World Blender is an asset library of Geo Nodes as well as Shader nodes that allows you to quickly and procedurally generate all kinds of massive and high detail landscapes from scratch.

Tutorials

You can find World Blender's tutorials on my Youtube play list here

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvgg0AvdksuLaJ_kgWOHbymMSIeiC0TB7&si=a-SejBc6qLDy8xKr

The basics tutorials are up at the moment. In the near future, I will release a lot more advanced tutorials.

World Blender Basics

World Blender Basics offers the basic tools to give you a glimpse to what World Blender has to offer. However, even with just the basic tools, you can still create stunning high detailed landscapes with just a few clicks.

World Blender Basics was made for Blender 4.0 so it requires Blender 4.0 to run.

Creating a landscape using World Blender Basics

A dry landscape, created using World Blender Basics

World Blender Pro

World Blender Pro is the full version of World Blender, it gives you the tools to precisely control your landscape. You can load height images, sculpt landscapes, use objects as displacement, use curves to control the mountains and ridges, simulate the freezing and melting of snow, scattering trees, rocks and much much more.

World Blender Pro's latest version requires Blender 4.0 while the older version requires Blender 3.4.

World Blender Pro can create a large variety of landscapes

A complete landscape, created using World Blender Pro

How to install

World Blender is an asset library for Geometry nodes and Shader nodes. Simply unzip the file and add the folder containing the Blend file as an asset library, then you're good to go.

Note: The Simulation nodes are heavy tasks so you may experience temporary freezes while the simulation is running.

Procedural rock generation

World Blender is a fully procedural landscape generator, at any given time, you can go back and change your node set up to regenerate a completely new landscape.

Erosion simulation

A landscape generator is not complete without an erosion engine of some kind. The World Blender comes with a robust erosion node to help you simulate the flow of water that erodes the rock into dirt.

Hydro simulation

Simulate the behavior of water that flows through your landscape, if the temperature is low, the water is frozen into snow and slide down the slope, if the temperature is high, the snow will melt into water and flow down and pool into lakes.

Fractal displacement

Combine multiple fractal textures to create all kinds of super detailed rock formations.

Custom displacement

World Blender is not just about random fractal displacement, it also comes with various tools to give you the power to precisely control the formation of your landscape, may it be sculpting, or a custom object, you can do it all.

Texturing

Using the various data channels that were generated during the creation of the landscape, you can generate a realistic and high detailed texture for your landscape.

World Blender Pro also offer a Quick Shader node that automatically make use of these data channels to generate a high detailed shader for your landscape.

Update 2023-04-08

• Improved erosion node, added Rock Break parameter that allows you to create sharp rocks. Also added Debris loss parameter to let the debris be lost over time.
• Added a Hydro Simulation node to simulate short term water such as flowing, freezing, melting and snow sliding.
• Added Height Fog shader node to Pro version- Create a layer of volumetric fog that is denser at the ground level and falls off along the height.
• Added Cloud shader node to Pro version - Creates volumetric clouds at a selected height level and mimic the curvature of the earth
• Improved Landscape Data shader node

Update for Blender 4.0

Geometry node updates:

• Improved Erosion and Hydro simulation nodes, now up to 10% faster, allows unlimited iterations and support unlimited resolution thanks to the new "Repeat Zone" of Blender 4.0
• Added Advanced convexity node: Generate high quality convexity map for the landscape
• Added a node to generate texture from curve object
• Added 12 examples for the Pro version
• Added a Basics version + 3 examples
• Removed Essentials version since nobody wants it
• Added a Scatter node to let you quickly scatter objects such as trees and rocks onto your landscape
• Added a Simulation Data node to let you quickly extract the data after the Erosion or Hydro simulation node and use them for other purposes.

Shader node update:

• Improved Landscape Data node
• Quick Shader node: Quickly visualize your landscape

Other updates:

• All of World Blender nodes have been made into assets with proper icons and categories. You no longer have to look for the node in a messy menu, Life is much easier.
• Adjusted default values to produce decent result right out of the box