diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl
index cbcee4770e..1fbe9b1876 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/light.glsl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ vec3 illuminate(vec3 color, vec3 light, vec3 diffuse, vec3 ambience) {
 }
 
 float attenuation_strength(vec3 rpos) {
-	return 1.0 / pow(rpos.x * rpos.x + rpos.y * rpos.y + rpos.z * rpos.z, 0.8);
+	return 0.3 / pow(rpos.x * rpos.x + rpos.y * rpos.y + rpos.z * rpos.z, 0.5);
 }
 
 vec3 light_at(vec3 wpos, vec3 wnorm) {
diff --git a/world/src/site/settlement/building/mod.rs b/world/src/site/settlement/building/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..416c94767a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/world/src/site/settlement/building/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod skeleton;
diff --git a/world/src/site/settlement/building/skeleton.rs b/world/src/site/settlement/building/skeleton.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e278136307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/world/src/site/settlement/building/skeleton.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use vek::*;
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub enum Ori {
+    East,
+    North,
+}
+
+impl Ori {
+    pub fn flip(self) -> Self {
+        match self {
+            Ori::East => Ori::North,
+            Ori::North => Ori::East,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn dir(self) -> Vec2<i32> {
+        match self {
+            Ori::East => Vec2::unit_x(),
+            Ori::North => Vec2::unit_y(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Branch {
+    len: i32,
+    locus: i32,
+    children: Vec<(i32, Branch)>,
+}
+
+impl Branch {
+    fn for_each<'a>(&'a self, node: Vec2<i32>, ori: Ori, f: &mut impl FnMut(Vec2<i32>, Ori, &'a Branch)) {
+        f(node, ori, self);
+        for (offset, child) in &self.children {
+            child.for_each(node + ori.dir() * *offset, ori.flip(), f);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Skeleton {
+    offset: i32,
+    ori: Ori,
+    root: Branch,
+}
+
+impl Skeleton {
+    pub fn for_each<'a>(&'a self, mut f: impl FnMut(Vec2<i32>, Ori, &'a Branch)) {
+        self.root.for_each(self.ori.dir() * self.offset, self.ori, &mut f);
+    }
+
+    pub fn closest(&self, pos: Vec2<i32>) -> (i32, &Branch) {
+        let mut min = None;
+        self.for_each(|node, ori, branch| {
+            let bounds = Aabr::new_empty(node - ori.flip().dir() * branch.locus)
+                .expanded_to_contain_point(node + ori.dir() * branch.len + ori.flip().dir() * branch.locus);
+            let projected = pos.map2(bounds.min.zip(bounds.max), |e, (min, max)| Clamp::clamp(e, min, max));
+            let dist = (projected - pos).map(|e| e.abs()).reduce_max();
+            if min.map(|(min_dist, _)| dist < min_dist).unwrap_or(true) {
+                min = Some((dist, branch));
+            }
+        });
+        min.unwrap()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/world/src/site/settlement/mod.rs b/world/src/site/settlement/mod.rs
index 1c43e5f965..37b0be67b9 100644
--- a/world/src/site/settlement/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/site/settlement/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod building;
+
 use crate::{
     column::ColumnSample,
     sim::{SimChunk, WorldSim},