This seamless 3D texture captures the intricate details of fire scorch and burn marks on a variety of surfaces, including mineral substrates, weathered wood, oxidized metals, and aged polymers. The composition reflects the complex interplay of heat damage and material response, featuring charred residues and burn stains created by organic and inorganic binders breaking down under intense thermal stress. Fine ash and soot deposits settle into surface pores and microscopic cracks, while subtle grain orientation and fiber damage reveal the underlying structure affected by combustion. The surface finish varies from roughened, blistered patches to polished, heat-altered zones, with colorants ranging from blackened carbon deposits to reddish oxide layers and faded pigments altered by flame exposure.
Rendered in photorealistic 8K resolution with PBR workflow compatibility, this texture’s channels are meticulously designed to enhance realism across engines like Unreal, Blender, and Unity. The BaseColor/Albedo map displays natural burn gradients and soot accumulation with high fidelity. The Normal map simulates the micro-variations of scorched surfaces, including raised ash deposits and cracked paint or wood fibers. Roughness values vary dynamically to reflect areas of charred matte finish versus residual gloss from melted resins or oxidized metals. The Metallic channel remains subtle or null depending on the substrate, while Ambient Occlusion adds depth to crevices and burnt cavities. Height/Displacement maps provide surface relief that enhances parallax effects and authentic tactile damage.
Optimized for seamless tiling, this texture ensures perfect repetition across large UV layouts, making it ideal for damage modeling, visual effects, and scene creation that require authentic fire-damaged surface details. For best results, adjusting roughness to fine-tune the balance between soot matte and residual gloss can greatly improve material realism. Additionally, scaling the UV coordinates to emphasize the size of burn patterns helps integrate the texture naturally into both close-up and distant views.
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.
