This seamless 3D texture features cracked dry mud with a rough, grainy surface that authentically replicates the natural composition of parched earth. The base substrate consists of compacted mineral-rich soil particles bound together by organic and inorganic matter, forming a crusty, brittle layer. Over time, drying and erosion cause the surface to fracture into irregular fissures, revealing varying porosity and grain orientation. The rough mud texture is enhanced by fine aggregates and sediment layers that contribute to the tactile variation, visually emphasizing the weathered, arid terrain typical of desert environments.
Rendered in photorealistic 8K resolution, this PBR texture is carefully crafted to simulate the material’s physical properties across multiple channels. The BaseColor (Albedo) channel captures the subtle earthy pigments ranging from muted browns to ochres, reflecting the natural oxide layers and dried mud coloration. Normal and Height maps define the intricate cracked patterns and the uneven, grainy surface relief, while the Roughness map controls the matte, non-reflective finish characteristic of dry, weathered soil. The Ambient Occlusion channel enhances shadow depth within fissures, and the Metallic channel remains neutral, consistent with the organic nature of mud. This texture is fully optimized for continuous tiling with no visible seams or repetitive patterns, ensuring smooth application in large-scale terrain modeling.
Designed for seamless integration into popular 3D environments, this cracked dry mud texture is Unreal Engine, Blender, and Unity ready, making it an excellent choice for artists and developers aiming to create realistic arid landscapes. For best results, adjust the UV scale to maintain natural crack sizes relative to the scene’s scale, and fine-tune the roughness parameter to balance between dusty matte surfaces and slightly polished crust areas, depending on lighting conditions. The height or parallax mapping can be leveraged to enhance depth perception, adding realism to close-up shots or interactive environments.
The material features a detailed, grainy mud texture with cracked mud patterns that create an unreal Blender-ready PBR appearance ideal for realistic terrain modeling.
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.
