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Learn Dungeondraft! || Mapmaking tutorial for beginners!

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Feb 20, 2026
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People have asked and I have tried my best to put together a Dungeondraft tutorial for beginners! This will take you through all the key aspects of the dungeondraft software so that you can create a map today. It's quite a long one, so please refer to the timestamps to help you get to any specific topic. Happy Mapmaking! --//-- LINKS MENTIONED --//-- Krager's Shadow and Light Pack: https://cartographyassets.com/assets/7713/kragers-shadow-light-pack/ Universal Battlemap Importer: https://foundryvtt.com/packages/dd-import/ Carthography Assets: https://cartographyassets.com/ BirdieMap Stream Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgPP1OZrHwCXAZ-N7uxV7R1oaxtizeSCl ---//--- BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT ME ---//--- ✨ Join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CantripsMedia 📚 Order from Cantrips Media: https://cantripsmedia.com/ 🔹 YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXwR-xgjuzeaJ4xGY0d9uGg/join Thank you for supporting my small business so that I can keep being the nerd I am! 🥰🤓 ---//--- CONNECT WITH ME ---//--- 🗨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/cAFCEw3dqR 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cantripsmedia/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CantripsMedia ---//--- ABOUT KYLIE & CANTRIPS MEDIA ---//--- Cantrips Media creates handmade notebooks, journals, and stationery products for TTRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder 2e, and more. It's run by me, Kylie, out of our small studio space near Pittsburgh, PA with the help of my new assistant. I created this channel to help share some of my tips and tricks for D&D 5e as well as how to use some of my creations in your D&D campaigns. Slowly I've started expanding to other TTRPGs! If you'd like to learn more about me or my business, check out our website https://cantripsmedia.com ---//--- TIMESTAMPS ---//--- 00:00 Intro 1:33 Basic Dungeondraft Setup 3:05 Deciding on a Map Design 5:28 File Setup 7:09 Basic Movement and Zoom 7:49 Tracing Map Images 9:34 Walls 14:42 Add a Door to Curved Wall 15:22 Doors and Windows 15:39 Cave Walls 16:35 Removing/Hiding Tracing Map 17:03 Advanced Skill: Blasting Caves 17:27 Terrain Tool 19:08 Water Tool 20:42 Flooring & Patterns 22:55 Color Eyedropper Tool 23:52 Path Tool 26:16 Turn Off Grid and Snap 26:56 Material Brush 27:21 Map Background Polish 28:19 Object Placement Basics 33:12 Making Prefabs 35:39 Breaking Prefabs 37:08 Pathing: Stairs 38:00 Coloring Objects with Eyedropper 38:48 Micro Rotating Objects 39:03 Object Scatter Tool 41:58 Object Placement Tips 42:23 Lighting 45:37 Exporting 47:09 Importing to Foundry as a Universal Map File (ddvtt) 49:29 Importing to Foundry as a jpeg 50:49 Asset Packs 52:05 Outro

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