How to Make Toad Hideout Art in Path of Exile

Toad from the Super Mario series, with his spotted mushroom cap and little vest. Big round shapes and distinct colour areas make him an easy and rewarding conversion.

The original and the in-game version

Drag the slider to compare the original image with the version rebuilt from Path of Exile decorations. Every piece on the right is a real decoration at its real in-game size, position and rotation.

Why Toad works so well as hideout art

Game characters and items are designed to be readable at small sizes, so their shapes survive the conversion well. Strong colour blocks map to different decoration types, keeping clothing and details separate.

This Toad uses 727 decorations of 8 types, with Excavated Brick doing most of the work. That fits inside Path of Exile's 750-decoration hideout limit, so the complete artwork imports in one go.

Decorations used for Toad

These are the exact decorations in this artwork, sorted by how many pieces each one contributes. The generator picks them by colour, texture and size, so large flat areas use big pieces and details use small ones.

Decoration	Pieces	Share	Used for
Excavated Brick	442		Outline and line art
Cathedral Tiles	128		Colour area
Ancient Books	45		Details and edges
Snow Drift	44		Details and edges
Shattered Blade	39		Details and edges
Temple Stool	22		Details and edges
Vaal Curtain	6		Details and edges
Temple Mat	1		Details and edges

How the colours were matched

Path of Exile decorations come in mostly earthy, stone and metal tones, so each colour in the Toad image is matched to the closest decoration family while keeping light and dark areas in the right order. Here is how each colour of the original was translated:

How to make Toad in your hideout

1. Open the generatorGo to the POE Hideout Art Generator and choose Path of Exile 1 or Path of Exile 2.
2. Pick your hideoutSelect the hideout you live in. The .hideout file only imports into the same hideout type.
3. Upload your Toad imageDrop a Toad picture with a clear outline and a plain background. PNG, JPG and WEBP all work.
4. Use these settingsArt size 73 units, 8 max colours, outline and line art on. This is what produced the result on this page.
5. Generate a free previewIn a few seconds you see the art built from real decorations at their in-game size.
6. Download and importUnlock the .hideout file, then in game open Edit Hideout, choose Import and select it.

Toad in Path of Exile 2

The same image in Path of Exile 2 uses 724 decorations of 8 types (-3 compared with PoE 1). PoE 2 has its own decoration set, so the generator only uses pieces that exist in PoE 2, led by Excavated Brick.

Choose Path of Exile 2 in the generator and pick your PoE 2 hideout: the art is rebuilt from PoE 2 decorations automatically, with the same outline and colour matching.

Tips for the best Toad

• Use official artwork rather than in-game screenshots: it has cleaner edges.
• Characters with distinct colour blocks (hat, shirt, overalls) give the best separation.
• If small details blur together, raise the art size a step.

Importing the .hideout file

Go to your hideout, open Edit Hideout, choose Import and select the downloaded file. Make sure you import into the same hideout type you chose on the website. Back up your current layout with Export first if you want to keep it.

Toad hideout art FAQ