> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.sollumz.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.sollumz.org/documentation/maps/grass-batches.md).

# Grass Batches

Grass batches are represented as a mesh with only vertices, where each vertex represents a grass instance. Attributes are used to store per-grass instance settings.

Geometry nodes are used to generate and preview grass batches. Each grass batch is configured through a list of "templates", which define the models that can appear and their per-model settings (e.g. scale, LOD distance). The geometry nodes modifier then uses these templates to scatter the grass instances over a base mesh.

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The geometry nodes require Blender 5.0 or newer. Import/export still works on all supported versions, since the grass batch itself is just a regular mesh containing only vertices. This also means some manual editing is possible.

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