9. Filling the world

Ways to add more to your world. Pick what you need, and each one links to its full page.

More places

Another building. Same as chapter 3: Build mode → Building → the Location Wizard. See The Location Wizard.
A landmark. Build mode → Landmark: an outdoor place characters can visit, like a park, a plaza or some ruins.
A custom shape. Build mode → Custom: plot the corners of an unusual building.
A block of buildings at once. Build mode → Cluster: stage a group of building shapes inside a settlement, lock them in, then fill each one with the Location Wizard. See Clusters and quick buildings.
Rooms and floors inside a building. See Buildings and rooms.

Atlas → NPCs → New NPC. Describe the character you want, or fill in the form yourself.
Atlas → Locations → a building → + Add NPC creates someone who lives there.
Import a character written with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another assistant. See Importing NPCs.

Everything about a character's profile, and why each field matters, is in NPC profiles.

The world profile and briefing (Atlas → World → The world): what every character in your world knows.
Peoples (on the same page): which species appear when the game generates characters.
Lorebook entries (Atlas → Lorebook): facts characters bring up when the conversation touches on them. See The Lorebook.
Factions: groups characters belong to. See Factions.

Enemies (Atlas → Enemies, or Build mode → Enemy): creatures and foes that find you while you travel, out in the wild or in the towns you choose. See Creating enemies.

Roads, Rivers and Walls, Fill for water and colored areas, Stamps for map icons, and the Eraser. See Roads, rivers, walls and terrain.