# Community Tutorial: Mastering VertexNormalWS in UE5 | Ultimate Material Node Tutorial 

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**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/community-tutorial-mastering-vertexnormalws-in-ue5-ultimate-material-node-tutorial/2853755 "2026-11-11T05:17:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/community-tutorial-mastering-vertexnormalws-in-ue5-ultimate-material-node-tutorial/2853755/1 "2026-11-11T05:17:40Z")

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Master the VertexNormalWS node in Unreal Engine 5! In this comprehensive tutorial, we dive deep into how vertex normals work in world space and how you can combine them with World Position Offset (WPO), masks, procedural gradients, and noise textures to create incredible visual effects like character scaling, outer shells/skins, sci-fi blob animations, and melting ice transitions. 🚀🎨  
  
[https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/BbYXy/unreal-engine-mastering-vertexnormalws-in-ue5-ultimate-material-node-tutorial](https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/BbYXy/unreal-engine-mastering-vertexnormalws-in-ue5-ultimate-material-node-tutorial)