diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ad54f5b97e..7429a0b570 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3053,9 +3053,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.121"
+version = "0.2.132"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "efaa7b300f3b5fe8eb6bf21ce3895e1751d9665086af2d64b42f19701015ff4f"
+checksum = "8371e4e5341c3a96db127eb2465ac681ced4c433e01dd0e938adbef26ba93ba5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
@@ -6079,6 +6079,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.90",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread-priority"
+version = "0.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a8a950b52fd40d98ac6ed41c7fa9e8dd62b131f48b74f418e810476b01a7460"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -6705,6 +6717,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "specs",
  "tar",
+ "thread-priority",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
  "vek 0.15.8",
diff --git a/common/state/Cargo.toml b/common/state/Cargo.toml
index 5cb9c3d7df..604b8efb6b 100644
--- a/common/state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/state/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ common-base = { package = "veloren-common-base", path = "../base" }
 core_affinity = "0.5"
 rayon = "1.5"
 num_cpus = "1.0"
+thread-priority = { version = "0.9.2" }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 vek = { version = "0.15.8", features = ["serde"] }
 
diff --git a/common/state/src/state.rs b/common/state/src/state.rs
index 2c5d3334ca..2bee8bb7a1 100644
--- a/common/state/src/state.rs
+++ b/common/state/src/state.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use specs::{
     storage::{MaskedStorage as EcsMaskedStorage, Storage as EcsStorage},
     Component, DispatcherBuilder, Entity as EcsEntity, WorldExt,
 };
+use thread_priority::{ThreadBuilder, ThreadPriority};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use vek::*;
 
@@ -124,11 +125,28 @@ impl State {
             GameMode::Singleplayer => num_cpu / 4,
         }*/num_cpu.max(common::consts::MIN_RECOMMENDED_RAYON_THREADS);
         let core_ids = /*(rayon_threads >= 16).then(|| */core_affinity::get_core_ids().unwrap_or(vec![])/*).unwrap_or(vec![])*/;
+        let core_count = core_ids.len();
         let rayon_pool = Arc::new(
             ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
                 .num_threads(rayon_threads/*.saturating_sub(rayon_offset)*/)
                 // .thread_name(move |i| format!("rayon-{}", i))
                 .thread_name(move |i| format!("rayon-{}-{}", thread_name_infix, i))
+                .spawn_handler(move |thread| {
+                    let mut b = ThreadBuilder::default();
+                    if let Some(name) = thread.name() {
+                        b = b.name(name.to_owned());
+                    }
+                    if let Some(stack_size) = thread.stack_size() {
+                        b = b.stack_size(stack_size);
+                    }
+                    // pinned rayon threads run with high priority
+                    let index = thread.index();
+                    if index.checked_sub(rayon_offset).map_or(false, |i| i < core_count) {
+                        b = b.priority(ThreadPriority::Max);
+                    }
+                    b.spawn_careless(|| thread.run())?;
+                    Ok(())
+                })
                 .start_handler(move |i| {
                     if let Some(&core_id) = i.checked_sub(rayon_offset).and_then(|i| core_ids.get(i)) {
                         core_affinity::set_for_current(core_id);
diff --git a/rust-toolchain b/rust-toolchain
index e22800a26e..62193b6c62 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain
+++ b/rust-toolchain
@@ -1 +1 @@
-nightly-2022-08-18
+nightly-2022-09-08