Understand the three parts of a setting
A Paracosm is the workspace for your setting. Worlds holds its physical structure: systems, stars, planets, moons, maps and the places within them. You can begin with a single generated world or an empty setting and add detail as you need it.
The Wiki holds written canon, while Scribe contains stories, campaigns, documents and planning boards. Keeping these roles clear helps you decide where a new idea belongs without creating several competing copies.
Build depth where it serves the setting
Start with a broad landscape and a few places that matter. Develop a settlement, state or culture alongside the geography it occupies. Then write the explanations that structured map data cannot provide: what the people believe, what they need and what they disagree about.
A practical loop is to shape a place, name it, explain its importance, introduce a pressure and test it in writing. Return to the map or canon when the scene reveals a better answer. There is no need to fill every field before the world is useful.
Keep established facts separate from possibilities
Use the Wiki for decisions you have made about the setting. Keep rough thoughts in asset notes and narrative alternatives in Scribe. Tags and page organisation can help you distinguish a firm fact from a question you are still exploring.
References connect work across these areas, but ordinary prose still needs editorial review. Renaming a settlement on the map does not automatically rewrite every mention in your story. Review linked lore and typed names when an important fact changes.
Choose the current toolkit with clear expectations
Paracosm Studio is Alpha v1.0. Worlds, Wiki and Scribe are available, but features marked Coming soon are not part of the current release. In particular, do not plan around the dedicated Life, Resources or History tools being complete.
The Free plan supports a small setting and includes basic map views such as Clean Map and Natural Atlas. Paid plans offer more capacity and premium customisation. Use a desktop or laptop to edit; mobile provides viewing of saved content. Read the current plans and device requirements before committing a large project.