Mastering Chaos: Complete Guide to Midjourney’s Chaos Parameter & Its Applications

Enhancing Workflows with Midjourney’s Hidden Gem

Image by the author & Midjourney

I think the Chaos command is one of the most useful parameters (along with Midjourney’s permutation function) when it comes to exploring ideas and fine-tuning images.

In this article, I will show some of the applications that the Chaos parameter offers:

• Deviating from Midjourney’s default prompt interpretation for more “creative” results
• Leveraging chaos & constraints
• Fine-tuning images by using “chaos baselines”
• Chaos values & permutation
• Chaos values & stylize values

Let there be chaos!

Basic Usage

For example, if you have a prompt like this:

/imagine prompt: penguins chilling on a couch --seed 1000

You can apply a chaos value by adding a double-dash plus the parameter name “chaos” and the value (here: 10)

/imagine prompt: penguins chilling on a couch --seed 1000 --chaos 10

… or by using the shorter form with double-dash plus parameter shortcut “c” and the value (here: 10):