What is the best free D&D token maker?

Token Stamp 2 from RollAdvantage is the long-standing default and still an excellent choice, particularly if you use Foundry, because it has a module that embeds it in the VTT. Browser-based alternatives cover the same core job, and which is best depends on whether you need print output, batch work or specific border styles.

Is Token Stamp still available?

Yes. Token Stamp 2 is maintained by RollAdvantage and now exports to webp, png, jpeg, gif and tiff. There is also a Foundry VTT module that puts it inside the prototype token window, so you can create a token without leaving your game.

What size should a token be?

Around 300 to 400 pixels square is the working baseline. Foundry treats 400px as standard and Roll20 downscales it cleanly to its 280px grid. If you plan to apply your own border ring later, start from a larger source, ideally 600px.

Do free token makers add watermarks?

The well-known ones do not. Token Stamp and comparable browser tools export clean images with no watermark and no account requirement. Be cautious with newer AI-based tools, where free tiers more often restrict resolution or add branding.

Can I make tokens for printing as well as for a VTT?

Yes, but check the output. A screen token wants a transparent background; a printed token is better on white to save ink. The best workflow exports both from the same art rather than making you rebuild the token twice.

Do I need a token maker at all?

Only if you have art you want to turn into tokens. If you mostly need monsters, a ready-made token library covers hundreds of creatures instantly and is far faster than making them one at a time. Token makers are for player characters, named NPCs and anything a pack does not include.

The best free D&D token makers in 2026

TL;DR: Token Stamp 2 is still the default and still good, especially with its Foundry module. Any decent free maker does the same core job: crop, mask, border, export a transparent PNG at 300-400px. Use one for player characters and named NPCs, and use a ready-made library for the hundreds of monsters you would otherwise be making one at a time.

“How do I make a D&D token?” has had the same answer for years: Token Stamp. It is free, it is fast, and it does exactly one thing.

That is still a good answer. But the landscape has more in it now, and — more usefully — most DMs asking the question do not actually need a token maker at all. They need tokens. Those are different problems with different solutions.

What a token maker does

All of them do the same four steps:

Crop art to a square.
Mask it into a circle.
Add a border ring.
Export a transparent PNG.

That is the whole job. Tools differ on convenience, border selection, output formats and whether they integrate with your VTT — not on the fundamental result.

Token Stamp 2

RollAdvantage’s Token Stamp 2 remains the benchmark, and the reason is restraint. Drag an image on, pick a border colour and style, export. There is no account, no upsell, and no learning curve.

Two genuinely useful things about it:

Format range. It exports to webp, png, jpeg, gif and tiff, which covers everything a VTT or printer will ask for.

The Foundry module. This is the real differentiator. It embeds the tool inside Foundry’s prototype token window, so you make the token without leaving your game. That removes the export-then-import round trip entirely, which is the most annoying part of the workflow.

Where it stops: no animated tokens, no AI generation, and the border selection is functional rather than extensive. None of that matters if you want a clean circular token in thirty seconds, which is usually the case.

Browser alternatives

Several free browser tools cover the same ground with different emphases. The token maker on this site is one of them — crop, mask, frame and export, in the browser, no signup, and it also produces a print-friendly output rather than assuming you are only playing online.

That print angle is the one gap worth naming across the category. Most token makers are built for a VTT and quietly assume a transparent background is always what you want. If you are printing forty tokens onto cardstock, transparent-on-colour is an expensive choice and a white or ink-saver version is what you actually need.

Our guide on how to make D&D tokens covers the sizes and export settings in detail, and adding custom tokens to Roll20 and Foundry covers getting them in once made.

The thing token makers cannot fix

Here is the honest limitation of the entire category: a token maker needs art.

For a player character, that is fine — someone commissioned a portrait, or drew one, or has a piece of stock art they like. Four or five tokens, one evening, done.

For monsters it does not work. A campaign needs hundreds of creatures, and you do not have art for a chasme, a grick or a bulette sitting in a folder. Making tokens one at a time is not the bottleneck; sourcing the art is.

That is why the practical answer for most DMs is a split:

Token maker for player characters, named NPCs and anything with bespoke art.
A ready-made library for the bestiary.

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Before buying anything, take the free route as far as it goes — there are 20 free monster tokens on Patreon and a free downloads page with matching card and mini sets. Run a few sessions and note which creatures you had to substitute for. That list tells you whether you need a library at all.

Borders, and why they matter more than the tool

Whichever maker you use, the border is doing real work. A consistent frame across a set makes tokens read as one collection rather than mismatched art. Colour-coding the frame — allies one colour, enemies another, important NPCs a third — lets players parse a battlefield without you announcing who is who.

Free makers ship a handful of default frames, which is enough to start. If you want a large matched set with a specific aesthetic, dedicated border packs exist, and the token borders bundle covers that.

One practical tip: if you plan to apply your own border later, work from a larger source image, ideally 600px, and add the ring last. Cropping into a frame that is already baked in never looks right.

A workflow that scales

Grab a free token pack and run a session with it.
Use a token maker for the four or five characters and NPCs you have art for.
Standardise on one border style and one size — 400px is the safe default.
Only buy a library once you are substituting creatures weekly.

Free tools handle steps 1 to 3 completely. Step 4 is the only one that ever costs money, and plenty of tables never reach it.