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 # Rivencraft

-Rivencraft is a clean, incremental port of the ideas and gameplay of
-[Mystcraft Legacy](https://github.com/Mystcraft/Mystcraft-Legacy) to Minecraft
-1.21.1 on NeoForge.
+Write a book. Name an Age. Step into a world that did not exist before.

-The bootstrap, books/linking, Ages, writing-system, and Age-grammar milestones are complete.
-The writing system uses a data-pack symbol catalog and persistent
-ordered-writing model. Linking Books and Descriptive Books create persistent
-Ages from either authored supported symbols or seeded random completion.
-Milestone 6 instability work is in progress: Ages persist frozen instability
-scores and provider plans, and the bounded runtime implements status effects,
-colored decay, lightning, explosions, meteors, burning, and erosion. The
-[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.
+Rivencraft brings the books, writing stations, symbols, and unpredictable Ages
+of [Mystcraft Legacy](https://github.com/Mystcraft/Mystcraft-Legacy) to
+Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. Mystcraft veterans will recognize the writing
+flow, D'ni-inspired glyphs, libraries, crystals, and instability. Rivencraft
+also lets you author modern terrain, biomes, structures, seasons, and celestial
+bodies. It is an active pre-public-release project, not a byte-for-byte copy of
+the 1.12.2 mod.

-Milestone 4 now includes stackable blank Pages plus server-created symbol,
-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.
+## Getting started

-## 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.
-Put vanilla paper and an Ink Vial in the Ink Mixer to make a Link Panel
-Page. Place leather (or an empty Notebook) and the Link Panel in the Book Binder,
-enter an Age name, and take the finished Descriptive Book. Written symbol Pages
-are optional; without them, the book creates a random Age. To duplicate a Page
-you already own, store it in a Writing Desk tab, select it, supply paper and ink,
-and take the copied Page from the output. A Notebook can hold and transfer a
-larger ordered collection of Pages between desks and the binder.
+Find new Symbol Pages in Age libraries, or copy pages you already own with
+paper and ink at the Writing Desk. The Notebook stores ordered pages, including
+intentional gaps. Written pages can control terrain, biome distribution,
+weather, lighting, seasons, sky color, suns and moons, decorations, structures,
+and more. Incorrect or excessive writing can make an Age unstable; instability
+may bring decay, lightning, explosions, meteors, burning, erosion, and other
+hazards. Some combinations are still unsupported and the Binder reports them
+before consuming ingredients.

-With JEI installed, Rivencraft displays the Ink Mixer operation in its own
-category and the hand-use, copying, binding, and Linking Book crafting flows in a Writing category.
-The Link Panel and individual symbol Pages, including registered vanilla biome
-pages, appear as separately searchable JEI ingredients.
-Creative inventory separates Link Pages and each symbol category into their own
-tabs, including distinct Biome and Biome Generation tabs. Blank Pages are hidden
-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`.
+Place a Rivencraft book or page on a vanilla Lectern to convert it to a Book
+Stand. Crystal formations yield shards for Crystal Blocks. A connected crystal
+frame with a Book Receptacle and a bound book forms a portal; frames can stand
+upright or lie flat. Libraries, Book Stands, and portals use Legacy-inspired
+assets and sounds. Handheld travel drops the used book at the departure point,
+so plan how you will retrieve it.

-Four Crystal Shards craft one Crystal Block; eight Crystal Blocks around an
-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.
-Crystal frames may stand vertically or lie flat: a 3×3 Crystal Block ring with
-an empty center forms a horizontal portal when a Book Receptacle is attached to
-the top or underside of one of its blocks. Insert a bound Linking or Descriptive
-Book to activate it; the book remains visible on the receptacle. A Linking Book aimed at its
-own dimension still opens a visual portal, but travel requires Intra Linking.
+## Requirements and optional integrations

-Sky writing has shared Red, Green, Blue, White, and Black pages plus 25 D'ni
-number pages (0–24). Put colors before a Sky, Sun, or Moon page to color that
-target; trailing colors tint the sky. A number immediately before a color sets
-its strength to number × 10. Without a number, a color gets a seeded random
-strength from 0–24. RGB contributions add in any order, White brightens all
-channels, Black subtracts from all channels, and omitted channels remain zero.
-The resulting sky color also tints book previews and fallback portal surfaces.
-An Age may have no suns or moons at all; Static Sky animates with fine-grained
-television-like noise. Sun and Moon pages add
-independent bodies; preceding color, size, angle, period, phase, and direction
-pages configure the next body. The third and each subsequent sun add increasing
-instability. Overlapping moon and sun discs produce an eclipse: the moon darkens,
-the sun's color brightens at close alignment, and world and sky lighting dim.
-Newly generated page-free Ages also choose a deterministic sky,
-color, and celestial arrangement from their Age seed; older saved Ages retain
-their previous sky.
+Install the same gameplay mods on the client and server:

-Craft a Book Binder from three iron ingots and five planks. Put leather or an
-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.
+- Minecraft **1.21.1**, NeoForge **21.1.264 or newer in the 21.1 line**, and
+  Java 21.
+- **Dynamic Dimensions AR Edition 0.9.1** and its **Bad Packets 0.8.2**
+  dependency. These are required for Age dimensions.

-The completed book receives its Age identity when assembled. With only a Link
-Panel, it describes a randomly generated Age. Authored writing is compiled once
-into a versioned, server-owned Age plan. The plan freezes the Age seed, resolved
-symbol meanings, page order, and runtime profile, so later data-pack changes do
-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.
+Rivencraft works without any of these optional integrations:

-## Linking Book
+| Mod | What it adds |
+| --- | --- |
+| JEI | Searchable Pages and guides for the Ink Mixer, Writing Desk, Book Binder, and Linking Book crafting. |
+| Create (bundles Ponder) | Ponder book snapshots and a crystal-portal construction guide. |
+| Immersive Portals | Live destination views in book previews and crystal portals. In `AUTO` preview mode it takes priority over Ponder. |
+| 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. |
+| Serene Seasons (with GlitchCore) | Independent per-Age seasons, including normal seasons, no seasons, and four eternal-season modes. |
+| Ruins | Authorable Ruins-template Pages and Ruins structures in Ages. |

-Craft an unwritten Linking Book from one Link Panel Page and one leather in any
-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
-its preview panel is clicked. The destination is stored on the item and
-survives inventory and world saves. Travel only succeeds if the target
-dimension is loaded and a non-fluid, passable landing position can be found
-nearby.
-The Linking Book uses the same Legacy page layout and bottom-corner page turns
-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.
+The optional builds used in the latest development checks are JEI
+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.

-Successful book travel plays Mystcraft Legacy's original linking sound at both
-the departure and arrival locations.
+Without Create or Immersive Portals, book previews use Rivencraft's built-in
+Legacy-style animation. Ecliptic Seasons is **not supported**: its 1.21.1 API
+does not offer the live dimension/season control Rivencraft needs.

-Right-click an empty vanilla lectern with a Rivencraft book to convert it into
-a Book Stand and place the book on it. Use a Linking Book on the stand by
-right-clicking with an empty hand. Sneak-right-click with an empty hand to take
-the book back and restore the vanilla lectern. Breaking a Book Stand drops both
-the stored book and a vanilla lectern.
+## Saves, settings, and current limits

-Bound Linking Books show a rotating Ponder snapshot when Create is installed.
-Without Create, they use a built-in animated linking panel tinted by the
-destination sky. The server independently validates every link.
+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.

-## Descriptive Book
+Server settings include `descriptive_books.return_link_mode` (default
+`DISABLED`), `libraries.loot_mode` (`LEGACY` or `AGE_ONLY`), writing ink costs,
+season enrollment, and instability controls. The client setting
+`book_preview.mode` chooses `AUTO`, `IMMERSIVE_PORTALS`, `PONDER`, or `LEGACY`.
+An operator can inspect Ages and instability with `/rivencraft age` and find
+libraries with `/rivencraft library nearest`. The creative-only Link Modifier
+can edit link properties and retire an Age; use it carefully and keep backups.
+Binder status messages are off by default. An OP can run
+`/rivencraft binder messages enable` or `/rivencraft binder messages disable`
+to control them; only OPs see the diagnostics even when enabled.

-Open a page-free Descriptive Book, name its Age, and press Create. Rivencraft
-assigns the book a permanent Age UUID, selects a deterministic base terrain,
-creates a dedicated runtime dimension, and prepares a five-by-five cobblestone
-arrival platform at the
-highest suitable nearby terrain. Solid blocks and tree leaves are valid
-footing. Candidate columns are scanned from the top down so cave floors are not
-selected, and fluid-covered columns are excluded. If no suitable surface is
-available, the platform is generated at Y=63. Reopen the book and click its preview to travel.
-The book cannot reopen while its Age is being generated, whether held or on a
-Book Stand. Once creation finishes, reopening shows the written book.
-Copies of the written book continue to resolve to the same persistent Age
-across server restarts.
+## Project and development

-New Age dimension folders use a Minecraft-safe lowercase form of the assigned
-name. Conflicts receive incrementing suffixes such as `_2` and `_3`; existing
-Age folders are never renamed.
+This repository is the development source. See the [current implementation](docs/CURRENT_IMPLEMENTATION.md),
+[milestone summaries](docs/MILESTONES.md), [technical document index](docs/README.md),
+and [issues](https://truenas-scale.tail180fb1.ts.net:8443/dnorberg/rivencraft/issues).
+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.

-Page-free Ages deterministically select one of six base terrains inspired by
-Mystcraft Legacy: Standard, Amplified, Island, Cave, Flat, or Void. The chosen
-profile is saved with the Age and does not change when the server restarts.
-
-Linking creates a bound Return Link to the exact source position and orientation
-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
+```sh
 ./gradlew build
-./gradlew runClient
+./gradlew runGameTestServer
 ```

-The built mod is written to `build/libs/`.
-The default dedicated-server GameTest run is deliberately small. Use
-`./gradlew runGameTestServer -PwithArchivedGameTests=true` for the complete
-regression suite before a release or when investigating a related issue. See
-[docs/GAMETESTS.md](docs/GAMETESTS.md).
+The JAR is written to `build/libs/`. Development runs need the required mods;
+see [GameTest guidance](docs/GAMETESTS.md) for focused archived suites.
+Versions use `x.y.z.b`: major release, completed milestone, release slice,
+then fixes/additional work within that slice.

-## Versioning
-
-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).
+Rivencraft is licensed under LGPL-3.0-or-later. Legacy-derived material is
+credited in [NOTICE](NOTICE) and [asset provenance](docs/ASSET_PROVENANCE.md).
@@ -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()) {
@@ -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
-complete reference index for books in inventories, containers, Book Stands,
-and unloaded chunks. Until that exists, retaining the definition prevents an
-administrator action from silently orphaning books.
+Rivencraft does not automatically delete Ages. The operator-only creative Link
+Modifier can deliberately retire an unoccupied Age: it unloads the dimension,
+moves its data to a sibling `<world>-retired-ages/<uuid>` archive, and records
+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
-delete an Age definition or rename its dimension folder: books may exist in
-inventories, containers, Book Stands, or unloaded chunks, and would be
-orphaned. `/rivencraft age unload` is the supported reversible maintenance
-operation.
+Do not manually delete an Age definition or rename its dimension folder:
+books may exist in inventories, containers, Book Stands, or unloaded chunks.
+`/rivencraft age unload` remains the reversible maintenance operation. The
+Link Modifier's retirement control is not reversible through a book UI;
+recover its archived data and registry together from a full-world backup.
@@ -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.
@@ -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.
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# 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).
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# 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.
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# 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.
@@ -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
-   [Milestone 7 Legacy audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md).
+   sounds, advancements, compatibility, and migration tests. **In progress.**
+   See the [Milestone 7 regression matrix](MILESTONE_7_REGRESSION.md) and
+   [Legacy audit](LEGACY_M7_AUDIT.md).

 ## Architectural direction

@@ -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,
-   core Age creation, persistence, and travel without optional renderers.
+1. Run `./gradlew runGameTestServer` for the core selection matrix, Age
+   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,
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# 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.
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# 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.
@@ -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. |
-| `angle_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 360)` degrees. |
-| `phase_modifier` | JSON number in `[0, 360)` degrees; the compiler will convert to turns. |
+| `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. 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 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. |

@@ -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=0.6.8.10
+mod_version=1.0.0.2
 immersive_portals_version=6.0.7
 terrablender_version=4.1.0.8
 serene_seasons_version_id=pHEgQQUE
@@ -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);
@@ -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);
@@ -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));
            }
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ 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;
@@ -52,18 +54,36 @@ public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
    }

    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;
        skyColor = 0xFFFFFF;
-        sync();
+        if (notify) sync();
+        else setChanged();
        return result;
    }

    private void sync() {
        setChanged();
-        if (level != null && !level.isClientSide)
-            level.sendBlockUpdated(worldPosition, getBlockState(), getBlockState(), 2);
+        if (level instanceof ServerLevel server) {
+            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
@@ -98,6 +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
@@ -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;
@@ -155,15 +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 -> {
@@ -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;
@@ -235,6 +236,9 @@ 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))
@@ -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;
@@ -150,9 +151,12 @@ 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"));
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ 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;
    }

@@ -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(),
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ public record AgeSkyProfile(Style style, int color, List<Body> bodies) {
        float size = 1.0F;
        List<Integer> bodyColors = new ArrayList<>();
        ColorAccumulator pendingColors = new ColorAccumulator();
-        Integer colorMultiplier = null;
+        Double pendingNumber = null;
        boolean clockwise = true;
        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) colorMultiplier = null;
+            Double number = pendingNumber;
+            if (semantics.role() != SymbolSemantics.Role.COLOR_NUMBER) pendingNumber = null;
            switch (semantics.role()) {
                case SKY -> {
                    pendingColors.clear();
@@ -77,17 +77,16 @@ public record AgeSkyProfile(Style style, int color, List<Body> bodies) {
                        default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown sky style");
                    };
                }
-                case COLOR_NUMBER -> colorMultiplier = (int) ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue)
+                case COLOR_NUMBER -> pendingNumber = ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue)
                        semantics.value()).amount();
                case COLOR -> {
                    pendingColors.add(((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id(),
-                            colorMultiplier == null ? randomColorNumber(plan.ageSeed(), symbol.index()) : colorMultiplier);
-                    colorMultiplier = null;
+                            number == null ? randomColorNumber(plan.ageSeed(), symbol.index()) : number.intValue());
                }
-                case PERIOD_MODIFIER -> period = ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
-                case ANGLE_MODIFIER -> angle = (float) ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
-                case PHASE_MODIFIER -> phase = (float) (((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount() / 360.0D);
-                case SIZE_MODIFIER -> size = (float) ((SymbolSemantics.NumberValue) semantics.value()).amount();
+                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())
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ public record AgeSkyProfile(Style style, int color, List<Body> bodies) {
                case CELESTIAL -> {
                    String choice = ((SymbolSemantics.ChoiceValue) semantics.value()).id();
                    int bodyColor = pendingColors.written() ? pendingColors.rgb()
-                            : bodyColors.isEmpty() ? 0 : mixColors(bodyColors);
+                            : bodyColors.isEmpty() ? 0xFFFFFF : mixColors(bodyColors);
                    if (choice.equals("normal_time")) {
                        if (customBodies) {
                            bodies.add(new Body(Kind.SUN, bodyColor, size, angle, period, phase, clockwise));
@@ -221,6 +220,7 @@ public record AgeSkyProfile(Style style, int color, List<Body> bodies) {
                        && !((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));
    }

@@ -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,
-                    "Each Village page must charge 100 if any selected biome needs the override");
+            helper.assertValueEqual(age.instability().breakdown().stream()
+                            .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,
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public record AgeTraits(
        if (biomeDistribution == null || lighting == null || weather == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age trait choices cannot be null");
        }
-        if (celestialPeriod != STOPPED_CELESTIAL_PERIOD
-                && (celestialPeriod < MIN_CELESTIAL_PERIOD || celestialPeriod > MAX_CELESTIAL_PERIOD)) {
+        if (!Double.isFinite(celestialPeriod)
+                || 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) {
@@ -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");
+        };
+    }
+}
@@ -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)));
+    }
+}
@@ -236,6 +236,57 @@ public final class EnvironmentWritingGameTests {
        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,
@@ -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()));
-        helper.assertValueEqual(drops.size(), 1, "Exactly one recoverable book must remain at the departure point");
+                entity -> entity.getItem() == book);
+        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,
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ 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;
@@ -30,11 +31,15 @@ public final class BookReceptacleRenderer implements BlockEntityRenderer<BookRec
    @Override
    public void render(BookReceptacleBlockEntity receptacle, float partialTick, PoseStack poseStack,
                       MultiBufferSource buffers, int packedLight, int packedOverlay) {
-        if (receptacle.getBook().isEmpty()) return;
+        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 = receptacle.getBlockState().getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING);
+        Direction facing = state.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING);
        switch (facing) {
            case UP -> {
                // Rotate the whole assembled top-mounted receptacle/book pair
@@ -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
@@ -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")
@@ -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();
+    }
+}
@@ -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();
+    }
+}
@@ -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()));
+    }
+}
@@ -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);
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -53,6 +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());
@@ -89,6 +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();
    }

@@ -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);
+    }
+}
@@ -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()))
@@ -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;
+    }
+}
@@ -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();
+    }
+}
@@ -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
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.mixin;
+
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.ModifyExpressionValue;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsCompatibility;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Pseudo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+
+/** Increase Ruins' per-chunk attempt loop only for Ages with duplicated Ruins pages. */
+@Pseudo
+@Mixin(targets = "atomicstryker.ruins.common.RuinGenerator", remap = false)
+public abstract class RuinsAttemptMixin {
+    @ModifyExpressionValue(method = "generateNormal", at = @At(value = "FIELD",
+            target = "Latomicstryker/ruins/common/FileHandler;triesPerChunkNormal:I"), remap = false)
+    private int rivencraft$normalAttempts(int configured, Level level) {
+        return RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(level.dimension().location(), configured);
+    }
+
+    @ModifyExpressionValue(method = "generateNether", at = @At(value = "FIELD",
+            target = "Latomicstryker/ruins/common/FileHandler;triesPerChunkNether:I"), remap = false)
+    private int rivencraft$netherAttempts(int configured, Level level) {
+        return RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(level.dimension().location(), configured);
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.mixin;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsCompatibility;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsEventAdapter;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Pseudo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+/** Ruins defaults to a fixed vanilla whitelist, so authored Ages need a narrow override. */
+@Pseudo
+@Mixin(targets = "atomicstryker.ruins.common.FileHandler", remap = false)
+public abstract class RuinsDimensionMixin {
+    @Shadow @Final private ResourceLocation dimension;
+    @Shadow @Final private HashMap<String, HashSet<?>> templates;
+
+    @Inject(method = "allowsDimension", at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true, remap = false)
+    private void rivencraft$allowAuthoredAge(String path, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> result) {
+        if (RuinsCompatibility.isKnownAge(dimension)) {
+            result.setReturnValue(RuinsCompatibility.allowsAge(dimension));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Inject(method = "getTemplate", at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true, remap = false)
+    private void rivencraft$selectAuthoredTemplate(RandomSource random, String biome,
+                                                    CallbackInfoReturnable<Object> result) {
+        if (RuinsCompatibility.isKnownAge(dimension)) {
+            result.setReturnValue(RuinsEventAdapter.chooseTemplate(dimension, templates.get(biome), random));
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.mixin;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsCompatibility;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Pseudo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+/** An authored Ruins page overrides a template's vanilla-only dimension list for that Age. */
+@Pseudo
+@Mixin(targets = "atomicstryker.ruins.common.RuinTemplate", remap = false)
+public abstract class RuinsTemplateDimensionMixin {
+    @Shadow @Final private String name;
+
+    @Inject(method = "acceptsDimension", at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true, remap = false)
+    private void rivencraft$allowAuthoredAge(String dimensionPath, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> result) {
+        ResourceLocation dimension = ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", dimensionPath);
+        if (RuinsCompatibility.isKnownAge(dimension)) {
+            result.setReturnValue(RuinsCompatibility.permits(dimension, RuinsTemplatePages.featureId(name)));
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public final class ModCreativeTabs {
                    .build());

    private static final List<String> CATEGORY_ORDER = List.of(
-            "terrain", "biome", "cave_biome", "biome_generation", "weather", "season", "lighting", "sky", "color", "number", "celestial", "block", "fluid", "feature", "environment", "corrupted");
+            "terrain", "biome", "cave_biome", "biome_generation", "weather", "season", "lighting", "sky", "color", "number", "celestial", "block", "fluid", "feature", "ruins", "environment", "corrupted");

    public static final Map<ResourceLocation, DeferredHolder<CreativeModeTab, CreativeModeTab>> SYMBOL_PAGES =
            registerSymbolPageTabs();
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ public final class SymbolCatalog {
                            BiomeSymbolPages.definition(id)));
            BlockSymbolPages.availableBlocks().forEach(id -> loaded.putIfAbsent(
                    BlockSymbolPages.symbolId(id), BlockSymbolPages.definition(id)));
+            RuinsTemplatePages.refresh();
+            RuinsTemplatePages.templates().forEach(name -> loaded.putIfAbsent(
+                    RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(name), RuinsTemplatePages.definition(name)));
            symbols = Map.copyOf(loaded);
            Rivencraft.LOGGER.info("Loaded {} writing symbols", loaded.size());
        }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public final class WritingGrammar {
        int lastStage = -1;
        int biomeCount = 0;
        ParsedSymbol pendingBlock = null;
-        ParsedSymbol pendingColorNumber = null;
+        ParsedSymbol pendingNumber = null;
        for (int index = 0; index < writing.entries().size(); index++) {
            WritingEntry entry = writing.entries().get(index);
            if (entry.kind() == WritingEntry.Kind.LINK_PANEL) {
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ public final class WritingGrammar {
            Role role = semantics.orElseThrow().role();
            ParsedSymbol parsed = new ParsedSymbol(index, reference, semantics.orElseThrow());
            symbols.add(parsed);
-            if (pendingColorNumber != null && role != Role.COLOR && role != Role.COLOR_NUMBER) {
-                diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(Code.MISPLACED_MODIFIER, pendingColorNumber.index(),
-                        "A number page must be immediately followed by a color page"));
-                pendingColorNumber = null;
+            if (pendingNumber != null && !numberTarget(role) && role != Role.COLOR_NUMBER) {
+                diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(Code.MISPLACED_MODIFIER, pendingNumber.index(),
+                        "A number page must be immediately followed by a color or celestial modifier page"));
+                pendingNumber = null;
            }
            if (role == Role.COLOR_NUMBER) {
-                if (pendingColorNumber != null) diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(Code.MISPLACED_MODIFIER,
-                        pendingColorNumber.index(), "A number page must be immediately followed by a color page"));
-                pendingColorNumber = parsed;
-            } else if (role == Role.COLOR) {
-                pendingColorNumber = null;
+                if (pendingNumber != null) diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(Code.MISPLACED_MODIFIER,
+                        pendingNumber.index(), "A number page must be immediately followed by a color or celestial modifier page"));
+                pendingNumber = parsed;
+            } else if (numberTarget(role)) {
+                pendingNumber = null;
            }
            if (modifier(role)) {
                // Legacy modifier pages pop and combine an earlier modifier of the same
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ public final class WritingGrammar {
                lastStage = stage;
            }
        }
-        if (pendingColorNumber != null) diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(Code.DANGLING_MODIFIER,
-                pendingColorNumber.index(), "A number page must be followed by a color page"));
+        if (pendingNumber != null) diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(Code.DANGLING_MODIFIER,
+                pendingNumber.index(), "A number page must be followed by a color or celestial modifier page"));
        if (panels == 0) diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(Code.MISSING_PANEL, -1,
                "Add a Link Panel as the first page"));
        for (ParsedSymbol dangling : pendingModifiers.values()) {
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ public final class WritingGrammar {
                || role == Role.CELESTIAL_COLOR || role == Role.DIRECTION_MODIFIER;
    }

+    private static boolean numberTarget(Role role) {
+        return role == Role.COLOR || role == Role.PERIOD_MODIFIER
+                || role == Role.ANGLE_MODIFIER || role == Role.PHASE_MODIFIER
+                || role == Role.SIZE_MODIFIER;
+    }
+
    private static int stage(Role role) {
        return switch (role) {
            case TERRAIN -> 0;
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
-{"variants":{"facing=north":{"model":"rivencraft:block/book_receptacle","y":180},"facing=east":{"model":"rivencraft:block/book_receptacle","y":270},"facing=south":{"model":"rivencraft:block/book_receptacle"},"facing=west":{"model":"rivencraft:block/book_receptacle","y":90},"facing=up":{"model":"rivencraft:block/book_receptacle","x":90},"facing=down":{"model":"rivencraft:block/book_receptacle","x":270,"y":180}}}
+{
+  "multipart": [
+    {"when": {"facing": "north"}, "apply": {"model": "rivencraft:block/book_receptacle", "y": 180}},
+    {"when": {"facing": "east"}, "apply": {"model": "rivencraft:block/book_receptacle", "y": 270}},
+    {"when": {"facing": "south"}, "apply": {"model": "rivencraft:block/book_receptacle"}},
+    {"when": {"facing": "west"}, "apply": {"model": "rivencraft:block/book_receptacle", "y": 90}},
+    {"when": {"facing": "up"}, "apply": {"model": "rivencraft:block/book_receptacle", "x": 90}},
+    {"when": {"facing": "down"}, "apply": {"model": "rivencraft:block/book_receptacle", "x": 270, "y": 180}}
+  ]
+}
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
  "symbol.rivencraft.number.22": "D'ni 22",
  "symbol.rivencraft.number.23": "D'ni 23",
  "symbol.rivencraft.number.24": "D'ni 24",
-  "symbol.rivencraft.number.description": "Set the next color page to this D'ni number times 10. Without a number page, the Age chooses a random number from 0 to 24.",
+  "symbol.rivencraft.number.description": "Set the next color page to this number × 10, Angle or Phase to × 15°, Length to × 0.08, or Celestial Size from 0.25× to 3×. A number page affects only the immediately following page.",
  "symbol.rivencraft.weather.normal": "Normal Weather",
  "symbol.rivencraft.weather.normal.description": "Use the normal weather cycle.",
  "symbol.rivencraft.weather.fast": "Fast Weather",
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@
  "rivencraft.ponder.crystal_portal.text_3": "Insert a bound Linking or Descriptive Book to activate the portal.",
  "rivencraft.ponder.crystal_portal.text_4": "Step through the portal. Remove the book to close it.",
  "itemGroup.rivencraft": "Rivencraft",
+  "itemGroup.rivencraft.pages.ruins": "Rivencraft Ruins Pages",
+  "symbol.rivencraft.ruins.description": "Allows this Ruins template to appear in the Age.",
  "itemGroup.rivencraft.pages.link": "Rivencraft Link Pages",
  "itemGroup.rivencraft.pages.terrain": "Rivencraft Terrain Pages",
  "itemGroup.rivencraft.pages.biome": "Rivencraft Biome Pages",
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
    "AgeDungeonPlacementMixin",
    "AgeStructureBiomeMixin",
    "MobDropChanceAccessor",
+    "RuinsDimensionMixin",
+    "RuinsAttemptMixin",
+    "RuinsTemplateDimensionMixin",
    "StructurePlacementAccessor"
  ],
  "client": [
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
dnorberg	98595c83ea	Complete Milestone 7 acceptance and binder diagnostics (#84 ) Build / build (push) Canceled after 0s Details	2026-10-22 22:32:12 -04:00
dnorberg	e7e2cf7e5a	Add Milestone 7 regression and documentation review (#83 ) Build / build (push) Canceled after 0s Details	2026-10-22 21:37:50 -04:00
dnorberg	77f15f8599	Use number pages for celestial modifiers (#94 ) Build / build (push) Canceled after 0s Details	2026-10-22 15:33:37 -04:00
dnorberg	2b2605b277	Add optional authored Ruins structures to Ages (#91 ) Build / build (push) Canceled after 0s Details	2026-10-22 15:17:17 -04:00
dnorberg	2f1e6bd6f2	Clear book receptacle model when removing book Build / build (push) Canceled after 0s Details	2026-10-22 03:51:42 -04:00