This seamless 3D texture captures the intricate details of driftwood, showcasing a weathered wood surface with a coarse grain structure that highlights natural aging and exposure. The base material is organic wood, characterized by fibrous grain orientation and subtle porosity caused by prolonged weathering and environmental wear. The texture’s surface finish emulates a rustic, gray-washed patina that mimics sun-bleached and water-smoothed driftwood, complete with fine scratches, natural fissures, and grain flow variations. These elements are carefully represented through PBR channels to achieve a highly realistic appearance suitable for detailed 3D projects.
Rendered in 8K resolution, this PBR texture includes expertly crafted BaseColor (Albedo) maps that reflect the muted gray and brown tones typical of weathered driftwood. The Normal map emphasizes the coarse grain and surface irregularities, while the Roughness map controls the subtle matte finish, replicating the softened, non-glossy nature of aged wood. The Metallic channel remains minimal, consistent with organic wood materials, whereas Ambient Occlusion enhances depth perception by accentuating crevices and grain contours. The Height (Displacement) map adds dimensionality, making the coarse grain and natural imperfections stand out under dynamic lighting conditions.
Designed with seamless tiling, this texture ensures continuous coverage without visible edges, ideal for large-scale scenes requiring authentic driftwood surfaces on furniture, outdoor elements, or environmental props. It is fully optimized and Unreal Engine, Blender, and Unity ready, providing 3D artists with a versatile and high-quality material that integrates smoothly into various workflows. For best results, adjusting the UV scale to match the intended object size and fine-tuning roughness values can enhance realism, especially when simulating weather-exposed driftwood in outdoor lighting scenarios.
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 Color
roughness
→ Roughness
metallic
→ 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.
