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 # Rivencraft
 
-Rivencraft is a clean, incremental port of the ideas and gameplay of
+Write a book. Name an Age. Step into a world that did not exist before.
-[Mystcraft Legacy](https://github.com/Mystcraft/Mystcraft-Legacy) to Minecraft
-1.21.1 on NeoForge.
 
-The bootstrap, books/linking, Ages, writing-system, and Age-grammar milestones are complete.
+Rivencraft brings the books, writing stations, symbols, and unpredictable Ages
-The writing system uses a data-pack symbol catalog and persistent
+of [Mystcraft Legacy](https://github.com/Mystcraft/Mystcraft-Legacy) to
-ordered-writing model. Linking Books and Descriptive Books create persistent
+Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. Mystcraft veterans will recognize the writing
-Ages from either authored supported symbols or seeded random completion.
+flow, D'ni-inspired glyphs, libraries, crystals, and instability. Rivencraft
-Milestone 6 instability work is in progress: Ages persist frozen instability
+also lets you author modern terrain, biomes, structures, seasons, and celestial
-scores and provider plans, and the bounded runtime implements status effects,
+bodies. It is an active pre-public-release project, not a byte-for-byte copy of
-colored decay, lightning, explosions, meteors, burning, and erosion. The
+the 1.12.2 mod.
-[Milestone 5 acceptance record](docs/MILESTONE_5_ACCEPTANCE.md) lists the
-supported grammar, optional integrations, and limits; the
-[instability runtime policy](docs/INSTABILITY_RUNTIME.md) records the current
-effects and modern safety boundaries.
 
-Milestone 4 now includes stackable blank Pages plus server-created symbol,
+## Getting started
-unresolved-symbol, and baseline link-panel states. Page visuals follow the
-legacy runtime-composition rules. Craft an Ink Vial from two black dye, a glass
-bottle, and a water bucket; the bucket is returned. Hold vanilla paper in one
-hand and use the Ink Vial in the other to prepare a baseline Link Panel Page.
-Each vial holds 16 ink units, and the default link-panel cost is two units.
-The spent vial returns a glass bottle. Server owners can adjust the symbol-copy
-and link-panel costs in the `writing` section of `rivencraft-server.toml`.
-The Ink Mixer now offers a Legacy-style station for producing Link Panels:
-insert paper and Ink Vials, then take a Link Panel from the result slot. Each
-vial fills its 16-unit basin and returns a glass bottle; taking one Link Panel
-uses the full vial. No server tick is needed. The earlier paper-in-one-hand
-method still uses the configurable link-panel ink cost. Ink Mixer
-additives can roll Disarm, Maintain Momentum, and Intra Linking onto a Link
-Panel. Descriptive Books retain Disarm and Momentum; Intra Linking is only
-meaningful for same-dimension travel with a Linking Book.
-TerraBlender 1.21.1 integration is optional: registered modded biomes receive
-Biome pages, with cave and Nether biomes in a separate Cave Biome creative tab.
-TerraBlender Overworld/Nether regions extend compatible Age
-biome pools. See [the compatibility matrix](docs/TERRABLENDER_COMPATIBILITY.md)
-for supported versions and in-game verification.
-Serene Seasons 1.21.1 can maintain separate season progress in an Age dimension.
-Rivencraft automatically whitelists loaded Ages without a restart when Serene is installed;
-season pages can instead opt an Age out or hold it in one season.
-See [the optional compatibility guide](docs/SERENE_SEASONS_COMPATIBILITY.md)
-for the supported manual configuration and current limits; Rivencraft does not
-require Serene Seasons or GlitchCore.
-The Writing Desk can copy a selected written page from its collection tabs.
-The Writing Desk is now craftable from planks, a glass bottle, and a feather.
-It occupies two adjacent blocks, with one shared inventory; loaded paper and
-the selected page appear on its Legacy-inspired model.
-Desks placed before 0.3.6.1 keep their old one-block footprint until broken
-and placed again; leave an adjacent space when replacing one.
-Its 88 collection tabs, paper input, ink vial input, empty glass-bottle return,
-16-unit ink meter, and inventory persist
-through world saves; breaking it drops stored contents. The desk screen is a
-functional foundation using Legacy's original desk and scrollbar textures.
-Four tabs are visible at once; the controls above and below them move by four
-(1–4, 5–8, through 85–88). Each viewer can browse a different group. Existing
-four-tab desks retain their collections and supplies when upgraded.
-With a notebook selected, pick up a Page from your inventory and click an empty
-position on the left surface to store one page there. Clear search/filter/sort
-and turn off `ALL` to place pages at specific positions; occupied positions are
-never overwritten. A notebook tab exposes all 27 notebook positions (scroll to
-reach the rest); a loose-page tab exposes only its one occupied position.
-Empty tabs have no page storage until a notebook or page is put in the tab slot.
-Click a page on the desk surface to select it for copying. Drag a page from one
-notebook position to an empty position to move it, or onto another page to swap
-their positions. This also works between notebooks shown in the `ALL` view.
-Drag a page out of the panel to turn it back into an item. Drop it over a player
-inventory slot or desk tab to place it there; a tab with a notebook adds it to
-the first open position. Dropping elsewhere leaves the page on the cursor for
-normal inventory placement. The source notebook or tab loses the page only after
-a valid drop.
-Put vanilla paper in the
-upper-left slot and Ink Vials in the upper-right; a copy appears in the
-lower-left result slot when the selected page is valid. Taking it consumes one
-paper and, by default, one ink. An available vial refills an empty ink meter
-when inserted or when copying uses its last ink, and returns a vanilla glass
-bottle to the lower-right slot. Removing a bottle also retries a blocked refill.
-Refilling waits if that slot is full or contains another item. The `AZ` control sorts
-visible pages by name; `ALL` shows pages held across every desk tab. Search and
-category filtering narrow the view without granting new pages, and cross-tab
-copy selection is checked by the server.
-Selecting a stored page on the desk surface shows its Legacy-proportioned
-portrait preview and name above the player inventory.
 
-## Book Binder
+1. Make an Ink Vial from two black dyes, a glass bottle, and a water bucket.
+   Craft an Ink Mixer, Writing Desk, and Book Binder.
+2. Put paper and an Ink Vial in the Ink Mixer and take a Link Panel Page. Add
+   ingredients to the basin first if you want a chance of link modifiers.
+3. Put leather or an empty Notebook and the Link Panel in the Book Binder.
+   Name the Age and take the Descriptive Book. A book with only a Link Panel
+   creates a seeded random Age; add Symbol Pages to author its features.
+4. Open the book to create its Age, then click the destination preview to
+   travel. Bring a bound Linking Book for the return trip: automatic Return
+   Links are off by default.
 
-For a new survival Age: craft an Ink Vial, an Ink Mixer, a Writing Desk, and a Book Binder.
+Find new Symbol Pages in Age libraries, or copy pages you already own with
-Put vanilla paper and an Ink Vial in the Ink Mixer to make a Link Panel
+paper and ink at the Writing Desk. The Notebook stores ordered pages, including
-Page. Place leather (or an empty Notebook) and the Link Panel in the Book Binder,
+intentional gaps. Written pages can control terrain, biome distribution,
-enter an Age name, and take the finished Descriptive Book. Written symbol Pages
+weather, lighting, seasons, sky color, suns and moons, decorations, structures,
-are optional; without them, the book creates a random Age. To duplicate a Page
+and more. Incorrect or excessive writing can make an Age unstable; instability
-you already own, store it in a Writing Desk tab, select it, supply paper and ink,
+may bring decay, lightning, explosions, meteors, burning, erosion, and other
-and take the copied Page from the output. A Notebook can hold and transfer a
+hazards. Some combinations are still unsupported and the Binder reports them
-larger ordered collection of Pages between desks and the binder.
+before consuming ingredients.
 
-With JEI installed, Rivencraft displays the Ink Mixer operation in its own
+Place a Rivencraft book or page on a vanilla Lectern to convert it to a Book
-category and the hand-use, copying, binding, and Linking Book crafting flows in a Writing category.
+Stand. Crystal formations yield shards for Crystal Blocks. A connected crystal
-The Link Panel and individual symbol Pages, including registered vanilla biome
+frame with a Book Receptacle and a bound book forms a portal; frames can stand
-pages, appear as separately searchable JEI ingredients.
+upright or lie flat. Libraries, Book Stands, and portals use Legacy-inspired
-Creative inventory separates Link Pages and each symbol category into their own
+assets and sounds. Handheld travel drops the used book at the departure point,
-tabs, including distinct Biome and Biome Generation tabs. Blank Pages are hidden
+so plan how you will retrieve it.
-from creative inventory and JEI.
-JEI is optional; vanilla crafting
-recipes and all writing interactions work without it. For a development client
-with JEI, run `./gradlew runClient -PwithJei=true`.
 
-Four Crystal Shards craft one Crystal Block; eight Crystal Blocks around an
+## Requirements and optional integrations
-empty crafting-grid center make one Book Receptacle. Picking up a shard unlocks
-the block recipe, and picking up a block unlocks the Receptacle recipe. The
-existing Ink Vial recipe uses two black dyes, a glass bottle, and a water
-bucket; the empty bucket stays in the crafting grid. These JSON recipes appear
-in JEI when it is installed and can be replaced by a data pack at
-`data/rivencraft/recipe/<recipe_name>.json`. To test a replacement, use a fresh
-world or `/reload`, then check the result in a crafting table and vanilla
-Crafter. A vanilla Lectern converts to a Rivencraft Book Stand when a Rivencraft
-book or page is placed on it; this in-world interaction has no JEI guide.
-With Create installed, Crystal Blocks and Book Receptacles have an optional Ponder scene
-showing crystal-frame construction, book activation, and a parrot crossing the portal. Use the Ponder shortcut
-while hovering either item; Rivencraft does not require Create to run.
 
-Craft a Book Binder from three iron ingots and five planks. Put leather or an
+Install the same gameplay mods on the client and server:
-empty Notebook in the left cover slot. Enter a title, then place a Link Panel
-Page first in the horizontal page strip. Click a page in the strip with a
-written Page on the cursor to insert it before that position; click it with an
-empty cursor to take it out. The arrows or mouse wheel scroll through up to
-27 written Pages. Clicking the strip with a filled Notebook imports its Pages
-at that position and leaves the emptied Notebook on the cursor. The right slot
-outputs a Descriptive Book once the title, cover, and Link Panel are present.
-Inputs are consumed only when the result is taken.
 
-The completed book receives its Age identity when assembled. With only a Link
+- Minecraft **1.21.1**, NeoForge **21.1.264 or newer in the 21.1 line**, and
-Panel, it describes a randomly generated Age. Authored writing is compiled once
+  Java 21.
-into a versioned, server-owned Age plan. The plan freezes the Age seed, resolved
+- **Dynamic Dimensions AR Edition 0.9.1** and its **Bad Packets 0.8.2**
-symbol meanings, page order, and runtime profile, so later data-pack changes do
+  dependency. These are required for Age dimensions.
-not reinterpret an existing Age. An authored terrain page selects its runtime
-profile. Built-in pages cover Standard, Amplified, Cave, Island, Flat, and Void;
-authored biome, environment, and supported feature pages also affect new Ages.
-The
-writing is also stored on the book; the Descriptive Book screen's turned pages
-show ordered symbols and unresolved IDs. The Descriptive Book screen follows
-Legacy's book spread: the title and Age details are on the left, the destination
-preview is on the right, and clicks in the bottom corners turn pages. Ordered
-symbol pages appear before the final blank spread with their runtime-rendered
-pictograms. Link-panel-only books use Rivencraft glyphs for their generated
-Age description.
 
-## Linking Book
+Rivencraft works without any of these optional integrations:
 
-Craft an unwritten Linking Book from one Link Panel Page and one leather in any
+| Mod | What it adds |
-two crafting-grid positions. An unbound book opens a screen where it can be named and bound to the
+| --- | --- |
-current location. A bound book opens its destination screen and travels when
+| JEI | Searchable Pages and guides for the Ink Mixer, Writing Desk, Book Binder, and Linking Book crafting. |
-its preview panel is clicked. The destination is stored on the item and
+| Create (bundles Ponder) | Ponder book snapshots and a crystal-portal construction guide. |
-survives inventory and world saves. Travel only succeeds if the target
+| Immersive Portals | Live destination views in book previews and crystal portals. In `AUTO` preview mode it takes priority over Ponder. |
-dimension is loaded and a non-fluid, passable landing position can be found
+| TerraBlender | Eligible biomes from mods using its Overworld/Nether regions become Age biome candidates and Pages. Biomes O' Plenty is one example; it is not hard-coded or required. |
-nearby.
+| Serene Seasons (with GlitchCore) | Independent per-Age seasons, including normal seasons, no seasons, and four eternal-season modes. |
-The Linking Book uses the same Legacy page layout and bottom-corner page turns
+| Ruins | Authorable Ruins-template Pages and Ruins structures in Ages. |
-as the Descriptive Book, but without the Descriptive Book's gold cover edges.
-Both screens play Minecraft's book-page-turn sound when a page is turned.
 
-Successful book travel plays Mystcraft Legacy's original linking sound at both
+The optional builds used in the latest development checks are JEI
-the departure and arrival locations.
+19.69.0.457, Create 6.0.10, Immersive Portals 6.0.7, TerraBlender 4.1.0.8,
+Serene Seasons 10.1.0.9, and Ruins 1.21.1.2NF. See the
+[compatibility review](docs/MILESTONE_7_COMPATIBILITY_REVIEW.md) for the
+evidence and limits of those combinations.
 
-Right-click an empty vanilla lectern with a Rivencraft book to convert it into
+Without Create or Immersive Portals, book previews use Rivencraft's built-in
-a Book Stand and place the book on it. Use a Linking Book on the stand by
+Legacy-style animation. Ecliptic Seasons is **not supported**: its 1.21.1 API
-right-clicking with an empty hand. Sneak-right-click with an empty hand to take
+does not offer the live dimension/season control Rivencraft needs.
-the book back and restore the vanilla lectern. Breaking a Book Stand drops both
-the stored book and a vanilla lectern.
 
-Bound Linking Books show a rotating Ponder snapshot when Create is installed.
+## Saves, settings, and current limits
-Without Create, they use a built-in animated linking panel tinted by the
-destination sky. The server independently validates every link.
 
-## Descriptive Book
+Ages and bound books use persistent UUIDs. Back up the **entire world folder**
+before changing mod versions, data packs, or optional biome mods: the Age
+registry and dimension data must be restored together. Rivencraft preserves
+known older save formats where possible, but pre-public-release worlds are not
+promised universal compatibility. Missing custom symbols retain their IDs in
+books; missing registry entries or dimension providers can still prevent an
+Age from loading. See [current implementation](docs/CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md)
+for supported behavior and deliberate limits.
 
-Open a page-free Descriptive Book, name its Age, and press Create. Rivencraft
+Server settings include `descriptive_books.return_link_mode` (default
-assigns the book a permanent Age UUID, selects a deterministic base terrain,
+`DISABLED`), `libraries.loot_mode` (`LEGACY` or `AGE_ONLY`), writing ink costs,
-creates a dedicated runtime dimension, and prepares a five-by-five cobblestone
+season enrollment, and instability controls. The client setting
-arrival platform at the
+`book_preview.mode` chooses `AUTO`, `IMMERSIVE_PORTALS`, `PONDER`, or `LEGACY`.
-highest suitable nearby terrain. Solid blocks and tree leaves are valid
+An operator can inspect Ages and instability with `/rivencraft age` and find
-footing. Candidate columns are scanned from the top down so cave floors are not
+libraries with `/rivencraft library nearest`. The creative-only Link Modifier
-selected, and fluid-covered columns are excluded. If no suitable surface is
+can edit link properties and retire an Age; use it carefully and keep backups.
-available, the platform is generated at Y=63. Reopen the book and click its preview to travel.
+Binder status messages are off by default. An OP can run
-The book cannot reopen while its Age is being generated, whether held or on a
+`/rivencraft binder messages enable` or `/rivencraft binder messages disable`
-Book Stand. Once creation finishes, reopening shows the written book.
+to control them; only OPs see the diagnostics even when enabled.
-Copies of the written book continue to resolve to the same persistent Age
-across server restarts.
 
-New Age dimension folders use a Minecraft-safe lowercase form of the assigned
+## Project and development
-name. Conflicts receive incrementing suffixes such as `_2` and `_3`; existing
-Age folders are never renamed.
 
-Page-free Ages deterministically select one of six base terrains inspired by
+This repository is the development source. See the [current implementation](docs/CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md),
-Mystcraft Legacy: Standard, Amplified, Island, Cave, Flat, or Void. The chosen
+[milestone summaries](docs/MILESTONES.md), [technical document index](docs/README.md),
-profile is saved with the Age and does not change when the server restarts.
+and [issues](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/issues).
+Help build the [Rivencraft wiki](https://git.paddedcell.org/dnorberg/rivencraft/wiki)
+with guides for Ages, pages, and crafting, or open an issue with documentation
+suggestions and corrections.
+Milestone 7 is complete in 1.0.0.2. Its [acceptance record](docs/MILESTONE_7_ACCEPTANCE.md)
+and [regression matrix](docs/MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md) distinguish automated
+checks from manual evidence and known limitations.
 
-Linking creates a bound Return Link to the exact source position and orientation
+```sh
-according to the configured Return Link policy.
-
-Server owners can set `descriptive_books.return_link_mode` in Rivencraft's
-server config to `DISABLED` (default), `ON_CREATION`, or `ALWAYS`.
-Age creation, persistence, lifecycle commands, configuration, backups, and
-administrator recovery are documented in [docs/AGES.md](docs/AGES.md).
-Data-pack runtime profiles are documented in
-[docs/AGE_PROFILES.md](docs/AGE_PROFILES.md).
-
-## Requirements
-
-- A Java 21 JDK
-- Minecraft 1.21.1
-- NeoForge 21.1.264 or newer in the 21.1 line
-- Dynamic Dimensions AR Edition 0.9.1 and Bad Packets 0.8.2 (client and server)
-
-Create is optional. When installed, Rivencraft uses its Ponder renderer for
-book previews when Immersive Portals is absent. Immersive Portals is also
-optional and takes priority in the default `AUTO` mode, providing a live
-rotating destination view. Its Explore button enables WASD and jump/sneak
-camera movement plus left-drag camera look; right-click returns to the rotating
-view. Without either integration, Rivencraft uses its built-in animated linking
-panel. Clients can set `book_preview.mode` in
-`rivencraft-client.toml` to `AUTO`, `IMMERSIVE_PORTALS`, `PONDER`, or `LEGACY`.
-Unavailable optional renderers safely fall back to `LEGACY`.
-The complete backend matrix, supported combinations, cleanup behavior, and
-known upstream limits are documented in
-[docs/PREVIEW_COMPATIBILITY.md](docs/PREVIEW_COMPATIBILITY.md).
-
-## Build and run
-
-```shell
 ./gradlew build
-./gradlew runClient
+./gradlew runGameTestServer
 ```
 
-The built mod is written to `build/libs/`.
+The JAR is written to `build/libs/`. Development runs need the required mods;
-The default dedicated-server GameTest run is deliberately small. Use
+see [GameTest guidance](docs/GAMETESTS.md) for focused archived suites.
-`./gradlew runGameTestServer -PwithArchivedGameTests=true` for the complete
+Versions use `x.y.z.b`: major release, completed milestone, release slice,
-regression suite before a release or when investigating a related issue. See
+then fixes/additional work within that slice.
-[docs/GAMETESTS.md](docs/GAMETESTS.md).
 
-## Versioning
+Rivencraft is licensed under LGPL-3.0-or-later. Legacy-derived material is
-
+credited in [NOTICE](NOTICE) and [asset provenance](docs/ASSET_PROVENANCE.md).
-Rivencraft versions use `x.y.z.b`:
-
-- `x` changes for a major public release.
-- `y` changes when a development milestone is completed.
-- `z` changes for each release slice within the current milestone.
-- `b` changes for bug fixes and additional work within that release slice.
-
-The build component resets to zero when a new release slice begins. Completing
-a milestone increments `y` and resets both `z` and `b` to zero. For example,
-milestone 2 development can progress from `0.1.1.0` to `0.1.1.1`, then
-`0.1.2.0`; completing the milestone produces `0.2.0.0`.
-
-## Porting approach
-
-Mystcraft Legacy targets Forge for Minecraft 1.12.2. Rivencraft therefore
-ports one subsystem at a time onto current registries, codecs, data packs, and
-NeoForge APIs instead of importing the legacy source tree wholesale.
-
-See [docs/PORTING.md](docs/PORTING.md) for the roadmap, live Gitea tracking
-links, architectural direction, and provenance rules.
-
-## License
-
-Rivencraft is licensed under LGPL-3.0-or-later. Mystcraft Legacy is also
-LGPL-3.0; copied or adapted upstream code must retain its copyright and license
-notices. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) and [NOTICE](NOTICE).

build.gradle

@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ dependencies {
     // Keep them on the compile classpath without forcing either mod at runtime.
     compileOnly "net.createmod.ponder:ponder-neoforge:${ponder_version}+mc${minecraft_version}"
     compileOnly "maven.modrinth:immersive-portals-neoforge:${immersive_portals_version}"
+    // Ruins is optional; its pre-spawn event is only registered when Ruins is loaded.
+    compileOnly 'curse.maven:ruins-227873:6391825'
+    if (providers.gradleProperty('withRuins').map { it.toBoolean() }.orElse(false).get()) {
+        localRuntime 'curse.maven:ruins-227873:6391825'
+    }
     // TerraBlender's region API is only used by the guarded compat adapter.
     compileOnly "com.github.glitchfiend:TerraBlender-neoforge:${minecraft_version}-${terrablender_version}"
     if (providers.gradleProperty('withTerraBlender').map { it.toBoolean() }.orElse(false).get()) {

docs/AGES.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ suffixes such as `_2` and `_3`.
 
 The selected terrain profile, biome distribution, lighting, weather, celestial
 period, celestial angle, and phase are deterministic and become part of the
-saved definition. A five-by-five cobblestone platform with clear headroom is
+saved definition. A five-by-five non-dropping Crystal Platform with clear headroom is
 prepared at a safe arrival point. The completed book and every copy carrying
 the same UUID resolve to that definition.
 
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ on demand when an administrator previously unloaded it. Unloading retains the
 definition and world folder, so existing books continue to reference the same
 Age and later reload the same terrain.
 
-Rivencraft does not automatically delete Ages. Safe permanent deletion needs a
+Rivencraft does not automatically delete Ages. The operator-only creative Link
-complete reference index for books in inventories, containers, Book Stands,
+Modifier can deliberately retire an unoccupied Age: it unloads the dimension,
-and unloaded chunks. Until that exists, retaining the definition prevents an
+moves its data to a sibling `<world>-retired-ages/<uuid>` archive, and records
-administrator action from silently orphaning books.
+the UUID as dead so existing books cannot silently regenerate it. Back up the
+whole world first.
 
 Destination-preview chunk loaders are temporary. Rivencraft releases them when
 the book closes, the player travels, the player disconnects, the destination
@@ -101,8 +102,8 @@ Use this sequence when a book cannot load an existing Age:
    matching dimension data and authoritative world saved data from the same
    backup generation. Do not combine them from different backups.
 
-There is intentionally no delete command in Milestone 3. Do not manually
+Do not manually delete an Age definition or rename its dimension folder:
-delete an Age definition or rename its dimension folder: books may exist in
+books may exist in inventories, containers, Book Stands, or unloaded chunks.
-inventories, containers, Book Stands, or unloaded chunks, and would be
+`/rivencraft age unload` remains the reversible maintenance operation. The
-orphaned. `/rivencraft age unload` is the supported reversible maintenance
+Link Modifier's retirement control is not reversible through a book UI;
-operation.
+recover its archived data and registry together from a full-world backup.

docs/CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Current implementation (Milestone 7 development)
+
+This is the maintained technical overview of Rivencraft as of the 1.0.0.2
+slice. It describes implemented behavior, not every behavior in Mystcraft
+Legacy. [The README](../README.md) is the player introduction;
+[milestone summaries](MILESTONES.md) explain how the implementation arrived
+here. The linked deep dives are retained as historical audits and should be
+read with their version dates in mind.
+
+## Books, linking, and previews
+
+- Linking Books bind a named position and direction. Same-dimension use needs
+  Intra Linking. Descriptive Books refer to a persistent Age UUID and keep
+  their authored page order. Copies keep that identity.
+- Book screens use Legacy-inspired page spreads and destination panels. `AUTO`
+  selects optional Immersive Portals first, then Create/Ponder, then the built-in
+  animation. Travel is validated on the server regardless of renderer.
+- Handheld travel drops the active book at its departure point as a visible
+  book entity. Book Stands and crystal portals keep the book in place. Disarm
+  drops carried items; Maintain Momentum rotates and carries velocity.
+- A vanilla Lectern converts to a Book Stand when given a Rivencraft book or
+  page. A Book Receptacle in a connected Crystal Block frame activates a
+  vertical or horizontal portal. Immersive Portals can display a live view;
+  otherwise the Legacy-style animated surface remains. Portal arrivals use
+  existing safe footing; a Descriptive portal does not generate a platform.
+- Automatic Return Links default to `DISABLED`, with `ON_CREATION` and `ALWAYS`
+  server options. Linking Books do not generate platforms by default; a
+  creative Link Modifier can explicitly enable that property.
+
+See [preview modes](PREVIEW_COMPATIBILITY.md), [Legacy M7 audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md),
+and [Age administration](AGES.md).
+
+## Ages, writing, and structures
+
+- Dynamic Dimensions AR Edition creates Age worlds. Each Age has a saved UUID,
+  safe dimension ID, seed, spawn, traits, versioned generation plan, and
+  optional season mode. Page-free or Link-Panel-only books get seeded random
+  choices. Authored supported pages override the appropriate choices.
+- Terrain choices are Standard, Amplified, Island, Cave, Flat, and Void. Cave
+  terrain uses cave/Nether biomes and an appropriate spawn search; normal
+  terrain starts from exposed surfaces. If no safe arrival site exists, the
+  Age-creation path can construct a non-dropping Crystal Platform at Y=63.
+- The server catalog accepts typed data-pack symbols. The Binder preserves
+  written order and diagnoses conflicts. Its status readout is off by default;
+  `/rivencraft binder messages enable` makes it visible only to OPs. Symbol
+  Pages are composed at runtime from Legacy glyph assets. Number pages 0–24
+  set color strength or, immediately before a Length, Angle, Phase, or Size
+  modifier, its numeric value.
+  Celestial pages can create multiple suns/moons with independent color, size,
+  angle, period, phase, and direction; authored eclipses affect light.
+- The Writing Desk stores tabs and copies known Symbol Pages with paper and
+  ink. Notebooks hold ordered pages; the Binder consumes a Link Panel and cover
+  to make a finished Descriptive Book. The Ink Mixer makes Link Panels and
+  rolls Disarm, Intra Linking, and Maintain Momentum from additives. Blank
+  Pages are internal bases, not a craftable or JEI-listed output.
+- Features include terrain additions, decorations, configurable block/fluid
+  materials, ores, vanilla structures including newer 1.21 structures,
+  Legacy-style libraries, crystals, obelisks, and star fissures. Optional Ruins
+  templates gain authorable pages. Some biome/terrain combinations or feature
+  placements are deliberately unsupported and are diagnosed during binding.
+
+See [symbol semantics](SYMBOL_SEMANTICS.md), [writing data](WRITING_DATA.md),
+[generation profiles](AGE_PROFILES.md), and [library/Ruins rules](RUINS_COMPATIBILITY.md).
+
+## Instability and optional mods
+
+Invalid or excessive writing and valuable generated blocks can add
+instability. Block abundance is profiled in loaded chunks, so its contribution
+and selected effects can change as the Age is explored; the authored plan is
+not rewritten. Effects are bounded to loaded Ages and include status effects,
+colored decay, lightning, explosions, meteors, burning, and erosion. Operator
+commands expose the score and providers; the book GUI does not. See
+[scoring](INSTABILITY_SCORE.md) and [runtime policy](INSTABILITY_RUNTIME.md).
+
+JEI, Create/Ponder, Immersive Portals, TerraBlender, Serene Seasons with
+GlitchCore, and Ruins are optional. TerraBlender can supply biomes from any mod
+using its eligible regions; Biomes O' Plenty is a test example. Serene Seasons
+has per-Age normal/no/eternal modes and live Age enrollment. Ecliptic Seasons
+is not integrated because its 1.21.1 API lacks supported live registration and
+per-Age calendar control. See the [optional-mod matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md).
+
+## Persistence and boundaries
+
+An Age registry definition and its dimension folder belong to the **same
+whole-world backup**. Known older book/writing, plan, workstation, and Age
+formats have migration or stable-default handling. Unknown symbol IDs remain
+in books; missing registry objects or removed dimension mods can still prevent
+world loading. The OP-only Link Modifier can retire an unoccupied Age. That
+operation marks its UUID dead and moves its dimension data to a sibling
+`<world>-retired-ages/<uuid>` folder; it is not ordinary book maintenance.
+Do not use it without a backup.
+
+This is not an exact port of every Legacy generator, page, hazard, or client
+renderer. Modern safety budgets and NeoForge's dimension/biome APIs require
+adaptations. The [Milestone 7 regression matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md)
+separates tested behavior from unverified multiplayer/restart/optional-mod
+combinations. The [Milestone 7 acceptance record](MILESTONE_7_ACCEPTANCE.md)
+records release evidence and remaining validation limits.

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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # GameTest suites
 
+The current Milestone 7 results and manual handoffs are in the
+[regression matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md). This file documents the test
+mechanics and older scenario-specific handoffs.
+
 The default dedicated-server run is a small smoke suite. Its Rivencraft tests
 cover core linking, deterministic Age definition, writing persistence, legacy
 data migration, workstation transactions, and forged/replayed menu actions.

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+# Milestones at a glance
+
+This is the condensed milestone history. The [current implementation](CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md)
+is authoritative for what the latest development build does; older acceptance
+and audit files remain available as dated evidence, not competing current
+instructions. [Gitea milestones](https://truenas-scale.tail180fb1.ts.net:8443/dnorberg/rivencraft/milestones)
+hold the live issue status.
+
+## 1 — Bootstrap (complete)
+
+Established the NeoForge 1.21.1/Java 21 project, mod identity, registries,
+assets, build, and first automated checks. The port deliberately shares
+Mystcraft's concepts while maintaining its own modern package and data model.
+See [porting principles](PORTING.md) and [asset provenance](ASSET_PROVENANCE.md).
+
+## 2 — Books and linking (complete)
+
+Introduced persistent Linking and Descriptive Books, conversion of vanilla
+Lecterns into Book Stands, named books and Ages, safe travel, destination
+previews, and a configurable Return Link policy. Later milestones refined
+renderer selection and portal travel. See [preview compatibility](PREVIEW_COMPATIBILITY.md).
+
+## 3 — Ages (complete)
+
+Added persistent runtime dimensions, deterministic random Age traits,
+name-derived unique dimension folders, terrain/biome choices, spawn recovery,
+and Age lifecycle commands. See [Age administration](AGES.md),
+[runtime profiles](AGE_PROFILES.md), and [random weights](RANDOM_AGE_WEIGHTS.md).
+
+## 4 — Writing system (complete)
+
+Introduced Symbol Pages, Link Panels, Notebooks, the Writing Desk, Book Binder,
+and Ink Mixer. Writing order and unknown symbol references persist instead of
+being inferred from UI text. See [writing data](WRITING_DATA.md),
+[descriptive-book presentation](DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK_PRESENTATION.md), and
+[Ink Mixer audit](INK_MIXER_MODIFIER_AUDIT.md).
+
+## 5 — Age grammar (complete for the supported subset)
+
+Compiled supported pages into frozen Age plans: terrain, biome distribution,
+environment, features, block/fluid materials, structures, crystals, and
+fissures. Added optional TerraBlender and Serene Seasons adapters. This was
+not a claim of complete Legacy grammar parity. See [M5 acceptance](MILESTONE_5_ACCEPTANCE.md),
+[Legacy grammar audit](LEGACY_AGE_GRAMMAR_AUDIT.md),
+[symbol schema](SYMBOL_SEMANTICS.md), [TerraBlender](TERRABLENDER_COMPATIBILITY.md),
+and [Serene Seasons](SERENE_SEASONS_COMPATIBILITY.md).
+
+## 6 — Instability (complete)
+
+Added authored and live block-abundance scoring, frozen provider plans,
+operator diagnostics, bounded status effects, decay, lightning, explosions,
+meteors, burning, and erosion. Safety budgets are deliberate modern
+adaptations. See [M6 acceptance](MILESTONE_6_ACCEPTANCE.md),
+[Legacy instability audit](LEGACY_INSTABILITY_AUDIT.md), and
+[runtime policy](INSTABILITY_RUNTIME.md).
+
+## 7 — Structures and polish (complete in 1.0.0.2)
+
+Added Legacy-layout Age libraries, page-bearing stands, crystal portals and
+receptacles, the handheld dropped-book entity, data-driven recipes,
+advancements, asset/audio polish, optional Ruins, compatibility updates, and
+expanded sky/glyph pages. Issue #83 covered regression, migration, and document
+consolidation; issue #84 records the final milestone acceptance. See the
+[M7 acceptance](MILESTONE_7_ACCEPTANCE.md), [M7 Legacy audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md),
+[M7 regression matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md), and
+[M7 compatibility review](MILESTONE_7_COMPATIBILITY_REVIEW.md).

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+# Milestone 7 acceptance — 1.0.0.2
+
+Milestone 7 is complete for the supported NeoForge 1.21.1 feature set. This is
+not a claim of total Mystcraft Legacy parity or exhaustive optional-mod
+certification. The [current implementation](CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md) is the
+up-to-date behavior summary; the [regression matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md)
+separates automated evidence from manual scenarios.
+
+## Scope and issue gate
+
+The Gitea audit for issue #84 found no other open issues. Required existing
+#14 (cave terrain), #43 (glyph numbers), #44 (sky), and #60 (old-save policy)
+were closed. M7 implementation and review issues #75–#83, #85–#90, and
+later additions #91–#94 were closed before this acceptance. No required
+issue was silently deferred.
+
+| Legacy concept | Rivencraft implementation or deliberate difference |
+| --- | --- |
+| Cave terrain and writing | Cave terrain uses its cave/Nether biome set and a modern Y=64-start spawn search. Existing non-cave terrain still supports caves as features. See [Age profiles](AGE_PROFILES.md) and [grammar](WRITING_GRAMMAR.md). |
+| Libraries | The recognizable Legacy small-library layout and sparse candidate spacing are ported as a structure template with a chest and up to five page-bearing Book Stands. It generates only in Ages and only on suitable surfaces; player-selectable Legacy or Age-only loot is supported. See [Legacy M7 audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md). |
+| Crystal portal and Receptacle | Connected Crystal Blocks support vertical and horizontal portals. The held book stays in the Receptacle; removing it removes the surface. Rivencraft validates loaded bounds and block protection, saves owner pointers, and uses book-travel rules. Optional Immersive Portals supplies a live destination view, with an animated fallback while unavailable. |
+| Handheld Linking/Descriptive Books | The used book remains behind as a rendered book entity at the origin. The exact Legacy entity pickup rule is not copied: modern contact pickup is used. Return Links default to disabled but remain configurable. |
+| Recipes and discovery | JSON crafting recipes and recipe-book unlocks cover the supported writing/crystal progression. Optional JEI covers the Binder, Writing Desk, and Ink Mixer; a Lectern conversion has no JEI guide. Blank Pages are not craftable. Optional Create/Ponder teaches portal construction. See [JEI review](MILESTONE_7_JEI_REVIEW.md). |
+| Models, sounds, and advancements | Legacy-sourced assets are credited in [asset provenance](ASSET_PROVENANCE.md); 1.21.1-compatible models and renderer adaptations are documented in the [visual audit](MILESTONE_7_VISUAL_AUDIT.md). Server-owned advancements cover book, writing, Age, and portal progress; the unimplemented Quinn equivalent is explicitly omitted in [advancement notes](MILESTONE_7_ADVANCEMENTS.md). |
+| Numbers, sky, and extra items | Base-25 number glyphs, celestial modifiers and eclipses, Symbol Portfolios, the OP-only Link Modifier, and optional Ruins pages were follow-up additions. Legacy page semantics are adapted to the modern authoring plan rather than a binary copy of 1.12.2 worldgen. |
+
+## Compatibility and migration
+
+NeoForge **21.1.264** is the minimum 21.1 build. A player passed the
+singleplayer client with the optional stack, then a local dedicated server
+including Immersive Portals, before the minimum was raised. See the
+[compatibility decision](MILESTONE_7_COMPATIBILITY_REVIEW.md). JEI
+19.69.0.457 and Serene Seasons 10.1.0.9 received their own player checks;
+Create/Ponder, Immersive Portals, TerraBlender/biome add-ons, Serene Seasons,
+JEI, and Ruins remain optional. Ecliptic Seasons is deliberately not
+integrated: its 1.21.1 public API does not support the required live Age
+registration and per-Age calendar control. Missing optional mods must not
+prevent the core mod from loading.
+
+Known older writing/book, Age-plan, and workstation formats have explicit
+migration or stable-default handling. An Age registry and its dimension
+folders must be backed up together. Removed mods, missing custom registry
+objects, and arbitrary prerelease saves are **not** guaranteed to load.
+Retiring an Age through the creative Link Modifier archives its data and
+invalidates its UUID; that intentional destructive operation is not a
+migration. See the [old-save boundary](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md#old-save-boundary-60).
+
+## Release validation and limits
+
+The 0.6.11.0 regression candidate passed `./gradlew --offline build` and
+fresh-world GameTest runs: core **91/91**, generation **129/129**, and
+environment **103/103**. The player reported an in-game pass for that
+candidate. The 1.0.0.1 release candidate additionally allows Number Pages to
+set Celestial Size. The 1.0.0.2 release makes Binder status diagnostics an
+OP-only, default-off world setting. Its offline build and core GameTests
+passed (93/93), and the player reported an in-game pass. The
+preceding 1.0.0.0 candidate passed core and generation GameTests. Its
+environment archive stalled in the first 50-test batch, repeatedly printing
+its field without completing; it was stopped and is **not** counted as a
+1.0.0.0–1.0.0.2 pass. The previous 0.6.11.0 run of that same suite passed 103/103.
+The focused sky, season, and number-page in-game checks in the regression
+matrix remain useful regression checks, not claimed full-matrix passes. The
+Gitea release changelog records the tested JAR and verified SHA-256.
+
+These results do not prove every two-player race, full restart, migration
+from every development world, or optional-mod combination. The specific
+manual matrix remains in [M7 regression](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md); those
+broader combinations are known validation limits, not claimed passes. Modern
+chunk and tick budgets, safer portal validation, 1.21.1 world-height and
+biome APIs, and the dynamic-dimension backend are deliberate deviations from
+Legacy. A complete Legacy worldgen or link-property port is outside this
+milestone.

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+# Milestone 7 regression and migration matrix (issue #83)
+
+This is the dated regression record for the 0.6.11.0 candidate. The
+[Milestone 7 acceptance](MILESTONE_7_ACCEPTANCE.md) owns the final sign-off. A passing
+GameTest is server-side evidence; it is not proof of client rendering,
+multiplayer timing, or every optional-mod combination.
+
+## Automated evidence
+
+| Area | Focused check | Candidate result |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Dedicated server, core linking, book/Age identity, old writing and workstation formats | `./gradlew --offline runGameTestServer`; includes `CoreGameTests`, `AgePersistenceGameTests`, `CrystalPortalGameTests`, M7 crafting/advancement checks | 91/91 required GameTests passed on NeoForge 21.1.264; clean shutdown and fresh-world removal. |
+| Deterministic structures and terrain | `./gradlew --offline runGameTestServer -ParchivedGameTestSuites=generation`; includes library template/spacing/loot/stand checks, cave profiles, vanilla structures, crystal formations, fissures | 129/129 passed after correcting one village test to assert its own contribution rather than a seed-dependent total; fresh-world removal. |
+| Sky, glyph numbers, seasons, creative/JEI page feed | `./gradlew --offline runGameTestServer -ParchivedGameTestSuites=environment` | 103/103 passed on the 0.6.11.0 candidate, including issue #94's number-page check; fresh-world removal. |
+| Packaged models and data | `Milestone7ResourceGameTests.coreModelsResolveBundledTextures` in the core suite; parses critical block models, checks their Rivencraft texture references and the library NBT resource | Passed in the 91-test core run. This checks resource presence, not visual orientation or transparency. |
+| Recipe behavior | `Milestone7CraftingGameTests` and `LinkingBookRecipeGameTests` through the loaded Recipe Manager | Passed in the core run; confirms crystal and receptacle quantities, ink bucket return, no Blank Page crafting, and Linking Book ingredients. |
+| Portal state/save-load | `CrystalPortalGameTests` plus `AgePersistenceGameTests` in the core suite | Passed; covers activation/release, fallback orientation, horizontal/underside placement, uninterrupted surface, cooldown, retired Age and seed/plan identity. Full server restart remains manual. |
+
+The generation archive initially failed
+`AgeStructureGameTests.mixedEndAndTaigaVillagesChargeForEndPortion` because it
+compared the total instability score (1200) with the village-only expectation
+(200). A seed-completed sky legitimately supplied an extra sun (+1000). The
+production scoring was unchanged; the check now isolates the
+`forced_biome_villages` contribution. The rerun passed 129/129. This is a
+repaired assertion, not a hidden feature failure.
+
+Every default GameTest run creates a new world with Minecraft's fixed seed 0
+and deletes it after pass or fail. See [GameTest guidance](GAMETESTS.md).
+Do not retry a storage-stalled GameTest: stop it, remove that automated
+scenario, and give its exact steps to the player. No run in this issue has
+stalled so far. The older full-archive storage stall is historical and is not
+counted as a current pass. On the subsequent **1.0.0.0 release candidate**,
+the environment archive stalled during its first 50-test batch and was
+stopped. The 103/103 result above applies to 0.6.11.0 only, not to 1.0.0.0
+or the later 1.0.0.1–1.0.0.2 candidates. For the 1.0.0.2 manual handoff, create an Age
+with Number Pages immediately before Celestial Angle, Phase, and Size pages;
+confirm each affects the intended body rather than becoming a stray page. Also verify a
+fixed-season Age remains fixed across a restart while the Overworld remains
+independent. Do not rerun the stalled suite merely to obtain a green count.
+
+## Old-save boundary (#60)
+
+Issue #60 established a policy of preserving old saves where practical. Tests
+cover bare-list `OrderedWriting`, page-free books, unknown symbol IDs, older
+Age definitions with stable defaults, plan-v3/plan-v4 interpretation, and
+workstation inventory migration. A bound book's UUID and its Age's registered
+dimension remain stable through ordinary load. This does **not** imply every
+pre-public-release world, removed biome mod, missing dimension provider, or
+changed datapack can be opened. Back up the full world; the Age registry and
+dimension folders are a unit. The creative Link Modifier can intentionally
+retire an Age, archiving its data and marking the UUID dead. That is an explicit
+administrative boundary, not a silent migration.
+
+## Manual matrix for the player
+
+Use a backup or disposable save. Record the exact mod list and jar version.
+These checks are **pending for 0.6.11.0** unless a later note records an actual
+pass. Historical passes on earlier slices should not be silently promoted to
+this candidate.
+
+| Scenario | What to verify |
+| --- | --- |
+| Full restart | Create a random and an authored Age, a library with a looted chest/page stand, an active portal, and a bound book. Stop and restart the server; UUID, terrain, loot removal, stand contents, portal activation, and return travel must persist. |
+| Two players | Cross the same portal at nearly the same time, return independently, and use separate book previews. Cooldowns, destination positions, dropped-book ownership/retrieval, and preview chunk loaders must not interfere. |
+| Cross-dimension travel | Compare the same Descriptive Book by hand, stand, and portal. Check footing/platform rules, arrival coordinates and facing, Disarm, Maintain Momentum, Intra Linking, and Return Link mode. |
+| Client visuals/audio | Compare book spreads, glyphs, D'ni numbers, page/desk/binder/mixer models, 16×16 crystal buds and translucent elements, portal frame/surface order, skies/eclipses, page turns, and Legacy link sounds. A server test cannot observe pixels or audio. |
+| Optional renderers | With neither Create nor Immersive Portals, confirm Legacy fallback. With Create alone, confirm Ponder snapshots and portal guide. With Immersive Portals, confirm live view, Explore exit, sky/sound isolation, portal travel, and fallback while chunks load. With both, `AUTO` should choose Immersive Portals. |
+| Optional world/recipe mods | Test JEI guides/search, TerraBlender with a biome-producing addon (for example Biomes O' Plenty), Serene's six season modes plus Overworld independence/restart, and Ruins template selection/spawn weighting. Repeat startup without optional mods. |
+| Migration | Copy a backed-up older development world. Verify books and Notebooks retain their Age/page IDs, a desk and stand keep contents, old Ages load or provide a clear error, and removing a custom symbol retains its unresolved ID. Do not test by modifying the only copy. |
+| Binder diagnostics | As a non-OP, verify the Binder still creates books but shows no instability/seeded/status messages. As an OP, run `/rivencraft binder messages enable`, reopen the Binder, and verify those messages appear only for the OP. Disable them and restart the world; the setting should remain disabled. |
+
+Historical evidence: the player approved NeoForge 21.1.264 on singleplayer
+and a dedicated server with Immersive Portals; JEI 19.69.0.457 guides, Serene
+Seasons 10.1.0.9's full per-Age matrix, Ruins generation, and issue #94's
+numbered celestials each received an in-game pass on their respective earlier
+release slices. See [compatibility review](MILESTONE_7_COMPATIBILITY_REVIEW.md),
+[JEI review](MILESTONE_7_JEI_REVIEW.md), [Serene review](MILESTONE_7_SERENE_REVIEW.md),
+and [Ruins notes](RUINS_COMPATIBILITY.md). The current candidate's broad
+multiplayer/restart/optional-mod matrix remains unverified until tested.

docs/PORTING.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Porting roadmap
 
+For a concise current status, start with [current implementation](CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md)
+and [milestone summaries](MILESTONES.md). This file retains the original
+roadmap and architectural rationale.
+
 Rivencraft ports Mystcraft Legacy from Minecraft 1.12.2 to NeoForge 1.21.1.
 The world-generation, dimension, registry, networking, and rendering APIs have
 changed substantially, so the work is divided into independently testable
@@ -62,8 +66,9 @@ acceptance issue and all required implementation issues are complete.
    **Complete.** See the [Legacy instability audit](LEGACY_INSTABILITY_AUDIT.md)
    and [Milestone 6 acceptance](MILESTONE_6_ACCEPTANCE.md).
 7. **Structures and polish** — libraries, crystals, portals, recipes, models,
-   sounds, advancements, compatibility, and migration tests. Start with the
+   sounds, advancements, compatibility, and migration tests. **In progress.**
-   [Milestone 7 Legacy audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md).
+   See the [Milestone 7 regression matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md) and
+   [Legacy audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md).
 
 ## Architectural direction
 

docs/PREVIEW_COMPATIBILITY.md

@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ unstable in a particular graphics or mod configuration.
 
 For preview-related releases:
 
-1. Run `./gradlew runGameTestServer -PwithArchivedGameTests=true` to verify the complete selection matrix,
+1. Run `./gradlew runGameTestServer` for the core selection matrix, Age
-   core Age creation, persistence, and travel without optional renderers.
+   creation, persistence, and travel without optional renderers. Add the
+   relevant archives from [GameTest guidance](GAMETESTS.md); if a scenario
+   stalls, stop it and hand that exact check to a real client rather than
+   treating the interrupted run as a pass.
 2. Open held Linking and Descriptive Books once with each available backend.
 3. Open both book types from a Book Stand and confirm Explore is disabled.
 4. With Immersive Portals, enter and leave Explore, travel between dimensions,

docs/README.md

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+# Documentation map
+
+Start with the player-facing [project README](../README.md). The two maintained
+technical entry points are [current implementation](CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md)
+and [milestone summaries](MILESTONES.md). Use [GameTest guidance](GAMETESTS.md)
+to run checks. The files below retain detailed design, provenance, and
+version-specific test evidence; an older milestone record may describe a
+former behavior or loader version.
+
+| Milestone | Detailed records |
+| --- | --- |
+| M1–M3 | [Porting roadmap](PORTING.md), [Age administration](AGES.md), [Age profiles](AGE_PROFILES.md), [preview compatibility](PREVIEW_COMPATIBILITY.md), [random Age weights](RANDOM_AGE_WEIGHTS.md) |
+| M4 | [Writing data](WRITING_DATA.md), [book presentation](DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK_PRESENTATION.md), [Ink Mixer audit](INK_MIXER_MODIFIER_AUDIT.md) |
+| M5 | [Acceptance](MILESTONE_5_ACCEPTANCE.md), [Legacy grammar audit](LEGACY_AGE_GRAMMAR_AUDIT.md), [writing grammar](WRITING_GRAMMAR.md), [symbol semantics](SYMBOL_SEMANTICS.md), [TerraBlender](TERRABLENDER_COMPATIBILITY.md), [Serene Seasons](SERENE_SEASONS_COMPATIBILITY.md) |
+| M6 | [Acceptance](MILESTONE_6_ACCEPTANCE.md), [regression](MILESTONE_6_REGRESSION.md), [Legacy audit](LEGACY_INSTABILITY_AUDIT.md), [score](INSTABILITY_SCORE.md), [live blocks](LIVE_BLOCK_INSTABILITY.md), [runtime](INSTABILITY_RUNTIME.md), [diagnostics](INSTABILITY_DIAGNOSTICS.md), [status effects](INSTABILITY_STATUS_EFFECTS.md), [decay](INSTABILITY_DECAY.md), [environmental hazards](INSTABILITY_ENVIRONMENTAL.md), [cloud platform](AGE_CLOUD_PLATFORM.md) |
+| M7 | [Acceptance](MILESTONE_7_ACCEPTANCE.md), [regression and manual matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md), [Legacy audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md), [visual/audio](MILESTONE_7_VISUAL_AUDIT.md), [advancements](MILESTONE_7_ADVANCEMENTS.md), [JEI](MILESTONE_7_JEI_REVIEW.md), [Serene review](MILESTONE_7_SERENE_REVIEW.md), [compatibility](MILESTONE_7_COMPATIBILITY_REVIEW.md), [Ruins](RUINS_COMPATIBILITY.md) |
+
+[Asset provenance](ASSET_PROVENANCE.md) applies across milestones. Detailed
+audits are intentionally retained for source attribution and migration
+history; these three entry points replace the former practice of treating
+every dated task note as a current installation guide.

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+# Optional Ruins template pages (issue #91)
+
+Rivencraft supports Ruins 1.21.1.2NF as an optional mod. When it is installed,
+every `.tml` template in Ruins' active `config/ruins_config/<generic-or-biome>/`
+folders receives a separate Ruins page in Rivencraft's creative and JEI page
+feeds. New templates added to Ruins' config appear after a restart; removing a
+template makes its page unavailable to new books. With Ruins absent, no Ruins
+pages or structure integration are active.
+
+An authored Age with Ruins pages is admitted through Ruins' dimension gate.
+Rivencraft also admits the authored templates through their individual
+`dimensionsToSpawnIn` gates, which usually list only `overworld` and would
+otherwise prevent them from loading in an Age. Ruins still owns chunk
+inspection, spawn chance, surface validation, biome pools, and spacing.
+Rivencraft filters Ruins' weighted
+template choice to the exact pages in that Age and vetoes an unauthorized
+template in Ruins' pre-spawn event. A page therefore selects *which* template
+may appear; it does not guarantee a structure in every chunk. Manual
+`/testruin` placements are unaffected.
+
+Repeating a template page multiplies that template's Ruins selection weight by
+its page count and adds one spawn attempt per chunk for each duplicate page.
+The extra attempts are capped at 32 per chunk (or Ruins' configured count if
+higher). Distinct template pages do not add attempts, and Ruins' spacing and
+surface checks still apply. As with Rivencraft's standard
+structure pages, the first three copies of each template are instability-free;
+each additional copy adds 100 instability. Ruins retains its own biome and
+surface checks, so the standard structure forced-biome penalty does not apply.
+
+Ruins' event identifies a template only by its filename. If two active folders
+contain the same `.tml` basename, Rivencraft cannot distinguish them and
+disables all Ruins pages for that configuration. Give each template a unique
+filename to restore support. Ruins must also be able to parse the template and
+find a suitable surface in the selected biome; a page cannot repair an invalid
+or biome-incompatible template.
+
+The adapter and dimension/selection mixin are version-sensitive to Ruins
+1.21.1.2NF. The published Rivencraft jar does not include Ruins. To include it
+in a development run, use `-PwithRuins=true`.
+
+## Manual check
+
+1. Start a client with Ruins 1.21.1.2NF and Rivencraft 0.6.9.3. Confirm the
+   Ruins Pages tab contains one page per configured `.tml` file, and search a
+   distinctive template name in JEI.
+2. Bind a new Descriptive Book with a Link Panel, Standard Terrain, a suitable
+   surface biome, and one Ruins page (for example ZombieHut). Enter the Age and
+   explore *unvisited* chunks. Ruins marks inspected chunks and will not retry
+   chunks explored under the earlier broken build. Only the selected Ruins
+   template should appear. Ruins'
+   own chance and distance settings still determine how far exploration takes.
+3. For duplicate weighting, bind an Age with one copy of one template page and
+   three copies of a second template page valid in the same biome. Across enough
+   new candidate chunks, the second should be selected more often relative to
+   the first, and there should be two additional spawn attempts per inspected
+   chunk. Four copies of one template should add 100 instability, visible
+   through the OP Age instability diagnostic, while three copies add none.
+4. Make another Age without a Ruins page and confirm Ruins structures do not
+   appear there. Restart the game and confirm the authored Age keeps its page
+   selection. Then remove Ruins and confirm Rivencraft starts normally without
+   a Ruins tab.
+
+The Ruins-enabled GameTest server passed all 90 required tests and loaded the
+template-dimension and attempt mixins. Its test world was removed afterward.
+Use the client check above to verify actual Ruins generation and the increased
+attempt rate.

docs/SYMBOL_SEMANTICS.md

@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ The Writing Desk retains 88 collection tabs, numbered from zero as in Legacy. Le
 | `weather` | `normal`, `fast`, `slow`, `off`, `always`, `cloudy`, `rain`, `snow`, or `storm`. |
 | `season` | `no_seasons`, `seasons`, `eternal_winter`, `eternal_summer`, `eternal_fall`, or `eternal_spring`. Seasonal effects other than No Seasons require optional Serene Seasons. |
 | `celestial` | `normal_time` (the first representable single-cycle behavior). |
-| `period_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 2]`; zero is stopped time. |
+| `period_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 2]`; zero is stopped time. An immediately preceding D'ni number page overrides it with digit × 0.08. |
-| `angle_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 360)` degrees. |
+| `angle_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 360)` degrees. An immediately preceding D'ni number page overrides it with digit × 15°, wrapping 360° to 0°. |
-| `phase_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 360)` degrees; the compiler will convert to turns. |
+| `phase_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 360)` degrees; the compiler converts it to turns. An immediately preceding D'ni number page overrides it with digit × 15°, wrapping 360° to 0°. |
+| `size_modifier` | JSON scale in `[0.25, 3]`. An immediately preceding D'ni number page overrides it with a linear 0.25×–3× scale: digit 0 is 0.25× and digit 24 is 3×. Without a number, Small/Normal/Large remain 0.5×/1×/2×. |
 | `block` | Canonical namespaced material ID for a compatible following feature; registered full-collision blocks and source fluids receive generated Pages. |
 | `feature` | Canonical namespaced feature-effect ID; the compiler must recognize and validate it. This includes supported decorations and structures. |
 

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=0.6.7.2
+mod_version=1.0.1.1
 immersive_portals_version=6.0.7
 terrablender_version=4.1.0.8
 serene_seasons_version_id=pHEgQQUE

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/Rivencraft.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.ModNetworking;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.config.RivencraftConfig;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.config.RivencraftClientConfig;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsCompatibility;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeDimensionService;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeWeatherService;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeInstabilityRuntime;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public final class Rivencraft {
 
     public Rivencraft(IEventBus modEventBus, ModContainer modContainer) {
         AgeDimensionService.register();
+        RuinsCompatibility.register();
         AgeStatusEffectProviders.register();
         AgeDecayProviders.register();
         AgeHazardProviders.register();
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ public final class Rivencraft {
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(AgeInstabilityRuntime::onServerStopping);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(AgeEnvironmentalProviders::onServerStopping);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(AgeStatusEffectProviders::onServerStopping);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener((net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppingEvent event) ->
+                RuinsCompatibility.onServerStopping());
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(RivencraftCommands::register);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(LibraryLocateService::onServerTickPost);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(LibraryLocateService::onServerStopping);

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

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.StateDefinition;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.BlockStateProperties;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.DirectionProperty;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.BooleanProperty;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.BlockHitResult;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.CollisionContext;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.VoxelShape;
@@ -44,10 +45,11 @@ import net.minecraft.world.phys.shapes.VoxelShape;
 public final class BookReceptacleBlock extends BaseEntityBlock {
     public static final MapCodec<BookReceptacleBlock> CODEC = simpleCodec(BookReceptacleBlock::new);
     public static final DirectionProperty FACING = BlockStateProperties.FACING;
+    public static final BooleanProperty HAS_BOOK = BlockStateProperties.HAS_BOOK;
 
     public BookReceptacleBlock(Properties properties) {
         super(properties);
-        registerDefaultState(stateDefinition.any().setValue(FACING, Direction.NORTH));
+        registerDefaultState(stateDefinition.any().setValue(FACING, Direction.NORTH).setValue(HAS_BOOK, false));
     }
 
     @Override protected MapCodec<? extends BaseEntityBlock> codec() { return CODEC; }
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlock extends BaseEntityBlock {
         };
     }
     @Override protected void createBlockStateDefinition(StateDefinition.Builder<Block, BlockState> builder) {
-        builder.add(FACING);
+        builder.add(FACING, HAS_BOOK);
     }
     @Override public BlockEntity newBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
         return new BookReceptacleBlockEntity(pos, state);
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlock extends BaseEntityBlock {
     }
     @Override public BlockState getStateForPlacement(BlockPlaceContext context) {
         Direction face = context.getClickedFace();
-        if (face == Direction.DOWN || !context.getLevel().getBlockState(
+        if (!context.getLevel().getBlockState(
                 context.getClickedPos().relative(face.getOpposite())).is(ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get())) return null;
         return defaultBlockState().setValue(FACING, face);
     }
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlock extends BaseEntityBlock {
         if (!state.is(replacement.getBlock()) && level instanceof ServerLevel server) {
             CrystalPortalNetwork.shutdown(server, pos);
             if (level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder) {
-                ItemStack book = holder.takeBook();
+                ItemStack book = holder.takeBookOnBreak();
                 if (!book.isEmpty()) level.addFreshEntity(new ItemEntity(level, pos.getX()+0.5, pos.getY()+0.5,
                         pos.getZ()+0.5, book));
             }

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

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity;
 
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.LinkTarget;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeEnvironmentCompiler;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookReceptacleBlock;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlockEntities;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.CrystalPortalNetwork;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NbtOps;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
@@ -20,8 +23,10 @@ import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
 public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
     private static final String BOOK_TAG = "Book";
     private static final String DESTINATION_TAG = "Destination";
+    private static final String SKY_COLOR_TAG = "SkyColor";
     private ItemStack book = ItemStack.EMPTY;
     private LinkTarget destination;
+    private int skyColor = 0xFFFFFF;
     private boolean restoreView = true;
 
     public BookReceptacleBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
 
     public ItemStack getBook() { return book; }
     public LinkTarget destination() { return destination; }
+    public int skyColor() { return skyColor; }
 
     public void setBook(ItemStack stack) {
         book = stack.copyWithCount(1);
@@ -38,21 +44,46 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
 
     public void setDestination(LinkTarget target) {
         destination = target;
+        skyColor = 0xFFFFFF;
+        if (target != null && level instanceof ServerLevel server) {
+            ServerLevel targetLevel = server.getServer().getLevel(target.location().dimension());
+            if (targetLevel != null) skyColor = AgeEnvironmentCompiler.previewSkyColor(
+                    targetLevel, target.location().pos()) & 0xFFFFFF;
+        }
         sync();
     }
 
     public ItemStack takeBook() {
+        return removeBook(true);
+    }
+
+    /** The block is already being replaced, so do not write its state back into the world. */
+    public ItemStack takeBookOnBreak() {
+        return removeBook(false);
+    }
+
+    private ItemStack removeBook(boolean notify) {
         ItemStack result = book;
         book = ItemStack.EMPTY;
         destination = null;
-        sync();
+        skyColor = 0xFFFFFF;
+        if (notify) sync();
+        else setChanged();
         return result;
     }
 
     private void sync() {
         setChanged();
-        if (level != null && !level.isClientSide)
+        if (level instanceof ServerLevel server) {
-            level.sendBlockUpdated(worldPosition, getBlockState(), getBlockState(), 2);
+            BlockState state = server.getBlockState(worldPosition);
+            if (!state.is(ModBlocks.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get())) return;
+            boolean hasBook = !book.isEmpty();
+            if (state.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK) != hasBook) {
+                state = state.setValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK, hasBook);
+                server.setBlock(worldPosition, state, 2);
+            }
+            server.sendBlockUpdated(worldPosition, state, state, 2);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -63,6 +94,7 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
                 : ItemStack.EMPTY;
         destination = tag.contains(DESTINATION_TAG)
                 ? LinkTarget.CODEC.parse(NbtOps.INSTANCE, tag.get(DESTINATION_TAG)).result().orElse(null) : null;
+        skyColor = tag.contains(SKY_COLOR_TAG) ? tag.getInt(SKY_COLOR_TAG) & 0xFFFFFF : 0xFFFFFF;
         restoreView = true;
     }
 
@@ -72,6 +104,7 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
         if (!book.isEmpty()) tag.put(BOOK_TAG, book.save(registries));
         if (destination != null) LinkTarget.CODEC.encodeStart(NbtOps.INSTANCE, destination)
                 .result().ifPresent(encoded -> tag.put(DESTINATION_TAG, encoded));
+        if (destination != null) tag.putInt(SKY_COLOR_TAG, skyColor);
     }
 
     @Override public Packet<ClientGamePacketListener> getUpdatePacket() {
@@ -85,6 +118,10 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
     public static void serverTick(net.minecraft.world.level.Level world, BlockPos pos, BlockState state,
                                   BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder) {
         if (!(world instanceof ServerLevel level)) return;
+        // Reconcile receptacles saved before HAS_BOOK existed, including an
+        // occupied receptacle restored from an older pre-release world.
+        boolean hasBook = !holder.book.isEmpty();
+        if (state.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK) != hasBook) holder.sync();
         if (holder.book.isEmpty() || (!holder.restoreView && level.getGameTime() % 200 != 0)) return;
         // Startup maintenance must never turn a saved portal off while its
         // chunks and block entities are still arriving. Structural edits are

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

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.BiomeSymbolPages;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingGrammar;
 import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ public record AgeBiomeSelection(AgeTraits.BiomeDistribution distribution, List<R
 
     public static AgeBiomeSelection compile(WritingGrammar.Result writing, AgeTraits traits,
                                              AgeRuntimeProfile profile, long seed, RegistryAccess registries) {
+        return compile(writing, traits, profile, seed, registries, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    public static AgeBiomeSelection compile(WritingGrammar.Result writing, AgeTraits traits,
+                                             AgeRuntimeProfile profile, long seed, RegistryAccess registries,
+                                             RandomPagePolicy policy) {
         List<ResourceLocation> authored = writing.symbols().stream()
                 .filter(symbol -> symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.BIOME)
                 .map(symbol -> ((SymbolSemantics.ResourceValue) symbol.semantics().value()).id()).toList();
@@ -67,10 +74,26 @@ public record AgeBiomeSelection(AgeTraits.BiomeDistribution distribution, List<R
                         + " or a TerraBlender Nether region");
             }
         }
-        List<ResourceLocation> availableBiomes = eligible(registries, profile);
+        List<ResourceLocation> terrainBiomes = eligible(registries, profile);
-        if (availableBiomes.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No eligible biomes for terrain " + profile.noiseSettings());
+        if (terrainBiomes.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No eligible biomes for terrain " + profile.noiseSettings());
+        List<ResourceLocation> availableBiomes = distribution == AgeTraits.BiomeDistribution.NATIVE
+                ? terrainBiomes : new ArrayList<>(policy.eligible(terrainBiomes, BiomeSymbolPages::symbolId));
+        if (distribution != AgeTraits.BiomeDistribution.NATIVE
+                && new LinkedHashSet<>(availableBiomes).size() < minimum(distribution)) {
+            ResourceLocation preferred = profile.terrain() == AgeRuntimeProfile.Terrain.VOID
+                    ? ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace("the_void")
+                    : cave ? ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace("deep_dark")
+                    : ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace("plains");
+            if (terrainBiomes.contains(preferred) && !availableBiomes.contains(preferred))
+                availableBiomes.add(preferred);
+            for (ResourceLocation fallback : terrainBiomes) {
+                if (new LinkedHashSet<>(availableBiomes).size() >= minimum(distribution)) break;
+                if (!availableBiomes.contains(fallback)) availableBiomes.add(fallback);
+            }
+        }
         if (distribution == AgeTraits.BiomeDistribution.NATIVE) {
             if (!authored.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Native biome distribution cannot use biome pages");
+            // Native noise biomes are supplied by Minecraft's preset, not chosen as Pages.
             return new AgeBiomeSelection(distribution, profile.terrain() == AgeRuntimeProfile.Terrain.FLAT
                     ? List.of(ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace("plains"))
                     : isCave(profile) ? availableBiomes : presetBiomes(registries, profile));

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

@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ public record AgeDefinition(
         @Nullable AgeSeasonMode seasonMode,
         List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> randomFeatures,
         AgeInstability instability,
-        AgeInstabilityPlan instabilityPlan
+        AgeInstabilityPlan instabilityPlan,
+        RandomPagePolicy randomPagePolicy
 ) {
     public static final ResourceLocation RANDOM_VANILLA_PROFILE = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
             Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "random_vanilla"
     );
-    public static final int CURRENT_GENERATION_VERSION = 16;
+    public static final int LEGACY_GENERATOR_CUTOFF = 16;
+    public static final int CURRENT_GENERATION_VERSION = AgeSkyProfile.RANDOM_SKY_GENERATION_VERSION;
 
     public AgeDefinition {
         Objects.requireNonNull(id, "id");
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ public record AgeDefinition(
         Objects.requireNonNull(traits, "traits");
         Objects.requireNonNull(instability, "instability");
         Objects.requireNonNull(instabilityPlan, "instabilityPlan");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(randomPagePolicy, "randomPagePolicy");
         randomFeatures = List.copyOf(randomFeatures);
         if (plan != null && !randomFeatures.isEmpty()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Authored Ages cannot also have random features");
@@ -87,6 +90,16 @@ public record AgeDefinition(
                 AgeInstabilityPlan.empty());
     }
 
+    public AgeDefinition(UUID id, String name, long seed, ResourceLocation generationProfile,
+                         int generationVersion, long createdGameTime, ResourceLocation dimensionId,
+                         BlockPos spawn, AgeTraits traits, AgeGenerationPlan plan,
+                         @Nullable AgeSeasonMode seasonMode, List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> randomFeatures,
+                         AgeInstability instability, AgeInstabilityPlan instabilityPlan) {
+        this(id, name, seed, generationProfile, generationVersion, createdGameTime,
+                dimensionId, spawn, traits, plan, seasonMode, randomFeatures, instability,
+                instabilityPlan, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
     public static ResourceLocation dimensionId(UUID ageId) {
         return ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "age/" + ageId);
     }
@@ -116,7 +129,7 @@ public record AgeDefinition(
     public AgeDefinition withSpawn(BlockPos spawn) {
         return new AgeDefinition(id, name, seed, generationProfile, generationVersion,
                 createdGameTime, dimensionId, spawn.immutable(), traits, plan, seasonMode,
-                randomFeatures, instability, instabilityPlan);
+                randomFeatures, instability, instabilityPlan, randomPagePolicy);
     }
 
     /** A frozen authored profile takes precedence over the profile ID on old books. */

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

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.ImmersivePortalsChunkLoaders;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsCompatibility;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.BiomeSymbolPages;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.BlockSymbolPages;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
                 if (level != null) {
                     applyCelestialClock(level, age);
                     SereneSeasonsCompatibility.registerAge(server, age);
+                    RuinsCompatibility.registerAge(age);
                 }
             }
             synchronizeImmersivePortals(server);
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
         if (existing != null) {
             applyCelestialClock(existing, definition);
             SereneSeasonsCompatibility.registerAge(server, definition);
+            RuinsCompatibility.registerAge(definition);
             return existing;
         }
 
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
         } else {
             applyCelestialClock(loaded, definition);
             SereneSeasonsCompatibility.registerAge(server, definition);
+            RuinsCompatibility.registerAge(definition);
             synchronizeImmersivePortals(server);
         }
         return loaded;
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
                     server.registryAccess().lookupOrThrow(Registries.STRUCTURE_SET),
                     server.registryAccess().lookupOrThrow(Registries.PLACED_FEATURE)
             );
-            return age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.CURRENT_GENERATION_VERSION
+            return age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.LEGACY_GENERATOR_CUTOFF
                     ? new FlatLevelSource(settings) : new AgeFlatChunkGenerator(biomeSource, settings, features, age.seed(), libraryAgeSymbols);
         }
         if (profile.terrain() == AgeRuntimeProfile.Terrain.VOID) {
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
                     List.of()
             );
             settings.updateLayers();
-            return age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.CURRENT_GENERATION_VERSION
+            return age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.LEGACY_GENERATOR_CUTOFF
                     ? new FlatLevelSource(settings) : new AgeFlatChunkGenerator(biomeSource, settings, features, age.seed(), libraryAgeSymbols);
         }
 
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
         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
+        return age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.LEGACY_GENERATOR_CUTOFF
                 ? new NoiseBasedChunkGenerator(biomeSource, settings)
                 : new AgeFeatureChunkGenerator(biomeSource, settings, features, age.seed(),
                         caveTerrain, caveTerrain ? TerraBlenderBiomes.nether(server.registryAccess()) : List.of(),
@@ -455,13 +459,13 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
             AgeDefinition age,
             AgeRuntimeProfile profile
     ) {
-        if (age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.CURRENT_GENERATION_VERSION) {
+        if (age.generationVersion() < AgeDefinition.LEGACY_GENERATOR_CUTOFF) {
             return legacyBiomeSource(server, age, profile);
         }
         AgeBiomeSelection selection = age.plan() != null && age.plan().biomeSelection() != null
                 ? age.plan().biomeSelection()
                 : AgeBiomeSelection.compile(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingGrammar.parse(OrderedWriting.EMPTY),
-                        age.traits(), profile, age.seed(), server.registryAccess());
+                        age.traits(), profile, age.seed(), server.registryAccess(), age.randomPagePolicy());
         var registry = server.registryAccess().lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME);
         List<Holder<Biome>> biomes = new ArrayList<>();
         List<ResourceLocation> fallbacks = AgeBiomeSelection.eligible(server.registryAccess(), profile);
@@ -558,7 +562,9 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
         DimensionType base = server.registryAccess().lookupOrThrow(Registries.DIMENSION_TYPE)
                 .getOrThrow(ResourceKey.create(Registries.DIMENSION_TYPE, profile.dimensionType())).value();
         AgeTraits.Lighting lighting = age.traits().lighting();
-        boolean hasSkyLight = base.hasSkyLight() && lighting != AgeTraits.Lighting.DARK;
+        AgeSkyProfile sky = AgeSkyProfile.forAge(age);
+        boolean hasSkyLight = (base.hasSkyLight() || !sky.bodies().isEmpty())
+                && lighting != AgeTraits.Lighting.DARK && !age.caveTerrain();
         float ambientLight = lighting == AgeTraits.Lighting.BRIGHT ? 0.25F : 0.0F;
         return new DimensionType(
                 base.fixedTime(),
@@ -573,7 +579,9 @@ public final class AgeDimensionService {
                 base.height(),
                 base.logicalHeight(),
                 base.infiniburn(),
-                AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyEffects(age.plan(), base.effectsLocation()),
+                age.plan() == null && sky.custom()
+                        ? AgeEnvironmentCompiler.CUSTOM_SKY_EFFECTS
+                        : AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyEffects(age.plan(), base.effectsLocation()),
                 ambientLight,
                 base.monsterSettings()
         );

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

@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
 
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.dimension.BuiltinDimensionTypes;
 
 /** Resolves written environment pages without changing the seeded page-free Age path. */
 public final class AgeEnvironmentCompiler {
+    public static final ResourceLocation CUSTOM_SKY_EFFECTS = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+            "rivencraft", "custom_sky");
     private AgeEnvironmentCompiler() {}
 
     public static AgeTraits apply(AgeGenerationPlan plan, AgeTraits seeded) {
@@ -19,6 +25,7 @@ public final class AgeEnvironmentCompiler {
         } else {
             applied = applyLegacy(plan, seeded);
         }
+        AgeSkyProfile.compile(plan, applied);
         return forTerrain(applied, plan.runtimeProfile());
     }
 
@@ -67,8 +74,7 @@ public final class AgeEnvironmentCompiler {
                     phaseDegrees = writtenPhase ? circularMidpoint(phaseDegrees, next) : next;
                     writtenPhase = true;
                 }
-                case ANGLE_MODIFIER -> throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                case ANGLE_MODIFIER -> { } // Consumed by the next independently rendered celestial.
-                        "Sun angle pages require a custom sky renderer and are not supported yet");
                 default -> { }
             }
         }
@@ -81,6 +87,8 @@ public final class AgeEnvironmentCompiler {
     /** Vanilla effects are the sky styles the current renderer can honor exactly. */
     public static ResourceLocation skyEffects(AgeGenerationPlan plan, ResourceLocation fallback) {
         if (plan == null) return fallback;
+        if (skyColor(plan) != -1 || staticSky(plan) || AgeSkyProfile.hasCustomCelestials(plan))
+            return CUSTOM_SKY_EFFECTS;
         return plan.activeSymbols().stream()
                 .filter(symbol -> symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.SKY)
                 .map(symbol -> ((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) symbol.semantics().value()).id())
@@ -92,6 +100,48 @@ public final class AgeEnvironmentCompiler {
                 }).findFirst().orElse(fallback);
     }
 
+    public static boolean staticSky(AgeGenerationPlan plan) {
+        return plan != null && plan.activeSymbols().stream().anyMatch(symbol ->
+                symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.SKY
+                        && ((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) symbol.semantics().value()).id().equals("static"));
+    }
+
+    /** An authored color is fixed; -1 means the biome or selected vanilla sky supplies it. */
+    public static int skyColor(AgeGenerationPlan plan) {
+        return AgeSkyProfile.authoredSkyColor(plan);
+    }
+
+    public static int selectedSkyColor(AgeGenerationPlan plan, ResourceLocation fallback, int biomeSkyColor) {
+        int authored = skyColor(plan);
+        if (authored != -1) return authored;
+        if (staticSky(plan)) return 0xFF929292;
+        ResourceLocation effects = skyEffects(plan, fallback);
+        return previewSkyColor(effects, biomeSkyColor);
+    }
+
+    /** Shared server answer for book previews and the fallback crystal portal surface. */
+    public static int previewSkyColor(ServerLevel level, BlockPos origin) {
+        int biomeColor = level.getBiome(origin).value().getSkyColor();
+        var age = AgeRegistrySavedData.get(level).definitions().stream()
+                .filter(candidate -> AgeDimensionService.dimensionKey(candidate).equals(level.dimension()))
+                .findFirst();
+        if (age.isEmpty()) return previewSkyColor(level.dimensionType().effectsLocation(), biomeColor);
+        var definition = age.orElseThrow();
+        AgeSkyProfile sky = AgeSkyProfile.forAge(definition);
+        if (definition.plan() == null && definition.generationVersion() >= AgeSkyProfile.RANDOM_SKY_GENERATION_VERSION) {
+            if (sky.color() != -1) return sky.color();
+            if (sky.style() == AgeSkyProfile.Style.STATIC) return 0xFF929292;
+        }
+        var profile = definition.plan() == null
+                ? AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(definition.generationProfile())
+                : definition.plan().runtimeProfile();
+        ResourceLocation baseEffects = level.getServer().registryAccess()
+                .lookupOrThrow(Registries.DIMENSION_TYPE)
+                .getOrThrow(ResourceKey.create(Registries.DIMENSION_TYPE, profile.dimensionType()))
+                .value().effectsLocation();
+        return selectedSkyColor(definition.plan(), baseEffects, biomeColor);
+    }
+
     public static boolean hasWrittenPhase(AgeGenerationPlan plan) {
         if (plan == null) return false;
         if (plan.version() >= 4) return orderedCelestial(plan, null).writtenPhase();
@@ -105,15 +155,19 @@ public final class AgeEnvironmentCompiler {
         Double pendingPeriod = null;
         Float pendingPhase = null;
         boolean writtenPhase = false;
+        Double pendingNumber = null;
         for (AgeGenerationPlan.ResolvedSymbol symbol : plan.symbols()) {
             SymbolSemantics semantics = symbol.semantics();
+            Double number = pendingNumber;
+            if (semantics.role() != SymbolSemantics.Role.COLOR_NUMBER) pendingNumber = null;
             switch (semantics.role()) {
+                case COLOR_NUMBER -> pendingNumber = ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
                 case PERIOD_MODIFIER -> {
-                    double next = ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
+                    double next = CelestialPageValues.value(semantics, number);
                     pendingPeriod = pendingPeriod == null ? next : (pendingPeriod + next) / 2.0D;
                 }
                 case PHASE_MODIFIER -> {
-                    float next = (float) ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
+                    float next = (float) CelestialPageValues.value(semantics, number);
                     pendingPhase = pendingPhase == null ? next : circularMidpoint(pendingPhase, next);
                 }
                 case CELESTIAL -> {

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

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Random;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.BlockSymbolPages;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.OrderedWriting;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingGrammar;
@@ -157,12 +158,19 @@ public final class AgeFeatureSelection {
 
     /** Page-free Ages roll up to two material features, plus rare Skylands, once at creation. */
     public static List<Choice> randomChoices(long ageSeed, AgeRuntimeProfile profile, RegistryAccess registries) {
+        return randomChoices(ageSeed, profile, registries, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    public static List<Choice> randomChoices(long ageSeed, AgeRuntimeProfile profile, RegistryAccess registries,
+                                             RandomPagePolicy policy) {
         Random random = new Random(ageSeed ^ 0x4D4154455249414CL);
         int count = random.nextInt(3);
         List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> features = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (ResourceLocation id : BLOCK_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null)
+        for (ResourceLocation id : BLOCK_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null
+                && policy.allows(featurePage(id)))
             features.add(new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, randomMaterialRank(id)));
-        for (ResourceLocation id : FLUID_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null)
+        for (ResourceLocation id : FLUID_FEATURES) if (error(id, profile, registries) == null
+                && policy.allows(featurePage(id)))
             features.add(new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, randomMaterialRank(id)));
         List<Choice> choices = new ArrayList<>();
         while (choices.size() < count && !features.isEmpty()) {
@@ -171,23 +179,30 @@ public final class AgeFeatureSelection {
             var category = solidFeature(feature)
                     ? BlockSymbolPages.CATEGORY : BlockSymbolPages.FLUID_CATEGORY;
             List<ResourceLocation> materials = BlockSymbolPages.availableBlocks(category).stream()
+                    .filter(id -> policy.allows(BlockSymbolPages.symbolId(id)))
                     .filter(id -> materialError(new Choice(feature, Optional.of(id))) == null).toList();
             if (!materials.isEmpty()) choices.add(new Choice(feature,
                     Optional.of(materials.get(random.nextInt(materials.size())))));
         }
         if (profile.terrain() == AgeRuntimeProfile.Terrain.NOISE
+                && policy.allows(featurePage(id("skylands")))
                 && 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)
+        if (error(CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS, profile, registries) == null
+                && policy.allows(featurePage(CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS)) && random.nextInt(10) == 0)
             choices.add(new Choice(CRYSTAL_FORMATIONS, Optional.empty()));
-        if (randomStarFissure(ageSeed))
+        if (policy.allows(featurePage(STAR_FISSURES)) && randomStarFissure(ageSeed))
             choices.add(new Choice(STAR_FISSURES, Optional.empty()));
         AgeBiomeSelection biomes = AgeBiomeSelection.compile(WritingGrammar.parse(OrderedWriting.EMPTY),
-                AgeTraits.select(ageSeed), profile, ageSeed, registries);
+                AgeTraits.select(ageSeed, policy), profile, ageSeed, registries, policy);
-        choices.addAll(AgeStructureSelection.randomChoices(ageSeed, profile, biomes, registries));
+        choices.addAll(AgeStructureSelection.randomChoices(ageSeed, profile, biomes, registries, policy));
         return List.copyOf(choices);
     }
 
+    private static ResourceLocation featurePage(ResourceLocation id) {
+        return ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "feature/" + id.getPath());
+    }
+
     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.
@@ -235,6 +250,9 @@ public final class AgeFeatureSelection {
     }
 
     public static String error(ResourceLocation choice, AgeRuntimeProfile profile, RegistryAccess registries) {
+        if (RuinsTemplatePages.isSymbol(choice))
+            return RuinsTemplatePages.contains(choice) ? null : "Ruins template " + choice
+                    + " is unavailable; restore Ruins and its template before loading this Age";
         if (AgeStructureSelection.feature(choice))
             return AgeStructureSelection.error(choice, profile, null, registries);
         if (choice.equals(AgeDenseOres.ID))

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

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public record AgeGenerationPlan(int version, long ageSeed, OrderedWriting writin
             String raw = item.getString("Value");
             SymbolSemantics.Value value = switch (role) {
                 case TERRAIN, BIOME, BLOCK, FEATURE -> new SymbolSemantics.ResourceValue(ResourceLocation.parse(raw));
-                case PERIOD_MODIFIER, ANGLE_MODIFIER, PHASE_MODIFIER ->
+                case PERIOD_MODIFIER, ANGLE_MODIFIER, PHASE_MODIFIER, SIZE_MODIFIER, COLOR_NUMBER ->
                         new SymbolSemantics.NumberValue(Double.parseDouble(raw));
                 default -> new SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue(raw);
             };

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

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingGrammar;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages;
 import net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.ListTag;
@@ -51,6 +52,15 @@ public record AgeInstability(int version, int score, List<Contribution> breakdow
     }
 
     static AgeInstability compute(AgeGenerationPlan plan, AgeTraits traits, RegistryAccess registries) {
+        return compute(plan, traits, registries, Long.MIN_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    static AgeInstability compute(AgeGenerationPlan plan, AgeTraits traits, RegistryAccess registries, long ageSeed) {
+        return compute(plan, traits, registries, ageSeed, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    static AgeInstability compute(AgeGenerationPlan plan, AgeTraits traits, RegistryAccess registries,
+                                  long ageSeed, RandomPagePolicy policy) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(traits, "traits");
         List<Contribution> contributions = new ArrayList<>();
         if (plan == null) {
@@ -82,6 +92,17 @@ public record AgeInstability(int version, int score, List<Contribution> breakdow
             contributions.add(new Contribution("bright_lighting", -1, BRIGHT_LIGHTING_COST,
                     "Seeded bright lighting"));
         }
+        AgeSkyProfile sky = plan == null && ageSeed != Long.MIN_VALUE ? AgeSkyProfile.random(ageSeed, traits, policy)
+                : plan == null ? new AgeSkyProfile(AgeSkyProfile.Style.INHERITED, -1, List.of())
+                : AgeSkyProfile.compile(plan, traits);
+        int seenSuns = 0;
+        for (AgeSkyProfile.Body body : sky.bodies()) {
+            if (body.kind() != AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN) continue;
+            if (++seenSuns <= 2) continue;
+            int points = 1000 * (seenSuns - 2);
+            contributions.add(new Contribution("extra_sun", -1, points,
+                    "Sun " + seenSuns + " adds growing instability"));
+        }
         return new AgeInstability(CURRENT_VERSION,
                 contributions.stream().mapToInt(Contribution::points).sum(), contributions);
     }
@@ -94,7 +115,8 @@ public record AgeInstability(int version, int score, List<Contribution> breakdow
             if (cave) {
                 var role = symbol.semantics().role();
                 if (switch (role) {
-                    case WEATHER, SEASON, CELESTIAL, PERIOD_MODIFIER, PHASE_MODIFIER, ANGLE_MODIFIER -> true;
+                    case WEATHER, SEASON, CELESTIAL, PERIOD_MODIFIER, PHASE_MODIFIER,
+                            ANGLE_MODIFIER, DIRECTION_MODIFIER -> true;
                     default -> false;
                 }) {
                     contributions.add(new Contribution("cave_ignored_" + role.id(), symbol.index(),
@@ -134,9 +156,12 @@ public record AgeInstability(int version, int score, List<Contribution> breakdow
                     || !(symbol.semantics().value()
                     instanceof net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics.ResourceValue resource)) continue;
             String name = COUNTED_STRUCTURES.get(resource.id());
+            if (name == null && RuinsTemplatePages.isSymbol(resource.id()))
+                name = RuinsTemplatePages.fallbackName(resource.id());
             if (name == null) continue;
             int count = structureCounts.merge(resource.id(), 1, Integer::sum);
-            if (AgeStructureSelection.requiresBiomeOverride(resource.id(), plan.biomeSelection(), registries)) {
+            if (COUNTED_STRUCTURES.containsKey(resource.id())
+                    && AgeStructureSelection.requiresBiomeOverride(resource.id(), plan.biomeSelection(), registries)) {
                 contributions.add(new Contribution("forced_biome_" + resource.id().getPath(), symbol.index(),
                         FORCED_STRUCTURE_BIOME_COST,
                         name + " occurrence " + count + " is forced into an unsupported biome"));
@@ -152,7 +177,7 @@ public record AgeInstability(int version, int score, List<Contribution> breakdow
 
     static int featureCost(ResourceLocation feature, int occurrence) {
         if (occurrence < 1) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Feature occurrence must be positive");
-        return COUNTED_STRUCTURES.containsKey(feature) && occurrence > 3
+        return (COUNTED_STRUCTURES.containsKey(feature) || RuinsTemplatePages.isSymbol(feature)) && occurrence > 3
                 ? EXCESS_LEGACY_STRUCTURE_COST : 0;
     }
 

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

@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ public final class AgePersistenceGameTests {
                 new AgeReference(UUID.randomUUID(), "Stable Writing"), stable);
         AgeDefinition defectiveAge = AgeRegistrySavedData.resolveOrCreate(helper.getLevel(),
                 new AgeReference(UUID.randomUUID(), "Defective Writing"), defective);
-        helper.assertValueEqual(stableAge.instability().score(), 0,
+        helper.assertValueEqual(nonCelestialInstability(stableAge), 0,
                 "Missing seeded branches do not add instability");
-        helper.assertValueEqual(defectiveAge.instability().score(), 600,
+        helper.assertValueEqual(nonCelestialInstability(defectiveAge), 600,
                 "Out-of-order and repeated terrain pages each add their saved penalty");
         helper.assertTrue(defectiveAge.instability().breakdown().stream()
                         .anyMatch(part -> part.reason().equals("duplicate") && part.pageIndex() == 3),
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ public final class AgePersistenceGameTests {
                     new AgeReference(UUID.randomUUID(), "Three " + structure), structureWriting(structure, 3));
             AgeDefinition four = AgeRegistrySavedData.resolveOrCreate(helper.getLevel(),
                     new AgeReference(UUID.randomUUID(), "Four " + structure), structureWriting(structure, 4));
-            helper.assertValueEqual(three.instability().score(), 0,
+            helper.assertValueEqual(nonCelestialInstability(three), 0,
                     "The first three " + structure + " pages retain Legacy's zero cost");
-            helper.assertValueEqual(four.instability().score(), 100,
+            helper.assertValueEqual(nonCelestialInstability(four), 100,
                     "The fourth " + structure + " page must add Legacy's 100-point cost");
             helper.assertTrue(four.instability().breakdown().stream().anyMatch(part ->
                             part.reason().equals("excess_" + structure) && part.pageIndex() == 8),
@@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ public final class AgePersistenceGameTests {
                 "Modern repeated structures must use the same deterministic scoring path");
         helper.assertValueEqual(AgeInstability.featureCost(ResourceLocation.parse("rivencraft:dungeons"), 4), 0,
                 "A Legacy-neutral feature must remain neutral when repeated");
+        ResourceLocation ruin = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId("ZombieHut.tml");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeInstability.featureCost(ruin, 1), 0,
+                "The first Ruins template page is free like a standard structure");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeInstability.featureCost(ruin, 3), 0,
+                "The first three copies of a Ruins page are free");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeInstability.featureCost(ruin, 4), 100,
+                "Each Ruins page beyond the third adds 100 instability");
 
         OrderedWriting duplicateBright = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
                 WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
@@ -216,7 +223,7 @@ public final class AgePersistenceGameTests {
         ));
         AgeDefinition bright = AgeRegistrySavedData.resolveOrCreate(helper.getLevel(),
                 new AgeReference(UUID.randomUUID(), "Double Bright"), duplicateBright);
-        helper.assertValueEqual(bright.instability().score(), 1500,
+        helper.assertValueEqual(nonCelestialInstability(bright), 1500,
                 "Each Bright Lighting page costs 500 and the extra controller costs another 500");
         helper.assertValueEqual(bright.instability().breakdown().stream()
                         .filter(part -> part.reason().equals("bright_lighting")).count(), 2L,
@@ -420,6 +427,13 @@ public final class AgePersistenceGameTests {
         helper.succeed();
     }
 
+    /** Isolate the writing-cost assertion from seed-completed extra-sun instability. */
+    private static int nonCelestialInstability(AgeDefinition age) {
+        return age.instability().breakdown().stream()
+                .filter(part -> !part.reason().equals("extra_sun"))
+                .mapToInt(AgeInstability.Contribution::points).sum();
+    }
+
     private static CompoundTag entry(
             UUID id,
             String name,

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

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public final class AgeRegistrySavedData extends SavedData {
     private static final String TRAITS_TAG = "Traits";
     private static final String PLAN_TAG = "GenerationPlan";
     private static final String RANDOM_FEATURES_TAG = "RandomFeatures";
+    private static final String RANDOM_PAGE_POLICY_TAG = "RandomPagePolicy";
     private static final String SEASON_MODE_TAG = "SeasonMode";
     private static final String INSTABILITY_TAG = "Instability";
     private static final String INSTABILITY_PLAN_TAG = "InstabilityPlan";
@@ -77,9 +78,19 @@ public final class AgeRegistrySavedData extends SavedData {
         ServerLevel overworld = level.getServer().overworld();
         AgeRegistrySavedData data = get(overworld);
         long seed = ageSeed(overworld.getSeed(), data.availableDimensionId(normalizedName(name)));
-        AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, seed,
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, seed,
                 AgeRuntimeProfiles.selectForWriting(seed, writing, overworld.registryAccess()), AgeTraits.select(seed),
                 overworld.registryAccess());
+        if (plan == null) {
+            RandomPagePolicy policy = RandomPagePolicy.configured();
+            ResourceLocation profileId = AgeRuntimeProfiles.select(seed, policy);
+            AgeRuntimeProfile profile = AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(profileId);
+            AgeTraits traits = AgeTraits.select(seed, policy);
+            AgeBiomeSelection.compile(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingGrammar.parse(OrderedWriting.EMPTY),
+                    traits, profile, seed, overworld.registryAccess(), policy);
+            AgeSkyProfile.random(seed, traits, policy);
+            AgeSeasonMode.select(null, seed, ModList.get().isLoaded("sereneseasons"), profile, policy);
+        }
     }
 
     public static ResourceLocation previewGenerationProfile(ServerLevel level, String name) {
@@ -155,7 +166,8 @@ public final class AgeRegistrySavedData extends SavedData {
         AgeDefinition changed = new AgeDefinition(previous.id(), previous.name(), seed,
                 previous.generationProfile(), previous.generationVersion(), previous.createdGameTime(),
                 previous.dimensionId(), previous.spawn(), previous.traits(), plan, previous.seasonMode(),
-                previous.randomFeatures(), previous.instability(), previous.instabilityPlan());
+                previous.randomFeatures(), previous.instability(), previous.instabilityPlan(),
+                previous.randomPagePolicy());
         if (AgeDimensionService.unload(server, previous) == AgeDimensionService.UnloadResult.FAILED)
             return false;
         ages.put(ageId, changed);
@@ -173,13 +185,19 @@ public final class AgeRegistrySavedData extends SavedData {
         String name = normalizedName(reference.name());
         ResourceLocation dimensionId = availableDimensionId(name);
         long seed = ageSeed(worldSeed, dimensionId);
+        RandomPagePolicy policy = RandomPagePolicy.configured();
         ResourceLocation seedProfile = AgeRuntimeProfiles.selectForWriting(seed, writing, registries);
         AgeTraits traits = AgeTraits.select(seed);
         AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, seed, seedProfile, traits, registries);
+        if (plan == null) {
+            seedProfile = AgeRuntimeProfiles.select(seed, policy);
+            traits = AgeTraits.select(seed, policy);
+        }
         AgeTraits effectiveTraits = plan == null
                 ? AgeEnvironmentCompiler.forTerrain(traits, AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(seedProfile))
                 : AgeEnvironmentCompiler.apply(plan, traits);
-        AgeInstability instability = AgeInstability.compute(plan, effectiveTraits, registries);
+        AgeInstability instability = AgeInstability.compute(plan, effectiveTraits, registries, seed,
+                plan == null ? policy : RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
         AgeInstabilityPlan instabilityPlan = AgeInstabilityPlan.select(instability, seed);
         AgeDefinition created = new AgeDefinition(
                 reference.id(),
@@ -193,11 +211,13 @@ public final class AgeRegistrySavedData extends SavedData {
                 effectiveTraits,
                 plan,
                 AgeSeasonMode.select(plan, seed, ModList.get().isLoaded("sereneseasons"),
-                        plan == null ? AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(seedProfile) : plan.runtimeProfile()),
+                        plan == null ? AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(seedProfile) : plan.runtimeProfile(),
+                        plan == null ? policy : RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED),
                 plan == null ? AgeFeatureSelection.randomChoices(seed,
-                        AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(seedProfile), registries) : List.of(),
+                        AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(seedProfile), registries, policy) : List.of(),
                 instability,
-                instabilityPlan
+                instabilityPlan,
+                plan == null ? policy : RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED
         );
         ages.put(created.id(), created);
         setDirty();
@@ -264,7 +284,10 @@ public final class AgeRegistrySavedData extends SavedData {
                             ? AgeSeasonMode.parseOrNull(entry.getString(SEASON_MODE_TAG)) : null,
                     readRandomFeatures(entry),
                     instability,
-                    instabilityPlan
+                    instabilityPlan,
+                    entry.contains(RANDOM_PAGE_POLICY_TAG, CompoundTag.TAG_COMPOUND)
+                            ? RandomPagePolicy.load(entry.getCompound(RANDOM_PAGE_POLICY_TAG))
+                            : RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED
             ));
         }
         return data;
@@ -309,6 +332,7 @@ public final class AgeRegistrySavedData extends SavedData {
                         entry.put(RANDOM_FEATURES_TAG, featureTags);
                     }
                     if (age.seasonMode() != null) entry.putString(SEASON_MODE_TAG, age.seasonMode().name());
+                    if (age.plan() == null) entry.put(RANDOM_PAGE_POLICY_TAG, age.randomPagePolicy().save());
                     entry.put(INSTABILITY_TAG, age.instability().save());
                     entry.put(INSTABILITY_PLAN_TAG, age.instabilityPlan().save());
                     serializedAges.add(entry);

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

@@ -57,20 +57,39 @@ public final class AgeRuntimeProfiles {
 
     /** Selects from all valid loaded profiles in stable resource-ID order. */
     public static ResourceLocation select(long seed) {
+        return select(seed, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    public static ResourceLocation select(long seed, RandomPagePolicy policy) {
         if (PROFILES.isEmpty()) {
-            return AgeGenerationProfiles.select(seed);
+            List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> profiles = policy.required(
+                    AgeGenerationProfiles.all().stream().sorted()
+                            .map(id -> new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, AgeGenerationProfiles.randomRank(id)))
+                            .toList(), option -> terrainPage(option.value()),
+                    new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, 1));
+            return LegacyRankChoice.choose(new Random(seed ^ 0x5445525241494E4CL), profiles);
         }
-        List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> profiles = PROFILES.keySet().stream().sorted()
+        List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> available = PROFILES.keySet().stream().sorted()
                 .map(id -> new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, AgeGenerationProfiles.randomRank(id))).toList();
+        LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation> fallback = available.stream()
+                .filter(option -> option.value().equals(AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD))
+                .findFirst().orElse(available.getFirst());
+        List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> profiles = policy.required(available,
+                option -> terrainPage(option.value()), fallback);
         return LegacyRankChoice.choose(new Random(seed ^ 0x5445525241494E4CL), profiles);
     }
 
+    private static ResourceLocation terrainPage(ResourceLocation profile) {
+        return ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "terrain/" + profile.getPath());
+    }
+
     /** Keep seed-selected terrain random, but only among profiles able to host authored features. */
     public static ResourceLocation selectForWriting(long seed, OrderedWriting writing, RegistryAccess registries) {
-        ResourceLocation selected = select(seed);
         WritingGrammar.Result parsed = WritingGrammar.parse(writing);
-        if (parsed.activeSymbols().stream().anyMatch(symbol ->
+        boolean authoredTerrain = parsed.activeSymbols().stream().anyMatch(symbol ->
-                symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.TERRAIN)) return selected;
+                symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.TERRAIN);
+        ResourceLocation selected = select(seed);
+        if (authoredTerrain) return selected;
         List<ResourceLocation> features = parsed.activeSymbols().stream()
                 .filter(symbol -> symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.FEATURE)
                 .map(symbol -> ((SymbolSemantics.ResourceValue) symbol.semantics().value()).id()).toList();

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

@@ -24,15 +24,23 @@ public enum AgeSeasonMode {
 
     public static AgeSeasonMode select(AgeGenerationPlan plan, long ageSeed, boolean sereneInstalled,
                                        AgeRuntimeProfile profile) {
+        return select(plan, ageSeed, sereneInstalled, profile, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    public static AgeSeasonMode select(AgeGenerationPlan plan, long ageSeed, boolean sereneInstalled,
+                                       AgeRuntimeProfile profile, RandomPagePolicy policy) {
         if (profile != null && AgeBiomeSelection.isCave(profile)) return NO_SEASONS;
         if (hasAuthoredPage(plan)) return from(plan);
-        return sereneInstalled ? LegacyRankChoice.choose(new Random(ageSeed ^ RANDOM_SALT), List.of(
+        return sereneInstalled ? LegacyRankChoice.choose(new Random(ageSeed ^ RANDOM_SALT), policy.required(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;
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(ETERNAL_SPRING, 3)),
+                option -> net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft",
+                        "season/" + option.value().name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(NO_SEASONS, 2))) : null;
     }
 
     /** Existing Ages without a stored choice retain their old cycling behavior. */

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

@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Set;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+
+/** The ordered, deterministic sky specification for an Age. No client data is trusted here. */
+public record AgeSkyProfile(Style style, int color, List<Body> bodies) {
+    public static final int RANDOM_SKY_GENERATION_VERSION = 17;
+    private static final int[] COLORS = {0xB74A50, 0xD9834B, 0xDBC574, 0x5AAB80,
+            0x6FA8DF, 0x9870B9, 0xD5DBE1, 0x252531};
+
+    public AgeSkyProfile {
+        bodies = List.copyOf(bodies);
+        long suns = bodies.stream().filter(body -> body.kind() == Kind.SUN).count();
+        long moons = bodies.size() - suns;
+        if (suns > 10 || moons > 10) throw new IllegalArgumentException("An Age may have at most ten suns and ten moons");
+    }
+
+    public static AgeSkyProfile forAge(AgeDefinition age) {
+        if (age.plan() != null) return compile(age.plan(), age.traits());
+        if (age.generationVersion() >= RANDOM_SKY_GENERATION_VERSION)
+            return random(age.seed(), age.traits(), age.randomPagePolicy());
+        return new AgeSkyProfile(Style.INHERITED, -1, List.of());
+    }
+
+    public static AgeSkyProfile random(long seed, AgeTraits traits) {
+        return random(seed, traits, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    public static AgeSkyProfile random(long seed, AgeTraits traits, RandomPagePolicy policy) {
+        Random random = new Random(seed ^ 0x534B5950524F464CL);
+        List<Style> styles = policy.required(java.util.Arrays.stream(Style.values())
+                .filter(style -> style != Style.INHERITED || !policy.restricts("sky")).toList(),
+                AgeSkyProfile::skyPage, Style.INHERITED);
+        Style style = styles.get(random.nextInt(styles.size()));
+        int color = randomColor(random);
+        int suns = policy.allows(ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "celestial/sun"))
+                ? random.nextInt(4) : 0;
+        int moons = policy.allows(ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "celestial/moon"))
+                ? random.nextInt(4) : 0;
+        List<Body> bodies = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < suns; i++)
+            bodies.add(new Body(Kind.SUN, randomColor(random),
+                    0.75F + random.nextFloat(), random.nextFloat() * 360.0F,
+                    traits.celestialPeriod(), random.nextFloat(), random.nextBoolean()));
+        for (int i = 0; i < moons; i++)
+            bodies.add(new Body(Kind.MOON, randomColor(random),
+                    0.75F + random.nextFloat(), random.nextFloat() * 360.0F,
+                    traits.celestialPeriod(), random.nextFloat(), random.nextBoolean()));
+        return new AgeSkyProfile(style, color, bodies);
+    }
+
+    private static ResourceLocation skyPage(Style style) {
+        return ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft",
+                "sky/" + (style == Style.INHERITED ? "inherited" : style.name().toLowerCase(java.util.Locale.ROOT)));
+    }
+
+    public static AgeSkyProfile compile(AgeGenerationPlan plan, AgeTraits traits) {
+        if (plan == null) return new AgeSkyProfile(Style.INHERITED, -1, List.of());
+        Style style = Style.INHERITED;
+        int color = authoredSkyColor(plan);
+        boolean customBodies = hasCustomCelestials(plan);
+        List<Body> bodies = new ArrayList<>();
+        Set<Integer> active = new HashSet<>(plan.activeSymbolIndices());
+        AgeTraits seeded = AgeTraits.select(plan.ageSeed());
+        double period = 1.0D;
+        float angle = seeded.celestialAngle();
+        float phase = seeded.celestialPhase();
+        float size = 1.0F;
+        List<Integer> bodyColors = new ArrayList<>();
+        ColorAccumulator pendingColors = new ColorAccumulator();
+        Double pendingNumber = null;
+        boolean clockwise = true;
+        for (AgeGenerationPlan.ResolvedSymbol symbol : plan.symbols()) {
+            if (!active.contains(symbol.index())) continue;
+            SymbolSemantics semantics = symbol.semantics();
+            Double number = pendingNumber;
+            if (semantics.role() != SymbolSemantics.Role.COLOR_NUMBER) pendingNumber = null;
+            switch (semantics.role()) {
+                case SKY -> {
+                    pendingColors.clear();
+                    style = switch (((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id()) {
+                        case "overworld" -> Style.OVERWORLD;
+                        case "nether" -> Style.NETHER;
+                        case "end" -> Style.END;
+                        case "static" -> Style.STATIC;
+                        default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown sky style");
+                    };
+                }
+                case COLOR_NUMBER -> pendingNumber = ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue)
+                        semantics.value()).amount();
+                case COLOR -> {
+                    pendingColors.add(((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id(),
+                            number == null ? randomColorNumber(plan.ageSeed(), symbol.index()) : number.intValue());
+                }
+                case PERIOD_MODIFIER -> period = CelestialPageValues.value(semantics, number);
+                case ANGLE_MODIFIER -> angle = (float) CelestialPageValues.value(semantics, number);
+                case PHASE_MODIFIER -> phase = (float) (CelestialPageValues.value(semantics, number) / 360.0D);
+                case SIZE_MODIFIER -> size = (float) CelestialPageValues.value(semantics, number);
+                case CELESTIAL_COLOR -> bodyColors.add(color(
+                        ((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id()));
+                case DIRECTION_MODIFIER -> clockwise = ((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value())
+                        .id().equals("clockwise");
+                case CELESTIAL -> {
+                    String choice = ((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id();
+                    int bodyColor = pendingColors.written() ? pendingColors.rgb()
+                            : bodyColors.isEmpty() ? 0xFFFFFF : mixColors(bodyColors);
+                    if (choice.equals("normal_time")) {
+                        if (customBodies) {
+                            bodies.add(new Body(Kind.SUN, bodyColor, size, angle, period, phase, clockwise));
+                            bodies.add(new Body(Kind.MOON, bodyColor, 1.0F, angle, period,
+                                    (phase + 0.5F) % 1.0F, clockwise));
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        bodies.add(new Body(choice.equals("sun") ? Kind.SUN : Kind.MOON,
+                                bodyColor, size, angle, period, phase, clockwise));
+                    }
+                    period = 1.0D;
+                    angle = seeded.celestialAngle();
+                    phase = seeded.celestialPhase();
+                    size = 1.0F;
+                    bodyColors.clear();
+                    pendingColors.clear();
+                    clockwise = true;
+                }
+                default -> { }
+            }
+        }
+        // Missing branches are seed-completed, including the celestial branch.
+        // An explicit sky or sky-color page does not suppress that completion.
+        if (plan.activeSymbols().stream().noneMatch(symbol ->
+                symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.CELESTIAL)) {
+            bodies.addAll(random(plan.ageSeed(), seeded).bodies());
+        }
+        return new AgeSkyProfile(style, color, bodies);
+    }
+
+    public static int mixColors(List<Integer> colors) {
+        if (colors.isEmpty()) return -1;
+        long red = 0, green = 0, blue = 0;
+        for (int color : colors) {
+            red += color >> 16 & 255;
+            green += color >> 8 & 255;
+            blue += color & 255;
+        }
+        int count = colors.size();
+        return (int) ((red + count / 2) / count) << 16
+                | (int) ((green + count / 2) / count) << 8
+                | (int) ((blue + count / 2) / count);
+    }
+
+    /** Shared color pages affect the next Sky or celestial page; trailing colors tint the sky. */
+    public static int authoredSkyColor(AgeGenerationPlan plan) {
+        if (plan == null) return -1;
+        ColorAccumulator pending = new ColorAccumulator();
+        Integer multiplier = null;
+        int skyColor = -1;
+        List<Integer> legacyColors = new ArrayList<>();
+        Set<Integer> active = new HashSet<>(plan.activeSymbolIndices());
+        for (AgeGenerationPlan.ResolvedSymbol symbol : plan.symbols()) {
+            if (!active.contains(symbol.index())) continue;
+            SymbolSemantics semantics = symbol.semantics();
+            if (semantics.role() != SymbolSemantics.Role.COLOR
+                    && semantics.role() != SymbolSemantics.Role.COLOR_NUMBER) multiplier = null;
+            switch (semantics.role()) {
+                case COLOR_NUMBER -> multiplier = (int) ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
+                case COLOR -> {
+                    pending.add(((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id(),
+                            multiplier == null ? randomColorNumber(plan.ageSeed(), symbol.index()) : multiplier);
+                    multiplier = null;
+                }
+                case SKY -> {
+                    if (pending.written()) skyColor = pending.rgb();
+                    pending.clear();
+                }
+                case CELESTIAL -> pending.clear();
+                case SKY_COLOR -> legacyColors.add(color(
+                        ((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id()));
+                default -> { }
+            }
+        }
+        if (pending.written()) skyColor = pending.rgb();
+        return skyColor != -1 ? skyColor : mixColors(legacyColors);
+    }
+
+    private static int randomColorNumber(long ageSeed, int pageIndex) {
+        return new Random(ageSeed ^ (0x9E3779B97F4A7C15L * (pageIndex + 1L))).nextInt(25);
+    }
+
+    private static final class ColorAccumulator {
+        private int red;
+        private int green;
+        private int blue;
+        private boolean written;
+
+        void add(String color, int multiplier) {
+            int amount = multiplier * 10;
+            written = true;
+            switch (color) {
+                case "red" -> red += amount;
+                case "green" -> green += amount;
+                case "blue" -> blue += amount;
+                case "white" -> { red += amount; green += amount; blue += amount; }
+                case "black" -> { red -= amount; green -= amount; blue -= amount; }
+                default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown shared color " + color);
+            }
+        }
+
+        boolean written() { return written; }
+
+        int rgb() {
+            return clamp(red) << 16 | clamp(green) << 8 | clamp(blue);
+        }
+
+        void clear() { red = green = blue = 0; written = false; }
+
+        private static int clamp(int channel) { return Math.max(0, Math.min(255, channel)); }
+    }
+
+    private static int randomColor(Random random) {
+        int count = 1 + random.nextInt(3);
+        List<Integer> colors = new ArrayList<>(count);
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) colors.add(COLORS[random.nextInt(COLORS.length)]);
+        return mixColors(colors);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean hasCustomCelestials(AgeGenerationPlan plan) {
+        return plan != null && (hasColorForCelestial(plan) || plan.activeSymbols().stream().anyMatch(symbol ->
+                symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.CELESTIAL
+                        && !((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) symbol.semantics().value()).id().equals("normal_time")
+                        || symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.CELESTIAL_COLOR
+                        || symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.SIZE_MODIFIER
+                        || symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.ANGLE_MODIFIER
+                        || symbol.semantics().role() == SymbolSemantics.Role.DIRECTION_MODIFIER));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean hasColorForCelestial(AgeGenerationPlan plan) {
+        Set<Integer> active = new HashSet<>(plan.activeSymbolIndices());
+        boolean pending = false;
+        for (AgeGenerationPlan.ResolvedSymbol symbol : plan.symbols()) {
+            if (!active.contains(symbol.index())) continue;
+            switch (symbol.semantics().role()) {
+                case COLOR -> pending = true;
+                case SKY -> pending = false;
+                case CELESTIAL -> {
+                    if (pending) return true;
+                    pending = false;
+                }
+                default -> { }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean custom() {
+        return style == Style.STATIC || color != -1 || !bodies.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    /** Vanilla has one skylight channel; combine visible bodies into that channel. */
+    public float lightAt(double dayTime) {
+        float sunlight = 0.0F;
+        float moonlight = 0.0F;
+        for (Body body : bodies) {
+            double orbit = body.period() == 0.0D ? body.phase()
+                    : (body.clockwise() ? 1.0D : -1.0D) * dayTime
+                            / (24000.0D * body.period()) + body.phase();
+            float altitude = (float) Math.cos(orbit * Math.PI * 2.0D);
+            if (altitude <= 0.0F) continue;
+            if (body.kind() == Kind.SUN) sunlight += altitude * (1.0F - 0.85F * eclipseFor(body, dayTime));
+            else moonlight += altitude * 0.18F;
+        }
+        return Math.min(1.0F, sunlight > 0.0F ? sunlight : moonlight);
+    }
+
+    /** Disc overlap in the rendered sky, from first contact (0) to centered alignment (1). */
+    public float eclipseFor(Body body, double dayTime) {
+        float strongest = 0.0F;
+        net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3 bodyDirection = direction(body, dayTime);
+        for (Body other : bodies) {
+            if (other.kind() == body.kind()) continue;
+            double dot = Math.max(-1.0D, Math.min(1.0D,
+                    bodyDirection.dot(direction(other, dayTime))));
+            double separation = Math.acos(dot);
+            // The outer 32x32 quad is only glow. The opaque body occupies its
+            // central 8x8 pixels, so contact must use one quarter of its size.
+            double radius = Math.atan((body.kind() == Kind.SUN ? 30.0D : 20.0D)
+                    * body.size() * 0.25D / 100.0D)
+                    + Math.atan((other.kind() == Kind.SUN ? 30.0D : 20.0D)
+                    * other.size() * 0.25D / 100.0D);
+            if (radius > 0.0D) strongest = Math.max(strongest,
+                    (float) Math.max(0.0D, 1.0D - separation / radius));
+        }
+        return strongest;
+    }
+
+    public float eclipseAt(double dayTime) {
+        float strongest = 0.0F;
+        for (Body body : bodies) {
+            if (body.kind() == Kind.SUN && direction(body, dayTime).y > 0.0D)
+                strongest = Math.max(strongest, eclipseFor(body, dayTime));
+        }
+        return strongest;
+    }
+
+    private static net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3 direction(Body body, double dayTime) {
+        double orbit = body.period() == 0.0D ? body.phase()
+                : (body.clockwise() ? 1.0D : -1.0D) * dayTime
+                        / (24000.0D * body.period()) + body.phase();
+        double tilt = orbit * Math.PI * 2.0D;
+        double bearing = Math.toRadians(body.angle());
+        double lateral = Math.sin(tilt);
+        return new net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3(
+                Math.sin(bearing) * lateral, Math.cos(tilt), Math.cos(bearing) * lateral);
+    }
+
+    public static int color(String name) {
+        return switch (name) {
+            case "red" -> COLORS[0];
+            case "orange" -> COLORS[1];
+            case "yellow" -> COLORS[2];
+            case "green" -> COLORS[3];
+            case "blue" -> COLORS[4];
+            case "purple" -> COLORS[5];
+            case "white" -> COLORS[6];
+            case "black" -> COLORS[7];
+            default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown sky color " + name);
+        };
+    }
+
+    public enum Style { INHERITED, OVERWORLD, NETHER, END, STATIC }
+    public enum Kind { SUN, MOON }
+    public record Body(Kind kind, int color, float size, float angle,
+                       double period, float phase, boolean clockwise) { }
+}

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

@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ public final class AgeStructureGameTests {
             var age = AgeRegistrySavedData.resolveOrCreate(helper.getLevel(),
                     new AgeReference(java.util.UUID.randomUUID(), "Mixed " + firstBiome), writing);
             int expected = firstBiome.equals("the_end") ? 200 : 0;
-            helper.assertValueEqual(age.instability().score(), expected,
+            helper.assertValueEqual(age.instability().breakdown().stream()
-                    "Each Village page must charge 100 if any selected biome needs the override");
+                            .filter(part -> part.reason().equals("forced_biome_villages"))
+                            .mapToInt(AgeInstability.Contribution::points).sum(), expected,
+                    "Each Village page must charge 100 if any selected biome needs the override; "
+                            + "seed-completed celestial instability is independent");
             helper.assertValueEqual(age.instability().breakdown().stream()
                             .filter(part -> part.reason().equals("forced_biome_villages")).count(),
                     firstBiome.equals("the_end") ? 2L : 0L,

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

@@ -157,7 +157,14 @@ public final class AgeStructureSelection {
 
     public static List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> randomChoices(long ageSeed, AgeRuntimeProfile profile,
                                                                    AgeBiomeSelection biomes, RegistryAccess registries) {
+        return randomChoices(ageSeed, profile, biomes, registries, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    public static List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> randomChoices(long ageSeed, AgeRuntimeProfile profile,
+                                                                   AgeBiomeSelection biomes, RegistryAccess registries,
+                                                                   RandomPagePolicy policy) {
         List<LegacyRankChoice.Option<ResourceLocation>> eligible = new ArrayList<>(FEATURES.stream()
+                .filter(id -> policy.allows(ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "feature/" + id.getPath())))
                 .filter(id -> error(id, profile, biomes, registries) == null)
                 .filter(id -> dungeons(id) || biomeCompatible(id, biomes, registries))
                 .map(id -> new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(id, randomRank(id))).toList());

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

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
 
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 
 /** Immutable random-Age traits selected once from the Age seed. */
 public record AgeTraits(
@@ -29,8 +31,8 @@ public record AgeTraits(
         if (biomeDistribution == null || lighting == null || weather == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age trait choices cannot be null");
         }
-        if (celestialPeriod != STOPPED_CELESTIAL_PERIOD
+        if (!Double.isFinite(celestialPeriod)
-                && (celestialPeriod < MIN_CELESTIAL_PERIOD || celestialPeriod > MAX_CELESTIAL_PERIOD)) {
+                || celestialPeriod < STOPPED_CELESTIAL_PERIOD || celestialPeriod > MAX_CELESTIAL_PERIOD) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Celestial period is outside the legacy range");
         }
         if (celestialAngle < MIN_CELESTIAL_ANGLE || celestialAngle >= MAX_CELESTIAL_ANGLE) {
@@ -42,8 +44,12 @@ public record AgeTraits(
     }
 
     public static AgeTraits select(long seed) {
+        return select(seed, RandomPagePolicy.UNRESTRICTED);
+    }
+
+    public static AgeTraits select(long seed, RandomPagePolicy policy) {
         Random random = new Random(seed ^ 0x524956454E435241L);
-        BiomeDistribution biomeDistribution = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, List.of(
+        BiomeDistribution biomeDistribution = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, policy.required(List.of(
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.NATIVE, 1),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.SINGLE, 1),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.MEDIUM, 1),
@@ -52,12 +58,16 @@ public record AgeTraits(
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.TINY, 2),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.SMALL, 2),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.LARGE, 2),
-                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.HUGE, 2)));
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.HUGE, 2)),
-        Lighting lighting = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, List.of(
+                option -> page("biome", option.value()),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(BiomeDistribution.NATIVE, 1)));
+        Lighting lighting = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, policy.required(List.of(
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.NORMAL, 1),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.DARK, 2),
-                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.BRIGHT, 2)));
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.BRIGHT, 2)),
-        Weather weather = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, List.of(
+                option -> page("lighting", option.value()),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Lighting.NORMAL, 1)));
+        Weather weather = LegacyRankChoice.choose(random, policy.required(List.of(
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.NORMAL, 1),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.FAST, 2),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.SLOW, 2),
@@ -66,7 +76,9 @@ public record AgeTraits(
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.CLOUDY, 2),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.RAIN, 2),
                 new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.SNOW, 2),
-                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.STORM, 2)));
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.STORM, 2)),
+                option -> page("weather", option.value()),
+                new LegacyRankChoice.Option<>(Weather.NORMAL, 1)));
         // 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;
@@ -81,6 +93,11 @@ public record AgeTraits(
         );
     }
 
+    private static ResourceLocation page(String category, Enum<?> value) {
+        return ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft",
+                category + "/" + value.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
+    }
+
     public boolean hasStoppedCelestialCycle() {
         return celestialPeriod == STOPPED_CELESTIAL_PERIOD;
     }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics;
+
+/** A preceding D'ni number overrides the next celestial modifier's fixed page value. */
+final class CelestialPageValues {
+    private CelestialPageValues() {}
+
+    static double value(SymbolSemantics semantics, Double number) {
+        if (number == null) return ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
+        return switch (semantics.role()) {
+            case PERIOD_MODIFIER -> number * 0.08D;
+            case ANGLE_MODIFIER, PHASE_MODIFIER -> (number * 15.0D) % 360.0D;
+            case SIZE_MODIFIER -> 0.25D + number * (2.75D / 24.0D);
+            default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a celestial numeric modifier");
+        };
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.OrderedWriting;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolReference;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingEntry;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingGrammar;
+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;
+
+/** Focused core coverage without launching the storage-heavy environment archive. */
+@GameTestHolder(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class CelestialSizeGameTests {
+    private CelestialSizeGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void adjacentNumberSetsNextCelestialSize(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
+                page("number/0"), page("size/small"), page("celestial/sun"),
+                page("number/24"), page("size/large"), page("celestial/moon"),
+                page("number/12"), page("size/normal"), page("celestial/sun")));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(WritingGrammar.parse(writing).writingInstability(), 0,
+                "Adjacent number and size pages must be valid writing");
+        AgeTraits seeded = AgeTraits.select(94L);
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 94L,
+                AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, seeded, helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        AgeSkyProfile sky = AgeSkyProfile.compile(plan, AgeEnvironmentCompiler.apply(plan, seeded));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().size(), 3, "Three authored bodies must remain distinct");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().get(0).size(), 0.25F, "Digit zero selects minimum size");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().get(1).size(), 3.0F, "Digit 24 selects maximum size");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().get(2).size(), 1.625F, "Digit 12 selects midpoint size");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeSkyProfile.compile(AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save()),
+                AgeEnvironmentCompiler.apply(plan, seeded)), sky,
+                "Numbered sizes must survive an Age-plan save/load round trip");
+
+        OrderedWriting plain = new OrderedWriting(List.of(WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
+                page("size/small"), page("celestial/sun"),
+                page("size/normal"), page("celestial/moon"),
+                page("size/large"), page("celestial/sun")));
+        AgeGenerationPlan plainPlan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(plain, 95L,
+                AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, AgeTraits.select(95L), helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        AgeSkyProfile plainSky = AgeSkyProfile.compile(plainPlan,
+                AgeEnvironmentCompiler.apply(plainPlan, AgeTraits.select(95L)));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(plainSky.bodies().get(0).size(), 0.5F, "Small retains its fixed value");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(plainSky.bodies().get(1).size(), 1.0F, "Normal retains its fixed value");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(plainSky.bodies().get(2).size(), 2.0F, "Large retains its fixed value");
+
+        OrderedWriting separated = new OrderedWriting(List.of(WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
+                page("number/24"), page("direction/clockwise"),
+                page("size/large"), page("celestial/sun")));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(WritingGrammar.parse(separated).writingInstability(), 100,
+                "An intervening page must not allow a number to modify size");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    private static WritingEntry page(String path) {
+        return WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", path)));
+    }
+}

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

@@ -52,9 +52,12 @@ public final class EnvironmentWritingGameTests {
     public static void environmentPagesEnterCreativeAndJeiFeed(GameTestHelper helper) {
         Set<String> expected = Set.of(
                 "lighting/normal", "lighting/dark", "lighting/bright",
-                "sky/overworld", "sky/nether", "sky/end",
+                "sky/overworld", "sky/nether", "sky/end", "sky/static", "color/red", "color/green",
+                "color/blue", "color/black", "color/white", "number/0", "number/24",
                 "weather/normal", "weather/fast", "weather/slow", "weather/off",
-                "weather/always", "weather/storm", "celestial/normal_time",
+                "weather/always", "weather/storm", "celestial/normal_time", "celestial/sun",
+                "celestial/moon", "size/large", "angle/east",
+                "direction/clockwise", "direction/counterclockwise",
                 "season/no_seasons", "season/seasons", "season/eternal_winter",
                 "season/eternal_summer", "season/eternal_fall", "season/eternal_spring",
                 "period/zero", "period/half", "period/full", "period/double",
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ public final class EnvironmentWritingGameTests {
         helper.assertTrue(PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().containsAll(expected)
                         && creative.containsAll(expected),
                 "Every supported environment page must enter the creative index JEI also consumes");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().stream()
+                        .filter(path -> path.startsWith("number/")).count(), 25L,
+                "Creative and JEI must expose all 25 D'ni number pages");
         for (String path : expected) {
             var id = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", path);
             helper.assertTrue(SymbolCatalog.isKnown(new SymbolReference(id))
@@ -135,6 +141,207 @@ public final class EnvironmentWritingGameTests {
         helper.succeed();
     }
 
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void authoredStaticSkyColorSurvivesWritingAndFeedsPreview(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("terrain/standard"), page("number/20"),
+                page("color/blue"), page("sky/static"), page("celestial/normal_time")));
+        AgeTraits seeded = AgeTraits.select(44L);
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 44L, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD,
+                seeded, helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        helper.assertTrue(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.staticSky(plan),
+                "The authored Static Sky page must survive Age compilation");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyEffects(plan, BuiltinDimensionTypes.OVERWORLD_EFFECTS),
+                AgeEnvironmentCompiler.CUSTOM_SKY_EFFECTS,
+                "The static sky must select Rivencraft's custom renderer");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.selectedSkyColor(plan,
+                        BuiltinDimensionTypes.OVERWORLD_EFFECTS, 0xFF77AAFF),
+                0x0000C8, "The authored color must tint the sky and preview consistently");
+        AgeGenerationPlan restored = AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save());
+        helper.assertTrue(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.staticSky(restored),
+                "A saved Age must retain its static sky choice");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyColor(restored), 0x0000C8,
+                "A saved Age must retain its sky color choice");
+        AgeGenerationPlan coloredEnd = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                        WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("terrain/standard"), page("number/15"),
+                        page("color/red"), page("sky/end"), page("celestial/normal_time"))),
+                45L, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, AgeTraits.select(45L),
+                helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyEffects(coloredEnd,
+                        BuiltinDimensionTypes.OVERWORLD_EFFECTS),
+                AgeEnvironmentCompiler.CUSTOM_SKY_EFFECTS,
+                "A color page must make non-Overworld skies renderable by the custom sky effect");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.selectedSkyColor(coloredEnd,
+                        BuiltinDimensionTypes.OVERWORLD_EFFECTS, 0xFF77AAFF),
+                0x960000, "A color page must override the selected sky type's default tint");
+        helper.assertTrue(PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().contains("sky/static")
+                        && PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().contains("color/blue")
+                        && PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().contains("number/24"),
+                "New sky pages must be available through the Creative and JEI page catalog");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void skyAndCelestialColorsBlendWithoutRequiringBodies(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("terrain/standard"),
+                page("number/10"), page("color/red"), page("number/5"), page("color/blue"),
+                page("sky/overworld"), page("number/12"), page("color/green"),
+                page("number/7"), page("color/blue"), page("celestial/sun")));
+        helper.assertTrue(WritingGrammar.parse(writing).canCreate(),
+                "Two sky colors and two colors for one sun must be valid writing");
+        AgeTraits traits = AgeTraits.select(46L);
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 46L,
+                AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, traits, helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        int skyColor = 0x640032;
+        int sunColor = 0x007846;
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyColor(plan), skyColor,
+                "Sky color pages must blend without discarding either page");
+        AgeSkyProfile profile = AgeSkyProfile.compile(plan, traits);
+        helper.assertValueEqual(profile.bodies().size(), 1, "The written Age has exactly one sun");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(profile.bodies().getFirst().color(), sunColor,
+                "Celestial colors must blend for the following body");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeSkyProfile.compile(AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save()), traits), profile,
+                "Blended colors must survive the saved writing plan");
+
+        AgeSkyProfile bodyless = new AgeSkyProfile(AgeSkyProfile.Style.OVERWORLD, skyColor, List.of());
+        helper.assertTrue(bodyless.custom() && bodyless.bodies().isEmpty(),
+                "An Age can have an authored sky without any celestial bodies");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void colorNumbersUseDniDigitsAndMissingChannelsRemainZero(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("number/12"), page("color/red"),
+                page("number/5"), page("color/white"), page("number/3"), page("color/black"),
+                page("sky/overworld")));
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 49L,
+                AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, AgeTraits.select(49L), helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyColor(plan), 0x8C1414,
+                "White adds and Black subtracts from every channel; missing green and blue start at zero");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyColor(AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save())), 0x8C1414,
+                "D'ni color multipliers must remain frozen in a saved Age plan");
+
+        OrderedWriting unnumbered = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("color/green"), page("sky/overworld")));
+        AgeGenerationPlan randomPlan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(unnumbered, 50L,
+                AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, AgeTraits.select(50L), helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        int color = AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyColor(randomPlan);
+        helper.assertTrue((color & 0xFF00FF) == 0 && ((color >> 8) & 255) <= 240
+                        && ((color >> 8) & 255) % 10 == 0,
+                "An unnumbered color gets one seeded base-25 digit and leaves omitted channels at zero");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyColor(AgeGenerationPlan.load(randomPlan.save())), color,
+                "A random color digit must not change when an Age is reloaded");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void numberPagesSetAdjacentCelestialModifiers(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("terrain/standard"), page("sky/overworld"),
+                page("number/1"), page("period/double"),
+                page("number/7"), page("angle/east"),
+                page("number/12"), page("phase/rising"), page("celestial/sun"),
+                page("number/24"), page("angle/west"),
+                page("number/0"), page("phase/setting"),
+                page("number/0"), page("period/full"), page("celestial/moon")));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(WritingGrammar.parse(writing).writingInstability(), 0,
+                "Adjacent number and celestial modifier pages must not count as misplaced writing");
+        AgeTraits seeded = AgeTraits.select(94L);
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 94L,
+                AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD, seeded, helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        AgeTraits effective = AgeEnvironmentCompiler.apply(plan, seeded);
+        AgeSkyProfile sky = AgeSkyProfile.compile(plan, effective);
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().getFirst().period(), 0.08D,
+                "A number overrides a fixed Length page at 0.08 per digit, even below the random minimum");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().getFirst().angle(), 105.0F,
+                "A number overrides a fixed Angle page at 15 degrees per digit");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().getFirst().phase(), 0.5F,
+                "A number overrides a fixed Phase page at 15 degrees per digit");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().getLast().angle(), 0.0F,
+                "Digit 24 wraps a full 360-degree rotation to zero");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().getLast().phase(), 0.0F,
+                "Digit zero is a valid phase override");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(effective.celestialPeriod(), 0.0D,
+                "The final authored celestial controls the world clock");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeSkyProfile.compile(AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save()), effective), sky,
+                "Numbered celestial values must survive a plan save/load round trip");
+        AgeGenerationPlan normalTime = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                        WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("number/6"), page("angle/north"),
+                        page("celestial/normal_time"))), 95L, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD,
+                AgeTraits.select(95L), helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.skyEffects(normalTime,
+                        BuiltinDimensionTypes.OVERWORLD_EFFECTS), AgeEnvironmentCompiler.CUSTOM_SKY_EFFECTS,
+                "An authored angle on Normal Time must select the custom celestial renderer");
+        AgeSkyProfile normalSky = AgeSkyProfile.compile(normalTime,
+                AgeEnvironmentCompiler.apply(normalTime, AgeTraits.select(95L)));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(normalSky.bodies().getFirst().angle(), 90.0F,
+                "The custom Normal Time sun must honor its numbered angle");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(normalSky.bodies().getFirst().color(), 0xFFFFFF,
+                "Uncolored custom celestial bodies must remain visible");
+        OrderedWriting separated = new OrderedWriting(List.of(WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
+                page("number/7"), page("direction/clockwise"), page("angle/east"), page("celestial/sun")));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(WritingGrammar.parse(separated).writingInstability(), 100,
+                "A number does not reach past an intervening page");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void alignedMoonEclipsesSunAndDimsLight(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        AgeSkyProfile.Body sun = new AgeSkyProfile.Body(AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN,
+                0xCC8844, 1.0F, 0.0F, 1.0D, 0.0F, true);
+        AgeSkyProfile.Body moon = new AgeSkyProfile.Body(AgeSkyProfile.Kind.MOON,
+                0xFFFFFF, 1.0F, 0.0F, 1.0D, 0.0F, true);
+        AgeSkyProfile clear = new AgeSkyProfile(AgeSkyProfile.Style.OVERWORLD, 0x6688AA, List.of(sun));
+        AgeSkyProfile eclipse = new AgeSkyProfile(AgeSkyProfile.Style.OVERWORLD, 0x6688AA,
+                List.of(sun, moon));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(eclipse.eclipseAt(0.0D), 1.0F,
+                "Centered sun and moon must produce a full eclipse");
+        helper.assertTrue(eclipse.lightAt(0.0D) < clear.lightAt(0.0D),
+                "An eclipse must dim world skylight, not just the rendered sprites");
+        AgeSkyProfile separated = new AgeSkyProfile(AgeSkyProfile.Style.OVERWORLD, 0x6688AA,
+                List.of(sun, new AgeSkyProfile.Body(AgeSkyProfile.Kind.MOON,
+                        0xFFFFFF, 1.0F, 0.0F, 1.0D, 0.5F, true)));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(separated.eclipseAt(0.0D), 0.0F,
+                "A moon on the far side of the sky must not eclipse the sun");
+        AgeSkyProfile glowOnlyOverlap = new AgeSkyProfile(AgeSkyProfile.Style.OVERWORLD, 0x6688AA,
+                List.of(sun, new AgeSkyProfile.Body(AgeSkyProfile.Kind.MOON,
+                        0xFFFFFF, 1.0F, 0.0F, 1.0D, 0.04F, true)));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(glowOnlyOverlap.eclipseAt(0.0D), 0.0F,
+                "Overlapping glows must not count as an eclipse before the opaque discs touch");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void randomAndAuthoredCelestialsKeepIndependentOrbits(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        AgeTraits traits = AgeTraits.select(12345L);
+        AgeSkyProfile first = AgeSkyProfile.random(12345L, traits);
+        helper.assertValueEqual(first, AgeSkyProfile.random(12345L, traits),
+                "A random Age must recreate the same sky from its saved seed");
+        helper.assertTrue(first.bodies().stream().filter(body -> body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN).count() <= 10
+                        && first.bodies().stream().filter(body -> body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.MOON).count() <= 10,
+                "Random Ages must obey the same celestial limits as authored Ages");
+        OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                WritingEntry.linkPanel(), page("terrain/standard"), page("sky/end"),
+                page("angle/east"), page("direction/counterclockwise"), page("number/24"), page("color/red"),
+                page("size/large"), page("period/half"), page("celestial/sun"),
+                page("direction/clockwise"), page("celestial/moon")));
+        AgeGenerationPlan plan = AgeGenerationPlan.compile(writing, 12345L, AgeGenerationProfiles.STANDARD,
+                traits, helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        AgeSkyProfile sky = AgeSkyProfile.compile(plan, AgeEnvironmentCompiler.apply(plan, traits));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().size(), 2, "Both written celestial bodies must be retained");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(sky.bodies().getFirst().angle(), 90.0F,
+                "The first body's compass angle must be independent");
+        helper.assertFalse(sky.bodies().getFirst().clockwise(),
+                "The first body should move counterclockwise");
+        helper.assertTrue(sky.bodies().getLast().clockwise(),
+                "The second body should move clockwise");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(AgeSkyProfile.compile(AgeGenerationPlan.load(plan.save()), traits), sky,
+                "Body angle and direction must survive Age-plan serialization");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
     @GameTest(template = "empty")
     public static void writtenEnvironmentPersistsAndPageFreeAgesStaySeeded(GameTestHelper helper) {
         OrderedWriting writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(

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

@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ public final class HandheldBookTravelGameTests {
         helper.assertTrue(player.getInventory().getItem(1).is(Items.DIAMOND),
                 "An unrelated inventory item must remain with the player");
         var drops = helper.getLevel().getEntitiesOfClass(DroppedBookEntity.class, new AABB(source, source).inflate(2.0),
-                entity -> entity.getItem().is(ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get()));
+                entity -> entity.getItem() == book);
-        helper.assertValueEqual(drops.size(), 1, "Exactly one recoverable book must remain at the departure point");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(drops.size(), 1,
+                "Exactly one entity for this active book must remain at the departure point");
         helper.assertTrue(drops.getFirst().getItem() == book,
                 "The model-rendered entity must retain the exact active book stack");
         helper.assertTrue(drops.getFirst().copy() instanceof DroppedBookEntity,

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

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.config.RivencraftConfig;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.ListTag;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.StringTag;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+
+/** A snapshot of Page eligibility, frozen with each random Age at binding time. */
+public record RandomPagePolicy(Set<ResourceLocation> allowlist, Set<ResourceLocation> blocklist) {
+    public static final RandomPagePolicy UNRESTRICTED = new RandomPagePolicy(Set.of(), Set.of());
+
+    public RandomPagePolicy {
+        allowlist = Set.copyOf(allowlist);
+        blocklist = Set.copyOf(blocklist);
+    }
+
+    public static RandomPagePolicy configured() {
+        return new RandomPagePolicy(parse(RivencraftConfig.randomPageAllowlist()),
+                parse(RivencraftConfig.randomPageBlocklist()));
+    }
+
+    private static Set<ResourceLocation> parse(List<? extends String> ids) {
+        return ids.stream().map(RandomPagePolicy::parsePageId).collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableSet());
+    }
+
+    /** Server config IDs may omit the built-in Rivencraft namespace. */
+    public static ResourceLocation parsePageId(String value) {
+        ResourceLocation id = ResourceLocation.tryParse(value.contains(":") ? value : "rivencraft:" + value);
+        if (id == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Page ID " + value);
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public boolean allows(ResourceLocation id) {
+        if (blocklist.contains(id)) return false;
+        String category = category(id);
+        return !restricts(category) || allowlist.contains(id);
+    }
+
+    public boolean restricts(String category) {
+        return allowlist.stream().anyMatch(entry -> category(entry).equals(category));
+    }
+
+    public <T> List<T> eligible(List<T> candidates, java.util.function.Function<T, ResourceLocation> pageId) {
+        return candidates.stream().filter(candidate -> allows(pageId.apply(candidate))).toList();
+    }
+
+    public <T> List<T> required(List<T> candidates, java.util.function.Function<T, ResourceLocation> pageId,
+                                T fallback) {
+        List<T> eligible = eligible(candidates, pageId);
+        return eligible.isEmpty() ? List.of(fallback) : eligible;
+    }
+
+    private static String category(ResourceLocation id) {
+        String path = id.getPath();
+        if (path.startsWith("biome/") && java.util.Set.of("native", "single", "tiled", "grid",
+                "tiny", "small", "medium", "large", "huge").contains(path.substring("biome/".length())))
+            return "biome_distribution";
+        return path.substring(0, path.indexOf('/') < 0 ? path.length() : path.indexOf('/'));
+    }
+
+    public CompoundTag save() {
+        CompoundTag tag = new CompoundTag();
+        tag.put("Allowlist", strings(allowlist));
+        tag.put("Blocklist", strings(blocklist));
+        return tag;
+    }
+
+    public static RandomPagePolicy load(CompoundTag tag) {
+        return new RandomPagePolicy(read(tag.getList("Allowlist", StringTag.TAG_STRING)),
+                read(tag.getList("Blocklist", StringTag.TAG_STRING)));
+    }
+
+    private static ListTag strings(Set<ResourceLocation> ids) {
+        ListTag tags = new ListTag();
+        ids.stream().sorted().forEach(id -> tags.add(StringTag.valueOf(id.toString())));
+        return tags;
+    }
+
+    private static Set<ResourceLocation> read(ListTag tags) {
+        java.util.Set<ResourceLocation> ids = new java.util.HashSet<>();
+        for (int index = 0; index < tags.size(); index++) {
+            ResourceLocation id = ResourceLocation.tryParse(tags.getString(index));
+            if (id != null) ids.add(id);
+        }
+        return Set.copyOf(ids);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.client;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexConsumer;
+import com.mojang.math.Axis;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookReceptacleBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModBlocks;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModItems;
+import net.minecraft.client.model.BookModel;
+import net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.MultiBufferSource;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderType;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BlockEntityRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BlockEntityRendererProvider;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+
+/** Legacy's almost-closed book, oriented to the receptacle's mounting face. */
+public final class BookReceptacleRenderer implements BlockEntityRenderer<BookReceptacleBlockEntity> {
+    private static final ResourceLocation LINKING_TEXTURE = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+            "rivencraft", "textures/entity/linking_book.png");
+    private static final ResourceLocation DESCRIPTIVE_TEXTURE = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+            "rivencraft", "textures/entity/descriptive_book.png");
+    private final BookModel model;
+
+    public BookReceptacleRenderer(BlockEntityRendererProvider.Context context) {
+        model = new BookModel(context.bakeLayer(ModelLayers.BOOK));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void render(BookReceptacleBlockEntity receptacle, float partialTick, PoseStack poseStack,
+                       MultiBufferSource buffers, int packedLight, int packedOverlay) {
+        if (receptacle.getLevel() == null) return;
+        var state = receptacle.getLevel().getBlockState(receptacle.getBlockPos());
+        if (!state.is(ModBlocks.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get())
+                || !state.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK)
+                || receptacle.getBook().isEmpty()) return;
+
+        poseStack.pushPose();
+        poseStack.translate(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
+        Direction facing = state.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING);
+        switch (facing) {
+            case UP -> {
+                // Rotate the whole assembled top-mounted receptacle/book pair
+                // around the block center, matching the x=90 block model.
+                poseStack.mulPose(Axis.ZP.rotationDegrees(180));
+                poseStack.mulPose(Axis.XP.rotationDegrees(-90));
+                poseStack.mulPose(Axis.YP.rotationDegrees(90));
+                // Preserve the local half-turn that seats the book in its slot.
+                poseStack.mulPose(Axis.ZP.rotationDegrees(180));
+            }
+            case DOWN -> {
+                // The ceiling-mounted model is the inverted top assembly.
+                poseStack.mulPose(Axis.XP.rotationDegrees(-90));
+                poseStack.mulPose(Axis.YP.rotationDegrees(90));
+                poseStack.mulPose(Axis.ZP.rotationDegrees(180));
+            }
+            case NORTH -> poseStack.mulPose(Axis.YP.rotationDegrees(-90));
+            case SOUTH -> poseStack.mulPose(Axis.YP.rotationDegrees(90));
+            case EAST -> poseStack.mulPose(Axis.YP.rotationDegrees(180));
+            case WEST -> { }
+        }
+        poseStack.scale(0.8F, 0.8F, 0.8F);
+        model.setupAnim(0.0F, 0.1F, 0.1F, 0.005F);
+        ResourceLocation texture = receptacle.getBook().is(ModItems.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get())
+                ? DESCRIPTIVE_TEXTURE : LINKING_TEXTURE;
+        VertexConsumer vertices = buffers.getBuffer(RenderType.entitySolid(texture));
+        model.render(poseStack, vertices, packedLight, packedOverlay, -1);
+        poseStack.popPose();
+    }
+}

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

@@ -2,23 +2,58 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.client;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeSkyProfile;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.AgeCelestialAnglePayload;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.handling.IPayloadContext;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.PacketDistributor;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.RequestAgeSkyPayload;
 
 /** Client cache used by both the active world and remote preview renderers. */
 public final class ClientAgeCelestialAngles {
     private static final Map<ResourceKey<Level>, Float> ANGLES = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<ResourceKey<Level>, AgeSkyProfile> SKIES = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<ResourceKey<Level>, Long> LAST_REQUEST = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
     private ClientAgeCelestialAngles() {
     }
 
     public static void handle(AgeCelestialAnglePayload payload, IPayloadContext context) {
         ANGLES.put(payload.dimension(), payload.angle());
+        SKIES.put(payload.dimension(), payload.sky());
+        LAST_REQUEST.remove(payload.dimension());
+    }
+
+    public static void requestIfMissing(ResourceKey<Level> dimension) {
+        if (!dimension.location().getNamespace().equals("rivencraft") || SKIES.containsKey(dimension)) return;
+        long now = System.nanoTime();
+        Long previous = LAST_REQUEST.putIfAbsent(dimension, now);
+        if (previous != null && now - previous < 2_000_000_000L) return;
+        LAST_REQUEST.put(dimension, now);
+        PacketDistributor.sendToServer(new RequestAgeSkyPayload(dimension));
+    }
+
+    public static void clear() {
+        ANGLES.clear();
+        SKIES.clear();
+        LAST_REQUEST.clear();
     }
 
     public static float get(ResourceKey<Level> dimension) {
         return ANGLES.getOrDefault(dimension, 0.0F);
     }
+
+    public static int skyColor(ResourceKey<Level> dimension) {
+        return sky(dimension).color();
+    }
+
+    public static boolean staticSky(ResourceKey<Level> dimension) {
+        return sky(dimension).style() == AgeSkyProfile.Style.STATIC;
+    }
+
+    public static AgeSkyProfile sky(ResourceKey<Level> dimension) {
+        return SKIES.getOrDefault(dimension,
+                new AgeSkyProfile(AgeSkyProfile.Style.INHERITED, -1, java.util.List.of()));
+    }
 }

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

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.EntityRenderersEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.RegisterMenuScreensEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.RegisterClientReloadListenersEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.RegisterDimensionSpecialEffectsEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.RegisterColorHandlersEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.ClientPlayerNetworkEvent;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeEnvironmentCompiler;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.extensions.common.IClientItemExtensions;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.extensions.common.RegisterClientExtensionsEvent;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BlockEntityWithoutLevelRenderer;
@@ -38,10 +44,28 @@ public final class ClientEvents {
     public static void registerRenderers(EntityRenderersEvent.RegisterRenderers event) {
         event.registerEntityRenderer(ModEntities.DROPPED_BOOK.get(), DroppedBookRenderer::new);
         event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(ModBlockEntities.BOOK_STAND.get(), BookStandRenderer::new);
+        event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(ModBlockEntities.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get(), BookReceptacleRenderer::new);
         event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(ModBlockEntities.WRITING_DESK.get(), WritingDeskRenderer::new);
         event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(ModBlockEntities.STAR_FISSURE.get(), StarFissureRenderer::new);
     }
 
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void registerSkyEffects(RegisterDimensionSpecialEffectsEvent event) {
+        event.register(AgeEnvironmentCompiler.CUSTOM_SKY_EFFECTS, new RivencraftSkyEffects());
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void registerPortalColor(RegisterColorHandlersEvent.Block event) {
+        event.register((state, level, pos, tintIndex) -> {
+            if (level == null || pos == null || tintIndex != 0
+                    || !(level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal)
+                    || portal.receptacle() == null
+                    || !(level.getBlockEntity(portal.receptacle()) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder)
+                    || holder.destination() == null) return 0xFFFFFF;
+            return holder.skyColor();
+        }, ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get());
+    }
+
     @SubscribeEvent
     public static void registerScreens(RegisterMenuScreensEvent event) {
         event.register(ModMenus.NOTEBOOK.get(), NotebookScreen::new);
@@ -98,6 +122,11 @@ public final class ClientEvents {
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(ClientBookExploreOverlay::onClientTickPost);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(ClientBookExploreOverlay::onRenderGui);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(ClientBookExploreOverlay::onMouseButton);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(ClientEvents::onLogout);
+    }
+
+    private static void onLogout(ClientPlayerNetworkEvent.LoggingOut event) {
+        ClientAgeCelestialAngles.clear();
     }
 
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.client;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.GlStateManager;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.BufferBuilder;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.BufferUploader;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.DefaultVertexFormat;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.Tesselator;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexFormat;
+import java.util.Random;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeSkyProfile;
+import net.minecraft.client.Camera;
+import net.minecraft.client.multiplayer.ClientLevel;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.DimensionSpecialEffects;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.FogRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GameRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+import org.joml.Matrix4f;
+import com.mojang.math.Axis;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+
+/** An authored sky can use vanilla celestial rendering or Legacy-style moving TV static. */
+public final class RivencraftSkyEffects extends DimensionSpecialEffects {
+    private static final int GRID = 16;
+    private static final int STATIC_GRID = 48;
+    private static final float RADIUS = 100.0F;
+    private static final ResourceLocation SUN = ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace("textures/environment/sun.png");
+    private static final ResourceLocation MOON = ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace("textures/environment/moon_phases.png");
+
+    public RivencraftSkyEffects() {
+        super(192.0F, true, SkyType.NORMAL, false, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Vec3 getBrightnessDependentFogColor(Vec3 color, float brightness) {
+        return color.multiply(brightness * 0.94F + 0.06F,
+                brightness * 0.94F + 0.06F, brightness * 0.91F + 0.09F);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isFoggyAt(int x, int y) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean renderSky(ClientLevel level, int ticks, float partialTick, Matrix4f modelViewMatrix,
+                             Camera camera, Matrix4f projectionMatrix, boolean isFoggy, Runnable setupFog) {
+        AgeSkyProfile sky = ClientAgeCelestialAngles.sky(level.dimension());
+        if (sky.style() != AgeSkyProfile.Style.STATIC && sky.color() == -1 && sky.bodies().isEmpty()
+                && sky.style() != AgeSkyProfile.Style.NETHER && sky.style() != AgeSkyProfile.Style.END)
+            return false;
+        setupFog.run();
+        if (isFoggy) return true;
+
+        PoseStack pose = new PoseStack();
+        pose.mulPose(modelViewMatrix);
+        Matrix4f matrix = pose.last().pose();
+        Random random = new Random((level.getGameTime() + (long) ticks) / 2L);
+        int tint = sky.color();
+        if (tint == -1) tint = switch (sky.style()) {
+            case NETHER -> 0x6B2725;
+            case END -> 0x211835;
+            case STATIC -> 0x929292;
+            default -> level.getBiome(camera.getBlockPosition()).value().getSkyColor();
+        };
+        double time = level.getDayTime() + partialTick;
+        float eclipseShade = 1.0F - 0.65F * sky.eclipseAt(time);
+
+        RenderSystem.depthMask(false);
+        RenderSystem.disableCull();
+        RenderSystem.setShader(GameRenderer::getPositionColorShader);
+        RenderSystem.setShaderColor(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
+        FogRenderer.setupNoFog();
+        BufferBuilder vertices = Tesselator.getInstance().begin(
+                VertexFormat.Mode.QUADS, DefaultVertexFormat.POSITION_COLOR);
+        int grid = sky.style() == AgeSkyProfile.Style.STATIC ? STATIC_GRID : GRID;
+        for (int axis = 0; axis < 3; axis++) {
+            for (int sign : new int[]{-1, 1}) {
+                for (int x = 0; x < grid; x++) {
+                    for (int y = 0; y < grid; y++) {
+                        int noise = sky.style() == AgeSkyProfile.Style.STATIC
+                                ? 65 + random.nextInt(160) : 255;
+                        int red = (int) (((tint >> 16) & 255) * noise / 255.0F * eclipseShade);
+                        int green = (int) (((tint >> 8) & 255) * noise / 255.0F * eclipseShade);
+                        int blue = (int) ((tint & 255) * noise / 255.0F * eclipseShade);
+                        int color = 0xFF000000 | red << 16 | green << 8 | blue;
+                        float left = -RADIUS + x * (2 * RADIUS / grid);
+                        float right = -RADIUS + (x + 1) * (2 * RADIUS / grid);
+                        float bottom = -RADIUS + y * (2 * RADIUS / grid);
+                        float top = -RADIUS + (y + 1) * (2 * RADIUS / grid);
+                        vertex(vertices, matrix, axis, sign, left, bottom, color);
+                        vertex(vertices, matrix, axis, sign, right, bottom, color);
+                        vertex(vertices, matrix, axis, sign, right, top, color);
+                        vertex(vertices, matrix, axis, sign, left, top, color);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        BufferUploader.drawWithShader(vertices.buildOrThrow());
+        if (!sky.bodies().isEmpty()) {
+            RenderSystem.enableBlend();
+            RenderSystem.defaultBlendFunc();
+            // Draw suns first so an aligned moon can pass visibly in front of them.
+            for (AgeSkyProfile.Body body : sky.bodies())
+                if (body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN) drawBody(pose, body, time, sky.eclipseFor(body, time));
+            for (AgeSkyProfile.Body body : sky.bodies())
+                if (body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.MOON) drawBody(pose, body, time, sky.eclipseFor(body, time));
+            RenderSystem.disableBlend();
+        }
+        setupFog.run();
+        RenderSystem.enableCull();
+        RenderSystem.depthMask(true);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static void drawBody(PoseStack pose, AgeSkyProfile.Body body, double time, float eclipse) {
+        pose.pushPose();
+        pose.mulPose(Axis.YP.rotationDegrees(body.angle()));
+        double orbit = body.period() == 0 ? body.phase()
+                : (body.clockwise() ? 1.0D : -1.0D) * time
+                        / (24000.0D * body.period()) + body.phase();
+        pose.mulPose(Axis.XP.rotationDegrees((float) (orbit * 360.0D)));
+        float size = (body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN ? 30.0F : 20.0F) * body.size();
+        int color = body.color();
+        float red = ((color >> 16) & 255) / 255.0F;
+        float green = ((color >> 8) & 255) / 255.0F;
+        float blue = (color & 255) / 255.0F;
+        if (body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.MOON) {
+            red *= 1.0F - eclipse;
+            green *= 1.0F - eclipse;
+            blue *= 1.0F - eclipse;
+        } else {
+            float corona = (float) Math.pow(eclipse, 8.0D) * 0.8F;
+            red += (1.0F - red) * corona;
+            green += (1.0F - green) * corona;
+            blue += (1.0F - blue) * corona;
+        }
+        RenderSystem.setShader(GameRenderer::getPositionTexShader);
+        RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN ? SUN : MOON);
+        // Vanilla's sun/moon atlases have opaque dark pixels around the bright center.
+        // Additive blending makes those pixels invisible while retaining the halo.
+        RenderSystem.blendFunc(GlStateManager.SourceFactor.SRC_ALPHA, GlStateManager.DestFactor.ONE);
+        RenderSystem.setShaderColor(red, green, blue,
+                body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN ? 0.84F : 0.88F + 0.12F * eclipse);
+        float uMax = body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN ? 1.0F : 0.25F;
+        float vMax = body.kind() == AgeSkyProfile.Kind.SUN ? 1.0F : 0.5F;
+        drawTexturedQuad(pose.last().pose(), -size, size, 0.0F, uMax, 0.0F, vMax);
+
+        // The 8x8 center of each 32x32 sprite is the actual body. Draw it last
+        // with ordinary alpha blending and full opacity so the sky and other
+        // celestial glows cannot show through it, including during an eclipse.
+        RenderSystem.defaultBlendFunc();
+        RenderSystem.setShaderColor(red, green, blue, 1.0F);
+        drawTexturedQuad(pose.last().pose(), -size * 0.25F, size * 0.25F,
+                uMax * 0.375F, uMax * 0.625F, vMax * 0.375F, vMax * 0.625F);
+        RenderSystem.setShaderColor(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
+        pose.popPose();
+    }
+
+    private static void drawTexturedQuad(Matrix4f matrix, float min, float max,
+                                         float uMin, float uMax, float vMin, float vMax) {
+        BufferBuilder vertices = Tesselator.getInstance().begin(VertexFormat.Mode.QUADS,
+                DefaultVertexFormat.POSITION_TEX);
+        vertices.addVertex(matrix, min, RADIUS - 1.0F, min).setUv(uMin, vMin);
+        vertices.addVertex(matrix, max, RADIUS - 1.0F, min).setUv(uMax, vMin);
+        vertices.addVertex(matrix, max, RADIUS - 1.0F, max).setUv(uMax, vMax);
+        vertices.addVertex(matrix, min, RADIUS - 1.0F, max).setUv(uMin, vMax);
+        BufferUploader.drawWithShader(vertices.buildOrThrow());
+    }
+
+    private static void vertex(BufferBuilder vertices, Matrix4f matrix, int axis, int sign,
+                               float x, float y, int color) {
+        float fixed = sign * RADIUS;
+        switch (axis) {
+            case 0 -> vertices.addVertex(matrix, fixed, x, y).setColor(color);
+            case 1 -> vertices.addVertex(matrix, x, fixed, y).setColor(color);
+            default -> vertices.addVertex(matrix, x, y, fixed).setColor(color);
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ public final class SymbolPageTextures {
                         y * base.getHeight() / SIZE));
             }
         }
+        String numberPath = id.getPath().startsWith("number/")
+                ? id.getPath().substring("number/".length()) : "";
+        if (id.getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+                && numberPath.matches("(?:[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-4])")) {
+            int digit = Integer.parseInt(numberPath);
+            int glyphSize = item ? GLYPH * ITEM_SYMBOL_SIZE / ICON_SIZE : GLYPH;
+            int origin = item ? scaleForItem(38) : 38;
+            for (int component : SymbolNumerals.componentsForDigit(digit))
+                blendComponent(image, component, origin, origin, glyphSize);
+            return image;
+        }
         String[] words = poem.isBlank() ? generatedWords(id) : poem.split(" ");
         int[] offsetsX = {38, 77, 38, 0};
         int[] offsetsY = {0, 38, 77, 38};
@@ -146,18 +157,22 @@ public final class SymbolPageTextures {
             int originX = item ? scaleForItem(offsetsX[word]) : offsetsX[word];
             int originY = item ? scaleForItem(offsetsY[word]) : offsetsY[word];
             for (int component : glyphs(words[word])) {
-                for (int y = 0; y < glyphSize; y++) for (int x = 0; x < glyphSize; x++) {
+                blendComponent(image, component, originX, originY, glyphSize);
-                    int pixel = components.getPixelRGBA((component % 8) * 64 + x * 64 / glyphSize,
-                            (component / 8) * 64 + y * 64 / glyphSize);
-                    int alpha = pixel >>> 24;
-                    if (alpha != 0) image.blendPixel(originX + x, originY + y,
-                            (alpha << 24) | 0x001A212B);
-                }
             }
         }
         return image;
     }
 
+    private static void blendComponent(NativeImage image, int component, int originX, int originY, int glyphSize) {
+        for (int y = 0; y < glyphSize; y++) for (int x = 0; x < glyphSize; x++) {
+            int pixel = components.getPixelRGBA((component % 8) * 64 + x * 64 / glyphSize,
+                    (component / 8) * 64 + y * 64 / glyphSize);
+            int alpha = pixel >>> 24;
+            if (alpha != 0) image.blendPixel(originX + x, originY + y,
+                    (alpha << 24) | 0x001A212B);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static int scaleForItem(int coordinate) {
         return SIZE / 2 + Math.round((coordinate - SIZE / 2F) * ITEM_SYMBOL_SIZE / ICON_SIZE);
     }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/client/screen/BookBinderScreen.java

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public final class BookBinderScreen extends AbstractContainerScreen<BookBinderMe
         }
         graphics.disableScissor();
         drawScrollEnds(graphics);
-        var severity = menu.grammarSeverity().orElse(null);
+        var severity = menu.diagnosticsVisible() ? menu.grammarSeverity().orElse(null) : null;
         Component status = severity == WritingGrammar.Severity.FATAL
                 ? Component.translatable("screen.rivencraft.book_binder.status.fatal")
                 : severity == WritingGrammar.Severity.INSTABILITY
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ public final class BookBinderScreen extends AbstractContainerScreen<BookBinderMe
         if (status != null) graphics.drawString(font, status, leftPos + 77, topPos + 30,
                 severity == WritingGrammar.Severity.FATAL ? 0xFFAA3030
                         : severity == WritingGrammar.Severity.INSTABILITY ? 0xFF924F18 : 0xFF50624B, false);
-        Component grammarTooltip = menu.grammarError().map(code -> Component.translatable(
+        Component grammarTooltip = menu.diagnosticsVisible() ? menu.grammarError().map(code -> Component.translatable(
                 "screen.rivencraft.book_binder.grammar." + code.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT),
-                errorStripIndex + 1)).orElse(null);
+                errorStripIndex + 1)).orElse(null) : null;
         if (grammarTooltip != null && ((mouseX >= leftPos + 77 && mouseX < leftPos + 151)
                 || (mouseX >= leftPos + 152 && mouseX < leftPos + 168))
                 && mouseY >= topPos + 27 && mouseY < topPos + 43

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/command/RivencraftCommands.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeRegistrySavedData;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeInstabilityControls;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeInstabilityRuntime;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.config.RivencraftConfig;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu.BookBinderDiagnostics;
 import net.minecraft.commands.Commands;
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ public final class RivencraftCommands {
     public static void register(RegisterCommandsEvent event) {
         event.getDispatcher().register(Commands.literal("rivencraft")
                 .requires(source -> source.hasPermission(2))
+                .then(Commands.literal("binder")
+                        .then(Commands.literal("messages")
+                                .executes(context -> binderMessages(context.getSource(), null))
+                                .then(Commands.literal("enable")
+                                        .executes(context -> binderMessages(context.getSource(), true)))
+                                .then(Commands.literal("disable")
+                                        .executes(context -> binderMessages(context.getSource(), false)))))
                 .then(Commands.literal("library")
                         .then(Commands.literal("nearest")
                                 .executes(context -> LibraryLocateService.start(context.getSource())))
@@ -94,6 +102,14 @@ public final class RivencraftCommands {
                         .then(environmentCommand())));
     }
 
+    private static int binderMessages(CommandSourceStack source, Boolean enabled) {
+        BookBinderDiagnostics diagnostics = BookBinderDiagnostics.get(source.getLevel());
+        if (enabled != null) diagnostics.setEnabled(enabled);
+        source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Book Binder diagnostic messages are "
+                + (diagnostics.enabled() ? "enabled for operators" : "disabled") + "."), false);
+        return diagnostics.enabled() ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
     private static LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> environmentCommand() {
         return Commands.literal("environment")
                 .then(Commands.literal("pulse")

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/RuinsCompatibility.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeDefinition;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeFeatureSelection;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
+
+/** Small optional bridge between frozen Age pages and Ruins' dimension gate. */
+public final class RuinsCompatibility {
+    private static final Set<ResourceLocation> KNOWN_AGES = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+    private static final Map<ResourceLocation, Map<ResourceLocation, Integer>> AUTHORED_TEMPLATES =
+            new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    private RuinsCompatibility() {}
+
+    public static void register() {
+        if (ModList.get().isLoaded("ruins")) RuinsEventAdapter.register();
+    }
+
+    public static void registerAge(AgeDefinition age) {
+        if (!ModList.get().isLoaded("ruins")) return;
+        KNOWN_AGES.add(age.dimensionId());
+        List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> choices = age.plan() == null
+                ? age.randomFeatures() : AgeFeatureSelection.resolved(age.plan());
+        Map<ResourceLocation, Integer> selected = templateCounts(choices);
+        if (!selected.isEmpty()) {
+            AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.put(age.dimensionId(), selected);
+        } else {
+            AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.remove(age.dimensionId());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Called only by the optional Ruins FileHandler mixin. */
+    public static boolean allowsAge(ResourceLocation dimension) {
+        return AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.containsKey(dimension);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isKnownAge(ResourceLocation dimension) {
+        return KNOWN_AGES.contains(dimension);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean permits(ResourceLocation dimension, ResourceLocation template) {
+        return templateCount(dimension, template) > 0;
+    }
+
+    public static int templateCount(ResourceLocation dimension, ResourceLocation template) {
+        return AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.getOrDefault(dimension, Map.of()).getOrDefault(template, 0);
+    }
+
+    /** Extra pages increase attempts, without making distinct template choices denser. */
+    public static int attemptsPerChunk(ResourceLocation dimension, int configuredAttempts) {
+        return attemptsPerChunk(configuredAttempts, AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.get(dimension));
+    }
+
+    static int attemptsPerChunk(int configuredAttempts, Map<ResourceLocation, Integer> counts) {
+        if (counts == null || counts.isEmpty()) return configuredAttempts;
+        int duplicates = counts.values().stream().mapToInt(count -> count - 1).sum();
+        return (int) Math.min(Math.max(configuredAttempts, 32L), (long) configuredAttempts + duplicates);
+    }
+
+    static Map<ResourceLocation, Integer> templateCounts(List<AgeFeatureSelection.Choice> choices) {
+        Map<ResourceLocation, Integer> counts = new java.util.HashMap<>();
+        for (AgeFeatureSelection.Choice choice : choices) {
+            if (RuinsTemplatePages.contains(choice.id())) counts.merge(choice.id(), 1, Integer::sum);
+        }
+        return Map.copyOf(counts);
+    }
+
+    public static void onServerStopping() {
+        KNOWN_AGES.clear();
+        AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.clear();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/RuinsCompatibilityGameTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeFeatureSelection;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeReference;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeRegistrySavedData;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.OrderedWriting;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingEntry;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import net.neoforged.fml.loading.FMLPaths;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolCatalog;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolReference;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
+
+/** Each discoverable Ruins template must have an authorable page, or none do. */
+@GameTestHolder("rivencraft")
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class RuinsCompatibilityGameTests {
+    private RuinsCompatibilityGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void ruinsPagesMatchInstalledTemplates(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var templates = RuinsTemplatePages.templates();
+        if (!ModList.get().isLoaded("ruins")) {
+            helper.assertTrue(templates.isEmpty(), "Ruins pages must be absent without the optional mod");
+        } else {
+            var creative = PageItem.creativeSymbolPages(helper.getLevel().registryAccess(),
+                    RuinsTemplatePages.CATEGORY);
+            helper.assertValueEqual(creative.size(), templates.size(),
+                    "Creative and JEI must expose exactly one page per Ruins template");
+            for (String name : templates) {
+                var id = RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(name);
+                helper.assertTrue(SymbolCatalog.isKnown(new SymbolReference(id)),
+                        "Ruins template " + name + " must be authorable");
+                helper.assertTrue(PageItem.isUsableWriting(PageItem.createCreativeRuinsPage(name)),
+                        "Ruins template " + name + " needs a usable page");
+            }
+        }
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void duplicatePagesRetainTheirCount(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        if (RuinsTemplatePages.templates().isEmpty()) {
+            helper.succeed();
+            return;
+        }
+        var template = RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(RuinsTemplatePages.templates().getFirst());
+        var counts = RuinsCompatibility.templateCounts(List.of(
+                new AgeFeatureSelection.Choice(template, Optional.empty()),
+                new AgeFeatureSelection.Choice(template, Optional.empty()),
+                new AgeFeatureSelection.Choice(template, Optional.empty())));
+        helper.assertValueEqual(counts.get(template), 3,
+                "Three authored Ruins pages must triple that template's relative selection weight");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void duplicatePagesIncreaseAttemptsWithinBudget(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var first = RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId("First.tml");
+        var second = RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId("Second.tml");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(6, Map.of(first, 1)), 6,
+                "One Ruins page must retain the configured attempt count");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(6, Map.of(first, 3, second, 1)), 8,
+                "Only duplicate pages must add one attempt each");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(6, Map.of(first, 50)), 32,
+                "Duplicate pages must not exceed the per-chunk attempt budget");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(40, Map.of(first, 2)), 40,
+                "The budget must not lower an intentionally higher Ruins configuration");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void authoredTemplateBypassesOverworldOnlyGate(GameTestHelper helper) throws Exception {
+        if (!ModList.get().isLoaded("ruins")) {
+            helper.succeed();
+            return;
+        }
+        String name = "tikihead1.tml";
+        var path = FMLPaths.GAMEDIR.get().resolve("config/ruins_config/generic").resolve(name);
+        if (!Files.exists(path) || !RuinsTemplatePages.contains(RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(name))) {
+            helper.succeed(); // Custom Ruins packs need not include the bundled Tiki Head.
+            return;
+        }
+        var writing = new OrderedWriting(List.of(
+                WritingEntry.linkPanel(),
+                WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation.parse(
+                        "rivencraft:terrain/standard"))),
+                WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation.parse(
+                        "rivencraft:biome/plains"))),
+                WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation.parse(
+                        "rivencraft:biome/single"))),
+                WritingEntry.symbol(new SymbolReference(RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(name)))));
+        var age = AgeRegistrySavedData.resolveOrCreate(helper.getLevel(),
+                new AgeReference(UUID.randomUUID(), "Ruins Tiki Gate"), writing);
+        RuinsCompatibility.registerAge(age);
+        var ruinsClass = Class.forName("atomicstryker.ruins.common.RuinsMod");
+        Object ruins = ruinsClass.getMethod("getInstance").invoke(null);
+        var currentLevel = ruinsClass.getDeclaredField("lastLoadedLevel");
+        currentLevel.setAccessible(true);
+        Object previousLevel = currentLevel.get(ruins);
+        var templateClass = Class.forName("atomicstryker.ruins.common.RuinTemplate");
+        try {
+            currentLevel.set(ruins, helper.getLevel());
+            Object template = templateClass.getConstructor(String.class, String.class)
+                    .newInstance(path.toString(), name);
+            boolean accepted = (boolean) templateClass.getMethod("acceptsDimension", String.class)
+                    .invoke(template, age.dimensionId().getPath());
+            helper.assertTrue(accepted, "The authored Tiki Head must load despite dimensionsToSpawnIn=overworld");
+        } finally {
+            currentLevel.set(ruins, previousLevel);
+        }
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/RuinsEventAdapter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import atomicstryker.ruins.common.EventRuinTemplateSpawn;
+import atomicstryker.ruins.common.RuinTemplate;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
+
+/** Loaded only when Ruins is present. Its pre-spawn event can veto exact templates. */
+public final class RuinsEventAdapter {
+    private RuinsEventAdapter() {}
+
+    static void register() {
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(RuinsEventAdapter::onTemplateSpawn);
+    }
+
+    private static void onTemplateSpawn(EventRuinTemplateSpawn event) {
+        if (!event.isPrePhase || event.testingRuin
+                || !(event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level)
+                || !RuinsCompatibility.isKnownAge(level.dimension().location())) return;
+
+        var template = RuinsTemplatePages.featureId(event.template.getName());
+        if (!RuinsTemplatePages.contains(template)
+                || !RuinsCompatibility.permits(level.dimension().location(), template)) event.setCancelled(true);
+    }
+
+    /** Preserve Ruins' weights and multiply each by its authored page count. */
+    public static Object chooseTemplate(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation dimension,
+                                        Collection<?> pool, RandomSource random) {
+        if (pool == null || pool.isEmpty()) return null;
+        var candidates = pool.stream().filter(RuinTemplate.class::isInstance)
+                .map(RuinTemplate.class::cast)
+                .filter(template -> RuinsCompatibility.permits(dimension,
+                        RuinsTemplatePages.featureId(template.getName())))
+                .sorted(Comparator.comparing(RuinTemplate::getName)).toList();
+        double total = candidates.stream().mapToDouble(template -> authoredWeight(dimension, template)).sum();
+        if (total <= 0.0) return null;
+        double roll = random.nextDouble() * total;
+        for (RuinTemplate candidate : candidates) {
+            roll -= authoredWeight(dimension, candidate);
+            if (roll < 0.0) return candidate;
+        }
+        return candidates.getLast();
+    }
+
+    private static double authoredWeight(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation dimension,
+                                         RuinTemplate template) {
+        return Math.max(0.0, template.getWeight()) * RuinsCompatibility.templateCount(dimension,
+                RuinsTemplatePages.featureId(template.getName()));
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/RuinsTemplatePages.java

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.HexFormat;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolDefinition;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolSemantics;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
+import net.neoforged.fml.loading.FMLPaths;
+
+/** Discovers Ruins' template filenames without making its jar mandatory. */
+public final class RuinsTemplatePages {
+    public static final ResourceLocation CATEGORY = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+            Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "ruins");
+    private static final String PREFIX = "ruins/";
+    private static volatile Map<ResourceLocation, String> names = Map.of();
+    private static volatile boolean initialized;
+
+    private RuinsTemplatePages() {}
+
+    public static void refresh() {
+        if (!ModList.get().isLoaded("ruins")) {
+            names = Map.of();
+            initialized = true;
+            return;
+        }
+        Map<ResourceLocation, String> discovered = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, String> sources = new HashMap<>();
+        Set<String> duplicateNames = new HashSet<>();
+        // Ruins itself reads <gameDir>/config/ruins_config, not NeoForge's
+        // overrideable CONFIGDIR; mirror its active folder exactly.
+        Path configured = FMLPaths.GAMEDIR.get().resolve("config/ruins_config");
+        if (Files.isDirectory(configured)) {
+            try (var paths = Files.walk(configured)) {
+                paths.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
+                        .filter(path -> configured.relativize(path).getNameCount() == 2)
+                        .filter(path -> isTemplate(path.getFileName().toString()))
+                        .sorted().forEach(path -> add(discovered, sources, duplicateNames,
+                                path.getFileName().toString(), configured.relativize(path).toString()));
+            } catch (IOException exception) {
+                Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn("Could not read Ruins templates from {}", configured, exception);
+            }
+        }
+        // Ruins extracts this archive on first launch. It also supplies the creative
+        // pages before extraction has completed on a fresh installation.
+        if (discovered.isEmpty() && !Files.isDirectory(configured)) {
+            try (InputStream stream = RuinsTemplatePages.class.getClassLoader()
+                    .getResourceAsStream("assets/ruins_config.zip")) {
+                if (stream != null) {
+                    try (ZipInputStream zip = new ZipInputStream(stream)) {
+                        ZipEntry entry;
+                        while ((entry = zip.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+                            if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
+                                String name = entry.getName();
+                                name = name.substring(name.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+                                if (isTemplate(name)) add(discovered, sources, duplicateNames,
+                                        name, entry.getName());
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (IOException exception) {
+                Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn("Could not read bundled Ruins templates", exception);
+            }
+        }
+        // Ruins' spawn event exposes only the basename. If two directories use
+        // that basename, Rivencraft cannot identify which structure was chosen.
+        // Disable the bridge instead of advertising pages with ambiguous effects.
+        if (!duplicateNames.isEmpty()) {
+            Rivencraft.LOGGER.error("Ruins compatibility disabled: duplicate template names {}. "
+                    + "Give every .tml file a unique basename.", duplicateNames);
+            names = Map.of();
+            initialized = true;
+            return;
+        }
+        names = Map.copyOf(discovered);
+        initialized = true;
+    }
+
+    public static List<String> templates() {
+        if (!initialized) refresh();
+        List<String> templates = new ArrayList<>(names.values());
+        templates.sort(Comparator.comparing(String::toLowerCase));
+        return List.copyOf(templates);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isSymbol(ResourceLocation id) {
+        return id.getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID) && id.getPath().startsWith(PREFIX);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean contains(ResourceLocation id) {
+        return isSymbol(id) && names.containsKey(id);
+    }
+
+    public static ResourceLocation symbolId(String templateName) {
+        if (templateName.isBlank()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Ruins template has no usable name");
+        // Hex is reversible and collision-free even for case-sensitive or Unicode
+        // filenames; normalizing to lowercase would merge distinct templates.
+        String key = HexFormat.of().formatHex(templateName.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        return ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, PREFIX + "t_" + key);
+    }
+
+    public static ResourceLocation featureId(String templateName) {
+        return symbolId(templateName);
+    }
+
+    public static String fallbackName(ResourceLocation symbolId) {
+        String encoded = symbolId.getPath().substring(PREFIX.length());
+        if (!encoded.startsWith("t_")) return encoded + " Ruin";
+        String name;
+        try {
+            name = new String(HexFormat.of().parseHex(encoded.substring(2)), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) {
+            name = encoded;
+        }
+        return stripExtension(name).replace('_', ' ') + " Ruin";
+    }
+
+    public static SymbolDefinition definition(String templateName) {
+        ResourceLocation id = featureId(templateName);
+        return new SymbolDefinition(SymbolDefinition.CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+                "symbol.rivencraft.ruins.template", "symbol.rivencraft.ruins.description",
+                CATEGORY, Optional.of(new SymbolSemantics(SymbolSemantics.Role.FEATURE,
+                new SymbolSemantics.ResourceValue(id))), "");
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isTemplate(String name) {
+        return name.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).endsWith(".tml");
+    }
+
+    private static String stripExtension(String name) {
+        return isTemplate(name) ? name.substring(0, name.length() - 4) : name;
+    }
+
+    private static void add(Map<ResourceLocation, String> templates, Map<String, String> sources,
+                            Set<String> duplicateNames, String name, String source) {
+        String previousSource = sources.putIfAbsent(name, source);
+        if (previousSource != null && !previousSource.equals(source)) duplicateNames.add(name);
+        ResourceLocation id = symbolId(name);
+        String previous = templates.putIfAbsent(id, name);
+        if (previous != null && !previous.equals(name)) {
+            Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn("Ruins templates {} and {} share page ID {}; using {}",
+                    previous, name, id, previous);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/jei/RivencraftJeiPlugin.java

@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.LinkProperties;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModDataComponents;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModCreativeTabs;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.InkModifierIngredients;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PageContent;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolReference;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModItems;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphics;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.MutableComponent;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
@@ -63,6 +65,11 @@ public final class RivencraftJeiPlugin implements IModPlugin {
                         case UNRESOLVED_SYMBOL -> "unresolved:" + content.symbol().orElseThrow().id();
                     };
                 });
+        registration.registerSubtypeInterpreter(ModItems.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get(),
+                (IIngredientSubtypeInterpreter<ItemStack>) (stack, context) -> {
+                    Component name = stack.get(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME);
+                    return name == null ? "empty" : name.getString();
+                });
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -72,6 +79,7 @@ public final class RivencraftJeiPlugin implements IModPlugin {
         var connection = Minecraft.getInstance().getConnection();
         if (connection != null) {
             pages.addAll(PageItem.creativeSymbolPages(connection.registryAccess()));
+            pages.addAll(ModCreativeTabs.creativeSymbolPortfolios(connection.registryAccess()));
         } else {
             PageItem.bundledCreativeSymbols().stream().map(PageItem::createBundledCreativePage)
                     .forEach(pages::add);
@@ -84,6 +92,8 @@ public final class RivencraftJeiPlugin implements IModPlugin {
         // JEI discovers the base Page item as a blank stack; only authored pages belong in its list.
         runtime.getIngredientVisibility().hideIngredients(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK,
                 List.of(new ItemStack(ModItems.PAGE.get())), List.of(UidContext.Ingredient));
+        runtime.getIngredientVisibility().hideIngredients(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK,
+                List.of(new ItemStack(ModItems.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get())), List.of(UidContext.Ingredient));
         var connection = Minecraft.getInstance().getConnection();
         if (connection == null) return;
         Set<ResourceLocation> known = runtime.getIngredientManager().getAllItemStacks().stream()
@@ -98,6 +108,19 @@ public final class RivencraftJeiPlugin implements IModPlugin {
         if (!missing.isEmpty()) {
             runtime.getIngredientManager().addIngredientsAtRuntime(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK, missing);
         }
+        Set<String> knownPortfolios = runtime.getIngredientManager().getAllItemStacks().stream()
+                .filter(stack -> stack.is(ModItems.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get()))
+                .map(stack -> stack.get(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME))
+                .filter(java.util.Objects::nonNull)
+                .map(Component::getString)
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        List<ItemStack> missingPortfolios = ModCreativeTabs.creativeSymbolPortfolios(connection.registryAccess())
+                .stream()
+                .filter(stack -> !knownPortfolios.contains(stack.getHoverName().getString()))
+                .toList();
+        if (!missingPortfolios.isEmpty()) {
+            runtime.getIngredientManager().addIngredientsAtRuntime(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK, missingPortfolios);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/config/RivencraftConfig.java

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public final class RivencraftConfig {
     private static final ModConfigSpec.EnumValue<LibraryLootMode> LIBRARY_LOOT_MODE;
     private static final ModConfigSpec.IntValue SYMBOL_INK_COST;
     private static final ModConfigSpec.IntValue LINK_PANEL_INK_COST;
+    private static final ModConfigSpec.ConfigValue<List<? extends String>> RANDOM_PAGE_ALLOWLIST;
+    private static final ModConfigSpec.ConfigValue<List<? extends String>> RANDOM_PAGE_BLOCKLIST;
     private static final ModConfigSpec.BooleanValue AUTO_WHITELIST_SERENE_AGES;
     private static final ModConfigSpec.BooleanValue INSTABILITY_ENABLED;
     private static final ModConfigSpec.IntValue INSTABILITY_DIFFICULTY;
@@ -89,6 +91,21 @@ public final class RivencraftConfig {
         LINK_PANEL_INK_COST = builder.comment("Ink units consumed when preparing one baseline link-panel page.")
                 .defineInRange("link_panel_ink_cost", 2, 1, 16);
         builder.pop();
+        builder.push("random_pages");
+        RANDOM_PAGE_ALLOWLIST = builder.comment(
+                "Optional Page paths allowed in new random Ages and newly generated library loot.",
+                "The allowlist restricts only categories it mentions; unmentioned categories remain unrestricted.",
+                "Example: [\"sky/static\"] restricts random sky styles to Static Sky.",
+                "Full namespaced IDs are also accepted for compatibility.")
+                .defineList("allowlist", List.<String>of(), () -> "sky/static",
+                        RivencraftConfig::validPageId);
+        RANDOM_PAGE_BLOCKLIST = builder.comment(
+                "Page paths excluded from new random Ages and newly generated library loot.",
+                "The blocklist wins over the allowlist. Example: [\"sky/static\"].",
+                "Existing Ages and Pages deliberately remain usable in hand-authored books.")
+                .defineList("blocklist", List.<String>of(), () -> "sky/static",
+                        RivencraftConfig::validPageId);
+        builder.pop();
         builder.push("serene_seasons");
         AUTO_WHITELIST_SERENE_AGES = builder.comment(
                 "Automatically add Rivencraft Ages to Serene Seasons' dimension whitelist when loaded.",
@@ -233,6 +250,14 @@ public final class RivencraftConfig {
         return LINK_PANEL_INK_COST.get();
     }
 
+    public static List<? extends String> randomPageAllowlist() { return RANDOM_PAGE_ALLOWLIST.get(); }
+    public static List<? extends String> randomPageBlocklist() { return RANDOM_PAGE_BLOCKLIST.get(); }
+
+    private static boolean validPageId(Object value) {
+        return value instanceof String id && !id.isBlank()
+                && ResourceLocation.tryParse(id.contains(":") ? id : "rivencraft:" + id) != null;
+    }
+
     public static boolean autoWhitelistSereneAges() {
         return AUTO_WHITELIST_SERENE_AGES.get();
     }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/event/AgeCelestialAngleSync.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.event;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeDefinition;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeDimensionService;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeRegistrySavedData;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeSkyProfile;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.AgeCelestialAnglePayload;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.entity.player.PlayerEvent;
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ public final class AgeCelestialAngleSync {
     }
 
     public static void send(ServerPlayer player, AgeDefinition age) {
-        if (!NetworkRegistry.hasChannel(player.connection, AgeCelestialAnglePayload.TYPE.id())) {
+        // GameTest mock players (and clients without this channel) cannot receive this payload.
-            return;
+        if (!NetworkRegistry.hasChannel(player.connection, AgeCelestialAnglePayload.TYPE.id())) return;
-        }
         PacketDistributor.sendToPlayer(player, new AgeCelestialAnglePayload(
-                AgeDimensionService.dimensionKey(age), age.traits().celestialAngle()));
+                AgeDimensionService.dimensionKey(age), age.traits().celestialAngle(),
+                AgeSkyProfile.forAge(age)));
     }
 }

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

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.CrystalPortalBlock;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.LinkTarget;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.LinkProperties;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.LinkingService;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModDataComponents;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.CrystalPortalNetwork;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.CrystalPortalSurfaces;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.PortalTravelCooldown;
@@ -19,7 +22,11 @@ import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.InteractionHand;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.context.BlockPlaceContext;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.BlockHitResult;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
 
@@ -46,6 +53,8 @@ public final class CrystalPortalGameTests {
         helper.assertTrue(plan.valid(), "A closed crystal frame must form a portal");
         BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder = (BookReceptacleBlockEntity) level.getBlockEntity(holderPos);
         holder.setBook(new ItemStack(ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get()));
+        helper.assertTrue(level.getBlockState(holderPos).getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK),
+                "An occupied receptacle must expose its book state to client renderers");
         LinkTarget destination = new LinkTarget(GlobalPos.of(level.dimension(), centerTarget(helper)), 0, 0);
         holder.setDestination(destination);
         BookReceptacleBlockEntity restored = new BookReceptacleBlockEntity(holderPos, holder.getBlockState());
@@ -82,6 +91,12 @@ public final class CrystalPortalGameTests {
                 "A north/south opening must only show its two player-facing sides");
         CrystalPortalNetwork.shutdown(level, holderPos);
         helper.assertTrue(level.getBlockState(center).isAir(), "Removing the book must release the portal");
+        helper.assertTrue(holder.takeBook().is(ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get()),
+                "Removing the book must return the stored item");
+        helper.assertTrue(!level.getBlockState(holderPos).getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK),
+                "Removing the book must clear the client-visible model state");
+        helper.assertTrue(!holder.getUpdateTag(level.registryAccess()).contains("Book"),
+                "The block-entity update must also clear the old client-side book stack");
         helper.succeed();
     }
 
@@ -154,13 +169,54 @@ public final class CrystalPortalGameTests {
         BlockPos holderPos = helper.absolutePos(new BlockPos(0, 2, 1));
         level.setBlock(holderPos, ModBlocks.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get().defaultBlockState()
                 .setValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING, Direction.UP), 3);
-        ((BookReceptacleBlockEntity) level.getBlockEntity(holderPos))
+        LinkTarget destination = new LinkTarget(GlobalPos.of(level.dimension(), centerTarget(helper)), 0, 0);
-                .setBook(new ItemStack(ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get()));
+        ItemStack book = new ItemStack(ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get());
+        book.set(ModDataComponents.LINK_TARGET.get(), destination);
+        BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder = (BookReceptacleBlockEntity) level.getBlockEntity(holderPos);
+        holder.setBook(book);
+        holder.setDestination(destination);
         helper.assertTrue(CrystalPortalNetwork.activate(level, holderPos, planLoaded(level, holderPos)),
                 "The horizontal crystal opening must activate");
         helper.assertValueEqual(level.getBlockState(helper.absolutePos(new BlockPos(1, 1, 1)))
                 .getValue(CrystalPortalBlock.AXIS), Direction.Axis.Y,
                 "The fallback surface must face up and down");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(CrystalPortalSurfaces.group(level, planLoaded(level, holderPos)).getFirst().normal(),
+                Direction.UP, "The horizontal opening must provide an upward-facing destination view");
+        var player = helper.makeMockServerPlayerInLevel();
+        helper.assertValueEqual(LinkingService.travelPortal(player, destination, LinkProperties.NONE),
+                LinkingService.LinkResult.INTRA_LINKING_REQUIRED,
+                "A normal book may show a portal but must not link within its own dimension");
+        helper.assertTrue(level.getBlockState(helper.absolutePos(new BlockPos(1, 1, 1)))
+                        .is(ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get()) && !holder.getBook().isEmpty(),
+                "Rejected intra-link travel must leave the visual portal and its book intact");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void undersideReceptaclePlacesAndActivatesHorizontalFrame(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var level = helper.getLevel();
+        for (int x = 0; x < 3; x++) for (int z = 0; z < 3; z++) {
+            level.setBlock(helper.absolutePos(new BlockPos(x, 2, z)),
+                    x == 1 && z == 1 ? Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState()
+                            : ModBlocks.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get().defaultBlockState(), 3);
+        }
+        BlockPos support = helper.absolutePos(new BlockPos(0, 2, 1));
+        BlockPos holderPos = support.below();
+        BlockPlaceContext context = new BlockPlaceContext(level, null, InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND,
+                new ItemStack(ModItems.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get()),
+                new BlockHitResult(Vec3.atCenterOf(support).add(0, -0.5, 0),
+                        Direction.DOWN, support, false));
+        var placed = ModBlocks.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get().getStateForPlacement(context);
+        helper.assertTrue(placed != null && placed.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING) == Direction.DOWN,
+                "Clicking the underside of a Crystal Block must place a downward-facing receptacle");
+        level.setBlock(holderPos, placed, 3);
+        ((BookReceptacleBlockEntity) level.getBlockEntity(holderPos))
+                .setBook(new ItemStack(ModItems.LINKING_BOOK.get()));
+        helper.assertTrue(CrystalPortalNetwork.activate(level, holderPos, planLoaded(level, holderPos)),
+                "A ceiling-mounted receptacle must activate its horizontal crystal frame");
+        helper.assertValueEqual(level.getBlockState(helper.absolutePos(new BlockPos(1, 2, 1)))
+                .getValue(CrystalPortalBlock.AXIS), Direction.Axis.Y,
+                "The underside-mounted portal surface remains horizontal");
         helper.succeed();
     }
 

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

@@ -212,8 +212,10 @@ public final class LinkingGameTests {
                 "A page-free book must select a supported legacy-inspired terrain profile");
         helper.assertValueEqual(first.generationVersion(), AgeDefinition.CURRENT_GENERATION_VERSION,
                 "New Ages must record the current generation algorithm version");
-        helper.assertValueEqual(first.traits(), AgeTraits.select(first.seed()),
+        helper.assertValueEqual(first.traits(), net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeEnvironmentCompiler.forTerrain(
-                "A page-free book must persist the deterministic traits selected from its seed");
+                        AgeTraits.select(first.seed()),
+                        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeRuntimeProfiles.resolve(first.generationProfile())),
+                "A page-free book must persist deterministic traits, with Cave sky/weather normalization");
         helper.assertTrue(first.traits().hasStoppedCelestialCycle()
                         || first.traits().celestialPeriod() >= AgeTraits.MIN_CELESTIAL_PERIOD
                         && first.traits().celestialPeriod() <= AgeTraits.MAX_CELESTIAL_PERIOD,

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/gametest/Milestone7ResourceGameTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.gametest;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.List;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
+
+/** Small server-side guard against shipping missing model textures or the library template. */
+@GameTestHolder(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class Milestone7ResourceGameTests {
+    private Milestone7ResourceGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void coreModelsResolveBundledTextures(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        for (String model : List.of("book_binder", "ink_mixer", "writing_desk",
+                "book_receptacle", "crystal_block", "crystal_portal")) {
+            String path = "assets/rivencraft/models/block/" + model + ".json";
+            try (InputStream stream = resource(path)) {
+                helper.assertTrue(stream != null, "Missing packaged block model " + path);
+                JsonObject json = JsonParser.parseReader(new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+                        .getAsJsonObject();
+                if (!json.has("textures")) continue;
+                for (var entry : json.getAsJsonObject("textures").entrySet()) {
+                    String texture = entry.getValue().getAsString();
+                    if (!texture.startsWith("rivencraft:")) continue;
+                    String texturePath = "assets/rivencraft/textures/"
+                            + texture.substring("rivencraft:".length()) + ".png";
+                    helper.assertTrue(Milestone7ResourceGameTests.class.getClassLoader().getResource(texturePath) != null,
+                            "Model " + model + " references missing texture " + texturePath);
+                }
+            } catch (java.io.IOException exception) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot inspect " + path, exception);
+            }
+        }
+        helper.assertTrue(Milestone7ResourceGameTests.class.getClassLoader()
+                        .getResource("data/rivencraft/structure/mystcraft_library.nbt") != null,
+                "The Legacy library template must be included in the mod JAR");
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+
+    private static InputStream resource(String path) {
+        return Milestone7ResourceGameTests.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(path);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.gametest;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.CollationFolderItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.SymbolPortfolioItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModCreativeTabs;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModDataComponents;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModItems;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.NotebookContents;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PageContent;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
+
+@GameTestHolder(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class SymbolPortfolioGameTests {
+    private SymbolPortfolioGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void portfoliosCoverEverySymbolCategoryWithoutTruncation(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        var registries = helper.getLevel().registryAccess();
+        List<ItemStack> creative = ModCreativeTabs.creativeSymbolPortfolios(registries);
+        helper.assertTrue(!creative.isEmpty(), "Creative tab must include prefilled portfolios");
+        for (ResourceLocation category : PageItem.bundledCreativeCategories()) {
+            List<ItemStack> expected = PageItem.creativeSymbolPages(registries, category);
+            List<ItemStack> volumes = SymbolPortfolioItem.createVolumes(category, expected);
+            helper.assertTrue(!volumes.isEmpty(), "Missing portfolio for " + category);
+            List<ItemStack> actual = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (ItemStack volume : volumes) {
+                helper.assertTrue(volume.is(ModItems.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get())
+                                && CollationFolderItem.isCollection(volume)
+                                && creative.stream().anyMatch(candidate ->
+                                        candidate.getHoverName().getString().equals(volume.getHoverName().getString())),
+                        "Portfolio must be an editable creative collection for " + category);
+                NotebookContents contents = volume.get(ModDataComponents.NOTEBOOK_CONTENTS.get());
+                helper.assertTrue(contents != null && contents.pageCount() > 0
+                                && contents.pageCount() <= NotebookContents.MAX_PAGES,
+                        "Each portfolio volume must contain valid pages");
+                helper.assertTrue(contents.pages().stream().allMatch(page ->
+                                PageItem.content(page).kind() == PageContent.Kind.SYMBOL),
+                        "Portfolios must contain symbol pages, not Link Panels");
+                actual.addAll(contents.pages());
+            }
+            helper.assertTrue(actual.size() == expected.size(), "Portfolio omitted pages in " + category);
+            for (int index = 0; index < expected.size(); index++) {
+                helper.assertTrue(ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(actual.get(index), expected.get(index)),
+                        "Portfolio pages must match the category tab in " + category);
+            }
+        }
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/CollationFolderItem.java

@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ public final class CollationFolderItem extends NotebookItem {
     }
 
     public static boolean isCollection(ItemStack stack) {
-        return stack.is(ModItems.NOTEBOOK.get()) || stack.is(ModItems.COLLATION_FOLDER.get());
+        return stack.is(ModItems.NOTEBOOK.get()) || stack.is(ModItems.COLLATION_FOLDER.get())
+                || stack.is(ModItems.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get());
     }
 
     public static int capacity(ItemStack stack) {
         return stack.is(ModItems.COLLATION_FOLDER.get()) ? MAX_PAGES
-                : stack.is(ModItems.NOTEBOOK.get()) ? NotebookContents.MAX_PAGES : 0;
+                : stack.is(ModItems.NOTEBOOK.get()) || stack.is(ModItems.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get())
+                        ? NotebookContents.MAX_PAGES : 0;
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/NotebookItem.java

@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ public class NotebookItem extends Item {
         NotebookContents contents = stack.getOrDefault(
                 ModDataComponents.NOTEBOOK_CONTENTS.get(), NotebookContents.EMPTY);
         tooltip.add(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.notebook.pages",
-                contents.pageCount(), stack.is(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModItems.COLLATION_FOLDER.get())
+                contents.pageCount(), CollationFolderItem.capacity(stack))
-                        ? CollationFolderItem.MAX_PAGES : NotebookContents.MAX_PAGES)
                 .withStyle(ChatFormatting.GRAY));
         if (contents.unresolvedCount() > 0) {
             tooltip.add(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.notebook.unresolved",

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/PageItem.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.AgeBiomeSelection;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.book.LinkProperties;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
         categories.add(BlockSymbolPages.CATEGORY);
         categories.add(BlockSymbolPages.FLUID_CATEGORY);
         categories.add(CAVE_BIOME_CATEGORY);
+        if (!RuinsTemplatePages.templates().isEmpty()) categories.add(RuinsTemplatePages.CATEGORY);
         return List.copyOf(categories);
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +80,11 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
         if (category.equals(CAVE_BIOME_CATEGORY)) {
             return createCreativeBiomePage(ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace("lush_caves"));
         }
+        if (category.equals(RuinsTemplatePages.CATEGORY)) {
+            return RuinsTemplatePages.templates().stream().findFirst()
+                    .map(PageItem::createCreativeRuinsPage)
+                    .orElseGet(() -> createBundledCreativePage("feature/villages"));
+        }
         if (category.equals(BlockSymbolPages.CATEGORY) || category.equals(BlockSymbolPages.FLUID_CATEGORY)) {
             return createCreativeBlockPage(ResourceLocation.withDefaultNamespace(
                     category.equals(BlockSymbolPages.FLUID_CATEGORY) ? "water" : "stone"));
@@ -93,6 +100,7 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
     public static List<ItemStack> creativeSymbolPages(HolderLookup.Provider registries) {
         List<ItemStack> pages = creativeBundledAndBiomePages(registries);
         BlockSymbolPages.availableBlocks().forEach(id -> pages.add(createCreativeBlockPage(id)));
+        RuinsTemplatePages.templates().forEach(name -> pages.add(createCreativeRuinsPage(name)));
         return List.copyOf(pages);
     }
 
@@ -115,6 +123,9 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
             return BlockSymbolPages.availableBlocks(category).stream()
                     .map(PageItem::createCreativeBlockPage).toList();
         }
+        if (category.equals(RuinsTemplatePages.CATEGORY)) {
+            return RuinsTemplatePages.templates().stream().map(PageItem::createCreativeRuinsPage).toList();
+        }
         Set<ResourceLocation> caveBiomes = category.equals(BIOME_CATEGORY) || category.equals(CAVE_BIOME_CATEGORY)
                 ? caveBiomeIds(registries) : Set.of();
         return creativeBundledAndBiomePages(registries).stream()
@@ -180,6 +191,14 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
         return page;
     }
 
+    public static ItemStack createCreativeRuinsPage(String templateName) {
+        var symbolId = RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(templateName);
+        ItemStack page = create(PageContent.symbol(new SymbolReference(symbolId)));
+        page.set(ModDataComponents.PAGE_SYMBOL_DISPLAY.get(),
+                RuinsTemplatePages.definition(templateName).display(symbolId));
+        return page;
+    }
+
     private static Map<String, CreativeSymbol> loadCreativeSymbols() {
         String resource = "/assets/rivencraft/creative_symbol_pages.json";
         try (var stream = PageItem.class.getResourceAsStream(resource)) {
@@ -321,6 +340,10 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
             return Component.translatable(metadata.nameTranslationKey()).withStyle(ChatFormatting.OBFUSCATED);
         }
         return reference.id().getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+                && RuinsTemplatePages.isSymbol(reference.id())
+                ? Component.translatableWithFallback(metadata.nameTranslationKey(),
+                        RuinsTemplatePages.fallbackName(reference.id()))
+                : reference.id().getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
                 && reference.id().getPath().startsWith("biome/")
                 ? Component.translatableWithFallback(metadata.nameTranslationKey(),
                         BiomeSymbolPages.fallbackName(reference.id()))

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/SymbolPortfolioItem.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModDataComponents;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModItems;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.NotebookContents;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+
+/** Non-craftable, prefilled Legacy-style collections of one symbol-page category. */
+public final class SymbolPortfolioItem extends NotebookItem {
+    public SymbolPortfolioItem(Properties properties) {
+        super(properties);
+    }
+
+    public static List<ItemStack> createVolumes(ResourceLocation category, List<ItemStack> pages) {
+        if (pages.isEmpty()) return List.of();
+        int capacity = NotebookContents.MAX_PAGES;
+        int volumeCount = (pages.size() + capacity - 1) / capacity;
+        List<ItemStack> volumes = new ArrayList<>(volumeCount);
+        for (int volume = 0; volume < volumeCount; volume++) {
+            ItemStack portfolio = new ItemStack(ModItems.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get());
+            int first = volume * capacity;
+            int last = Math.min(first + capacity, pages.size());
+            portfolio.set(ModDataComponents.NOTEBOOK_CONTENTS.get(),
+                    new NotebookContents(pages.subList(first, last)));
+            Component categoryName = Component.translatableWithFallback(
+                    "itemGroup.rivencraft.pages." + category.getPath(), category.getPath());
+            portfolio.set(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME, volumeCount == 1
+                    ? Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.symbol_portfolio.named", categoryName)
+                    : Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.symbol_portfolio.volume",
+                            categoryName, volume + 1, volumeCount));
+            volumes.add(portfolio);
+        }
+        return List.copyOf(volumes);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/menu/BookBinderDiagnostics.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu;
+
+import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.util.datafix.DataFixTypes;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedData;
+
+/** World-persistent OP-only visibility switch for Book Binder writing diagnostics. */
+public final class BookBinderDiagnostics extends SavedData {
+    private static final String DATA_NAME = "rivencraft_binder_diagnostics";
+    private static final Factory<BookBinderDiagnostics> FACTORY = new Factory<>(
+            BookBinderDiagnostics::new, BookBinderDiagnostics::load, DataFixTypes.SAVED_DATA_MAP_DATA);
+    private boolean enabled;
+
+    public static BookBinderDiagnostics get(ServerLevel level) {
+        return level.getServer().overworld().getDataStorage().computeIfAbsent(FACTORY, DATA_NAME);
+    }
+
+    public boolean enabled() { return enabled; }
+
+    public boolean visibleTo(ServerPlayer player) {
+        return visibleTo(player.hasPermissions(2));
+    }
+
+    boolean visibleTo(boolean operator) { return enabled && operator; }
+
+    public boolean setEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+        if (this.enabled == enabled) return false;
+        this.enabled = enabled;
+        setDirty();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static BookBinderDiagnostics load(CompoundTag tag, HolderLookup.Provider registries) {
+        BookBinderDiagnostics data = new BookBinderDiagnostics();
+        data.enabled = tag.getBoolean("Enabled");
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    @Override public CompoundTag save(CompoundTag tag, HolderLookup.Provider registries) {
+        tag.putBoolean("Enabled", enabled);
+        return tag;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/menu/BookBinderDiagnosticsGameTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTest;
+import net.minecraft.gametest.framework.GameTestHelper;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.GameTestHolder;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.gametest.PrefixGameTestTemplate;
+
+/** Binder diagnostics are world-persistent but never visible to non-operators. */
+@GameTestHolder(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+@PrefixGameTestTemplate(false)
+public final class BookBinderDiagnosticsGameTests {
+    private BookBinderDiagnosticsGameTests() {}
+
+    @GameTest(template = "empty")
+    public static void binderMessagesDefaultOffAndPersist(GameTestHelper helper) {
+        BookBinderDiagnostics data = BookBinderDiagnostics.get(helper.getLevel());
+        helper.assertFalse(data.enabled(), "Binder diagnostic messages must default to off");
+        helper.assertTrue(data.setEnabled(true), "An OP toggle must change the world setting");
+        helper.assertFalse(data.setEnabled(true), "Repeating a toggle must not change the setting");
+        CompoundTag saved = data.save(new CompoundTag(), helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        BookBinderDiagnostics restored = BookBinderDiagnostics.load(saved, helper.getLevel().registryAccess());
+        helper.assertTrue(restored.enabled(), "The OP setting must survive world reload");
+        helper.assertTrue(restored.visibleTo(true), "An OP must see enabled binder diagnostics");
+        helper.assertFalse(restored.visibleTo(false), "A non-OP must not see enabled binder diagnostics");
+        helper.assertTrue(restored.setEnabled(false), "An OP toggle must disable messages");
+        helper.assertFalse(restored.visibleTo(true), "Disabled messages must be invisible even to OPs");
+        data.setEnabled(false);
+        helper.succeed();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/menu/BookBinderMenu.java

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public final class BookBinderMenu extends AbstractContainerMenu {
     private int grammarErrorStripIndex = -1;
     private int grammarInstability;
     private int grammarIncompleteCount;
+    private int diagnosticsVisible;
     private WritingGrammar.Result serverGrammar;
 
     public BookBinderMenu(int id, Inventory inventory, RegistryFriendlyByteBuf data) {
@@ -62,34 +63,38 @@ public final class BookBinderMenu extends AbstractContainerMenu {
         });
         addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
             @Override public int get() {
-                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarErrorCode : binderDiagnostic()
+                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarErrorCode : !diagnosticsVisibleToAuthor() ? -1 : binderDiagnostic()
                         .map(diagnostic -> diagnostic.code().ordinal()).orElse(-1);
             }
             @Override public void set(int value) { grammarErrorCode = value; }
         });
         addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
             @Override public int get() {
-                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarErrorStripIndex : binderDiagnostic()
+                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarErrorStripIndex : !diagnosticsVisibleToAuthor() ? -1 : binderDiagnostic()
                         .map(diagnostic -> binder.writingStripIndex(diagnostic.index())).orElse(-1);
             }
             @Override public void set(int value) { grammarErrorStripIndex = value; }
         });
         addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
             @Override public int get() {
-                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarInstability
+                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarInstability : !diagnosticsVisibleToAuthor() ? 0
                         : serverGrammar().writingInstability();
             }
             @Override public void set(int value) { grammarInstability = value; }
         });
         addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
             @Override public int get() {
-                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarIncompleteCount
+                return clientSide || binder == null ? grammarIncompleteCount : !diagnosticsVisibleToAuthor() ? 0
                         : (int) serverGrammar().diagnostics().stream()
                         .filter(diagnostic -> diagnostic.severity()
                                 == WritingGrammar.Severity.SEEDED_COMPLETION).count();
             }
             @Override public void set(int value) { grammarIncompleteCount = value; }
         });
+        addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
+            @Override public int get() { return clientSide ? diagnosticsVisible : diagnosticsVisibleToAuthor() ? 1 : 0; }
+            @Override public void set(int value) { diagnosticsVisible = value; }
+        });
         addSlot(new BinderSlot(BookBinderBlockEntity.COVER, 8, 27, 64));
         addSlot(new BinderSlot(BookBinderBlockEntity.LINK_PANEL, -1000, -1000, 1));
         addSlot(new BinderSlot(BookBinderBlockEntity.NOTEBOOK, -1000, -1000, 1));
@@ -130,7 +135,12 @@ public final class BookBinderMenu extends AbstractContainerMenu {
     }
     public int grammarInstability() { return grammarInstability; }
     public int grammarIncompleteCount() { return grammarIncompleteCount; }
+    public boolean diagnosticsVisible() { return diagnosticsVisible != 0; }
     public int grammarErrorStripIndex() { return grammarErrorStripIndex; }
+    private boolean diagnosticsVisibleToAuthor() {
+        return bookAuthor instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer
+                && BookBinderDiagnostics.get(serverPlayer.serverLevel()).visibleTo(serverPlayer);
+    }
     public String title() { return binder == null ? "" : binder.title(); }
     public boolean setTitle(Player player, String title) {
         if (clientSide || !stillValid(player) || title == null