diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/fluid-vert.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/fluid-vert.glsl
index 2692e463a2..da46679608 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/fluid-vert.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/fluid-vert.glsl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void main() {
     	float((v_pos_norm >> 16) & 0x1FFFu)
     ) + model_offs;
 	f_pos.z *= min(1.0001 - 0.02 / pow(tick.x - load_time, 10.0), 1.0);
-	f_pos.z -= 25.0 * pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / view_distance.x, 20.0);
+	f_pos.z -= min(32.0, pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / view_distance.x, 20.0));
 
     f_col = vec3(
     	float((v_col_light >>  8) & 0xFFu),
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-terrain-vert.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-terrain-vert.glsl
index 84456c45aa..8d259b1edb 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-terrain-vert.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/lod-terrain-vert.glsl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ out float f_light;
 void main() {
 	f_pos = lod_pos(v_pos + vec2(0, -v_pos.x * 0.5));
 
-	f_pos.z -= 1.0 / pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / (view_distance.x * 0.95), 20.0);
+	f_pos.z -= min(32.0, 1.0 / pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / (view_distance.x * 0.95), 20.0));
 
 	f_light = 1.0;
 
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-vert.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-vert.glsl
index 6838b47669..aa7ec1b313 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-vert.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-vert.glsl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void main() {
 	vec3 sprite_pos = (inst_mat * vec4(0, 0, 0, 1)).xyz;
 
 	f_pos = (inst_mat * vec4(v_pos * SCALE, 1)).xyz;
-	f_pos.z -= 1.0 * pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / (view_distance.x * 0.95), 20.0);
+	f_pos.z -= min(32.0, pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / (view_distance.x * 0.95), 20.0));
 
 	// Wind waving
 	f_pos += inst_wind_sway * vec3(
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-vert.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-vert.glsl
index b1b46a6836..47322fd3bc 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-vert.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/terrain-vert.glsl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void main() {
 	f_pos = vec3((uvec3(v_pos_norm) >> uvec3(0, 8, 16)) & uvec3(0xFFu, 0xFFu, 0x1FFFu)) + model_offs;
 
 	f_pos.z *= min(1.0001 - 0.02 / pow(tick.x - load_time, 10.0), 1.0);
-	f_pos.z -= 1.0 * pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / (view_distance.x * 0.95), 20.0);
+	f_pos.z -= min(32.0, pow(distance(focus_pos.xy, f_pos.xy) / (view_distance.x * 0.95), 20.0));
 
 	f_col = vec3((uvec3(v_col_light) >> uvec3(8, 16, 24)) & uvec3(0xFFu)) / 255.0;