This seamless 3D texture showcases an exquisitely detailed burnt wood surface, capturing the complex aftermath of intense fire damage with photorealistic precision. The base material is natural wood, featuring charred bark and carbonized layers where the original grain and fiber orientation have been altered by extreme heat exposure. The surface finish reveals a rugged, oxidized blackened crust interspersed with subtle ash-gray residues and deep scorch marks, highlighting the porous, weathered nature of the charred timber. The texture’s intricate micro-variations in the bark and underlying wood structure are faithfully rendered, emphasizing the realistic interplay between rough, cracked surfaces and smoother, carbonized patches that result from the fire’s impact.
Rendered in PBR 8K resolution, this texture excels in conveying material authenticity across multiple shader channels. The BaseColor (Albedo) layer depicts the nuanced burnt hues, from dark ebony to muted charcoal and faint reddish undertones where heat-altered wood fibers remain visible. The Normal map captures the coarse relief of cracked bark and charred grooves, enhancing depth and tactile realism. Roughness values fluctuate naturally to represent the varying degrees of surface smoothness—matte, brittle char contrasted with slightly glossy, resinous crevices. The Metallic channel is minimal, reflecting the organic, non-metallic nature of wood, while Ambient Occlusion adds shadow depth within fissures and textured depressions. Height/Displacement maps provide subtle elevation changes, perfect for enhanced parallax effects or geometry displacement in real-time engines.
Optimized for seamless tiling, this burnt wood 3D texture is fully compatible and ready for use in Blender, Unreal Engine, and Unity, supporting high-fidelity architectural visualizations, realistic gaming environments, and detailed post-fire damage simulations. For best results, it is recommended to carefully adjust UV scaling to maintain the natural grain proportions and tune roughness levels to achieve the desired balance between charred matte areas and slightly reflective burnt resin surfaces. This approach ensures a consistently believable appearance under neutral, flat lighting conditions, emphasizing the texture’s intricate details without relying on artificial shadows or additional effects.
How to Use These Seamless PBR Textures in Blender
This guide shows how to connect a full PBR texture set to Principled BSDF in Blender (Cycles or Eevee). Works with any of our seamless textures free download, including PBR PNG materials for Blender / Unreal / Unity.
What’s inside the download
*_albedo.png — Base Color (sRGB)*_normal.png — Normal map (Non-Color)*_roughness.png — Roughness (Non-Color)*_metallic.png — Metallic (Non-Color)*_ao.png — Ambient Occlusion (Non-Color)*_height.png — Height / Displacement (Non-Color)*_ORM.png — Packed map (R=AO, G=Roughness, B=Metallic, Non-Color)
Quick start (Node Wrangler, 30 seconds)
- Enable the addon: Edit → Preferences → Add-ons → Node Wrangler.
- Create a material and select the Principled BSDF node.
- Press Ctrl + Shift + T and select the maps
albedo, normal, roughness, metallic (skip height and ORM for now) → Open.
The addon wires Base Color, Normal (with a Normal Map node), Roughness, and Metallic automatically.
- Add AO and Height using the “Manual wiring” steps below (5 and 6).
Manual wiring (full control)
- Create a material (Material Properties → New) and open the Shader Editor.
- Add an Image Texture node for each map. Set Color Space:
- Albedo → sRGB
- AO, Roughness, Metallic, Normal, Height, ORM → Non-Color
- Connect to Principled BSDF:
albedo → Base Colorroughness → Roughnessmetallic → Metallic (for wood this often stays near 0)normal → Normal Map node (Type: Tangent Space) → Normal of Principled.
If details look “inverted”, enable Invert Y on the Normal Map node.
- Ambient Occlusion (AO):
- Add a MixRGB (or Mix Color) node in mode Multiply.
- Input A =
albedo, Input B = ao, Factor = 1.0.
- Output of Mix → Base Color of Principled (replaces the direct albedo connection).
- Height / Displacement:
Cycles — true displacement
- Material Properties → Settings → Displacement: Displacement and Bump.
- Add a Displacement node: connect
height → Height, set Midlevel = 0.5, Scale = 0.02–0.08 (tune to taste).
- Output of Displacement → Material Output → Displacement.
- Add geometry density (e.g., Subdivision Surface) so displacement has polygons to work with.
Eevee (or lightweight Cycles) — bump only
- Add a Bump node:
height → Height.
- Set Strength = 0.2–0.5, Distance = 0.05–0.1, and connect Normal output to Principled’s Normal.
Using the packed ORM texture (optional)
Instead of separate AO/Roughness/Metallic maps you can use the single *_ORM.png:
- Add one Image Texture (Non-Color) → Separate RGB (or Separate Color).
- R (red) → AO (use it in the Multiply node with albedo as above).
- G (green) → Roughness of Principled.
- B (blue) → Metallic of Principled.
UVs & seamless tiling
- These textures are seamless. If your mesh has no UVs, go to UV Editing → Smart UV Project.
- For scale/repeat, add Texture Coordinate (UV) → Mapping and plug it into all texture nodes.
Increase Mapping → Scale (e.g., 2/2/2) to tile more densely.
Recommended starter values
- Normal Map Strength: 0.5–1.0
- Bump Strength: ~0.3
- Displacement Scale (Cycles): ~0.03
Common pitfalls
- Wrong Color Space (normals/roughness/etc. must be Non-Color).
- “Inverted” details → enable Invert Y on the Normal Map node.
- Over-strong relief → lower Displacement Scale or Bump Strength.
Example: Download Wood Textures and instantly apply parquet or rustic planks inside Blender for architectural visualization.
To add the downloaded texture, go to Add — Texture — Image Texture.
Add a node and click the Open button.
Select the required texture on your hard drive and connect Color to Base Color.
