50+ Midjourney Fantasy & DnD Prompts [Environments, Characters, Creatures, Props]

One of Midjourney's greatest strengths is creating captivating fantasy art.

Whether you're creating art for games like Dungeons and Dragons, films, comics, or personal use, Midjourney can be used for both creative inspiration as well as production-ready assets.

Want more prompts? We've created a 94-page FREE prompt guide for Midjourney Fantasy & DnD Worldbuilding:

Getting Started

• Changing up the aspect ratio has a significant impact on the content of images. As a rule of thumb, use landscape aspect ratios for environments, and portrait aspect ratios for characters.
• Niji Journey, Midjourney's anime model, works wonderfully for fantasy art. Use this model with the command --niji followed by the version, for example --niji 5
• Use the /suffix command if you have stumbled on a style you like
• Use permutation prompts to test many ideas at once

Characters

Create concept art and character silhouettes to drive idea generation. As a bonus, you can use to create more complex designs with Midjourney img2img.

character silhouette exploration for sci fi bounty hunter, many weapons, interesting shapes concept art many concepts --ar 3:2 --v 5.1

img2img example:

[Original image link] medieval warrior, Yoshitaka Amano, white background, die brücke, white and amber --ar 2:3 --style raw --v 5.1

A valiant knight, clad in gleaming armor, stands at the precipice of destiny. Donato Giancola, craig mullins, parth, masterful strokes legendary --ar 16:9 --v 5.1

valiant female knight, clad in gleaming armor, stands at the precipice of destiny. Donato Giancola, craig mullins, parth, masterful strokes --ar 2:3 --v5.1

female elf, looking at viewer, flowing cloths and silver amor, the silent forested, mysterious, fantasy art, Donato Giancola, craig mullins, parth, masterful strokes legendary --ar 2:3 --v5.1

roguelike dnd, female barbarian black gair, portrait, white background, by alan smith, gigantic scale, beautiful, adventurecore, die brücke, white and amber and yellow and azure, Steve Youll, Miyazaki, --ar 2:3 --v5.1

roguelike dnd, bearded old monk cleric, portrait, white background, by alan smith, gigantic scale, handsome, adventurecore, die brücke, white and amber and yellow and azure, Steve Youll, Miyazaki, --ar 2:3 --v5.1

roguelike tanis half elven knight portrait, white background by alan m smith, in the style of light red and dark indigo, gigantic scale, handsome, adventurecore, die brücke, white and amber, Steve Youll, Miyazaki, --ar 2:3 --v5.1

billowing robes magi, dnd, character design on white background, krenz cushart, blizzard entertainment --ar 2:3 --v5.1

elf mage portrait, by alan m smith, in the style of light blue and dark indigo, gigantic scale, handsome, adventurecore, die brücke, white and amber --ar 3:2 --v 5.1

female elf sorcerer casting spells, cinematic view , Philippe Druillet, Steve Youll, Miyazaki, --ar 3:2 --c 5 --s 500 --v 5.2

Fantasy Environments

For environments, wide aspect ratios will give you cinematic compositions.

Try using:

• --ar 16:9
• --ar 2:3

merchant, peddling eclectic glittering wares from faraway lands, a crowd, ancient city roman, craig mullins, sparth, masterful strokes legendary --ar 16:9 --v5.1

a fantasy town with a castle on the hilltop, in the style of ray tracing, soft and dreamy depictions, en plein air, light-filled scenes, pigeoncore, detailed character design, light cyan and green --ar 16:9 --v 5

the lord of the rings art is amazing, in the style of flat brushwork, mysterious jungle, 2d game art, brown and aquamarine, fantasy illustration, naturalistic compositions, speedpainting --ar 3:2 --v5.1

an old street in a medieval JRPG setting, tavern is well lit and hints at lively interior, dino valls, spatial perspective concept art, lively street scenes, luke fildes, uhd image, feng zhu, masamune shirow, renaissance --ar 3:2 --v 5.1

Ancient ruins of Atlantis, Ciruelo Cabral, craig mullins, sparth, splendor and waves --ar 16:9 --v 5.1

The ethereal kingdom of Elaria, bathed in the shimmering glow of moonlight, cinematic, celestine, azure, craig mullins. --ar 16:9 

A mesmerizing voyage to the Mystical Isle of Everlight, Roger Dean's brushwork, tapestry of ethereal beauty, a floating paradise, cascading waterfalls, serenading the senses with their melodic dance. surreal realm where time stands still, and reality intertwines with fantasy. --v 5.1 --ar 16:9

concept art, a 3d model of an old abandoned city, in the style of paul lehr, symmetrical chaos, dogon art, himalayan art, dramatic atmospheric perspective, photorealistic detail, piles/stacks --ar 2:3

 love, photograph, beautiful woman, in the style of blurry details, ethereal minimalism, berthe morisot, laura makabresku --v 5.1 --s 400 --c 5 --ar 2:3