How can I create nature in UE4?

Hello, I would like to create a game with a forest in it and so far I have not had that much luck. If anyone knows easy ways to make trees and grass or how to create realistic nature that can be used in UE4 that would be helpful. I have heard of speed tree but that seems to cost a lot.

For trees you can use the built-in SpeedTree plugin. For grass etc. you can use the foliage tools.

Sorry to bother you but I don’t know how I would create the trees in UE4 or the grass.

You can create meshes for a forest in a 3d program like blender, 3ds , maya,… After that place them with the foliage tool.

Here are some tutorials:

  • Tree (very basic version):
  • Grass/Flowers/Bushes:

It takes some time until you get a good result, but after that it will be very easy for you to create vegetation meshes.

More useful tutorials for meshes:

  • LOD : ?v=MH-icn_L2mk
  • LOD Blender:
  • Collision:
  • Lightmap: