Ethereal URP 2026 - Volumetric Lighting & Fog

Ethereal 2026 URP - Volumetric lighting and Fog is an asset dedicated to the creation of atmospheric fog and volumetric lighting effects in the Universal Pipeline, by simulating the illumination of the small particles present in the atmosphere. This new version is covering Unity 2022.3 LTS and Unity 6 URP and the new URP RenderGraph.

Ethereal 2026 Prefabs based setup

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IMPORTANT:

The asset can be upgraded to the full Sky Master ULTIMATE weather and volumetric clouds Suit for $9! Also Ethereal 2022 users can upgrade to other ARTnGAME assets with a discount and to Ethereal 2026 for $9!

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The system is made for the native URP rendering system* for maximum performance and compatibility, bringing state-of-the-art volumetric lighting system to Unity URP platform.

Ethereal 2026 Tutorials Playlist

Ethereal 2026 v1.5 Manual

The asset is also included in Sky Master ULTIMATE URP Suit, make sure to buy the Sky Master ULTIMATE system for maximum discount with access to all atmosphere effects, including volumetric clouds for both URP and HDRP ! Ethereal 2026 core system is same as the one included in Sky Master ULTIMATE URP and this standalone version contains a big number of extra demos and bonus forest assets and demo related URP foliage shaders.

Demos of the new Ethereal 2026 module in Forward+ mode (Unity 6 - URP Render Graph): (Demos include LUMINA Real Time Global Illumination and GLAMOR paintrly effect)

LUMINA FORWARD PLUS with Motion Blur - No Painterly

LUMINA FORWARD PLUS PAINTERLY without Motion Blur - With Painterly

For tutorials & latest information, visit Ethereal forum.

For support, contact me via [E-mail] and ARTnGame Discord Channel

More info on the official website

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(*) The system is in active Beta stage, until Unity 6 LTS release. The system has not been tested in VR, WebGL, Mac, Consoles and Mobile. RenderGraph mode supports only DX11 officially. The system works with perspective cameras.

Ethereal 2026 memory leak issue note in Unity 6 Preview:

If there is a memory leak in Unity 6 Preview when using the scene view in editor, while using the included sample ETHEREAL pipeline, please remove the first renderer and replace it with one that does not have any image effects, as the scene view seems to have a bug that can increase RAM due to the default renderer have image effects. Can use any other renderer for the game camera, than the default renderer. This issue only affects Unity 6 Preview and only when in Editor, in build there is no issues. Also it is generally recommended to avoid using image effects in the first default renderer, as helper cameras in general may try to use those effects.

DISCLAIMER

The Ethereal 2026 asset has been developed and uploaded using Unity 2022.3.18f1 LTS and Unity 6 LTS. Note that the system officially supports Unity 2022.3.18f1, Unity 6000.0.25f1, Unity 6.3 and 6.5 and any versions that are compatible with those versions. Please contact me for any further needed details and for any issue.