diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/rain_occlusion.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/rain_occlusion.glsl
index 5f525c282f..95cc07c33a 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/rain_occlusion.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/rain_occlusion.glsl
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ uniform u_rain_occlusion {
 
 float rain_occlusion_at(in vec3 fragPos)
 {
-    float bias = -0.2;
-
-    vec4 rain_pos = rain_occlusion_texture_mat * vec4(fragPos, 1.0) - vec4(0, 0, bias, 0);
+    vec4 rain_pos = rain_occlusion_texture_mat * vec4(fragPos, 1.0);
 
     float visibility = textureProj(sampler2DShadow(t_directed_occlusion_maps, s_directed_occlusion_maps), rain_pos);
 
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-frag.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-frag.glsl
index fc30a29813..b95b7d7bdd 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-frag.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-frag.glsl
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void main() {
             drop_pos.z *= 0.5 + hash_fast(uvec3(cell2d, 0));
             vec3 cell = vec3(cell2d, floor(drop_pos.z * drop_density.z));
 
-            if (fract(hash(fract(vec4(cell, 0) * 0.01))) < rain_density * rain_occlusion_at(f_pos.xyz) * 2.0) {
+            if (fract(hash(fract(vec4(cell, 0) * 0.01))) < rain_density * rain_occlusion_at(f_pos.xyz + vec3(0, 0, 0.25)) * 2.0) {
                 vec3 off = vec3(hash_fast(uvec3(cell * 13)), hash_fast(uvec3(cell * 5)), 0);
                 vec3 near_cell = (cell + 0.5 + (off - 0.5) * 0.5) / drop_density;
 
diff --git a/server/src/weather/sim.rs b/server/src/weather/sim.rs
index c63980bff3..96d9642ebf 100644
--- a/server/src/weather/sim.rs
+++ b/server/src/weather/sim.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl WeatherSim {
                 cell.rain = ((1.0 - pressure - RAIN_CLOUD_THRESHOLD).max(0.0)
                     * self.consts[point].humidity
                     * 2.5)
-                    .powf(1.5);
+                    .powf(0.75);
                 cell.wind = Vec2::new(
                     rain_nz.get(spos.into_array()).powi(3) as f32,
                     rain_nz.get((spos + 1.0).into_array()).powi(3) as f32,