diff --git a/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite/ember/1.vox b/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite/ember/1.vox
index f7b6f438ee..6cfe99c43b 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite/ember/1.vox
+++ b/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite/ember/1.vox
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:4fb63355560eb8f6d4661f8e3eb41ea9a5b3ede8628a84c3d36d5c1063e7154c
-size 3124
+oid sha256:3b351ca82f01327869a46824260a9fa40c78ed99079b13aec287f42c85693d78
+size 2548
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite_manifest.ron b/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite_manifest.ron
index 6abd0b08e3..3b343f5e2b 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite_manifest.ron
+++ b/assets/voxygen/voxel/sprite_manifest.ron
@@ -1341,11 +1341,11 @@ Ember: Some((
     variations: [
         (
             model: "voxygen.voxel.sprite.ember.1",
-            offset: (-7.0, -7.0, -2.9),
+            offset: (-5.5, -5.5, -2.9),
             lod_axes: (1.0, 1.0, 0.0),
         ),
     ],
-    wind_sway: 0.8,
+    wind_sway: 0.0,
 )),
 // Smoke dummy
 Smoke: Some((
diff --git a/assets/world/features.ron b/assets/world/features.ron
index 2c4ed7198b..25a5005a61 100644
--- a/assets/world/features.ron
+++ b/assets/world/features.ron
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     scatter: true,
     paths: true,
     spots: true,
-    site2: false,
+    site2_towns: true,
+    site2_giant_trees: false,
     wildlife_density: 1.0,
 )
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 94a552b5c0..e971517017 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -403,10 +403,13 @@ impl Server {
                 Some(t) => t.center,
                 None => {
                     let center_chunk = world.sim().map_size_lg().chunks().map(i32::from) / 2;
+                    use world::civ::SiteKind;
                     world
                         .civs()
                         .sites()
-                        .filter(|site| matches!(site.kind, world::civ::SiteKind::Settlement))
+                        .filter(|site| {
+                            matches!(site.kind, SiteKind::Settlement | SiteKind::Refactor)
+                        })
                         .map(|site| site.center)
                         .min_by_key(|site_pos| site_pos.distance_squared(center_chunk))
                         .unwrap_or(center_chunk)
diff --git a/world/src/civ/mod.rs b/world/src/civ/mod.rs
index f69026743b..54f2b2b2d8 100644
--- a/world/src/civ/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/civ/mod.rs
@@ -101,10 +101,9 @@ impl Civs {
         for _ in 0..initial_civ_count * 3 {
             attempt(5, || {
                 let (kind, size) = match ctx.rng.gen_range(0..64) {
-                    0..=4 => (SiteKind::Castle, 3),
-                    5..=28 if index.features().site2 => (SiteKind::Refactor, 6),
-                    29..=31 => {
-                        if index.features().site2 {
+                    0..=5 => (SiteKind::Castle, 3),
+                    28..=31 => {
+                        if index.features().site2_giant_trees {
                             (SiteKind::GiantTree, 4)
                         } else {
                             (SiteKind::Tree, 4)
@@ -449,7 +448,7 @@ impl Civs {
     }
 
     fn birth_civ(&mut self, ctx: &mut GenCtx<impl Rng>) -> Option<Id<Civ>> {
-        let kind = SiteKind::Settlement;
+        let kind = SiteKind::Refactor;
         let site = attempt(5, || {
             let loc = find_site_loc(ctx, None, 1, kind)?;
             Some(self.establish_site(ctx, loc, |place| Site {
@@ -1131,7 +1130,7 @@ impl SiteKind {
         // FIXME: Provide specific values for each individual SiteKind
         match self {
             SiteKind::Dungeon => 4,
-            _ => 2, // This is just an arbitrary value
+            _ => 8, // This is just an arbitrary value
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/world/src/config.rs b/world/src/config.rs
index c7faf7c2ce..fddc417e04 100644
--- a/world/src/config.rs
+++ b/world/src/config.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ pub struct Features {
     pub scatter: bool,
     pub paths: bool,
     pub spots: bool,
-    pub site2: bool,
+    pub site2_towns: bool,
+    pub site2_giant_trees: bool,
     // 1.0 is the default wildlife density
     pub wildlife_density: f32,
 }
diff --git a/world/src/site2/mod.rs b/world/src/site2/mod.rs
index dda829e13c..62cbaf831b 100644
--- a/world/src/site2/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/site2/mod.rs
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ impl Site {
                         let alt = canvas.col(wpos2d).map_or(0, |col| col.alt as i32);
                         let sub_surface_color = canvas
                             .col(wpos2d)
-                            .map_or(vek::Rgb::zero(), |col| col.sub_surface_color);
+                            .map_or(Rgb::zero(), |col| col.sub_surface_color * 0.5);
                         let mut underground = true;
                         for z in -8..6 {
                             canvas.map(Vec3::new(wpos2d.x, wpos2d.y, alt + z), |b| {
@@ -867,6 +867,9 @@ impl Site {
             if min_dist.is_some() {
                 let alt = /*avg_hard_alt.map(|(sum, weight)| sum / weight).unwrap_or_else(||*/ canvas.col(wpos2d).map_or(0.0, |col| col.alt)/*)*/ as i32;
                 let mut underground = true;
+                let sub_surface_color = canvas
+                    .col(wpos2d)
+                    .map_or(Rgb::zero(), |col| col.sub_surface_color * 0.5);
                 for z in -6..4 {
                     canvas.map(
                         Vec3::new(wpos2d.x, wpos2d.y, alt + z),
@@ -881,7 +884,10 @@ impl Site {
                                 b.into_vacant().with_sprite(sprite)
                             } else if b.is_filled() {
                                 if b.is_terrain() {
-                                    Block::new(BlockKind::Earth, Rgb::new(0x6A, 0x47, 0x24))
+                                    Block::new(
+                                        BlockKind::Earth,
+                                        (sub_surface_color * 255.0).as_(),
+                                    )
                                 } else {
                                     b
                                 }