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How to Draw a Dungeon Map

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a dungeon map in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the paper.

Step 1: The paper
In the middle of your paper draw a big box for the map, a little wider than it is tall.
Step 2: Two rolls
Down each side of the map draw a tall bar poking out past the top and bottom.
Tip These are the rolled-up ends of the map.
Step 3: Roll ends
On each end of each roll draw a small flat oval with a tiny circle inside.
Step 4: Three rooms
On the map draw 3 boxes for rooms: a tall one on the right and 2 on the left.
Tip A dungeon map shows the rooms from above, like looking down through the roof.
Step 5: Two corridors
Start on the top left room. Draw 2 lines down, stopping at the room below. Join the right room too.
Tip Corridors are the narrow passages between the rooms.
Step 6: The stairs
In the bottom room draw a small box with 3 lines down it. These are the stairs in.
Tip On a map, a box of stripes means stairs.
Step 7: A dotted path
Start above the stairs. Dot a path up the corridor, across the top one and into the right room.
Tip Keep the dots the same size and the same distance apart.
Step 8: The big X
Where the path ends, draw a big fat X to mark the treasure.
Tip X marks the spot!
Step 9: A compass
In the bottom right corner draw a 4-pointed star. Add a small circle round its middle for a compass.
Step 10: The ground
Draw a ground line under the map, from well left of it to well right.
Step 11: Sand map
Go over your lines. Colour the paper sand, around the rooms, corridors and compass star. Colour the rolls tan.
Step 12: Grey floors
Colour the 3 rooms and the 2 corridors grey, around the big X.
Step 13: Red X
Colour the X and the compass star red. Your dungeon map is ready!