Create · Free
Paint Your Corner of the World
Lay down forests, mountains and lakes, then draw rivers and roads through them. Choose Classic icons or the textured Painted style.
Explore free terrain →Hex map maker for tabletop RPGs
Build Your World,
Hex by Hex
The free hex map editor for D&D. Paint terrain, generate worlds, share with your players.
No signup required. Works in your browser.
Everything a Cartographer Needs
Real tools, recorded in the editor — no mockups, no fluff.
Prepare · Free
A World Before Tonight’s Session
Generate mountain ranges, rivers, kingdoms and named towns, with DM notes for places worth visiting. Refine any part by hand.
Explore world generation →Play · Free
Run the Session, Right on the Map
Plan a route for the party, advance the watch clock and look back with a ready-to-copy session recap. Keep the adventure moving, all in the free Play mode.
Fog of war and dynamic vision are available with Pro.
Explore live sharing →Take it to the table · Free
Your Map, Wherever You Play
Export Universal VTT for Foundry, PNG or SVG for other virtual tabletops, or a printable hex key. Keep a JSON copy to bring back into Hexer.
Explore every export →Choose Your Path
Start free, upgrade when you're ready. No credit card required.
Adventurer
Free
- All 41 terrain types — free forever
- 38 map features (settlements, dungeons, sacred sites)
- World generation with kingdoms, place names & DM notes
- All exports (PNG, SVG, JSON, Universal VTT)
- Paths, regions & DM notes
- Travel route planning
- Live sharing with party marker
- Play mode, watches & session recaps
- 1 saved map, up to 40×30
7-day free trial
Game Master
$5.99/month
or $46.99/year — save 35%
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited saved maps
- Maps up to 200×200, with unlimited scale levels
- 85 premium hex features & terrain — fantasy and space
- Map layers (multi-level) + procedural cave generation
- Bonus: Fog of War & dynamic vision
- World History: generated worlds with ruins, battlefields and a Chronicle
- Auto-generate point crawl graphs
- Encounter tables on routes
7 days free for first-time subscribers. No card required.
All prices incl. VAT | Stripe-powered payments | GDPR compliant | Hosted in the EU | Cancel anytime
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need an account to use Hexer?
No! You can start mapping immediately as a guest. Your map is saved locally in your browser. Create an account when you want to save to the cloud, access your maps from anywhere, or share with players.
What's included in the free tier?
The free tier includes all 41 terrain types, 38 map features (settlements, dungeons, sacred sites and more), world generation with kingdoms and place names, all export formats (PNG, SVG, Universal VTT, JSON), paths, regions, DM notes, live sharing with party marker, travel routing, 3 map tokens, and Play mode with watches, token routes and session recaps. You get 1 saved map up to 40×30 hexes. Pro adds 45 premium map features, 21 Underdark terrain types, Underdark layers and underdark generation, World History, Fog of War, travel heatmaps, unlimited maps, and maps up to 200×200.
Can my players see the map in real time?
Yes! Share a live link with your players for the party marker, live cursors, sketches and edits. They don’t need an account. Pro adds fog of war and dynamic vision.
Does Hexer work with Foundry VTT?
Yes. Export your map as a Universal VTT file and import it into Foundry VTT as a scene with the free Universal Battlemap Importer module. You can also export as PNG or SVG for any other VTT.
Can I cancel my Pro subscription anytime?
Absolutely. Cancel anytime from your account settings. You'll keep Pro access until the end of your billing period, and your maps are always exportable.
Plus Everything You Need to Run a Campaign
41 Terrain Types →
All free — forests, deserts, glaciers, oceans, volcanoes, and more.
DM Notes & Secrets →
Rich-text notes on any hex. Mark secrets as DM-only.
Fog of War Pro →
Reveal hexes as players explore, keeping the mystery alive.
Live Sharing →
Share a link with your party — live cursors, your sketches, and every edit appear instantly.
Underdark Layers Pro →
Three depth levels beneath the surface, each with its own terrain. Ghost the layer above to line up caves.
Map Tokens →
Armies, NPCs and faction markers. 3 on Free, unlimited with Pro.
Player Journals →
Your players keep the campaign journal on the hexes they explore.
World Generation →
One-click worlds with mountain ranges, rivers, kingdoms and DM notes.
Point Crawl →
Travel networks with routes and travel time. Pro adds encounters and auto-generation.
Scale Levels →
Zoom from a kingdom overview down to a single village. One level deeper is free, unlimited with Pro.
VTT Export →
Universal VTT for Foundry, plus PNG, SVG, JSON and a printable Hex Key. All free.
Sci-Fi / Space Maps →
Paint star sectors for space hexcrawls — nebulae, planets, stations, and jump routes.
The Hex Map Maker Built for Game Masters
Hexer is a free hex map maker designed for Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and any tabletop RPG that uses hex-based exploration. Whether you need a quick hex map generator to spin up a wilderness for tonight’s session or a full-featured hex map editor to build a campaign world over months, Hexer gives you the tools without the learning curve.
Paint from 41 free terrain types — part of a 197-strong terrain and feature catalog — drop in settlements, dungeons, and sacred sites, then generate entire regions procedurally with a single click. Every map can be shared live with your players. Pro adds fog of war. Free sharing includes party markers and real-time updates as the party explores. Export Universal VTT for Foundry, PNG or SVG for other VTTs, or a printable hex key document.
Build it the way your campaign needs: pointy-top or flat-top hexes, freehand roads and rivers that snap to the grid when you hold Shift, and tokens for the armies and NPCs on the move. At the table, your players keep their own journal on the hexes they explore. The editor works on phones and tablets as well as desktops.
Planning a hexcrawl? Hexer brings together built-in Underdark layers, point crawl networks, and DM notes that stay hidden from players. With scale levels you can drill from the world map down to a single town, each zoom its own detailed map. Create your D&D hex map in the browser — no download, no signup, no paywall on the core tools.
Coming from another tool? See how Hexer compares to Hextml, Worldographer, and Inkarnate — a free, browser-based, hex-first alternative with live sharing and one-click VTT export. Pro adds fog of war.
Start Mapping Free
From blank canvas to adventure-ready in minutes. No signup required.