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Map and Campaign Editors

Wayward Crown includes built-in map and campaign editors that let you create custom levels and scenarios.

Map Editor

Access the map editor from the main menu to manually design maps.

Features

  • Terrain Painting — Select a terrain type and paint it onto the map with a brush
  • Entity Placement — Place adventurers, enemies, buildings, and treasure chests
  • Outpost Placement — Place enemy outposts
  • Triggers — Set up script trigger conditions
  • Save/Load — Save maps to the maps/ directory

Terrain Types

  • Grassland, Forest, Mountain, Water, Swamp, Desert, Town, Road

Save Format

Maps are stored in JSON format in the maps/ directory and include:

  • Terrain data (serialized NumPy int8 array)
  • Height data
  • Entity positions and properties
  • Castle position

Campaign Editor

The campaign editor lets you combine multiple maps into a multi-level campaign with a storyline.

Features

  • Level Ordering — Drag and drop to reorder levels
  • Victory Conditions — Set victory conditions for each level
  • Story Text — Set intro and completion text
  • Starting Resources — Set the initial gold for each level
  • Building Restrictions — Restrict which building types the player can use

Victory Condition Options

Type Description
free Free mode, no victory condition
destroy_enemy_buildings Destroy all enemy outposts
survive_ticks Survive for a specified duration
reach_gold Accumulate a specified amount of gold
destroy_building Destroy a specific type of outpost
defend Defend the Castle for a specified duration
collect_chests Collect all treasure chests

Save Structure

campaigns/my_campaign/
├── campaign.json         # Campaign metadata
├── level1.json           # Level 1 map
├── level2.json           # Level 2 map
└── level3.json           # Level 3 map

Sharing Custom Content

  • Map and campaign folders can be shared by simply copying them
  • Place received maps into maps/ to load them from the main menu
  • Place received campaigns into campaigns/ to see them in the main menu