Toolbar

The amount of tools in sculpt mode is very extensive. This is an overview of all of them, categorized by their general functions.

Add/Subtract Brushes

Recognizable by their blue icon and cursor. These brushes generally push vertices outwards and inwards.

Draw: The standard brush for pushing vertices inwards and outwards from the surface direction.
Draw Sharp: Same as Draw but with a much sharper Falloff. Useful for creating creases and sharp angles.
Clay: Similar to the Draw brush but with a flattening effect and subtle smoothing. Useful for polishing and building volumes.
Clay Strips: The same as the Clay brush, but more aggressive with a square falloff. A common standard for building rough volumes.
Layer: Draw with a fixed height. Useful for adding flat layers to a surface.
Inflate: Moves the mesh in multiple direction. Useful for inflating or shrinking surfaces and volumes.
Blob: Magnifies the mesh as you draw. Useful for an additional inflation effect on the stroke.
Crease: Same as Blob but with a pinching effect. Useful for creating and polishing sharp creases.

Recognizable by their red icon and cursor. These brushes generally flatten or heighten the contrast of the surface.

Smooth: Smooths out irregularities in the surface and shrinks volumes by averaging the vertices positions. An essential brush that is frequently used.
Flatten: Pushes vertices to an average height to create a flat plateau.
Fill: Pushes surfaces outwards. Useful for filling in holes and crevices.
Scrape: Pushes surfaces inwards. This is the most common brush for flattening meshes.
Multiplane Scrape: Scrapes the mesh with two angled planes at the same time, producing a sharp edge between them.

Recognizable by their yellow icon and cursor. These brushes generally move, pinch and magnify the mesh.

Pinch: Pulls vertices towards the center of the brush. Useful for polishing angles and creases.
Grab: Moves vertices along with the mouse. An essential brush for building shapes and adjusting proportions.
Elastic Deform: Used to simulate realistic deformations such as grabbing or twisting of Elastic objects.
Snake Hook: Pulls vertices along with the stroke to create long, snake-like forms.
Thumb: Same as Grab but moves vertices along the surface direction. Useful for preserving specific surfaces.
Pose: Simulating an armature-like deformations. Useful for quick posing and transformations.
Nudge: Similar as Thumb but dynamically picks up vertices like the Snake Hook. Useful for nudging something along the mesh surface.
Rotate: Rotates vertices within the brush in the direction mouse.
Slide Relax: Slides the topology of the mesh in the direction of the stroke while preserving the geometrical shape of the mesh. Also useful for redistributing topology where it is needed.
Boundary: Transform mesh boundaries specifically with various deformations.

No clear color assignment. These brushes are general purpose brushes or specific.

Cloth: Simulates cloth to create folds and draping, which can be sculpted further.
Simplify: Cleans up geometry by collapsing short edges.
Mask: Paints a selection on parts of the mesh to be unaffected by other brushes.
Draw Face Sets: Paint new or extend existing face sets.
Multires Displacement Eraser: Remove displacement information on a Multiresolution modifier.
Multires Displacement Smear: Smear displacement information on a Multiresolution modifier.