This seamless 3D PBR texture in stunning 8K resolution masterfully represents silty mud combined with sandy mud and mud deposits enriched with gravel inclusions. The base substrate reveals a natural, organic earth composition where fine silty particles and coarser sandy grains intermingle with small to medium-sized gravel aggregates. These components collectively form a heterogeneous sediment layer typical of riverbanks, floodplains, and other natural terrain environments. The texture’s material structure reflects variable porosity and subtle weathering effects, capturing the balanced interplay between compacted mud and loose granular elements. Colorants within the BaseColor channel range from muted earthy browns and warm tans to cooler grayish tones, illustrating the mineral diversity and moisture variations in the sediment. The surface finish is matte and slightly rough, mimicking authentic exposed soil with a tactile, weathered appearance.
In the PBR workflow, this texture’s Normal map skillfully conveys the intricate relief of mud deposits with embedded gravel, emphasizing the subtle bumps and depressions formed by coarse aggregates and fine particles. The Roughness channel balances smooth silty areas with rougher gravel clusters, creating realistic light scattering and diffuse reflections typical of damp, natural ground surfaces. The Metallic channel remains near zero, as the material is purely organic, while the Ambient Occlusion map enhances depth perception by accentuating crevices and sediment layering. Height and Displacement maps add dimensionality, allowing for convincing parallax effects that enhance realism when viewed up close in 3D environments.
Designed for seamless tiling without visible repetition, this texture is fully optimized and ready for integration into Blender, Unreal Engine, and Unity projects. Its high 8K resolution ensures exceptional detail retention, ideal for close-up renders or large-scale terrain visualization. For best results, it is recommended to adjust the UV scale to maintain natural grain size and to fine-tune roughness values to suit specific moisture levels or lighting conditions in your scene. This texture excels in applications requiring authentic natural ground visuals, such as environmental simulations, landscape visualizations, and realistic game terrain development.
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.
