World Anvil Codex
Welcome to the World Anvil Codex. The Codex is a compendium of workflows and guides designed to make you a World Anvil poweruser. Whether you're just getting started, you're branching out into new features, or you just need a refresher, we've got you covered. If we don't, please ask us! Let's take things from the top, shall we? World Anvil has a lot of features, so many it can be easy to lose track of them! Below we have organized World Anvil's features into their major suites—groupings according to what YOU want to focus your authoring experience on. Chose the suit which most matches your use case. Don't worry, you are not locked into any one role, this is simply to narrow down our focus.
Getting Started
Read the Guides First!
You may also navigate this Codex by seeing all the guides below and reading the ones related to what you want to do. Just a few of these will turn you into a World Anvil maestro!
The Workflows
Under each sub-header below are a few brief statements and a list of related features. Choose which resonates most with you and read on! If you are unsure, choose Storyteller. If you want to change roles later you can do so from your account settings.I am a Roleplayer
Tabletop RPG player, LARPer, Original Character creator, deep roleplay CRPG player.
I am here to...
You are here to play, either because you're looking for a group, because you want a place to host information on your character, or because your GM/DM invited you to a campaign within World Anvil.Features
Character Manager
Roleplay Stream
Gamemaster Interface
You're looking for all the best ways to express your character. In World Anvil, these are called Heroes.
Workflows for Writers, Gamemasters, and Creatives coming soon!
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