Bring your worlds to life with 615 detailed, etched-style PNG map symbols—a complete toolkit for storytellers, game masters, and world-builders. Whether you’re designing a campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons, creating a richly illustrated fantasy novel, or mapping the landscapes of a historical saga, these high-resolution symbols give you everything you need to craft immersive, professional-quality maps.
Each symbol is drawn in a classic 18th-century etching style, blending seamlessly with old-world cartography. From jagged mountain ranges and rolling hills to cities, fortresses, temples, banners, and even characters, this collection covers every corner of your imagined realm.
What’s Inside the Collection?
Natural Landscapes:
Over 100 mountains, hills, mesas, and buttes in varied formations
Dozens of trees, palms, bamboo, forests, and vegetation clusters for every biome
Cultures & Civilizations:
Castles, ruins, towers, villages, and cityscapes inspired by medieval Europe, Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Middle East
Unique structures including temples, pagodas, pyramids, yurts, cathedrals, and keeps
Characters & People:
Knights, monks, kings, queens, villagers, and adventurers—ideal for map markers or narrative inserts
Symbols & Markers:
Banners, shields, flags, crests, and scrolls for labeling kingdoms, borders, or key locations
Extras:
Ships, markers, heraldic shields, and decorative frames for authentic finishing touches
Every asset is delivered as a transparent PNG, so you can drop them directly into Photoshop, Illustrator, Inkarnate, Wonderdraft, Affinity, or any design program.
Perfect For:
RPG Game Masters: Quickly design world maps, regional overviews, or dungeon entrances with professional quality.
Fantasy Authors: Add authentic visual maps to your novels, giving readers a deeper connection to your world.
Historical Writers & Educators: Illustrate medieval campaigns, ancient empires, or cultural landscapes with accuracy and style.
Indie Game Developers: Create unique in-game maps, loading screens, or lore pages with etched artwork that feels timeless.
Why Choose Etched Style Symbols?
Unlike generic clip art or overused fantasy sets, these symbols carry the weight and artistry of traditional engraved cartography. Each piece is carefully crafted to balance readability at small sizes with enough etched detail to look stunning in close-up views.
The collection is also modular—mountains and forests can be combined into ranges and biomes, buildings grouped into sprawling cities, banners paired with shields to mark regions. Your imagination sets the limits.
Key Features at a Glance:
618 symbols – the most complete etched set available
Transparent PNGs – drag & drop ready
High resolution – sharp prints, crisp digital exports
Historical + Fantasy variety – castles, pagodas, pyramids, ruins, forests, ships, banners, and more
Compatible with all major design tools – Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, Inkarnate, Wonderdraft, Affinity Designer, GIMP
Transform your maps from simple sketches into heirloom-quality cartography that feels both authentic and timeless. Whether your story is told at the gaming table, on the page, or in a digital world, these symbols are the tools to make your maps unforgettable.
👉 Download today and start building the world your players and readers will never forget.