diff --git a/common/src/terrain/block.rs b/common/src/terrain/block.rs
index c2822b31b5..4225344509 100644
--- a/common/src/terrain/block.rs
+++ b/common/src/terrain/block.rs
@@ -309,6 +309,20 @@ impl Block {
             Block::air(SpriteKind::Empty)
         }
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn from_u32(x: u32) -> Option<Self> {
+        let [bk, r, g, b] = x.to_le_bytes();
+        Some(Self {
+            kind: BlockKind::from_u8(bk)?,
+            attr: [r, g, b],
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn to_u32(&self) -> u32 {
+        u32::from_le_bytes([self.kind as u8, self.attr[0], self.attr[1], self.attr[2]])
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/server/src/terrain_persistence.rs b/server/src/terrain_persistence.rs
index d6b5a0d200..67769c1b1b 100644
--- a/server/src/terrain_persistence.rs
+++ b/server/src/terrain_persistence.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ pub struct Chunk {
 impl Chunk {
     pub fn deserialize_from<R: io::Read + Clone>(reader: R) -> Option<Self> {
         // Attempt deserialization through various versions
-        if let Ok(data) = bincode::deserialize_from::<_, version::V2>(reader.clone())
+        if let Ok(data) = bincode::deserialize_from::<_, version::V3>(reader.clone())
+            .map_err(|err| { warn!("Error when loading V3: {:?}", err); err })
+        {
+            Some(Chunk::from(data))
+        } else if let Ok(data) = bincode::deserialize_from::<_, version::V2>(reader.clone())
             .map_err(|err| { warn!("Error when loading V2: {:?}", err); err })
         {
             Some(Chunk::from(data))
@@ -134,21 +138,29 @@ impl Chunk {
 }
 
 mod version {
-    pub type Current = V2;
+    pub type Current = V3;
 
     fn version_magic(n: u16) -> u64 {
         (n as u64) | (0x3352ACEEA789 << 16)
     }
 
+    fn version<'de, D: serde::Deserializer<'de>, const V: u16>(de: D) -> Result<u64, D::Error> {
+        u64::deserialize(de).and_then(|x| if x == version_magic(V) {
+            Ok(x)
+        } else {
+            Err(serde::de::Error::invalid_value(serde::de::Unexpected::Unsigned(x), &"correct version"))
+        })
+    }
+
     use super::*;
 
     // Convert back to current
 
     impl From<Chunk> for Current {
         fn from(chunk: Chunk) -> Self {
-            Self { version: version_magic(2), blocks: chunk.blocks
+            Self { version: version_magic(3), blocks: chunk.blocks
                 .into_iter()
-                .map(|(pos, b)| (pos.x as u8, pos.y as u8, pos.z as i16, b))
+                .map(|(pos, b)| (pos.x as u8, pos.y as u8, pos.z as i16, b.to_u32()))
                 .collect() }
         }
     }
@@ -173,18 +185,26 @@ mod version {
         pub blocks: Vec<(u8, u8, i16, Block)>,
     }
 
-    fn version<'de, D: serde::Deserializer<'de>, const V: u16>(de: D) -> Result<u64, D::Error> {
-        u64::deserialize(de).and_then(|x| if x == version_magic(V) {
-            Ok(x)
-        } else {
-            Err(serde::de::Error::invalid_value(serde::de::Unexpected::Unsigned(x), &"correct version"))
-        })
-    }
-
     impl From<V2> for Chunk {
         fn from(v2: V2) -> Self { Self { blocks: v2.blocks
             .into_iter()
             .map(|(x, y, z, b)| (Vec3::new(x as i32, y as i32, z as i32), b))
             .collect() } }
     }
+
+    // V2
+
+    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    pub struct V3 {
+        #[serde(deserialize_with = "version::<_, 3>")]
+        pub version: u64,
+        pub blocks: Vec<(u8, u8, i16, u32)>,
+    }
+
+    impl From<V3> for Chunk {
+        fn from(v3: V3) -> Self { Self { blocks: v3.blocks
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(x, y, z, b)| (Vec3::new(x as i32, y as i32, z as i32), Block::from_u32(b).unwrap_or(Block::empty())))
+            .collect() } }
+    }
 }