Does the Terrain tool include free trees to paint into landscapes by default?

• A. Yes
• B. Sometimes
• C. It depends on version
• D. No

Answer: (D)

The Terrain painting system works by using Tree Prototypes, which are references to tree models you provide. The tool itself doesn’t ship with a ready-made library of free tree assets to paint onto landscapes by default. To place trees, you must import or create tree assets (for example, use Unity’s Tree Creator or bring in FBX/prefabs) and then assign them as Tree Prototypes in the Terrain settings. Some Unity packages or older Standard Assets might include sample trees, but they’re not guaranteed to be present in every project, and you don’t get free trees automatically just by using the Terrain tool. So, you need to supply your own tree models to paint.