# Path tracing

Use path tracing to create detailed lighting effects like soft shadows, mirror reflections and refractions, and indirect illumination.

| Page | Description |
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|[Understand path tracing](path-tracing-understand.md)|Learn how path tracing works and how it affects other HDRP features.|
|[Set up path tracing](path-tracing-setup.md)|Add a path tracing volume to a scene.|
|[Path tracing limitations](path-tracing-limitations.md)|Learn which features that HDRP doesn't support with path tracing.|