1. Choose New Guided Map
From Welcome, choose New Guided Map. Pick World for a globe-spanning campaign or Region for a closer adventure area.
2. Describe the result
Try Balanced land, Varied terrain, Temperate climate, Settled civilization, Medium detail, and Classic fantasy parchment. Leave horizontal wrapping on for a whole world and off for a bounded region.
3. Generate and accept a preview
Choose Generate. The preview arrives from a local worker. Reroll changes the seed while keeping the guided answers intact. Choose Accept when the large shapes feel useful, then use Adjust one aspect for a focused stage preview.
4. Make two edits
Choose Terrain → Raise and paint a small ridge. Choose Biome, select Temperate forest, and paint a nearby valley. Each stroke is one undoable action.
5. Add a place and label
Choose Places and click the map. Rename the new settlement in the inspector. Choose Labels to add a manual sea, region, or landmark label.
6. Save and export
Press Ctrl + S and choose a user folder. Then choose Export → Player PNG. GM-only features are filtered before the image is rendered.
Optional: Send to Atlas
Choose Send to Atlas and sign in only when prompted. The normal Aethera page opens in your browser and uses
the same account as Atlas and the rest of Aethera; allow its aethera-worldwright: link to
return to the installed app. Select a world and publish the player or GM map. Later sends update the linked
Atlas map instead of silently creating duplicates. Signing in never uploads the local project by itself.