Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Unreal Engine 5 crash course tutorial for beginners!
In this free tutorial we will go over everything you need to know to get started in Unreal Engine 5.
You will learn about many of Unreal's new features such as nanite and lumen.
You will learn how to install Unreal Engine, navigate the 3D viewport, create materials and worlds, sculpt landscapes, paint foliage, use land mass, splines, modelling, cube grid, program in Unreal using Blueprints, create a stylized world and much more.
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:49 Installing Unreal Engine 5
0:06:01 Viewport
0:06:42 Navigation
0:08:24 Object manipulation
0:15:20 World outliner
0:19:27 Details panel
0:26:57 Content browser
0:32:45 Object creation
0:34:47 Viewport options
0:36:03 Viewport views
0:37:45 View modes
0:40:45 Flag options
0:41:45 Advanced object manipulation
0:54:40 Levels
0:57:18 Materials
1:21:20 Cave scene
1:21:27 Quixel Megascans asset importing
1:31:47 Nanite
1:35:48 Lumen
1:44:12 Movie clip (Sequencer)
1:51:05 Creating a landscape
1:55:52 Sculpting landscape tools
2:13:26 Landmass
2:26:01 Water bodies
2:33:00 Foliage tool
2:44:10 Fracture mode (Chaos destruction)
2:53:34 Brush editing mode
3:01:21 Modeling mode
3:01:58 Modeling mode (Shapes)
3:07:58 Modeling mode (Poly extrude)
3:16:43 Modeling mode (Path extrusion)
3:20:25 Modeling mode (Path revolving)
3:24:12 Modeling mode (Mesh merge)
3:25:52 Modeling mode (Mesh duplication)
3:27:57 Modeling mode (Poly editing)
3:34:25 Modeling mode (Poly deformation)
3:36:31 Modeling mode (Mesh bool)
3:39:43 Modeling mode (Cube grid)
3:51:25 Modeling mode (Mesh cut)
3:53:05 Modeling mode (Subdivision)
3:54:37 Modeling mode (Triangle edit)
3:55:28 Modeling mode (Triangle edit)
4:00:54 Modeling mode (Hole fill)
4:02:56 Modeling mode (Mirror)
4:06:10 Modeling mode (Planar cut)
4:07:40 Modeling mode (Poly cut)
4:09:09 Modeling mode (Trim)
4:10:24 Modeling mode (Deform)
4:14:11 Modeling mode (Transform)
4:17:07 Mesh painting
4:27:06 Create a landscape forest scene
4:29:02 Forest scene (Landscape)
4:39:35 Forest scene (Procedural foliage)
4:44:49 Forest scene (Water bodies)
4:48:21 Forest scene (Adding buildings)
4:48:56 Forest scene (Lighting)
4:55:01 Forest scene (Manual foliage)
5:02:30 Forest scene (Smaller asset detailing)
5:06:10 Forest scene(Creating screenshot of scene)
5:08:03 Blueprint example with racing template
Join the Discord server here: discord.gg/zBeebU7uv3
Support the work of LeafBranchGames on Patreon here: patreon.com/LeafBranchGames
Unreal Engine 5 crash course tutorial for beginners!
In this free tutorial we will go over everything you need to know to get started in Unreal Engine 5.
You will learn about many of Unreal's new features such as nanite and lumen.
You will learn how to install Unreal Engine, navigate the 3D viewport, create materials and worlds, sculpt landscapes, paint foliage, use land mass, splines, modelling, cube grid, program in Unreal using Blueprints, create a stylized world and much more.
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:49 Installing Unreal Engine 5
0:06:01 Viewport
0:06:42 Navigation
0:08:24 Object manipulation
0:15:20 World outliner
0:19:27 Details panel
0:26:57 Content browser
0:32:45 Object creation
0:34:47 Viewport options
0:36:03 Viewport views
0:37:45 View modes
0:40:45 Flag options
0:41:45 Advanced object manipulation
0:54:40 Levels
0:57:18 Materials
1:21:20 Cave scene
1:21:27 Quixel Megascans asset importing
1:31:47 Nanite
1:35:48 Lumen
1:44:12 Movie clip (Sequencer)
1:51:05 Creating a landscape
1:55:52 Sculpting landscape tools
2:13:26 Landmass
2:26:01 Water bodies
2:33:00 Foliage tool
2:44:10 Fracture mode (Chaos destruction)
2:53:34 Brush editing mode
3:01:21 Modeling mode
3:01:58 Modeling mode (Shapes)
3:07:58 Modeling mode (Poly extrude)
3:16:43 Modeling mode (Path extrusion)
3:20:25 Modeling mode (Path revolving)
3:24:12 Modeling mode (Mesh merge)
3:25:52 Modeling mode (Mesh duplication)
3:27:57 Modeling mode (Poly editing)
3:34:25 Modeling mode (Poly deformation)
3:36:31 Modeling mode (Mesh bool)
3:39:43 Modeling mode (Cube grid)
3:51:25 Modeling mode (Mesh cut)
3:53:05 Modeling mode (Subdivision)
3:54:37 Modeling mode (Triangle edit)
3:55:28 Modeling mode (Triangle edit)
4:00:54 Modeling mode (Hole fill)
4:02:56 Modeling mode (Mirror)
4:06:10 Modeling mode (Planar cut)
4:07:40 Modeling mode (Poly cut)
4:09:09 Modeling mode (Trim)
4:10:24 Modeling mode (Deform)
4:14:11 Modeling mode (Transform)
4:17:07 Mesh painting
4:27:06 Create a landscape forest scene
4:29:02 Forest scene (Landscape)
4:39:35 Forest scene (Procedural foliage)
4:44:49 Forest scene (Water bodies)
4:48:21 Forest scene (Adding buildings)
4:48:56 Forest scene (Lighting)
4:55:01 Forest scene (Manual foliage)
5:02:30 Forest scene (Smaller asset detailing)
5:06:10 Forest scene(Creating screenshot of scene)
5:08:03 Blueprint example with racing template
Join the Discord server here: discord.gg/zBeebU7uv3
Support the work of LeafBranchGames on Patreon here: patreon.com/LeafBranchGames
