Tileset repository

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Square tilesets

These are all the character sets with square tiles, except for the character sets with 16×16 tiles. Those are listed below. Text in square tilesets (as opposed to tilesets with shorter width) is usually more difficult to read, but the map is not distorted.

Anikki

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 native. Versions Comments Based on the original IBM CGA Character set with a lot of tweaks. The characters remain as descriptive yet universal as possible. I chose the CGA set because it is in my opinion the square set with the best readability. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). Download the BMP There is also an upscaled 16x16 version of this set available for fullscreen use below.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 native. Versions Comments Based primarily on Tocky and Plac1d's sets (which are brilliant). The characters remain as descriptive as possible with some tweaks to the font for better readability and some changes to symbols for more consistency. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). Download the BMP

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated Tile Size 20×20 Resolution 1600×500 native. Versions Comments Based primarily on Tocky and Plac1d. This is a scaled up version of the 10x10 tileset for fullscreen use. Download the BMP

Dorten

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Dorten Dated Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions Comments It's improved Savok's tileset, which is changed to make walls look smooth. Plus another little differnces.

Hanuman

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Hanuman Dated Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 900×300 Versions Comments This is basically the curses_800x600.bmp file converted to 12x12. It may be slightly different but it is close enough for me. Get the .BMP here. Note: If the tileset doesn't look right played at 900x300, try changing the resolution to 966x325.

Haowan

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Haowan Dated Tile Size 18×18 Resolution 1440×450 Versions Comments An enlarged version of a square version of the default set.

Herrbdog

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Herrbdog Dated Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments A larger version of this tileset is available below.

Lord Dullard

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Dullard/Exponent Dated Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 native Versions Comments Adjusted by Exponent, and with new dwarf characters added. A version of the Unknown 12×12 tileset with smoothed walls. Example: Wiltedblight.

Lord Nightmare

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Nightmare/IBM Dated Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×400 Versions Comments The original IBM CGA Character set, thick variant, dumped from addresses 0x1800-0x1fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This is the far more common 'thick' variant. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.

Lord Nightmare's 8×8 CGA tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Nightmare/IBM Dated Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×400 Versions Comments The original IBM CGA Character set, thin variant, dumped from addresses 0x1000-0x17ff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This is the less common 'thin' variant, which required soldering on two pins and jumpering them on the CGA card to use. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.

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Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Nightmare/IBM Dated Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×400 Versions Comments The IBM EGA 8×8 Character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This is ALMOST 100% IDENTICAL to the CGA thick font, but has minor modifications (23 pixels total) done to four characters: the capital 'S', the club sign, the spade sign, and the large asterisk (the one with a hole in the middle, char 0x0f, not the shift-8 one which is char 0x2a). There is no thin variant of this font. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.

Maus

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author maus Dated Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions Comments Another square tileset that's usable on low resolutions, modeled after a common font used on the Nintendo Entertainment System. An 18x18 version for 1440x450 resolution is also available here, and is really nice on a widescreen monitor. An NES palette is available here.

Markavian

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Markavian Dated Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments This revision is designed to work with DF version 0.27.169.33a with special tiles for stairs and ramps, as well as the changes present in the earlier version such as bones, walls, trees and swords. Available in mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip. As seen in the fortress of Axegear.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Markavian Dated Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments An older revision of my square tileset, featuring more detailed symbols, with alterations to certain text characters to look more like ingame items. The walls are infilled now. Available in mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip. As seen in the fortress of Inkflew.

Paul

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Paul Dated Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 for 80×25 grid size, others just multiply grid by 10. Versions Comments Custom tileset I made for my own use when the adjustable grid sizes were released for DF. Some accented letters cut slightly to allow for larger letter display. Contains several of Tocky's tiles (barrels, some trees, dimple cups, coins, slightly modified armor stand). Others are either made by me or adjusted from curses_800x600 tiles.

Random832

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author User:Random832 Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×800 etc Versions Comments Based on the ＭＳ ゴシック (MS Gothic) japanese font, with some gaps filled in from the VGA 8x16 font, and some other characters tweaked by hand.

Savok

Savok's tiny, non-updated tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Savok Dated Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions Comments There is no doubt that this tileset is old. This must be distinctly understood if anything wonderful is to come of your use of it. You may like Dorten's revision more. The following is the original description: I dislike curses_640x300.bmp due to its lack of any kind of graphics for things like a bed or a barrel and the fact that it distorts my beautiful circles, so I made a similarish tileset to fix those.

Teeto_K

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Teeto_K Dated Tile Size 18×18 Resolution 1440×450 Versions Comments A tileset based on Maus's 18x18 version of his "Nostalgia" tileset, however, it has been heavily revised. The entire font has been "smoothed over", and many of the symbols changed to more "graphical" representations of the items they represent. An attempt to fill the void of "graphic heavy" tilesets in the 18x18 tile-size. A special emphasis is placed on maximizing the text's readability, while still providing a "graphics enhanced" play area. Special thanks to Maus for the font, and Guybrush for the inspiration.

Tocky

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Tocky Dated Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 native, 800×500 for fullscreen. Versions Comments I tried to make all the pictographic symbols as descriptive as possible: the only ones I've spotted that show up in odd places are the staircase symbols, '<' and '>', which are used as tags on barrel descriptions, and don't match -- but I'm willing to live with that in order to be able to tell up-stairs from down- ones. With everything else, I just tried to maximize clarity and readability and to keep them consistent. I'm really very pleased with how this set turned out.

Unknown

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Unknown Dated Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments This is a tileset submitted by an unknown user from the IP address 86.43.81.125.

Unknown 12×12 v2

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Unknown Dated Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments This is very similar to the above tileset, but has some noticeable differences. I have no idea where I got it from. It's great on a 1024x768 CRT monitor in windowed mode. I use it in a 1000x500 window with [BLACKSPACE:YES]. --JT

Xenomorph

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Xenomorph Dated Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 Versions Comments This is the tileset used by Acorn computers, starting with the BBC Micro. This version is as it would have appeared in 40-column modes (and shuffled a little to adapt it to CP437). It also looks nice at double resolution. Download the BMP.

Yayo

yayo's c64 Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Yayo Dated Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 Versions Comments Name: Yayo's C64; Based on the charset of the commodore 64. It's a flat style, but it's clean and also highly readable. I recreated all the missing chars like letters with accents and symbols, trying to get a c64 style as much as possible. If it's too small, use the 16×16 version below. :)

yayo's Tunur Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Yayo Dated Tile Size 13×13 Resolution 1040×325 Versions Comments Name: Yayo's Tunur; According to the language files of DF, Tunur means "style" in dwarf language. It may require a bit to get used to some symbols, but it's a very clean tileset. (It's just a bit weird. :P)

Zaratustra

Zaratustra's 8×8 tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Zaratustra Dated Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 or 640×400 Versions Comments The MSX and MSX2 font, shuffled around to fit the char set. Double lines were added.

16×16 tilesets

The 16×16 tilesets are a subset of square character sets. 16×16 is a frequently used size, as shown by the number of tilesets in this section. This is probably because all of the best creature graphics sets use 16×16 tiles. Those alternate sets for creatures can be found at graphics sets. If your screen is too small for these, turn on BLACK_SPACE!

Aesomatica

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Aesomatica Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Tileset intended to build upon Sphr's and Jackard's work, as well as others. Some tiles are original, some are variants and most are copied from various sets the author found pleasing. Notable originals include the broken bolt/ashes tiles, the ballista heads/large hills, the small hills, the ore (gear animation is pleasing, though axle animation is unimproved), ground tiles, and vermin. Also, bins look decent and up/down stairs look okay. This set looks its best with Sphr's graphics.

Anikki

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Based on the original IBM CGA Character set with a lot of tweaks. The characters remain as descriptive yet universal as possible. I chose the CGA set because it is in my opinion the suqare set with the best readability. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). This is a scaled up version for fullscreen use. Download the BMP

Belal

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Belal Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Based on the Mike Mayday tileset and using angled smoothed walls as in Dorten's Tileset. I like the look of the walls for doing near circular or honeycomb layouts. Example Fort

Cooz

Cooz's Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Cooz Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments v1.1 - 3px wide walls and some other tweaks. Based on Klokjammer and Marble Dice tilesets. Some tiles were taken from other sets, some were made from scratch. The aim was to keep feel of default curses font in 16×16 tileset. There's also version without shading.

Flying Mage

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Flying Mage Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A 16×16 tileset based on several other tilesets by various authors. I did some changes because I like some things in different ways, but the base for tileset was made by another users and for this I thankful. List of major and minor changes you can see below. And I hope you'll enjoy this. There is some tiles I really proud of :) Major changes Minor changes Some rough/smoothed/engraved stone improvement

Guybrush

Guybrush Tileset

the wilderness...

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Guybrush Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A 16×16 tileset based on the very nice Herrbdog's one, and for use with the superb Dystopian Rhetoric objects. A slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset is available below if you want to keep the original ASCII symbols for some objects (just do some cut & paste). It's just a little brighter and with some very slight changes. The tileset shown is a tileset with graphic objects added, for use with Fortress Mode. I recommend to have a look at the color schemes page to find your favorite color settings. The color scheme I used for the screenshots is this one.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Herrbdog, modified by Guybrush Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Here is the slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset which still has all the ASCII characters intact

Herrbdog

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Herrbdog Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments The 16×16 version of Herrbdog's tileset. Further discussion of herrbdog's tilesets is available in the Bay 12 forums: http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000832

Inquisitor Saturn

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Inquisitor Saturn Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Another 16 by 16 tileset. This one is notable because of the subtle shadowing and a completely original, hand-made font.

Isenhertz

Isenhertz's tileset in action.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Isenhertz Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Impressed with the genius of using sprites as tiles, I cobbled together this tileset of my own. It uses Super Foul Egg's superb font as a base, with several sprites also found in other users' sets. Because a lot of letters are used for graphics, I suggest that you remove accented letters from names with this set. I also suggest you shift some items to other icons, such as the coniferous trees (change Pine, Cedar, Larch from 024 to 147), the turtle (change 15 to 151), and Quarry Bush leaves (change from 006 to 003). V2 now with new graphics for walls and liquids, as well as some other tweaks here and there and a first attempt at using dual-color sprites using a cyan base instead of simple greyscale. (Right now implemented for beds, wood and statues.) V1 can still be found here.

Kaishaku

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Kaishaku Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A square 1280×400 font. Simple and legible. Converted from roarl's 16×16 nethack font, on top of super foul egg's template, extended manually and with ideas from lucida console. This is version 1, created in one morning. Screenshots available here.

Klokjammer

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Klokjammer Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Name: "Masked Adventurer" - after tile (0,4), where '@' used to be. A somewhat abstract version of the original curses square tileset, but with the alpha numeric characters shaped so as not to look distorted. Other symbols are either borrowed from or improved from curses, and some (including the dwarves) were created from the ground up. Alternate variations, are available here.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Klokjammer Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A "clean" version of the above set, one without any fancy tiles (except for the dwarves).

Marble Dice

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Marble Dice Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments This tileset attempts to modify the size and aspect ratio of the classic 8x12 terminal/curses font employed by many rougelikes without sacrificing the distinctive character.

Nordic Curses

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Techhead Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments My first attempt at a unique curses-style tileset with a Nordic Theme. Some characters have been altered.

PTTG

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author PTTG Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A new version! Clean, sharp, and clear. All-original, and large size for big screens! Also features coloured indicators for levers, helping to remove the guesswork. It is good stand-alone, or with my graphics set.

Red Jack

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Jackard Dated Tile Size 16x16 Resolution 1280x400 Versions Comments This combines content from other tilesets with Nintendo sprites to give the game a classic dungeon look. You may download all variations of this tileset here.

Sappho

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Sappho Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Another square font, target resolution 1280×400. This one is exactly the same as the default font except it has been made square, painstakingly edited to ensure that nothing looks squished.