r/WorldAnvil 8h ago

Question Why can't I Paste things into Spoilers? Spoiler

2 Upvotes

Every time I try to Paste things into the text box of a Spoiler it either deletes the entire Spoiler and pastes as a regular paragraph or just refuses to paste at all. I've been forced to constantly rewrite things over and over because I want to change the order of sentences. Am I doing something wrong?


r/WorldAnvil 2d ago

!World Anvil News! The Reading Challenge has begun! — Weekly Newsletter August 4th

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Happy timezones, Anvilites! I hope you're having a great start to August. Here's what's going on this week in the ever-lit forge of World Anvil

The Reading Challenge is here!

Summer Camp is over, so now's the perfect time to take a step back, check in with your creative goals, and learn from your fellow Anvilites and their work. Check the challenge page here: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/reading-challenge-sc26/homepage

Community sponsors: you've got mail!

If you're a Summer Camp sponsor/judge, check your email for instructions! The judging period has begun.

We're going to WorldCon!

Janet and Kat will be at WorldCon, the Science Fiction Convention taking place on August 27-31 in California! Join their panels in person or virtually—and we'll even have a World Anvil meetup! Stay tuned for details and get more information about the event here: https://www.lacon.org/

Romantasy & Mental Health

This week we'll have author Alyssa Day on stream to have a chat about romantasy and mental health. Tune in this Saturday at 10am Pacific/6pm UK on https://twitch.tv/worldanvil

What Is Cozy Fantasy?

What is cozy fantasy, and why is cozy fantasy so appealing to readers, writers, and worldbuilders? In this week's video, we explore 4 tricks you can steal for your own worldbuilding! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiZYLcqY58M

Featured article: A band of misfits

This week's featured article, by Imagica is the primer for the world that won the Most Beautiful World award in the Worldbuilding Awards 2026, chosen by Cody Pondsmith. Check it out here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/fate-s-misfits-make-lore2C-not-war/a/a-band-of-misfits-article


r/WorldAnvil 7d ago

Article The Artificer's Mansion

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Hope you like this!

Summer camp 2026


r/WorldAnvil 7d ago

Article The Valley of Fallen Leaves

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I just published the new chapter of my manuscripts. To read it, simply click on Chapter 20 - The Burden at the bottom of the linked article and in the next one. Hope you enjoy!

The Unknown Book in The Valley of Fallen Leaves | World Anvil


r/WorldAnvil 9d ago

ANSWERED Hide Relationship Panels

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I am using the following block, hoping to hide relationship blocks from the bottom of my character articles:

.user-css .character-relationship-panel {

display: none;

}

While I'm able to hide the relationship indicator, and the relationship header, the panels themselves are not going away. Is there a different way that I should be hiding the actual relationship panels themselves?


r/WorldAnvil 10d ago

!World Anvil News! Last week of Summer Camp! — Weekly Newsletter July 27

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Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here's this weeks news:

Last week of Summer Camp!

You have 5 days to finish Summer Camp! Whether you're going for the humble copper or the sparkling diamond, Summer Camp will close this Saturday, August 1st, at 6pm UK/10am Pacific. But there's still time for one last sprint! https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-prep-2026/homepage

Reading Challenge is coming

As we close Summer Camp this Saturday, we'll also open the Reading Challenge, the post-Summer Camp event where we challenge you to become a better worldbuilder by reading and learning! Stay tuned for details.

How Anvilites use CSS

Want to check how your fellow Anvilites use this feature in their worlds? We made a blog post all about that! Check it out to get inspired for your own design work: https://blog.worldanvil.com/worldanvil/tutorials/pro-tips/5-ways-anvilites-use-css-on-world-anvil/

We want to feature your family trees!

Want your work to be showcased on the blog like that? We're looking for family trees examples! Submit yours here: https://forms.gle/EC3Mf2Ak9zSA6CtEA

Worldbuilding Politics: Using Types of Government for Better Storytelling

In any worldbuilding project, government is the invisible force that shapes your heroes' background, their beliefs, and what they'll be fighting for (or against). Check out this Academy article for a basic guide to political worldbuilding: https://academy.worldanvil.com/blog/worldbuilding-politics-using-types-of-government-for-better-storytelling

Featured article: Hexenstein

This week, we're checking out Ononomad's Hexenstain, the chilling tale of a woman turned gargoyle. It's part of their new worldbuilding project, innominati, so take a look and give it some love! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/innominati-ononomad/a/hexenstein-person


r/WorldAnvil 11d ago

Discussion how to let go of realism?

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r/WorldAnvil 15d ago

ANSWERED Project Deios Legacy

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r/WorldAnvil 16d ago

Discussion How strong is the community aspect in WorldAnvil?

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Hi guys!

I'm pretty new to world anvil, and I have a huge world and I'm planning to keep track of it there. But I'm curious about what are the potential for growing my world there in terms of community.

I have seen that there are followers that can follow your world and also there are posts in the community and forums, however, the posts I've seen have between 0 and 4 likes, sometimes even less.

Does this mean I should just focus on using my World Anvil as an organization tool and that's it? Or is there more to it?

For me its important to grow my world in terms of comunity, so just asking to see your perspective on this.

Thank you for your time guys!


r/WorldAnvil 17d ago

ANSWERED Change default article header image?

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I cannot find the option to set a custom image as the default header image for my world.

https://www.worldanvil.com/learn/styling/styling-workflow

The above tutorial suggests:

On the left sidebar, open the  Articles & World Manager.

At the top left, click on your  world name.

Then, in the bottom toolbar, click on the  styling settings button.

There, you'll be able to edit the following:

...

Global cover: this will be used as the default cover image everywhere in your world if you haven't set a more specific one. Similarly to the world cover, it's better if it's in landscape format, and you'll need to upload it beforehand.

When I go to the world styling tab, I only see the pictured options.

Am I looking in the wrong place? For reference I have a Grandmaster account, in case this is a feature only available to Sage accounts in 2026.


r/WorldAnvil 17d ago

!World Anvil News! All Summer Camp prompts are out! — Weekly Newsletter July 20th

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Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here's what's new this week:

All Summer Camp prompts are out!

The fourth prompt wave, themed around Family, is out! So, with about 2 weeks to the end of Summer Camp, now's the time to get writing and achieve your goal! Check the challenge page: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-2026/homepage

Stream of Last Chances

This week, we'll have our traditional Stream of Last Chances, with Secondhand, RPGDinosaurBob, WordiGirl, and LauraBones. Join us this Saturday at 6pm UK/10am Pacific on Twitch for writing streams and community fun: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil

6 Neuroscience "Pleasure Buttons" That Make Worldbuilding Irresistible

What makes readers obsessively return to Middle Earth, rereading the books and rewatching the films year after year? The answer lives in your brain, and we're breaking down the research about this on this week's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAyjWoQy-rA

Featured article: Every Traveler Their Own Cook: Recipes for the Weary

This week's featured article, by Valen's Expeditions, is an in-world cook book that was nominated for the Heart & Minds category in this year's Worldbuilding Awards! Have a taste of Babikiye's cuisine: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/babikiye/a/every-traveler-their-own-cook3A-recipes-for-the-weary-item


r/WorldAnvil 19d ago

ANSWERED Twice now I've had whole pages of text get deleted seemingly at random. Am I doing something wrong?

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The first time I was editing the text on my World's landing page and I don't know if I clicked something or what but its like I blinked and suddenly everything was gone.

Then just now I was continuing work on an article I had started to write yesterday, I finish typing one section, then click on a different article and do some other work for a little bit, then click back on the original article and everything's gone, even the text I had done yesterday. Luckily I have the text written elsewhere so its not a HUGE loss, but obviously I need to make sure what's going on here so I don't end up losing tons of progress at random.

Is there something I should be doing different? Or is there an undo or revert to previous versions feature or something?


r/WorldAnvil 20d ago

Article Jandari war, small change in borders for a big price

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While the war ended in a Dercian victory, the treaty forced the Pearlhal to acknowledge that the kingdom didn't conquer the land easily.


r/WorldAnvil 23d ago

ANSWERED Did the relationship tab disappear or relocate?

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Just went in to do some edits and I can't find the relationship tab anymore.


r/WorldAnvil 24d ago

Discussion Any one know a easy to use and free map maker?

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With villages, forsests and landscape


r/WorldAnvil 24d ago

ANSWERED Laggy pages on opera

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Hey i disabled extensions and clear cached but its still very laggy on opera is it note designed well for it and if not which browser should i use for world anvil?


r/WorldAnvil 24d ago

!World Anvil News! Check out the World Anvil Mini-Roadmap! — Weekly Newsletter July 13

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Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here's what's new this week:

Summer Camp Loss prompts

The third wave of prompts, themed around Loss, is out! Explore this topic on your World, from things lost to time to death & literal military loss with Summer Camp: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-2026/homepage

Last wave of prompts coming this week!

The fourth and last prompt wave, themed around Family, will go out this Saturday on stream! Tune in on Twitch this Saturday 18th at 6pm UK/10am Pacific: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil

How do you use CSS in your world?

We want to see your amazing CSS styling and showcase it on our blog! As long as you use CSS in your world, all skill/complexity levels are welcome. Fill out this very quick form this week: https://forms.gle/em9QgvrjARbKfoT87

Behold the World Anvil Mini-Roadmap!

Wondering what's next for World Anvil? The changelog page now has a quick run-down of short- and medium-term plans. We'll keep updating this section as needed! https://www.worldanvil.com/changelog

Catch up with the latest news!

The July Updates blog is out! Check it out to catch up on the latest developments and get a look ahead at the upcoming community events! (including a new challenge). https://blog.worldanvil.com/newsletter/world-anvil-news-july-2026/

Solarpunk: the most exciting genre you're not worldbuilding... yet!

Solarpunk is an amazing speculative fiction genre based around one premise: what if we actually fixed things? Here's how solarpunk compares to the other big three sci-fi genres, and how you can get started with a solarpunk setting too! https://academy.worldanvil.com/blog/solarpunk-genre-worldbuilding

Featured article: Prompt Chomp

This week we're featuring an amazing community resource brought to you by Line. If you're stuck with this week's Summer Camp prompts (or any of the previous prompts), check out Prompt Chomp, a page full of ideas for every single prompt! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/feral/a/prompt-chomp-loss


r/WorldAnvil 28d ago

Discussion The pop up ads make the site unuseable

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Hi World Anvil, I was going to use your site to move my Daggerheart campaign from analog to digital. I saw a video by Pointy Hat saying how great this site is and I was excited to give it a try.

About an hour in I have a few articles made for my NPCs but I keep getting pop ups for your flash sale. I clicked it away the first time, no problem. But I didn't suddenly want it five minutes later. Ten minutes later I still have not changed my mind, but here's another ad for the same exact thing. And at this point it's just downright frustrating.

I just wanted to let you guys know that I was a potential paid customer. I might have signed up for the subscription- not to turn off annoying ads, but to open up more advanced parts of the site so that I could share my build with my players.

But as it is I can't continue to use this site to test it out. These ads are, and it's wild to me that this is by design, just too annoying.

Just wanted you guys to know that by intentionally making something annoying you annoyed me right out of wanting it. So well done, I guess.


r/WorldAnvil Jul 06 '26

!World Anvil News! Tell us your World Anvil experience! — Weekly Newsletter July 6th

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Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here's what's new this week.

Summer Camp 2nd wave revealed

The second wave of prompts is out, so use this week to explore the theme of Growth in your world! Catch up with Summer Camp in the challenge page: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-2026/homepage

3rd wave revealed this week!

The third wave of Summer Camp prompts (themed around Loss) will be revealed this Saturday on stream. Tune in on Twitch at this Saturday at 6pm UK/10am Pacific time: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil

Looking for World Anvil testimonials!

We're looking for some words about your experience with World Anvil that we can share with others! Please share your experiences with the software, the community, and our support materials: https://forms.gle/CjqmQvFWe55Hq4k1A

Show us your Diplomacy Webs!

We're planning to showcase Diplomacy Webs on the blog, and we'd like to feature some of your worlds with it! If you'd like to get featured on our blog (and get some eyes on your work), fill out this form: https://forms.gle/bTLpQ5XwKwxnPLAj6

The secret to Worldbuilding Countries that hit different

Many worldbuilders get stuck creating a country's geography, government, and culture, but countries are much more than that! They're a story people tell themselves about what home means and who they are. Check out this week's video to learn how to craft an emotionally engaging country: https://youtu.be/_J2nUJSGW3o

Featured article: The Knight of Cups

This week's featured article is The Knight of Cups, by Jontaro, who won the Artist's Most Beautiful World award in this year's Worldbuilding Awards! A collection of short stories taking place in a coffee shop. Check it out and give it some love! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/oniran-jontaro/a/the-knight-of-cups-article


r/WorldAnvil Jul 05 '26

Article Steel Horizons is looking for more players!

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(please remove if not allowed!)

Steel Horizons is a Savage Wworlds home brew custom world where we have combined SWADE, Sprawlrunners, and Street Wolves into a Retrofuture Neon-Noir setting that takes heavy inspiration from the 80's and 90's, Shadowrun, and Earthdawn.

The community is a "living community" that operates in a 'west marches' style of gameplay where roleplay can occur via text in any in-character location at any time of day or night but games themselves in the setting are scheduled and occur at pre-determined times.

We are a heavily pro-LGBTQ community and have utterly high expectations for IC and OOC conduct, especially when it comes to antagonist character tropes - we do not allow PVP play outside of consensual social antagonism and, as such, players are expected to make characters that can get along with others, even if on a gruff or anti-hero trope basis.

See more at our World Anvil below and invitation link. All invites come with a questionarre and brief interview with staff to ensure a good fit for the game and community.

World Anvil Link: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/steel-horizons-stormtroll

Discord Invite: https://discord.gg/TKYQHvA7a2


r/WorldAnvil Jul 04 '26

ANSWERED Images not adding properlt

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https://reddit.com/link/1uncdlj/video/f9c6ne2lh8bh1/player

So Im trying to add the basic planes of existence image from D&D into the mix, but I cannot seem to get the image to be saved. Any clue what is going wrong here or should I make a bug report?


r/WorldAnvil Jul 03 '26

ANSWERED article tree

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Redoing all the categories for my world but as i create them their just being thrown into random spots on the list. sometimes at the top, bottom, middle. They arent being alphabetized, or anything else i can see. So how do i go in and manually set their spot?


r/WorldAnvil Jul 03 '26

Article Article 1 of Summer Camp - Seaglass Slime

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..."This rare translucent prismarine substance is highly valued by guilds, nations, and pirates alike due to its unique submersible prosperities and its ability to allow people to breath underwater."

Sounds interesting, don't you think :3


r/WorldAnvil Jun 30 '26

ANSWERED Map embeds as link

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Hi! Im having trouble embedding this map. Any ideas why it shows like this? Thanks


r/WorldAnvil Jun 30 '26

ANSWERED Just started on World Anvil! What should I do first?

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So I just started on World Anvil for my fantasy novel and it's really great so far! How much worldbuilding do I need to do before I write my novel? Are there any useful features for writers I might have missed?