diff --git a/.changeset/polite-dots-tell.md b/.changeset/polite-dots-tell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9c21a5a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-dots-tell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-mud": patch
+---
+
+Updated `anvil` args with two second block time to better reflect L2s
diff --git a/examples/minimal/mprocs.yaml b/examples/minimal/mprocs.yaml
index f01b91a0a9..3f9ca198e3 100644
--- a/examples/minimal/mprocs.yaml
+++ b/examples/minimal/mprocs.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ procs:
     shell: pnpm mud dev-contracts --rpc http://127.0.0.1:8545
   anvil:
     cwd: packages/contracts
-    shell: anvil --base-fee 0
+    shell: anvil --base-fee 0 --block-time 2
diff --git a/examples/multiple-accounts/mprocs.yaml b/examples/multiple-accounts/mprocs.yaml
index f01b91a0a9..3f9ca198e3 100644
--- a/examples/multiple-accounts/mprocs.yaml
+++ b/examples/multiple-accounts/mprocs.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ procs:
     shell: pnpm mud dev-contracts --rpc http://127.0.0.1:8545
   anvil:
     cwd: packages/contracts
-    shell: anvil --base-fee 0
+    shell: anvil --base-fee 0 --block-time 2
diff --git a/templates/phaser/mprocs.yaml b/templates/phaser/mprocs.yaml
index f01b91a0a9..3f9ca198e3 100644
--- a/templates/phaser/mprocs.yaml
+++ b/templates/phaser/mprocs.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ procs:
     shell: pnpm mud dev-contracts --rpc http://127.0.0.1:8545
   anvil:
     cwd: packages/contracts
-    shell: anvil --base-fee 0
+    shell: anvil --base-fee 0 --block-time 2
diff --git a/templates/react-ecs/mprocs.yaml b/templates/react-ecs/mprocs.yaml
index f01b91a0a9..3f9ca198e3 100644
--- a/templates/react-ecs/mprocs.yaml
+++ b/templates/react-ecs/mprocs.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ procs:
     shell: pnpm mud dev-contracts --rpc http://127.0.0.1:8545
   anvil:
     cwd: packages/contracts
-    shell: anvil --base-fee 0
+    shell: anvil --base-fee 0 --block-time 2
diff --git a/templates/react/mprocs.yaml b/templates/react/mprocs.yaml
index f01b91a0a9..3f9ca198e3 100644
--- a/templates/react/mprocs.yaml
+++ b/templates/react/mprocs.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ procs:
     shell: pnpm mud dev-contracts --rpc http://127.0.0.1:8545
   anvil:
     cwd: packages/contracts
-    shell: anvil --base-fee 0
+    shell: anvil --base-fee 0 --block-time 2
diff --git a/templates/threejs/mprocs.yaml b/templates/threejs/mprocs.yaml
index f01b91a0a9..3f9ca198e3 100644
--- a/templates/threejs/mprocs.yaml
+++ b/templates/threejs/mprocs.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ procs:
     shell: pnpm mud dev-contracts --rpc http://127.0.0.1:8545
   anvil:
     cwd: packages/contracts
-    shell: anvil --base-fee 0
+    shell: anvil --base-fee 0 --block-time 2
diff --git a/templates/vanilla/mprocs.yaml b/templates/vanilla/mprocs.yaml
index f01b91a0a9..3f9ca198e3 100644
--- a/templates/vanilla/mprocs.yaml
+++ b/templates/vanilla/mprocs.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ procs:
     shell: pnpm mud dev-contracts --rpc http://127.0.0.1:8545
   anvil:
     cwd: packages/contracts
-    shell: anvil --base-fee 0
+    shell: anvil --base-fee 0 --block-time 2