Arkerion Studios

Quick Start

Your first cave in about ten minutes.

v1.0.0Last updated 29 Oct 2026
  1. Open Tools > Arkerion > Cave Builder. Dock the window next to the Inspector.
  2. On the Build tab, click Create Cave. An empty cave object appears at the centre of the Scene view.
  3. Click Place Entrance. In the Scene view, click the spot where the cave should start, then move the mouse to aim the direction the cave goes and click again.
  4. Drawing starts by itself. Click floor points one after another to lay out the passage. Press Enter to finish.
  5. Select a point and drag it up or down to make the passage climb or descend.
  6. Select the passage, click Insert Room and click on the passage where the room should be.
  7. Click one of the room’s orange connection arrows, then Draw Branch to start a side passage.
  8. On the Appearance tab, pick a theme and try Distortion.
  9. On the Finish tab, click Play Test and walk through your cave.
  10. Click Bake Cave to save it as a prefab.

Tip: the Quick Start Guide at the bottom of the Build tab ticks off these steps as you go. Build Example Cave Here creates a complete example cave you can study and edit.