Treasure Map on Aged Parchment
MidjourneyA Midjourney v7 prompt for a treasure map on aged, burnt-edged parchment — a dotted red route past a palm tree, skull and crossbones, crocodile, and mountain to a red X with a treasure chest, compass rose, blank waypoint labels, and hand-drawn pirate cartography style.
Last tested: August 2026 with Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more fantasy prompts .
Prompt
A treasure map drawn on aged, burn-edged parchment, a dotted red route winding from a tiny illustrated ship anchor in the bottom left across a small island, passing a labelled palm-tree cluster, a skull and crossbones symbol, a crocodile-in-river landmark, and a dashed trail over a small mountain, ending at a large red X marks the spot beside a drawn treasure chest, the island coastline drawn in brown ink with a compass rose in the upper right, three small blank rectangles along the route reserved for waypoint labels, watercolour wash in muted greens and browns on cream paper with visible tea-stain ageing, a burnt corner revealing the layers beneath, no text, no letters, no place names, hand-drawn pirate cartography style --ar 3:2 --stylize 250
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Stylize
- 250
How to use this prompt
The burnt corner is the texture detail that makes the parchment read as aged rather than new — without it Midjourney produces a clean sheet that looks like a modern map print. The dotted red route is the storytelling anchor; a solid line reads as a road, but dots read as a trail to follow, which is the treasure-map convention. The landmarks along the route — palm, skull, crocodile, mountain — are the illustrated vocabulary of pirate cartography, and naming each one keeps Midjourney from clustering them or inventing random symbols. The red X is non-negotiable; every other colour fails the treasure-map test. Stylize 250 because the hand-drawn pirate look benefits from Midjourney's aesthetic push.
Variations to try
- Swap the island for a desert canyon route with a rattlesnake and cactus landmarks ending at a gold mine
- Recolour the route to black ink and add a sea serpent in the ocean margin for a nautical fantasy treasure map
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{
"title": "Treasure Map on Aged Parchment",
"prompt": "A treasure map drawn on aged, burn-edged parchment, a dotted red route winding from a tiny illustrated ship anchor in the bottom left across a small island, passing a labelled palm-tree cluster, a skull and crossbones symbol, a crocodile-in-river landmark, and a dashed trail over a small mountain, ending at a large red X marks the spot beside a drawn treasure chest, the island coastline drawn in brown ink with a compass rose in the upper right, three small blank rectangles along the route reserved for waypoint labels, watercolour wash in muted greens and browns on cream paper with visible tea-stain ageing, a burnt corner revealing the layers beneath, no text, no letters, no place names, hand-drawn pirate cartography style --ar 3:2 --stylize 250",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:2",
"stylize": 250
},
"style_tags": [
"fantasy",
"vintage"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"fantasy-maps",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/treasure-map-aged-parchment/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
