Hex Biome Icons – Free Cartography Starter Set is Live!
I’ve just released Hex Biome Icons – Free Cartography Starter Set on itch.io.
This is a lightweight, minimalist hex icon system designed for:
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Hexcrawl campaigns
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Solo RPG mapping
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OSR-style overland play
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Fast fantasy cartography
The set includes 10 core biome icons:
Forest
Desert
Grasslands
Hills
Jungle
Marshlands
Mountains
Seas
Swamps
Tundra
Each icon is:
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1024×1024 PNG
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Transparent background
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Solid black silhouette
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Consistent 5px hex border
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Clean and readable at small scale
A high-resolution contact sheet is included for quick reference.
Why This Exists
While building the Hex Diorama Terrain line, I realized sometimes you don’t want full illustrated scenes — you just want clean symbolic mapping.
This free starter set is meant to be:
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Fast
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Minimal
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Functional
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Easy to drop into any hex grid
It works as a standalone cartography tool, but it also acts as a symbolic entry point into the larger Hex Diorama Terrain ecosystem.
Pay What You Want
The set is free, with optional support if you’d like to help fund future biome expansions.
If you’re building a hex map, journaling a solo campaign, or running procedural travel, I hope these are useful.
🔗 You can grab it here: Hex Biome Icons – Free Cartography Starter Set by Monkworks