This seamless 3D PBR texture at an impressive 8K resolution captures the intricate surface of anthracite coal, known for its dense, solid mineral composition and deep black color. The texture realistically portrays the natural coal substrate with a smooth, glossy finish that highlights the material’s fine-grain micro-variations and reflective shiny flakes embedded within the surface. These flakes simulate the coal’s characteristic vitreous luster, providing a photorealistic wet appearance that enhances the overall visual fidelity of 3D models requiring authentic anthracite coal surfaces.
The material composition is accurately represented across multiple PBR channels: the BaseColor (Albedo) channel reflects the rich, dark black hues of anthracite coal, while subtle variations in tone emphasize natural grain and impurities. The Normal map captures the micro-structure and fine surface undulations, giving depth to the smooth yet detailed coal surface. Roughness is carefully tuned to mimic the polished, shiny finish with areas of slightly varied glossiness where flakes reflect light. This coal surface shows minimal metallic properties, so the Metallic map remains low or neutral, whereas the Ambient Occlusion channel enhances shadowed crevices and surface irregularities, adding realism. Height and Displacement maps provide subtle relief to simulate the dense, compact coal structure and its natural, layered formation.
Engineered for seamless tiling, this anthracite coal texture is optimized for high-end rendering workflows and is fully compatible with Blender, Unreal Engine, and Unity. Its ultra-high 8K resolution ensures crisp detail even on close-up views, making it suitable for architectural visualizations, game assets, and photorealistic product renders requiring a natural black coal surface with shiny flakes and smooth textures. When using this texture, adjusting the UV scale to a smaller size can enhance the perception of fine grain detail, while fine-tuning roughness values allows control over the balance between gloss and matte finish to suit different lighting environments and materials setups.
The 3D texture features a coal surface with smooth, shiny flakes that provide a realistic PBR appearance, optimized for Unreal Engine and Blender-ready workflows.
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.
