Unreal Engine Layered Material

Build Smarter Materials in Unreal Engine 5

This versatile layered master material gives you full control over how surfaces blend and look — right inside the material instance. Whether you’re a solo dev, tech artist, or environment designer, this asset is built to help you save time while achieving high-quality results.

What’s included

• The Layered master material and several material instances that can be studied.
• An example level.
• Some meshes to test the material and its features.

There are 2 Unreal Engine projects.

• A UE 5.0 project: Can be used with all UE5 projects.
• A UE 5.4 project: Can be used with all UE 5.4+ projects. Its difference with the 5.0 version is that support for nanite tessellation and displacement is added.

Key Features

• Free Updates.
• Engine Compatibility: Fully compatible with all Unreal Engine 5 versions.
• Flexible Material Setup:
  • Add as many material layers as you need.
  • Blend them using height maps, custom masks, or both.
  • Realistic Height Blending for seamless transitions between material layers.
• Fully supports Nanite Tessellation and Displacement (UE 5.4+).
• Works with both ORDp and ORM texture formats.
• Use traditional UVs or switch to Tri-Planar projection. Includes:
  • World-Aligned Tri-Planar & Local-Aligned Tri-Planar.
  • Expensive Tri-Planar Projection (using 3 texture samples) & Cheap Tri-Planar Projection (using 1 texture sample).
• Full control over how the material looks.
  • Adjust tint, saturation, roughness, normals, displacement, and more in seconds.
• Per-Layer Weathering: Add unique weathering effects to each material independently.
• Includes example level with ready-to-use materials to help you get started fast.

Compatibility

All Unreal Engine 5 versions.

Licenses

Indie: For an individual creator or a small team with not more than $100k of revenue or funding in the last 12 months.

Studio: For studios or other entities with over $100k in revenue or funding in the past 12 months.

Who is this for?

Perfect for:

• Environment artists
• Game developers
• Cinematic creators
• Tech artists

No need to build a complex layered material from scratch. Drop this into your project and create beautiful, flexible surfaces with ease.
Download it once, and use it across all your UE5 projects—future versions included.

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