World Anvil
World Anvil is a browser-based collection of tools for creating, organizing, and storing settings for games, novels, or comics.
What World Anvil is
World Anvil is a browser-based collection of tools for creating, organizing, and storing settings for games, novels, or comics. Its wiki supports linked articles, categories, tags, and search across a world. Interactive maps connect locations with world articles, while timelines track events across eras or parallel histories. Campaign features include a digital GM screen, statblocks, NPC creation, player character sheets, and session reports connected to campaign notes. Its online novel-writing software works alongside the wiki, letting writers refer to and edit setting details while drafting. Integration options listed include Discord webhooks and integration, Google Analytics, and Patreon links to an author page, world, and published works. World Anvil says private material is visible to the user and authorized collaborators, and that autosaved work is backed up across multiple servers and in the cloud. The free account allows two worlds and 42 articles, with 100 MB storage. World Anvil requires an internet connection; mobile use is through an optimized browser, with no mobile app currently available.
Good
- Wiki articles can be linked and searched.
- Interactive maps connect with world articles.
- Campaign tools include character sheets and session reports.
- Free accounts can create two worlds.
- Private material can be limited to authorized collaborators.
Watch out
- Free accounts are limited to 42 articles.
- Free storage is 100 MB.
- An internet connection is required.
- There is no mobile app currently available.
Who it suits
It suits worldbuilders writing games, novels, or comics, from hobbyists to professional authors, game masters, studios, and publishers. Campaign tools may also suit game masters organizing characters and session notes.
Verdict
World Anvil combines a setting wiki with maps, timelines, campaign management, and novel-writing tools. Its free tier has firm world, article, and storage limits, and use requires an internet connection.
Plans and prices
From World Anvil's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Freeman | Free | 2 worlds · 42 articles · 100 MB storage · 2 maps · 20 statblocks |
| Master | $4.50 a month | 10 worlds · unlimited articles · 2 GB storage · 4 co-authors · 10 subscribers · 10 campaigns · billed annually, excluding applicable taxes |
| Grandmaster | $8.25 a month | Unlimited worlds and articles · 5 GB storage · 9 co-authors · 100 subscribers · 20 campaigns · API access · billed annually, excluding applicable taxes |
| Sage | $25 a month | Unlimited worlds and articles · 15 GB storage · 20 co-authors · 1000 subscribers · unlimited campaigns · custom domain · billed annually, excluding applicable taxes |
The facts
Each one read from World Anvil's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access tier
- Application keys are available from the Grandmaster tier upward and requests are manually reviewed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API calls use an application key and user authentication token supplied in request headers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API availability
- World Anvil exposes JSON APIs with GET, POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE endpoints and Swagger documentation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API licence
- The API documentation states that API use and its contents cannot be used commercially without prior World Anvil authorization.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API reliability disclaimer
- The API terms provide no promise about reliability, availability, specific functions or suitability and provide the API as-is.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API support limitation
- World Anvil says it does not provide dedicated support for building API applications and directs developers to community Discord support.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Campaign tools
- Its campaign tools include a digital GM screen, statblocks, NPC creation, player character sheets, and session reports integrated with campaign notes.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Changelog: family trees
- A June 29, 2026 update moved family-tree creation and relationship management into the new article editor.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Changelog: live editing
- A June 22, 2026 update added live editing indicators, live Discovery updates and live dashboard Continue Working updates.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- World owners can add co-authors, editors and writers while controlling permissions and removing collaborators.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Crunchbase profile
- Crunchbase describes World Anvil as a private London company with 11–50 employees and identifies Dimitris Havlidis as co-founder and CTO.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The Learn center contains beginner courses, workflow guides and feature tutorials covering articles, maps, manuscripts, access rights, campaigns, timelines, styling and APIs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent assessment
- WorldMetrics rated World Anvil 7.1 out of 10, highlighting navigable character pages and cross-links while calling the structure heavier than single-document writing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent map assessment
- Gitnux rated World Anvil 7.9 out of 10 for fantasy mapping, praising linked map locations while noting setup complexity and limited external export workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official plan materials list Discord webhooks, Google Analytics, Patreon supporter import, Ko-fi support and Foundry VTT integration.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The FAQ describes users ranging from beginners and hobbyists to gaming studios, bestselling authors, and professional game masters; Sage is presented for professional authors, gamemasters, studios, and publishers.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Interactive maps
- Maps support linked locations, nested map navigation, layers, labels and multiple marker types.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: interface complexity
- Independent Reddit reviewers repeatedly describe the interface as confusing, clunky, rigid or difficult to maintain.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists World Anvil as a privately held computer-games company founded in 2017 with 2–10 employees and headquarters in London, Surrey.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal entity
- A LEI record identifies the legal entity as WORLD ANVIL LTD, with headquarters at 48 East End, Melton Mowbray, LE14 4NG, Britain.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data ownership
- World Anvil states that users retain intellectual property rights, that it does not sell data without consent and does not train AI models on user work.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2017checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free tier limits
- The FAQ says free accounts can create two worlds and 42 articles, while the pricing comparison lists 100 MB storage and maximum uploads of 1 MB or 3.5 MB for maps.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Limit: annual billing complaint
- One Reddit poster reported an unexpected $110 annual renewal, refusal of reimbursement and loss of access to previously created content.checked 15 Oct 2026
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