filled with light fr...

Exploration Fantasy Post Apocalyptic

The Utopian Revelation

Humanity has breached the stars. The Core Worlds are a political battlegrounds between three major idealogies. The Rim Worlds are an unregulated mix of paradise and horror. The Depths beyond are terrifying collectives of unknown planets, alien specie...

Exploration Political Science Fantasy Space Opera Supernatural

Dawn

A Diverse and Magical World: My Homebrew Creation My homebrew world is a rich and diverse tapestry, blending different races, ideas, and a magical environment reminiscent of the world of Eberron. Here's an overview of the key elements o...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy

Manifold Sky

In the finite confines of the Manifold, a five-dimensional world laid out across the inner surfaces of a penteract, factions vie for access to the limited arable land and mineral resources required to keep feeding civilization. Mercenary airships, a...

Dieselpunk Exploration Military Speculative Surreal

Kanoana - Die Legende der Stürme

Kanoana ist eine Welt voller Mythen und Legenden, geprägt von mächtigen magischen Stürmen, die das Leben der Bewohner beeinflussen. Es gibt eine Vielzahl fantastischer Wesen, aber nur wenige besitzen die Fähigkeit, Magie zu verwenden. Diese besondere...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic

Omne

[p]Far past the land of fairytales, over the Worldsewn Gap and across the Ocean of Origins, lies the continent of Néos. Named by the explorers of the old land, Néos became home to a plethora of cultures and nations, each distinct in their practices a...

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Tamaris

Tamaris lies in the throws of an industrial revolution. Monarchs and nobility cling to tradition while those below them toil as the expense of progress. The face of diplomacy masks backroom deals, and alliances are rarely as stable as they seem. As t...

Exploration Fantasy Historical Steampunk Victorian

The Realm

Exploration Religious Science Fantasy Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Aetates Obscurae Verae

[p]The world is now in the 9th Century, and the Early Middle Ages is in full swing. Adventurers are constantly in demand. Some act as mercenaries, others follow the path of magic and bolster their respective nations. Groups scattered here and there l...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

Pulse

An experiment is taking place on a planetary scale. Across the surface of the planet, a phenomenon referred to as "Blight" is spreading. Festering regions defended by fierce creatures called “blightbeasts” taint the surface, warping the land and p...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Mystery Science Fantasy

Eliond

Exploration Fantasy

Future Earth

10 000 years ago, the planet was tainted by the invention of magic weapons. Someone opened a gateway to the plane of magic, and the result covered the planet in deadly magic radiation. Humanity were forced underground, while the animals left on the s...

Exploration Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

World of Seven Seas

The humans of this world don't remember a before, though there must have been one; most of them are too focused on the now. They are, as humans ever are, a hodgepodge of everything; from the most warlike and powerhungry to...

Exploration Fantasy Literature RPG Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Aequoria

[quote] [p]The sea is not just a boundary, but a gateway to endless possibilities. In every crashing wave lies a whisper of freedom, urging us onward. However, only those who take action, who heed the whisper's call find greatness amidst the boundl...

Exploration Fantasy Mystery

Distant Worlds

Divim was once a fantastical world of all kinds of magical creatures living on one mega continent. Adventurers set off on brave quests in a world stopping incursions from the other planes. However, that all changed after the Collision. Now, Divim is...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Ghanwyss

Wandering between the ethereal and material, Ley Lines are magical pathways that streak the surface of Ghanwyss. Though they themselves are near invisible to the naked eye, their tangible influence cannot be unseen. The blood of the universe itself f...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Sword & Sorcery

Craedock

The denizens of Craedock live in a thriving world of wind and wave, song and sail. The world's higher water to land ratio and regular seasonal cycles drives an oceanic culture of trade and exploration as the seas carve the landscapes and empires rise...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic

Eraikaar

Welcome to the world of Eraikaar. A high fantasy semi-realistic world where your character shall embark upon grand adventures. Perhaps experience the politics of the Senate of Ryjim? Maybe the vast ocean and it's mysteries are more your thing...

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Sword & Sorcery Young Adult (YA)

Starkeeper

The future is a strange, yet familiar place. Humanity has achieved its dream of space colonization, going interstellar with wormhole stargates. Over a century after a terrible dark age ended, civilization enjoys an age of peace united in the Commonal...

Exploration Political Science Fiction Space Opera Transhumanism

Old Zenithas

A mysterious plane that serves as an anchor between a plethora of alternate realities. the bonds between realms here are weaker than normal, and alter-dimensional beasts, and even civilisation have been known to appear from rifts in the continuum. As...

Exploration Fantasy Hard Magic Science Fantasy Weird

Elderoth

Exploration Fantasy Steampunk Sword & Sorcery Weird

E'ath

E'ath is a forest world populated by many differnt races each living as a part of nature either by their own choice or by the choice of the arch druids and the forest itself. Scattered around the world are many different world trees, each different i...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Political

Olucia

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Creus

Creus is a world undergoing rapid change; social, technological, political, and magical. A pre-industrial society, the citizens are using reciprocating flatrods and mechanical gearing to accomplish the first industrial revolution in history. The rise...

Clockpunk Exploration Fantasy Slice of Life Steampunk

The Realm of Antir

"Sacrifice fuels the slaughter" A world where magic is fuelled by life essence, where the local grain harvest isn’t necessarily for food, but for this valuable essence it holds - known as Vitus. A planet that is harsh, in eve...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, Dark Historical Political

Solaria: The Miriandynus Galaxy

(CSS is currently being redesigned, a lot of things may look ugly until it is completed) Solaria is an alt Sci-Fi series involving dogs, avians, humans, and galactic warfare. Solaria mixes fantasy, sci-fi,...

Exploration Hard Magic Medieval Science Fiction Transhumanism

Ancient Waters

[h3|3ea20826-3cfa-40e2-8a47-cec654940790]This sandbox of cultures and concepts aims to draw on inspirations from our own Earth's history, cultures and myths and combine them with classic D&D concepts. [p][/p] [p][/p] [h3|11f2f67c-9559-4a96-885f-...

Exploration Fantasy

Termina Nexus

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Exandria - 21

Exandria is a world home to a diverse landscape full of varied stories and people. There are towering cities to immense deserts to overwhelming tropical jungles to open blue oceans. A variety of continents mark the surface of this world and each are...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Gates of Eternity

This world is a field of a battle that is older than time, that exists in its current form as form of a compromise between beings that escape human comprehension. Beings that permanently try to recreate reality itself to suit their needs, fo...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Seven Sanctuaries

[h1|77e4be8f-ca98-485f-ad58-ff50c114f945]"Welcome, Hollow Warrior. Come craft your True self." [p]What if there was a fantasy world where anyone who died the previous day came back to life? How would that affect the cult...

Exploration Fantasy Isekai Literature RPG Sword & Sorcery

Valaria

Welcome to Valaria! A world of wars, factions, forces pushed by greed, and 8 powerful stones that have been the difference between harmony and Armageddon. These stones were born of the elements that shaped Valeria from its birth. They are the ston...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Rolara

The Resurgence of Light in the Realm of Rolara The Astral Apex of Mount Origin In the heart of Rolara, where the veil between realms is gossamer-thin, stands [b...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Wuxia-Fantasy

NUGaming's Exiled Lands of Dark Desires

We have created a fantasy world that is set in a fictional timeline. Some aspects of our world have been inspired by our own history, as well as drawing further inspiration from the Conan storyline, the Early Middle Ages all the way up to the...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Etheria

[p]Welcome to the colorful Etheria, a world of mystery and exploration. Colors seem to dictate how the world works, who can cast magic, and what stance they hold in society. In this world of color, there are forces who work in the darkness for nefari...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Medieval Solarpunk

Forgotten Waters

With the coming of the Fogbane Comet, a new era was forged. Numira's fog cloud was displaced into the north and south poles, clearing way to the undiscovered and uninhabited New World. Hundreds of ships from almost every nation in Prythwyn ma...

Exploration Fantasy Flintlock Political Sword & Sorcery

Varzzen

Explore Varzzen, an ancient fantasy continent on Alvandis populated by diverse Insectoids, offering adventures through lands fundamentally shaped by the timeless clash between primordial Chaos and divine Order.

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

BREACH

2010-2012: Fortean Events skyrocket in frequency. A flock of passenger pigeons, ten thousand strong, darkened the skies above New Jersey for the first time in over a century. A man began ranting and raving at a store in Sa...

Alternative History Exploration Modern

Aetheus

This is my pride and joy of worldbuilding and DnD - set for a campaign I may do, or campaigns. Just ideas and fun stuff to practice on WorldAnvil. Aetheus, a world that has existed since the birth of the Elemental Chaos. Once domina...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

The Second Age

The One Ring RPG Fellowship forging the history of the Second Age in the realm of Northern Virginia.

Exploration Fantasy

Midgard

The Galaxy has changed!! Well about 190 years ago it did. Gods are real and live. Monsters and other species exist? Elves are a thing? Dwarves are a thing too?! The Norse Gods came through a rift on Earth and tried to save it. Humans have spread to o...

Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Violem

[color:006D60]W[/color]elcome to Violem, home to the realm of magic. A world that thrives in exploration and whimsy. This is a place where I share all my creative thoughts, crazy ideas and create stories for you all to enjoy. I do al...

Exploration Fantasy Medieval

Miand'Mésvéstell

[quote]Miand'Mésvéstell encompasses the Existence entire It is Dark and Light, Joyful and Grim Ancient and Young, Scarred and Unharmed Overseen and Protected by Entities beyond Comprehension Threatened Eternally by Somethi...

Exploration Fantasy Science Fantasy

Argeth

[p]A fantastical world, filled with magic and magical creatures alike. Stories say that the world was created by powerful elemental dragons, each sharing a part of their being to bring shape to the world.[/p] [p]Within these pages can be found a comp...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

The Hylian Fantasy

Hyrule rebuilds. Despite the weathering of darkness and trouble, the Kingdom is reborn and alliances reforged. The heroes of old have faded to legend, but the tales of Hyrule's future continue. [aloud]This world runs on the Reclaim the Wild...

Exploration Fanfiction Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery Weird

Asterra

Asterra(placeholder) A relatively new world, still under construction.

Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic

Kena'an

[follow:43576316-6eb8-40a0-908b-a35741c19368] Welcome to Kena'an [articleblock:cbfe9713-6d2e-41a3-aea5-9872b42f8227]

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Literature RPG Sword & Sorcery

Rings

[p]A world ringed around the heart of a long-dead god, where empires rise and fall, new factions overtake old ones, and borders are fluid. The world is full of magic and myth, unusual locales, excitement, and danger.[/p] [p][/p] [p]The animals living...

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Frontier

A world composed of layer-like biomes, each dangerous in their own, unique way. Mortal races are confined to the Southmost Layer, the southern hemisphere cap, covered in grasslands and plains stretching on beyond the horizon, only broken up by the oc...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Political Sword & Sorcery

Sipenta

From the sparkling cities of the Ensollian basin with their spires and minarets that soar into the burning sun, to the vast golden fields of Kressia and Perrence glistening with morning dew and the promise of bountiful harvests, to the proud stone ke...

Exploration Fantasy Flintlock Mystery Political

Veyriss

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Primatis

A world created from the void, made from godly essences combined. The planes leak into the realm to create strange environments. This world has seen much turmoil as the demons of the abyss charged through the material to attack everything and ever...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Adventures Along the Sword Coast

Some say the Sword Coast took its name from the white cliffs that rise up sharply for hundreds of miles along the coastline between the River Dessarin and Baldur's Gate. Traveling author...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Weird

Old Meridia (2013-2022)

Exploration Fantasy Post Apocalyptic

Terraloga

Welcome to Terraloga [p]Terraloga is a science fantasy world setting in a pure, fictional earth. Expect the journey of men, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the incidental chaos of nature...

Ancient Exploration Political Science Fantasy

Abismo

Bajo las profundidades del océano Atlántico, mas allá del mundo de los vivos, yace dormida la respuesta a todas las preguntas del mundo en un abismo sin luz. Un reino extraño, eterno y maldito desde el que nunca puede volverse a la superficie, pero q...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Soft Magic Surreal

New Genesis: Legacy of Imagination

This World is a constantly evolving story and game constantly shaped by the players. Want to play, join the Discord by clicking the image below! [url:https://discord.gg/k8XnZq5e8A][

Exploration Isekai Science Fantasy Supernatural

Vilosher

Welcome to Vilosher A world of magic and fantasy, a thousand nations vying for control over the precious resources of the world, rising and falling empires hoping to claim glory. As one rises, another falls and more yet arise to take their place....

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Sword & Sorcery

The World of Alamat

Exploration Fantasy Flintlock Political Science Fantasy

Azuria

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Londolon

​​Late middle ages - no firearms, but advanced metallurgic tools like magnets and gunpowder are available. Magic is not widely used in Londolon, and demi-humans like elves and magical creatures do not exist, either. The only magic-users in Londolon a...

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political Post-modern

Avis

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

The Stolen Lands

The vast swath of nature between the River Kingdoms and Brevoy has resisted many attempts at settlement over the years, the crumbling structures reclaimed by the elements are testament to that fact. From lowly bandits that plague the fringes of civil...

Exploration Fantasy Political

The Frontier

Humanity has been driven to the edge of extinction at the hands of natural phenomena, hostile aliens and our own hubris. The Age of Strife is over, now a fractured humanity seeks to rebuild but with no central government and our home world lost and n...

Exploration Science Fiction

Orient Express

Alternative History Exploration Historical Horror Supernatural

Excelsia

Excelsia: The world is named for after the last great age, the age of dragons were defeated by the Gods of the multiverse. They believed that after the dreadful age of the dragons, the political leaders believed that the world would be call...

Exploration Fantasy Mystery Political

Alana

Alana, a fantastical world blending steam-powered technology with ancient magic. Perfect for storytellers and readers seeking new realms of adventure.

Ancient Comedy Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk

Star Wars Fall of the Republic and Rise of the Empire

In this world, you will be able to experience the era of the Fall of the Republic at the end of the Clone Wars, and the sudden and drastic change into the Rise of the Empire. You will witness and experience a galaxy both in turmoil from the war and...

Adult 18+ Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Southern Faerun: Edren and her children.

Here is a world of Edren and the child states that have formed from her lands, placed in the heart of Southern Faerun beyond the wilds of Chault.

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Political Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Linebound

Welcome to the Endless Sky! What is Linebound? A new age of exporation has come as the first skyships set sail on the open skies. The maps grow larger and yet the world never gets smaller. Many fantastic things wait...

Exploration Fantasy Soft Magic

Wouraiya

Welcome to Wouraiya! If you're interested in sampling stories, I'd like to suggest a few: [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/wouraiya-daskalarch/a/weaponizing-power-of-love2C-and-similar-faff-prose]Weaponizing the Power of Love, and Similar F...

Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Hard Science Medieval Military

Saleh'Alire

[container:quote1][quote]I don't remember much of the voyage from Bán Ródh. The weather during much of it was abysmal- all keening wind and thunder- once the warm Eimhiran waters gave way to the colder embrace of northern tides... And as I woefully l...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Abios

Volstis is the third planet from the sun orbited by one moon called Luna in what is known as the void sea. It is on this small blue jewel that we learn of our heroes and though insignificant at this time, may find themselves chang...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

Synthacrosia

The Tower of Souls Created By Stormbril A tower wrought of cold metal and ancient stone stretches upwards into infinity, constru...

Clockpunk Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery