Weight random Age choices like Legacy and expand regression coverage (#41)

docs/ASSET_PROVENANCE.md

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ project's GNU LGPL v3 license. Rivencraft itself uses the same license.
 | `assets/rivencraft/textures/item/page_link_panel.png` | `page_background.png` and `PageBuilder.BasicPageSprite` | `9bc8ddc061845df0cd5ea47f4fdef773cff786ae` | Reproduces the legacy 160 px scale, black panel at `(25,30)`–`(135,75)`, and 128 px resample |
 | `assets/rivencraft/textures/gui/symbolcomponents.png` | `assets/mystcraft/textures/symbolcomponents.png` | `9bc8ddc061845df0cd5ea47f4fdef773cff786ae` | Byte-identical shared 512×512 component sheet for client-side page composition |
 | Runtime-composed symbol pages (`SymbolPageTextures`) | `page_background.png`, `textures/symbolcomponents.png`, `WordData`, `ModSymbols`, and `PageBuilder.PageSprite` | `9bc8ddc061845df0cd5ea47f4fdef773cff786ae` | Replaces the six pre-generated symbol PNGs; layers four poem words on the shared page background and caches bounded client textures |
+| `assets/rivencraft/textures/block/crystal_block.png`, `budding_crystal.png` | `assets/mystcraft/textures/blocks/crystal.png` | Legacy 0.13.7.06 local extraction | Exact 16×16 blue tile reused for both solid crystal blocks |
+| `assets/rivencraft/textures/block/{small,medium,large}_crystal_bud.png`, `crystal_cluster.png` | Minecraft 1.21.1 `textures/block/{small,medium,large}_amethyst_bud.png`, `amethyst_cluster.png` | Minecraft 1.21.1 | Original 16×16 alpha masks and silhouettes preserved; hue shifted toward Legacy blue, with brighter saturation; exported as 8-bit RGBA (not indexed PNG) |
+| `assets/rivencraft/textures/item/crystal_shard.png` | Original sprite generated with OpenAI ImageGen from the Legacy crystal palette | 2026-10-05 | Cropped and nearest-neighbor scaled to 16×16 |
+| `assets/rivencraft/sounds/linking/link-fissure.ogg` | `assets/mystcraft/sounds/linking/link-fissure.ogg` | Legacy 0.13.7.06 local extraction | Namespace/path rename only; plays when a Star Fissure returns an entity home |
 
 Mystcraft Legacy identifies XCompWiz as its project developer and includes the
 full LGPL v3 text in its root `LICENSE` file. Rivencraft's root `LICENSE`

docs/GAMETESTS.md

@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ automated check, and hand its exact scenario to the player for in-game
 verification. Do not keep retrying a stalled test or leave its process running.
 Keep the narrower non-stalling plan, persistence, and runtime checks automated.
 
+For issue #41, the combined archive and the focused `linking` archive initially
+stalled during the multi-profile travel acceptance test. That test is no longer
+registered with GameTest; the rerun passed all 116 registered tests before the
+subsequent random-biome-count adjustment. The 51-test core suite passes after
+that adjustment, but the full archive stalled again late in its first batch;
+do not treat that interrupted run as a pass. Verify its
+scenario manually: in a fresh world, bind
+one Descriptive Book for each of Standard, Flat, Amplified, Island, Cave, and
+Void terrain (use the corresponding Terrain Page to select each one). Visit
+each Age, confirm a safe arrival platform and headroom, and
+travel back using a bound Linking Book. The narrower creation, persistence,
+terrain, and travel checks remain automated. See
+[random Age weights](RANDOM_AGE_WEIGHTS.md) for the Legacy rank mapping and
+the opt-in weighting regression.
+
+Also bind several Link-Panel-only Descriptive Books with no authored biome
+pages. Check that each Age retains its biome set after leaving, unloading, and
+reopening it, and that the selected biome count varies between Ages without
+exceeding the eligible pool. This covers the bounded random-biome path touched
+after the last successful full-archive run.
+
 The optional `-PwithSereneSeasons=true` runtime is for a real dev client, not
 the GameTest server: Serene Seasons sends a season payload to GameTest mock
 players, which cannot negotiate its channel. Follow the real-client Serene test in

docs/LEGACY_AGE_GRAMMAR_AUDIT.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Legacy does **not** reject a book just because it omits terrain, biome, weather,
 | `WeatherNorm`, `Fast`, `Slow`, `Off`, `On`, `Cloudy`, `Rain`, `Snow`, `Storm` | `AgeTraits.Weather` has matching names except Legacy `On` maps to `ALWAYS` | Compile weather semantics separately from biome selection. `Snow` must remain deferred until optional season integration; do not silently substitute another weather mode. |
 | Suns, moons, starfields; angle, phase, period, color/gradient/sunset modifiers | One `celestialPeriod`, `celestialAngle`, `celestialPhase` on `AgeTraits` | Compile only the representable single-cycle subset first. Multiple celestial bodies, independent periods, custom stars, gradients and sunsets need a richer definition and renderer, not flattening into one value. |
 | Sky/fog/cloud/grass/foliage/water colors, natural variants, horizon, rainbow | Existing sky/dimension visuals and preview | Require an explicit modern client/biome-color design; metadata-only symbol pages must not pretend to change rendering. |
-| Caves, ores, huge trees, lakes, floating islands, tendrils, skylands, spheres, spikes, crystals; vanilla villages, strongholds, mineshafts, dungeons, fortresses, obelisks, fissures | Current cave profile, authored Floating Islands/Tendrils/Skylands/Spheres/Spikes/Obelisks and Dense Ores, and page-gated vanilla Dungeons/Mineshafts/Nether Fortresses/Strongholds/Villages | The five Legacy vanilla structure symbols gate Minecraft 1.21.1 generation. Dungeons use monster-room placement; the others use vanilla structure sets. Obelisks use a bespoke 4×4 plinth and 2×12×2 shaft with safe modern placement. Fissures, crystals, and exact 1.12 structure geometry remain separate work. |
+| Caves, ores, huge trees, lakes, floating islands, tendrils, skylands, spheres, spikes, crystals; vanilla villages, strongholds, mineshafts, dungeons, fortresses, obelisks, fissures | Current cave profile, authored Floating Islands/Tendrils/Skylands/Spheres/Spikes/Obelisks/Crystal Formations/Star Fissures and Dense Ores, and page-gated vanilla Dungeons/Mineshafts/Nether Fortresses/Strongholds/Villages | The five Legacy vanilla structure symbols gate Minecraft 1.21.1 generation. Dungeons use monster-room placement; the others use vanilla structure sets. Obelisks use a bespoke 4×4 plinth and 2×12×2 shaft with safe modern placement. Crystal Formations retain Legacy's blue tile and one-in-fifteen attempt rate but use new budding, shard-producing mounds. Star Fissures reproduce Legacy's spawn-chunk footprint, open-to-sky columns, home link, and sound. Their renderer uses the modern End Portal pipeline in place of Legacy's retired fixed-function OpenGL calls. Exact 1.12 geometry for other structures remains separate work. |
 | `EnvAccel`, explosions, lightning, meteors, scorching; PvP and dummy suppression pages | No equivalent Age-definition effect | Defer environmental hazards/instability effects to milestone 6, PvP rule to a separately scoped server policy; retain authored IDs without fake behavior. |
 
 The Legacy symbol list and page names come from [ModSymbols](https://github.com/Mystcraft/Mystcraft-Legacy/blob/9bc8ddc061845df0cd5ea47f4fdef773cff786ae/src/main/java/com/xcompwiz/mystcraft/data/ModSymbols.java#L129-L240) and [SymbolRules](https://github.com/Mystcraft/Mystcraft-Legacy/blob/9bc8ddc061845df0cd5ea47f4fdef773cff786ae/src/main/java/com/xcompwiz/mystcraft/data/SymbolRules.java#L19-L137). Rivencraft's [catalog](../src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/SymbolCatalog.java) currently holds display metadata only; its built-in set is just standard terrain, native biomes, normal weather, normal lighting, normal time, and caves. [OrderedWriting](../src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/OrderedWriting.java) preserves page order, but no compiler yet connects it to [AgeTraits](../src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeTraits.java) or [Age profiles](AGE_PROFILES.md).

docs/RANDOM_AGE_WEIGHTS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Random Age selection (issue #41)
+
+Page-free and Link-Panel-only books still make one random Age definition from the Age seed. A written page overrides its branch; random completion never rewrites the book. The resulting terrain, traits, season mode, biome pool, and feature choices are saved with the Age identity, so loading an existing Age does not reroll it. This change affects **new** Ages only.
+
+The rank-weight calculation follows Mystcraft Legacy's `GrammarGenerator.buildRankWeights` in the user-provided 0.13.7.06 classes: starting at the highest numbered (rarest) rank, a rank's weight is at least one greater than the preceding rank's total divided by the number of entries at the current rank. A missing intermediate rank still advances the weight. The corresponding `SymbolRules` entries supply the ranks. This is a selection policy, not a port of Legacy's full grammar tree or its Minecraft 1.12 world generator.
+
+| Branch | Relative tickets for supported choices |
+| --- | --- |
+| Terrain | Standard 6, Flat 5, Amplified/Island/Cave/Void 1 each. Cave and Island occupy the rare slots corresponding to Legacy Nether and End terrain. Additional data-pack runtime profiles default to the rare rank and cause the group weights to be recomputed. |
+| Biome controller | Native/Single/Medium 3 each; Tiled/Grid/Tiny/Small/Large/Huge 1 each. The selected controller still applies terrain eligibility and minimum-biome rules. |
+| Additional random biomes | After Rivencraft's existing controller minimum, each extra biome has a 2-in-3 continuation chance and a 1-in-3 stop chance, capped by the eligible biome pool (including optional TerraBlender additions). This mirrors Legacy's ranked biome-list branch without changing the project's authored-page minimums. |
+| Lighting | Normal 3; Dark/Bright 1 each. |
+| Weather | Normal 9; Fast/Slow/Off/Always/Cloudy/Rain/Snow/Storm 1 each. WeatherOn is named Always here. |
+| Season (Serene Seasons only) | Seasons 6, No Seasons 5, each eternal season 1. These are Rivencraft ranks for features absent from Legacy; normal cycling is most common and eternal seasons are rare. No season policy is rolled without Serene Seasons. |
+
+Random-feature selection remains bounded to two material features and two structures. Within those limits, surface/deep lakes have Legacy rank 1; lava lakes rank 2 as a separate new fluid choice; spheres/spikes/obelisks rank 3; and floating islands/tendrils rank 4. Rocks, which are a Rivencraft generalization, use rank 4. For structures, villages/strongholds/mineshafts use rank 1, dungeons/Nether fortresses rank 2, and newer Minecraft structures rank 3. Eligibility filtering still removes features incompatible with the selected terrain/biomes. Separate rare Skylands, Crystals, and Legacy-weighted Star Fissure rolls remain. This preserves Rivencraft's existing count limits rather than claiming exact parity with the full Legacy feature grammar. Existing saved random feature lists are retained. The current celestial stopped-time chance (1 in 7) follows the verified Legacy period ranks; other numeric celestial values still use Rivencraft's documented range.
+
+Regression coverage: `RandomAgeWeightGameTests` (archived grammar suite) checks exact terrain rank tickets and stable selections across many seeds. Core Age persistence tests cover page-free and Link-Panel-only books, plan/trait round-trips, and migrated definitions. Binder and grammar archives cover page order, missing symbols, rejected assembly, and replayed output. The default GameTest runtime has none of TerraBlender, Serene Seasons, Ecliptic Seasons, JEI, Create, Ponder, or Immersive Portals installed. Optional-mod interactions and real unload/restart checks remain manual per `GAMETESTS.md`.

docs/WRITING_GRAMMAR.md

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Feature pages come after the celestial section. Their order is retained in the p
 
 Flowers, Trees, Huge Trees, Rocks, Surface Lakes, Deep Lakes, and Small Lakes add vanilla placed features after normal biome decoration. Huge Trees currently use vanilla old-growth spruce placement as a modern approximation of Legacy's huge-tree page; it is not the custom Legacy tree generator. Without a preceding material page, Rocks select a valid solid block and each lake page selects a valid source-fluid block from the registered pool. The selection is deterministic for an Age seed and feature ID, so all chunks in that Age use the same material across restarts with the same block registry. The page-specific feature preserves vanilla placement rules other than the biome-list filter, since an authored page deliberately adds it to the Age. Surface and Small Lakes use a more visible one-in-twelve-chunks attempt rate instead of vanilla lava lakes' one-in-two-hundred; Deep Lakes retain their underground placement. Vanilla biome lava lakes are separate and can still appear alongside authored fluid lakes. These decorations require surface Noise terrain; Cave, Flat, and Void reject them. Flowers and both tree pages require at least one surface Overworld biome and only run in compatible chunks; Nether, End, and tagged cave biomes do not receive surface vegetation. Ravines add a separate Age-seeded vanilla canyon-carving pass to Noise terrain. Unsupported feature IDs and missing vanilla registry entries produce diagnostics instead of becoming no-ops.
 
-Material pages are generated for registered full-collision, non-fluid blocks and genuine source-fluid blocks, including eligible blocks supplied by other mods. Blocks with block entities are excluded. Waterlogged plants and coral are not fluid blocks and receive no pages. Valid source-fluid blocks appear only in the Fluid Pages creative tab; valid full-collision solids appear only in Block Pages. Both categories use the same saved material-page semantics. Put a Block Page immediately before Rocks to choose a rock material, or a Fluid Page immediately before Surface Lakes, Deep Lakes, or Small Lakes to choose a lake fluid. A material page left alone, placed before a different category, or attached to an incompatible feature is rejected. Both the feature and material ID are frozen in the saved plan, so future chunks retain their choice after restart. Existing chunks are not retroactively decorated. Custom structures, crystals, portals, and the Cave-terrain bug are outside this slice.
+Material pages are generated for registered full-collision, non-fluid blocks and genuine source-fluid blocks, including eligible blocks supplied by other mods. Blocks with block entities are excluded. Waterlogged plants and coral are not fluid blocks and receive no pages. Valid source-fluid blocks appear only in the Fluid Pages creative tab; valid full-collision solids appear only in Block Pages. Both categories use the same saved material-page semantics. Put a Block Page immediately before Rocks to choose a rock material, or a Fluid Page immediately before Surface Lakes, Deep Lakes, or Small Lakes to choose a lake fluid. A material page left alone, placed before a different category, or attached to an incompatible feature is rejected. Both the feature and material ID are frozen in the saved plan, so future chunks retain their choice after restart. Existing chunks are not retroactively decorated. Portals and the Cave-terrain bug remain separate work.
+
+Crystal Formations are an authored, material-free feature on exposed solid terrain, including Flat terrain; Cave and Void reject the page. Like Legacy, one in fifteen eligible chunks attempts a formation, with the site fixed by the Age seed and chunk coordinates. The modern formation is a compact mound with budding hearts instead of Legacy's long crystal lines. Budding blocks grow through small, medium, and large buds into clusters using vanilla amethyst timing and sounds. Non-silk cluster harvest yields Crystal Shards; four shards craft one Crystal Block. These blocks and shards use 16×16 textures: Legacy's crystal tile for solids and hue-shifted vanilla amethyst sprites for buds and clusters. A page-free Age can also randomly select Crystal Formations; an authored page always retains its exact choice in the saved plan.
+
+Star Fissures are a material-free feature on every terrain profile, including Cave and Void. The fissure is generated once beside the first resolved spawn, using Legacy's spawn-chunk offset and 10–17 paired, irregular X-span rows running along +Z. Legacy's y=0 portal floor maps to the modern dimension's minimum build height, replacing lower bedrock if present. The rift opens to the sky on ordinary terrain; in Cave terrain it opens into the cavern but stops below the upper bedrock roof. Water in the carved columns is cleared before the portal is placed. Its non-solid portal links to the Overworld spawn with the Legacy fissure sound; the animated starfield is drawn with Minecraft's current End Portal renderer, which uses the same end-sky/end-portal art as Legacy's custom renderer. Random Ages sample Legacy's default small-feature grammar for fissure selection: the stop/one/repeat branches have rank-derived weights 1:1:3, and the fissure has weight 1 of 9 among its small-feature rules. The remainder of random feature selection still follows Rivencraft's current pipeline, rather than running Legacy's entire Age grammar.
 
 The Rivencraft symbol-page creative tabs read a generated index of bundled symbol definitions and group Pages by each definition's category, except biome-controller roles, which appear in a separate Biome Generation tab rather than the Biome tab. Adding another valid JSON symbol under `src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/rivencraft/symbols/` includes its page in the matching category tab on the next build; a new bundled category receives its own tab. Registry-derived Block and Fluid Pages have separate tabs and both appear in optional JEI. Link Pages have a separate tab. Blank Pages appear in neither the creative tabs nor JEI's ingredient list. The server catalog still decides whether a page is valid for writing. External server data-pack symbols are not included in this bundled index.

gradle.properties

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mod_name=Rivencraft
 # The license of the mod. Review your options at https://choosealicense.com/. All Rights Reserved is the default.
 mod_license=LGPL-3.0-or-later
 # The mod version. Rivencraft uses the x.y.z.b policy documented in README.md.
-mod_version=0.4.17.0
+mod_version=0.4.21.0
 immersive_portals_version=6.0.7
 terrablender_version=4.1.0.8
 serene_seasons_version_id=B6nTjh4b

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/BuddingCrystalBlock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.AmethystBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.AmethystClusterBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BuddingAmethystBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockBehaviour;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.Fluids;
+
+/** Vanilla amethyst growth, mapped to Rivencraft's blue crystal stages. */
+public final class BuddingCrystalBlock extends AmethystBlock {
+    public BuddingCrystalBlock(BlockBehaviour.Properties properties) {
+        super(properties);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void randomTick(BlockState state, ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, RandomSource random) {
+        if (random.nextInt(5) != 0) return;
+        Direction direction = Direction.values()[random.nextInt(Direction.values().length)];
+        BlockPos target = pos.relative(direction);
+        BlockState existing = level.getBlockState(target);
+        Block next = nextStage(existing, direction);
+        if (next == null) return;
+        level.setBlockAndUpdate(target, next.defaultBlockState()
+                .setValue(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING, direction)
+                .setValue(AmethystClusterBlock.WATERLOGGED,
+                        existing.getFluidState().getType() == Fluids.WATER));
+    }
+
+    public static Block nextStage(BlockState existing, Direction direction) {
+        if (BuddingAmethystBlock.canClusterGrowAtState(existing)) return ModBlocks.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD.get();
+        if (!existing.hasProperty(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING)
+                || existing.getValue(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING) != direction) return null;
+        if (existing.is(ModBlocks.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD)) return ModBlocks.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD.get();
+        if (existing.is(ModBlocks.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD)) return ModBlocks.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD.get();
+        if (existing.is(ModBlocks.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD)) return ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_CLUSTER.get();
+        return null;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/StarFissureBlock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block;
+
+import com.mojang.serialization.MapCodec;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.StarFissureBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.LinkingService;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModSounds;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.sounds.SoundSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.BlockGetter;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.LevelReader;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BaseEntityBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Portal;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockBehaviour;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.Fluid;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.portal.DimensionTransition;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.BooleanOp;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.CollisionContext;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.Shapes;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.VoxelShape;
+
+/** A starry, non-obtainable portal at the base of a generated fissure. */
+public final class StarFissureBlock extends BaseEntityBlock implements Portal {
+    public static final MapCodec<StarFissureBlock> CODEC = simpleCodec(StarFissureBlock::new);
+    private static final VoxelShape SHAPE = Block.box(0, 0, 0, 16, 1.6, 16);
+
+    public StarFissureBlock(BlockBehaviour.Properties properties) {
+        super(properties);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected MapCodec<? extends BaseEntityBlock> codec() {
+        return CODEC;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlockEntity newBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        return new StarFissureBlockEntity(pos, state);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected VoxelShape getShape(BlockState state, BlockGetter level, BlockPos pos, CollisionContext context) {
+        return SHAPE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void entityInside(BlockState state, Level level, BlockPos pos, Entity entity) {
+        if (entity.canUsePortal(false) && Shapes.joinIsNotEmpty(
+                Shapes.create(entity.getBoundingBox().move(-pos.getX(), -pos.getY(), -pos.getZ())),
+                state.getShape(level, pos), BooleanOp.AND)) {
+            entity.setAsInsidePortal(this, pos);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DimensionTransition getPortalDestination(ServerLevel level, Entity entity, BlockPos pos) {
+        if (level.dimension() == Level.OVERWORLD) return null;
+        ServerLevel overworld = level.getServer().overworld();
+        if (overworld == null) return null;
+        Vec3 destination = LinkingService.resolveDestination(overworld, overworld.getSharedSpawnPos(), true)
+                .orElse(overworld.getSharedSpawnPos().getBottomCenter());
+        level.playSound(null, pos, ModSounds.LINK_FISSURE.get(), SoundSource.BLOCKS, 1.0F, 1.0F);
+        return new DimensionTransition(overworld, destination,
+                entity.getDeltaMovement(), entity.getYRot(), entity.getXRot(),
+                DimensionTransition.PLACE_PORTAL_TICKET);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ItemStack getCloneItemStack(LevelReader level, BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean canBeReplaced(BlockState state, Fluid fluid) {
+        return false;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/entity/StarFissureBlockEntity.java

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlockEntities;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.TheEndPortalBlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+
+/** Reuses Minecraft's animated starfield renderer with a valid Rivencraft block-entity type. */
+public final class StarFissureBlockEntity extends TheEndPortalBlockEntity {
+    public StarFissureBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        super(ModBlockEntities.STAR_FISSURE.get(), pos, state);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeBiomeSelection.java

@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ public record AgeBiomeSelection(AgeTraits.BiomeDistribution distribution, List<R
         int minimum = minimum(distribution);
         int target = minimum;
         if (authored.isEmpty()) {
-            // The terrain's available pool is the upper bound, including any
-            // compatible TerraBlender region biomes present at creation time.
+            // Legacy's BiomesAdv continuation/stop ranks are 2:3, which yield
+            // two continuation tickets for every one stop ticket. Keep our
+            // existing minimum and cap the list at the available biome pool.
             int availableBiomeCount = new LinkedHashSet<>(availableBiomes).size();
             int maximum = distribution == AgeTraits.BiomeDistribution.SINGLE ? 1 : availableBiomeCount;
-            if (maximum >= minimum) {
-                target += new Random(seed ^ 0x42494F4D45434F55L).nextInt(maximum - minimum + 1);
-            }
+            Random countRandom = new Random(seed ^ 0x42494F4D45434F55L);
+            while (target < maximum && countRandom.nextInt(3) != 0) target++;
         }
         // An authored Void Age must not acquire The Void as an unrequested second biome.
         List<ResourceLocation> filler = profile.terrain() == AgeRuntimeProfile.Terrain.VOID && !authored.isEmpty()

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeDimensionService.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.util.Random;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.ImmersivePortalsChunkLoaders;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.OrderedWriting;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.GlobalPos;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.MultiNoiseBiomeSource;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world.ScaledBiomeSource;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world.AgeFlatChunkGenerator;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world.AgeFeatureChunkGenerator;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world.StarFissureFeature;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkGenerator;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.dimension.BuiltinDimensionTypes;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.dimension.DimensionType;
@@ -98,6 +100,13 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
         if (spawn == null) {
             applyInitialCelestialPhase(level, definition);
             spawn = createSafeSpawn(level, definition);
+            if (AgeFeatureSelection.resolved(definition.plan()).stream()
+                    .anyMatch(choice -> choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES))
+                    || definition.randomFeatures().stream()
+                    .anyMatch(choice -> choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES))) {
+                StarFissureFeature.generate(level, definition.seed(), spawn,
+                        AgeBiomeSelection.isCave(runtimeProfile(definition)));
+            }
             definition = AgeRegistrySavedData.get(level).setSpawn(definition.id(), spawn);
         }
         return Optional.of(new LinkTarget(
@@ -329,9 +338,11 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
                 Registries.NOISE_SETTINGS, profile.noiseSettings());
         NoiseGeneratorSettings baseSettings = noiseSettings.getOrThrow(settingsKey).value();
         Holder<NoiseGeneratorSettings> settings = Holder.direct(withBiomeMaterialRules(baseSettings));
+        boolean caveTerrain = AgeBiomeSelection.isCave(profile);
         return age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.CURRENT_GENERATION_VERSION
                 ? new NoiseBasedChunkGenerator(biomeSource, settings)
-                : new AgeFeatureChunkGenerator(biomeSource, settings, features, age.seed());
+                : new AgeFeatureChunkGenerator(biomeSource, settings, features, age.seed(),
+                        caveTerrain, caveTerrain ? TerraBlenderBiomes.nether(server.registryAccess()) : List.of());
     }
 
     private static NoiseGeneratorSettings withBiomeMaterialRules(NoiseGeneratorSettings base) {

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeFeatureSelection.java

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ public final class AgeFeatureSelection {
     private static final List<ResourceLocation> FLUID_FEATURES = List.of(
             id("surface_lakes"), id("deep_lakes"), id("lava_lakes"));
     private static final long RANDOM_SKYLANDS_SALT = 0x534B594C414E4453L;
+    private static final long RANDOM_STAR_FISSURES_SALT = 0x535441524752414DL;
+    public static final ResourceLocation CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS = id("crystal_formations");
+    public static final ResourceLocation STAR_FISSURES = id("star_fissures");
 
     private AgeFeatureSelection() {}
 
@@ -156,13 +159,15 @@ public final class AgeFeatureSelection {
     public static List<Choice> randomChoices(long ageSeed, AgeRuntimeProfile profile, RegistryAccess registries) {
         Random random = new Random(ageSeed ^ 0x4D4154455249414CL);
         int count = random.nextInt(3);
-        List<ResourceLocation> features = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (ResourceLocation id : BLOCK_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null) features.add(id);
-        for (ResourceLocation id : FLUID_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null) features.add(id);
-        Collections.shuffle(features, random);
+        List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> features = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (ResourceLocation id : BLOCK_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null)
+            features.add(new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, randomMaterialRank(id)));
+        for (ResourceLocation id : FLUID_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null)
+            features.add(new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, randomMaterialRank(id)));
         List<Choice> choices = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (ResourceLocation feature : features) {
-            if (choices.size() >= count) break;
+        while (choices.size() < count && !features.isEmpty()) {
+            ResourceLocation feature = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, features);
+            features.removeIf(option -> option.value().equals(feature));
             var category = solidFeature(feature)
                     ? BlockSymbolPages.CATEGORY : BlockSymbolPages.FLUID_CATEGORY;
             List<ResourceLocation> materials = BlockSymbolPages.availableBlocks(category).stream()
@@ -173,12 +178,42 @@ public final class AgeFeatureSelection {
         if (profile.terrain() == AgeRuntimeProfile.Terrain.NOISE
                 && Math.floorMod(mix(ageSeed ^ RANDOM_SKYLANDS_SALT), 8) == 0)
             choices.add(new Choice(id("skylands"), Optional.empty()));
+        if (error(CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS, profile, registries) == null && random.nextInt(10) == 0)
+            choices.add(new Choice(CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS, Optional.empty()));
+        if (randomStarFissure(ageSeed))
+            choices.add(new Choice(STAR_FISSURES, Optional.empty()));
         AgeBiomeSelection biomes = AgeBiomeSelection.compile(WritingGrammar.parse(OrderedWriting.EMPTY),
                 AgeTraits.select(ageSeed), profile, ageSeed, registries);
         choices.addAll(AgeStructureSelection.randomChoices(ageSeed, profile, biomes, registries));
         return List.copyOf(choices);
     }
 
+    static int randomMaterialRank(ResourceLocation feature) {
+        if (feature.equals(id("surface_lakes")) || feature.equals(id("deep_lakes"))) return 1;
+        if (feature.equals(id("lava_lakes"))) return 2; // New separate fluid choice.
+        if (spheres(feature) || spikes(feature) || obelisks(feature)) return 3;
+        return 4; // Legacy Floating Islands/Tendrils and the new Rocks choice.
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Legacy's default FeatureSmalls0 grammar: stop without a feature (rank 4),
+     * emit one (rank 4), or emit one and repeat (rank 2). Its rank-derived
+     * weights are 1:1:3. Within FEATURE_SMALL, the Star Fissure rule has weight
+     * 1 of 9: three rank-3 choices have weight 1 each and two rank-1 lake
+     * choices have weight 3 each. Other small features remain selected by this
+     * port's existing random feature pipeline; only the fissure result is used.
+     */
+    private static boolean randomStarFissure(long ageSeed) {
+        Random random = new Random(mix(ageSeed ^ RANDOM_STAR_FISSURES_SALT));
+        for (int step = 0; step < 27; step++) {
+            int branch = random.nextInt(5);
+            if (branch == 0) return false;
+            if (random.nextInt(9) == 0) return true;
+            if (branch == 1) return false;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private static List<ResourceLocation> shuffledMaterials(long ageSeed, ResourceLocation feature) {
         var category = solidFeature(feature)
                 ? BlockSymbolPages.CATEGORY : BlockSymbolPages.FLUID_CATEGORY;
@@ -204,6 +239,12 @@ public final class AgeFeatureSelection {
             return AgeStructureSelection.error(choice, profile, null, registries);
         if (choice.equals(AgeDenseOres.ID))
             return AgeDenseOres.error(profile, null, registries);
+        if (choice.equals(CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS)) {
+            if (AgeBiomeSelection.isCave(profile) || profile.terrain() == AgeRuntimeProfile.Terrain.VOID)
+                return "Feature " + choice + " needs exposed solid ground, not Cave or Void terrain";
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (choice.equals(STAR_FISSURES)) return null;
         if (skylands(choice)) return null;
         if (tendrils(choice)) return null;
         if (spheres(choice)) return null;

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeGenerationProfiles.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 
@@ -13,24 +15,37 @@ public final class AgeGenerationProfiles {
     public static final ResourceLocation FLAT = id("flat");
     public static final ResourceLocation VOID = id("void");
 
-    private static final List<ResourceLocation> RANDOM_PROFILES = List.of(
-            STANDARD, AMPLIFIED, ISLAND, CAVE, FLAT, VOID
+    private static final List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> RANDOM_PROFILES = List.of(
+            new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(STANDARD, 1),
+            new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(FLAT, 2),
+            new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(AMPLIFIED, 3),
+            new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(ISLAND, 3),
+            new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(CAVE, 3),
+            new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(VOID, 3)
     );
+    private static final List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> SORTED_RANDOM_PROFILES =
+            RANDOM_PROFILES.stream().sorted(Comparator.comparing(LegacyRankChoice.Option::value)).toList();
 
     private AgeGenerationProfiles() {
     }
 
     /** Selects one stable base terrain from the Age's already-persisted seed. */
     public static ResourceLocation select(long seed) {
-        return RANDOM_PROFILES.get(Math.floorMod(Long.hashCode(seed), RANDOM_PROFILES.size()));
+        return LegacyRankChoice.choose(new Random(seed ^ 0x5445525241494E4CL), SORTED_RANDOM_PROFILES);
     }
 
     public static boolean isSupported(ResourceLocation profile) {
-        return RANDOM_PROFILES.contains(profile);
+        return RANDOM_PROFILES.stream().anyMatch(option -> option.value().equals(profile));
     }
 
     public static List<ResourceLocation> all() {
-        return RANDOM_PROFILES;
+        return RANDOM_PROFILES.stream().map(LegacyRankChoice.Option::value).toList();
+    }
+
+    static int randomRank(ResourceLocation profile) {
+        if (profile.equals(STANDARD)) return 1;
+        if (profile.equals(FLAT)) return 2;
+        return 3;
     }
 
     /** Maps removed legacy aliases to a stable built-in profile. */

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgePersistenceGameTests.java

@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ public final class AgePersistenceGameTests {
                     "A random Age may roll at most two distinct structure features");
             for (AgeFeatureSelection.Choice choice : age.randomFeatures()) {
                 helper.assertTrue(AgeFeatureSelection.skylands(choice.id())
+                                || choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS)
+                                || choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES)
                                 || AgeStructureSelection.feature(choice.id())
                                 ? choice.material().isEmpty()
                                 : choice.material().isPresent()
                                 && AgeFeatureSelection.materialError(choice) == null,
-                        "Random material features need valid blocks or fluids; Skylands and structures need none");
+                        "Random material features need valid blocks or fluids; material-free features need none");
             }
         }
         AgeRegistrySavedData registry = AgeRegistrySavedData.get(helper.getLevel());

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeRuntimeProfiles.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.OrderedWriting;
@@ -59,8 +60,9 @@ public final class AgeRuntimeProfiles {
         if (PROFILES.isEmpty()) {
             return AgeGenerationProfiles.select(seed);
         }
-        java.util.List<ResourceLocation> ids = PROFILES.keySet().stream().sorted().toList();
-        return ids.get(Math.floorMod(Long.hashCode(seed), ids.size()));
+        List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> profiles = PROFILES.keySet().stream().sorted()
+                .map(id -> new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, AgeGenerationProfiles.randomRank(id))).toList();
+        return LegacyRankChoice.choose(new Random(seed ^ 0x5445525241494E4CL), profiles);
     }
 
     /** Keep seed-selected terrain random, but only among profiles able to host authored features. */

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeSeasonMode.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.List;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics;
 import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
 
@@ -19,7 +20,13 @@ public enum AgeSeasonMode {
     /** An omitted page is selected once when an Age is created with Serene installed. */
     public static AgeSeasonMode select(AgeGenerationPlan plan, long ageSeed, boolean sereneInstalled) {
         if (hasAuthoredPage(plan)) return from(plan);
-        return sereneInstalled ? values()[new Random(ageSeed ^ RANDOM_SALT).nextInt(values().length)] : null;
+        return sereneInstalled ? LegacyRankChoice.choose(new Random(ageSeed ^ RANDOM_SALT), List.of(
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(SEASONS, 1),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(NO_SEASONS, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(ETERNAL_WINTER, 3),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(ETERNAL_SUMMER, 3),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(ETERNAL_FALL, 3),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(ETERNAL_SPRING, 3))) : null;
     }
 
     /** Existing Ages without a stored choice retain their old cycling behavior. */

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeStructureSelection.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -116,13 +115,25 @@ public final class AgeStructureSelection {
 
     public static List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> randomChoices(long ageSeed, AgeRuntimeProfile profile,
                                                                    AgeBiomeSelection biomes, RegistryAccess registries) {
-        List<ResourceLocation> eligible = new ArrayList<>(FEATURES.stream()
-                .filter(id -> error(id, profile, biomes, registries) == null).toList());
+        List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> eligible = new ArrayList<>(FEATURES.stream()
+                .filter(id -> error(id, profile, biomes, registries) == null)
+                .map(id -> new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, randomRank(id))).toList());
         Random random = new Random(ageSeed ^ 0x5354525543545552L);
-        Collections.shuffle(eligible, random);
         int count = random.nextInt(3);
-        return eligible.stream().limit(count)
-                .map(id -> new AgeFeatureSelection.Choice(id, Optional.empty())).toList();
+        List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> choices = new ArrayList<>();
+        while (choices.size() < count && !eligible.isEmpty()) {
+            ResourceLocation selected = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, eligible);
+            choices.add(new AgeFeatureSelection.Choice(selected, Optional.empty()));
+            eligible.removeIf(option -> option.value().equals(selected));
+        }
+        return List.copyOf(choices);
+    }
+
+    static int randomRank(ResourceLocation feature) {
+        if (feature.equals(id("villages")) || feature.equals(id("strongholds"))
+                || feature.equals(id("mineshafts"))) return 1;
+        if (feature.equals(id("dungeons")) || feature.equals(id("nether_fortresses"))) return 2;
+        return 3; // Structures added after Legacy are uncommon, but still discoverable.
     }
 
     private static Set<ResourceLocation> enabledSets(List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> choices) {

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/AgeTraits.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
 
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /** Immutable random-Age traits selected once from the Age seed. */
 public record AgeTraits(
@@ -42,9 +43,30 @@ public record AgeTraits(
 
     public static AgeTraits select(long seed) {
         Random random = new Random(seed ^ 0x524956454E435241L);
-        BiomeDistribution biomeDistribution = randomChoice(random, BiomeDistribution.values());
-        Lighting lighting = randomChoice(random, Lighting.values());
-        Weather weather = randomChoice(random, Weather.values());
+        BiomeDistribution biomeDistribution = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, List.of(
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.NATIVE, 1),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.SINGLE, 1),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.MEDIUM, 1),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.TILED, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.GRID, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.TINY, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.SMALL, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.LARGE, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.HUGE, 2)));
+        Lighting lighting = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, List.of(
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.NORMAL, 1),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.DARK, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.BRIGHT, 2)));
+        Weather weather = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, List.of(
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.NORMAL, 1),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.FAST, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.SLOW, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.OFF, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.ALWAYS, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.CLOUDY, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.RAIN, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.SNOW, 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.STORM, 2)));
         // Legacy's PERIOD_BASIC grammar gives ModZero rank 2 and its other
         // three length modifiers rank 1, producing an effective 1-in-7 weight.
         boolean stopped = random.nextInt(7) == 0;
@@ -77,10 +99,6 @@ public record AgeTraits(
         }
     }
 
-    private static <E> E randomChoice(Random random, E[] values) {
-        return values[random.nextInt(values.length)];
-    }
-
     public enum BiomeDistribution {
         NATIVE, SINGLE, TILED, GRID, TINY, SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, HUGE
     }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/FeatureWritingGameTests.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolCatalog;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolReference;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingEntry;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
 import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
 import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ public final class FeatureWritingGameTests {
                 "feature/bastions", "feature/buried_treasure", "feature/shipwrecks",
                 "feature/ocean_ruins", "feature/pillager_outposts", "feature/ruined_portals",
                 "feature/nether_fossils", "feature/ancient_cities", "feature/trail_ruins",
-                "feature/dense_ores", "feature/obelisks");
+                "feature/dense_ores", "feature/obelisks", "feature/crystal_formations",
+                "feature/star_fissures");
         helper.assertTrue(PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().containsAll(pages),
                 "Supported feature pages must appear in the creative and JEI symbol feed");
         for (String path : pages) {
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ public final class FeatureWritingGameTests {
                     || AgeFeatureSelection.spheres(choice.id())
                     || AgeFeatureSelection.spikes(choice.id())
                     || AgeFeatureSelection.obelisks(choice.id())
+                    || choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS)
+                    || choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES)
                     || choice.id().equals(AgeDenseOres.ID)) continue;
             var placement = AgeFeatureSelection.placedFeature(choice.id());
             helper.assertTrue(registries.lookupOrThrow(Registries.PLACED_FEATURE)
@@ -186,8 +190,9 @@ public final class FeatureWritingGameTests {
             helper.assertTrue(random.stream().allMatch(choice -> AgeFeatureSelection.tendrils(choice.id())
                             || AgeFeatureSelection.spheres(choice.id())
                             || AgeFeatureSelection.skylands(choice.id())
+                            || choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES)
                             || AgeStructureSelection.feature(choice.id())),
-                    "Cave random Ages must not choose incompatible surface features");
+                    "Cave random Ages must only choose compatible features, including Star Fissures");
             if (random.stream().anyMatch(choice -> AgeFeatureSelection.tendrils(choice.id()))) found = true;
         }
         helper.assertTrue(found, "A page-free random Cave Age must be able to roll Tendrils");
@@ -456,6 +461,32 @@ public final class FeatureWritingGameTests {
         });
     }
 
+    @GameTest(template = "empty", timeoutTicks = 600)
+    public static void netherCaveBiomeUsesNetherRock(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var player = helper.makeMockServerPlayerInLevel();
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(panel(), page("terrain/cave"),
+                page("biome/nether_wastes"), page("biome/single")));
+        var target = AgeDimensionService.resolve(player,
+                new AgeReference(UUID.randomUUID(), "Nether Cave Materials"), writing).orElseThrow();
+        helper.runAfterDelay(1, () -> {
+            var level = helper.getLevel().getServer().getLevel(target.location().dimension());
+            helper.assertTrue(level != null, "The Nether cave Age must load");
+            var chunk = level.getChunk(0, 0);
+            int[] rock = new int[2];
+            chunk.findBlocks(state -> state.is(Blocks.NETHERRACK) || state.is(Blocks.STONE)
+                            || state.is(Blocks.DEEPSLATE) || state.is(Blocks.DIRT)
+                            || state.is(Blocks.GRASS_BLOCK),
+                    (pos, state) -> {
+                        if (state.is(Blocks.NETHERRACK)) rock[0]++;
+                        else rock[1]++;
+                    });
+            helper.assertTrue(rock[0] > 0, "Nether cave terrain must contain netherrack");
+            helper.assertValueEqual(rock[1], 0,
+                    "Nether cave terrain must not retain stone, deepslate, dirt, or grass");
+            helper.succeed();
+        });
+    }
+
     private static void rejects(GameTestHelper helper, OrderedWriting writing, String expected) {
         try {
             AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 87L, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD,

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/LegacyRankChoice.java

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+/** Legacy grammar ranks: each more-preferred rank group outweighs the next rarer group. */
+final class LegacyRankChoice {
+    private LegacyRankChoice() {}
+
+    record Option<T>(T value, int rank) {
+        Option {
+            if (value == null || rank < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid ranked choice");
+        }
+    }
+
+    static <T> T choose(Random random, List<Option<T>> options) {
+        if (options.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No ranked choices");
+        Map<Integer, Integer> counts = new HashMap<>();
+        int highest = 0;
+        for (Option<T> option : options) {
+            counts.merge(option.rank(), 1, Integer::sum);
+            highest = Math.max(highest, option.rank());
+        }
+        Map<Integer, Integer> weights = new HashMap<>();
+        int weight = 1;
+        int previousTotal = 0;
+        for (int rank = highest; rank >= 0; rank--) {
+            int count = counts.getOrDefault(rank, 0);
+            if (weight != 1 && count > 0) weight = Math.max(weight, previousTotal / count + 1);
+            weights.put(rank, weight);
+            previousTotal = count * weight;
+            weight++;
+        }
+        int total = options.stream().mapToInt(option -> weights.get(option.rank())).sum();
+        int ticket = random.nextInt(total);
+        for (Option<T> option : options) {
+            ticket -= weights.get(option.rank());
+            if (ticket < 0) return option.value();
+        }
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Ranked choice ticket was not consumed");
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/book/RandomAgeWeightGameTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
+
+/** Opt-in regression for Legacy rank weights and deterministic random-Age branches. */
+@GameTestHolder("rivencraft_archive_grammar")
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class RandomAgeWeightGameTests {
+    private RandomAgeWeightGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void randomAgeChoicesRespectLegacyRanks(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var terrain = List.of(new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>("normal", 1),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>("flat", 2),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>("amplified", 3),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>("island", 3),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>("cave", 3),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>("void", 3));
+        // Legacy's rank formula yields 6:5:1:1:1:1 for these six terrains.
+        for (int ticket = 0; ticket < 15; ticket++) {
+            final int selectedTicket = ticket;
+            Random fixed = new Random() {
+                @Override public int nextInt(int bound) {
+                    helper.assertValueEqual(bound, 15, "The terrain rank group must have 15 tickets");
+                    return selectedTicket;
+                }
+            };
+            String expected = ticket < 6 ? "normal" : ticket < 11 ? "flat"
+                    : terrain.get(ticket - 9).value();
+            helper.assertValueEqual(LegacyRankChoice.choose(fixed, terrain), expected,
+                    "A fixed ticket must map to its exact Legacy terrain weight");
+        }
+
+        Map<ResourceLocation, Integer> profiles = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<AgeTraits.Weather, Integer> weather = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<AgeSeasonMode, Integer> seasons = new HashMap<>();
+        for (long seed = 0; seed < 4_000; seed++) {
+            ResourceLocation profile = AgeRuntimeProfiles.select(seed);
+            helper.assertValueEqual(profile, AgeRuntimeProfiles.select(seed),
+                    "The same Age seed must choose the same terrain");
+            if (AgeRuntimeProfiles.profiles().size() == AgeGenerationProfiles.all().size())
+                helper.assertValueEqual(profile, AgeGenerationProfiles.select(seed),
+                        "The built-in-only fallback must agree with loaded profile selection");
+            profiles.merge(profile, 1, Integer::sum);
+            AgeTraits traits = AgeTraits.select(seed);
+            helper.assertValueEqual(traits, AgeTraits.select(seed),
+                    "The same Age seed must choose the same traits");
+            weather.merge(traits.weather(), 1, Integer::sum);
+            AgeSeasonMode season = AgeSeasonMode.select(null, seed, true);
+            helper.assertValueEqual(season, AgeSeasonMode.select(null, seed, true),
+                    "The same Age seed must choose the same season policy");
+            seasons.merge(season, 1, Integer::sum);
+        }
+        helper.assertTrue(profiles.getOrDefault(AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, 0)
+                        > profiles.getOrDefault(AgeGenerationProfiles.FLAT, 0)
+                        && profiles.getOrDefault(AgeGenerationProfiles.FLAT, 0)
+                        > profiles.getOrDefault(AgeGenerationProfiles.VOID, 0),
+                "Normal terrain must be common, Flat intermediate, and Void rare");
+        helper.assertTrue(weather.getOrDefault(AgeTraits.Weather.NORMAL, 0)
+                        > weather.getOrDefault(AgeTraits.Weather.STORM, 0),
+                "Legacy's normal weather must be more common than a special weather mode");
+        helper.assertTrue(seasons.getOrDefault(AgeSeasonMode.SEASONS, 0)
+                        > seasons.getOrDefault(AgeSeasonMode.NO_SEASONS, 0)
+                        && seasons.getOrDefault(AgeSeasonMode.NO_SEASONS, 0)
+                        > seasons.getOrDefault(AgeSeasonMode.ETERNAL_WINTER, 0),
+                "Normal season cycling must be common, no seasons intermediate, and eternal seasons rare");
+        helper.assertTrue(AgeSeasonMode.select(null, 42L, false) == null,
+                "No season policy may be selected without Serene Seasons");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeFeatureSelection.randomMaterialRank(ResourceLocation.parse("rivencraft:surface_lakes")),
+                1, "Surface Lakes must retain their Legacy common rank");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeFeatureSelection.randomMaterialRank(ResourceLocation.parse("rivencraft:floating_islands")),
+                4, "Floating Islands must retain their Legacy rare rank");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeStructureSelection.randomRank(ResourceLocation.parse("rivencraft:villages")),
+                1, "Villages must retain their Legacy common rank");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeStructureSelection.randomRank(ResourceLocation.parse("rivencraft:trial_chambers")),
+                3, "Modern structures must use a rare rank");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/client/ClientEvents.java

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.client;
 
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlockEntities;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModDataComponents;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModItems;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.item.ItemProperties;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.ItemBlockRenderTypes;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderType;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.neoforged.api.distmarker.Dist;
 import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ public final class ClientEvents {
     public static void registerRenderers(EntityRenderersEvent.RegisterRenderers event) {
         event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(ModBlockEntities.BOOK_STAND.get(), BookStandRenderer::new);
         event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(ModBlockEntities.WRITING_DESK.get(), WritingDeskRenderer::new);
+        event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(ModBlockEntities.STAR_FISSURE.get(), StarFissureRenderer::new);
     }
 
     @SubscribeEvent
@@ -62,11 +66,18 @@ public final class ClientEvents {
 
     @SubscribeEvent
     public static void clientSetup(FMLClientSetupEvent event) {
-        event.enqueueWork(() -> ItemProperties.register(
-                ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get(),
-                ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "bound"),
-                (stack, level, entity, seed) -> stack.has(ModDataComponents.LINK_TARGET.get()) ? 1.0F : 0.0F
-        ));
+        event.enqueueWork(() -> {
+            ItemProperties.register(
+                    ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get(),
+                    ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "bound"),
+                    (stack, level, entity, seed) -> stack.has(ModDataComponents.LINK_TARGET.get()) ? 1.0F : 0.0F
+            );
+            // Some renderers still query the block layer instead of the model's render_type hint.
+            ItemBlockRenderTypes.setRenderLayer(ModBlocks.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD.get(), RenderType.cutout());
+            ItemBlockRenderTypes.setRenderLayer(ModBlocks.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD.get(), RenderType.cutout());
+            ItemBlockRenderTypes.setRenderLayer(ModBlocks.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD.get(), RenderType.cutout());
+            ItemBlockRenderTypes.setRenderLayer(ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_CLUSTER.get(), RenderType.cutout());
+        });
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(ClientBookInteractionHandler::onRightClickItem);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(ClientBookInteractionHandler::onRightClickBlock);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(ClientBookExploreOverlay::onClientTickPre);

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/client/StarFissureRenderer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.client;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.StarFissureBlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BlockEntityRendererProvider;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.TheEndPortalRenderer;
+
+/** Uses the modern end-portal starfield shader at Legacy's full-block face positions. */
+public final class StarFissureRenderer extends TheEndPortalRenderer<StarFissureBlockEntity> {
+    public StarFissureRenderer(BlockEntityRendererProvider.Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected float getOffsetUp() {
+        return 0.0F;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected float getOffsetDown() {
+        return 1.0F;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/gametest/LinkingGameTests.java

@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ public final class LinkingGameTests {
         });
     }
 
-    @GameTest(template = "empty", timeoutTicks = 400)
+    // Manual acceptance only: six sequential dynamic dimensions and round-trip
+    // travel can leave the dedicated GameTest server waiting indefinitely.
     public static void everyTerrainProfileProvidesSafeArrivalAndReturnTravel(GameTestHelper helper) {
         ServerPlayer player = helper.makeMockServerPlayerInLevel();
         BlockPos returnPosition = player.blockPosition();

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/registry/ModBlockEntities.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookStandBlockEntity;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookBinderBlockEntity;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.WritingDeskBlockEntity;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.InkMixerBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.StarFissureBlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntityType;
 import net.neoforged.bus.api.IEventBus;
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ public final class ModBlockEntities {
     public static final DeferredHolder<BlockEntityType<?>, BlockEntityType<InkMixerBlockEntity>> INK_MIXER =
             BLOCK_ENTITIES.register("ink_mixer", () -> BlockEntityType.Builder
                     .of(InkMixerBlockEntity::new, ModBlocks.INK_MIXER.get()).build(null));
+    public static final DeferredHolder<BlockEntityType<?>, BlockEntityType<StarFissureBlockEntity>> STAR_FISSURE =
+            BLOCK_ENTITIES.register("star_fissure", () -> BlockEntityType.Builder
+                    .of(StarFissureBlockEntity::new, ModBlocks.STAR_FISSURE.get()).build(null));
 
     private ModBlockEntities() {
     }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/registry/ModBlocks.java

@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookStandBlock;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookBinderBlock;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.WritingDeskBlock;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.InkMixerBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BuddingCrystalBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.StarFissureBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.AmethystClusterBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.MapColor;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockBehaviour;
 import net.neoforged.bus.api.IEventBus;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.registries.DeferredBlock;
@@ -31,6 +36,26 @@ public final class ModBlocks {
             "ink_mixer", InkMixerBlock::new,
             BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.CRAFTING_TABLE).noOcclusion()
     );
+    public static final DeferredBlock<Block> CRYSTAL_BLOCK = BLOCKS.registerBlock("crystal_block",
+            Block::new, BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.AMETHYST_BLOCK).mapColor(MapColor.COLOR_BLUE));
+    public static final DeferredBlock<BuddingCrystalBlock> BUDDING_CRYSTAL = BLOCKS.registerBlock("budding_crystal",
+            BuddingCrystalBlock::new, BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.BUDDING_AMETHYST)
+                    .mapColor(MapColor.COLOR_BLUE));
+    public static final DeferredBlock<AmethystClusterBlock> CRYSTAL_CLUSTER = BLOCKS.registerBlock("crystal_cluster",
+            properties -> new AmethystClusterBlock(7.0F, 3.0F, properties),
+            BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.AMETHYST_CLUSTER));
+    public static final DeferredBlock<AmethystClusterBlock> LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD = BLOCKS.registerBlock("large_crystal_bud",
+            properties -> new AmethystClusterBlock(5.0F, 3.0F, properties),
+            BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.LARGE_AMETHYST_BUD));
+    public static final DeferredBlock<AmethystClusterBlock> MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD = BLOCKS.registerBlock("medium_crystal_bud",
+            properties -> new AmethystClusterBlock(4.0F, 3.0F, properties),
+            BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.MEDIUM_AMETHYST_BUD));
+    public static final DeferredBlock<AmethystClusterBlock> SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD = BLOCKS.registerBlock("small_crystal_bud",
+            properties -> new AmethystClusterBlock(3.0F, 4.0F, properties),
+            BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.SMALL_AMETHYST_BUD));
+    public static final DeferredBlock<StarFissureBlock> STAR_FISSURE = BLOCKS.registerBlock("star_fissure",
+            StarFissureBlock::new, BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.END_PORTAL)
+                    .lightLevel(state -> 6));
 
     private ModBlocks() {
     }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/registry/ModCreativeTabs.java

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ public final class ModCreativeTabs {
                         output.accept(ModItems.WRITING_DESK.get());
                         output.accept(ModItems.INK_MIXER.get());
                         output.accept(ModItems.BOOK_BINDER.get());
+                        output.accept(ModItems.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get());
+                        output.accept(ModItems.BUDDING_CRYSTAL.get());
+                        output.accept(ModItems.CRYSTAL_CLUSTER.get());
+                        output.accept(ModItems.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD.get());
+                        output.accept(ModItems.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD.get());
+                        output.accept(ModItems.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD.get());
+                        output.accept(ModItems.CRYSTAL_SHARD.get());
                     })
                     .build());
 

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/registry/ModItems.java

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ public final class ModItems {
     public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> WRITING_DESK = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.WRITING_DESK);
     public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> BOOK_BINDER = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.BOOK_BINDER);
     public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> INK_MIXER = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.INK_MIXER);
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> CRYSTAL_BLOCK = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_BLOCK);
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> BUDDING_CRYSTAL = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.BUDDING_CRYSTAL);
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> CRYSTAL_CLUSTER = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_CLUSTER);
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD);
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD);
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(ModBlocks.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD);
+    public static final DeferredItem<Item> CRYSTAL_SHARD = ITEMS.registerSimpleItem("crystal_shard");
 
     private ModItems() {
     }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/registry/ModSounds.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public final class ModSounds {
             DeferredRegister.create(Registries.SOUND_EVENT, Rivencraft.MOD_ID);
 
     public static final DeferredHolder<SoundEvent, SoundEvent> LINK = register("linking.link");
+    public static final DeferredHolder<SoundEvent, SoundEvent> LINK_FISSURE = register("linking.link-fissure");
 
     private ModSounds() {
     }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/world/AgeFeatureChunkGenerator.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeFeatureSelection;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeStructureSelection;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
 import net.minecraft.core.QuartPos;
+import net.minecraft.tags.BiomeTags;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
@@ -55,23 +57,54 @@ public final class AgeFeatureChunkGenerator extends NoiseBasedChunkGenerator {
             instance.group(BiomeSource.CODEC.fieldOf("biome_source").forGetter(generator -> generator.getBiomeSource()),
                     NoiseGeneratorSettings.CODEC.fieldOf("settings").forGetter(generator -> generator.settings),
                     AgeFeatureSelection.Choice.CODEC.listOf().fieldOf("age_features").forGetter(generator -> generator.features),
-                    Codec.LONG.fieldOf("age_seed").forGetter(generator -> generator.ageSeed))
+                    Codec.LONG.fieldOf("age_seed").forGetter(generator -> generator.ageSeed),
+                    Codec.BOOL.optionalFieldOf("nether_cave_materials", false).forGetter(generator -> generator.netherCaveMaterials),
+                    ResourceLocation.CODEC.listOf().optionalFieldOf("nether_biomes", List.of())
+                            .forGetter(generator -> generator.netherBiomeIds))
                     .apply(instance, AgeFeatureChunkGenerator::new));
 
     private final Holder<NoiseGeneratorSettings> settings;
     private final List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> features;
     private final long ageSeed;
+    private final boolean netherCaveMaterials;
+    private final List<ResourceLocation> netherBiomeIds;
 
     public AgeFeatureChunkGenerator(BiomeSource biomes, Holder<NoiseGeneratorSettings> settings,
-                                    List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> features, long ageSeed) {
+                                    List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> features, long ageSeed,
+                                    boolean netherCaveMaterials, List<ResourceLocation> netherBiomeIds) {
         super(biomes, settings);
         this.settings = settings;
         this.features = List.copyOf(features);
         this.ageSeed = ageSeed;
+        this.netherCaveMaterials = netherCaveMaterials;
+        this.netherBiomeIds = List.copyOf(netherBiomeIds);
     }
 
     public List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> ageFeatures() { return features; }
 
+    @Override
+    public void buildSurface(WorldGenRegion level, StructureManager structures, RandomState random, ChunkAccess chunk) {
+        super.buildSurface(level, structures, random, chunk);
+        if (!netherCaveMaterials) return;
+        Set<ResourceLocation> netherIds = Set.copyOf(netherBiomeIds);
+        // The Cave noise router starts with stone even in Nether biomes. Surface rules
+        // only touch exposed layers, so convert the base rock (and any Overworld soil)
+        // before carvers, ores, and biome decorations run. Never change adjacent biomes.
+        chunk.findBlocks(AgeFeatureChunkGenerator::isOverworldCaveMaterial, (pos, state) -> {
+            Holder<net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome> biome = chunk.getNoiseBiome(
+                    QuartPos.fromBlock(pos.getX()), QuartPos.fromBlock(pos.getY()), QuartPos.fromBlock(pos.getZ()));
+            if (biome.is(BiomeTags.IS_NETHER)
+                    || biome.unwrapKey().map(key -> netherIds.contains(key.location())).orElse(false)) {
+                chunk.setBlockState(pos, Blocks.NETHERRACK.defaultBlockState(), false);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isOverworldCaveMaterial(net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState state) {
+        return state.is(Blocks.STONE) || state.is(Blocks.DEEPSLATE) || state.is(Blocks.TUFF)
+                || state.is(Blocks.DIRT) || state.is(Blocks.GRASS_BLOCK);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected MapCodec<? extends ChunkGenerator> codec() { return CODEC; }
 
@@ -163,6 +196,7 @@ public final class AgeFeatureChunkGenerator extends NoiseBasedChunkGenerator {
         Map<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice, Integer> occurrences = new HashMap<>();
         Map<ResourceLocation, Integer> spikeOccurrences = new HashMap<>();
         int obeliskOccurrence = 0;
+        int crystalOccurrence = 0;
         for (int index = 0; index < features.size(); index++) {
             AgeFeatureSelection.Choice choice = features.get(index);
             int occurrence = occurrences.merge(choice, 1, Integer::sum) - 1;
@@ -175,6 +209,10 @@ public final class AgeFeatureChunkGenerator extends NoiseBasedChunkGenerator {
                 ObelisksFeature.generate(level, chunk, ageSeed, choice, obeliskOccurrence++);
                 continue;
             }
+            if (choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS)) {
+                CrystalFormationsFeature.generate(level, chunk, ageSeed, crystalOccurrence++);
+                continue;
+            }
             if (choice.id().equals(AgeDenseOres.ID)) {
                 AgeDenseOres.place(level, chunk, this, ageSeed, occurrence);
                 continue;

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/world/AgeFlatChunkGenerator.java

@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ public final class AgeFlatChunkGenerator extends ChunkGenerator {
     @Override public void applyCarvers(WorldGenRegion level, long seed, RandomState random, BiomeManager biomes,
                                        StructureManager structures, ChunkAccess chunk, GenerationStep.Carving step) { }
     @Override public void spawnOriginalMobs(WorldGenRegion level) { }
+    // Keep vanilla FlatLevelSource's generator API values. Actual layer
+    // placement uses chunk.getMinBuildHeight() above, not this metadata value.
     @Override public int getMinY() { return 0; }
     @Override public int getGenDepth() { return 384; }
     @Override public int getSeaLevel() { return -63; }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/world/CrystalFormationsFeature.java

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.WorldGenLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.AmethystClusterBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.Heightmap;
+
+/** A surface crystal mound with budding hearts and initially seeded buds. */
+final class CrystalFormationsFeature {
+    private static final long SALT = 0x4352595354414C53L;
+    private static final int CHANCE = 15; // Legacy's authored crystal formation frequency.
+
+    private CrystalFormationsFeature() {}
+
+    record Site(int x, int z, long seed) {}
+
+    static Site site(long ageSeed, ChunkPos chunk, int occurrence) {
+        long seed = mix(ageSeed ^ SALT ^ (long) chunk.x * 341873128712L
+                ^ (long) chunk.z * 132897987541L ^ (long) occurrence * 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15L);
+        RandomSource random = RandomSource.create(seed);
+        if (random.nextInt(CHANCE) != 0) return null;
+        return new Site(chunk.getMinBlockX() + 5 + random.nextInt(6),
+                chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 5 + random.nextInt(6), seed);
+    }
+
+    static void generate(WorldGenLevel level, ChunkAccess chunk, long ageSeed, int occurrence) {
+        Site site = site(ageSeed, chunk.getPos(), occurrence);
+        if (site == null) return;
+        RandomSource random = RandomSource.create(site.seed() ^ 0x42554444494E474CL);
+        int y = level.getHeight(Heightmap.Types.WORLD_SURFACE_WG, site.x(), site.z());
+        if (y <= level.getMinBuildHeight() + 1 || y + 4 >= level.getMaxBuildHeight()) return;
+        BlockPos.MutableBlockPos pos = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+        for (int dx = -1; dx <= 1; dx++) {
+            for (int dz = -1; dz <= 1; dz++) {
+                int x = site.x() + dx;
+                int z = site.z() + dz;
+                if (Math.abs(level.getHeight(Heightmap.Types.WORLD_SURFACE_WG, x, z) - y) > 1) return;
+                BlockState floor = level.getBlockState(pos.set(x, y - 1, z));
+                if (!floor.isFaceSturdy(level, pos, Direction.UP) || !floor.getFluidState().isEmpty()
+                        || floor.hasBlockEntity()) return;
+                for (int h = 0; h < 4; h++) {
+                    BlockState existing = level.getBlockState(pos.set(x, y + h, z));
+                    if (!existing.isAir() && !existing.canBeReplaced()) return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for (int dx = -1; dx <= 1; dx++) {
+            for (int dz = -1; dz <= 1; dz++) {
+                boolean center = dx == 0 && dz == 0;
+                int height = center ? 3 : random.nextInt(3) == 0 ? 2 : 1;
+                for (int h = 0; h < height; h++) {
+                    boolean budding = h == height - 1 && (center || random.nextBoolean());
+                    level.setBlock(pos.set(site.x() + dx, y + h, site.z() + dz),
+                            budding ? ModBlocks.BUDDING_CRYSTAL.get().defaultBlockState()
+                                    : ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get().defaultBlockState(), 2);
+                }
+                if (buddingTop(level.getBlockState(pos.set(site.x() + dx, y + height - 1, site.z() + dz)))
+                        && random.nextBoolean()) {
+                    level.setBlock(pos.set(site.x() + dx, y + height, site.z() + dz),
+                            ModBlocks.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD.get().defaultBlockState()
+                                    .setValue(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING, Direction.UP), 2);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean buddingTop(BlockState state) {
+        return state.is(ModBlocks.BUDDING_CRYSTAL);
+    }
+
+    private static long mix(long value) {
+        value = (value ^ value >>> 30) * 0xBF58476D1CE4E5B9L;
+        value = (value ^ value >>> 27) * 0x94D049BB133111EBL;
+        return value ^ value >>> 31;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/world/CrystalFormationsGameTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BuddingCrystalBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeFeatureSelection;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeGenerationPlan;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeGenerationProfiles;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeTraits;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.OrderedWriting;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolReference;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingEntry;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.AmethystClusterBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
+
+@GameTestHolder(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class CrystalFormationsGameTests {
+    private CrystalFormationsGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void authoredCrystalPageAndGrowth(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var page = PageItem.createBundledCreativePage("feature/crystal_formations");
+        helper.assertTrue(PageItem.isUsableWriting(page), "Crystal Formations page must be writable");
+        var plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                        WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
+                        WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+                                Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "terrain/standard"))),
+                        WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+                                Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "feature/crystal_formations"))))),
+                57L, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, AgeTraits.select(57L),
+                helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeFeatureSelection.resolved(plan).getFirst().id(),
+                AgeFeatureSelection.CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS, "Page must compile to the crystal feature");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeFeatureSelection.resolved(AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save())),
+                AgeFeatureSelection.resolved(plan), "Crystal choice must survive saving");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(BuddingCrystalBlock.nextStage(Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), Direction.UP),
+                ModBlocks.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD.get(), "Air must begin the blue bud sequence");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(BuddingCrystalBlock.nextStage(
+                        ModBlocks.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD.get().defaultBlockState()
+                                .setValue(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING, Direction.UP), Direction.UP),
+                ModBlocks.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD.get(), "Small buds must grow into medium buds");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(BuddingCrystalBlock.nextStage(
+                        ModBlocks.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD.get().defaultBlockState()
+                                .setValue(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING, Direction.UP), Direction.UP),
+                ModBlocks.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD.get(), "Medium buds must grow into large buds");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(BuddingCrystalBlock.nextStage(
+                        ModBlocks.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD.get().defaultBlockState()
+                                .setValue(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING, Direction.UP), Direction.UP),
+                ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_CLUSTER.get(), "Large buds must grow into shard-bearing clusters");
+        helper.assertTrue(BuddingCrystalBlock.nextStage(
+                        ModBlocks.LARGE_CRYSTAL_BUD.get().defaultBlockState()
+                                .setValue(AmethystClusterBlock.FACING, Direction.NORTH), Direction.UP) == null,
+                "Growth must not change a bud facing away from its budding block");
+        helper.assertTrue(ModBlocks.BUDDING_CRYSTAL.get().defaultBlockState().isRandomlyTicking(),
+                "Budding crystals must receive random growth ticks");
+        var site = CrystalFormationsFeature.site(57L, new ChunkPos(10, -3), 0);
+        helper.assertTrue(Objects.equals(site, CrystalFormationsFeature.site(57L, new ChunkPos(10, -3), 0)),
+                "Formation placement must be deterministic per Age and chunk");
+        helper.assertTrue(java.util.stream.IntStream.range(0, 100).anyMatch(x ->
+                        CrystalFormationsFeature.site(57L, new ChunkPos(x, -3), 0) != null),
+                "Authored crystal formations must have reachable placement sites");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/world/StarFissureFeature.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.Heightmap;
+
+/**
+ * Ports the footprint and carving of Mystcraft's WorldGenMystStarFissure.
+ * The original is LGPL-3.0, copyright XCompWiz and Mystcraft contributors.
+ */
+public final class StarFissureFeature {
+    private static final long SALT = 0x5354415246495353L;
+
+    private StarFissureFeature() {}
+
+    /** Legacy chooses a point 8–23 blocks inside/after the spawn chunk, then grows the rift along +Z. */
+    public static List<BlockPos> footprint(long ageSeed, BlockPos spawn) {
+        long chunkX = spawn.getX() >> 4;
+        long chunkZ = spawn.getZ() >> 4;
+        Random random = new Random(ageSeed ^ SALT ^ chunkX ^ (chunkZ << 32));
+        int originX = ((int) chunkX << 4) + random.nextInt(16) + 8;
+        int originZ = ((int) chunkZ << 4) + random.nextInt(16) + 8;
+        int length = random.nextInt(8) + 10;
+        int[][] intervals = new int[length][2];
+        List<BlockPos> columns = new ArrayList<>();
+        addRow(columns, originX, originZ, 0, 0, 0);
+        for (int row = 1; row < length; row++) {
+            int range = length + Math.min(row, length - row) + 1;
+            int right = (random.nextInt(range) - (range >> 1) + intervals[row - 1][1]) / 2;
+            int left = (random.nextInt(range) - (range >> 1) + intervals[row - 1][0]) / 2;
+            if (left > right) {
+                int swap = left;
+                left = right;
+                right = swap;
+            }
+            left = Math.min(left, intervals[row - 1][1]);
+            right = Math.max(right, intervals[row - 1][0]);
+            intervals[row][0] = left;
+            intervals[row][1] = right;
+            addRow(columns, originX, originZ, row, left, right);
+        }
+        return List.copyOf(columns);
+    }
+
+    private static void addRow(List<BlockPos> columns, int originX, int originZ, int row, int left, int right) {
+        for (int x = left; x <= right; x++) {
+            // Footprint is a 2D column map; this placeholder Y is never used
+            // for placement. generate() resolves the real floor from the level.
+            columns.add(new BlockPos(originX + x, 0, originZ + row * 2));
+            columns.add(new BlockPos(originX + x, 0, originZ + row * 2 + 1));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void generate(ServerLevel level, long ageSeed, BlockPos spawn, boolean caveTerrain) {
+        List<BlockPos> columns = footprint(ageSeed, spawn);
+        // Legacy's y=0 was its minimum build height. The equivalent in 1.21.1
+        // is the dimension's minimum Y, including the bedrock layer itself.
+        int floorY = level.getMinBuildHeight();
+        BlockPos.MutableBlockPos mutable = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+        for (BlockPos column : columns) {
+            int top = level.getHeight(Heightmap.Types.WORLD_SURFACE, column.getX(), column.getZ());
+            if (caveTerrain) {
+                // Cave terrain has a bedrock roof. Open the fissure into the
+                // cavern, but never punch through its upper boundary.
+                for (int y = Math.max(spawn.getY(), floorY + 1); y < top; y++) {
+                    if (level.getBlockState(mutable.set(column.getX(), y, column.getZ())).is(Blocks.BEDROCK)) {
+                        top = y;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // Clear the full column first, including water. Place the portal
+            // last so an existing fluid cannot occupy its block during carving.
+            for (int y = floorY + 1; y < top; y++) {
+                level.setBlock(mutable.set(column.getX(), y, column.getZ()), Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), 2);
+            }
+            level.setBlock(mutable.set(column.getX(), floorY, column.getZ()),
+                    ModBlocks.STAR_FISSURE.get().defaultBlockState(), 2);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/world/StarFissureGameTests.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.world;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeFeatureSelection;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeGenerationPlan;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeGenerationProfiles;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeRuntimeProfiles;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeTraits;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.OrderedWriting;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolReference;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingEntry;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
+
+/** Pure selection and footprint checks; runtime carving is left to the in-game visual check. */
+@GameTestHolder(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class StarFissureGameTests {
+    private StarFissureGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void authoredFissureIsWritableAndSaved(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var registries = helper.getLevel().registryAccess();
+        helper.assertTrue(PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().contains("feature/star_fissures"),
+                "Star Fissures must appear in the creative and JEI page feed");
+        helper.assertTrue(PageItem.isUsableWriting(PageItem.createBundledCreativePage("feature/star_fissures")),
+                "The page must be usable in an authored book");
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
+                page("terrain/standard"), page("feature/star_fissures")));
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 58L, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD,
+                AgeTraits.select(58L), registries);
+        var resolved = AgeFeatureSelection.resolved(plan);
+        helper.assertValueEqual(resolved.size(), 1, "One authored fissure must remain one feature choice");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(resolved.getFirst().id(), AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES,
+                "The authored feature must be a Star Fissure");
+        helper.assertTrue(resolved.getFirst().material().isEmpty(), "Star Fissures consume no material page");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeFeatureSelection.resolved(AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save())), resolved,
+                "The feature must survive Age-plan save and load");
+        helper.assertTrue(ModBlocks.STAR_FISSURE.get().defaultBlockState() != null,
+                "The non-obtainable star portal block must be registered");
+        for (String terrain : List.of("standard", "amplified", "island", "flat", "cave", "void"))
+            helper.assertTrue(AgeFeatureSelection.error(AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES,
+                            AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(id(terrain)), registries) == null,
+                    "Legacy fissures can appear on " + terrain + " terrain");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void randomFissuresAndSpawnFootprintAreStable(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var registries = helper.getLevel().registryAccess();
+        int selected = 0;
+        for (long seed = 0; seed < 128; seed++) {
+            boolean standard = hasRandomFissure(seed, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, registries);
+            if (standard) selected++;
+            for (String terrain : List.of("cave", "void"))
+                helper.assertValueEqual(hasRandomFissure(seed, id(terrain), registries), standard,
+                        "Legacy small-feature selection must not depend on terrain");
+        }
+        helper.assertTrue(selected > 0 && selected < 128,
+                "The weighted Legacy grammar should select fissures in some, not all, random Ages");
+        BlockPos spawn = new BlockPos(0, 64, 0);
+        var footprint = StarFissureFeature.footprint(58L, spawn);
+        helper.assertValueEqual(footprint, StarFissureFeature.footprint(58L, spawn),
+                "The Age seed and spawn must reproduce the same fissure");
+        int minZ = footprint.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getZ).min().orElseThrow();
+        int maxZ = footprint.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getZ).max().orElseThrow();
+        helper.assertTrue(minZ >= 8 && minZ <= 23,
+                "Legacy starts 8–23 blocks past the spawn chunk's Z edge");
+        helper.assertTrue(maxZ - minZ + 1 >= 20 && maxZ - minZ + 1 <= 34,
+                "Legacy's rift spans 10–17 paired Z rows");
+        for (int z = minZ; z <= maxZ; z++) {
+            int row = z;
+            var xs = footprint.stream().filter(pos -> pos.getZ() == row)
+                    .mapToInt(BlockPos::getX).sorted().toArray();
+            helper.assertTrue(xs.length > 0, "Every Z row must contain portal tiles");
+            for (int i = 1; i < xs.length; i++)
+                helper.assertValueEqual(xs[i], xs[i - 1] + 1,
+                        "Each jagged Legacy row remains contiguous");
+        }
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    private static ResourceLocation id(String path) {
+        return ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, path);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean hasRandomFissure(long seed, ResourceLocation terrain,
+                                             net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess registries) {
+        return AgeFeatureSelection.randomChoices(seed, AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(terrain), registries).stream()
+                .anyMatch(choice -> choice.id().equals(AgeFeatureSelection.STAR_FISSURES));
+    }
+
+    private static WritingEntry page(String path) {
+        return WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(id(path)));
+    }
+}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/blockstates/budding_crystal.json

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+{"variants":{"":{"model":"rivencraft:block/budding_crystal"}}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/blockstates/crystal_block.json

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+{"variants":{"":{"model":"rivencraft:block/crystal_block"}}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/blockstates/crystal_cluster.json

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  "variants": {
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster"
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster"
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/blockstates/large_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  "variants": {
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud"
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud"
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/blockstates/medium_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  "variants": {
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud"
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud"
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/blockstates/small_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  "variants": {
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=down,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 180
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud"
+    },
+    "facing=up,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud"
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=north,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=south,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 180
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=east,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 90
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=false": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    },
+    "facing=west,waterlogged=true": {
+      "model": "rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud",
+      "x": 90,
+      "y": 270
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/blockstates/star_fissure.json

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+{"variants":{"":{"model":"rivencraft:block/star_fissure"}}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/lang/en_us.json

@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.dense_ores.description": "Repeat compatible vanilla and modded ore placements once per page in this Age.",
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.obelisks": "Obelisks",
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.obelisks.description": "Add rare tall obelisks on exposed solid ground, with a random or selected block material.",
+  "symbol.rivencraft.feature.crystal_formations": "Crystal Formations",
+  "symbol.rivencraft.feature.crystal_formations.description": "Add blue crystal formations whose budding blocks grow harvestable clusters.",
+  "symbol.rivencraft.feature.star_fissures": "Star Fissures",
+  "symbol.rivencraft.feature.star_fissures.description": "Open a starry fissure near this Age's spawn that links back to the Overworld.",
+  "block.rivencraft.star_fissure": "Star Fissure",
+  "block.rivencraft.crystal_block": "Crystal Block",
+  "block.rivencraft.budding_crystal": "Budding Crystal",
+  "block.rivencraft.small_crystal_bud": "Small Crystal Bud",
+  "block.rivencraft.medium_crystal_bud": "Medium Crystal Bud",
+  "block.rivencraft.large_crystal_bud": "Large Crystal Bud",
+  "block.rivencraft.crystal_cluster": "Crystal Cluster",
+  "item.rivencraft.crystal_shard": "Crystal Shard",
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.lava_lakes": "Small Lakes",
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.lava_lakes.description": "Add small surface lakes using a random fluid, or specify one with a fluid page.",
   "generator.rivencraft.standard": "Standard",

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/block/budding_crystal.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:block/cube_all","textures":{"all":"rivencraft:block/budding_crystal"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/block/crystal_block.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:block/cube_all","textures":{"all":"rivencraft:block/crystal_block"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/block/crystal_cluster.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:block/cross","render_type":"minecraft:cutout","textures":{"cross":"rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/block/large_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:block/cross","render_type":"minecraft:cutout","textures":{"cross":"rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/block/medium_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:block/cross","render_type":"minecraft:cutout","textures":{"cross":"rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/block/small_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:block/cross","render_type":"minecraft:cutout","textures":{"cross":"rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/block/star_fissure.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:block/end_portal"}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/item/budding_crystal.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"rivencraft:block/budding_crystal"}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/item/crystal_block.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"rivencraft:block/crystal_block"}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/item/crystal_cluster.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:item/generated","textures":{"layer0":"rivencraft:block/crystal_cluster"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/item/crystal_shard.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:item/generated","textures":{"layer0":"rivencraft:item/crystal_shard"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/item/large_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:item/generated","textures":{"layer0":"rivencraft:block/large_crystal_bud"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/item/medium_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:item/generated","textures":{"layer0":"rivencraft:block/medium_crystal_bud"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/models/item/small_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"parent":"minecraft:item/generated","textures":{"layer0":"rivencraft:block/small_crystal_bud"}}

src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/sounds.json

@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@
         "name": "rivencraft:linking/link"
       }
     ]
+  },
+  "linking.link-fissure": {
+    "category": "player",
+    "sounds": [{"name": "rivencraft:linking/link-fissure"}]
   }
 }

src/main/resources/data/minecraft/tags/block/mineable/pickaxe.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"replace":false,"values":["rivencraft:crystal_block","rivencraft:budding_crystal","rivencraft:small_crystal_bud","rivencraft:medium_crystal_bud","rivencraft:large_crystal_bud","rivencraft:crystal_cluster"]}

src/main/resources/data/minecraft/tags/item/cluster_max_harvestables.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"replace":false,"values":["rivencraft:crystal_block","rivencraft:budding_crystal","rivencraft:small_crystal_bud","rivencraft:medium_crystal_bud","rivencraft:large_crystal_bud","rivencraft:crystal_cluster"]}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/budding_crystal.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:block",
+  "random_sequence": "rivencraft:blocks/budding_crystal"
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/crystal_block.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:block",
+  "pools": [
+    {
+      "bonus_rolls": 0.0,
+      "conditions": [
+        {
+          "condition": "minecraft:survives_explosion"
+        }
+      ],
+      "entries": [
+        {
+          "type": "minecraft:item",
+          "name": "rivencraft:crystal_block"
+        }
+      ],
+      "rolls": 1.0
+    }
+  ],
+  "random_sequence": "rivencraft:blocks/crystal_block"
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/crystal_cluster.json

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:block",
+  "pools": [
+    {
+      "bonus_rolls": 0.0,
+      "entries": [
+        {
+          "type": "minecraft:alternatives",
+          "children": [
+            {
+              "type": "minecraft:item",
+              "conditions": [
+                {
+                  "condition": "minecraft:match_tool",
+                  "predicate": {
+                    "predicates": {
+                      "minecraft:enchantments": [
+                        {
+                          "enchantments": "minecraft:silk_touch",
+                          "levels": {
+                            "min": 1
+                          }
+                        }
+                      ]
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "name": "rivencraft:crystal_cluster"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "minecraft:alternatives",
+              "children": [
+                {
+                  "type": "minecraft:item",
+                  "conditions": [
+                    {
+                      "condition": "minecraft:match_tool",
+                      "predicate": {
+                        "items": "#minecraft:cluster_max_harvestables"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  ],
+                  "functions": [
+                    {
+                      "add": false,
+                      "count": 4.0,
+                      "function": "minecraft:set_count"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "enchantment": "minecraft:fortune",
+                      "formula": "minecraft:ore_drops",
+                      "function": "minecraft:apply_bonus"
+                    }
+                  ],
+                  "name": "rivencraft:crystal_shard"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "minecraft:item",
+                  "functions": [
+                    {
+                      "add": false,
+                      "count": 2.0,
+                      "function": "minecraft:set_count"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "function": "minecraft:explosion_decay"
+                    }
+                  ],
+                  "name": "rivencraft:crystal_shard"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "rolls": 1.0
+    }
+  ],
+  "random_sequence": "rivencraft:blocks/crystal_cluster"
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/large_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:block",
+  "pools": [
+    {
+      "bonus_rolls": 0.0,
+      "conditions": [
+        {
+          "condition": "minecraft:match_tool",
+          "predicate": {
+            "predicates": {
+              "minecraft:enchantments": [
+                {
+                  "enchantments": "minecraft:silk_touch",
+                  "levels": {
+                    "min": 1
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "entries": [
+        {
+          "type": "minecraft:item",
+          "name": "rivencraft:large_crystal_bud"
+        }
+      ],
+      "rolls": 1.0
+    }
+  ],
+  "random_sequence": "rivencraft:blocks/large_crystal_bud"
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/medium_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:block",
+  "pools": [
+    {
+      "bonus_rolls": 0.0,
+      "conditions": [
+        {
+          "condition": "minecraft:match_tool",
+          "predicate": {
+            "predicates": {
+              "minecraft:enchantments": [
+                {
+                  "enchantments": "minecraft:silk_touch",
+                  "levels": {
+                    "min": 1
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "entries": [
+        {
+          "type": "minecraft:item",
+          "name": "rivencraft:medium_crystal_bud"
+        }
+      ],
+      "rolls": 1.0
+    }
+  ],
+  "random_sequence": "rivencraft:blocks/medium_crystal_bud"
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/small_crystal_bud.json

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:block",
+  "pools": [
+    {
+      "bonus_rolls": 0.0,
+      "conditions": [
+        {
+          "condition": "minecraft:match_tool",
+          "predicate": {
+            "predicates": {
+              "minecraft:enchantments": [
+                {
+                  "enchantments": "minecraft:silk_touch",
+                  "levels": {
+                    "min": 1
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "entries": [
+        {
+          "type": "minecraft:item",
+          "name": "rivencraft:small_crystal_bud"
+        }
+      ],
+      "rolls": 1.0
+    }
+  ],
+  "random_sequence": "rivencraft:blocks/small_crystal_bud"
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/recipe/crystal_block.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
+  "pattern": ["SS", "SS"],
+  "key": {"S": {"item": "rivencraft:crystal_shard"}},
+  "result": {"id": "rivencraft:crystal_block", "count": 1}
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/rivencraft/symbols/feature/crystal_formations.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": 2,
+  "name": "symbol.rivencraft.feature.crystal_formations",
+  "description": "symbol.rivencraft.feature.crystal_formations.description",
+  "category": "rivencraft:feature",
+  "semantics": { "role": "feature", "value": "rivencraft:crystal_formations" },
+  "poem": "Crystal Formation Growth Blue"
+}

src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/rivencraft/symbols/feature/star_fissures.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": 2,
+  "name": "symbol.rivencraft.feature.star_fissures",
+  "description": "symbol.rivencraft.feature.star_fissures.description",
+  "category": "rivencraft:feature",
+  "semantics": { "role": "feature", "value": "rivencraft:star_fissures" },
+  "poem": "Star Fissure World Home"
+}