diff --git a/world/src/block/mod.rs b/world/src/block/mod.rs
index f1a7133d63..0fb4ab3396 100644
--- a/world/src/block/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/block/mod.rs
@@ -379,9 +379,15 @@ impl<'a> ZCache<'a> {
             0,
             |a, (st_info, st_sample)| {
                 let bounds = st_info.volume.get_bounds();
-                let min = Vec2::from(bounds.min + st_info.pos);
-                let max = Vec2::from(bounds.max + st_info.pos);
-                if (Aabr { min, max }).contains_point(self.wpos) {
+                let st_area = Aabr {
+                    min: Vec2::from(bounds.min),
+                    max: Vec2::from(bounds.max),
+                };
+
+                let rpos = self.wpos - st_info.pos;
+                let unit_rpos = st_info.units.0 * rpos.x + st_info.units.1 * rpos.y;
+
+                if st_area.contains_point(unit_rpos) {
                     a.max(bounds.max.z)
                 } else {
                     a
diff --git a/world/src/column/mod.rs b/world/src/column/mod.rs
index 7f2ee6724b..d7736999ec 100644
--- a/world/src/column/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/column/mod.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl<'a> Sampler for ColumnGen<'a> {
         let water_level = (riverless_alt - 4.0 - 5.0 * chaos).max(CONFIG.sea_level);
 
         let rock = (sim.gen_ctx.small_nz.get(
-            Vec3::new(wposf.x, wposf.y, alt as f64 * 3.0)
+            Vec3::new(wposf.x, wposf.y, alt as f64)
                 .div(100.0)
                 .into_array(),
         ) as f32)
diff --git a/world/src/lib.rs b/world/src/lib.rs
index 751cd6fd7c..2f0d76323c 100644
--- a/world/src/lib.rs
+++ b/world/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl World {
 
         let meta = TerrainChunkMeta::new(sim_chunk.get_name(&self.sim), sim_chunk.get_biome());
 
-        let mut chunk = TerrainChunk::new(base_z - 8, stone, air, meta);
+        let mut chunk = TerrainChunk::new(base_z, stone, air, meta);
 
         let mut sampler = self.sample_blocks();
 
@@ -85,18 +85,6 @@ impl World {
                 let wpos2d = Vec2::new(x, y)
                     + Vec3::from(chunk_pos) * TerrainChunkSize::SIZE.map(|e| e as i32);
 
-                /*
-                let min_z = self
-                    .sim
-                    .get_interpolated(wpos2d, |chunk| chunk.get_min_z())
-                    .unwrap_or(0.0) as i32;
-
-                let max_z = self
-                    .sim
-                    .get_interpolated(wpos2d, |chunk| chunk.get_max_z())
-                    .unwrap_or(0.0) as i32;
-                */
-
                 let z_cache = match sampler.get_z_cache(wpos2d) {
                     Some(z_cache) => z_cache,
                     None => continue,
@@ -104,7 +92,7 @@ impl World {
 
                 let (min_z, max_z) = z_cache.get_z_limits();
 
-                for z in base_z - 16..min_z as i32 {
+                for z in base_z..(min_z as i32).max(base_z) {
                     let _ = chunk.set(Vec3::new(x, y, z), stone);
                 }
 
diff --git a/world/src/sim/mod.rs b/world/src/sim/mod.rs
index 8e5e0daa93..5cb20482f9 100644
--- a/world/src/sim/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/sim/mod.rs
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ impl SimChunk {
                 && dryness > 0.05
                 && alt > CONFIG.sea_level + 5.0
                 && dryness.abs() > 0.075,
-            near_cliffs: cliff > 0.325,
+            near_cliffs: cliff > 0.3,
             tree_density: (gen_ctx.tree_nz.get((wposf.div(1024.0)).into_array()) as f32)
                 .mul(1.5)
                 .add(1.0)
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ impl SimChunk {
     }
 
     pub fn get_base_z(&self) -> f32 {
-        self.alt - self.chaos * 50.0
+        self.alt - self.chaos * 50.0 - 16.0
     }
 
     pub fn get_name(&self, world: &WorldSim) -> Option<String> {