Port optional integrations and finish Age creation and modifier lifecycle

README.md

@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ independent Sun/Moon controls, multiple bodies and eclipses, seeded biome and
 feature completion, and random structure selection. Nether/End noise-biome
 materials now follow their native rules. Books now have Legacy-style spreads,
 animated fallback panels and saved destination labels; lectern stands, open-book
-drops, page collections, stations and basic progression are also ported.
-The beta does not yet provide full
-1.21.1 gameplay or optional-integration parity.
+drops, page collections, stations and basic progression are also ported. The latest
+beta includes libraries, fallback crystal portals, live instability profiling and
+hazards, ordered writing recovery, and the Link Modifier with property, seed and
+operator retirement controls. JEI, TerraBlender/Biomes O' Plenty, Serene Seasons
+and Ruins integrations are now available as optional additions. Live destination
+renderers, remaining discovery/configuration parity and the final multiplayer
+regression remain unfinished.
 See the [26.3 beta guide](ports/mc263/README.md) and
-[latest beta release notes](ports/mc263/RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.115-beta.1.md).
+[latest beta release notes](ports/mc263/RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.136-beta.1.md).
 Keep the builds and their saves separate, and back up worlds before updating.
 
 ## Getting started

docs/MINECRAFT_26_3_PORT.md

@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ The user wants both Minecraft lines maintained after the port, not a one-time
 26.3 release. Gitea milestone "Dual-version support: 1.21.1 and 26.3"
 tracks issues #97–#103 under parent #96.
 
+## Published status — 2026-11-11
+
+[1.0.1.136-beta.1](../ports/mc263/RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.136-beta.1.md) collects
+player-validated .130–.136: Link Modifier seed editing and operator retirement,
+creation rollback, and optional JEI, TerraBlender/BOP, Serene Seasons/GlitchCore
+and Ruins. Both Minecraft builds pass. The latest production client log records
+all these optional integrations loaded together. Issue #99's remaining creation
+rollback requirement is complete. #100 still requires the current dedicated
+two-client/normal-book matrix; #102 retains the live-renderer/alternative review;
+#103/#104 and parent #96 remain open. Shared dual-version follow-ups remain open
+where one or both implementations are pending. The versioning change requested
+in #103's comment remains part of that next release-workflow task; this release
+retains the version already built and player-tested. Entries below are historical
+engineering records and may describe limitations addressed in later slices.
+
 ## Version boundary
 
 Local slice `1.0.1.106-beta.1` ports the Writing Desk's two-part block,
@@ -2169,3 +2184,690 @@ Server stopped and temporary world removed. Manual checks: Q/inventory toss,
 death/Disarm, broken stand, full-inventory delivery/retrieval, open-book visual
 orientation, motion, ownership/pickup, component preservation and restart. Root
 1.21.1 remains unchanged and #114 stays open until both tracks are complete.
+
+## Handheld Link Panel resource policy
+
+`1.0.1.116-beta.1` adapts root WritingInkService and the configurable
+`writing.link_panel_ink_cost` (2 default, 1–16 allowed). The item delegates the
+server transaction to the service; Writing Desk cost reads also use its shared
+getter. Mixer cost remains independently fixed at one ink per Link Panel.
+Unsynchronized LOCAL config is not consulted for client affordability prediction;
+the server validates both inputs and constructs outputs before mutation.
+
+Build passed. No additional server fixtures were added; the user offered manual
+validation. Check default/custom cost, insufficient ink, final bottle, both hands,
+stacked/full-inventory inputs and dedicated-server cost differing from the client.
+Root 1.21.1 is unchanged; no commit/push/publication was performed.
+
+## Library discovery port
+
+`1.0.1.117-beta.1` ports MystcraftLibraryFeature from the 1.21.1 implementation,
+using the shared schematic/loot table and final five-stand orientation. Natural
+placement runs after all vanilla/authored decoration via the Age feature wrapper,
+with the same bounded footprint, candidate RNG/spacing, slope/footing and obstruction
+rules. The wrapper now applies to every runtime Age; Cave terrain disables libraries
+as in root. Existing chunks are not rewritten and vanilla Overworld generation is
+not modified.
+
+A separate saved writing map holds the original symbol list for AGE_ONLY loot,
+avoiding expansion of the already-large backend index record. Creation stores it
+before constructing/publishing the level; the wrapper captures an immutable list
+and serializes library flags/list in its codec. Reload reconstructs the same pool.
+LEGACY is the default; AGE_ONLY uses known distinct written IDs. Full random-page
+policy integration remains pending. The snapshot list does not alter generation
+traits or the book's original contents.
+
+Added operator placement, session-only spacing override, cheap candidate reporting,
+current-chunk probe/loot inspection and a locator restricted to loaded nearby chunks.
+The locator checks a clear, dry, footed aisle; it never performs a mass remote
+chunk-generation search. Explicit test placement checks empty space and entities.
+
+Build passed; shared schematic/Sealed Notebook loot packaging verified. Dedicated
+server startup passed. The user offered manual testing, so generation/loot checks
+were handed over before running them. Temporary server stopped and world removed.
+No new test fixture, commit or publication. This is a substantial discovery-system
+slice; instability/recovery, crystal portals and remaining optional integrations
+remain the other large parity gaps.
+
+
+## .118 crystal portal gameplay port
+
+The player confirmed .117 library generation and retracted the missing-library report.
+Ported the 1.21.1 Book Receptacle, bounded crystal flood/tension network, portal
+surface ownership and orientation, activation protection checks and rollback, removal
+cleanup, queued transport and cooldown. Reused existing crystal, portal and receptacle
+assets, recipe and progression node. The book renderer retains all final six mounting
+orientations and explicitly clears its extracted presence when the book is removed.
+
+Player traversal uses existing Linking/Descriptive Book paths, with portal audio
+precedence. Descriptive arrival resolution is now shared; no separate portal offset
+or generated exit position is introduced. Existing Intra-Linking, Disarm, momentum,
+client Age acknowledgement, Return Link configuration and progression remain in force.
+Non-player traversal uses modern TeleportTransition, collision/permission checks,
+and the same landing resolver. A shared Disarm helper supports container/horse/mob
+inventory and equipment without requiring the old protected-method mixin.
+
+Book and owner pointers use modern ValueInput/ValueOutput and update packets. Startup
+waits for loaded frame chunks; periodic bounded reconciliation retains root's cleanup
+of disconnected cells, staggered every 200 ticks per holder. The surface remains the
+animated facing-only fallback, tinted to the saved destination sky. Live portal views
+are still optional integration work, not advertised as ported.
+
+Build/resources and dedicated-server startup passed. A command-seeded 3x3 opening
+verified exact-coordinate entity transport, persistence and traversal after restart,
+and support-removal teardown/open-book recovery. Player interaction and client visuals
+are handed over for manual testing. Temporary server stopped/world deleted; no new
+permanent GameTest, commit, push or publication. Version: 1.0.1.118-beta.1.
+
+
+## .119 instability foundation and status-effect gameplay
+
+The player passed .118. Ported the complete five-deck catalog and deterministic
+provider selection from 1.21.1. Separate modern codec SavedData freezes new Ages'
+scoring contributions, seed, selected providers/levels and an enabled flag. Older
+Ages remain neutral. Creation-time scoring currently covers Bright Lighting,
+Accelerated, all three Corrupted sizes, ignored Cave weather/celestial modifiers,
+excess/biome-forced structures and additional suns. Original page indices are retained.
+Corrupted Pages now bind and contribute their Legacy costs; existing redacted rendering
+is reused. The new Abandoned Camps structure follows the same modern-structure costs.
+
+Adapted the bounded occupied-Age scheduler and the 18 local/global/general/hostile
+potion providers, preserving 1.21.1 defaults, effect durations, level-based amplifiers,
+sky exposure and Survival/Adventure targeting. The owned-instance lease system revokes
+only Rivencraft's effects on exit/disable/shutdown, preserving other sources. Runtime
+uses already-loaded chunks and shared per-Age work budgets; failed providers receive
+a temporary quarantine. The config retains server ownership and can disable providers
+without rerolling stored plans.
+
+OP-only `/rivencraft_port instability` supplies status/breakdown, persistent enabled
+control, session-only score override/reset and one-provider pulses. Pulse output tracks
+successful application separately from attempted work so event-cancelled effects are
+not reported as applied. No scoring data is sent to player book/Binder UI. Unimplemented
+hazards stay selected with an explicit status; they are never replaced or rerolled.
+
+Build/startup passed. Temporary dedicated-server checks verified neutral creation,
+provider selection at a test score, Poison application/duration, immediate owned-effect
+revocation, unrelated stronger-effect retention, local-versus-global roof behavior,
+enabled-state persistence and test-score reset across restart. Server stopped/world
+deleted; no new permanent GameTests, commit, push or publication. Manual checks cover
+authored Corrupted/Accelerated/lighting score contributions, automatic player-occupied
+scheduling, Survival/Creative policy, exit cleanup and hostile buffs. Version .119.
+
+Still pending: full writing grammar recovery/penalties, live block abundance, decay,
+lightning/explosions, meteors, burning and erosion, plus optional integration parity.
+
+
+## .120 colored decay gameplay
+
+The player passed .119. Ported the 1.21.1 DecayBlock, four provider handlers and bounded
+frontier persistence. Reused all four active 16x16 block textures/models and the
+protected-block tag. Modern adaptation uses BreakBlockEvent, Value/codec SavedData,
+ChunkPos accessors, loaded-chunk lookup and server-side magic damage for White.
+No decay item/recipe/drop is added.
+
+Provider metadata now distinguishes world-mutating handlers, so world_mutation gates
+decay independently of potion policy. Defaults remain enabled/four neighbor attempts,
+one successful conversion per call under the shared scheduler budget. Conversion
+hardness/air/color odds, infrastructure/BE/fluid/unbreakable protection, positioned
+fake-player claim events and placement rollback are retained from 1.21.1.
+
+The instability record adds an optional first resolved spawn, preserving old records'
+scores/plans and enable flags. Shared Descriptive Book landing resolution records it
+once; decay protects the same +/-4 horizontal and -2..+4 vertical region as root.
+Older Ages record this on the next book/portal arrival; OP status exposes the point.
+Frontiers and attempt counters live in each Age, capped at 1,024 positions per color.
+
+Added OP-only `/rivencraft_port instability decay <color> [1..32 attempts]`, reporting
+actual changes and nearby tracked positions. Existing generic pulses now report block
+as well as entity actions. Invalid input/out-of-Age commands use proper command errors.
+White block contact damage retains root's decay/world_mutation policy; disabling an
+Age scheduler stops spread but does not remove existing decay or alter its block form.
+
+Build/startup passed. All four colors seeded/spread through bounded command pulses.
+A full restart retained each frontier and advanced attempts from 32 to 40 while Red
+continued growing. Bedrock and water generated empty frontiers, and the saved Age
+disable blocked further provider changes. Textures verified 16x16. A stationary NoAI
+sheep did not exercise the stepping hook, so White stepping damage remains a player
+manual check, alongside visuals, arrival protection, normal scheduler/claim integration.
+Server stopped/test world removed; no permanent tests, commit, push or publication.
+Version: 1.0.1.120-beta.1. Other hazards, full writing recovery and live abundance
+profiling remain pending.
+
+
+## .120 release sign-off
+
+The user passed .120 and authorized commit, push and publication of the accumulated
+.116–.120 work. Both target builds passed. Consolidated release notes distinguish
+implemented libraries, fallback crystal portals and partial instability/decay from
+remaining gameplay and optional-integration parity. Tracking issues #98/#102/#104
+remain open; #114 still requires the matching 1.21.1 fix.
+
+
+## .121 lightning/explosion providers
+
+The player passed .120. Adapted the 1.21.1 hazard implementation, independent hazard
+scheduler lane, loaded-only ring candidates, Legacy aggregated rates, bounded explosion
+calculator, entity/Creative policy, protected-block/spawn checks and event guards.
+Modern differences: EntityTypes registry constants, explicit entity spawn reason,
+server damage API, gamerule registry, spatial fire-spread permission, BreakBlockEvent,
+and explosion damage exposure argument. Since Level.explode now returns void, the
+calculator retains its approved positions for bounded post-blast fire and records
+whether an uncancelled explosion actually began. Lightning dispatch also reports
+whether its entity was accepted. Existing optional mods are not required.
+
+Per-Age modern SavedData persists attempt count and separate hazard cooldowns (with
+the meteor field retained for the next provider port). Default config matches 1.21.1.
+Added OP `/rivencraft_port instability hazard lightning|explosions` to skip probability
+without bypassing cooldowns, loaded terrain, Age/config/provider policy or spawn
+exclusion. Console sources may supply dimension/position explicitly. Neither the
+command nor provider registration changes saved instability scores/decks.
+
+Version 1.0.1.121-beta.1 builds and starts a dedicated server. The user offered manual
+damage/block-destruction testing, so the temporary server was stopped before running
+those fixtures and the world removed. Effects, visual/audio behavior, damage/block
+caps and policy/restart checks are handed over; they are not reported as tested.
+No new permanent GameTests, commit, push or publication. Meteor, burning, erosion,
+crumble, full grammar recovery and live material profiling remain pending.
+
+
+## .122 meteor provider
+
+The player passed .121. Extracted the meteor-specific portion of the existing 1.21.1
+AgeEnvironmentalProviders into a focused modern provider. The effect remains the
+30-tick flame/smoke flight and roar followed by a strength-3 bounded impact, without
+inventing a new rendered entity. Natural chance, randomized chunk/central coordinates,
+48-block descent height, headroom/spawn checks, 200-tick cooldown, one active flight
+per Age and 16 active Ages retain the root values.
+
+The selected card uses an independent scheduler pass, sharing the existing hazard
+candidate ring and saved attempt/cooldown data. The impact reuses the .121 blast
+guards with meteor-specific config (24 blocks, eight entities, 12 damage by default).
+Event handlers cancel active flights on disabled policy, absent players, unavailable
+target chunk, Age unload or shutdown; session-only descent state is not replayed.
+Modern changes use loaded ChunkPos accessors, max-Y API and codec SavedData already
+ported for hazards. No optional mod dependency or new asset was introduced.
+
+Added OP `/rivencraft_port instability meteor`, bypassing chance only. Status reports
+meteor config distinctly from potion policy. The original roar is verified in the
+built JAR. Version 1.0.1.122-beta.1 builds; effects, damage/protection, cooldown and
+cancellation/restart behavior are delegated to the player's manual testing as offered.
+No server/test world was launched, no permanent test added, and no commit/publication.
+Burning, erosion/crumble, full grammar recovery and live material profiling remain.
+
+
+## .123 burning and erosion
+
+The player passed .122. Extracted/adapted the 1.21.1 burning/erosion handlers into a
+focused provider class, retaining bounded candidate scans, seeded attempt sequence,
+independent scheduler budgets and protection/event logic. Burning keeps the active
+Legacy card, sky exposure, Survival/Adventure targeting, four targets per pass and
+4..12-second duration. The manual pulse targets the player and uses modern water/rain
+checking rather than the removed isInWaterRainOrBubble API.
+
+Erosion stays absent from the Legacy deck, with the prior requested testing default
+of enabled at >=10,000 current instability. It converts at most one eligible sampled
+block to an adjacent above/horizontal source fluid. Current score resolves creation
+contributions or an explicit session override; live profiling is not yet claimed.
+The pulse requires a real aimed block within six blocks and the same threshold and
+mutation/protection policy. Modern BreakBlockEvent and snapshot placement rollback
+are reused. Provider status distinguishes these controls from potion policy.
+
+Added OP `/rivencraft_port instability environment burning|erosion`. No scores/plans
+are changed by provider registration or test pulses. Config names/defaults match the
+1.21.1 scorching/erosion sections. Version 1.0.1.123-beta.1 builds; visual/damage/fluid,
+exemption, policy and natural scheduling checks are handed to the player. No temporary
+server/world or permanent fixtures were created; no commit/push/publication.
+
+
+## .124 live material profiling
+
+The player passed .123. Crumble has no active 1.21.1 handler, so it remains explicitly
+unavailable. Ported AgeBlockInstability and modern per-dimension profile SavedData,
+using the same 401/500 readiness thresholds, 1,024 sample cap, watched/native/modded
+weights, 5% Overworld allowance, 100,000-point cap and difficulty scaling. Registry
+material eligibility reuses the Page pool rules; common ore/storage tags use modern
+BlockItems tag accessors. Installed content remains optional; exact weight overrides
+retain the existing root syntax and validation.
+
+Deferred chunk-load sampling processes four entries/tick with a bounded queue. Spawn
+completion requests one chunk per second across occupied profiling Ages and their
+baseline, with at most one request in flight. The off-thread getChunkFuture path was
+verified in the local 26.3 source to avoid main-thread managedBlock. Completion checks
+server stop/level identity. Existing sampled chunks are not recounted. Effective
+provider plans now combine live points and frozen writing, cache stable totals/seeds,
+and retain the original saved plan. Old neutral Ages stay excluded. OP status shows
+progress/totals and session override reset restores the live effective plan.
+
+Version 1.0.1.124-beta.1 builds and starts a dedicated server. Real chunk-load sampling
+persisted 25 snapshots and counted a fixture Diamond Block. A bounded restart test
+used synthetic sample records, plus resumed actual loads: 423 Age / 522 baseline
+samples yielded 2,987 live points (independently calculated), a frozen writing score
+of zero and live selected providers. Override reset restored that plan. No hundreds-
+of-chunks generation test was run; occupied-Age background generation and generated
+material/modded/config checks are delegated to the player. Server stopped and world
+removed. No permanent fixtures, commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .125 ordered controller recovery
+
+The player passed .124. Added semantic-role metadata to the port symbol index and
+a focused recovery pass for singular-controller duplicates/conflicts, category
+order, Native-with-biomes and Single-with-extra-biomes. Last singular choice wins;
+Single retains the first biome; Native drops authored biome choices. Duplicate or
+conflict diagnostics contribute 500 points and order diagnostics 100, following
+the corresponding 1.21.1 grammar rules. Costs retain original page indices.
+
+Binder support and server terrain/environment selection share recovered choices.
+Original book/library pages, color boundaries and celestial-chain indices remain
+intact; raw number/celestial validation and all unimplemented-page guards still
+apply. Missing biome registry entries are checked even if recovery would discard
+the page. Ambient Color has its own stage and is not a singular lighting choice.
+Existing Ages are unchanged. This is the first recovery slice, not completion of
+celestial/dangling/material grammar recovery or season integration.
+
+Version 1.0.1.125-beta.1 builds; 13 temporary focused checks pass, covering recovery,
+costs, preserved chains and rejection boundaries. No server/test world or permanent
+fixtures. In-game last-choice behavior, original-page retention and OP diagnostics
+are delegated to the player. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .126 ordered celestial and number recovery
+
+The player passed .125. Ported the 1.21.1 grammar treatment of pending celestial
+modifiers and numeric adjacency. Repeated Length/Phase/Angle/Size/Direction pages
+before a celestial use the final value of that kind without a duplicate penalty.
+Only the final unconsumed modifier of each kind adds 100 dangling-modifier points.
+A number without an immediately following supported Color/Length/Phase/Angle/Size
+page adds 100 points (misplaced, or dangling at the end). Consecutive numbers leave
+only the last available for the next target. Colors still mix in written order.
+
+These defects no longer block binding. Numbers and celestial compilation retain
+the original page sequence and seeded color indices; controller recovery never
+moves a number next to a new target. A trailing modifier cannot rewrite an earlier
+body, including the optimized single-body compilation path. Missing celestial
+branches retain their existing seeded completion; dangling controls do not apply
+to those generated bodies. All original book/library pages remain. Unsupported
+pages and the ten-sun/ten-moon limit still block binding; existing Ages are unchanged.
+
+Version 1.0.1.126-beta.1 builds. Seventeen temporary focused checks passed, covering
+last-value selection, dangling costs/indices, numeric adjacency, per-body isolation,
+seeded color stability, valid numbered writing, body limits, unsupported pages and
+cycle codec round-trip. No server/world or permanent test fixture was created.
+Manual validation: bind a book with Half Length, Double Length, Sun and verify the
+last length; bind Sun followed by Large Size and confirm it does not resize that
+sun. Test a trailing Number page and inspect the added writing contribution with
+`/rivencraft_port instability status`. Original pages should remain visible.
+No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .127 Link Modifier station: title and core link properties
+
+The player passed .126. Started the missing 1.21.1 Link Modifier station port,
+reusing its block model, textures, horizontal facing variants and Legacy 176x166
+single-book GUI. The item is available in the main creative tab or via
+`/give @s rivencraft:link_modifier`; it has no crafting recipe. As in 1.21.1,
+creative acquisition does not impose a new permission restriction on ordinary
+book edits once the station has been placed.
+
+One persistent slot accepts Linking and Descriptive Books, including unbound
+books, with normal and shift-click transfers. The server menu handles renaming
+and Disarm, Maintain Momentum and Intra Linking toggles. Descriptive Books cannot
+toggle Intra Linking, which only governs same-dimension Linking Book travel.
+Existing target, author, symbols and Age identity are retained. Renaming changes
+the item's custom title, not the Age's saved folder/registry identity. Removing
+the title restores the item's normal name. Text editing consumes inventory/hotbar
+shortcuts while focused; Escape closes the screen. Programmatic text refreshes do
+not send rename packets. Menu identity, owner, distance and live station checks
+protect edits; unknown button IDs and non-book inputs are rejected.
+
+The book is saved with modern ValueInput/ValueOutput container serialization.
+Station removal uses block-entity preRemoveSideEffects to release the stored book
+once, including non-player removal. No tick handler or renderer is needed.
+
+This is a station slice, not full Link Modifier parity. Seed editing, Age retirement,
+Relative Link, Intra-Linking Only and platform overrides remain unported and are
+not presented as working controls. Existing core flag behavior is reused unchanged.
+Manual validation: place the station in multiple orientations, insert/shift-click
+both book types, rename using text containing E, toggle each available property,
+remove the book and use it to check travel effects. Confirm Descriptive Book Intra
+Linking is unavailable, restart with a book left in the station, and break a loaded
+station to recover one book. Build and dedicated persistence results are recorded
+below. No commit, push or publication.
+
+Version 1.0.1.127-beta.1 builds. Packaged model, GUI, texture, item definition,
+loot table and localization checks passed; no station recipe is included. A
+fresh dedicated server placed the station and serialized a named Linking Book
+with all three core flags. Restart retained the same book/name/flags and station
+removal completed normally. The first harness run expected the wrong wording
+for vanilla force-load cleanup; the corrected harness completed successfully.
+Both temporary worlds were deleted and servers stopped. No permanent tests were
+added. UI interaction, transfer counts and modifier travel effects await the
+player's in-game check.
+
+
+## .128 six Link Modifier controls
+
+The player reported that .127 exposed only three of 1.21.1's six controls. Added
+the remaining Intra-Linking Only, Relative Link and Generate Platform controls in
+the existing two-column, three-row Legacy layout, with matching bit values and
+server-owned menu actions. Enabling Intra-Linking Only enables Intra Linking too;
+disabling Intra Linking clears Intra-Linking Only. Both intra controls are disabled
+for Descriptive Books. Unknown actions and out-of-range menu edits remain rejected.
+
+Linking Book Intra-Linking Only blocks cross-dimension travel. Relative Link uses
+the traveller's block offset from the source world's spawn, applied to destination
+spawn, preserving destination yaw/pitch. Normal links retain their precise bound
+coordinates. Player and non-player portal travel share the new flags and relative
+coordinate helper. Descriptive relative arrivals still require proper footing.
+
+Generate Platform is off by default for Linking Books. When enabled, a successful
+link fills one missing floor block with cloud platform only if the block two above
+the arrival is air, matching the 1.21.1 helper. Existing floors are retained.
+Descriptive Books instead default to enabled and use Disable Platform internally;
+turning it off prevents fallback platform creation and refuses travel if no footed
+landing is available. Receptacle tint preparation respects that setting too.
+New flags serialize in the shared component and appear in book/panel tooltips.
+Existing three-flag books remain valid. Seed editing and Age retirement remain
+separate, unfinished station work.
+
+Version 1.0.1.128-beta.1 builds. A temporary dedicated-server fixture passed 19
+checks: menu actions/dependencies, descriptive intra rejection, numeric flag codec,
+relative offsets, platform-off/default behavior, platform placement/preservation,
+invalid input and remote edit protection. It did not perform real client travel.
+The test server stopped and its world/fixture sources were removed. The production
+JAR is rebuilt without that fixture. Manual checks: all six buttons and tooltips,
+same/cross-dimension Intra-Linking Only, Relative Link offsets, and platform on/off
+for both book types (including a new Void Age without footing). No commit, push
+or publication.
+
+
+## .129 Link Modifier mouse input repair
+
+The player reported that none of the six controls responded. Confirmed the
+26.3 input constants in the local Minecraft artifact: left/middle/right are
+1/2/3, while the custom Link Modifier handler checked the old left-button value
+0. Its server actions therefore passed the prior direct-menu fixture while
+real mouse clicks never sent an action.
+
+Replaced the manually drawn/clicked areas with six registered Minecraft Button
+widgets at the same Legacy positions. Their callbacks send the existing validated
+menu action IDs, and their custom rendering retains the square controls. Native
+input provides correct mouse mapping, focus, click sound and keyboard activation.
+All six tooltips expose their On/Off state; unavailable Descriptive Book intra
+controls remain disabled. Tooltip objects update only when state changes so their
+hover delay is not reset every tick. Book mutations/travel code is unchanged.
+
+Version 1.0.1.129-beta.1 builds. The native widget's left-button mapping and callback
+dispatch were verified in the local Minecraft bytecode. No client click test or
+new server run was performed; the previous 19 checks covered server actions, not
+client input. Please click each option with an inserted Linking Book and verify
+its selected shading and tooltip/book properties change, then repeat supported
+options with a Descriptive Book. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .130 Link Modifier seed editing
+
+Ported the 1.21.1 station's seed field into the Legacy GUI. It is visible for a
+bound Descriptive Book whose Age is still indexed, including an unloaded Age.
+The complete signed 64-bit seed synchronizes through four 16-bit menu data words;
+zero and negative seeds are not treated as missing data. Linking Books and unbound
+or retired references do not expose an editable seed.
+
+Enter/keypad Enter or clicking outside the field applies the edit; Escape closes
+without applying unfinished text. Focused typing consumes inventory/hotbar shortcuts.
+Modern InputConstants are used rather than legacy numeric key values. The bounded
+payload validates the open menu ID and expected Age ID, plus menu owner, station
+identity and distance. Invalid/overflowing input and occupied Ages are refused.
+This matches 1.21.1's ordinary creative-acquired station editing permissions.
+
+Successful edits use RuntimeAgeBackend.reseed, not a display-only book component.
+Existing chunks and book identity remain intact, while newly generated chunks use
+the changed seed. Existing backend unload/save/catalog synchronization is reused;
+frozen written choices and instability history are not rerolled. Retirement UI
+remains a later port slice.
+
+Version 1.0.1.130-beta.1 builds. A temporary dedicated-server fixture passed 16 menu/
+backend checks plus two restart checks: bound/unbound visibility, malformed/overflow
+input, stale expected Age, occupied and remote refusal, retained old terrain,
+changed index/level seed, unloaded reseeding including Long.MIN_VALUE, retained
+book identity and full restart persistence. Future-chunk height fingerprints from
+the menu-reseeded Age matched a fresh new-seed control and differed from an old-seed
+control (new=-1541880620; retained origin=924831745). The initial flat-world fixture
+could not distinguish terrain seeds; the terrain comparison used a normal-world
+fixture. All temporary test worlds and fixture sources were removed and the server
+stopped. The production JAR was rebuilt without fixtures. Client field input,
+feedback and real travel validation are delegated to the player. No commit, push
+or publication.
+
+
+## .131 Link Modifier Age retirement
+
+The player passed .130 seed editing. Ported the remaining 1.21.1 station retirement
+control through the existing 26.3 lifecycle backend. A bound, active Descriptive
+Book exposes the control only to players with modern Gamemaster (OP level 2)
+permission. The first native button arms retirement; a separate red confirmation
+button performs it. The arm and confirm actions have distinct IDs so repeating the
+initial click cannot silently confirm. Normal book editing permissions are unchanged.
+
+Confirmation is server-owned and tied to the exact Age and book components.
+Replacing/removing the book, renaming, changing properties or applying a seed edit
+clears confirmation; reopening the menu starts unarmed. Invalid, stale, non-OP and
+remote actions cannot retire an Age. The target must be empty of players, including
+the operator. A failed attempt clears confirmation and reports refusal.
+
+Successful retirement uses RuntimeAgeBackend.retire: flush/unload the target,
+persist its tombstone, archive only its directory beside the active world and
+synchronize the runtime catalog. Other Ages are retained. The inserted book keeps
+its now-dead identity, cannot reopen the retired Age, and no longer exposes seed or
+retirement controls. Storage failures reuse backend rollback and display failure.
+This follows 1.21.1 archival behavior rather than permanently erasing the files.
+
+Version 1.0.1.131-beta.1 builds. Eighteen temporary dedicated-server checks plus four
+restart checks passed: permission boundary, arm/confirm order, edits and book swaps,
+occupied/remote refusal, successful retirement, exact archive and surviving control
+Age, retained dead-book identity, repeated confirmation refusal, persisted tombstone,
+and refusal to reload/recreate after restart. Test servers were stopped and all
+worlds, archives and fixture sources removed. Production JAR rebuilt without the
+fixture. Client button visibility, tooltip/feedback, occupied refusal and travel
+through an old book are delegated to the player. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .132 failed Age-creation rollback (#99)
+
+The player passed .131 retirement. Wrapped new runtime Age setup in one rollback
+boundary: library writing, level construction/load event, weather and Accelerated
+settings, index/initial display name, instability record and initial SavedData save.
+The catalog is published only after those steps succeed. Book creation now supplies
+its initial name to this operation and no longer configures acceleration/name after
+commit. Operator/default callers retain the prior overloads.
+
+A failed attempt closes the level stores, dispatches unload cleanup, removes its
+new index/environment entries without leaving a retirement tombstone, restores the
+prior library/instability metadata and saves that restoration. It removes only the
+exact, newly allocated Age directory with a non-following tree walk. Existing Age
+storage, live levels, retired IDs and unsafe/symlink paths are refused before any
+setup. Pre-existing directories are never reused or erased. Cleanup failures are
+attached to the original exception; if stores cannot close, files are retained to
+avoid racing an active writer. Book failures are logged/reported and do not move
+the caller. This covers recoverable runtime exceptions, not arbitrary process death
+or a guarantee against persistent filesystem/I/O failure.
+
+Index entry cleanup is shared with retirement without removing the retained display
+name needed by retirement rollback. No existing Age scores, generation or settings
+are migrated. No production fault-injection command/hook was introduced.
+
+Version 1.0.1.132-beta.1 builds. A temporary dedicated fixture passed 36 checks plus
+seven restart checks. Injected failures during LevelEvent.Load, instability creation
+and late display-name validation left no live/indexed Age, restored prior writing,
+dispatched one unload and removed only the new directory. Clean retries of the same
+IDs succeeded. An existing directory marker survived refusal. A failed book-creation
+call returned no Age and left its caller in the original world. Restart confirmed
+failed metadata stayed absent while committed names/Accelerated settings persisted.
+Fixture source, worlds and servers were removed/stopped; production JAR rebuilt
+without the fixture. Client validation: create two Ages with distinct names, travel
+and restart, including a book with Accelerated pages, and confirm their names,
+settings and destinations remain independent. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .133 optional JEI integration (#102)
+
+The player passed .132. Adapted the 1.21.1 JEI plugin to the current 26.3 API and
+render extraction path. At the player's request, the target is the newest published
+26.3 NeoForge build, 31.17.0.109 (JEI labels it beta), verified against its official
+Maven metadata and Modrinth release API. This supersedes the initially inspected
+installed 31.17.0.94. The latest release channel differs from the latest published
+build; this slice deliberately targets the newer 31.17.0.109 build.
+
+Added searchable component-aware Symbol Pages, all eight mixer Link Panel variants
+and category/volume Symbol Portfolios. Registered biome and eligible Block/Fluid
+pages use the same pools as Creative, including installed registry content. Runtime
+registration fills any missing world-dependent variants; Blank Pages and the empty
+base portfolio are removed from JEI's ingredient list. Future pages entering the
+shared category pools participate automatically. Shared link-panel variant creation
+now supplies both Creative and JEI.
+
+Reused the Writing and Ink Mixer recipe-guide categories, additive chance guides,
+and Ink Vial/Writing Desk/Book Binder/Ink Mixer catalysts. The port-specific mixer
+text correctly states one paper plus one ink per panel, 16 units per vial and reset
+of additives on output pickup. Added Link Modifier information, without a recipe.
+Wrapped guide text uses opaque, shadow-free rendering and extra Mixer guide height.
+These are explanatory guides; no auto-transfer handler or fictitious Blank Page
+crafting recipe is introduced.
+
+JEI is compile-only and isolated in its annotated scanner plugin. It is not bundled
+or a required runtime dependency; no common class loads its plugin. The developer
+`-PwithJei` option adds JEI locally, including its Maven dependencies. The current
+109 POM requires MezzConfig 0.6.10 (and its GUI module); the existing test instance's
+0.6.9 must be updated alongside JEI as required by the mod's distribution metadata.
+Maven repository filters include JEI and MezzConfig groups only.
+
+Version 1.0.1.133-beta.1 builds against the 109 API. A fresh dedicated server started
+without JEI or any optional mods and stopped normally; its world was removed. Client
+plugin discovery, ingredient counts/subtype uniqueness, guide rendering and category
+navigation await the player's check with JEI 31.17.0.109 and its dependencies. Other
+optional integrations remain unported; #102 is not complete. No commit, push or
+publication, and no user's instance files were replaced.
+
+
+## .134 optional TerraBlender regions (#102)
+
+The player passed .133 JEI. Ported the 1.21.1 optional TerraBlender region adapter
+to the current 26.3 API, compile-only at 26.3.0.0.9 (the latest published 26.3
+build checked on Modrinth). The core boundary never exposes TerraBlender types.
+Absent/broken optional API falls back to existing tags/native pools, with one
+warning for API failures. No content mod is required or bundled. A developer
+`-PwithTerraBlender` runtime option is available.
+
+Enumerates registered non-vanilla biome keys from Overworld and Nether regions,
+excluding TerraBlender's deferred placeholder. Overworld additions extend random
+and seed-completed Standard/Amplified/Island/Flat pools. Nether-region membership
+extends Cave-compatible selection and Cave Page classification even without an
+is_nether tag. Registry-derived Creative and JEI page pools share that result.
+Runtime Age construction primes membership before biome validation/generation;
+Nether material-rule conditions also include recognized TerraBlender Nether keys.
+
+Region scans are cached per registry access with weak keys; hot generation queries
+use weak-holder membership rather than rescanning all regions. Tags updates refresh
+the relevant registry entry, and a lowest-priority server-about-to-start callback
+refreshes after TerraBlender loads data-driven regions. Frozen saved biome pools
+are not rerolled or migrated. No mod-specific biome names are hardcoded.
+
+Both 1.21.1 and 26.3 APIs expose OVERWORLD/NETHER, but no CAVE or END region type.
+This distinction and the need for cave tags/metadata were posted and verified in
+#111 (comment 605), including Nether precedence for overlapping Cave/Nether tags,
+explicit authoring, and the planned Native Nether/End pages. This slice retains
+current Native Cave eligibility: excluding Nether from its default pool and adding
+those new pages remain #111, for both version tracks. No 1.21.1 code was changed.
+
+Version 1.0.1.134-beta.1 builds. A clean dedicated server without TerraBlender
+starts normally. A fresh server with TerraBlender 26.3.0.0.9, BOP 26.3.0.0.16 and
+GlitchCore 26.3.0.0.5 passed nine focused checks: 59 Overworld additions, five Nether
+additions, placeholder exclusion, completion pools, Cave Page placement, an injected
+Nether region referencing an untagged biome, cache removal after region removal,
+and Cave Age acceptance/reload with a modded Nether biome. No bulk generation or
+client rendering was claimed. Test servers stopped, worlds and fixture sources
+removed; production JAR rebuilt without fixtures. Client Creative/JEI placement,
+actual BOP surface/Cave terrain materials and decoration remain player checks.
+No commit, push or publication. Other #102 integrations remain incomplete.
+
+
+## .135 optional Serene Seasons per-Age policies (#102)
+
+The player passed .134. Ported 1.21.1's six modes: No Seasons, cycling Seasons,
+Eternal Winter/Summer/Fall/Spring. Uses the latest published 26.3 Serene build
+26.1.2.0.7 (QnvW5HPm) and GlitchCore 26.3.0.0.5 (pQgy3bfh), matching the test
+instance. Both APIs are compile-only behind a guarded adapter, never bundled or
+required. The developer -PwithSereneSeasons flag adds them to the local runtime.
+
+New Ages freeze an authored or seed-selected policy in separate SavedData. Omitted
+choices randomize only when Serene is installed, matching root Legacy ranks:
+Seasons weight 6, No Seasons 5 and each Eternal 1. Cave terrain always disables
+seasons. Existing Ages without a stored policy retain legacy cycling behavior
+when integration/auto-whitelisting is enabled; they are not randomly reassigned.
+No Seasons is usable without the optional mod; other seasonal pages require it.
+Singular page recovery keeps the last seasonal controller with existing penalties.
+
+The guarded adapter writes only the target Age's whitelist entry and persists it
+through Serene/GlitchCore's config API. Connected-client updates and login replay
+apply the same entries without a restart. Existing unrelated entries are retained.
+Eternal policies hold the middle sub-season in a bounded mid-season window, avoiding
+per-tick dirty data and leaving the Overworld calendar unchanged. Server config
+serene_seasons.auto_whitelist_ages defaults true, matching 1.21.1: explicit policies
+still apply when disabled, while existing whitelist entries are not removed merely
+by disabling automatic behavior.
+
+Policy selection participates in creation rollback before catalog publication;
+optional whitelist changes happen only after successful creation. Reload/reseed
+reuse the frozen policy. Retirement removes its whitelist entry only after backend
+retirement succeeds, while policy history can remain in global metadata. Client
+messages are limited to Rivencraft Age IDs. Compatibility failures log once rather
+than flood every level tick. No Ecliptic Seasons support is added.
+
+Version 1.0.1.135-beta.1 builds. A clean dedicated server starts without optional
+mods. With Serene/GlitchCore, 25 checks passed on creation and 22 after full restart:
+all six saved modes/whitelist policies, each eternal mid-season and recovery from a
+changed cycle value, unchanged Overworld season data, unrelated whitelist entries,
+deterministic omitted choices, no random choice when the mod is absent, and Cave
+suppression. The initial restart assertion was corrected to allow the deliberate
+mid-season hold window inherited from 1.21.1. Test worlds/fixtures were removed and
+servers stopped; production JAR rebuilt without fixtures. Client visual effects,
+reconnect/live whitelist synchronization, normal season progression, authoring and
+retirement with a real connected client remain player validation. No commit, push
+or publication; other #102 integrations remain open.
+
+
+### Optional Ruins template pages — 1.0.1.136-beta.1
+
+The preceding Serene Seasons slice passed the player's in-game check. Ruins now
+uses the 1.21.1 exact-template bridge: each unambiguous installed `.tml` filename
+gets a dynamic glyph page in a Ruins creative tab, portfolios, and JEI's page pool.
+Names preserve case and Unicode through reversible IDs. Discovery reads Ruins'
+active `config/ruins_config` directory, with its bundled archive as the first-launch
+fallback. Duplicate basenames disable the bridge because Ruins' event cannot
+identify which directory supplied the template.
+
+Authored template choices and all duplicate counts are frozen in the Age's terrain
+feature plan and restored before its load event. Only selected templates pass the
+Age dimension and pre-spawn gates; other worlds retain Ruins' own behavior. Ruins'
+biome/surface/distance requirements remain applicable. Copies multiply template
+weight and increase attempts by one per extra page, capped at 32 attempts without
+lowering an explicitly higher Ruins configuration. The first three copies are free;
+each later copy adds 100 instability, including copies beyond the attempt cap.
+Material pages do not modify Ruins structures. Unloading clears bridge state and
+reloading restores it; optional Ruins classes are not loaded when the mod is absent.
+
+The reproducible compile-only baseline is Ruins 26.3.1NF (CurseForge file 8962119);
+the installed Ruins 26.3.2NF was used for integration validation. For development,
+`-PwithRuins` adds the baseline runtime, or combine it with
+`-PruinsJar=/absolute/path/to/ruins-26.3.2NF.jar` to run a local current build.
+Neither dependency is bundled or required to run Rivencraft.
+
+Build and clean dedicated-server startup without Ruins passed. With Ruins 26.3.2NF,
+21 checks passed on creation and 10 after restart, covering 25 discovered templates,
+creative/JEI pool parity, readable/case-sensitive IDs, authoring, codec roundtrip,
+50 retained copies, attempt limits, 4,700 excess-page instability, exact template
+filtering, both dimension gates, spawn-event veto, and a real Tiki Head placement
+(149 non-air blocks counted in the checked volume). Restart, unload, and reload
+retained the counts. Temporary fixtures and test worlds were removed; test servers
+were stopped. Client glyph/GUI checks and natural spawning while exploring an Age
+remain player validation. No commit, push, or publication; #102 remains open.

ports/mc263/README.md

@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ author Standard, Amplified, Island, Flat, Void, or Cave terrain with supported
 biome-distribution pages, selected material/vegetation/structure features, and
 independent Age weather and lighting, multiple authored or seeded celestial
 bodies and eclipses, biome/material completion, and random features/structures.
-Instability, crystal portals, remaining discovery/stations, writing recovery and optional
-integration parity remain unfinished. The latest published beta is
-[1.0.1.115-beta.1](RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.115-beta.1.md).
+Crystal portals and libraries are ported. Instability scoring/provider selection,
+status effects, colored decay, lightning, explosions, meteors, burning and erosion,
+ordered writing recovery, live material profiling and all six Link Modifier controls are now ported.
+Seed editing, operator-confirmed Age retirement and creation rollback are included.
+JEI, TerraBlender/Biomes O' Plenty, Serene Seasons/GlitchCore and Ruins are optional
+integrations. Live previews, remaining discovery/configuration parity and the final
+multiplayer regression remain unfinished. The latest published beta is
+[1.0.1.136-beta.1](RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.136-beta.1.md).
 Use a test world and keep a backup; do not
 substitute this JAR for the 1.21.1 mod or import 1.21.1 saves.
 
@@ -1891,3 +1896,908 @@ offered to perform the remaining validation, so no further automated restart run
 was started. Server stopped and world removed. Shared issue #114 remains open:
 1.21.1 implementation and manual client validation are pending. Nothing committed
 or published.
+
+### Configurable handheld Link Panel ink cost
+
+The local `1.0.1.116-beta.1` slice ports root WritingInkService and its
+`writing.link_panel_ink_cost` option in `config/rivencraft-local.toml`.
+The allowed range is 1–16, default 2. Preparing a baseline Link Panel by hand
+consumes one Paper and that many ink units; insufficient ink changes neither
+input. A drained vial returns a vanilla Glass Bottle. Stacked inputs and
+inventory-full give/drop behavior retain the root transaction rules. The
+Ink Mixer still consumes exactly one ink unit and one Paper per panel, separately
+from this setting. Writing Desk symbol-copy cost uses the shared service getter.
+
+Handheld client prediction checks only eligible item types and a valid nonempty
+vial; the server uses its own configured cost to accept/refuse and consume inputs.
+This avoids relying on unsynchronized LOCAL config for client affordability.
+No new recipe, packet, Page variant or progression award is introduced.
+
+The build passed. Following the player's offer to do testing, no test server
+or new fixtures were started for this small resource-policy port. In game, check
+two ink per panel by default; then set `link_panel_ink_cost = 4` under `[writing]`
+and restart to check four ink per panel, insufficient-ink refusal, last-use bottle,
+both hands and stacked/full-inventory cases. Confirm the Mixer still costs one
+ink. On a dedicated server, change the server's value; the client need not match.
+Nothing committed, pushed or published.
+
+### Age library discovery
+
+The local `1.0.1.117-beta.1` slice ports the 1.21.1 library discovery system:
+the existing 11×11×11 schematic, five stocked lecterns, chest loot, deterministic
+32-chunk-region spread and the terrain/obstruction checks. Libraries generate
+at the end of decoration in newly generated, non-Cave Age chunks. The footprint
+stays inside its candidate chunk. Trees/foliage can be cleared, while fluids,
+block entities, solid obstructions, excessive slopes and absent sturdy footing
+reject placement. Vanilla Overworld generation is unchanged. Old chunks are
+not revisited; existing Ages gain libraries only in eligible new chunks.
+
+`[libraries] loot_mode` in `config/rivencraft-local.toml` defaults to `LEGACY`:
+writing supplies and possible Sealed Notebooks in chests, with random symbol
+Pages on five lecterns. `AGE_ONLY` limits new library chest/lectern Pages to
+known symbols written into that Age, using distinct IDs. Page-free Ages then
+have no symbol loot and the stands display ordinary Books, matching root.
+The original written list is saved independently and copied into the generator
+before generation, then restored on reload. It does not change the book's writing,
+seed, folder or other trait completion. Older Ages without this saved list have
+an empty Age-only pool. The broader random-page eligibility policy remains a
+separate unported system. The Legacy pool may include currently unsupported red
+pages, like the existing Sealed Notebook pool.
+
+Operator tools under `/rivencraft_port library`:
+- `test_place`: place a raised library in clear space ahead, without overwriting
+  existing blocks/entities. A console source may supply position via `execute`.
+- `nearest_loaded`: teleport into the nearest marked library aisle in loaded
+  chunks within 16 chunks. It checks footing/fluids/collision and does not scan
+  or generate remote chunks.
+- `test_spacing 1` through `32`: session-only increased candidate density in an
+  Age, for new chunks only. `32` restores normal spacing; restart clears overrides.
+- `candidate`: report the closest deterministic candidate without loading it;
+  eligibility is still required and a library is not guaranteed.
+- `probe`: identify a marked library or explain current-chunk placement rejection.
+- `inspect_loot`: materialize the current chunk's library chest as opening it would,
+  then print contents and the number of stands in that chunk.
+
+Build passed and the schematic/loot resources were verified in the JAR. A local
+dedicated server started with the data; at the player's request it was stopped
+before generation/loot tests. Its world was deleted. The player will check actual
+natural placement, five lectern pages and orientation/retrieval, chest loot/Sealed
+Notebook opening, both loot modes, locator/test tools and persistence after restart.
+No new GameTest fixtures were added. No commit, push or publication was made.
+
+
+## Beta .118 — crystal portals and Book Receptacles
+
+The player confirmed natural library generation in .117; the earlier missing-library
+report was withdrawn. .118 adapts the complete fallback crystal network from 1.21.1:
+
+- Book Receptacles mount on any of the six faces of Crystal Blocks, with the final
+  1.21.1 model/book orientations. Eight Crystal Blocks surrounding an empty crafting
+  square craft one receptacle; its recipe unlocks on obtaining a Crystal Block.
+- Insert a bound Linking or Descriptive Book into a valid connected crystal frame.
+  The Legacy tension/flood algorithm accepts supported irregular openings, using
+  the same 16-block radius, 2,048-crystal and 1,024-surface limits. Placement respects
+  NeoForge protection events and rolls back rejected activation.
+- Empty-hand interaction removes the book and closes the portal. Breaking its
+  support or holder closes it and drops the book as the recoverable open-book entity.
+- Player travel delegates to the existing book transport, catalog acknowledgement,
+  safe landing, Link Panel effects and configured Return Link handling. Descriptive
+  Books share the exact same landing resolver with portals. Linking Books retain
+  their exact coordinates, facing and same-dimension Intra-Linking requirement.
+- Non-player transport uses the same target rules, collision checks and momentum
+  rotation. Disarm refuses loose items and leaves container contents/eligible mob
+  equipment behind. The shared Disarm helper also replaces the player-only loop.
+- Queued collision travel waits until the entering movement packet is complete.
+  A 40-tick session-only cooldown prevents repeated traversal. Portal owner pointers,
+  the one stored book, and destination sky tint persist and synchronize to clients.
+  Startup waits for required frame chunks before repair. Loaded networks receive a
+  staggered bounded maintenance pass every 200 ticks, without generating chunks.
+- The animated fallback only renders its two facing surfaces. Its tint follows the
+  destination sky, including authored colors and the 1.21.1 Nether/End palette.
+  Optional live destination views remain part of the integration port; installing
+  another portal mod alone does not hide this fallback.
+- Successful activation awards the restored Open Portal advancement.
+
+Validation: build and dedicated-server startup passed. A small command-seeded
+crystal ring verified persisted book/owner data, entity collision travel to exact
+saved coordinates before and after a full server restart, and removal/drop cleanup
+when the support was broken. This was not a substitute for player-driven activation:
+the player should test book insertion/removal, the six model orientations, both book
+types and their Link Panel effects, survival/creative item handling, frame edits,
+reopening after restart, and travel with destination chunks initially unloaded.
+The temporary server was stopped and its world deleted. No new permanent GameTests,
+commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## Beta .119 — saved instability and status-effect providers
+
+The player passed .118 crystal portal testing. This slice begins the major instability
+port using the 1.21.1 scoring rules, complete Legacy card catalog, deterministic deck
+selection, bounded scheduler and potion-provider implementation.
+
+New Ages save creation-time contributions and selected provider IDs/levels in separate
+Overworld SavedData (`rivencraft/instability`), alongside an independent enabled flag.
+Creation saves this with the Age identity before catalog publication. Reload and
+configuration changes do not reroll the frozen plan. Older Ages remain neutral rather
+than being rescored. No score or provider detail is added to player books or Binder UI.
+
+The first scoring set includes Bright Lighting (+500, also when seed-completed),
+Accelerated (+1,000 each), Corrupted Medium (+1,000), Small (+2,000) and Large (+0),
+Cave-ineffective weather/celestial modifiers (+100 each), structure occurrences after
+the first three (+100 each), authored structures forced into non-native biomes (+100
+per occurrence), and growing costs for the third and later suns (+1,000, +2,000, ...).
+The same structure policy includes the new 26.3 Abandoned Camps page. Corrupted Pages
+are now implemented in authoring/creative availability; they retain animated redacted
+text and supply instability rather than a terrain decoration.
+
+All five Legacy decks and card costs/copy counts are retained. Scoring rounds down to
+500 before selecting/shuffling from the Age seed. Unported hazard cards remain selected
+and are reported as unavailable; no replacement reroll biases the deck toward potions.
+Writing-recovery penalties, live valuable-material profiling, decay, lightning,
+explosions, meteors, burning and erosion remain later slices. This is not yet full
+instability parity, and the existing authoring validation rules still apply.
+
+Implemented providers: local/global Blindness, Mining Fatigue, Hunger, Nausea, Poison,
+Slowness, Weakness and Wither, plus global hostile Regeneration and Resistance. Local
+variants require visible sky; global variants work under cover. Harmful general effects
+can affect Survival/Adventure players and non-player living entities; Creative and
+Spectator are exempt. Hostile buffs target monsters. Duration follows the 1.21.1 values:
+60 ticks Blindness/Nausea, 80 Fatigue/Hunger/Poison/Slowness/Weakness, 30 Wither, and 200
+hostile buffs. Provider level raises amplifier, not duration; default effective cap is 3.
+
+The scheduler runs only in occupied runtime Ages, selecting already-loaded nearby
+chunks. Defaults match 1.21.1: 20-tick interval, four Ages, two providers and one action
+per run, at most 16 chunks. Status leases cap at 32 per Age, eight candidates per attempt,
+and 200 ticks per effect. A failed handler is quarantined temporarily. Owned effects
+are revoked on departure/logout/disable/shutdown without deleting replacements or
+stronger/extended effects from another source. Config entries are under `[instability]`
+and `[instability_status_effects]` in the server's `rivencraft-local.toml`; provider
+exclusions accept `poison` or `rivencraft:poison`.
+
+Operator commands, used inside a runtime Age:
+
+- `/rivencraft_port instability status`: frozen score/contributions, saved or test
+  provider levels, enabled/availability information.
+- `/rivencraft_port instability enabled false` (or `true`): persistently pause/resume
+  this Age; pausing immediately clears owned effects without changing its saved plan.
+- `/rivencraft_port instability test_score 5000`: session-only deterministic provider
+  selection at a test score, leaving creation-time contributions unchanged.
+- `/rivencraft_port instability clear_test_score`: restore saved selection. Restart
+  also clears the test override.
+- `/rivencraft_port instability pulse poison_global`: attempt one implemented level-1
+  effect on an eligible living entity in the current already-loaded chunk. The command
+  respects config, enabled state, target policy and effect ownership; it reports when
+  no effect was applied. Existing effects are not replaced. Other catalog providers
+  are suggested too, with unavailable handlers explicitly reported.
+
+Validation: build and fresh dedicated-server startup passed. A small temporary Age
+confirmed neutral scoring, deterministic test deck selection, exact Poison duration,
+owned-effect cleanup on disable, retention of a stronger command-supplied Weakness,
+local shelter versus global effects, saved enabled state after restart and session
+score reset. The server was stopped and its world deleted. No permanent test fixtures
+were added. Player authoring/scoring, automatic occupied-Age scheduling, Survival versus
+Creative behavior, departure cleanup, hostile buffs and multiplayer fairness remain
+manual checks. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## Beta .120 — colored decay
+
+The player passed .119. This slice ports the four active 1.21.1 colored decay cards,
+the block and all four existing 16x16 textures, per-Age frontier persistence, surface
+seeding and six-neighbor conversion. Decay is selected by the existing saved Legacy
+decks; older saved provider selections are not rerolled.
+
+Blue, Red and Purple use the same hardness-dependent conversion odds as 1.21.1.
+White converts eligible solid blocks without a hardness roll. Air conversion remains
+rarer (Blue/Red 1-in-20, Purple 1-in-8, White 1-in-50). Other decay colors can be
+converted; White wins that conversion immediately and others use a 1-in-5 roll.
+White also deals one point of magic damage on stepping contact, using the modern
+server damage API. All decay variants are solid, hardness 5/resistance 10, have no
+item form or drops, and do not spread through autonomous/random block ticks.
+
+A provider call samples at most four six-neighbor targets by default and changes at
+most one block, sharing the existing scheduler's Age/provider/action budgets. It only
+examines supplied already-loaded player-nearby chunks. Per-Age SavedData retains a
+monotonic attempt sequence and at most 1,024 frontier coordinates per color; no chunk
+or entity references are persisted. Destroyed/recolored stale sources are discarded.
+
+Protection matches 1.21.1: fluids, unbreakable/critical blocks, block entities,
+portals and Rivencraft infrastructure resist conversion. Data packs can add entries
+to `rivencraft:decay_protected`. A positioned fake player supplies modern NeoForge
+BreakBlockEvent and placement events, with rollback for cancelled placement.
+
+The first resolved Descriptive Book landing is saved as a protected spawn without
+changing scoring or provider selection. It protects +/-4 blocks horizontally and
+Y-2 through Y+4. Portals and hand-held books share that resolver. For an Age entered
+before .120, re-enter it once to record this point; OP status reports whether it is
+recorded. Cloud Platforms and Rivencraft infrastructure remain protected independently.
+
+`[instability] world_mutation` and `[instability_decay] enabled` default to true,
+matching 1.21.1. `max_attempts_per_call` defaults to 4 (range 1–6). Per-Age enable,
+global enable and provider exclusions also gate seeding/spread. Disabling does not
+remove existing decay. As in 1.21.1, existing White block contact damage follows the
+decay/world-mutation toggles rather than the Age provider scheduler toggle.
+
+Operator testing, inside an Age and preferably away from its protected arrival:
+
+- `/rivencraft_port instability decay blue 32` makes up to 32 bounded provider
+  attempts in your current loaded chunk. Use `purple`, `red` or `white` too. It prints
+  the number of actual changes and up to four nearby tracked coordinates, without
+  changing score/selection. A failed roll or protected location can yield no change.
+- The existing `/rivencraft_port instability pulse decayblue` (and other colors)
+  attempts one call. Its output now describes successful actions for either blocks
+  or living entities.
+- `/rivencraft_port instability test_score 50000` allows natural deck selection for
+  observation; inspect `status` for the selected colors, then use `clear_test_score`
+  to restore the saved plan. Merely placing decay does not register an active card.
+
+Validation: build and fresh dedicated-server startup passed. Bounded pulses seeded
+and spread all four colors. On restart, the saved attempt sequence advanced from
+32 to 40 and the original frontiers persisted, with further Red growth. Bedrock and
+water seeding produced no conversions/frontier entries; disabling the Age blocked
+further changes. All packaged textures are 16x16. The temporary server was stopped
+and world deleted. Manual checks remain for visual variants, White stepping damage,
+protected arrival, normal occupied-Age spreading, claim-mod cancellation and controls.
+No permanent test fixtures, commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .116–.120 release validation
+
+The player passed every slice, including .120 colored decay, and authorized commit,
+push and publication as 1.0.1.120-beta.1. Both Minecraft targets build successfully.
+See the consolidated release notes for the published scope and remaining parity gaps.
+
+
+## Beta .121 — lightning and explosions
+
+The player passed .120. This slice ports the 1.21.1 lightning/explosion providers,
+their separate scheduling lane, persisted per-Age attempt sequence/cooldowns,
+loaded-chunk candidate selection and existing damage/protection settings.
+
+Each selected hazard receives a roll on each admitted Age scheduler pass, independent
+of rotating potion/decay providers. Legacy per-chunk/per-tick odds are aggregated as
+`1 - (1 - 1/denominator)^(loadedChunks * interval * effectiveCopies)`. Denominators
+remain 100,000 for clear-weather lightning, 5,000 during rain plus thunder, and 1,000
+for explosions. Candidate chunks are already-loaded rings around Age players, capped
+at 81 by default; no chunks are generated for hazards. Lightning uses the motion-blocking
+surface; natural explosions choose a random Y across the dimension's modern height.
+
+Defaults match 1.21.1: hazards/block damage/player damage/fire enabled, 20-tick minimum
+gap per hazard type, strength-3 blasts, at most 16 distinct destructible blocks and
+eight damaged entities, and at most 12 damage per entity (lightning itself caps at 5).
+Creative/Spectator are excluded. Spawn columns within eight blocks horizontally are
+excluded as targets; protected infrastructure, block entities, TNT, portals and
+unbreakable blocks resist blasts. Break and placement cancellation checks remain.
+World mutation and mobGriefing gate block damage; entity damage and visual/audio
+feedback can remain active when block mutation is disabled.
+
+The modern API no longer returns an explosion/block list. The damage calculator
+retains its bounded approved positions for post-blast ignition, only where the block
+is now air and fire placement is allowed. Cancelled explosion startup does not count
+as dispatch or generate follow-up fire. NeoForge's renamed BreakBlockEvent and 26.3's
+`canSpreadFireAround` replace the old break event and doFireTick query respectively.
+Vanilla explosion networking and lightning entities provide existing visuals/sounds.
+The `instability_hazards` config section retains the 1.21.1 setting names/defaults.
+
+Operator checks inside an Age:
+
+- `/rivencraft_port instability hazard lightning`
+- `/rivencraft_port instability hazard explosions`
+
+These skip random probability only, retaining loaded-chunk, cooldown, Age/config/provider
+and protected-spawn checks. They target a nearby loaded chunk center, using its surface
+for lightning and the command's Y for explosions, rather than the player's exact feet.
+Move away from the arrival area and allow at least one second between repeats of the
+same hazard. The command reports no dispatch when blocked/cancelled. It also works with
+an explicitly positioned console source. Generic `pulse lightning`/`pulse explosions`
+retain their natural probability roll; `test_score`/`status` exercise normal selection.
+The saved score/plan and catalog protocol are unchanged.
+
+Build and dedicated-server startup passed. The user offered to validate damage and
+block destruction manually, so the server was stopped before effect/terrain fixtures
+were run and its temporary world was removed. Manual checks include lightning/thunder,
+explosion visuals/sound, damage caps and Creative immunity, block/protected-block limits,
+spawn exclusion, world-mutation/mobGriefing/fire settings, cooldown/restart persistence,
+and natural rates in occupied Ages. No permanent tests, commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## Beta .122 — meteor flight and impacts
+
+The player passed .121 lightning/explosion testing. Meteors now reuse the 1.21.1
+particle descent, roar sound, selected Legacy provider card, independent scheduling
+lane and bounded blast helper. They are not a new falling-block/entity model: a
+flame/smoke trail descends for 30 ticks (1.5 seconds) from up to 48 blocks above a
+captured surface target, followed by the impact. The existing meteor roar is bundled.
+
+Natural scheduling aggregates the Legacy 1-in-50,000 per-chunk/per-tick odds across
+loaded chunks, scheduler interval and effective card copies, as in 1.21.1. Targets
+are randomized among already-loaded nearby candidate chunks; X/Z vary within the
+safe central area of each chunk. Up to 16 candidate chunks are considered per
+schedule attempt. Target selection rejects protected spawn columns and surfaces
+without headroom. No terrain is loaded or generated by the provider.
+
+The shared hazard SavedData preserves the meteor cooldown (200 game ticks) and random
+attempt sequence. At most one meteor can descend per Age and 16 Ages can have active
+flights. A pending descent is session-only: server stop, Age unload, no players,
+unloaded target chunk, or disabled Age/global/provider/meteor policy cancels it.
+Interrupted flights never replay after restart; the saved cooldown remains. The
+flight is removed before impact dispatch so a failed impact cannot repeat.
+
+The independent `[instability_meteor]` settings match 1.21.1: enabled/block damage/
+player damage/fire default true, maximum 24 impact blocks, eight damaged entities,
+and 12 damage per entity, strength 3. Impact reuses protected block/BE/infrastructure,
+claim events, Creative/Spectator immunity, world-mutation/mobGriefing and modern fire
+permission checks. Disabling block mutation still permits descent, sound and eligible
+entity damage. Generic instability status reports meteor availability separately
+from potion policy; saved scores/decks and catalog protocol are unchanged.
+
+Test inside an Age, away from its arrival area:
+
+`/rivencraft_port instability meteor`
+
+This skips the natural probability roll, retaining cooldown, loaded target, active
+flight and all policy checks. It uses randomized nearby impact locations, unlike
+the deliberately fixed chunk-center lightning/explosion test commands. Wait at
+least ten seconds before repeating. `/rivencraft_port instability pulse meteors`
+keeps the natural chance roll; test-score/status tools exercise saved deck selection.
+
+The build passed and JAR sound/class packaging was verified. Following the player's
+manual validation preference, particle/audio presentation, impacts/damage/protection,
+repeat cooldown, disabling/leaving during flight and restart cancellation are handed
+over for in-game testing. No server or new world was launched for this slice. No new
+permanent tests, commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## Beta .123 — burning and erosion
+
+The player passed .122 meteor testing. This slice adapts the remaining burning and
+erosion portions of 1.21.1 AgeEnvironmentalProviders, using the existing hazard
+candidate selection, saved attempt sequence, protection helpers and independent
+provider scheduling. No new textures, entities, sounds or optional mods are required.
+
+Burning remains an active Legacy deck card. Sky-exposed eligible living entities
+outside protected spawn can ignite; Survival/Adventure players are included by
+default and Creative/Spectator are excluded. Natural processing inspects at most
+eight loaded chunks/eight eligible candidates per chunk, ignites at most one per
+inspected chunk and four entities per pass by default. The old 1-in-10 per-tick gate
+is aggregated over the scheduler interval. Fire lasts four seconds per effective
+provider level, capped at twelve. Vanilla water/rain extinguishing and fire immunity
+remain in force. Disabling the provider stops new ignitions; existing fire follows
+vanilla behavior rather than the potion lease cleanup mechanism.
+
+Erosion remains outside Legacy's saved card deck. As requested for testing in 1.21.1,
+its config defaults enabled and natural attempts run in admitted occupied Ages at a
+current score of at least 10,000. Current score uses the frozen creation total or an
+explicit session test-score override; live material profiling remains pending.
+At most eight random positions are sampled in already-loaded candidate chunks per
+pass, with at most one conversion. An eligible block next to a source fluid above or
+on a horizontal side is replaced with that fluid's source block; fluid below does
+not grow upward. Normal fluid ticks can subsequently spread it.
+
+Erosion requires world_mutation and mobGriefing, and reuses decay's protection against
+spawn/infrastructure, block entities, fluids, critical/unbreakable blocks and protected
+tags. Modern break/place claim events and rollback remain. Its `instability_erosion`
+enabled toggle does not add a new saved card or alter the Age score. Burning uses
+`instability_scorching`: enabled/affect_players default true and max_targets_per_pass
+is 4 (range 0–16), matching 1.21.1.
+
+Operator manual checks inside an Age:
+
+- On dry ground under open sky, outside arrival protection and in Survival, run
+  `/rivencraft_port instability environment burning`. It targets the player directly
+  for four seconds, skips the chance roll, and explicitly reports water/rain that
+  would immediately extinguish the fire.
+- Place ordinary Stone beside or below source water/lava, outside protected arrival.
+  Use `/rivencraft_port instability test_score 10000`, look at the Stone within six
+  blocks, and run `/rivencraft_port instability environment erosion`. The aimed
+  block should become that adjacent source fluid. Existing policies still apply.
+  End with `/rivencraft_port instability clear_test_score` to restore the saved plan.
+- Automatic burning needs a selected burning card; natural erosion uses the enabled
+  test policy/threshold. `status` exposes both config/threshold information when
+  inspecting the respective provider, without adding scores to ordinary books.
+
+Build passed. The player is performing visual/effect testing, so no server/world or
+new permanent fixtures were created. Manual validation covers burning/fire damage,
+Creative/shelter/spawn exclusion, wet extinguishing feedback, source-fluid conversion,
+protected blocks, mobGriefing/world-mutation/config switches and natural scheduling.
+No commit, push or publication. Crumble, full writing recovery and live abundance
+profiling remain major instability work.
+
+
+## Beta .124 — live material-abundance instability
+
+The player passed .123. This slice ports 1.21.1's Legacy-style generated-block
+profiling and live effective provider selection. Crumble remains a catalog entry
+without a registered handler in 1.21.1; no new Crumble behavior is invented here.
+
+Overworld and runtime-Age chunk loads enqueue bounded sampling work, rather than
+accessing SavedData during chunk-storage callbacks. Four snapshots are processed
+per server tick, with a queue cap of 2,048. Paletted section counts record watched
+block IDs efficiently. Each chunk is sampled once, up to 1,024 per dimension, and
+samples/totals persist in per-dimension `rivencraft/block_profile` SavedData. Subsequent
+player edits or chunk reloads do not replace or double-count a stored snapshot.
+
+Live points remain zero until at least **401 Age samples and 500 Overworld baseline
+samples** exist, matching 1.21.1. For each watched material, positive excess blocks
+per Age chunk above 1.05 times the Overworld average are multiplied by that material's
+weight. The total rounds to an integer and caps at 100,000. The watched list retains
+Legacy ores/quartz/glowstone/crystal and the existing modern/storage extensions,
+including Diamond Blocks, Ancient Debris and Netherite Blocks.
+
+Recognized ores, mineral storage blocks and source-fluid block types from installed
+mods participate automatically via current NeoForge common tags, names and the same
+full-block/fluid material eligibility used for Pages. No content mod/API is required.
+Unknown ore/storage forms use the 1.21.1 fallback weights; known minerals retain its
+named weights. `[instability_modded_materials] block_weight_overrides` accepts exact
+`modid:block_id=points` entries, including zero to exclude a modded block. This is
+installation-based optional support, not a required mod or per-mod opt-in switch.
+
+While a profiling-enabled Age is occupied, missing spawn-area samples are requested
+gradually: at most one chunk request per second, one in flight across the server,
+round-robin between active Ages and the Overworld baseline. Existing samples are
+skipped. The modern getChunkFuture API still blocks when invoked on the server
+thread, so requests use its off-thread scheduling path and completion returns to
+the server thread. Closed levels and stopped-server callbacks are discarded. No
+permanent force-load tickets or generation while no Age is occupied are introduced.
+Natural exploration also fills the sample pool and can reach readiness sooner.
+
+Writing contributions and the original saved provider plan remain frozen. The live
+score is added only at runtime, and the effective deck is reselected deterministically
+from the same saved seed as the total changes. Providers can therefore appear or
+change as abundance is measured. Unchanged totals/seeds reuse a cached plan rather
+than reshuffling on each query. Older Ages predating instability records remain
+neutral; saved neutral arrivals/enable flags do not opt them into new scoring.
+
+`[instability] difficulty` matches 1.21.1: 0=quarter, 1=half, 2=normal (default),
+3=1.75x. It scales writing plus live points without rewriting saved contributions.
+A session `test_score` remains an explicit final-score override and is cleared on
+restart; clearing it now restores the live effective plan. Erosion threshold checks
+use this same effective score.
+
+Use `/rivencraft_port instability status` inside an Age to inspect frozen/live/effective
+scores, difficulty, profile eligibility and both sample counts. Normal book/Binder
+screens receive no score/profiler data. Zero live points before both thresholds are
+ready are expected. To validate, create/explore an Age with Diamond Block Rocks or
+another abundant watched material, watch progress, then confirm live points and
+providers change while the frozen writing contribution remains unchanged. Reopen the
+world to check sample persistence; repeated reloads should not duplicate counts.
+
+Build and temporary dedicated-server checks passed. Real loaded snapshots saved 25
+samples per test dimension and captured one deliberately placed fixture Diamond Block.
+A restart with synthetic profile records exercised scoring/decoding without generating
+hundreds of chunks: resumed real chunk samples produced 423 Age and 522 baseline
+samples, with the expected 2,987 live points, frozen score zero and effective providers.
+Clearing a session override restored the same live result. This verifies save/scoring
+plumbing, not natural bulk generation. The player will check background progress,
+actual generated material distribution, modded recognition and difficulty/config
+changes. Test server stopped/world deleted; no permanent tests, commit or publication.
+
+
+## .125 ordered controller recovery
+
+The player passed .124. New authored Ages now recover repeated singular terrain,
+biome-distribution, weather, lighting and sky choices: the last choice wins, with
+500 instability per duplicate or conflict. Supported category-order mistakes add
+100 points instead of blocking binding. Native distribution discards authored
+biome choices with a 500-point conflict; Single retains the first authored biome
+with a 500-point conflict when extras exist. These diagnostics use the 1.21.1
+writing rules. Season pages remain unsupported until their integration is ported.
+
+The original pages remain in the book and library source list. Generation receives
+recovered choices without rearranging material/feature or per-celestial modifier
+chains. Existing Ages are not rescored. OP instability status shows the writing
+contributions; normal book/Binder screens do not expose the score or new warnings.
+Unknown/unported pages and other unsupported combinations still prevent binding.
+Celestial, number and dangling-modifier recovery is a later slice: their existing
+validation still applies to the original page sequence, before controller recovery.
+
+Version 1.0.1.125-beta.1 builds. Thirteen temporary focused checks passed for
+last-choice selection, duplicate/conflict/order costs, Native/Single recovery,
+unimplemented pages, raw numeric guards, celestial-chain preservation, intentional
+feature repeats and Ambient Color ordering. No server/world was launched. In-game
+validation: bind books with conflicting terrain/weather choices and confirm the
+last choice takes effect; test Native with biome pages and Single with two biomes;
+check that all original pages remain and OP status reports the writing costs.
+No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .126 ordered celestial and number recovery
+
+The player passed .125. Ported the 1.21.1 grammar treatment of pending celestial
+modifiers and numeric adjacency. Repeated Length/Phase/Angle/Size/Direction pages
+before a celestial use the final value of that kind without a duplicate penalty.
+Only the final unconsumed modifier of each kind adds 100 dangling-modifier points.
+A number without an immediately following supported Color/Length/Phase/Angle/Size
+page adds 100 points (misplaced, or dangling at the end). Consecutive numbers leave
+only the last available for the next target. Colors still mix in written order.
+
+These defects no longer block binding. Numbers and celestial compilation retain
+the original page sequence and seeded color indices; controller recovery never
+moves a number next to a new target. A trailing modifier cannot rewrite an earlier
+body, including the optimized single-body compilation path. Missing celestial
+branches retain their existing seeded completion; dangling controls do not apply
+to those generated bodies. All original book/library pages remain. Unsupported
+pages and the ten-sun/ten-moon limit still block binding; existing Ages are unchanged.
+
+Version 1.0.1.126-beta.1 builds. Seventeen temporary focused checks passed, covering
+last-value selection, dangling costs/indices, numeric adjacency, per-body isolation,
+seeded color stability, valid numbered writing, body limits, unsupported pages and
+cycle codec round-trip. No server/world or permanent test fixture was created.
+Manual validation: bind a book with Half Length, Double Length, Sun and verify the
+last length; bind Sun followed by Large Size and confirm it does not resize that
+sun. Test a trailing Number page and inspect the added writing contribution with
+`/rivencraft_port instability status`. Original pages should remain visible.
+No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .127 Link Modifier station: title and core link properties
+
+The player passed .126. Started the missing 1.21.1 Link Modifier station port,
+reusing its block model, textures, horizontal facing variants and Legacy 176x166
+single-book GUI. The item is available in the main creative tab or via
+`/give @s rivencraft:link_modifier`; it has no crafting recipe. As in 1.21.1,
+creative acquisition does not impose a new permission restriction on ordinary
+book edits once the station has been placed.
+
+One persistent slot accepts Linking and Descriptive Books, including unbound
+books, with normal and shift-click transfers. The server menu handles renaming
+and Disarm, Maintain Momentum and Intra Linking toggles. Descriptive Books cannot
+toggle Intra Linking, which only governs same-dimension Linking Book travel.
+Existing target, author, symbols and Age identity are retained. Renaming changes
+the item's custom title, not the Age's saved folder/registry identity. Removing
+the title restores the item's normal name. Text editing consumes inventory/hotbar
+shortcuts while focused; Escape closes the screen. Programmatic text refreshes do
+not send rename packets. Menu identity, owner, distance and live station checks
+protect edits; unknown button IDs and non-book inputs are rejected.
+
+The book is saved with modern ValueInput/ValueOutput container serialization.
+Station removal uses block-entity preRemoveSideEffects to release the stored book
+once, including non-player removal. No tick handler or renderer is needed.
+
+This is a station slice, not full Link Modifier parity. Seed editing, Age retirement,
+Relative Link, Intra-Linking Only and platform overrides remain unported and are
+not presented as working controls. Existing core flag behavior is reused unchanged.
+Manual validation: place the station in multiple orientations, insert/shift-click
+both book types, rename using text containing E, toggle each available property,
+remove the book and use it to check travel effects. Confirm Descriptive Book Intra
+Linking is unavailable, restart with a book left in the station, and break a loaded
+station to recover one book. Build and dedicated persistence results are recorded
+below. No commit, push or publication.
+
+Version 1.0.1.127-beta.1 builds. Packaged model, GUI, texture, item definition,
+loot table and localization checks passed; no station recipe is included. A
+fresh dedicated server placed the station and serialized a named Linking Book
+with all three core flags. Restart retained the same book/name/flags and station
+removal completed normally. The first harness run expected the wrong wording
+for vanilla force-load cleanup; the corrected harness completed successfully.
+Both temporary worlds were deleted and servers stopped. No permanent tests were
+added. UI interaction, transfer counts and modifier travel effects await the
+player's in-game check.
+
+
+## .128 six Link Modifier controls
+
+The player reported that .127 exposed only three of 1.21.1's six controls. Added
+the remaining Intra-Linking Only, Relative Link and Generate Platform controls in
+the existing two-column, three-row Legacy layout, with matching bit values and
+server-owned menu actions. Enabling Intra-Linking Only enables Intra Linking too;
+disabling Intra Linking clears Intra-Linking Only. Both intra controls are disabled
+for Descriptive Books. Unknown actions and out-of-range menu edits remain rejected.
+
+Linking Book Intra-Linking Only blocks cross-dimension travel. Relative Link uses
+the traveller's block offset from the source world's spawn, applied to destination
+spawn, preserving destination yaw/pitch. Normal links retain their precise bound
+coordinates. Player and non-player portal travel share the new flags and relative
+coordinate helper. Descriptive relative arrivals still require proper footing.
+
+Generate Platform is off by default for Linking Books. When enabled, a successful
+link fills one missing floor block with cloud platform only if the block two above
+the arrival is air, matching the 1.21.1 helper. Existing floors are retained.
+Descriptive Books instead default to enabled and use Disable Platform internally;
+turning it off prevents fallback platform creation and refuses travel if no footed
+landing is available. Receptacle tint preparation respects that setting too.
+New flags serialize in the shared component and appear in book/panel tooltips.
+Existing three-flag books remain valid. Seed editing and Age retirement remain
+separate, unfinished station work.
+
+Version 1.0.1.128-beta.1 builds. A temporary dedicated-server fixture passed 19
+checks: menu actions/dependencies, descriptive intra rejection, numeric flag codec,
+relative offsets, platform-off/default behavior, platform placement/preservation,
+invalid input and remote edit protection. It did not perform real client travel.
+The test server stopped and its world/fixture sources were removed. The production
+JAR is rebuilt without that fixture. Manual checks: all six buttons and tooltips,
+same/cross-dimension Intra-Linking Only, Relative Link offsets, and platform on/off
+for both book types (including a new Void Age without footing). No commit, push
+or publication.
+
+
+## .129 Link Modifier mouse input repair
+
+The player reported that none of the six controls responded. Confirmed the
+26.3 input constants in the local Minecraft artifact: left/middle/right are
+1/2/3, while the custom Link Modifier handler checked the old left-button value
+0. Its server actions therefore passed the prior direct-menu fixture while
+real mouse clicks never sent an action.
+
+Replaced the manually drawn/clicked areas with six registered Minecraft Button
+widgets at the same Legacy positions. Their callbacks send the existing validated
+menu action IDs, and their custom rendering retains the square controls. Native
+input provides correct mouse mapping, focus, click sound and keyboard activation.
+All six tooltips expose their On/Off state; unavailable Descriptive Book intra
+controls remain disabled. Tooltip objects update only when state changes so their
+hover delay is not reset every tick. Book mutations/travel code is unchanged.
+
+Version 1.0.1.129-beta.1 builds. The native widget's left-button mapping and callback
+dispatch were verified in the local Minecraft bytecode. No client click test or
+new server run was performed; the previous 19 checks covered server actions, not
+client input. Please click each option with an inserted Linking Book and verify
+its selected shading and tooltip/book properties change, then repeat supported
+options with a Descriptive Book. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .130 Link Modifier seed editing
+
+Ported the 1.21.1 station's seed field into the Legacy GUI. It is visible for a
+bound Descriptive Book whose Age is still indexed, including an unloaded Age.
+The complete signed 64-bit seed synchronizes through four 16-bit menu data words;
+zero and negative seeds are not treated as missing data. Linking Books and unbound
+or retired references do not expose an editable seed.
+
+Enter/keypad Enter or clicking outside the field applies the edit; Escape closes
+without applying unfinished text. Focused typing consumes inventory/hotbar shortcuts.
+Modern InputConstants are used rather than legacy numeric key values. The bounded
+payload validates the open menu ID and expected Age ID, plus menu owner, station
+identity and distance. Invalid/overflowing input and occupied Ages are refused.
+This matches 1.21.1's ordinary creative-acquired station editing permissions.
+
+Successful edits use RuntimeAgeBackend.reseed, not a display-only book component.
+Existing chunks and book identity remain intact, while newly generated chunks use
+the changed seed. Existing backend unload/save/catalog synchronization is reused;
+frozen written choices and instability history are not rerolled. Retirement UI
+remains a later port slice.
+
+Version 1.0.1.130-beta.1 builds. A temporary dedicated-server fixture passed 16 menu/
+backend checks plus two restart checks: bound/unbound visibility, malformed/overflow
+input, stale expected Age, occupied and remote refusal, retained old terrain,
+changed index/level seed, unloaded reseeding including Long.MIN_VALUE, retained
+book identity and full restart persistence. Future-chunk height fingerprints from
+the menu-reseeded Age matched a fresh new-seed control and differed from an old-seed
+control (new=-1541880620; retained origin=924831745). The initial flat-world fixture
+could not distinguish terrain seeds; the terrain comparison used a normal-world
+fixture. All temporary test worlds and fixture sources were removed and the server
+stopped. The production JAR was rebuilt without fixtures. Client field input,
+feedback and real travel validation are delegated to the player. No commit, push
+or publication.
+
+
+## .131 Link Modifier Age retirement
+
+The player passed .130 seed editing. Ported the remaining 1.21.1 station retirement
+control through the existing 26.3 lifecycle backend. A bound, active Descriptive
+Book exposes the control only to players with modern Gamemaster (OP level 2)
+permission. The first native button arms retirement; a separate red confirmation
+button performs it. The arm and confirm actions have distinct IDs so repeating the
+initial click cannot silently confirm. Normal book editing permissions are unchanged.
+
+Confirmation is server-owned and tied to the exact Age and book components.
+Replacing/removing the book, renaming, changing properties or applying a seed edit
+clears confirmation; reopening the menu starts unarmed. Invalid, stale, non-OP and
+remote actions cannot retire an Age. The target must be empty of players, including
+the operator. A failed attempt clears confirmation and reports refusal.
+
+Successful retirement uses RuntimeAgeBackend.retire: flush/unload the target,
+persist its tombstone, archive only its directory beside the active world and
+synchronize the runtime catalog. Other Ages are retained. The inserted book keeps
+its now-dead identity, cannot reopen the retired Age, and no longer exposes seed or
+retirement controls. Storage failures reuse backend rollback and display failure.
+This follows 1.21.1 archival behavior rather than permanently erasing the files.
+
+Version 1.0.1.131-beta.1 builds. Eighteen temporary dedicated-server checks plus four
+restart checks passed: permission boundary, arm/confirm order, edits and book swaps,
+occupied/remote refusal, successful retirement, exact archive and surviving control
+Age, retained dead-book identity, repeated confirmation refusal, persisted tombstone,
+and refusal to reload/recreate after restart. Test servers were stopped and all
+worlds, archives and fixture sources removed. Production JAR rebuilt without the
+fixture. Client button visibility, tooltip/feedback, occupied refusal and travel
+through an old book are delegated to the player. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .132 failed Age-creation rollback (#99)
+
+The player passed .131 retirement. Wrapped new runtime Age setup in one rollback
+boundary: library writing, level construction/load event, weather and Accelerated
+settings, index/initial display name, instability record and initial SavedData save.
+The catalog is published only after those steps succeed. Book creation now supplies
+its initial name to this operation and no longer configures acceleration/name after
+commit. Operator/default callers retain the prior overloads.
+
+A failed attempt closes the level stores, dispatches unload cleanup, removes its
+new index/environment entries without leaving a retirement tombstone, restores the
+prior library/instability metadata and saves that restoration. It removes only the
+exact, newly allocated Age directory with a non-following tree walk. Existing Age
+storage, live levels, retired IDs and unsafe/symlink paths are refused before any
+setup. Pre-existing directories are never reused or erased. Cleanup failures are
+attached to the original exception; if stores cannot close, files are retained to
+avoid racing an active writer. Book failures are logged/reported and do not move
+the caller. This covers recoverable runtime exceptions, not arbitrary process death
+or a guarantee against persistent filesystem/I/O failure.
+
+Index entry cleanup is shared with retirement without removing the retained display
+name needed by retirement rollback. No existing Age scores, generation or settings
+are migrated. No production fault-injection command/hook was introduced.
+
+Version 1.0.1.132-beta.1 builds. A temporary dedicated fixture passed 36 checks plus
+seven restart checks. Injected failures during LevelEvent.Load, instability creation
+and late display-name validation left no live/indexed Age, restored prior writing,
+dispatched one unload and removed only the new directory. Clean retries of the same
+IDs succeeded. An existing directory marker survived refusal. A failed book-creation
+call returned no Age and left its caller in the original world. Restart confirmed
+failed metadata stayed absent while committed names/Accelerated settings persisted.
+Fixture source, worlds and servers were removed/stopped; production JAR rebuilt
+without the fixture. Client validation: create two Ages with distinct names, travel
+and restart, including a book with Accelerated pages, and confirm their names,
+settings and destinations remain independent. No commit, push or publication.
+
+
+## .133 optional JEI integration (#102)
+
+The player passed .132. Adapted the 1.21.1 JEI plugin to the current 26.3 API and
+render extraction path. At the player's request, the target is the newest published
+26.3 NeoForge build, 31.17.0.109 (JEI labels it beta), verified against its official
+Maven metadata and Modrinth release API. This supersedes the initially inspected
+installed 31.17.0.94. The latest release channel differs from the latest published
+build; this slice deliberately targets the newer 31.17.0.109 build.
+
+Added searchable component-aware Symbol Pages, all eight mixer Link Panel variants
+and category/volume Symbol Portfolios. Registered biome and eligible Block/Fluid
+pages use the same pools as Creative, including installed registry content. Runtime
+registration fills any missing world-dependent variants; Blank Pages and the empty
+base portfolio are removed from JEI's ingredient list. Future pages entering the
+shared category pools participate automatically. Shared link-panel variant creation
+now supplies both Creative and JEI.
+
+Reused the Writing and Ink Mixer recipe-guide categories, additive chance guides,
+and Ink Vial/Writing Desk/Book Binder/Ink Mixer catalysts. The port-specific mixer
+text correctly states one paper plus one ink per panel, 16 units per vial and reset
+of additives on output pickup. Added Link Modifier information, without a recipe.
+Wrapped guide text uses opaque, shadow-free rendering and extra Mixer guide height.
+These are explanatory guides; no auto-transfer handler or fictitious Blank Page
+crafting recipe is introduced.
+
+JEI is compile-only and isolated in its annotated scanner plugin. It is not bundled
+or a required runtime dependency; no common class loads its plugin. The developer
+`-PwithJei` option adds JEI locally, including its Maven dependencies. The current
+109 POM requires MezzConfig 0.6.10 (and its GUI module); the existing test instance's
+0.6.9 must be updated alongside JEI as required by the mod's distribution metadata.
+Maven repository filters include JEI and MezzConfig groups only.
+
+Version 1.0.1.133-beta.1 builds against the 109 API. A fresh dedicated server started
+without JEI or any optional mods and stopped normally; its world was removed. Client
+plugin discovery, ingredient counts/subtype uniqueness, guide rendering and category
+navigation await the player's check with JEI 31.17.0.109 and its dependencies. Other
+optional integrations remain unported; #102 is not complete. No commit, push or
+publication, and no user's instance files were replaced.
+
+
+## .134 optional TerraBlender regions (#102)
+
+The player passed .133 JEI. Ported the 1.21.1 optional TerraBlender region adapter
+to the current 26.3 API, compile-only at 26.3.0.0.9 (the latest published 26.3
+build checked on Modrinth). The core boundary never exposes TerraBlender types.
+Absent/broken optional API falls back to existing tags/native pools, with one
+warning for API failures. No content mod is required or bundled. A developer
+`-PwithTerraBlender` runtime option is available.
+
+Enumerates registered non-vanilla biome keys from Overworld and Nether regions,
+excluding TerraBlender's deferred placeholder. Overworld additions extend random
+and seed-completed Standard/Amplified/Island/Flat pools. Nether-region membership
+extends Cave-compatible selection and Cave Page classification even without an
+is_nether tag. Registry-derived Creative and JEI page pools share that result.
+Runtime Age construction primes membership before biome validation/generation;
+Nether material-rule conditions also include recognized TerraBlender Nether keys.
+
+Region scans are cached per registry access with weak keys; hot generation queries
+use weak-holder membership rather than rescanning all regions. Tags updates refresh
+the relevant registry entry, and a lowest-priority server-about-to-start callback
+refreshes after TerraBlender loads data-driven regions. Frozen saved biome pools
+are not rerolled or migrated. No mod-specific biome names are hardcoded.
+
+Both 1.21.1 and 26.3 APIs expose OVERWORLD/NETHER, but no CAVE or END region type.
+This distinction and the need for cave tags/metadata were posted and verified in
+#111 (comment 605), including Nether precedence for overlapping Cave/Nether tags,
+explicit authoring, and the planned Native Nether/End pages. This slice retains
+current Native Cave eligibility: excluding Nether from its default pool and adding
+those new pages remain #111, for both version tracks. No 1.21.1 code was changed.
+
+Version 1.0.1.134-beta.1 builds. A clean dedicated server without TerraBlender
+starts normally. A fresh server with TerraBlender 26.3.0.0.9, BOP 26.3.0.0.16 and
+GlitchCore 26.3.0.0.5 passed nine focused checks: 59 Overworld additions, five Nether
+additions, placeholder exclusion, completion pools, Cave Page placement, an injected
+Nether region referencing an untagged biome, cache removal after region removal,
+and Cave Age acceptance/reload with a modded Nether biome. No bulk generation or
+client rendering was claimed. Test servers stopped, worlds and fixture sources
+removed; production JAR rebuilt without fixtures. Client Creative/JEI placement,
+actual BOP surface/Cave terrain materials and decoration remain player checks.
+No commit, push or publication. Other #102 integrations remain incomplete.
+
+
+## .135 optional Serene Seasons per-Age policies (#102)
+
+The player passed .134. Ported 1.21.1's six modes: No Seasons, cycling Seasons,
+Eternal Winter/Summer/Fall/Spring. Uses the latest published 26.3 Serene build
+26.1.2.0.7 (QnvW5HPm) and GlitchCore 26.3.0.0.5 (pQgy3bfh), matching the test
+instance. Both APIs are compile-only behind a guarded adapter, never bundled or
+required. The developer -PwithSereneSeasons flag adds them to the local runtime.
+
+New Ages freeze an authored or seed-selected policy in separate SavedData. Omitted
+choices randomize only when Serene is installed, matching root Legacy ranks:
+Seasons weight 6, No Seasons 5 and each Eternal 1. Cave terrain always disables
+seasons. Existing Ages without a stored policy retain legacy cycling behavior
+when integration/auto-whitelisting is enabled; they are not randomly reassigned.
+No Seasons is usable without the optional mod; other seasonal pages require it.
+Singular page recovery keeps the last seasonal controller with existing penalties.
+
+The guarded adapter writes only the target Age's whitelist entry and persists it
+through Serene/GlitchCore's config API. Connected-client updates and login replay
+apply the same entries without a restart. Existing unrelated entries are retained.
+Eternal policies hold the middle sub-season in a bounded mid-season window, avoiding
+per-tick dirty data and leaving the Overworld calendar unchanged. Server config
+serene_seasons.auto_whitelist_ages defaults true, matching 1.21.1: explicit policies
+still apply when disabled, while existing whitelist entries are not removed merely
+by disabling automatic behavior.
+
+Policy selection participates in creation rollback before catalog publication;
+optional whitelist changes happen only after successful creation. Reload/reseed
+reuse the frozen policy. Retirement removes its whitelist entry only after backend
+retirement succeeds, while policy history can remain in global metadata. Client
+messages are limited to Rivencraft Age IDs. Compatibility failures log once rather
+than flood every level tick. No Ecliptic Seasons support is added.
+
+Version 1.0.1.135-beta.1 builds. A clean dedicated server starts without optional
+mods. With Serene/GlitchCore, 25 checks passed on creation and 22 after full restart:
+all six saved modes/whitelist policies, each eternal mid-season and recovery from a
+changed cycle value, unchanged Overworld season data, unrelated whitelist entries,
+deterministic omitted choices, no random choice when the mod is absent, and Cave
+suppression. The initial restart assertion was corrected to allow the deliberate
+mid-season hold window inherited from 1.21.1. Test worlds/fixtures were removed and
+servers stopped; production JAR rebuilt without fixtures. Client visual effects,
+reconnect/live whitelist synchronization, normal season progression, authoring and
+retirement with a real connected client remain player validation. No commit, push
+or publication; other #102 integrations remain open.
+
+
+### Optional Ruins template pages — 1.0.1.136-beta.1
+
+The preceding Serene Seasons slice passed the player's in-game check. Ruins now
+uses the 1.21.1 exact-template bridge: each unambiguous installed `.tml` filename
+gets a dynamic glyph page in a Ruins creative tab, portfolios, and JEI's page pool.
+Names preserve case and Unicode through reversible IDs. Discovery reads Ruins'
+active `config/ruins_config` directory, with its bundled archive as the first-launch
+fallback. Duplicate basenames disable the bridge because Ruins' event cannot
+identify which directory supplied the template.
+
+Authored template choices and all duplicate counts are frozen in the Age's terrain
+feature plan and restored before its load event. Only selected templates pass the
+Age dimension and pre-spawn gates; other worlds retain Ruins' own behavior. Ruins'
+biome/surface/distance requirements remain applicable. Copies multiply template
+weight and increase attempts by one per extra page, capped at 32 attempts without
+lowering an explicitly higher Ruins configuration. The first three copies are free;
+each later copy adds 100 instability, including copies beyond the attempt cap.
+Material pages do not modify Ruins structures. Unloading clears bridge state and
+reloading restores it; optional Ruins classes are not loaded when the mod is absent.
+
+The reproducible compile-only baseline is Ruins 26.3.1NF (CurseForge file 8962119);
+the installed Ruins 26.3.2NF was used for integration validation. For development,
+`-PwithRuins` adds the baseline runtime, or combine it with
+`-PruinsJar=/absolute/path/to/ruins-26.3.2NF.jar` to run a local current build.
+Neither dependency is bundled or required to run Rivencraft.
+
+Build and clean dedicated-server startup without Ruins passed. With Ruins 26.3.2NF,
+21 checks passed on creation and 10 after restart, covering 25 discovered templates,
+creative/JEI pool parity, readable/case-sensitive IDs, authoring, codec roundtrip,
+50 retained copies, attempt limits, 4,700 excess-page instability, exact template
+filtering, both dimension gates, spawn-event veto, and a real Tiki Head placement
+(149 non-air blocks counted in the checked volume). Restart, unload, and reload
+retained the counts. Temporary fixtures and test worlds were removed; test servers
+were stopped. Client glyph/GUI checks and natural spawning while exploring an Age
+remain player validation. No commit, push, or publication; #102 remains open.

ports/mc263/RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.120-beta.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Rivencraft 26.3 beta 1.0.1.120-beta.1
+
+Collects the player-validated .116–.120 port slices since 1.0.1.115-beta.1.
+For Minecraft 26.3, NeoForge 26.3.0.99 and Java 25. The independent 1.21.1
+release is unchanged; full gameplay and optional-integration parity remain incomplete.
+
+## Libraries and writing
+
+- Ported Legacy library generation, shared schematic, chest loot and five correctly
+  oriented book/page stands. Libraries generate after decoration in eligible new
+  non-Cave Age chunks, using the 1.21.1 spacing, terrain and clearance checks.
+- Library loot defaults to `LEGACY`; optional `AGE_ONLY` limits new library Pages
+  to known symbols originally written into that Age. Original writing is saved
+  separately and restored on reload. Older Ages without it have an empty Age-only
+  pool. Ordinary Books replace stand Pages when that pool is empty.
+- Added operator library placement, candidate/probe/loot diagnostics, session-only
+  test spacing and a locator limited to nearby already-loaded chunks.
+- Hand-prepared Link Panel ink cost is server-configurable (default two). The
+  Ink Mixer still consumes one ink unit and one paper per panel. Writing Desk
+  ink handling now uses the shared service.
+
+## Crystal portals
+
+- Ported craftable Book Receptacles with all six mounting orientations and the
+  existing 1.21.1 model/book transforms. A bound Linking or Descriptive Book
+  activates a valid connected crystal frame, including supported irregular frames.
+- Reused the bounded crystal flood/tension algorithm, placement protection events,
+  rollback, owner persistence, restart repair, frame cleanup and traversal cooldown.
+- Empty-hand removal closes the portal and returns the book. Breaking the holder
+  or its crystal support closes it and drops a recoverable open-book entity.
+- Player and non-player travel reuse book destinations, safe arrival, Intra-Linking,
+  Disarm and momentum rules. Descriptive Books share the same landing resolver
+  with portals; no separate portal exit offset is added. Player Return Link policy
+  and progression remain in force.
+- The animated fallback surface renders its facing sides and uses destination sky
+  tint. The Open Portal advancement and receptacle recipe unlock are restored.
+  Live destination views are still pending optional integration work.
+
+## Instability and colored decay
+
+- New Ages save operator-only creation-time score contributions and deterministic
+  provider selections using all five Legacy decks. Existing Ages remain neutral;
+  reloads/config changes do not reroll stored plans.
+- Initial scoring covers Bright Lighting, Accelerated, Corrupted Pages, ineffective
+  Cave sky/weather modifiers, excess and biome-forced structures, and extra suns.
+  Corrupted Pages now bind successfully and retain their animated redacted text.
+- Ported 18 potion providers: local/global Blindness, Fatigue, Hunger, Nausea,
+  Poison, Slowness, Weakness and Wither, plus hostile Regeneration/Resistance.
+  General effects affect eligible Survival/Adventure players and living entities;
+  Creative/Spectator remain exempt. Local variants require sky exposure.
+- Added a bounded occupied-Age scheduler, owned-effect cleanup, provider controls
+  and operator score/status, enable/disable, session test-score and pulse commands.
+  Effects supplied or extended by another source are preserved.
+- Ported Blue, Purple, Red and White decay with the existing 16x16 textures,
+  hardness/air conversion odds, saved per-color frontiers and attempt sequence.
+  White retains stepping-contact magic damage. Decay has no item form or drops.
+- Spread uses only already-loaded candidate chunks, bounded attempts and action
+  budgets. Fluids, block entities, critical/unbreakable blocks, infrastructure,
+  protected tags and claim events prevent conversion.
+- The first resolved book/portal arrival is saved for spawn protection. Re-enter
+  an older Age once to record it. Global/Age/provider and world-mutation controls
+  gate spread; existing decay blocks remain when spreading is disabled.
+- Test a color with `/rivencraft_port instability decay blue 32` (also `purple`,
+  `red`, `white`); output includes actual changes and nearby tracked coordinates.
+  Scores are not added to ordinary book or Binder displays.
+
+## Validation and remaining work
+
+Player in-game checks passed .116–.120. Both the 26.3 and 1.21.1 builds passed;
+Gradle has no standalone test sources. Targeted disposable dedicated-server checks
+covered library placement, portal entity travel and restart ownership/cleanup,
+potion application/cleanup and persistence, all four decay colors, saved spread
+continuation, and bedrock/fluid protection. Test servers were stopped and their
+worlds removed.
+
+Full writing recovery/penalties, live material-abundance profiling, other instability
+hazards, remaining discovery/stations and optional integrations still need port work.
+Unported hazard cards remain saved and are reported as unavailable, rather than
+being replaced with different cards. Book previews remain the animated fallback.
+Machine acceleration (#112), Writing Desk model placement (#113), and the matching
+1.21.1 universal dropped-book fix (#114) remain tracked separately.
+
+Use matching client/server beta builds (catalog protocol 10). Keep Minecraft tracks
+and saves separate, back up beta worlds, and do not downgrade saves containing new
+blocks or data to earlier betas.

ports/mc263/RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.129-beta.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Rivencraft 26.3 beta 1.0.1.129-beta.1
+
+Collects the player-validated .121–.129 port slices since 1.0.1.120-beta.1.
+For Minecraft 26.3, NeoForge 26.3.0.99 and Java 25. The independent Minecraft
+1.21.1 release is unchanged. Full parity and optional integrations remain in progress.
+
+## Instability hazards and live profiling
+
+- Ported lightning, explosions, falling meteor effects, burning and erosion with
+  bounded loaded-chunk scans, spawn protection, claim events and configurable
+  world/entity damage. Meteor flight uses the existing sound and particle effects.
+- Natural hazards choose randomized locations; operator test commands provide
+  targeted checks with independent cooldowns. Erosion retains its requested testing
+  default of enabled above 10,000 effective instability, outside the Legacy deck.
+- Ported persistent live material profiling, including native ores, valuable blocks,
+  recognized installed-mod materials and configurable modded block weight overrides.
+  No content mod is required. Profiling starts scoring after 401 Age and 500
+  Overworld baseline samples, with bounded gradual background sampling while an
+  eligible Age is occupied. A chunk snapshot is counted once.
+- Effective instability and deterministic provider selection now update as material
+  abundance is measured; the original writing contribution remains frozen. Added
+  difficulty scaling and operator-only sampling/score diagnostics. Older neutral
+  Ages remain neutral. Normal book/Binder screens do not reveal scores.
+
+## Ordered writing recovery
+
+- Repeated singular terrain, distribution, weather, lighting and sky controllers
+  use the last choice, adding 500 instability per duplicate/conflict. Category-order
+  mistakes add 100. Native distribution ignores supplied biomes; Single retains the
+  first biome when too many are supplied, with conflict penalties.
+- Repeated celestial modifiers use the final pending value of each kind. Dangling
+  modifiers and misplaced/trailing numbers allow binding and add 100 instability.
+  Numbers only attach to the immediately following supported target.
+- Preserved original book/library pages, ordered color mixing and independent
+  celestial chains. A trailing modifier cannot change an earlier sun or moon.
+  Unported pages, unsupported combinations and body limits remain enforced.
+
+## Link Modifier station
+
+- Added the creative-only Link Modifier with its existing model, textures and
+  Legacy single-book GUI. There is no crafting recipe.
+- Books can be renamed and edited through all six controls: Disarm, Intra-Linking,
+  Intra-Linking Only, Maintain Momentum, Relative Link and Generate Platform.
+- Intra-Linking Only enables Intra-Linking and prevents cross-dimension Linking
+  Book travel. Both intra controls are unavailable for Descriptive Books.
+- Relative Link preserves the traveller's offset from the source dimension spawn
+  at the destination spawn. Linking Book platform generation defaults off;
+  Descriptive Book fallback platforms default on and can be disabled.
+- Player and non-player portal paths share the new properties. Book contents and
+  flags persist in the station. Removal releases its stored book.
+- Fixed the controls ignoring real clicks: 26.3 left-click is button 1, not 0.
+  Registered native button widgets now handle input, focus, sound and state tooltips.
+
+## Validation and remaining work
+
+The player passed every included slice, including the six controls and click fix.
+Both Minecraft builds pass (no standalone Gradle test sources). Targeted temporary
+checks covered grammar/celestial recovery, component serialization, station actions,
+platform rules and dedicated-server save/restart behavior. Live profiling was checked
+with real snapshots plus synthetic threshold records; natural gameplay was validated
+by the player. Temporary servers were stopped and their test worlds removed.
+
+Link Modifier seed editing/retirement, remaining discovery/config policy and optional
+integrations are not complete. Live previews remain unavailable; books and portals
+use the animated fallback. Crumble has no active 1.21.1 handler and is not invented
+in this port. The dual-version follow-up issues and full multiplayer/parity gate
+remain open. Use matching client/server beta builds and keep Minecraft version
+tracks and their saves separate.

ports/mc263/RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.1.136-beta.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Rivencraft 26.3 beta 1.0.1.136-beta.1
+
+Collects the player-validated .130–.136 port slices since 1.0.1.129-beta.1.
+For Minecraft 26.3, NeoForge 26.3.0.99 and Java 25. The Minecraft 1.21.1
+release and its Dynamic Dimensions backend are unchanged. This remains an
+incomplete beta port; use matching client/server builds and separate saves.
+
+## Link Modifier and Age creation
+
+- Edit a Descriptive Book Age's full signed 64-bit seed. Existing chunks remain;
+  newly generated terrain uses the new seed. Occupied Ages and stale/remote menu
+  requests are refused. Seed input supports Enter or focus loss without game keys
+  taking over while typing.
+- Operators can retire an unoccupied Age through a separate confirmation action.
+  Its exact dimension directory is archived under `world-retired-ages`; the Age
+  is tombstoned and cannot reload after restart. Other Age data remains intact.
+- Failed Age creation now rolls back the new level, index, initial name, library
+  writing, instability and season policy before publishing the catalog. Cleanup
+  removes only the newly created directory; pre-existing storage is protected.
+  Persistent filesystem failures or process crashes are not transactional guarantees.
+
+## Optional integrations
+
+All integrations remain optional and are never bundled.
+
+- **JEI:** searchable symbol pages, Link Panel variants and portfolios, with Ink
+  Mixer/Writing Desk/Book Binder guidance. Internal Blank Pages and empty portfolios
+  remain hidden. Tested with JEI 31.17.0.109 and MezzConfig 0.7.1.
+- **TerraBlender:** recognizes registered Overworld and Nether region biomes from
+  installed biome mods, including Biomes O' Plenty. Nether-region biomes join the
+  Cave-compatible authoring pool and use Nether material rules. Tested with
+  TerraBlender 26.3.0.0.9 and Biomes O' Plenty 26.3.0.0.16. The requested Native Cave
+  pool changes and Native Nether/End pages remain separate work in #111.
+- **Serene Seasons:** No Seasons, Seasons and all four Eternal modes operate per
+  Age. Missing policies are seed-selected only when Serene is installed; Cave Ages
+  disable seasons. Dynamic whitelist updates synchronize without restarting, while
+  eternal policies leave the Overworld calendar unchanged. Tested with Serene
+  Seasons 26.1.2.0.7 and GlitchCore 26.3.0.0.5.
+- **Ruins:** exact-template pages appear in creative and JEI. Authored Ages permit
+  only their selected templates; Ruins' surface, biome and distance checks remain.
+  Duplicate pages increase selection weight and attempts (32-attempt cap, without
+  lowering higher Ruins settings). The first three copies are free; each later
+  copy adds 100 instability, even beyond the attempt cap. Tested with Ruins
+  26.3.2NF. Duplicate template basenames disable the bridge to prevent ambiguity.
+
+## Validation and remaining work
+
+Both Minecraft builds pass. Every included slice passed player in-game checks;
+the latest client log confirms JEI, TerraBlender/BOP, Serene/GlitchCore and Ruins
+loaded together. Disposable dedicated-server checks covered seed changes with
+unchanged old chunks, retirement/archive isolation, injected creation failures,
+optional-mod absence, region discovery, season policies, Ruins template placement
+and restart/unload/reload persistence. Test fixtures/worlds were removed and test
+servers stopped. No permanent game tests were added.
+
+Books and crystal portals still use animated fallback previews. Live destination
+renderers, remaining discovery/configuration parity and random-Age glyph descriptions
+remain unfinished. The current expanded-catalog dedicated two-client regression
+and full parity/release gates remain open. Shared 1.21.1/26.3 follow-up issues are
+not complete merely because one version's implementation works.

ports/mc263/build.gradle

@@ -3,6 +3,39 @@ plugins {
     id 'net.neoforged.moddev' version '2.0.148'
 }
 
+repositories {
+    maven { url = 'https://www.cursemaven.com'; content { includeGroup 'curse.maven' } }
+    maven { url = 'https://api.modrinth.com/maven'; content { includeGroup 'maven.modrinth' } }
+    maven {
+        name = 'TerraBlenderMaven'
+        url = 'https://maven.minecraftforge.net/releases/'
+        content { includeGroup 'com.github.glitchfiend' }
+    }
+    maven {
+        name = 'JaredsMaven'
+        url = 'https://maven.blamejared.com'
+        content { includeGroup 'mezz.jei'; includeGroup 'net.mezzdev.config' }
+    }
+}
+dependencies {
+    // Compile against the 26.3 baseline API; a local current Ruins JAR can override it.
+    def ruinsDependency = project.hasProperty('ruinsJar') ? files(project.property('ruinsJar'))
+            : 'curse.maven:ruins-227873:8962119'
+    compileOnly ruinsDependency
+    if (project.hasProperty('withRuins')) localRuntime ruinsDependency
+    compileOnly "maven.modrinth:e0bNACJD:${serene_seasons_version_id}"
+    compileOnly "maven.modrinth:s3dmwKy5:${glitchcore_version_id}"
+    if (project.hasProperty('withSereneSeasons')) {
+        localRuntime "maven.modrinth:e0bNACJD:${serene_seasons_version_id}"
+        localRuntime "maven.modrinth:s3dmwKy5:${glitchcore_version_id}"
+    }
+    compileOnly "com.github.glitchfiend:TerraBlender-neoforge:${minecraft_version}-${terrablender_version}"
+    if (project.hasProperty('withTerraBlender')) localRuntime "com.github.glitchfiend:TerraBlender-neoforge:${minecraft_version}-${terrablender_version}"
+    // Plugin-only API dependency: JEI is never bundled or required at runtime.
+    compileOnly "mezz.jei:jei-${minecraft_version}-neoforge-api:${jei_version}"
+    if (project.hasProperty('withJei')) localRuntime "mezz.jei:jei-${minecraft_version}-neoforge:${jei_version}"
+}
+
 group = 'net.dnorberg.rivencraft'
 version = mod_version
 
@@ -193,6 +226,10 @@ tasks.named('processResources', ProcessResources).configure {
         include 'data/rivencraft/worldgen/structure_set/bastions.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/models/block/star_fissure.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/star_fissure.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/decay.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/models/block/decay_*.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/decay_*.png'
+        include 'data/rivencraft/tags/block/decay_protected.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/sounds.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/sounds/**/*.ogg'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/item/crystal_shard.png'
@@ -221,7 +258,6 @@ tasks.named('processResources', ProcessResources).configure {
         include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/writing_desk.json'
         include 'data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/writing_desk.json'
         include 'data/rivencraft/advancement/progression/*.json'
-        exclude 'data/rivencraft/advancement/progression/open_portal.json'
         exclude 'data/rivencraft/advancement/progression/root.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/item/ink_vial.png.mcmeta'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/models/item/ink_vial.json'
@@ -241,6 +277,12 @@ tasks.named('processResources', ProcessResources).configure {
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/book_binder.png'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/book_binder_press.png'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/gui/book_binder_legacy.png'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/gui/link_modifier_legacy.png'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/link_modifier_*.png'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/models/block/link_modifier.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/models/item/link_modifier.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/link_modifier.json'
+        include 'data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/link_modifier.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/gui/ink_mixer_legacy.png'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/inkwell_base.png'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/inkwell_cup.png'
@@ -253,8 +295,19 @@ tasks.named('processResources', ProcessResources).configure {
         include 'assets/rivencraft/models/block/book_binder.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/models/item/book_binder.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/book_binder.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/book_receptacle.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/crystal_portal.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/models/block/book_receptacle.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/models/block/crystal_portal.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/models/item/book_receptacle.json'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/book_receptacle.png'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/crystal_portal.png'
+        include 'assets/rivencraft/textures/block/crystal_portal.png.mcmeta'
+        include 'data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/book_receptacle.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/book_stand.json'
         include 'data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/book_stand.json'
+        include 'data/rivencraft/loot_table/chests/mystcraft_library.json'
+        include 'data/rivencraft/structure/mystcraft_library.nbt'
         include 'data/rivencraft/loot_table/blocks/book_binder.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/models/block/crystal_block.json'
         include 'assets/rivencraft/blockstates/crystal_block.json'

ports/mc263/gradle.properties

@@ -7,4 +7,11 @@ neo_version=26.3.0.99
 mod_id=rivencraft
 mod_name=Rivencraft
 mod_license=LGPL-3.0-or-later
-mod_version=1.0.1.115-beta.1
+mod_version=1.0.1.136-beta.1
+
+jei_version=31.17.0.109
+
+terrablender_version=26.3.0.0.9
+
+serene_seasons_version_id=QnvW5HPm
+glitchcore_version_id=pQgy3bfh

ports/mc263/port_en_us.json

@@ -106,5 +106,9 @@
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.ruined_portals.description": "Allow ruined portals in noise terrain, including Cave, regardless of normal biome eligibility.",
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.nether_fossils.description": "Allow Nether fossils in Cave terrain; the authored page overrides biome eligibility.",
   "symbol.rivencraft.feature.ancient_cities.description": "Allow underground Ancient Cities in noise terrain, including Cave, regardless of biome eligibility.",
-  "symbol.rivencraft.feature.trail_ruins.description": "Allow Trail Ruins in surface noise terrain, including outside their usual biomes."
+  "symbol.rivencraft.feature.trail_ruins.description": "Allow Trail Ruins in surface noise terrain, including outside their usual biomes.",
+  "jei.rivencraft.ink_mixer.usage": "Paper + ink makes a Link Panel. Each panel uses one paper and one ink. A vial supplies 16 ink and returns a glass bottle; additives reset when a panel is taken.",
+  "jei.rivencraft.link_modifier": "Creative-only tool; no crafting recipe. Insert a book to rename it and edit link properties. Bound Descriptive Books also allow seed editing while their Age is empty. Age retirement requires OP permission and a separate confirmation; its data is archived.",
+  "symbol.rivencraft.ruins.description": "Generates this Ruins template. Repeated pages increase its selection weight and spawn attempts.",
+  "itemGroup.rivencraft.pages.ruins": "Rivencraft Ruins Pages"
 }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/PortConfig.java

@@ -4,23 +4,38 @@ import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.ModConfigSpec;
 
 /** Server-owned gameplay policies adapted from 1.21.1. */
 public final class PortConfig {
+    public enum LibraryLootMode { LEGACY, AGE_ONLY }
+    public static final ModConfigSpec.EnumValue<LibraryLootMode> LIBRARY_LOOT_MODE;
     public enum ReturnLinkMode { ON_CREATION, ALWAYS, DISABLED }
     public static final ModConfigSpec SPEC;
+    public static final ModConfigSpec.BooleanValue AUTO_WHITELIST_SERENE_AGES;
     public static final ModConfigSpec.IntValue SYMBOL_INK_COST;
+    public static final ModConfigSpec.IntValue LINK_PANEL_INK_COST;
     public static final ModConfigSpec.EnumValue<ReturnLinkMode> RETURN_LINK_MODE;
     public static final ModConfigSpec.IntValue ACCELERATED_MAX_CHUNKS;
     public static final ModConfigSpec.IntValue ACCELERATED_MAX_ATTEMPTS;
 
     static {
         var builder = new ModConfigSpec.Builder();
+        builder.push("serene_seasons");
+        AUTO_WHITELIST_SERENE_AGES = builder.comment("Automatically whitelist Ages with seed-selected/legacy cycling seasons. Explicit pages still apply; existing entries are preserved when disabled.")
+                .define("auto_whitelist_ages", true);
+        builder.pop();
         builder.push("descriptive_books");
         RETURN_LINK_MODE = builder.comment("Controls automatic Return Links for successful Descriptive Book travel.",
                 "ON_CREATION issues one on the first arrival per Age/world; ALWAYS issues one each arrival; DISABLED issues none.")
                 .defineEnum("return_link_mode", ReturnLinkMode.DISABLED);
         builder.pop();
+        builder.push("libraries");
+        LIBRARY_LOOT_MODE = builder.comment("LEGACY uses writing supplies/Sealed Notebooks and random lectern pages; AGE_ONLY uses only pages written into this Age.")
+                .defineEnum("loot_mode", LibraryLootMode.LEGACY);
+        builder.pop();
         builder.push("writing");
         SYMBOL_INK_COST = builder.comment("Ink units consumed for one Writing Desk symbol copy.")
                 .defineInRange("symbol_ink_cost", 1, 1, 16);
+        LINK_PANEL_INK_COST = builder.comment("Ink units consumed when preparing one baseline Link Panel by hand with paper.",
+                "The Ink Mixer uses one ink unit per panel independently of this setting.")
+                .defineInRange("link_panel_ink_cost", 2, 1, 16);
         builder.pop();
         builder.push("accelerated_age");
         ACCELERATED_MAX_CHUNKS = builder.comment("Maximum already-loaded player-nearby chunks given extra random ticks per Age tick.")
@@ -28,6 +43,7 @@ public final class PortConfig {
         ACCELERATED_MAX_ATTEMPTS = builder.comment("Maximum extra random-tick positions sampled per Age tick, shared fairly across loaded sections; zero disables Accelerated.")
                 .defineInRange("max_random_tick_attempts_per_tick", 16384, 0, 65536);
         builder.pop();
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortInstabilityConfig.define(builder);
         SPEC = builder.build();
     }
 

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/Rivencraft.java

@@ -131,6 +131,23 @@ public final class Rivencraft {
             BLOCKS.registerBlock("cloud_platform", net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.CloudPlatformBlock::new,
                     () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.AMETHYST_BLOCK)
                             .mapColor(MapColor.COLOR_BLUE).strength(0.3F).noLootTable());
+    public static final DeferredBlock<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookReceptacleBlock> BOOK_RECEPTACLE =
+            BLOCKS.registerBlock("book_receptacle", net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookReceptacleBlock::new,
+                    () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.AMETHYST_BLOCK).noOcclusion().mapColor(MapColor.COLOR_BLUE));
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> BOOK_RECEPTACLE_ITEM = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(BOOK_RECEPTACLE);
+    public static final DeferredBlock<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.CrystalPortalBlock> CRYSTAL_PORTAL =
+            BLOCKS.registerBlock("crystal_portal", net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.CrystalPortalBlock::new,
+                    () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.NETHER_PORTAL)
+                            .noCollision().noOcclusion().lightLevel(state -> 11).noLootTable());
+    public static final Supplier<BlockEntityType<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity>> BOOK_RECEPTACLE_BLOCK_ENTITY =
+            BLOCK_ENTITY_TYPES.register("book_receptacle", () -> new BlockEntityType<>(
+                    net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity::new, BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get()));
+    public static final Supplier<BlockEntityType<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity>> CRYSTAL_PORTAL_BLOCK_ENTITY =
+            BLOCK_ENTITY_TYPES.register("crystal_portal", () -> new BlockEntityType<>(
+                    net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity::new, CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get()));
+    public static final DeferredBlock<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.DecayBlock> DECAY =
+            BLOCKS.registerBlock("decay", net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.DecayBlock::new,
+                    () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.STONE).strength(5.0F, 10.0F).noLootTable());
     public static final DeferredBlock<StarFissureBlock> STAR_FISSURE =
             BLOCKS.registerBlock("star_fissure", StarFissureBlock::new,
                     () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.END_PORTAL).lightLevel(state -> 6));
@@ -147,6 +164,15 @@ public final class Rivencraft {
             "book_binder", PortBookBinderBlock::new,
             () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.CRAFTING_TABLE).noOcclusion());
     public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> BOOK_BINDER_ITEM = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(BOOK_BINDER);
+    public static final DeferredBlock<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.LinkModifierBlock> LINK_MODIFIER = BLOCKS.registerBlock(
+            "link_modifier", net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.LinkModifierBlock::new,
+            () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.STONE).noOcclusion());
+    public static final DeferredItem<BlockItem> LINK_MODIFIER_ITEM = ITEMS.registerSimpleBlockItem(LINK_MODIFIER);
+    public static final Supplier<BlockEntityType<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.LinkModifierBlockEntity>> LINK_MODIFIER_BLOCK_ENTITY =
+            BLOCK_ENTITY_TYPES.register("link_modifier", () -> new BlockEntityType<>(
+                    net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.LinkModifierBlockEntity::new, LINK_MODIFIER.get()));
+    public static final Supplier<MenuType<net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu.LinkModifierMenu>> LINK_MODIFIER_MENU =
+            MENUS.register("link_modifier", () -> IMenuTypeExtension.create(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu.LinkModifierMenu::new));
     public static final DeferredBlock<InkMixerBlock> INK_MIXER = BLOCKS.registerBlock(
             "ink_mixer", InkMixerBlock::new,
             () -> BlockBehaviour.Properties.ofFullCopy(Blocks.CRAFTING_TABLE).noOcclusion());
@@ -222,6 +248,7 @@ public final class Rivencraft {
         MENUS.register(modEventBus);
         COMPONENTS.register(modEventBus);
         RECIPE_SERIALIZERS.register(modEventBus);
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsCompatibility.register();
         ModCreativeTabs.register(modEventBus);
         PortBiomeSources.register(modEventBus);
         PortChunkGenerators.register(modEventBus);
@@ -229,12 +256,23 @@ public final class Rivencraft {
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeWeather::onLevelTickPre);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAcceleratedTicks::onLevelTickPost);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(PortAgeCommands::register);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes::onTagsUpdated);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.neoforged.bus.api.EventPriority.LOWEST,
+                net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes::onServerAboutToStart);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.event.BookStandConversionHandler::onRightClickBlock);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(AgeCatalogSync::onLogin);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility::onLevelLoad);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility::onLogin);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility::onLevelTickPost);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(AgeCatalogSync::onLogout);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(AgeCatalogSync::onServerStopped);
         modEventBus.addListener(AgeCatalogSync::registerPayloads);
         modEventBus.addListener(PortBookNetworking::registerPayloads);
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortStatusEffectProviders.register();
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDecayProviders.register();
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortHazardProviders.register();
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortMeteorProvider.register();
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortEnvironmentalProviders.register();
         LOGGER.info("Initializing Rivencraft 26.3 port slice (not release-ready)");
     }
 }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/advancement/ProgressionAdvancements.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 
 /** Awards action-only progression after the server has committed the action. */
 public final class ProgressionAdvancements {
+    public static final String OPEN_PORTAL = "open_portal";
     public static final String LINK_PANEL = "link_panel";
     public static final String COPY_PAGE = "copy_page";
     public static final String BIND_AGE = "bind_age";

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/AgeLevelIndex.java

@@ -182,8 +182,15 @@ final class AgeLevelIndex extends SavedData {
         setDirty();
     }
 
-    void retire(Identifier id) {
-        if (ages.remove(id) == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age not indexed: " + id);
+    /** Failed creation is not retirement: release the new identity for a clean retry. */
+    void discardCreation(Identifier id) {
+        if (retired.contains(id)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot discard a retired Age: " + id);
+        removeActive(id);
+        displayNames.remove(id);
+        setDirty();
+    }
+    private void removeActive(Identifier id) {
+        ages.remove(id);
         biomeOverrides.remove(id);
         biomePlans.remove(id);
         terrain.remove(id);
@@ -196,6 +203,10 @@ final class AgeLevelIndex extends SavedData {
         sky.remove(id);
         colors.remove(id);
         dayCycles.remove(id);
+    }
+    void retire(Identifier id) {
+        if (!ages.containsKey(id)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age not indexed: " + id);
+        removeActive(id);
         retired.add(id);
         setDirty();
     }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/InstabilityProviderCatalog.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+/** Frozen Legacy 0.13.7.06 deck cards and default activation costs, not effect implementations. */
+public final class InstabilityProviderCatalog {
+    public enum Deck {
+        BASIC(0), HARSH(2_500), DESTRUCTIVE(10_000), EATING(15_000), DEATH(20_000);
+
+        private final int entryCost;
+
+        Deck(int entryCost) { this.entryCost = entryCost; }
+        public int entryCost() { return entryCost; }
+    }
+
+    public record Card(Identifier id, int cost) {
+        public Card {
+            if (cost <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Provider cost must be positive");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final List<List<Card>> DECKS = createDecks();
+
+    private InstabilityProviderCatalog() {}
+
+    public static List<Card> cards(Deck deck) { return DECKS.get(deck.ordinal()); }
+
+    public static boolean contains(Identifier id) {
+        return DECKS.stream().flatMap(List::stream).anyMatch(card -> card.id().equals(id));
+    }
+
+    private static List<List<Card>> createDecks() {
+        List<List<Card>> decks = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Deck ignored : Deck.values()) decks.add(new ArrayList<>());
+        add(decks, "blindness", 1000, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0);
+        add(decks, "blindness_global", 1500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);
+        add(decks, "enemyregen_global", 1000, 5, 2, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "enemyresist_global", 1000, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "fatigue", 500, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "fatigue_global", 1000, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "hunger", 500, 8, 2, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "hunger_global", 1000, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "nausea", 1000, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0);
+        add(decks, "nausea_global", 1500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);
+        add(decks, "poison", 500, 9, 3, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "poison_global", 1000, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "slow", 500, 6, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "slow_global", 1000, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "weakness", 500, 8, 2, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "weakness_global", 1000, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "wither", 1000, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0);
+        add(decks, "wither_global", 2000, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1);
+        add(decks, "burning", 500, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "crumble", 2000, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "decayblue", 2000, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1);
+        add(decks, "decaypurple", 2000, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1);
+        add(decks, "decayred", 2000, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1);
+        add(decks, "decaywhite", 5000, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3);
+        add(decks, "explosions", 1000, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "lightning", 1000, 0, 4, 4, 0, 0);
+        add(decks, "meteors", 1000, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0);
+        return decks.stream().map(List::copyOf).toList();
+    }
+
+    private static void add(List<List<Card>> decks, String path, int cost, int... copies) {
+        Card card = new Card(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, path), cost);
+        for (Deck deck : Deck.values()) {
+            for (int copy = 0; copy < copies[deck.ordinal()]; copy++) decks.get(deck.ordinal()).add(card);
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortAgeColors.java

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public record PortAgeColors(int sky, int ambient, int celestial) {
     }
 
     public static PortAgeColors compile(List<Identifier> pages, long seed) {
-        if (!validNumbers(pages)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Number pages must precede a supported Color, Length, Phase, Angle, or Size modifier");
+        // Numbers only attach to the immediately following target. Misplaced
+        // numbers are diagnosed by PortWritingRecovery, never moved to a later color.
         int red = 0, green = 0, blue = 0, sky = -1, ambient = -1, celestial = -1;
         boolean written = false;
         for (int i = 0; i < pages.size(); i++) {

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortAgeCommands.java

@@ -819,8 +819,8 @@ public final class PortAgeCommands {
                     || new PortDayCycle(true, 2, 0).ticks(12000) != 6000
                     || new PortDayCycle(true, 0, 321).ticks(-123456) != 321
                     || new PortDayCycle(true, 0, 321).ticks(123456) != 321
-                    || PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(symbol.apply("period/half")))
-                    || PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(PortDayCycle.NORMAL_TIME, symbol.apply("period/half"))))
+                    || !PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(symbol.apply("period/half")))
+                    || !PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(PortDayCycle.NORMAL_TIME, symbol.apply("period/half"))))
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Day cycle fixture failed");
             var server = context.getSource().getServer();
             var biomes = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortAuthoredWriting.biomePlan(pages, server.registryAccess());
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ public final class PortAgeCommands {
                         || Math.abs(moving.bodyAngle(origin + 100) + 3F) > 0.0001F
                         || !PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(target, PortDayCycle.NORMAL_TIME))
                         || !PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(target, target))
-                        || PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(target, symbol.apply("size/large"))))
+                        || !PortDayCycle.validWriting(java.util.List.of(target, symbol.apply("size/large"))))
                     throw new IllegalStateException("Single-body modifier/order invariant failed");
             }
             var older = PortDayCycle.CODEC.parse(com.mojang.serialization.JsonOps.INSTANCE,

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortAgeLevel.java

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ final class PortAgeLevel extends ServerLevel {
         return ageWeather == null ? super.getWeatherData() : ageWeather;
     }
 
+    boolean caveTerrain() { return cave; }
+
     PortWeatherMode weatherMode() { return cave ? PortWeatherMode.OFF : weatherSettings.mode(); }
 
     void configureWeather(PortWeatherMode mode) {

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortAgeTravel.java

@@ -18,26 +18,45 @@ public final class PortAgeTravel {
     }
 
     public static String enter(ServerPlayer player, Identifier id) {
+        return enter(player, id, net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties.NONE);
+    }
+    public static String enter(ServerPlayer player, Identifier id, net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties properties) {
         ServerLevel target = player.level().getServer().getLevel(ResourceKey.create(Registries.DIMENSION, id));
         if (target == null) return "Age not loaded: " + id;
         if (!AgeCatalogSync.ready(player, id)) {
             return "Age catalog not acknowledged by client; remaining in source dimension";
         }
+        BlockPos landing = resolveLanding(target, player, properties);
+        if (landing == null) return "No safe landing available; remaining in source dimension";
+        boolean moved = player.teleportTo(target, landing.getX() + 0.5, landing.getY(), landing.getZ() + 0.5,
+                Set.of(), player.getYRot(), player.getXRot(), true);
+        return moved ? null : "Teleportation failed; remaining in source dimension";
+    }
+
+    public static BlockPos resolveLanding(ServerLevel target) { return resolveLanding(target, true); }
+    public static BlockPos resolveLanding(ServerLevel target, net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity entity,
+                                          net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties properties) {
+        BlockPos landing = resolveLanding(target, !properties.has(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties.DISABLE_PLATFORM));
+        if (landing == null || !properties.has(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties.RELATIVE_LINK)) return landing;
+        return findFootedDestination(target, net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PortLinkDestinations.relativeOrigin(
+                (ServerLevel) entity.level(), target, entity.blockPosition())).orElse(null);
+    }
+    public static BlockPos resolveLanding(ServerLevel target, boolean generatePlatform) {
         boolean fissure = target.getChunkSource().getGenerator() instanceof PortFeatureChunkGenerator features
                 && features.terrainFeatures() != null && features.terrainFeatures().starFissures();
         BlockPos landing = fissure ? PortStarFissureFeature.savedSpawn(target) : null;
         if (landing != null) landing = isCaveTerrain(target)
                 ? findFootedDestination(target, landing).orElse(null)
                 : findSurfaceLanding(target, landing.getX(), landing.getZ());
-        if (landing == null) landing = findLanding(target);
-        if (landing == null) return "No safe test landing available; remaining in source dimension";
+        if (landing == null) landing = findLanding(target, generatePlatform);
+        if (landing == null) return null;
         if (fissure) PortStarFissureFeature.generateOnce(target, landing, isCaveTerrain(target));
-        boolean moved = player.teleportTo(target, landing.getX() + 0.5, landing.getY(), landing.getZ() + 0.5,
-                Set.of(), player.getYRot(), player.getXRot(), true);
-        return moved ? null : "Teleportation failed; remaining in source dimension";
+        if (target instanceof PortAgeLevel) PortInstabilityData.get(target.getServer()).recordSpawn(target, landing);
+        return landing;
     }
 
-    static BlockPos findLanding(ServerLevel target) {
+    static BlockPos findLanding(ServerLevel target) { return findLanding(target, true); }
+    static BlockPos findLanding(ServerLevel target, boolean generatePlatform) {
         if (isCaveTerrain(target)) {
             // The cave roof is not a valid arrival surface. Search down from
             // Legacy's Y=64 start, then construct the normal safety platform
@@ -53,7 +72,7 @@ public final class PortAgeTravel {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            return makePlatform(target, new BlockPos(0, 64, 0));
+            return generatePlatform ? makePlatform(target, new BlockPos(0, 64, 0)) : null;
         }
         BlockPos surface = findSurfaceLanding(target, 0, 0);
         if (surface != null) return surface;
@@ -61,7 +80,7 @@ public final class PortAgeTravel {
         // beneath it. Void Ages retain the usual platform floor at Y=63.
         BlockPos obstruction = highestObstruction(target, 0, 0);
         int y = obstruction == null ? 64 : Math.max(64, obstruction.getY() + 3);
-        return makePlatform(target, new BlockPos(0, y, 0));
+        return generatePlatform ? makePlatform(target, new BlockPos(0, y, 0)) : null;
     }
 
     static BlockPos findSurfaceLanding(ServerLevel target, int originX, int originZ) {

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortBiomeMaterialRules.java

@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ final class PortBiomeMaterialRules {
     static Holder<NoiseGeneratorSettings> apply(HolderLookup.Provider registries, NoiseGeneratorSettings base) {
         var biomes = registries.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME);
         var rules = registries.lookupOrThrow(Registries.MATERIAL_RULE);
+        var nether = java.util.stream.Stream.concat(java.util.stream.Stream.of(Biomes.NETHER_WASTES,
+                        Biomes.SOUL_SAND_VALLEY, Biomes.CRIMSON_FOREST, Biomes.WARPED_FOREST, Biomes.BASALT_DELTAS),
+                net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes.nether(registries).stream()
+                        .map(id -> net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey.create(Registries.BIOME, id)))
+                .distinct().toList();
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey<net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome>[] netherKeys = nether.toArray(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey[]::new);
         var materials = MaterialRules.sequence(
                 MaterialRules.ifTrue(MaterialRules.isBiome(biomes, Biomes.THE_END, Biomes.END_HIGHLANDS,
                         Biomes.END_MIDLANDS, Biomes.SMALL_END_ISLANDS, Biomes.END_BARRENS),
                         MaterialRules.getRule(rules, EndMaterialRules.END)),
-                MaterialRules.ifTrue(MaterialRules.isBiome(biomes, Biomes.NETHER_WASTES, Biomes.SOUL_SAND_VALLEY,
-                        Biomes.CRIMSON_FOREST, Biomes.WARPED_FOREST, Biomes.BASALT_DELTAS),
+                MaterialRules.ifTrue(MaterialRules.isBiome(biomes, netherKeys),
                         MaterialRules.getRule(rules, NetherMaterialRules.NETHER)),
                 base.materialRule().value());
         return Holder.direct(new NoiseGeneratorSettings(base.noiseSettings(), base.defaultBlock(), base.defaultFluid(),

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortBlockInstability.java

@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortRegistryPages;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.LevelChunk;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.status.ChunkStatus;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.Tags;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.ChunkEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppingEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.tick.ServerTickEvent;
+
+/** Legacy-style excess-block profiling with gradual spawn-area generation. */
+@net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber(modid = Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+public final class PortBlockInstability {
+    // Legacy's watched blocks and factor-1 values; modern ore variants share their parent weight.
+    // Storage blocks are deliberate extensions, including the requested diamond-block case.
+    private static final Map<Identifier, Double> VANILLA_WEIGHTS = weights();
+    private static final Map<String, Double> COMMON_MINERAL_WEIGHTS = Map.ofEntries(
+            Map.entry("coal", 5.0), Map.entry("sulfur", 5.0), Map.entry("sulphur", 5.0),
+            Map.entry("salt", 5.0), Map.entry("tin", 60.0), Map.entry("lead", 60.0),
+            Map.entry("aluminum", 60.0), Map.entry("aluminium", 60.0),
+            Map.entry("zinc", 60.0), Map.entry("copper", 60.0),
+            Map.entry("iron", 60.0), Map.entry("nickel", 200.0),
+            Map.entry("osmium", 200.0), Map.entry("silver", 200.0),
+            Map.entry("emerald", 200.0), Map.entry("ruby", 200.0),
+            Map.entry("sapphire", 200.0), Map.entry("redstone", 250.0),
+            Map.entry("gold", 750.0), Map.entry("uranium", 750.0),
+            Map.entry("platinum", 750.0), Map.entry("diamond", 4000.0),
+            Map.entry("iridium", 4000.0), Map.entry("netherite", 8000.0));
+    private static final int MAX_PENDING = 2048;
+    private static final int SAMPLES_PER_TICK = 4;
+    private static final int GENERATION_INTERVAL_TICKS = 20;
+    private static final List<ChunkPos> SPAWN_OFFSETS = spawnOffsets();
+    private static final Map<MinecraftServer, ArrayDeque<Pending>> PENDING = new java.util.WeakHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<MinecraftServer, Map<Identifier, Integer>> NEXT_SPAWN_SAMPLE =
+            new java.util.WeakHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<MinecraftServer, Integer> NEXT_TARGET = new java.util.WeakHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<MinecraftServer, Boolean> GENERATION_IN_FLIGHT =
+            new java.util.WeakHashMap<>();
+
+    private PortBlockInstability() {}
+
+    /** Track recognized materials from installed mods without requiring any mod-specific API. */
+    static boolean tracked(Identifier id) {
+        if (VANILLA_WEIGHTS.containsKey(id)) return true;
+        if (id.getNamespace().equals("minecraft") || id.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft")) return false;
+        if (!BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.containsKey(id)) return false;
+        var block = BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getValue(id);
+        return eligibleMaterial(block) && (configuredOverride(id) != null || inferredModdedWeight(id, block) > 0);
+    }
+
+    static double weight(Identifier id) {
+        Double vanilla = VANILLA_WEIGHTS.get(id);
+        if (vanilla != null) return vanilla;
+        if (id.getNamespace().equals("minecraft") || id.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft")
+                || !BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.containsKey(id)) return 0;
+        var block = BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getValue(id);
+        if (!eligibleMaterial(block)) return 0;
+        return moddedWeight(id, inferredModdedWeight(id, block),
+                PortInstabilityConfig.moddedMaterialOverrides());
+    }
+
+    private static boolean eligibleMaterial(net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block block) {
+        return PortRegistryPages.materialCategory(block) != null;
+    }
+
+    private static Double configuredOverride(Identifier id) {
+        return configuredOverride(id, PortInstabilityConfig.moddedMaterialOverrides());
+    }
+
+    private static Double configuredOverride(Identifier id, List<? extends String> overrides) {
+        for (String entry : overrides) {
+            int separator = entry.lastIndexOf('=');
+            if (separator > 0 && entry.substring(0, separator).equals(id.toString()))
+                return (double) Integer.parseInt(entry.substring(separator + 1));
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    static double moddedWeight(Identifier id, double inferred, List<? extends String> overrides) {
+        Double override = configuredOverride(id, overrides);
+        return override == null ? inferred : override;
+    }
+
+    private static double inferredModdedWeight(Identifier id, net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block block) {
+        if ("rivencraft:fluid".equals(PortRegistryPages.materialCategory(block))) return 1.25;
+        var state = block.defaultBlockState();
+        String path = id.getPath();
+        boolean ore = state.is(Tags.BlockItems.ORES.block()) || path.endsWith("_ore") || path.contains("_ore_");
+        boolean storage = state.is(Tags.BlockItems.STORAGE_BLOCKS.block())
+                || (path.endsWith("_block") || path.startsWith("block_of_"))
+                && namedMineralWeight(path) != null;
+        return inferredModdedWeight(id, ore, storage, false);
+    }
+
+    static double inferredModdedWeight(Identifier id, boolean ore, boolean storage, boolean fluid) {
+        if (fluid) return 1.25;
+        Double named = namedMineralWeight(id.getPath());
+        if (ore) return named == null ? 60.0 : named;
+        if (storage) return named == null ? 120.0 : named;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private static Double namedMineralWeight(String path) {
+        for (String part : path.split("[/_]")) {
+            Double value = COMMON_MINERAL_WEIGHTS.get(part);
+            if (value != null) return value;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onChunkLoad(ChunkEvent.Load event) {
+        if (!(event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level)
+                || !(event.getChunk() instanceof LevelChunk chunk)) return;
+        boolean overworld = level.dimension() == net.minecraft.world.level.Level.OVERWORLD;
+        if (!overworld && !PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)) return;
+        // Chunk-load callbacks can occur while chunk storage is updating. Defer saved-data
+        // access to a bounded server-tick lane to avoid reentering that storage path.
+        synchronized (PENDING) {
+            var queue = PENDING.computeIfAbsent(level.getServer(), ignored -> new ArrayDeque<>());
+            if (queue.size() < MAX_PENDING) queue.addLast(new Pending(level, chunk));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onServerTickPost(ServerTickEvent.Post event) {
+        for (int index = 0; index < SAMPLES_PER_TICK; index++) {
+            Pending pending;
+            synchronized (PENDING) {
+                var queue = PENDING.get(event.getServer());
+                pending = queue == null ? null : queue.pollFirst();
+            }
+            if (pending == null) break;
+            var pos = pending.chunk().getPos();
+            if (pending.level().getServer().getLevel(pending.level().dimension()) == pending.level()
+                    && pending.level().getChunkSource().getChunkNow(pos.x(), pos.z()) == pending.chunk())
+                PortBlockProfileSavedData.get(pending.level()).sample(pending.chunk());
+        }
+        if (event.getServer().getTickCount() % GENERATION_INTERVAL_TICKS == 0) {
+            generateNextSpawnSample(event.getServer());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onServerStopping(ServerStoppingEvent event) {
+        synchronized (PENDING) { PENDING.remove(event.getServer()); }
+        NEXT_SPAWN_SAMPLE.remove(event.getServer());
+        NEXT_TARGET.remove(event.getServer());
+        GENERATION_IN_FLIGHT.remove(event.getServer());
+    }
+
+    /** Generate at most one chunk per second across the active Age and its Overworld baseline. */
+    private static void generateNextSpawnSample(MinecraftServer server) {
+        if (GENERATION_IN_FLIGHT.containsKey(server)) return;
+        List<SampleTarget> targets = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (ServerLevel level : server.getAllLevels()) {
+            if (!PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)
+                    || level.players().isEmpty()) continue;
+            var data = PortInstabilityData.get(server);
+            if (!data.supportsProfiling(level)) continue;
+            var age = data.age(level);
+            targets.add(new SampleTarget(level, age.spawn().orElseGet(() -> level.getRespawnData().pos()),
+                    PortBlockProfileSavedData.MIN_AGE_SAMPLES));
+        }
+        if (targets.isEmpty()) return;
+        ServerLevel overworld = server.overworld();
+        targets.add(0, new SampleTarget(overworld, overworld.getRespawnData().pos(),
+                PortBlockProfileSavedData.MIN_BASELINE_SAMPLES));
+        int first = Math.floorMod(NEXT_TARGET.getOrDefault(server, 0), targets.size());
+        for (int offset = 0; offset < targets.size(); offset++) {
+            int index = (first + offset) % targets.size();
+            SampleTarget target = targets.get(index);
+            if (generateNextSpawnSample(target.level(), target.origin(), target.minimum(), server)) {
+                NEXT_TARGET.put(server, index + 1);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean generateNextSpawnSample(ServerLevel level, net.minecraft.core.BlockPos origin,
+                                                   int minimum, MinecraftServer server) {
+        PortBlockProfileSavedData profile = PortBlockProfileSavedData.get(level);
+        if (profile.count() >= minimum) return false;
+        Map<Identifier, Integer> cursors = NEXT_SPAWN_SAMPLE.computeIfAbsent(server,
+                ignored -> new HashMap<>());
+        Identifier dimension = level.dimension().identifier();
+        int index = cursors.getOrDefault(dimension, 0);
+        ChunkPos center = ChunkPos.containing(origin);
+        while (index < SPAWN_OFFSETS.size()) {
+            ChunkPos offset = SPAWN_OFFSETS.get(index++);
+            ChunkPos target = new ChunkPos(center.x() + offset.x(), center.z() + offset.z());
+            if (profile.contains(target)) continue;
+            cursors.put(dimension, index);
+            GENERATION_IN_FLIGHT.put(server, true);
+            // getChunkFuture blocks when called on the server thread. Its off-thread
+            // path schedules generation on Minecraft's chunk executor instead.
+            CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(() -> level.getChunkSource()
+                            .getChunkFuture(target.x(), target.z(), ChunkStatus.FULL, true))
+                    .thenCompose(future -> future)
+                    .whenComplete((result, error) -> {
+                        if (server.isStopped()) return;
+                        server.execute(() -> {
+                            if (GENERATION_IN_FLIGHT.remove(server) == null) return;
+                            if (error != null) {
+                                Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn("Could not profile chunk {} in {}", target, dimension, error);
+                            } else if (server.getLevel(level.dimension()) == level
+                                    && result.orElse(null) instanceof LevelChunk chunk) {
+                                profile.sample(chunk);
+                            }
+                        });
+                    });
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static List<ChunkPos> spawnOffsets() {
+        List<ChunkPos> offsets = new ArrayList<>(PortBlockProfileSavedData.MAX_SAMPLES);
+        offsets.add(new ChunkPos(0, 0));
+        for (int radius = 1; offsets.size() < PortBlockProfileSavedData.MAX_SAMPLES; radius++) {
+            for (int x = -radius; x <= radius; x++) {
+                offsets.add(new ChunkPos(x, -radius));
+                offsets.add(new ChunkPos(x, radius));
+            }
+            for (int z = -radius + 1; z < radius; z++) {
+                offsets.add(new ChunkPos(-radius, z));
+                offsets.add(new ChunkPos(radius, z));
+            }
+        }
+        return List.copyOf(offsets.subList(0, PortBlockProfileSavedData.MAX_SAMPLES));
+    }
+
+    /** Zero until the Age exceeds 400 samples and the baseline reaches 500. */
+    static int score(PortBlockProfileSavedData age, PortBlockProfileSavedData baseline) {
+        return score(age.totals(), age.count(), baseline.totals(), baseline.count());
+    }
+
+    static int score(Map<Identifier, Long> age, int ageChunks,
+                     Map<Identifier, Long> baseline, int baselineChunks) {
+        if (ageChunks < PortBlockProfileSavedData.MIN_AGE_SAMPLES
+                || baselineChunks < PortBlockProfileSavedData.MIN_BASELINE_SAMPLES) return 0;
+        double result = 0;
+        Set<Identifier> watched = new HashSet<>(age.keySet());
+        watched.addAll(baseline.keySet());
+        for (Identifier id : watched) {
+            double weight = weight(id);
+            if (weight <= 0) continue;
+            double excess = age.getOrDefault(id, 0L) / (double) ageChunks
+                    - 1.05 * baseline.getOrDefault(id, 0L) / (double) baselineChunks;
+            if (excess > 0) result += excess * weight;
+        }
+        return (int) Math.min(100_000, Math.round(result));
+    }
+
+    public static int score(ServerLevel level) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level) || !PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).supportsProfiling(level)) return 0;
+        return score(PortBlockProfileSavedData.get(level), PortBlockProfileSavedData.get(level.getServer().overworld()));
+    }
+    public static int sampledChunks(ServerLevel level) { return PortBlockProfileSavedData.get(level).count(); }
+
+    public static int difficultyScore(long rawScore, int difficulty) {
+        double multiplier = switch (difficulty) {
+            case 0 -> 0.25;
+            case 1 -> 0.5;
+            case 2 -> 1.0;
+            case 3 -> 1.75;
+            default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown instability difficulty " + difficulty);
+        };
+        return (int) Math.min(Integer.MAX_VALUE, Math.max(0, rawScore * multiplier));
+    }
+
+    private static Map<Identifier, Double> weights() {
+        Map<Identifier, Double> values = new HashMap<>();
+        add(values, 5, "coal_ore", "deepslate_coal_ore", "lapis_ore", "deepslate_lapis_ore");
+        add(values, 60, "iron_ore", "deepslate_iron_ore");
+        add(values, 200, "emerald_ore", "deepslate_emerald_ore");
+        add(values, 250, "redstone_ore", "deepslate_redstone_ore");
+        add(values, 750, "gold_ore", "deepslate_gold_ore");
+        add(values, 4000, "diamond_ore", "deepslate_diamond_ore", "diamond_block");
+        add(values, 20, "nether_quartz_ore");
+        add(values, 50, "glowstone");
+        values.put(Identifier.parse("rivencraft:crystal_block"), 20.0);
+        // Valuable blocks introduced after Legacy, and storage forms authorable in Rivencraft.
+        add(values, 200, "emerald_block");
+        add(values, 750, "gold_block", "raw_gold_block");
+        add(values, 4000, "ancient_debris");
+        add(values, 60, "iron_block", "raw_iron_block");
+        add(values, 8000, "netherite_block");
+        return Map.copyOf(values);
+    }
+
+    private static void add(Map<Identifier, Double> values, int weight, String... paths) {
+        for (String path : paths) values.put(Identifier.withDefaultNamespace(path), (double) weight);
+    }
+
+    private record Pending(ServerLevel level, LevelChunk chunk) {}
+
+    private record SampleTarget(ServerLevel level, net.minecraft.core.BlockPos origin, int minimum) {}
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortBlockProfileSavedData.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.LevelChunk;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedData;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedDataType;
+
+/** Persistent generated-chunk snapshots. Each chunk is counted once, up to the 1.21.1 cap. */
+final class PortBlockProfileSavedData extends SavedData {
+    static final int MIN_AGE_SAMPLES = 401, MIN_BASELINE_SAMPLES = 500, MAX_SAMPLES = 1024;
+    private static final int VERSION = 2;
+    private record Sample(long chunk, Map<Identifier, Integer> counts) {
+        private static final Codec<Sample> CODEC = RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+                Codec.LONG.fieldOf("chunk").forGetter(Sample::chunk),
+                Codec.unboundedMap(Identifier.CODEC, Codec.intRange(1, Integer.MAX_VALUE))
+                        .fieldOf("blocks").forGetter(Sample::counts)
+        ).apply(instance, Sample::new));
+    }
+    private static final Codec<PortBlockProfileSavedData> CODEC = RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+            Codec.INT.fieldOf("version").forGetter(data -> VERSION),
+            Sample.CODEC.listOf(0, MAX_SAMPLES).fieldOf("samples").forGetter(data -> data.samples.entrySet().stream()
+                    .map(entry -> new Sample(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue())).toList())
+    ).apply(instance, PortBlockProfileSavedData::new));
+    private static final SavedDataType<PortBlockProfileSavedData> TYPE = new SavedDataType<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "block_profile"),
+            () -> new PortBlockProfileSavedData(VERSION, List.of()), CODEC);
+    private final Map<Long, Map<Identifier, Integer>> samples = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<Identifier, Long> totals = new HashMap<>();
+    private PortBlockProfileSavedData(int version, List<Sample> values) {
+        if (version == VERSION) for (var value : values) put(value.chunk(), value.counts());
+    }
+    static PortBlockProfileSavedData get(ServerLevel level) { return level.getDataStorage().computeIfAbsent(TYPE); }
+    int count() { return samples.size(); }
+    boolean contains(ChunkPos pos) { return samples.containsKey(pos.pack()); }
+    Map<Identifier, Long> totals() { return Map.copyOf(totals); }
+    boolean sample(LevelChunk chunk) {
+        if (count() >= MAX_SAMPLES || contains(chunk.getPos())) return false;
+        Map<Identifier, Integer> counts = new HashMap<>();
+        for (var section : chunk.getSections()) {
+            if (section.hasOnlyAir()) continue;
+            section.getStates().count((state, amount) -> {
+                Identifier id = BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getKey(state.getBlock());
+                if (PortBlockInstability.tracked(id)) counts.merge(id, amount, Integer::sum);
+            });
+        }
+        put(chunk.getPos().pack(), counts);
+        setDirty();
+        return true;
+    }
+    private void put(long pos, Map<Identifier, Integer> counts) {
+        if (count() >= MAX_SAMPLES || samples.containsKey(pos)) return;
+        samples.put(pos, Map.copyOf(counts));
+        counts.forEach((id, amount) -> totals.merge(id, amount.longValue(), Long::sum));
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortDayCycle.java

@@ -127,19 +127,15 @@ public record PortDayCycle(boolean authored, double period, int stoppedTime,
     }
 
     public static boolean validWriting(List<Identifier> pages) {
-        int periods = 0, phases = 0, directions = 0, angles = 0, sizes = 0, suns = 0, moons = 0;
-        for (Identifier page : pages) {
-            if (isPeriod(page) && ++periods > 1 || isPhase(page) && ++phases > 1
-                    || isDirection(page) && ++directions > 1 || isAngle(page) && ++angles > 1
-                    || isSize(page) && ++sizes > 1) return false;
-            if (isController(page)) {
-                if (!page.getPath().equals("celestial/moon")) suns++;
-                if (!page.getPath().equals("celestial/sun")) moons++;
-                if (suns > 10 || moons > 10) return false;
-                periods = phases = directions = angles = sizes = 0;
-            }
+        int suns = 0, moons = 0;
+        for (Identifier page : pages) if (isController(page)) {
+            if (!page.getPath().equals("celestial/moon")) suns++;
+            if (!page.getPath().equals("celestial/sun")) moons++;
+            if (suns > 10 || moons > 10) return false;
         }
-        return periods + phases + directions + angles + sizes == 0;
+        // Repeated modifiers overwrite the pending value. Unconsumed modifiers
+        // earn grammar instability, but never affect an earlier body.
+        return true;
     }
 
     public static PortDayCycle compile(List<Identifier> pages, long seed) {
@@ -148,8 +144,8 @@ public record PortDayCycle(boolean authored, double period, int stoppedTime,
 
     /** Creation-only completion. Exact diagnostic fixtures can still use compile. */
     public static PortDayCycle resolve(List<Identifier> pages, long seed, long nativeTicks) {
-        if (!validWriting(pages) || !PortAgeColors.validNumbers(pages))
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid celestial modifier order");
+        if (!validWriting(pages))
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("An Age may have at most ten suns and ten moons");
         if (pages.stream().anyMatch(PortDayCycle::isController)) return compile(pages, seed, nativeTicks);
         // Match root AgeSkyProfile.random's count draw positions: sky style,
         // mixed sky color, then independent 0..3 sun and moon counts.
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ public record PortDayCycle(boolean authored, double period, int stoppedTime,
     }
 
     public static PortDayCycle compile(List<Identifier> pages, long seed, long nativeTicks) {
-        if (!validWriting(pages)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Place at most one of each celestial modifier before its controller; limit ten suns and ten moons");
+        if (!validWriting(pages)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("An Age may have at most ten suns and ten moons");
         if (pages.stream().filter(PortDayCycle::isController).count() <= 1)
             return compileOne(pages, seed, nativeTicks, 0);
         var bodies = new java.util.ArrayList<PortCelestialBody>();
@@ -190,8 +186,13 @@ public record PortDayCycle(boolean authored, double period, int stoppedTime,
     }
 
     private static PortDayCycle compileOne(List<Identifier> pages, long seed, long nativeTicks, int ordinal) {
-        var controller = pages.stream().filter(PortDayCycle::isController).findFirst().orElse(null);
-        if (controller == null) return NATIVE;
+        int controllerIndex = -1;
+        for (int i = 0; i < pages.size(); i++) if (isController(pages.get(i))) { controllerIndex = i; break; }
+        // Only preceding modifiers belong to this controller. In particular, a
+        // trailing dangling modifier must not rewrite the single-body fast path.
+        if (controllerIndex < 0) return NATIVE;
+        pages = pages.subList(0, controllerIndex + 1);
+        var controller = pages.getLast();
         int mode = controller.getPath().equals("celestial/sun") ? SUN
                 : controller.getPath().equals("celestial/moon") ? MOON : PAIRED;
         if (mode != PAIRED && !hasBodyModifiers(pages)) return randomUnmodified(seed, ordinal, nativeTicks, mode);

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortDecayProviders.java

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.DecayBlock;
+
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.tags.BlockTags;
+import net.minecraft.tags.TagKey;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.Heightmap;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.util.BlockSnapshot;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.util.FakePlayerFactory;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.BlockEvent;
+
+/** Bounded, per-Age decay seeding and six-direction Legacy-style spreading. */
+public final class PortDecayProviders {
+    public static final TagKey<Block> PROTECTED = TagKey.create(Registries.BLOCK,
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "decay_protected"));
+    private static final Map<Identifier, DecayBlock.Color> COLORS = Map.of(
+            id("decayblue"), DecayBlock.Color.BLUE,
+            id("decaypurple"), DecayBlock.Color.PURPLE,
+            id("decayred"), DecayBlock.Color.RED,
+            id("decaywhite"), DecayBlock.Color.WHITE);
+    private static final Direction[] DIRECTIONS = Direction.values();
+
+    private PortDecayProviders() {}
+
+    public static void register() {
+        COLORS.keySet().forEach(id -> PortInstabilityRuntime.register(id, true, PortDecayProviders::apply));
+    }
+
+    /** Operator test hook; never changes the Age's saved instability score or provider plan. */
+    public static int pulseForTesting(ServerPlayer player, DecayBlock.Color color, int count) {
+        ServerLevel level = player.level();
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.decayEnabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityWorldMutation()
+                || !PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)
+                || level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(player.chunkPosition().x(), player.chunkPosition().z()) == null) return -1;
+        var age = PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level);
+        Identifier id = id("decay" + color.getSerializedName());
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled() || !age.enabled()
+                || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(id)) return -1;
+        int changed = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(count, 32); i++) {
+            PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget budget = new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1);
+            apply(new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, List.of(player.chunkPosition()),
+                    level.getServer().getTickCount(), budget), id, 1);
+            changed += budget.applied();
+        }
+        return changed;
+    }
+
+    static void apply(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, Identifier id, int level) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.decayEnabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityWorldMutation()
+                || !PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(context.level())
+                || context.loadedChunks().isEmpty()) return;
+        DecayBlock.Color color = COLORS.get(id);
+        if (color == null) return;
+        PortDecaySavedData data = PortDecaySavedData.get(context.level());
+        Random random = new Random(context.age().seed() ^ data.nextAttempt() * 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15L
+                ^ id.hashCode());
+        List<BlockPos> frontier = data.frontier(color);
+        BlockPos source = selectLoadedSource(context.level(), context.loadedChunks(), frontier, random);
+        if (source == null) {
+            seed(context, color, data, random);
+            return;
+        }
+        BlockState sourceState = context.level().getBlockState(source);
+        if (!sourceState.is(Rivencraft.DECAY.get()) || sourceState.getValue(DecayBlock.COLOR) != color) {
+            data.remove(color, source);
+            return;
+        }
+        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < PortInstabilityConfig.decayMaxAttempts(); attempt++) {
+            BlockPos target = source.relative(DIRECTIONS[random.nextInt(DIRECTIONS.length)]);
+            if (!isLoadedTarget(context.level(), context.loadedChunks(), target)
+                    || isSpawnProtected(context.age(), target)) continue;
+            BlockState prior = context.level().getBlockState(target);
+            if (!canReplace(context.level(), target, prior, color)) continue;
+            int difficulty = conversionDifficulty(context.level(), target, prior, color);
+            if (random.nextInt(difficulty) != 0) continue;
+            if (replace(context, target, prior, color)) data.add(color, target);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void seed(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, DecayBlock.Color color,
+                             PortDecaySavedData data, Random random) {
+        ChunkPos chunk = context.loadedChunks().get(random.nextInt(context.loadedChunks().size()));
+        int x = chunk.getMinBlockX() + random.nextInt(16);
+        int z = chunk.getMinBlockZ() + random.nextInt(16);
+        BlockPos pos = new BlockPos(x,
+                context.level().getHeight(Heightmap.Types.MOTION_BLOCKING_NO_LEAVES, x, z) - 1, z);
+        if (!isLoadedTarget(context.level(), context.loadedChunks(), pos)
+                || isSpawnProtected(context.age(), pos)) return;
+        BlockState prior = context.level().getBlockState(pos);
+        if (canReplace(context.level(), pos, prior, color) && replace(context, pos, prior, color)) {
+            data.add(color, pos);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static BlockPos selectLoadedSource(ServerLevel level, List<ChunkPos> chunks,
+                                                List<BlockPos> frontier, Random random) {
+        if (frontier.isEmpty()) return null;
+        int start = random.nextInt(frontier.size());
+        for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(frontier.size(), 16); i++) {
+            BlockPos pos = frontier.get((start + i) % frontier.size());
+            if (isLoadedTarget(level, chunks, pos)) return pos;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    static boolean isLoadedTarget(ServerLevel level, List<ChunkPos> chunks, BlockPos pos) {
+        return level.isInWorldBounds(pos) && level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(pos.getX() >> 4, pos.getZ() >> 4) != null
+                && chunks.contains(ChunkPos.containing(pos));
+    }
+
+    static boolean isSpawnProtected(PortInstabilityData.Age age, BlockPos pos) {
+        BlockPos spawn = age.spawn().orElse(null);
+        return spawn != null && Math.abs(pos.getX() - spawn.getX()) <= 4
+                && Math.abs(pos.getZ() - spawn.getZ()) <= 4
+                && pos.getY() >= spawn.getY() - 2 && pos.getY() <= spawn.getY() + 4;
+    }
+
+    static boolean canReplace(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, BlockState prior, DecayBlock.Color color) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)
+                || !level.isInWorldBounds(pos) || level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(pos.getX() >> 4, pos.getZ() >> 4) == null
+                || prior.is(PROTECTED) || prior.is(BlockTags.PORTALS)
+                || prior.hasBlockEntity() || level.getBlockEntity(pos) != null
+                || prior.getDestroySpeed(level, pos) < 0 || !prior.getFluidState().isEmpty()
+                || isCritical(prior)) return false;
+        return !prior.is(Rivencraft.DECAY.get()) || prior.getValue(DecayBlock.COLOR) != color;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isCritical(BlockState prior) {
+        return prior.is(Blocks.BEDROCK) || prior.is(Blocks.BARRIER)
+                || prior.is(Blocks.END_PORTAL) || prior.is(Blocks.END_PORTAL_FRAME)
+                || prior.is(Blocks.END_GATEWAY) || prior.is(Blocks.NETHER_PORTAL)
+                || prior.is(Blocks.COMMAND_BLOCK) || prior.is(Blocks.CHAIN_COMMAND_BLOCK)
+                || prior.is(Blocks.REPEATING_COMMAND_BLOCK) || prior.is(Blocks.STRUCTURE_BLOCK)
+                || prior.is(Blocks.JIGSAW) || prior.is(Blocks.LIGHT)
+                || prior.is(Blocks.REINFORCED_DEEPSLATE)
+                || prior.getBlock() != Rivencraft.DECAY.get()
+                && net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getKey(prior.getBlock())
+                        .getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID);
+    }
+
+    static int conversionDifficulty(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, BlockState state, DecayBlock.Color color) {
+        if (state.isAir()) return switch (color) {
+            case BLUE, RED -> 20;
+            case PURPLE -> 8;
+            case WHITE -> 50;
+        };
+        if (state.is(Rivencraft.DECAY.get())) return color == DecayBlock.Color.WHITE ? 1 : 5;
+        float hardness = Math.min(1000.0F, Math.max(0.0F, state.getDestroySpeed(level, pos)));
+        return switch (color) {
+            case BLUE -> Math.max(1, (int) hardness * 2);
+            case RED -> Math.max(1, (int) hardness);
+            case PURPLE -> Math.max(1, ((int) hardness + 1) * 10);
+            case WHITE -> 1;
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static boolean replace(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, BlockPos pos, BlockState prior,
+                                   DecayBlock.Color color) {
+        ServerLevel level = context.level();
+        // A fake player gives claim/protection listeners the Age and exact block position.
+        var actor = FakePlayerFactory.getMinecraft(level);
+        actor.setPos(pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY() + 0.5, pos.getZ() + 0.5);
+        if (!prior.isAir()) {
+            var breakEvent = new net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.block.BreakBlockEvent(level, pos, prior, actor);
+            NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(breakEvent);
+            if (breakEvent.isCanceled()) return false;
+        }
+        if (level.getBlockState(pos) != prior || !context.budget().claim()) return false;
+        var snapshot = BlockSnapshot.create(level.dimension(), level, pos);
+        BlockState decay = Rivencraft.DECAY.get().defaultBlockState().setValue(DecayBlock.COLOR, color);
+        if (!level.setBlock(pos, decay, 3)) return false;
+        var placeEvent = new BlockEvent.EntityPlaceEvent(snapshot, prior, actor);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(placeEvent);
+        if (placeEvent.isCanceled()) {
+            snapshot.restore();
+            return false;
+        }
+        context.budget().recordApplied();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static Identifier id(String path) {
+        return Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, path);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortDecaySavedData.java

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.DecayBlock;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.util.StringRepresentable;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedData;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedDataType;
+
+/** Persisted per-Age frontier and attempt sequence, bounded to 1,024 positions per color. */
+public final class PortDecaySavedData extends SavedData {
+    private static final int MAX_FRONTIER_PER_COLOR = 1024;
+    private static final Codec<PortDecaySavedData> CODEC = RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+            net.minecraft.util.ExtraCodecs.NON_NEGATIVE_LONG.optionalFieldOf("attempts", 0L).forGetter(data -> data.attempts),
+            Codec.unboundedMap(StringRepresentable.fromEnum(DecayBlock.Color::values),
+                    BlockPos.CODEC.listOf(0, MAX_FRONTIER_PER_COLOR)).fieldOf("frontiers").forGetter(data -> data.frontiers)
+    ).apply(instance, PortDecaySavedData::new));
+    private static final SavedDataType<PortDecaySavedData> TYPE = new SavedDataType<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "decay"), () -> new PortDecaySavedData(0, Map.of()), CODEC);
+    private final EnumMap<DecayBlock.Color, List<BlockPos>> frontiers = new EnumMap<>(DecayBlock.Color.class);
+    private long attempts;
+    private PortDecaySavedData(long attempts, Map<DecayBlock.Color, List<BlockPos>> positions) {
+        this.attempts = attempts;
+        for (var color : DecayBlock.Color.values()) frontiers.put(color,
+                new ArrayList<>(positions.getOrDefault(color, List.of()).stream().distinct().map(BlockPos::immutable).toList()));
+    }
+    public static PortDecaySavedData get(ServerLevel level) { return level.getDataStorage().computeIfAbsent(TYPE); }
+    public long nextAttempt() { setDirty(); return attempts++; }
+    public List<BlockPos> frontier(DecayBlock.Color color) { return frontiers.get(color); }
+    public void add(DecayBlock.Color color, BlockPos pos) {
+        var frontier = frontiers.get(color);
+        if (frontier.contains(pos)) return;
+        if (frontier.size() >= MAX_FRONTIER_PER_COLOR) frontier.removeFirst();
+        frontier.add(pos.immutable()); setDirty();
+    }
+    public void remove(DecayBlock.Color color, BlockPos pos) { if (frontiers.get(color).remove(pos)) setDirty(); }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortEnvironmentalProviders.java

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.DecayBlock;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.entity.EntityTypeTest;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.BlockHitResult;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.util.BlockSnapshot;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.util.FakePlayerFactory;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.BlockEvent;
+
+/** Active Legacy burning and the 1.21.1 test-enabled erosion policy. */
+public final class PortEnvironmentalProviders {
+    public static final Identifier BURNING = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "burning");
+    public static final Identifier EROSION = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "erosion");
+    private static final Direction[] FLUID_SIDES = {
+            Direction.UP, Direction.NORTH, Direction.SOUTH, Direction.EAST, Direction.WEST
+    };
+    private PortEnvironmentalProviders() {}
+    public static void register() {
+        PortInstabilityRuntime.register(BURNING, false, (context, id, level) -> {
+            if (PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(context.level()) && !context.loadedChunks().isEmpty()) scorch(context, level);
+        });
+        PortInstabilityRuntime.register(EROSION, true, (context, id, level) -> {
+            if (PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(context.level()) && !context.loadedChunks().isEmpty()) erode(context);
+        });
+    }
+    public static boolean isEnvironmental(Identifier id) { return id.equals(BURNING) || id.equals(EROSION); }
+    static void tickPlanned(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, long tick,
+                            List<PortInstabilityPlan.ProviderLevel> providers) {
+        var cards = providers.stream().filter(card -> isEnvironmental(card.id())).toList();
+        boolean erosion = PortInstabilityConfig.erosionEnabled() && PortInstabilityRuntime.effectiveScore(level)
+                >= InstabilityProviderCatalog.Deck.DESTRUCTIVE.entryCost();
+        if (cards.isEmpty() && !erosion) return;
+        var chunks = PortHazardProviders.loadedChunksNearPlayers(level, PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxChunks());
+        if (chunks.isEmpty()) return;
+        for (var card : cards) {
+            int budget = card.id().equals(BURNING) ? PortInstabilityConfig.scorchMaxTargets() : 1;
+            PortInstabilityRuntime.invoke(new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, chunks, tick,
+                    new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(budget)), card.id(), card.level());
+        }
+        if (erosion && cards.stream().noneMatch(card -> card.id().equals(EROSION)))
+            PortInstabilityRuntime.invoke(new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, chunks, tick,
+                    new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1)), EROSION, 1);
+    }
+    /** Skips random burning selection or looks at one erosion target, preserving policy. */
+    public static int pulseForTesting(ServerPlayer player, String effect) {
+        ServerLevel level = player.level();
+        if (!PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)) return -1;
+        var age = PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level);
+        Identifier id = effect.equals("burning") ? BURNING : EROSION;
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled() || !age.enabled()
+                || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(id)) return 0;
+        var chunks = PortHazardProviders.loadedChunksNearPlayers(level, 16);
+        if (chunks.isEmpty()) return 0;
+        var context = new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, chunks,
+                level.getServer().getTickCount(), new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1));
+        if (effect.equals("burning")) {
+            if (!PortInstabilityConfig.scorchEnabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.scorchPlayers()
+                    || !eligibleScorch(context, player)) return 0;
+            if (player.isInWaterOrRain()) return -2;
+            player.igniteForSeconds(4);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        if (!effect.equals("erosion") || !PortInstabilityConfig.erosionEnabled() || !PortHazardProviders.canMutate(level)
+                || PortInstabilityRuntime.effectiveScore(level) < InstabilityProviderCatalog.Deck.DESTRUCTIVE.entryCost()
+                || !(player.pick(6.0, 0.0F, false) instanceof BlockHitResult hit)
+                || hit.getType() != net.minecraft.world.phys.HitResult.Type.BLOCK) return 0;
+        return erodeAt(context, hit.getBlockPos()) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
+    private static void scorch(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, int effectiveLevel) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.scorchEnabled() || PortInstabilityConfig.scorchMaxTargets() == 0) return;
+        ServerLevel level = context.level();
+        Random random = new Random(context.age().seed() ^ PortHazardSavedData.get(level).nextAttempt()
+                * 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15L ^ BURNING.hashCode());
+        int start = random.nextInt(context.loadedChunks().size());
+        int affected = 0;
+        for (int offset = 0; offset < Math.min(8, context.loadedChunks().size()); offset++) {
+            ChunkPos chunk = context.loadedChunks().get((start + offset) % context.loadedChunks().size());
+            AABB bounds = new AABB(chunk.getMinBlockX(), level.getMinY(), chunk.getMinBlockZ(),
+                    chunk.getMaxBlockX() + 1, level.getMaxY(), chunk.getMaxBlockZ() + 1);
+            List<LivingEntity> candidates = new ArrayList<>();
+            level.getEntities(EntityTypeTest.forClass(LivingEntity.class), bounds,
+                    entity -> eligibleScorch(context, entity), candidates, 8);
+            candidates.sort(Comparator.comparing(Entity::getUUID));
+            for (LivingEntity entity : candidates) {
+                if (affected >= PortInstabilityConfig.scorchMaxTargets() || context.budget().remaining() == 0) return;
+                // Legacy sampled each chunk each tick with a 1/10 gate. With 20 ticks/pass this
+                // gives at least one opportunity for nearly every inspected loaded chunk.
+                if (random.nextDouble() >= PortHazardProviders.legacyChance(1,
+                        PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityCooldown(), 1, 10)) continue;
+                if (!context.budget().claim()) return;
+                entity.igniteForSeconds(Math.min(12, 4 * effectiveLevel));
+                context.budget().recordApplied();
+                affected++;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean eligibleScorch(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, LivingEntity entity) {
+        if (!entity.isAlive() || entity.isRemoved() || entity.level() != context.level()
+                || !context.level().canSeeSky(entity.blockPosition())
+                || PortDecayProviders.isSpawnProtected(context.age(), entity.blockPosition())) return false;
+        if (entity instanceof Player player) return PortInstabilityConfig.scorchPlayers()
+                && !player.isCreative() && !player.isSpectator();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static void erode(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.erosionEnabled() || !PortHazardProviders.canMutate(context.level())) return;
+        ServerLevel level = context.level();
+        Random random = new Random(context.age().seed() ^ PortHazardSavedData.get(level).nextAttempt()
+                * 0xC2B2AE3D27D4EB4FL ^ EROSION.hashCode());
+        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < 8; attempt++) {
+            ChunkPos chunk = context.loadedChunks().get(random.nextInt(context.loadedChunks().size()));
+            int x = chunk.getMinBlockX() + random.nextInt(16);
+            int z = chunk.getMinBlockZ() + random.nextInt(16);
+            int y = level.getMinY() + 1 + random.nextInt(level.getHeight() - 2);
+            if (erodeAt(context, new BlockPos(x, y, z))) return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static boolean erodeAt(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, BlockPos pos) {
+        ServerLevel level = context.level();
+        if (!PortDecayProviders.isLoadedTarget(level, context.loadedChunks(), pos)
+                || PortDecayProviders.isSpawnProtected(context.age(), pos)) return false;
+        BlockState prior = level.getBlockState(pos);
+        if (!PortDecayProviders.canReplace(level, pos, prior, DecayBlock.Color.BLUE)) return false;
+        for (Direction direction : FLUID_SIDES) {
+            BlockPos neighbor = pos.relative(direction);
+            if (!PortDecayProviders.isLoadedTarget(level, context.loadedChunks(), neighbor)) continue;
+            var fluid = level.getFluidState(neighbor);
+            if (fluid.isSource() && replaceFluid(context, pos, prior, fluid.createLegacyBlock())) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean replaceFluid(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, BlockPos pos,
+            BlockState prior, BlockState fluidBlock) {
+        ServerLevel level = context.level();
+        var actor = FakePlayerFactory.getMinecraft(level);
+        actor.setPos(pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY() + 0.5, pos.getZ() + 0.5);
+        if (!prior.isAir()) {
+            var breaking = new net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.block.BreakBlockEvent(level, pos, prior, actor);
+            NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(breaking);
+            if (breaking.isCanceled()) return false;
+        }
+        if (level.getBlockState(pos) != prior || !context.budget().claim()) return false;
+        var snapshot = BlockSnapshot.create(level.dimension(), level, pos);
+        if (!level.setBlock(pos, fluidBlock, 3)) return false;
+        var placing = new BlockEvent.EntityPlaceEvent(snapshot, prior, actor);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(placing);
+        if (placing.isCanceled()) {
+            snapshot.restore();
+            return false;
+        }
+        context.budget().recordApplied();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortFeatureChunkGenerator.java

@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ public final class PortFeatureChunkGenerator extends ChunkGenerator {
                     .forGetter(generator -> Optional.ofNullable(generator.lakes)),
             PortTerrainFeaturePlan.CODEC.optionalFieldOf("terrain_features")
                     .forGetter(generator -> Optional.ofNullable(generator.terrainFeatures)),
-            com.mojang.serialization.Codec.LONG.fieldOf("age_seed").forGetter(generator -> generator.ageSeed)
-    ).apply(instance, (base, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures, seed) ->
+            com.mojang.serialization.Codec.LONG.fieldOf("age_seed").forGetter(generator -> generator.ageSeed),
+            com.mojang.serialization.Codec.BOOL.optionalFieldOf("libraries", false).forGetter(generator -> generator.libraries),
+            Identifier.CODEC.listOf().optionalFieldOf("library_symbols", List.of()).forGetter(generator -> generator.librarySymbols)
+    ).apply(instance, (base, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures, seed, libraries, symbols) ->
             new PortFeatureChunkGenerator(base, rocks.orElse(null), vegetation.orElse(null),
-                    dungeons, lakes.orElse(null), terrainFeatures.orElse(null), seed)));
+                    dungeons, lakes.orElse(null), terrainFeatures.orElse(null), seed, libraries, symbols)));
 
     private final ChunkGenerator base;
     private final PortRockPlan rocks;
@@ -82,10 +84,19 @@ public final class PortFeatureChunkGenerator extends ChunkGenerator {
     private final PortLakePlan lakes;
     private final PortTerrainFeaturePlan terrainFeatures;
     private final long ageSeed;
+    private final boolean libraries;
+    private final List<Identifier> librarySymbols;
 
     public PortFeatureChunkGenerator(ChunkGenerator base, PortRockPlan rocks,
                                      PortVegetationPlan vegetation, int dungeons, PortLakePlan lakes,
                                      PortTerrainFeaturePlan terrainFeatures, long ageSeed) {
+        this(base, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures, ageSeed, false, List.of());
+    }
+
+    public PortFeatureChunkGenerator(ChunkGenerator base, PortRockPlan rocks,
+                                     PortVegetationPlan vegetation, int dungeons, PortLakePlan lakes,
+                                     PortTerrainFeaturePlan terrainFeatures, long ageSeed,
+                                     boolean libraries, List<Identifier> librarySymbols) {
         super(base.getBiomeSource(), base::getBiomeGenerationSettings);
         this.base = base;
         this.rocks = rocks;
@@ -94,6 +105,8 @@ public final class PortFeatureChunkGenerator extends ChunkGenerator {
         this.lakes = lakes;
         this.terrainFeatures = terrainFeatures;
         this.ageSeed = ageSeed;
+        this.libraries = libraries;
+        this.librarySymbols = List.copyOf(librarySymbols);
     }
 
     public ChunkGenerator base() { return base; }
@@ -286,5 +299,6 @@ public final class PortFeatureChunkGenerator extends ChunkGenerator {
                 if (PortVegetationPlan.addsLogs(page)) mushroomHosts = null;
             }
         }
+        if (libraries) PortLibraryFeature.generate(level, chunk, ageSeed, librarySymbols);
     }
 }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortHazardProviders.java

@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.tags.BlockTags;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityTypes;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.LightningBolt;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.BlockGetter;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Explosion;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ExplosionDamageCalculator;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.gamerules.GameRules;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.Heightmap;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.FluidState;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.util.FakePlayerFactory;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.BlockEvent;
+
+/** Legacy hazard cards, with one loaded-chunk event and explicit damage budgets. */
+public final class PortHazardProviders {
+    private static final Identifier LIGHTNING = id("lightning");
+    private static final Identifier EXPLOSIONS = id("explosions");
+
+    private PortHazardProviders() {}
+
+    public static void register() {
+        // Visuals and entity damage remain available when block mutation is disabled.
+        PortInstabilityRuntime.register(LIGHTNING, false, PortHazardProviders::apply);
+        PortInstabilityRuntime.register(EXPLOSIONS, false, PortHazardProviders::apply);
+    }
+
+    static boolean isHazard(Identifier id) {
+        return LIGHTNING.equals(id) || EXPLOSIONS.equals(id);
+    }
+
+    /** Roll every selected hazard card each scheduler pass, independently of other providers. */
+    static void tickPlanned(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, long tick,
+                            List<PortInstabilityPlan.ProviderLevel> providers) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsEnabled()) return;
+        List<PortInstabilityPlan.ProviderLevel> hazards = providers.stream()
+                .filter(provider -> isHazard(provider.id())).toList();
+        if (hazards.isEmpty()) return;
+        List<ChunkPos> chunks = loadedChunksNearPlayers(level, PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxChunks());
+        if (chunks.isEmpty()) return;
+        for (PortInstabilityPlan.ProviderLevel hazard : hazards) {
+            var context = new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, chunks, tick,
+                    new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1));
+            PortInstabilityRuntime.invoke(context, hazard.id(), hazard.level());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static List<ChunkPos> loadedChunksNearPlayers(ServerLevel level, int maximum) {
+        List<ChunkPos> players = level.players().stream()
+                .sorted(Comparator.comparing(Entity::getUUID))
+                .map(ServerPlayer::chunkPosition).toList();
+        return candidateChunks(players, maximum,
+                chunk -> level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(chunk.x(), chunk.z()) != null);
+    }
+
+    /** Pure candidate selection; the caller's predicate must only report already-loaded chunks. */
+    static List<ChunkPos> candidateChunks(List<ChunkPos> players, int maximum,
+                                           Predicate<ChunkPos> loaded) {
+        if (maximum <= 0) return List.of();
+        Set<ChunkPos> chunks = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        for (int radius = 0; radius <= 4; radius++) {
+            for (int dx = -radius; dx <= radius; dx++) {
+                for (int dz = -radius; dz <= radius; dz++) {
+                    if (Math.max(Math.abs(dx), Math.abs(dz)) != radius) continue;
+                    for (ChunkPos center : players) {
+                        int x = center.x() + dx;
+                        int z = center.z() + dz;
+                        ChunkPos candidate = new ChunkPos(x, z);
+                        if (loaded.test(candidate)) chunks.add(candidate);
+                        if (chunks.size() >= maximum) return List.copyOf(chunks);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return List.copyOf(chunks);
+    }
+
+    /** Operator-only test pulse; skips the random roll, not Age, cooldown, or safety checks. */
+    public static int pulseForTesting(ServerPlayer player, boolean lightning) {
+        return pulseForTesting(player.level(), player.blockPosition(), lightning);
+    }
+
+    public static int pulseForTesting(ServerLevel level, BlockPos origin, boolean lightning) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsEnabled()
+                || !PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)) return -1;
+        var age = PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level);
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled() || !age.enabled()
+                || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(lightning ? LIGHTNING : EXPLOSIONS)) return -1;
+        PortHazardSavedData data = PortHazardSavedData.get(level);
+        if (!data.ready(lightning, level.getGameTime(), PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMinInterval())) return 0;
+        ChunkPos center = ChunkPos.containing(origin);
+        for (int dx = -1; dx <= 1; dx++) {
+            for (int dz = -1; dz <= 1; dz++) {
+                ChunkPos chunk = new ChunkPos(center.x() + dx, center.z() + dz);
+                if (level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(chunk.x(), chunk.z()) == null) continue;
+                int x = chunk.getMinBlockX() + 8;
+                int z = chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 8;
+                int y = lightning ? level.getHeight(Heightmap.Types.MOTION_BLOCKING, x, z)
+                        : origin.getY();
+                BlockPos pos = new BlockPos(x, y, z);
+                var context = new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, List.of(chunk),
+                        level.getServer().getTickCount(), new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1));
+                if (!safeTarget(context, pos, 8)) continue;
+                data.nextAttempt();
+                data.record(lightning, level.getGameTime());
+                return (lightning ? strike(level, age, chunk, pos) : explode(level, age, chunk, pos)) ? 1 : 0;
+            }
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    static void apply(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, Identifier id, int effectiveLevel) {
+        ServerLevel level = context.level();
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsEnabled() || context.loadedChunks().isEmpty()
+                || !PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)) return;
+        boolean lightning = id.equals(LIGHTNING);
+        if (!lightning && !id.equals(EXPLOSIONS)) return;
+        PortHazardSavedData data = PortHazardSavedData.get(level);
+        long gameTime = level.getGameTime();
+        if (!data.ready(lightning, gameTime, PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMinInterval())) return;
+        Random random = new Random(context.age().seed() ^ data.nextAttempt() * 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15L
+                ^ id.hashCode());
+        int legacyDenominator = lightning ? level.isRaining() && level.isThundering() ? 5000 : 100000 : 1000;
+        // Legacy rolled once per chunk per tick; the shared scheduler visits this Age every >=20 ticks.
+        double chance = legacyChance(context.loadedChunks().size(), PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityCooldown(),
+                effectiveLevel, legacyDenominator);
+        if (random.nextDouble() >= chance) return;
+        ChunkPos chunk = context.loadedChunks().get(random.nextInt(context.loadedChunks().size()));
+        int margin = lightning ? 2 : 6;
+        int x = chunk.getMinBlockX() + margin + random.nextInt(16 - margin * 2);
+        int z = chunk.getMinBlockZ() + margin + random.nextInt(16 - margin * 2);
+        int y = lightning ? level.getHeight(Heightmap.Types.MOTION_BLOCKING, x, z)
+                : level.getMinY() + 1 + random.nextInt(level.getHeight() - 2);
+        BlockPos pos = new BlockPos(x, y, z);
+        if (!safeTarget(context, pos, 8) || !context.budget().claim()) return;
+        data.record(lightning, gameTime); // persist before dispatch so a restart cannot replay the event
+        if (lightning ? strike(level, context.age(), chunk, pos) : explode(level, context.age(), chunk, pos))
+            context.budget().recordApplied();
+    }
+
+    static double legacyChance(int loadedChunks, int intervalTicks, int copies, int denominator) {
+        if (loadedChunks <= 0 || intervalTicks <= 0 || copies <= 0 || denominator <= 0) return 0;
+        return 1.0 - Math.pow(1.0 - 1.0 / denominator, (double) loadedChunks * intervalTicks * copies);
+    }
+
+    static boolean safeTarget(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, BlockPos pos, int spawnMargin) {
+        if (!PortDecayProviders.isLoadedTarget(context.level(), context.loadedChunks(), pos)) return false;
+        BlockPos spawn = context.age().spawn().orElse(null);
+        return spawn == null || Math.abs(pos.getX() - spawn.getX()) > spawnMargin
+                || Math.abs(pos.getZ() - spawn.getZ()) > spawnMargin;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean strike(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, ChunkPos chunk, BlockPos pos) {
+        AABB bounds = new AABB(pos).inflate(2);
+        if (!level.getEntitiesOfClass(LightningBolt.class, bounds).isEmpty()) return false;
+        LightningBolt bolt = EntityTypes.LIGHTNING_BOLT.create(level, net.minecraft.world.entity.EntitySpawnReason.TRIGGERED);
+        if (bolt == null) return false;
+        bolt.setPos(pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY(), pos.getZ() + 0.5);
+        bolt.setVisualOnly(true); // vanilla bolt damage/fire bypasses our explicit budgets
+        if (!level.addFreshEntity(bolt)) return false;
+        List<LivingEntity> targets = level.getEntitiesOfClass(LivingEntity.class, bounds,
+                entity -> entity.isAlive() && entity.level() == level && eligibleEntity(entity));
+        targets.sort(Comparator.comparing(Entity::getUUID));
+        int count = 0;
+        for (LivingEntity target : targets) {
+            if (count++ >= PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxEntities()) break;
+            if (PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxDamage() > 0)
+                target.hurtServer(level, level.damageSources().lightningBolt(), Math.min(5, PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxDamage()));
+        }
+        // Legacy lightning started fires. Keep it separately gated by block policy and game rule.
+        if (canMutate(level) && PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsFire()
+                && level.canSpreadFireAround(pos)
+                && !PortDecayProviders.isSpawnProtected(age, pos)
+                && PortDecayProviders.isLoadedTarget(level, List.of(chunk), pos)) ignite(level, pos);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean explode(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, ChunkPos chunk, BlockPos pos) {
+        return explodeBounded(level, age, chunk, pos, PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsBlockDamage(),
+                PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsPlayerDamage(), PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsFire(),
+                PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxBlocks(), PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxEntities(),
+                PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxDamage(), PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsExplosionRadius());
+    }
+
+    /** Shared blast guard for meteor impacts; each effect supplies its own damage policy. */
+    static boolean explodeBounded(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, ChunkPos chunk, BlockPos pos,
+            boolean blockDamage, boolean playerDamage, boolean ignite, int maxBlocks, int maxEntities,
+            int maxDamage, int radius) {
+        boolean grief = destructiveBlocksAllowed(PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityWorldMutation(),
+                level.getGameRules().get(GameRules.MOB_GRIEFING), blockDamage, maxBlocks);
+        boolean fire = grief && ignite
+                && level.canSpreadFireAround(pos);
+        BoundedExplosion calculator = new BoundedExplosion(level, age, chunk, grief,
+                playerDamage, maxBlocks, maxEntities, maxDamage);
+        level.explode(null, null, calculator,
+                pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY() + 0.5, pos.getZ() + 0.5,
+                radius, false,
+                grief ? Level.ExplosionInteraction.BLOCK : Level.ExplosionInteraction.NONE);
+        if (fire) {
+            int ignited = 0;
+            for (BlockPos affected : calculator.approved) {
+                if (ignited >= 4) break;
+                if (level.canSpreadFireAround(affected) && !PortDecayProviders.isSpawnProtected(age, affected)
+                        && ignite(level, affected)) ignited++;
+            }
+        }
+        return calculator.started;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean ignite(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos) {
+        if (!level.getBlockState(pos).isAir() || !Blocks.FIRE.defaultBlockState().canSurvive(level, pos))
+            return false;
+        var actor = FakePlayerFactory.getMinecraft(level);
+        actor.setPos(pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY(), pos.getZ() + 0.5);
+        var snapshot = net.neoforged.neoforge.common.util.BlockSnapshot.create(level.dimension(), level, pos);
+        BlockState prior = level.getBlockState(pos);
+        if (!level.setBlock(pos, Blocks.FIRE.defaultBlockState(), 3)) return false;
+        var place = new BlockEvent.EntityPlaceEvent(snapshot, prior, actor);
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(place);
+        if (place.isCanceled()) {
+            snapshot.restore();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static boolean canMutate(ServerLevel level) {
+        return PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityWorldMutation()
+                && level.getGameRules().get(GameRules.MOB_GRIEFING);
+    }
+
+    static boolean destructiveBlocksAllowed(boolean worldMutation, boolean mobGriefing,
+                                            boolean blockDamage, int maxBlocks) {
+        return worldMutation && mobGriefing && blockDamage && maxBlocks > 0;
+    }
+
+    static boolean protectedBlock(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        return state.isAir() || state.hasBlockEntity() || state.is(Blocks.TNT)
+                || state.is(PortDecayProviders.PROTECTED) || state.is(BlockTags.PORTALS)
+                || PortDecayProviders.isSpawnProtected(age, pos)
+                || state.getDestroySpeed(level, pos) < 0
+                || BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getKey(state.getBlock()).getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean eligibleEntity(Entity entity) {
+        return eligibleEntity(entity, PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsPlayerDamage());
+    }
+
+    private static boolean eligibleEntity(Entity entity, boolean playerDamage) {
+        return !(entity instanceof Player player) || playerDamage
+                && !player.isCreative() && !player.isSpectator();
+    }
+
+    private static Identifier id(String path) {
+        return Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, path);
+    }
+
+    private static final class BoundedExplosion extends ExplosionDamageCalculator {
+        private final ServerLevel level;
+        private final PortInstabilityData.Age age;
+        private final ChunkPos chunk;
+        private final boolean grief;
+        private final boolean playerDamage;
+        private final int maxBlocks;
+        private final int maxEntities;
+        private final int maxDamage;
+        private final Set<BlockPos> approved = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        private final Set<UUID> damagedEntities = new HashSet<>();
+        private int damaged;
+        private boolean started;
+
+        private BoundedExplosion(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, ChunkPos chunk, boolean grief,
+                boolean playerDamage, int maxBlocks, int maxEntities, int maxDamage) {
+            this.level = level;
+            this.age = age;
+            this.chunk = chunk;
+            this.grief = grief;
+            this.playerDamage = playerDamage;
+            this.maxBlocks = maxBlocks;
+            this.maxEntities = maxEntities;
+            this.maxDamage = maxDamage;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Optional<Float> getBlockExplosionResistance(Explosion explosion, BlockGetter reader,
+                BlockPos pos, BlockState state, FluidState fluid) {
+            started = true;
+            if (!inLoadedChunk(pos)) return Optional.of(Float.MAX_VALUE);
+            return super.getBlockExplosionResistance(explosion, reader, pos, state, fluid);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean shouldBlockExplode(Explosion explosion, BlockGetter reader, BlockPos pos,
+                BlockState state, float power) {
+            if (!grief || !inLoadedChunk(pos) || protectedBlock(level, age, pos, state)) return false;
+            if (approved.contains(pos)) return true;
+            if (approved.size() >= maxBlocks) return false;
+            var actor = FakePlayerFactory.getMinecraft(level);
+            actor.setPos(pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY() + 0.5, pos.getZ() + 0.5);
+            var event = new net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.block.BreakBlockEvent(level, pos, state, actor);
+            NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(event);
+            if (event.isCanceled()) return false;
+            approved.add(pos.immutable());
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean shouldDamageEntity(Explosion explosion, Entity entity) {
+            if (damaged >= maxEntities || !eligibleEntity(entity, playerDamage)
+                    || maxDamage == 0) return false;
+            damaged++;
+            damagedEntities.add(entity.getUUID());
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public float getEntityDamageAmount(Explosion explosion, Entity entity, float exposure) {
+            return Math.min(super.getEntityDamageAmount(explosion, entity, exposure), maxDamage);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public float getKnockbackMultiplier(Entity entity) {
+            return damagedEntities.contains(entity.getUUID()) ? 1.0F : 0.0F;
+        }
+
+        private boolean inLoadedChunk(BlockPos pos) {
+            return level.isInWorldBounds(pos) && ChunkPos.containing(pos).equals(chunk)
+                    && level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(chunk.x(), chunk.z()) != null;
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortHazardSavedData.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedData;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedDataType;
+
+/** Per-Age random sequence and event cooldowns survive unload and restart. */
+public final class PortHazardSavedData extends SavedData {
+    private static final Codec<PortHazardSavedData> CODEC = RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+            net.minecraft.util.ExtraCodecs.NON_NEGATIVE_LONG.optionalFieldOf("attempts", 0L).forGetter(data -> data.attempts),
+            Codec.LONG.optionalFieldOf("last_lightning", Long.MIN_VALUE).forGetter(data -> data.lastLightning),
+            Codec.LONG.optionalFieldOf("last_explosion", Long.MIN_VALUE).forGetter(data -> data.lastExplosion),
+            Codec.LONG.optionalFieldOf("last_meteor", Long.MIN_VALUE).forGetter(data -> data.lastMeteor)
+    ).apply(instance, PortHazardSavedData::new));
+    private static final SavedDataType<PortHazardSavedData> TYPE = new SavedDataType<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "hazards"),
+            () -> new PortHazardSavedData(0, Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MIN_VALUE), CODEC);
+    private long attempts, lastLightning, lastExplosion, lastMeteor;
+    private PortHazardSavedData(long attempts, long lightning, long explosion, long meteor) {
+        this.attempts = attempts; lastLightning = lightning; lastExplosion = explosion; lastMeteor = meteor;
+    }
+    public static PortHazardSavedData get(ServerLevel level) { return level.getDataStorage().computeIfAbsent(TYPE); }
+    public long nextAttempt() { setDirty(); return attempts++; }
+    public boolean ready(boolean lightning, long time, int interval) {
+        long last = lightning ? lastLightning : lastExplosion;
+        return last == Long.MIN_VALUE || time < last || time - last >= interval;
+    }
+    public void record(boolean lightning, long time) { if (lightning) lastLightning = time; else lastExplosion = time; setDirty(); }
+    public boolean meteorReady(long time, int interval) { return lastMeteor == Long.MIN_VALUE || time < lastMeteor || time - lastMeteor >= interval; }
+    public void recordMeteor(long time) { lastMeteor = time; setDirty(); }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortInstabilityCommands.java

@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.BoolArgumentType;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.IntegerArgumentType;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.commands.Commands;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.RegisterCommandsEvent;
+
+/** Scores and test overrides are deliberately operator-only, never book tooltip data. */
+@EventBusSubscriber(modid = Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+public final class PortInstabilityCommands {
+    private PortInstabilityCommands() {}
+    @SubscribeEvent public static void register(RegisterCommandsEvent event) {
+        event.getDispatcher().register(Commands.literal("rivencraft_port")
+                .requires(Commands.hasPermission(Commands.LEVEL_ADMINS))
+                .then(Commands.literal("instability")
+                        .then(Commands.literal("status").executes(context -> {
+                            var source = context.getSource(); var level = requireAge(source);
+                            var age = PortInstabilityData.get(source.getServer()).age(level);
+                            source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Age " + level.dimension().identifier()
+                                    + ": frozen score=" + age.score() + ", enabled=" + age.enabled()
+                                    + ", session test score=" + PortInstabilityRuntime.testScore(level)
+                                    + ", protected spawn=" + age.spawn().map(BlockPos::toShortString).orElse("not recorded; re-enter this Age")), false);
+                            source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("  live block score=" + PortBlockInstability.score(level)
+                                    + "; effective score=" + PortInstabilityRuntime.effectiveScore(level)
+                                    + "; difficulty=" + PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityDifficulty()
+                                    + "; samples Age=" + PortBlockInstability.sampledChunks(level) + "/" + PortBlockProfileSavedData.MIN_AGE_SAMPLES
+                                    + ", Overworld=" + PortBlockInstability.sampledChunks(source.getServer().overworld()) + "/" + PortBlockProfileSavedData.MIN_BASELINE_SAMPLES
+                                    + "; profiling=" + PortInstabilityData.get(source.getServer()).supportsProfiling(level)), false);
+                            for (var cost : age.contributions()) source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal(
+                                    "  " + cost.reason() + " page=" + cost.page() + " +" + cost.points()), false);
+                            source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("  erosion testing policy (not a saved card): "
+                                    + PortInstabilityRuntime.providerStatus(level, PortEnvironmentalProviders.EROSION)
+                                    + "; current score=" + PortInstabilityRuntime.effectiveScore(level)), false);
+                            for (var provider : PortInstabilityRuntime.plan(level).providers())
+                                source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("  " + provider.id() + " level=" + provider.level()
+                                        + " [" + PortInstabilityRuntime.providerStatus(level, provider.id()) + "]"), false);
+                            return 1;
+                        }))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("enabled").then(Commands.argument("enabled", BoolArgumentType.bool())
+                                .executes(context -> {
+                                    var level = requireAge(context.getSource());
+                                    boolean enabled = BoolArgumentType.getBool(context, "enabled");
+                                    PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).enabled(level, enabled);
+                                    if (!enabled) PortStatusEffectProviders.clearAge(level);
+                                    context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Age instability enabled=" + enabled
+                                            + "; saved score and provider selection unchanged"), false);
+                                    return 1;
+                                })))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("test_score").then(Commands.argument("score", IntegerArgumentType.integer(0, 1_000_000))
+                                .executes(context -> {
+                                    var level = requireAge(context.getSource());
+                                    PortInstabilityRuntime.testScore(level, IntegerArgumentType.getInteger(context, "score"));
+                                    PortStatusEffectProviders.clearAge(level);
+                                    context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Session-only score override set; frozen score unchanged. Restart or clear_test_score removes it."), false);
+                                    return 1;
+                                })))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("clear_test_score").executes(context -> {
+                            var level = requireAge(context.getSource()); PortInstabilityRuntime.testScore(level, null);
+                            PortStatusEffectProviders.clearAge(level);
+                            context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Cleared test override; restored live effective provider selection"), false); return 1;
+                        }))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("decay").then(Commands.argument("color", StringArgumentType.word())
+                                .suggests((context, builder) -> {
+                                    for (var color : net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.DecayBlock.Color.values())
+                                        if (color.getSerializedName().startsWith(builder.getRemaining())) builder.suggest(color.getSerializedName());
+                                    return builder.buildFuture();
+                                }).executes(context -> decay(context, 1))
+                                .then(Commands.argument("attempts", IntegerArgumentType.integer(1, 32))
+                                        .executes(context -> decay(context, IntegerArgumentType.getInteger(context, "attempts"))))))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("environment").then(Commands.argument("effect", StringArgumentType.word())
+                                .suggests((context, builder) -> {
+                                    for (String effect : java.util.List.of("burning", "erosion"))
+                                        if (effect.startsWith(builder.getRemaining())) builder.suggest(effect);
+                                    return builder.buildFuture();
+                                }).executes(context -> {
+                                    var source = context.getSource(); requireAge(source);
+                                    String effect = StringArgumentType.getString(context, "effect");
+                                    if (!effect.equals("burning") && !effect.equals("erosion")) {
+                                        source.sendFailure(Component.literal("Choose burning or erosion")); return 0;
+                                    }
+                                    int result = PortEnvironmentalProviders.pulseForTesting(source.getPlayerOrException(), effect);
+                                    if (result > 0) source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Applied " + effect + "; saved score/plan unchanged"), false);
+                                    else source.sendFailure(Component.literal(result == -2 ? "Burning would be extinguished by water or rain"
+                                            : "No effect applied. Check Age/config/provider policy, spawn protection and sky exposure; burning requires Survival/Adventure, erosion requires score >=10000 and a source fluid beside/above the targeted block."));
+                                    return Math.max(0, result);
+                                })))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("meteor").executes(context -> {
+                            var source = context.getSource(); requireAge(source);
+                            int result = PortMeteorProvider.pulseForTesting(source.getPlayerOrException());
+                            if (result > 0) source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Meteor descent scheduled; impact in 30 ticks. Saved score/plan unchanged."), false);
+                            else source.sendFailure(Component.literal("No meteor scheduled: check cooldown (200 ticks), active flight, safe loaded terrain and Age/config/provider policy."));
+                            return Math.max(0, result);
+                        }))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("hazard").then(Commands.argument("type", StringArgumentType.word())
+                                .suggests((context, builder) -> {
+                                    for (String type : java.util.List.of("lightning", "explosions"))
+                                        if (type.startsWith(builder.getRemaining())) builder.suggest(type);
+                                    return builder.buildFuture();
+                                }).executes(context -> {
+                                    var source = context.getSource(); var level = requireAge(source);
+                                    String type = StringArgumentType.getString(context, "type");
+                                    if (!type.equals("lightning") && !type.equals("explosions")) {
+                                        source.sendFailure(Component.literal("Choose lightning or explosions")); return 0;
+                                    }
+                                    int result = PortHazardProviders.pulseForTesting(level, BlockPos.containing(source.getPosition()), type.equals("lightning"));
+                                    if (result > 0) source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Triggered " + type
+                                            + " in a nearby loaded chunk; saved score/plan unchanged"), false);
+                                    else source.sendFailure(Component.literal(result < 0 ? "Hazard disabled by config, Age or provider policy"
+                                            : "No hazard triggered: cooldown, protected spawn, unloaded terrain or event cancellation"));
+                                    return Math.max(0, result);
+                                })))
+                        .then(Commands.literal("pulse").then(Commands.argument("provider", StringArgumentType.word())
+                                .suggests((context, builder) -> {
+                                    for (var deck : InstabilityProviderCatalog.Deck.values()) for (var card : InstabilityProviderCatalog.cards(deck))
+                                        if (card.id().getPath().startsWith(builder.getRemaining())) builder.suggest(card.id().getPath());
+                                    return builder.buildFuture();
+                                }).executes(context -> {
+                                    var source = context.getSource(); var level = requireAge(source);
+                                    String name = StringArgumentType.getString(context, "provider");
+                                    Identifier id = Identifier.tryParse(name.contains(":") ? name : "rivencraft:" + name);
+                                    if (id == null || !InstabilityProviderCatalog.contains(id)) throw new com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.SimpleCommandExceptionType(Component.literal("Unknown instability provider")).create();
+                                    var chunk = net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos.containing(BlockPos.containing(source.getPosition()));
+                                    if (level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(chunk.x(), chunk.z()) == null)
+                                        throw new com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.SimpleCommandExceptionType(Component.literal("Current chunk must already be loaded")).create();
+                                    var budget = new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1);
+                                    var effect = new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level),
+                                            java.util.List.of(chunk), source.getServer().getTickCount(), budget);
+                                    boolean attempted = PortInstabilityRuntime.invoke(effect, id, 1);
+                                    boolean applied = attempted && budget.applied() > 0;
+                                    if (applied) source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Applied " + id + " (" + budget.applied() + " successful action in this chunk)"), false);
+                                    else source.sendFailure(Component.literal("No effect applied. Check eligible targets/terrain, sky exposure, existing effects and protection. Provider status: "
+                                            + PortInstabilityRuntime.providerStatus(level, id)));
+                                    return applied ? 1 : 0;
+                                })))));
+    }
+    private static int decay(com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> context, int attempts)
+            throws com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException {
+        requireAge(context.getSource());
+        var color = java.util.Arrays.stream(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.DecayBlock.Color.values())
+                .filter(value -> value.getSerializedName().equalsIgnoreCase(StringArgumentType.getString(context, "color")))
+                .findFirst().orElse(null);
+        if (color == null) {
+            context.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal("Choose blue, purple, red or white")); return 0;
+        }
+        int changed = PortDecayProviders.pulseForTesting(context.getSource().getPlayerOrException(), color, attempts);
+        if (changed < 0) {
+            context.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal("Decay is disabled by config, Age or provider policy")); return 0;
+        }
+        context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Decay " + color.getSerializedName() + ": " + changed
+                + " block changes from " + attempts + " bounded attempts; saved score/plan unchanged"), false);
+        var player = context.getSource().getPlayerOrException();
+        var nearby = PortDecaySavedData.get(player.level()).frontier(color).reversed().stream()
+                .filter(pos -> net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos.containing(pos).equals(player.chunkPosition()))
+                .limit(4).map(BlockPos::toShortString).toList();
+        if (!nearby.isEmpty()) context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Nearby tracked decay: " + nearby), false);
+        return changed;
+    }
+    private static net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel requireAge(CommandSourceStack source)
+            throws com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException {
+        if (!PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(source.getLevel())) throw new com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.SimpleCommandExceptionType(
+                Component.literal("Use this command inside a Rivencraft Age")).create();
+        return source.getLevel();
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortInstabilityConfig.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.ModConfigSpec;
+
+/** The 1.21.1 scheduler and status-provider defaults, in the port's server-owned config. */
+public final class PortInstabilityConfig {
+    private static ModConfigSpec.BooleanValue enabled, status, players, nonplayers, hostiles, worldMutation, decay;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.IntValue cooldown, ages, providers, actions, level, chunks, active, candidates, duration, decayAttempts;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.ConfigValue<List<? extends String>> disabledProviders;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.BooleanValue hazards, hazardBlocks, hazardPlayers, hazardFire;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.IntValue hazardInterval, hazardChunks, hazardMaxBlocks, hazardEntities, hazardDamage, hazardRadius;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.BooleanValue meteor, meteorBlocks, meteorPlayers, meteorFire;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.IntValue meteorMaxBlocks, meteorEntities, meteorDamage;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.BooleanValue scorch, scorchPlayers, erosion;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.IntValue scorchTargets;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.IntValue difficulty;
+    private static ModConfigSpec.ConfigValue<List<? extends String>> materialOverrides;
+    private PortInstabilityConfig() {}
+    public static void define(ModConfigSpec.Builder builder) {
+        builder.push("instability");
+        enabled = builder.comment("Run implemented instability providers. Saved scores and plans remain unchanged when disabled.")
+                .define("enabled", true);
+        difficulty = builder.comment("Legacy instability difficulty: 0=quarter, 1=half, 2=normal, 3=1.75x; saved scores stay unchanged.")
+                .defineInRange("difficulty", 2, 0, 3);
+        worldMutation = builder.comment("Allow implemented instability providers to change blocks, as in 1.21.1.")
+                .define("world_mutation", true);
+        cooldown = builder.defineInRange("cooldown_ticks", 20, 20, 1200);
+        ages = builder.defineInRange("max_ages_per_tick", 4, 1, 16);
+        providers = builder.defineInRange("max_providers_per_age", 2, 1, 16);
+        actions = builder.defineInRange("max_actions_per_age", 1, 1, 16);
+        level = builder.defineInRange("max_effect_level", 3, 1, 16);
+        chunks = builder.defineInRange("max_loaded_chunks", 16, 1, 64);
+        disabledProviders = builder.comment("Disable particular providers without changing saved selections. Accepts poison or rivencraft:poison.")
+                .defineListAllowEmpty("disabled_providers", List.of(), () -> "poison", value -> value instanceof String text
+                        && Identifier.tryParse(text) != null);
+        builder.pop();
+        builder.push("instability_status_effects");
+        status = builder.define("enabled", true);
+        players = builder.comment("Affect Survival/Adventure players; Creative and Spectator remain exempt.")
+                .define("affect_players", true);
+        nonplayers = builder.define("affect_nonplayers", true);
+        hostiles = builder.define("buff_hostiles", true);
+        active = builder.defineInRange("max_active_per_age", 32, 1, 128);
+        candidates = builder.defineInRange("max_candidates_per_attempt", 8, 1, 16);
+        duration = builder.defineInRange("max_duration_ticks", 200, 20, 200);
+        builder.pop();
+        builder.push("instability_decay");
+        decay = builder.comment("Allow colored decay in loaded Ages. Also requires instability.world_mutation.")
+                .define("enabled", true);
+        decayAttempts = builder.comment("Maximum six-neighbor conversion attempts per provider call; at most one block changes.")
+                .defineInRange("max_attempts_per_call", 4, 1, 6);
+        builder.pop();
+        builder.push("instability_hazards");
+        hazards = builder.comment("Run Legacy lightning and explosion cards in loaded Ages.").define("enabled", true);
+        hazardBlocks = builder.comment("Allow block destruction; also requires world_mutation and mobGriefing.").define("block_damage", true);
+        hazardPlayers = builder.comment("Allow damage to Survival/Adventure players.").define("player_damage", true);
+        hazardFire = builder.comment("Allow ignition where the vanilla fire-spread rule permits it.").define("fire", true);
+        hazardInterval = builder.defineInRange("minimum_gap_ticks", 20, 20, 12000);
+        hazardChunks = builder.defineInRange("max_loaded_chunks", 81, 1, 169);
+        hazardMaxBlocks = builder.defineInRange("max_explosion_blocks", 16, 0, 64);
+        hazardEntities = builder.defineInRange("max_damaged_entities", 8, 0, 32);
+        hazardDamage = builder.defineInRange("max_entity_damage", 12, 0, 40);
+        hazardRadius = builder.comment("Legacy strength 3, bounded to one already-loaded chunk.").defineInRange("explosion_radius", 3, 1, 3);
+        builder.pop();
+        builder.push("instability_meteor");
+        meteor = builder.comment("Run the active Legacy meteor card in loaded Ages.").define("enabled", true);
+        meteorBlocks = builder.comment("Allow impact block destruction; also requires world_mutation and mobGriefing.")
+                .define("block_damage", true);
+        meteorPlayers = builder.comment("Allow impacts to hurt Survival/Adventure players.").define("player_damage", true);
+        meteorFire = builder.comment("Allow impact fire where the vanilla fire-spread rule permits it.").define("fire", true);
+        meteorMaxBlocks = builder.defineInRange("max_impact_blocks", 24, 0, 64);
+        meteorEntities = builder.defineInRange("max_damaged_entities", 8, 0, 32);
+        meteorDamage = builder.defineInRange("max_entity_damage", 12, 0, 40);
+        builder.pop();
+        builder.push("instability_scorching");
+        scorch = builder.comment("Run Legacy's active burning card on sky-exposed entities.").define("enabled", true);
+        scorchPlayers = builder.comment("Allow burning on Survival/Adventure players.").define("affect_players", true);
+        scorchTargets = builder.defineInRange("max_targets_per_pass", 4, 0, 16);
+        builder.pop();
+        builder.push("instability_erosion");
+        erosion = builder.comment("Enable Legacy's dormant erosion effect for testing; no saved card is added.",
+                "Ages with a score of at least 10000 can spread adjacent source fluid into one eligible block per pass.")
+                .define("enabled", true);
+        builder.pop();
+        builder.push("instability_modded_materials");
+        materialOverrides = builder.comment("Recognized ores, mineral blocks and source fluids from installed mods are scored automatically.",
+                "Optional exact modid:block_id=points overrides; zero excludes a block. No content mod is required.")
+                .defineListAllowEmpty("block_weight_overrides", List.of(), () -> "examplemod:rare_ore=4000", PortInstabilityConfig::validMaterialOverride);
+        builder.pop();
+    }
+    private static boolean validMaterialOverride(Object value) {
+        if (!(value instanceof String entry)) return false;
+        int separator = entry.lastIndexOf('=');
+        if (separator < 1) return false;
+        Identifier id = Identifier.tryParse(entry.substring(0, separator));
+        if (id == null || !entry.substring(0, separator).contains(":")
+                || id.getNamespace().equals("minecraft") || id.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft")) return false;
+        try { int weight = Integer.parseInt(entry.substring(separator + 1)); return weight >= 0 && weight <= 100000; }
+        catch (NumberFormatException ignored) { return false; }
+    }
+    public static int instabilityDifficulty() { return difficulty.get(); }
+    public static List<? extends String> moddedMaterialOverrides() { return materialOverrides.get(); }
+    public static boolean scorchEnabled() { return scorch.get(); }
+    public static boolean scorchPlayers() { return scorchPlayers.get(); }
+    public static int scorchMaxTargets() { return scorchTargets.get(); }
+    public static boolean erosionEnabled() { return erosion.get(); }
+    public static boolean meteorEnabled() { return meteor.get(); }
+    public static boolean meteorBlockDamage() { return meteorBlocks.get(); }
+    public static boolean meteorPlayerDamage() { return meteorPlayers.get(); }
+    public static boolean meteorFire() { return meteorFire.get(); }
+    public static int meteorMaxBlocks() { return meteorMaxBlocks.get(); }
+    public static int meteorMaxEntities() { return meteorEntities.get(); }
+    public static int meteorMaxDamage() { return meteorDamage.get(); }
+    public static boolean hazardsEnabled() { return hazards.get(); }
+    public static boolean hazardsBlockDamage() { return hazardBlocks.get(); }
+    public static boolean hazardsPlayerDamage() { return hazardPlayers.get(); }
+    public static boolean hazardsFire() { return hazardFire.get(); }
+    public static int hazardsMinInterval() { return hazardInterval.get(); }
+    public static int hazardsMaxChunks() { return hazardChunks.get(); }
+    public static int hazardsMaxBlocks() { return hazardMaxBlocks.get(); }
+    public static int hazardsMaxEntities() { return hazardEntities.get(); }
+    public static int hazardsMaxDamage() { return hazardDamage.get(); }
+    public static int hazardsExplosionRadius() { return hazardRadius.get(); }
+    public static boolean instabilityWorldMutation() { return worldMutation.get(); }
+    public static boolean decayEnabled() { return decay.get(); }
+    public static int decayMaxAttempts() { return decayAttempts.get(); }
+    public static boolean instabilityEnabled() { return enabled.get(); }
+    public static boolean instabilityProviderEnabled(Identifier id) {
+        return disabledProviders.get().stream().noneMatch(value -> value.equals(id.toString())
+                || id.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft") && value.equals(id.getPath()));
+    }
+    public static int instabilityCooldown() { return cooldown.get(); }
+    public static int instabilityMaxAges() { return ages.get(); }
+    public static int instabilityMaxProviders() { return providers.get(); }
+    public static int instabilityMaxActions() { return actions.get(); }
+    public static int instabilityMaxLevel() { return level.get(); }
+    public static int instabilityMaxChunks() { return chunks.get(); }
+    public static boolean statusEffectsEnabled() { return status.get(); }
+    public static boolean statusEffectsPlayers() { return players.get(); }
+    public static boolean statusEffectsNonplayers() { return nonplayers.get(); }
+    public static boolean statusEffectsHostiles() { return hostiles.get(); }
+    public static int statusEffectsMaxActive() { return active.get(); }
+    public static int statusEffectsMaxCandidates() { return candidates.get(); }
+    public static int statusEffectsMaxDuration() { return duration.get(); }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortInstabilityData.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedData;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedDataType;
+
+/** Frozen creation-time contributions and Legacy deck selections. Never silently rescores older Ages. */
+public final class PortInstabilityData extends SavedData {
+    public record Contribution(String reason, int page, int points) {
+        public static final Codec<Contribution> CODEC = RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+                Codec.STRING.fieldOf("reason").forGetter(Contribution::reason),
+                Codec.INT.fieldOf("page").forGetter(Contribution::page),
+                Codec.intRange(0, Integer.MAX_VALUE).fieldOf("points").forGetter(Contribution::points)
+        ).apply(instance, Contribution::new));
+    }
+    public record Age(long seed, List<Contribution> contributions, PortInstabilityPlan plan, boolean enabled, java.util.Optional<net.minecraft.core.BlockPos> spawn) {
+        public static final Codec<Age> CODEC = RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+                Codec.LONG.fieldOf("seed").forGetter(Age::seed),
+                Contribution.CODEC.listOf().fieldOf("contributions").forGetter(Age::contributions),
+                PortInstabilityPlan.CODEC.fieldOf("plan").forGetter(Age::plan),
+                Codec.BOOL.optionalFieldOf("enabled", true).forGetter(Age::enabled),
+                net.minecraft.core.BlockPos.CODEC.optionalFieldOf("spawn").forGetter(Age::spawn)
+        ).apply(instance, Age::new));
+        public Age { contributions = List.copyOf(contributions); spawn = spawn.map(net.minecraft.core.BlockPos::immutable); }
+        public Age(long seed, List<Contribution> contributions, PortInstabilityPlan plan, boolean enabled) {
+            this(seed, contributions, plan, enabled, java.util.Optional.empty());
+        }
+        public int score() { return contributions.stream().mapToInt(Contribution::points).reduce(0, Math::addExact); }
+    }
+    private static final SavedDataType<PortInstabilityData> TYPE = new SavedDataType<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "instability"), () -> new PortInstabilityData(Map.of()),
+            Codec.unboundedMap(Identifier.CODEC, Age.CODEC).fieldOf("ages").codec()
+                    .xmap(PortInstabilityData::new, data -> Map.copyOf(data.ages)));
+    private final Map<Identifier, Age> ages = new HashMap<>();
+    private PortInstabilityData(Map<Identifier, Age> values) { ages.putAll(values); }
+    public static PortInstabilityData get(MinecraftServer server) { return server.overworld().getDataStorage().computeIfAbsent(TYPE); }
+    Age snapshot(Identifier id) { return ages.get(id); }
+    void restore(Identifier id, Age snapshot) {
+        if (snapshot == null) ages.remove(id); else ages.put(id, snapshot);
+        setDirty();
+    }
+    public Age age(ServerLevel level) {
+        Age age = ages.get(level.dimension().identifier());
+        return age != null ? age : new Age(level.getSeed(),
+                List.of(new Contribution("predates_instability", -1, 0)), PortInstabilityPlan.empty(), true);
+    }
+    /** Older neutral Ages stay neutral even if an arrival or enabled flag was later saved. */
+    public boolean supportsProfiling(ServerLevel level) {
+        Age state = ages.get(level.dimension().identifier());
+        return state != null && state.contributions().stream().noneMatch(cost -> cost.reason().equals("predates_instability"));
+    }
+    public void enabled(ServerLevel level, boolean enabled) {
+        Age previous = age(level);
+        ages.put(level.dimension().identifier(), new Age(previous.seed(), previous.contributions(), previous.plan(), enabled, previous.spawn()));
+        setDirty();
+    }
+    /** First resolved arrival remains protected without rescoring or rerolling the Age. */
+    public void recordSpawn(ServerLevel level, net.minecraft.core.BlockPos spawn) {
+        Age previous = age(level);
+        if (previous.spawn().isPresent()) return;
+        ages.put(level.dimension().identifier(), new Age(previous.seed(), previous.contributions(), previous.plan(),
+                previous.enabled(), java.util.Optional.of(spawn.immutable())));
+        setDirty();
+    }
+    public void create(ServerLevel level, List<Identifier> pages, PortAgeTerrain terrain,
+                       PortLighting lighting, PortDayCycle cycle) {
+        Identifier id = level.dimension().identifier();
+        if (ages.containsKey(id)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Instability already recorded for " + id);
+        List<Contribution> costs = new ArrayList<>();
+        costs.add(new Contribution(pages.isEmpty() ? "random_baseline" : "authored_baseline", -1, 0));
+        for (var diagnostic : net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortWritingRecovery.recover(pages).diagnostics())
+            costs.add(new Contribution("writing_" + diagnostic.code(), diagnostic.index(), diagnostic.points()));
+        boolean authoredBright = false;
+        Map<Identifier, Integer> structures = new HashMap<>();
+        var biomes = level.getChunkSource().getGenerator().getBiomeSource().possibleBiomes().stream()
+                .flatMap(holder -> holder.unwrapKey().stream()).map(key -> key.identifier()).toList();
+        for (int i = 0; i < pages.size(); i++) {
+            Identifier page = pages.get(i);
+            if (!page.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft")) continue;
+            String path = page.getPath();
+            if (path.equals("lighting/bright")) { costs.add(new Contribution("bright_lighting", i, 500)); authoredBright = true; }
+            if (page.equals(PortAcceleratedTicks.PAGE)) costs.add(new Contribution("accelerated", i, 1000));
+            if (isCorrupted(page)) costs.add(new Contribution("corrupted_" + path.substring(10), i,
+                    path.endsWith("small") ? 2000 : path.endsWith("medium") ? 1000 : 0));
+            // Legacy charges for sky/weather controllers that Cave terrain cannot apply.
+            if (terrain == PortAgeTerrain.CAVE && (PortWeatherMode.forPage(page) != null
+                    || PortDayCycle.isController(page) || PortDayCycle.isPeriod(page)
+                    || PortDayCycle.isPhase(page) || PortDayCycle.isAngle(page) || PortDayCycle.isDirection(page)))
+                costs.add(new Contribution("cave_ignored_" + path.replace('/', '_'), i, 100));
+            if (net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.isSymbol(page)) {
+                if (structures.merge(page, 1, Integer::sum) > 3)
+                    costs.add(new Contribution("excess_" + path, i, 100));
+            }
+            if (PortStructurePages.supports(page)) {
+                int count = structures.merge(page, 1, Integer::sum);
+                if (count > 3) costs.add(new Contribution("excess_" + path, i, 100));
+                var allowed = PortStructurePages.compatibleBiomes(page, level.registryAccess());
+                if (!allowed.isEmpty() && biomes.stream().anyMatch(biome -> !allowed.contains(biome)))
+                    costs.add(new Contribution("forced_biome_" + path, i, 100));
+            }
+        }
+        if (lighting == PortLighting.BRIGHT && !authoredBright) costs.add(new Contribution("seeded_bright_lighting", -1, 500));
+        int suns = 0;
+        for (var body : cycle.bodies()) if (body.kind() == PortDayCycle.SUN && ++suns > 2)
+            costs.add(new Contribution("extra_sun_" + suns, -1, 1000 * (suns - 2)));
+        int score = costs.stream().mapToInt(Contribution::points).reduce(0, Math::addExact);
+        ages.put(id, new Age(level.getSeed(), costs, PortInstabilityPlan.select(score, level.getSeed()), true));
+        setDirty();
+    }
+    public static boolean isCorrupted(Identifier page) {
+        return page.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft") && switch (page.getPath()) {
+            case "corrupted/large", "corrupted/medium", "corrupted/small" -> true;
+            default -> false;
+        };
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortInstabilityPlan.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Random;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+/** Frozen provider selection; handler availability and server settings never reroll this plan. */
+public record PortInstabilityPlan(int version, List<ProviderLevel> providers) {
+    public static final com.mojang.serialization.Codec<PortInstabilityPlan> CODEC =
+            com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+                    com.mojang.serialization.Codec.INT.fieldOf("version").forGetter(PortInstabilityPlan::version),
+                    ProviderLevel.CODEC.listOf().fieldOf("providers").forGetter(PortInstabilityPlan::providers)
+            ).apply(instance, PortInstabilityPlan::new));
+    public static final int CURRENT_VERSION = 1;
+
+    public PortInstabilityPlan {
+        if (version != CURRENT_VERSION) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported provider-plan version " + version);
+        providers = List.copyOf(providers);
+        if (providers.stream().map(ProviderLevel::id).distinct().count() != providers.size()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Duplicate provider ID in saved Age plan");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static PortInstabilityPlan empty() { return new PortInstabilityPlan(CURRENT_VERSION, List.of()); }
+
+    public static PortInstabilityPlan select(int score, long ageSeed) {
+        int roundedScore = score / 500 * 500;
+        Map<Identifier, Integer> levels = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (InstabilityProviderCatalog.Deck deck : InstabilityProviderCatalog.Deck.values()) {
+            int remaining = roundedScore - deck.entryCost();
+            if (remaining <= 0) continue;
+            List<InstabilityProviderCatalog.Card> cards = new ArrayList<>(InstabilityProviderCatalog.cards(deck));
+            Collections.shuffle(cards, new Random(ageSeed ^ (0x9E3779B97F4A7C15L * (deck.ordinal() + 1))));
+            for (InstabilityProviderCatalog.Card card : cards) {
+                if (remaining < card.cost()) break;
+                remaining -= card.cost();
+                levels.merge(card.id(), 1, Integer::sum);
+            }
+        }
+        return new PortInstabilityPlan(CURRENT_VERSION, levels.entrySet().stream()
+                .map(entry -> new ProviderLevel(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue())).toList());
+    }
+
+    public record ProviderLevel(Identifier id, int level) {
+        public static final com.mojang.serialization.Codec<ProviderLevel> CODEC =
+                com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder.create(instance -> instance.group(
+                        Identifier.CODEC.fieldOf("id").forGetter(ProviderLevel::id),
+                        com.mojang.serialization.Codec.intRange(1, 255).fieldOf("level").forGetter(ProviderLevel::level)
+                ).apply(instance, ProviderLevel::new));
+        public ProviderLevel {
+            Objects.requireNonNull(id, "id");
+            if (level < 1 || level > 255) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid provider level " + level);
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortInstabilityRuntime.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppingEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.tick.LevelTickEvent;
+
+/** The 1.21.1 bounded Age scheduler. Unported cards remain saved and visibly unavailable to operators. */
+@EventBusSubscriber(modid = Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+public final class PortInstabilityRuntime {
+    private static final Map<ServerLevel, CachedPlan> PLANS = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private record CachedPlan(int score, long seed, PortInstabilityPlan plan) {}
+    private static final Map<Identifier, Handler> HANDLERS = new HashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<ServerLevel, Map<Identifier, Long>> FAILURES = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<MinecraftServer, Map<Identifier, Integer>> TEST_SCORES = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<MinecraftServer, TickState> TICKS = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private PortInstabilityRuntime() {}
+    public static void register(Identifier id, ProviderEffect handler) {
+        register(id, false, handler);
+    }
+    public static void register(Identifier id, boolean worldMutating, ProviderEffect handler) {
+        if (HANDLERS.putIfAbsent(id, new Handler(worldMutating, handler)) != null)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Duplicate instability provider " + id);
+    }
+    public static boolean isAge(ServerLevel level) { return level instanceof PortAgeLevel; }
+    public static PortInstabilityPlan plan(ServerLevel level) {
+        var age = PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level);
+        Integer test = testScore(level);
+        int profile = test == null ? PortBlockInstability.score(level) : 0;
+        int difficulty = PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityDifficulty();
+        if (test == null && difficulty == 2 && profile == 0) return age.plan();
+        int score = test != null ? test : PortBlockInstability.difficultyScore((long) age.score() + profile, difficulty);
+        var cached = PLANS.get(level);
+        if (cached == null || cached.score() != score || cached.seed() != age.seed()) {
+            cached = new CachedPlan(score, age.seed(), PortInstabilityPlan.select(score, age.seed()));
+            PLANS.put(level, cached);
+        }
+        return cached.plan();
+    }
+    public static Integer testScore(ServerLevel level) {
+        return TEST_SCORES.getOrDefault(level.getServer(), Map.of()).get(level.dimension().identifier());
+    }
+    public static int effectiveScore(ServerLevel level) {
+        Integer test = testScore(level);
+        if (test != null) return test;
+        return PortBlockInstability.difficultyScore((long) PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level).score()
+                + PortBlockInstability.score(level), PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityDifficulty());
+    }
+    public static void testScore(ServerLevel level, Integer score) {
+        var values = TEST_SCORES.computeIfAbsent(level.getServer(), ignored -> new HashMap<>());
+        if (score == null) values.remove(level.dimension().identifier()); else values.put(level.dimension().identifier(), score);
+    }
+    @SubscribeEvent public static void tick(LevelTickEvent.Post event) {
+        if (!(event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level) || !isAge(level) || level.players().isEmpty()
+                || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled()) return;
+        var server = level.getServer();
+        long tick = server.getTickCount();
+        int cooldown = PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityCooldown();
+        if (tick % cooldown != 0) return;
+        TickState state = TICKS.computeIfAbsent(server, ignored -> new TickState());
+        if (state.tick != tick) {
+            state.tick = tick;
+            var eligible = new ArrayList<Identifier>();
+            for (var loaded : server.getAllLevels()) if (isAge(loaded) && !loaded.players().isEmpty()
+                    && PortInstabilityData.get(server).age(loaded).enabled() && !plan(loaded).providers().isEmpty())
+                eligible.add(loaded.dimension().identifier());
+            eligible.sort(Comparator.comparing(Identifier::toString));
+            state.eligible = List.copyOf(eligible);
+        }
+        int index = state.eligible.indexOf(level.dimension().identifier());
+        if (index < 0 || state.eligible.size() > PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityMaxAges()
+                && Math.floorMod(index - (int) Math.floorMod(tick / cooldown, state.eligible.size()), state.eligible.size())
+                    >= PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityMaxAges()) return;
+        var age = PortInstabilityData.get(server).age(level);
+        if (!age.enabled()) return;
+        var providers = plan(level).providers();
+        PortHazardProviders.tickPlanned(level, age, tick, providers);
+        PortMeteorProvider.tickPlanned(level, age, tick, providers);
+        PortEnvironmentalProviders.tickPlanned(level, age, tick, providers);
+        var chunks = loadedChunks(level);
+        if (providers.isEmpty() || chunks.isEmpty()) return;
+        Context context = new Context(level, age, chunks, tick, new Budget(PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityMaxActions()));
+        int first = (int) Math.floorMod(tick / cooldown + age.seed(), providers.size());
+        int ran = 0;
+        for (int offset = 0; offset < providers.size() && ran < PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityMaxProviders()
+                && context.budget().remaining() > 0; offset++) {
+            var provider = providers.get((first + offset) % providers.size());
+            if (!PortHazardProviders.isHazard(provider.id()) && !provider.id().equals(PortMeteorProvider.METEORS)
+                    && !PortEnvironmentalProviders.isEnvironmental(provider.id()) && invoke(context, provider.id(), provider.level())) ran++;
+        }
+    }
+    public static boolean invoke(Context context, Identifier id, int level) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(id)
+                || !PortInstabilityData.get(context.level().getServer()).age(context.level()).enabled()) return false;
+        Handler handler = HANDLERS.get(id);
+        if (handler == null || handler.worldMutating() && !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityWorldMutation()) return false;
+        var failures = FAILURES.computeIfAbsent(context.level(), ignored -> new HashMap<>());
+        if (context.serverTick() < failures.getOrDefault(id, 0L)) return false;
+        try {
+            handler.effect().apply(context, id, Math.min(level, PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityMaxLevel()));
+        } catch (RuntimeException exception) {
+            failures.put(id, context.serverTick() + Math.max(200L, PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityCooldown() * 10L));
+            Rivencraft.LOGGER.error("Instability provider {} failed in {}; temporarily quarantined", id,
+                    context.level().dimension().identifier(), exception);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    public static String providerStatus(ServerLevel level, Identifier id) {
+        if (!HANDLERS.containsKey(id)) return "not ported yet";
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled()) return "global config off";
+        if (!PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level).enabled()) return "Age disabled";
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(id)) return "provider config off";
+        if (PortHazardProviders.isHazard(id)) {
+            if (!PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsEnabled()) return "hazards config off";
+        } else if (id.equals(PortMeteorProvider.METEORS)) {
+            if (!PortInstabilityConfig.meteorEnabled()) return "meteor config off";
+        } else if (id.equals(PortEnvironmentalProviders.BURNING)) {
+            if (!PortInstabilityConfig.scorchEnabled()) return "burning config off";
+            if (PortInstabilityConfig.scorchMaxTargets() == 0) return "burning target budget zero";
+        } else if (HANDLERS.get(id).worldMutating()) {
+            if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityWorldMutation()) return "world mutation off";
+            if (id.getPath().startsWith("decay") && !PortInstabilityConfig.decayEnabled()) return "decay config off";
+            if (id.equals(PortEnvironmentalProviders.EROSION)) {
+                if (!PortInstabilityConfig.erosionEnabled()) return "erosion config off";
+                if (!PortHazardProviders.canMutate(level)) return "mobGriefing off";
+                if (effectiveScore(level) < InstabilityProviderCatalog.Deck.DESTRUCTIVE.entryCost()) return "erosion threshold not met";
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (!PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsEnabled()) return "status effects config off";
+            if (id.getPath().startsWith("enemy") && !PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsHostiles()) return "hostile buffs disabled";
+            if (!id.getPath().startsWith("enemy") && !PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsPlayers()
+                    && !PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsNonplayers()) return "all general targets disabled";
+        }
+        if (level.getServer().getTickCount() < FAILURES.getOrDefault(level, Map.of()).getOrDefault(id, 0L)) return "quarantined";
+        return level.players().isEmpty() ? "no players in Age" : "eligible; sky, targets and budgets still apply";
+    }
+    static List<ChunkPos> loadedChunks(ServerLevel level) {
+        var chunks = new LinkedHashSet<ChunkPos>();
+        for (var player : level.players()) {
+            ChunkPos center = player.chunkPosition();
+            for (int x = -1; x <= 1; x++) for (int z = -1; z <= 1; z++) {
+                if (level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(center.x() + x, center.z() + z) != null)
+                    chunks.add(new ChunkPos(center.x() + x, center.z() + z));
+                if (chunks.size() >= PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityMaxChunks()) return List.copyOf(chunks);
+            }
+        }
+        return List.copyOf(chunks);
+    }
+    @SubscribeEvent public static void stopping(ServerStoppingEvent event) {
+        TEST_SCORES.remove(event.getServer()); TICKS.remove(event.getServer()); FAILURES.clear(); PLANS.clear();
+    }
+    public interface ProviderEffect { void apply(Context context, Identifier id, int level); }
+    public record Context(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, List<ChunkPos> loadedChunks,
+                          long serverTick, Budget budget) { public Context { loadedChunks = List.copyOf(loadedChunks); } }
+    public static final class Budget {
+        private int remaining;
+        private int applied;
+        public Budget(int maximum) { remaining = maximum; }
+        public boolean claim() { if (remaining <= 0) return false; remaining--; return true; }
+        public int remaining() { return remaining; }
+        public void recordApplied() { applied++; }
+        public int applied() { return applied; }
+    }
+    private record Handler(boolean worldMutating, ProviderEffect effect) {}
+    private static final class TickState { long tick = Long.MIN_VALUE; List<Identifier> eligible = List.of(); }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortLibraryCommands.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.IntegerArgumentType;
+import net.minecraft.commands.Commands;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.ChestBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.RegisterCommandsEvent;
+
+/** Explicit operator tools; normal generation does not search or force-load remote chunks. */
+@EventBusSubscriber(modid = "rivencraft")
+public final class PortLibraryCommands {
+    @SubscribeEvent public static void register(RegisterCommandsEvent event) {
+        var root = Commands.literal("rivencraft_port").requires(Commands.hasPermission(Commands.LEVEL_ADMINS));
+        root.then(Commands.literal("library")
+                .then(Commands.literal("test_place").executes(context -> {
+                    var level = context.getSource().getLevel();
+                    var direction = context.getSource().getEntity() instanceof net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player player
+                            ? player.getDirection() : net.minecraft.core.Direction.NORTH;
+                    var result = PortLibraryFeature.testPlace(level, BlockPos.containing(context.getSource().getPosition()), direction,
+                            level.getSeed(), PortLibraryWriting.get(level.getServer()).symbols(level.dimension().identifier()));
+                    if (result.isEmpty()) { context.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal("No clear placement nearby; use open ground with headroom.")); return 0; }
+                    context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Library placed. Chest: " + result.get().toShortString()), false);
+                    return 1;
+                }))
+                .then(Commands.literal("test_spacing").then(Commands.argument("chunks", IntegerArgumentType.integer(1, 32))
+                        .executes(context -> {
+                            var level = context.getSource().getLevel();
+                            if (!RuntimeAgeBackend.savedAges(level.getServer()).containsKey(level.dimension().identifier()))
+                                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Use this test override inside a Rivencraft Age");
+                            int spacing = IntegerArgumentType.getInteger(context, "chunks");
+                            PortLibraryFeature.setTestSpacing(level.getSeed(), spacing);
+                            context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Session-only library spacing: " + spacing
+                                    + " chunks. Applies to newly generated chunks; 32 restores normal spacing."), false);
+                            return 1;
+                        })))
+                .then(Commands.literal("candidate").executes(context -> {
+                    var level = context.getSource().getLevel();
+                    var origin = ChunkPos.containing(BlockPos.containing(context.getSource().getPosition()));
+                    ChunkPos best = null;
+                    long distance = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+                    for (int spacing : new int[]{32, PortLibraryFeature.spacing(level.getSeed())}) {
+                        int rx = Math.floorDiv(origin.x(), spacing), rz = Math.floorDiv(origin.z(), spacing);
+                        for (int dx = -2; dx <= 2; dx++) for (int dz = -2; dz <= 2; dz++) {
+                            var candidate = PortLibraryFeature.candidateChunk(level.getSeed(), rx + dx, rz + dz, spacing);
+                            long x = candidate.x() - origin.x(), z = candidate.z() - origin.z();
+                            long d = x * x + z * z;
+                            if (d < distance) { best = candidate; distance = d; }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    var candidate = best;
+                    context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Nearest candidate chunk " + candidate
+                            + ", center X=" + (candidate.getMinBlockX() + 8) + " Z=" + (candidate.getMinBlockZ() + 8)
+                            + ". A candidate is not a guaranteed library: footing, slope and clear space must pass."), false);
+                    return 1;
+                }))
+                .then(Commands.literal("probe").executes(context -> {
+                    var level = context.getSource().getLevel();
+                    var chunk = level.getChunkAt(BlockPos.containing(context.getSource().getPosition()));
+                    var chest = PortLibraryFeature.libraryChest(chunk);
+                    if (chest.isPresent()) context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Generated library chest: " + chest.get().toShortString()), false);
+                    else {
+                        var check = PortLibraryFeature.check(level, chunk.getPos(), level.getSeed());
+                        context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal(check.eligible() ? "Eligible library candidate, floor Y=" + check.floorY()
+                                : "No library in this chunk: " + check.reason()), false);
+                    }
+                    return 1;
+                }))
+                .then(Commands.literal("inspect_loot").executes(context -> {
+                    var level = context.getSource().getLevel();
+                    var chunk = level.getChunkAt(BlockPos.containing(context.getSource().getPosition()));
+                    var pos = PortLibraryFeature.libraryChest(chunk);
+                    if (pos.isEmpty()) { context.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal("No marked library chest in this chunk.")); return 0; }
+                    var chest = (net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.ChestBlockEntity) level.getBlockEntity(pos.get());
+                    var items = new java.util.ArrayList<String>();
+                    for (int i = 0; i < chest.getContainerSize(); i++) {
+                        var item = chest.getItem(i); // Materializes loot exactly as opening the chest does.
+                        if (!item.isEmpty()) items.add(item.getCount() + "x " + item.getHoverName().getString());
+                    }
+                    long stands = chunk.getBlockEntities().values().stream()
+                            .filter(be -> be instanceof net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookStandBlockEntity).count();
+                    context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Library at " + pos.get().toShortString()
+                            + "; stands in this chunk=" + stands + "; chest=" + items), false);
+                    return 1;
+                }))
+                .then(Commands.literal("nearest_loaded").executes(context -> {
+                    var player = context.getSource().getPlayerOrException();
+                    var level = player.level();
+                    var origin = player.chunkPosition();
+                    BlockPos best = null; double distance = Double.MAX_VALUE;
+                    for (int x = origin.x() - 16; x <= origin.x() + 16; x++) for (int z = origin.z() - 16; z <= origin.z() + 16; z++) {
+                        var chunk = level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(x, z);
+                        if (chunk == null) continue;
+                        var found = PortLibraryFeature.libraryChest(chunk);
+                        if (found.isPresent()) {
+                            double d = player.distanceToSqr(Vec3.atCenterOf(found.get()));
+                            if (d < distance) { best = found.get(); distance = d; }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (best == null) { context.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal("No library in loaded chunks within 16 chunks. Use candidate or test_spacing to explore new terrain.")); return 0; }
+                    var facing = level.getBlockState(best).getValue(ChestBlock.FACING);
+                    var feet = best.relative(facing, 2).relative(facing.getCounterClockWise());
+                    var target = Vec3.atBottomCenterOf(feet);
+                    if (!level.getBlockState(feet.below()).isFaceSturdy(level, feet.below(), net.minecraft.core.Direction.UP)
+                            || !level.getFluidState(feet).isEmpty() || !level.getFluidState(feet.above()).isEmpty()
+                            || !level.noCollision(player, player.getBoundingBox().move(target.subtract(player.position())))) {
+                        context.getSource().sendFailure(Component.literal("Library found at " + best.toShortString() + " but its aisle is obstructed.")); return 0;
+                    }
+                    player.teleportTo(level, target.x, target.y, target.z, java.util.Set.of(), facing.getOpposite().toYRot(), 0, true);
+                    return 1;
+                })));
+        event.getDispatcher().register(root);
+    }
+    @SubscribeEvent public static void stopped(net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppedEvent event) {
+        PortLibraryFeature.clearTestSpacing();
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortLibraryFeature.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.PortConfig;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortSymbolPages;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookStandBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookStandBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.tags.BlockTags;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.WorldGenLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.ChestBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.ChestBlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkAccess;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.LevelChunk;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.Heightmap;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.LegacyRandomSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.WorldgenRandom;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.loot.LootTable;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Rotation;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.templatesystem.StructurePlaceSettings;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.Items;
+
+/** Sparse, page-free Age library. Its entire footprint lives in its candidate chunk. */
+public final class PortLibraryFeature {
+    public static final int REGION = 32;
+    static final int FOOTPRINT = 11;
+    private static final int OFFSET_BOUND = 24;
+    private static final int MAX_SUPPORT_DEPTH = 24;
+    private static final int SALT = 14357617;
+    private static final int TEST_SALT = 0x4C494252;
+    private static final String CHEST_MARKER = "RivencraftLibrary";
+    private static final ConcurrentHashMap<Long, Integer> TEST_SPACING = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    // x, y, z, clockwise turns relative to the left stand. The middle row
+    // faces across the room; the far stand faces back toward the entrance.
+    private static final int[][] STANDS = {{6, 1, 2, 0}, {8, 1, 4, 1}, {8, 1, 5, 1},
+            {8, 1, 6, 1}, {6, 1, 8, 2}};
+    private static final Identifier TEMPLATE = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+            "rivencraft", "mystcraft_library");
+    private static final ResourceKey<LootTable> CHEST_LOOT = ResourceKey.create(Registries.LOOT_TABLE,
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "chests/mystcraft_library"));
+
+    private PortLibraryFeature() {}
+
+    record Site(int x, int z, int rotation) {}
+
+    public static int spacing(long seed) {
+        return TEST_SPACING.getOrDefault(seed, REGION);
+    }
+
+    /** Session-only testing override; normal 32-chunk sites always remain eligible. */
+    public static void setTestSpacing(long seed, int chunks) {
+        if (chunks < 1 || chunks > REGION) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid library spacing " + chunks);
+        if (chunks == REGION) TEST_SPACING.remove(seed);
+        else TEST_SPACING.put(seed, chunks);
+    }
+
+    public static void clearTestSpacing() {
+        TEST_SPACING.clear();
+    }
+
+    /** The single deterministic candidate in one Legacy-sized region. */
+    public static ChunkPos candidateChunk(long seed, int regionX, int regionZ) {
+        return candidateChunk(seed, regionX, regionZ, REGION);
+    }
+
+    public static ChunkPos candidateChunk(long seed, int regionX, int regionZ, int spacing) {
+        if (spacing < 1 || spacing > REGION) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid library spacing " + spacing);
+        WorldgenRandom random = new WorldgenRandom(new LegacyRandomSource(0L));
+        random.setLargeFeatureWithSalt(seed, regionX, regionZ,
+                spacing == REGION ? SALT : TEST_SALT ^ spacing);
+        int bound = spacing == REGION ? OFFSET_BOUND : spacing;
+        return new ChunkPos(regionX * spacing + random.nextInt(bound),
+                regionZ * spacing + random.nextInt(bound));
+    }
+
+    static Site site(long seed, ChunkPos chunk) {
+        Site normal = site(seed, chunk, REGION);
+        return normal != null ? normal : spacing(seed) == REGION ? null : site(seed, chunk, spacing(seed));
+    }
+
+    private static Site site(long seed, ChunkPos chunk, int spacing) {
+        int rx = Math.floorDiv(chunk.x(), spacing);
+        int rz = Math.floorDiv(chunk.z(), spacing);
+        WorldgenRandom random = new WorldgenRandom(new LegacyRandomSource(0L));
+        random.setLargeFeatureWithSalt(seed, rx, rz,
+                spacing == REGION ? SALT : TEST_SALT ^ spacing);
+        int bound = spacing == REGION ? OFFSET_BOUND : spacing;
+        int candidateX = rx * spacing + random.nextInt(bound);
+        int candidateZ = rz * spacing + random.nextInt(bound);
+        if (chunk.x() != candidateX || chunk.z() != candidateZ) return null;
+        return new Site(chunk.getMinBlockX() + 2, chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 2, random.nextInt(4));
+    }
+
+    /** A saved marker distinguishes a generated library from player-built chests. */
+    public static Optional<BlockPos> libraryChest(LevelChunk chunk) {
+        return chunk.getBlockEntities().entrySet().stream()
+                .filter(entry -> entry.getValue() instanceof ChestBlockEntity chest
+                        && chest.getPersistentData().getBooleanOr(CHEST_MARKER, false))
+                .map(java.util.Map.Entry::getKey).findFirst();
+    }
+
+    /** Recognize libraries generated before the chest marker was introduced. */
+    public static Optional<BlockPos> libraryChest(LevelChunk chunk, long seed) {
+        Optional<BlockPos> marked = libraryChest(chunk);
+        if (marked.isPresent()) return marked;
+        Site site = site(seed, chunk.getPos());
+        if (site == null) return Optional.empty();
+        for (var entry : chunk.getBlockEntities().entrySet()) {
+            if (!(entry.getValue() instanceof ChestBlockEntity chest)) continue;
+            int y = entry.getKey().getY();
+            BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+            if (!entry.getKey().equals(mapped(site, cursor, 4, y, 2))
+                    || !chunk.getBlockState(mapped(site, cursor, 2, y, 2)).is(Blocks.BOOKSHELF)
+                    || !chunk.getBlockState(mapped(site, cursor, 2, y + 1, 2)).is(Blocks.BOOKSHELF)
+                    || !chunk.getBlockState(mapped(site, cursor, 4, y + 6, 2)).is(Blocks.OAK_PLANKS))
+                continue;
+            chest.getPersistentData().putBoolean(CHEST_MARKER, true);
+            chest.setChanged();
+            return Optional.of(entry.getKey());
+        }
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    /** Open interior aisle, directly above the cobblestone floor. */
+    public static BlockPos arrival(long seed, ChunkPos chunk, int chestY) {
+        Site site = site(seed, chunk);
+        if (site == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a library candidate chunk: " + chunk);
+        return mapped(site, new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos(), 5, chestY, 4).immutable();
+    }
+
+    public record PlacementCheck(String reason, int floorY, int[][] heights) {
+        public boolean eligible() { return reason == null; }
+    }
+
+    /** Inspect one candidate without placing blocks. The same test gates natural placement. */
+    public static PlacementCheck check(WorldGenLevel level, ChunkPos chunk, long seed) {
+        Site site = site(seed, chunk);
+        if (site == null) return rejected("not a candidate chunk");
+        BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+        int low = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        int high = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        int[][] heights = new int[FOOTPRINT][FOOTPRINT];
+        for (int x = 0; x < FOOTPRINT; x++) for (int z = 0; z < FOOTPRINT; z++) {
+            int wx = site.x() + x;
+            int wz = site.z() + z;
+            int y = level.getHeight(Heightmap.Types.WORLD_SURFACE_WG, wx, wz);
+            // The heightmap includes tree canopies. Libraries sit on terrain, not leaves.
+            while (y > level.getMinY() + 2) {
+                BlockState below = level.getBlockState(cursor.set(wx, y - 1, wz));
+                if (!below.isAir() && !isVegetation(below)) break;
+                y--;
+            }
+            if (y < level.getMinY() + 2) return rejected("no surface footing");
+            BlockState ground = level.getBlockState(cursor.set(wx, y - 1, wz));
+            if (!ground.getFluidState().isEmpty()) return rejected("fluid at ground level");
+            if (ground.hasBlockEntity() || !ground.isFaceSturdy(level, cursor, Direction.UP))
+                return rejected("ground is not sturdy terrain");
+            heights[x][z] = y;
+            low = Math.min(low, y);
+            high = Math.max(high, y);
+        }
+        if (high + 10 >= level.getMaxY()) return rejected("insufficient build height");
+        if (high - low > MAX_SUPPORT_DEPTH) return rejected("slope exceeds support depth ("
+                + (high - low) + " > " + MAX_SUPPORT_DEPTH + ")");
+        // Check the entire raised foundation and house. Foliage can be cleared, but not
+        // structures, fluids, or block entities already occupying this volume.
+        for (int x = 0; x < FOOTPRINT; x++) for (int z = 0; z < FOOTPRINT; z++)
+            for (int y = heights[x][z]; y <= high + 10; y++) {
+                BlockState state = level.getBlockState(cursor.set(site.x() + x, y, site.z() + z));
+                if (!state.getFluidState().isEmpty()) return rejected("fluid inside footprint");
+                if (state.hasBlockEntity()) return rejected("block entity inside footprint");
+                if (!(state.isAir() || state.canBeReplaced() || isVegetation(state)))
+                    return rejected("solid obstruction inside footprint: "
+                            + state.getBlock().getDescriptionId());
+            }
+        return new PlacementCheck(null, high, heights);
+    }
+
+    private static PlacementCheck rejected(String reason) {
+        return new PlacementCheck(reason, 0, null);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isVegetation(BlockState state) {
+        return state.is(BlockTags.LEAVES) || state.is(BlockTags.LOGS)
+                || state.is(BlockTags.FLOWERS) || state.is(BlockTags.SAPLINGS)
+                || !state.isAir() && state.canBeReplaced() && state.getFluidState().isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    static boolean generate(WorldGenLevel level, ChunkAccess chunk, long seed,
+                            List<Identifier> ageSymbols) {
+        Site site = site(seed, chunk.getPos());
+        if (site == null) return false;
+        PlacementCheck check = check(level, chunk.getPos(), seed);
+        if (!check.eligible()) return false;
+        BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+        for (int x = 0; x < FOOTPRINT; x++) for (int z = 0; z < FOOTPRINT; z++)
+            for (int y = check.heights()[x][z]; y <= check.floorY() + 10; y++) {
+                BlockPos pos = cursor.set(site.x() + x, y, site.z() + z);
+                if (isVegetation(level.getBlockState(pos))) level.setBlock(pos, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), 2);
+            }
+        return build(level, site, check.floorY(), check.heights(), seed, ageSymbols);
+    }
+
+    /** Explicit OP testing placement. Never overwrites existing blocks or entities. */
+    public static Optional<BlockPos> testPlace(ServerLevel level, BlockPos playerPos, Direction facing,
+                                               long seed, List<Identifier> ageSymbols) {
+        Direction horizontal = facing.getAxis().isHorizontal() ? facing : Direction.NORTH;
+        BlockPos center = playerPos.relative(horizontal, 13);
+        int rotation = switch (horizontal) {
+            case NORTH -> 2;
+            case EAST -> 3;
+            case WEST -> 1;
+            default -> 0;
+        };
+        Site site = new Site(center.getX() - FOOTPRINT / 2, center.getZ() - FOOTPRINT / 2, rotation);
+        int floorY = playerPos.getY() + 2;
+        for (int x = 0; x < FOOTPRINT; x++) for (int z = 0; z < FOOTPRINT; z++)
+            floorY = Math.max(floorY, level.getHeight(Heightmap.Types.WORLD_SURFACE,
+                    site.x() + x, site.z() + z) + 1);
+        if (floorY + 10 >= level.getMaxY() || floorY - playerPos.getY() > 20)
+            return Optional.empty();
+        BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+        for (int x = 0; x < FOOTPRINT; x++) for (int z = 0; z < FOOTPRINT; z++)
+            for (int y = floorY; y <= floorY + 10; y++) {
+                BlockPos pos = cursor.set(site.x() + x, y, site.z() + z);
+                if (!level.getWorldBorder().isWithinBounds(pos) || !level.getBlockState(pos).isAir())
+                    return Optional.empty();
+            }
+        if (!level.getEntities(null, new AABB(site.x(), floorY, site.z(),
+                site.x() + FOOTPRINT, floorY + 11, site.z() + FOOTPRINT)).isEmpty())
+            return Optional.empty();
+        if (!build(level, site, floorY, null, seed, ageSymbols)) return Optional.empty();
+        return Optional.of(mapped(site, cursor, 4, floorY + 1, 2).immutable());
+    }
+
+    private static boolean build(WorldGenLevel level, Site site, int floorY, int[][] heights,
+                                 long seed, List<Identifier> ageSymbols) {
+        BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+        var template = level.getLevel().getStructureTemplateManager().get(TEMPLATE).orElse(null);
+        if (template == null || template.getSize().getX() != FOOTPRINT
+                || template.getSize().getY() != FOOTPRINT || template.getSize().getZ() != FOOTPRINT)
+            return false;
+        for (int x = 0; x < FOOTPRINT; x++) for (int z = 0; z < FOOTPRINT; z++) {
+            for (int y = heights == null ? floorY : heights[x][z] - 1; y <= floorY; y++)
+                place(level, site, cursor, x, y, z, Blocks.COBBLESTONE.defaultBlockState());
+        }
+        Rotation rotation = switch (site.rotation()) {
+            case 1 -> Rotation.CLOCKWISE_90;
+            case 2 -> Rotation.CLOCKWISE_180;
+            case 3 -> Rotation.COUNTERCLOCKWISE_90;
+            default -> Rotation.NONE;
+        };
+        BlockPos origin = new BlockPos(site.x(), floorY, site.z());
+        var settings = new StructurePlaceSettings().setRotation(rotation)
+                .setRotationPivot(new BlockPos(5, 0, 5)).setIgnoreEntities(true);
+        long positionSalt = new ChunkPos(site.x() >> 4, site.z() >> 4).pack();
+        if (!template.placeInWorld(level, origin, origin, settings,
+                RandomSource.create(seed ^ positionSalt), 2)) return false;
+
+        BlockPos chestPos = mapped(site, cursor, 4, floorY + 1, 2).immutable();
+        level.setBlock(chestPos, Blocks.CHEST.defaultBlockState().setValue(ChestBlock.FACING,
+                Direction.from2DDataValue(site.rotation())), 2);
+        PortConfig.LibraryLootMode mode = PortConfig.LIBRARY_LOOT_MODE.get();
+        boolean ageOnly = mode == PortConfig.LibraryLootMode.AGE_ONLY;
+        List<Identifier> symbols = symbolsForLoot(ageSymbols, mode);
+        RandomSource random = RandomSource.create(seed ^ positionSalt ^ SALT);
+        if (level.getBlockEntity(chestPos) instanceof ChestBlockEntity chest) {
+            chest.getPersistentData().putBoolean(CHEST_MARKER, true);
+            chest.setChanged();
+            if (ageOnly) {
+                // Pages are frozen in the Age generator, then saved as real chest items.
+                boolean[] occupied = new boolean[chest.getContainerSize()];
+                for (int i = 0, count = symbols.isEmpty() ? 0 : 4 + random.nextInt(5); i < count; i++) {
+                    int slot;
+                    do slot = random.nextInt(occupied.length); while (occupied[slot]);
+                    occupied[slot] = true;
+                    chest.setItem(slot, page(symbols, random));
+                }
+            } else {
+                chest.setLootTable(CHEST_LOOT, seed ^ chestPos.asLong());
+            }
+        }
+        for (int[] standCoords : STANDS) {
+            BlockPos pos = mapped(site, cursor, standCoords[0], floorY + standCoords[1], standCoords[2]).immutable();
+            if (!level.getBlockState(pos).isAir()) continue;
+            level.setBlock(pos, Rivencraft.BOOK_STAND.get().defaultBlockState()
+                    .setValue(BookStandBlock.FACING, standFacing(site, standCoords[3]))
+                    .setValue(BookStandBlock.HAS_BOOK, true), 2);
+            if (level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof BookStandBlockEntity stand) {
+                stand.setBook(symbols.isEmpty() ? new ItemStack(Items.BOOK) : page(symbols, random));
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static Direction standFacing(Site site, int clockwiseTurns) {
+        return Direction.from2DDataValue((site.rotation() + clockwiseTurns) & 3);
+    }
+
+    /** Correct older generated stands in place, retaining their block entities and pages. */
+    public static int repairStandFacings(ServerLevel level, LevelChunk chunk, long seed) {
+        Site site = site(seed, chunk.getPos());
+        if (site == null || libraryChest(chunk, seed).isEmpty()) return -1;
+        int changed = 0;
+        BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor = new BlockPos.MutableBlockPos();
+        int chestY = libraryChest(chunk, seed).orElseThrow().getY();
+        for (int[] standCoords : STANDS) {
+            BlockPos pos = mapped(site, cursor, standCoords[0], chestY, standCoords[2]);
+            BlockState state = level.getBlockState(pos);
+            if (!state.is(Rivencraft.BOOK_STAND.get())) continue;
+            Direction facing = standFacing(site, standCoords[3]);
+            if (state.getValue(BookStandBlock.FACING) != facing) {
+                level.setBlock(pos, state.setValue(BookStandBlock.FACING, facing), 3);
+                changed++;
+            }
+        }
+        return changed;
+    }
+
+    static List<Identifier> symbolsForLoot(List<Identifier> ageSymbols, PortConfig.LibraryLootMode mode) {
+        return mode == PortConfig.LibraryLootMode.AGE_ONLY
+                ? ageSymbols.stream().filter(id -> PortSymbolPages.find(id) != null).distinct().toList()
+                : PortSymbolPages.sealedCandidateIds();
+    }
+
+    private static ItemStack page(List<Identifier> symbols, RandomSource random) {
+        return PageItem.createSymbolPage(symbols.get(random.nextInt(symbols.size())));
+    }
+
+    private static BlockPos.MutableBlockPos mapped(Site site, BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor, int x, int y, int z) {
+        return switch (site.rotation()) {
+            case 1 -> cursor.set(site.x() + FOOTPRINT - 1 - z, y, site.z() + x);
+            case 2 -> cursor.set(site.x() + FOOTPRINT - 1 - x, y, site.z() + FOOTPRINT - 1 - z);
+            case 3 -> cursor.set(site.x() + z, y, site.z() + FOOTPRINT - 1 - x);
+            default -> cursor.set(site.x() + x, y, site.z() + z);
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static void place(WorldGenLevel level, Site site, BlockPos.MutableBlockPos cursor,
+                              int x, int y, int z, BlockState state) {
+        level.setBlock(mapped(site, cursor, x, y, z), state, 2);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortLibraryWriting.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedData;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedDataType;
+
+/** Written pages for library Age-only loot, kept outside the legacy backend index codec. */
+final class PortLibraryWriting extends SavedData {
+    static final Codec<PortLibraryWriting> CODEC = Codec.unboundedMap(Identifier.CODEC, Identifier.CODEC.listOf())
+            .fieldOf("ages").codec().xmap(PortLibraryWriting::new, data -> Map.copyOf(data.pages));
+    static final SavedDataType<PortLibraryWriting> TYPE = new SavedDataType<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "library_writing"), () -> new PortLibraryWriting(Map.of()), CODEC);
+    private final Map<Identifier, List<Identifier>> pages = new HashMap<>();
+    private PortLibraryWriting(Map<Identifier, List<Identifier>> pages) { pages.forEach((id, list) -> this.pages.put(id, List.copyOf(list))); }
+    static PortLibraryWriting get(MinecraftServer server) { return server.overworld().getDataStorage().computeIfAbsent(TYPE); }
+    List<Identifier> symbols(Identifier id) { return pages.getOrDefault(id, List.of()); }
+    void put(Identifier id, List<Identifier> symbols) {
+        if (symbols.isEmpty()) pages.remove(id); else pages.put(id, List.copyOf(symbols));
+        setDirty();
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortMeteorProvider.java

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+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.particles.ParticleTypes;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.sounds.SoundSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.Heightmap;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.LevelEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppingEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.tick.LevelTickEvent;
+
+/** The 1.21.1 meteor's short particle descent and bounded impact, without a new entity. */
+@EventBusSubscriber(modid = Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+public final class PortMeteorProvider {
+    public static final Identifier METEORS = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "meteors");
+    private static final int METEOR_FLIGHT_TICKS = 30;
+    private static final int MAX_ACTIVE_AGES = 16;
+    private static final Map<ServerLevel, Meteor> ACTIVE = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private PortMeteorProvider() {}
+    public static void register() {
+        PortInstabilityRuntime.register(METEORS, false, (context, id, level) -> {
+            if (PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(context.level())) scheduleMeteor(context, level, false);
+        });
+    }
+    static void tickPlanned(ServerLevel level, PortInstabilityData.Age age, long tick,
+                            List<PortInstabilityPlan.ProviderLevel> providers) {
+        var card = providers.stream().filter(provider -> provider.id().equals(METEORS)).findFirst();
+        if (card.isEmpty() || !PortInstabilityConfig.meteorEnabled()) return;
+        var chunks = PortHazardProviders.loadedChunksNearPlayers(level, PortInstabilityConfig.hazardsMaxChunks());
+        if (!chunks.isEmpty()) PortInstabilityRuntime.invoke(new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, chunks,
+                tick, new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1)), METEORS, card.get().level());
+    }
+    /** Skip the chance roll only; retain per-Age policy, loading, active-flight and cooldown checks. */
+    public static int pulseForTesting(ServerPlayer player) {
+        ServerLevel level = player.level();
+        if (!PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)) return -1;
+        var age = PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level);
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.meteorEnabled()
+                || !age.enabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(METEORS)) return 0;
+        var chunks = PortHazardProviders.loadedChunksNearPlayers(level, 16);
+        if (chunks.isEmpty()) return 0;
+        return scheduleMeteor(new PortInstabilityRuntime.Context(level, age, chunks,
+                level.getServer().getTickCount(), new PortInstabilityRuntime.Budget(1)), 1, true) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean scheduleMeteor(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, int effectiveLevel, boolean force) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.meteorEnabled() || ACTIVE.containsKey(context.level())
+                || ACTIVE.size() >= MAX_ACTIVE_AGES) return false;
+        PortHazardSavedData data = PortHazardSavedData.get(context.level());
+        long gameTime = context.level().getGameTime();
+        if (!data.meteorReady(gameTime, 200)) return false;
+        Random random = new Random(context.age().seed() ^ data.nextAttempt() * 0xD1B54A32D192ED03L
+                ^ METEORS.hashCode());
+        if (!force && random.nextDouble() >= PortHazardProviders.legacyChance(context.loadedChunks().size(),
+                PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityCooldown(), effectiveLevel, 50000)) return false;
+        int start = random.nextInt(context.loadedChunks().size());
+        for (int offset = 0; offset < Math.min(16, context.loadedChunks().size()); offset++) {
+            ChunkPos chunk = context.loadedChunks().get((start + offset) % context.loadedChunks().size());
+            int x = chunk.getMinBlockX() + 6 + random.nextInt(4);
+            int z = chunk.getMinBlockZ() + 6 + random.nextInt(4);
+            int surfaceY = context.level().getHeight(Heightmap.Types.MOTION_BLOCKING_NO_LEAVES, x, z);
+            BlockPos impact = new BlockPos(x, surfaceY, z);
+            if (surfaceY >= context.level().getMaxY() - 8
+                    || !PortHazardProviders.safeTarget(context, impact, 8)) continue;
+            if (!context.budget().claim()) return false;
+            int startY = Math.min(context.level().getMaxY() - 2, surfaceY + 48);
+            data.recordMeteor(gameTime);
+            ACTIVE.put(context.level(), new Meteor(chunk, impact, startY, METEOR_FLIGHT_TICKS));
+            context.level().playSound(null, impact, Rivencraft.METEOR_ROAR.get(), SoundSource.WEATHER, 2.0F, 1.0F);
+            context.budget().recordApplied();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onLevelTickPost(LevelTickEvent.Post event) {
+        if (!(event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level)) return;
+        Meteor meteor = ACTIVE.get(level);
+        if (meteor == null) return;
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.meteorEnabled()
+                || !PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(level)
+                || level.players().isEmpty()
+                || level.getChunkSource().getChunkNow(meteor.chunk().x(), meteor.chunk().z()) == null) {
+            ACTIVE.remove(level);
+            return;
+        }
+        var age = PortInstabilityData.get(level.getServer()).age(level);
+        if (!age.enabled()
+                || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(METEORS)) {
+            ACTIVE.remove(level);
+            return;
+        }
+        int remaining = meteor.remaining() - 1;
+        if (remaining <= 0) {
+            ACTIVE.remove(level); // clear before impact so an exception cannot replay it
+            PortHazardProviders.explodeBounded(level, age, meteor.chunk(), meteor.impact(),
+                    PortInstabilityConfig.meteorBlockDamage(), PortInstabilityConfig.meteorPlayerDamage(),
+                    PortInstabilityConfig.meteorFire(), PortInstabilityConfig.meteorMaxBlocks(),
+                    PortInstabilityConfig.meteorMaxEntities(), PortInstabilityConfig.meteorMaxDamage(), 3);
+            return;
+        }
+        double progress = 1.0 - remaining / (double) METEOR_FLIGHT_TICKS;
+        double y = meteor.startY() + (meteor.impact().getY() - meteor.startY()) * progress;
+        double x = meteor.impact().getX() + 0.5 + (1.0 - progress) * 2.0;
+        double z = meteor.impact().getZ() + 0.5 + (1.0 - progress) * 2.0;
+        level.sendParticles(ParticleTypes.FLAME, x, y, z, 5, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.01);
+        level.sendParticles(ParticleTypes.LARGE_SMOKE, x, y, z, 2, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.02);
+        ACTIVE.put(level, new Meteor(meteor.chunk(), meteor.impact(), meteor.startY(), remaining));
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onServerStopping(ServerStoppingEvent event) {
+        ACTIVE.clear(); // an interrupted descent is cancelled, never replayed after restart
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onLevelUnload(LevelEvent.Unload event) {
+        if (event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level) ACTIVE.remove(level);
+    }
+
+    private record Meteor(ChunkPos chunk, BlockPos impact, int startY, int remaining) {}
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortRandomAgeSelection.java

@@ -69,11 +69,16 @@ public final class PortRandomAgeSelection {
         }
         List<Identifier> surface = server.overworld().getChunkSource().getGenerator().getBiomeSource()
                 .possibleBiomes().stream().flatMap(holder -> holder.unwrapKey().stream())
-                .map(key -> key.identifier()).distinct().sorted(Comparator.naturalOrder()).toList();
+                .map(key -> key.identifier()).filter(id -> !id.equals(PortRegistryPages.DEFERRED_PLACEHOLDER))
+                .distinct().sorted(Comparator.naturalOrder()).toList();
+        surface = java.util.stream.Stream.concat(surface.stream(),
+                net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes.overworld(server.registryAccess()).stream())
+                .distinct().sorted().toList();
         return surface.isEmpty() ? List.of(Identifier.withDefaultNamespace("plains")) : surface;
     }
 
     public static List<Identifier> caveBiomes(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup.Provider registries) {
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes.nether(registries);
         var caves = registries.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).listElements()
                 .filter(PortRegistryPages::isCaveBiome).map(holder -> holder.key().identifier()).sorted().toList();
         return caves.isEmpty() ? List.of(Identifier.withDefaultNamespace("lush_caves")) : caves;

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortRandomFeatureSelection.java

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public final class PortRandomFeatureSelection {
         var plan = base.terrain();
         plan = plan == null ? new PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List.of(), false, 0, false, structures.structures(), List.of(), true)
                     : new PortTerrainFeaturePlan(plan.choices(), plan.skylands(), plan.denseOres(), plan.starFissures(),
-                            structures.structures(), plan.carvers(), true);
+                            structures.structures(), plan.carvers(), true, plan.ruins());
         return new Selection(base.rocks(), base.lakes(), plan, structures.dungeons());
     }
 

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortSeasonPolicies.java

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.mojang.serialization.codecs.RecordCodecBuilder;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedData;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.saveddata.SavedDataType;
+
+/** Frozen per-Age season choice, separate from the backend's legacy index codec. */
+public final class PortSeasonPolicies extends SavedData {
+    public enum Mode {
+        NO_SEASONS, SEASONS, ETERNAL_WINTER, ETERNAL_SUMMER, ETERNAL_FALL, ETERNAL_SPRING;
+        public boolean eternal() { return this != NO_SEASONS && this != SEASONS; }
+    }
+    public record Policy(Mode mode, boolean authored) {
+        static final Codec<Policy> CODEC = RecordCodecBuilder.create(i -> i.group(
+                Codec.STRING.xmap(Mode::valueOf, Mode::name).fieldOf("mode").forGetter(Policy::mode),
+                Codec.BOOL.fieldOf("authored").forGetter(Policy::authored)).apply(i, Policy::new));
+    }
+    private static final SavedDataType<PortSeasonPolicies> TYPE = new SavedDataType<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "season_policies"), () -> new PortSeasonPolicies(Map.of()),
+            Codec.unboundedMap(Identifier.CODEC, Policy.CODEC).fieldOf("ages").codec()
+                    .xmap(PortSeasonPolicies::new, data -> Map.copyOf(data.policies)));
+    private final Map<Identifier, Policy> policies = new HashMap<>();
+    private PortSeasonPolicies(Map<Identifier, Policy> values) { policies.putAll(values); }
+    public static PortSeasonPolicies get(MinecraftServer server) { return server.overworld().getDataStorage().computeIfAbsent(TYPE); }
+    Policy snapshot(Identifier id) { return policies.get(id); }
+    void put(Identifier id, Policy policy) { if (policy == null) policies.remove(id); else policies.put(id, policy); setDirty(); }
+    public Policy forLevel(ServerLevel level) {
+        if (level instanceof PortAgeLevel age && age.caveTerrain()) return new Policy(Mode.NO_SEASONS, true);
+        // Existing Ages retain cycling behavior when integration is installed later.
+        return policies.getOrDefault(level.dimension().identifier(), new Policy(Mode.SEASONS, false));
+    }
+    public static Mode forPage(Identifier id) {
+        if (!id.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft") || !id.getPath().startsWith("season/")) return null;
+        try { return Mode.valueOf(id.getPath().substring(7).toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)); }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { return null; }
+    }
+    static Policy select(List<Identifier> pages, long seed, PortAgeTerrain terrain, boolean installed) {
+        if (terrain == PortAgeTerrain.CAVE) return new Policy(Mode.NO_SEASONS, true);
+        Mode written = null;
+        for (var page : pages) if (forPage(page) != null) written = forPage(page);
+        if (written != null) {
+            if (!installed && written != Mode.NO_SEASONS) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Seasonal pages require Serene Seasons");
+            return new Policy(written, true);
+        }
+        if (!installed) return null;
+        // 1.21.1 LegacyRankChoice ranks: Seasons=1, None=2, each Eternal=3.
+        int ticket = new Random(seed ^ 0x5E450A5E5EED21L).nextInt(15);
+        Mode mode = ticket < 6 ? Mode.SEASONS : ticket < 11 ? Mode.NO_SEASONS
+                : List.of(Mode.ETERNAL_WINTER, Mode.ETERNAL_SUMMER, Mode.ETERNAL_FALL, Mode.ETERNAL_SPRING).get(ticket - 11);
+        return new Policy(mode, false);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortStatusEffectProviders.java

@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age;
+
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+
+import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffect;
+import net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffectInstance;
+import net.minecraft.world.effect.MobEffects;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.monster.Monster;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.entity.EntityTypeTest;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.entity.EntityTravelToDimensionEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.entity.player.PlayerEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppingEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.tick.ServerTickEvent;
+
+/** Legacy potion cards adapted to bounded, Age-local server effects. */
+@net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber(modid = Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+public final class PortStatusEffectProviders {
+    private static final int MAX_TRACKED_AGES = 64;
+    private static final Map<Identifier, Spec> SPECS = createSpecs();
+    private static final Map<ServerLevel, List<Lease>> LEASES = new WeakHashMap<>();
+
+    private PortStatusEffectProviders() {}
+
+    public static void register() {
+        SPECS.keySet().forEach(id -> PortInstabilityRuntime.register(id, PortStatusEffectProviders::apply));
+    }
+
+    static void apply(PortInstabilityRuntime.Context context, Identifier id, int level) {
+        if (!PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsEnabled()
+                || !PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(context.level())) return;
+        Spec spec = SPECS.get(id);
+        if (spec == null || spec.target() == Target.HOSTILE && !PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsHostiles()
+                || spec.target() == Target.GENERAL && !PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsPlayers()
+                && !PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsNonplayers()) return;
+        List<Lease> leases = LEASES.get(context.level());
+        if (leases == null) {
+            if (LEASES.size() >= MAX_TRACKED_AGES) return;
+            leases = new ArrayList<>();
+            LEASES.put(context.level(), leases);
+        }
+        prune(context.level(), leases, context.serverTick(), false);
+        if (leases.size() >= PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsMaxActive()) return;
+
+        Random random = new Random(context.age().seed() ^ (context.serverTick() * 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15L)
+                ^ id.hashCode());
+        ChunkPos chunk = context.loadedChunks().get(random.nextInt(context.loadedChunks().size()));
+        AABB bounds = new AABB(chunk.getMinBlockX(), context.level().getMinY(), chunk.getMinBlockZ(),
+                chunk.getMaxBlockX() + 1, context.level().getMaxY(), chunk.getMaxBlockZ() + 1);
+        int duration = Math.min(spec.legacyDuration(), PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsMaxDuration());
+        int amplifier = Math.max(0, level - 1);
+        MobEffectInstance instance = new MobEffectInstance(spec.effect(), duration, amplifier);
+        List<LivingEntity> candidates = new ArrayList<>();
+        context.level().getEntities(EntityTypeTest.forClass(LivingEntity.class), bounds,
+                entity -> eligible(context.level(), entity, spec, instance), candidates,
+                PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsMaxCandidates());
+        if (candidates.isEmpty()) return;
+        candidates.sort(Comparator.comparing(Entity::getUUID));
+        LivingEntity target = candidates.get(random.nextInt(candidates.size()));
+        if (!context.budget().claim() || !target.addEffect(instance)) return;
+        context.budget().recordApplied();
+        leases.add(new Lease(id, new WeakReference<>(target), instance,
+                context.serverTick() + duration, spec.target()));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean eligible(ServerLevel level, LivingEntity entity, Spec spec,
+                                    MobEffectInstance instance) {
+        if (!entity.isAlive() || entity.isRemoved() || entity.level() != level
+                || entity.getEffect(spec.effect()) != null || !entity.canBeAffected(instance)
+                || !spec.global() && !level.canSeeSky(entity.blockPosition())) return false;
+        return allowedByPolicy(spec.target(), entity);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean allowedByPolicy(Target target, LivingEntity entity) {
+        if (entity instanceof Player player) {
+            return target == Target.GENERAL && PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsPlayers()
+                    && !player.isCreative() && !player.isSpectator();
+        }
+        return target == Target.GENERAL ? PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsNonplayers()
+                : entity instanceof Monster && PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsHostiles();
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onServerTickPost(ServerTickEvent.Post event) {
+        if (event.getServer().getTickCount() % 20 != 0) return;
+        boolean disabled = !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityEnabled() || !PortInstabilityConfig.statusEffectsEnabled();
+        long tick = event.getServer().getTickCount();
+        for (var entry : LEASES.entrySet()) {
+            prune(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue(), tick, disabled
+                    || !PortInstabilityData.get(entry.getKey().getServer()).age(entry.getKey()).enabled());
+        }
+        LEASES.values().removeIf(List::isEmpty);
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onEntityTravel(EntityTravelToDimensionEvent event) {
+        Entity entity = event.getEntity();
+        if (entity instanceof LivingEntity living && !entity.level().dimension().equals(event.getDimension())) {
+            clearEntity(living);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onPlayerChangedDimension(PlayerEvent.PlayerChangedDimensionEvent event) {
+        if (event.getEntity() instanceof ServerPlayer player) clearEntity(player);
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onPlayerLoggedOut(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedOutEvent event) {
+        if (event.getEntity() instanceof ServerPlayer player) clearEntity(player);
+    }
+
+    @net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onServerStopping(ServerStoppingEvent event) {
+        long tick = event.getServer().getTickCount();
+        for (var entry : LEASES.entrySet()) prune(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue(), tick, true);
+        LEASES.clear();
+    }
+
+    public static void clearAge(ServerLevel level) {
+        var leases = LEASES.remove(level);
+        if (leases != null) prune(level, leases, level.getServer().getTickCount(), true);
+    }
+
+    private static void clearEntity(LivingEntity entity) {
+        for (List<Lease> leases : LEASES.values()) {
+            Iterator<Lease> iterator = leases.iterator();
+            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+                Lease lease = iterator.next();
+                if (lease.entity().get() != entity) continue;
+                removeOwnedEffect(entity, lease);
+                iterator.remove();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void prune(ServerLevel level, List<Lease> leases, long tick, boolean removeAll) {
+        Iterator<Lease> iterator = leases.iterator();
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            Lease lease = iterator.next();
+            LivingEntity entity = lease.entity().get();
+            if (entity == null || entity.isRemoved() || entity.getEffect(lease.instance().getEffect()) == null) {
+                iterator.remove();
+                continue;
+            }
+            boolean revoke = removeAll || !PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityProviderEnabled(lease.provider())
+                    || entity.level() != level
+                    || !allowedByPolicy(lease.target(), entity);
+            if (revoke || tick >= lease.expiresAt()) {
+                removeOwnedEffect(entity, lease);
+                iterator.remove();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void removeOwnedEffect(LivingEntity entity, Lease lease) {
+        // addEffect stores the supplied instance when no effect exists. Do not remove
+        // a replacement from another mod (or a stronger/extended effect).
+        if (entity.getEffect(lease.instance().getEffect()) == lease.instance()
+                && lease.instance().getAmplifier() == lease.amplifier()
+                && lease.instance().getDuration() <= lease.originalDuration()) {
+            entity.removeEffect(lease.instance().getEffect());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static int legacyDuration(Identifier id) {
+        Spec spec = SPECS.get(id);
+        return spec == null ? -1 : spec.legacyDuration();
+    }
+
+    static boolean localRequiresSky(Identifier id) {
+        Spec spec = SPECS.get(id);
+        return spec != null && !spec.global();
+    }
+
+    static boolean eligibleTarget(ServerLevel level, LivingEntity entity, Identifier id) {
+        Spec spec = SPECS.get(id);
+        return spec != null && eligible(level, entity, spec,
+                new MobEffectInstance(spec.effect(), spec.legacyDuration(), 0));
+    }
+
+    private static Map<Identifier, Spec> createSpecs() {
+        Map<Identifier, Spec> specs = new HashMap<>();
+        addPair(specs, "blindness", MobEffects.BLINDNESS, 60);
+        addPair(specs, "fatigue", MobEffects.MINING_FATIGUE, 80);
+        addPair(specs, "hunger", MobEffects.HUNGER, 80);
+        addPair(specs, "nausea", MobEffects.NAUSEA, 60);
+        addPair(specs, "poison", MobEffects.POISON, 80);
+        addPair(specs, "slow", MobEffects.SLOWNESS, 80);
+        addPair(specs, "weakness", MobEffects.WEAKNESS, 80);
+        addPair(specs, "wither", MobEffects.WITHER, 30);
+        specs.put(id("enemyregen_global"), new Spec(MobEffects.REGENERATION, 200, true, Target.HOSTILE));
+        specs.put(id("enemyresist_global"), new Spec(MobEffects.RESISTANCE, 200, true, Target.HOSTILE));
+        return Map.copyOf(specs);
+    }
+
+    private static void addPair(Map<Identifier, Spec> specs, String name,
+                                Holder<MobEffect> effect, int duration) {
+        specs.put(id(name), new Spec(effect, duration, false, Target.GENERAL));
+        specs.put(id(name + "_global"), new Spec(effect, duration, true, Target.GENERAL));
+    }
+
+    private static Identifier id(String path) {
+        return Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, path);
+    }
+
+    private enum Target { GENERAL, HOSTILE }
+    private record Spec(Holder<MobEffect> effect, int legacyDuration, boolean global, Target target) {}
+    private record Lease(Identifier provider, WeakReference<LivingEntity> entity, MobEffectInstance instance, long expiresAt,
+                         Target target, int amplifier, int originalDuration) {
+        private Lease(Identifier provider, WeakReference<LivingEntity> entity, MobEffectInstance instance, long expiresAt,
+                      Target target) {
+            this(provider, entity, instance, expiresAt, target, instance.getAmplifier(), instance.getDuration());
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/PortTerrainFeaturePlan.java

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 /** Frozen terrain filters and ordered solid/surface features for an Age. */
 public record PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List<Choice> choices, boolean skylands, int denseOres,
                                      boolean starFissures, List<Identifier> structures, List<Identifier> carvers,
-                                     boolean structureControl) {
+                                     boolean structureControl, List<Identifier> ruins) {
     public static final Identifier FLOATING_ISLANDS = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(
             Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "feature/floating_islands");
     public static final Identifier TENDRILS = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "feature/tendrils");
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ public record PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List<Choice> choices, boolean skylands, int
             Codec.BOOL.optionalFieldOf("star_fissures", false).forGetter(PortTerrainFeaturePlan::starFissures),
             Identifier.CODEC.listOf().optionalFieldOf("structures", List.of()).forGetter(PortTerrainFeaturePlan::structures),
             Identifier.CODEC.listOf().optionalFieldOf("carvers", List.of()).forGetter(PortTerrainFeaturePlan::carvers),
-            Codec.BOOL.optionalFieldOf("structure_control", false).forGetter(PortTerrainFeaturePlan::structureControl)
+            Codec.BOOL.optionalFieldOf("structure_control", false).forGetter(PortTerrainFeaturePlan::structureControl),
+            Identifier.CODEC.listOf().optionalFieldOf("ruins", List.of()).forGetter(PortTerrainFeaturePlan::ruins)
     ).apply(instance, PortTerrainFeaturePlan::new));
 
     public record Choice(Identifier page, Identifier material) {
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ public record PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List<Choice> choices, boolean skylands, int
     }
 
     public PortTerrainFeaturePlan {
+        ruins = List.copyOf(ruins);
+        if (ruins.size() > 252 || ruins.stream().anyMatch(id -> !net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.isSymbol(id)))
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Ruins template pages");
         choices = List.copyOf(choices);
         structures = List.copyOf(structures);
         carvers = List.copyOf(carvers);
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ public record PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List<Choice> choices, boolean skylands, int
         PortCarverPages.validateCounts(carvers);
         if (denseOres < 0 || denseOres > MAX_PER_FEATURE)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Dense Ores permits at most 32 occurrences");
-        if (choices.isEmpty() && !skylands && denseOres == 0 && !starFissures && structures.isEmpty() && carvers.isEmpty() && !structureControl)
+        if (choices.isEmpty() && !skylands && denseOres == 0 && !starFissures && structures.isEmpty() && carvers.isEmpty() && !structureControl && ruins.isEmpty())
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Terrain feature plan must not be empty");
         var counts = new HashMap<Identifier, Integer>();
         for (Choice choice : choices) {
@@ -66,6 +70,12 @@ public record PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List<Choice> choices, boolean skylands, int
         }
     }
 
+    public PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List<Choice> choices, boolean skylands, int denseOres,
+                                 boolean starFissures, List<Identifier> structures, List<Identifier> carvers,
+                                 boolean structureControl) {
+        this(choices, skylands, denseOres, starFissures, structures, carvers, structureControl, List.of());
+    }
+
     public PortTerrainFeaturePlan(List<Choice> choices, boolean skylands, int denseOres,
                                  boolean starFissures, List<Identifier> structures, List<Identifier> carvers) {
         this(choices, skylands, denseOres, starFissures, structures, carvers, false);

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/age/RuntimeAgeBackend.java

@@ -149,22 +149,120 @@ public final class RuntimeAgeBackend {
                                      PortVegetationPlan vegetation, int dungeons, PortLakePlan lakes,
                                      PortTerrainFeaturePlan terrainFeatures, PortWeatherMode weather,
                                      PortLighting lighting, PortSkyStyle sky, PortAgeColors colors, PortDayCycle dayCycle) {
+        return create(server, id, seed, biomePlan, terrain, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes,
+                terrainFeatures, weather, lighting, sky, colors, dayCycle, List.of());
+    }
+
+    public static ServerLevel create(MinecraftServer server, Identifier id, long seed,
+                                     PortBiomePlan biomePlan, PortAgeTerrain terrain, PortRockPlan rocks,
+                                     PortVegetationPlan vegetation, int dungeons, PortLakePlan lakes,
+                                     PortTerrainFeaturePlan terrainFeatures, PortWeatherMode weather,
+                                     PortLighting lighting, PortSkyStyle sky, PortAgeColors colors, PortDayCycle dayCycle,
+                                     List<Identifier> librarySymbols) {
+        return create(server, id, seed, biomePlan, terrain, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures,
+                weather, lighting, sky, colors, dayCycle, librarySymbols, null);
+    }
+
+    public static ServerLevel create(MinecraftServer server, Identifier id, long seed,
+                                     PortBiomePlan biomePlan, PortAgeTerrain terrain, PortRockPlan rocks,
+                                     PortVegetationPlan vegetation, int dungeons, PortLakePlan lakes,
+                                     PortTerrainFeaturePlan terrainFeatures, PortWeatherMode weather,
+                                     PortLighting lighting, PortSkyStyle sky, PortAgeColors colors, PortDayCycle dayCycle,
+                                     List<Identifier> librarySymbols, String displayName) {
         checkServerThread(server);
-        ageName(id);
+        String name = ageName(id);
         AgeLevelIndex index = index(server);
-        if (index.contains(id)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age already exists: " + id);
-        ServerLevel level = load(server, id, seed, biomePlan, terrain, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes,
-                terrainFeatures, lighting, sky, colors, dayCycle);
-        ((PortAgeLevel) level).configureWeather(weather);
-        index.add(id, seed, biomePlan, terrain, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures, lighting, sky, colors, dayCycle);
-        // A newly bound book may be used immediately. Persist its Age identity
-        // before publishing the catalog so a later crash cannot leave that
-        // book pointing at a world omitted from the on-disk index.
-        server.overworld().getDataStorage().saveAndJoin();
+        if (index.contains(id) || server.getLevel(dimensionKey(id)) != null)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age already exists: " + id);
+        Path directory = archivePaths(server, name).live();
+        if (Files.exists(directory, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS))
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age storage already exists: " + id);
+        PortLibraryWriting writing = PortLibraryWriting.get(server);
+        List<Identifier> priorWriting = writing.symbols(id);
+        PortInstabilityData instability = PortInstabilityData.get(server);
+        PortInstabilityData.Age priorInstability = instability.snapshot(id);
+        PortSeasonPolicies seasons = PortSeasonPolicies.get(server);
+        PortSeasonPolicies.Policy priorSeason = seasons.snapshot(id);
+        ServerLevel level = null;
+        try {
+            seasons.put(id, PortSeasonPolicies.select(librarySymbols, seed, terrain,
+                    net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility.available()));
+            writing.put(id, librarySymbols);
+            level = load(server, id, seed, biomePlan, terrain, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes,
+                    terrainFeatures, lighting, sky, colors, dayCycle);
+            ((PortAgeLevel) level).configureWeather(weather);
+            int accelerated = PortAcceleratedTicks.pageCount(librarySymbols);
+            if (accelerated > 0) PortAcceleratedTicks.configure(level, accelerated);
+            index.add(id, seed, biomePlan, terrain, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures, lighting, sky, colors, dayCycle);
+            instability.create(level, librarySymbols, terrain, lighting, dayCycle);
+            if (displayName != null) index.setDisplayName(id, displayName);
+            // Commit all initial metadata before announcing an enterable Age.
+            level.getDataStorage().saveAndJoin();
+            server.overworld().getDataStorage().saveAndJoin();
+        } catch (RuntimeException failure) {
+            boolean closed = !(failure instanceof FailedAgeCleanupException);
+            if (level != null) {
+                try { closeFailedCreation(server, level); }
+                catch (RuntimeException cleanup) { closed = false; failure.addSuppressed(cleanup); }
+            }
+            index.discardCreation(id);
+            writing.put(id, priorWriting);
+            instability.restore(id, priorInstability);
+            seasons.put(id, priorSeason);
+            try { server.overworld().getDataStorage().saveAndJoin(); }
+            catch (RuntimeException cleanup) { failure.addSuppressed(cleanup); }
+            // Only the exact, previously absent directory belongs to this attempt.
+            // If closing failed, leave its files in place rather than race a writer.
+            if (closed) {
+                try { removeFailedCreationDirectory(server, name, directory); }
+                catch (IOException | RuntimeException cleanup) { failure.addSuppressed(cleanup); }
+            }
+            throw failure;
+        }
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility.apply(level);
         AgeCatalogSync.onCatalogChanged(server);
         return level;
     }
 
+    private static final class FailedAgeCleanupException extends IllegalStateException {
+        FailedAgeCleanupException(RuntimeException cause) { super("Failed Age stores could not close; files retained", cause); }
+    }
+
+    private static void closeFailedCreation(MinecraftServer server, ServerLevel level) {
+        if (!level.players().isEmpty()) throw new IllegalStateException("Failed Age contains players: " + level.dimension().identifier());
+        RuntimeException error = null;
+        try { level.getChunkSource().deactivateTicketsOnClosing(); }
+        catch (RuntimeException failure) { error = failure; }
+        try { level.close(); }
+        catch (IOException | RuntimeException failure) {
+            if (error == null) error = new IllegalStateException("Could not close failed Age", failure);
+            else error.addSuppressed(failure);
+        } finally {
+            server.levels.remove(level.dimension(), level);
+            try { NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(new LevelEvent.Unload(level)); }
+            catch (RuntimeException failure) {
+                if (error == null) error = failure; else error.addSuppressed(failure);
+            }
+        }
+        if (error != null) throw error;
+    }
+
+    private static void removeFailedCreationDirectory(MinecraftServer server, String name, Path directory) throws IOException {
+        if (!archivePaths(server, name).live().equals(directory)) throw new IOException("Age directory changed during rollback");
+        if (!Files.exists(directory, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)) return;
+        Files.walkFileTree(directory, new java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+            @Override public java.nio.file.FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes attributes) throws IOException {
+                Files.delete(file);
+                return java.nio.file.FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+            @Override public java.nio.file.FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException error) throws IOException {
+                if (error != null) throw error;
+                Files.delete(dir);
+                return java.nio.file.FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     /** Unloads an Age only when no player remains; save(true) flushes other entities. */
     public static void unload(MinecraftServer server, Identifier id) {
         checkServerThread(server);
@@ -266,6 +364,7 @@ public final class RuntimeAgeBackend {
             }
             throw new IllegalStateException("Could not archive Age " + id, exception);
         }
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility.retired(server, id);
         AgeCatalogSync.onCatalogChanged(server);
         Rivencraft.LOGGER.info("Retired 26.3 prototype Age {} (archived at {})", id, paths.archive());
     }
@@ -408,6 +507,7 @@ public final class RuntimeAgeBackend {
                                     PortVegetationPlan vegetation, int dungeons, PortLakePlan lakes,
                                     PortTerrainFeaturePlan terrainFeatures, PortLighting lighting, PortSkyStyle sky,
                                     PortAgeColors colors, PortDayCycle dayCycle) {
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes.nether(server.registryAccess());
         ResourceKey<Level> key = ResourceKey.create(Registries.DIMENSION, id);
         if (server.getLevel(key) != null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Level already loaded: " + id);
         if (biomePlan != null && biomePlan.distribution() == PortBiomePlan.Distribution.NATIVE
@@ -482,8 +582,8 @@ public final class RuntimeAgeBackend {
             };
             generator = new NoiseBasedChunkGenerator(source, PortBiomeMaterialRules.apply(server.registryAccess(), settings.value()));
         }
-        if (rocks != null || vegetation != null || dungeons > 0 || lakes != null || terrainFeatures != null)
-            generator = new PortFeatureChunkGenerator(generator, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures, seed);
+        generator = new PortFeatureChunkGenerator(generator, rocks, vegetation, dungeons, lakes, terrainFeatures, seed,
+                terrain != PortAgeTerrain.CAVE, PortLibraryWriting.get(server).symbols(id));
         LevelStem stem = new LevelStem(lighting.dimensionType(server, terrain, overworldStem.type(), sky),
                 generator, OptionalLong.of(seed));
         long biomeZoomSeed = BiomeManager.obfuscateSeed(server.getWorldGenSettings().options().seed());
@@ -494,6 +594,7 @@ public final class RuntimeAgeBackend {
         // Publish only after the constructor succeeds. If the load event fails,
         // roll back the map and close the newly opened chunk/entity stores.
         try {
+            net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsCompatibility.registerAge(id, terrainFeatures);
             server.levels.put(key, level);
             level.getWorldBorder().setAbsoluteMaxSize(server.getAbsoluteMaxWorldSize());
             server.getPlayerList().addWorldborderListener(level);
@@ -506,11 +607,10 @@ public final class RuntimeAgeBackend {
             Rivencraft.LOGGER.info("Loaded 26.3 prototype Age {} with seed {}", id, seed);
             return level;
         } catch (RuntimeException exception) {
-            server.levels.remove(key);
-            try {
-                level.close();
-            } catch (IOException closeException) {
-                exception.addSuppressed(closeException);
+            try { closeFailedCreation(server, level); }
+            catch (RuntimeException cleanup) {
+                exception.addSuppressed(cleanup);
+                throw new FailedAgeCleanupException(exception);
             }
             throw exception;
         }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/BookReceptacleBlock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.advancement.ProgressionAdvancements;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.CrystalPortalNetwork;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.PortalBookTravel;
+
+
+
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.sounds.SoundEvents;
+import net.minecraft.sounds.SoundSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.InteractionHand;
+import net.minecraft.world.InteractionResult;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.context.BlockPlaceContext;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.BlockGetter;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BaseEntityBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.RenderShape;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntityTicker;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntityType;
+
+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.EnumProperty;
+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;
+
+/** A book-holding crystal attachment, with server-authoritative frame activation. */
+public final class BookReceptacleBlock extends BaseEntityBlock {
+    public static final EnumProperty<Direction> 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).setValue(HAS_BOOK, false));
+    }
+
+    @Override protected RenderShape getRenderShape(BlockState state) { return RenderShape.MODEL; }
+    @Override protected VoxelShape getShape(BlockState state, BlockGetter level, BlockPos pos,
+                                             CollisionContext context) {
+        return switch (state.getValue(FACING)) {
+            case NORTH -> Block.box(0, 0, 10, 16, 16, 16);
+            case SOUTH -> Block.box(0, 0, 0, 16, 16, 6);
+            case EAST -> Block.box(0, 0, 0, 6, 16, 16);
+            case WEST -> Block.box(10, 0, 0, 16, 16, 16);
+            case UP -> Block.box(0, 0, 0, 16, 6, 16);
+            case DOWN -> Block.box(0, 10, 0, 16, 16, 16);
+        };
+    }
+    @Override protected void createBlockStateDefinition(StateDefinition.Builder<Block, BlockState> builder) {
+        builder.add(FACING, HAS_BOOK);
+    }
+    @Override public BlockEntity newBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        return new BookReceptacleBlockEntity(pos, state);
+    }
+    @Override public <T extends BlockEntity> BlockEntityTicker<T> getTicker(Level level, BlockState state,
+            BlockEntityType<T> type) {
+        return level instanceof ServerLevel
+                ? createTickerHelper(type, Rivencraft.BOOK_RECEPTACLE_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), (world, pos, current, holder) -> BookReceptacleBlockEntity.serverTick((ServerLevel) world, pos, holder))
+                : null;
+    }
+    @Override public BlockState getStateForPlacement(BlockPlaceContext context) {
+        Direction face = context.getClickedFace();
+        if (!context.getLevel().getBlockState(
+                context.getClickedPos().relative(face.getOpposite())).is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get())) return null;
+        return defaultBlockState().setValue(FACING, face);
+    }
+
+    @Override protected InteractionResult useItemOn(ItemStack stack, BlockState state, Level level, BlockPos pos,
+            Player player, InteractionHand hand, BlockHitResult hit) {
+        if (!isBoundBook(stack)) return InteractionResult.TRY_WITH_EMPTY_HAND;
+        if (level.isClientSide()) return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
+        if (!(level instanceof ServerLevel server) ||
+                !(level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder)) return InteractionResult.FAIL;
+        if (!holder.getBook().isEmpty()) return InteractionResult.FAIL;
+        CrystalPortalNetwork.Plan plan = CrystalPortalNetwork.plan(server, pos);
+        if (!plan.valid()) {
+            if (player instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer) serverPlayer.sendOverlayMessage(Component.translatable("message.rivencraft.portal.invalid_frame"));
+            return InteractionResult.FAIL;
+        }
+        if (!PortalBookTravel.available(server, stack)) {
+            if (player instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer) serverPlayer.sendOverlayMessage(Component.translatable("message.rivencraft.descriptive_book.unavailable"));
+            return InteractionResult.FAIL;
+        }
+        holder.setBook(stack.copyWithCount(1));
+        if (!CrystalPortalNetwork.activate(server, pos, plan, player)) {
+            holder.takeBook();
+            return InteractionResult.FAIL;
+        }
+        if (!player.getAbilities().instabuild) stack.shrink(1);
+        level.playSound(null, pos, SoundEvents.ENCHANTMENT_TABLE_USE, SoundSource.BLOCKS, 1, 1);
+        if (player instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer)
+            ProgressionAdvancements.award(serverPlayer, ProgressionAdvancements.OPEN_PORTAL);
+        return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    @Override protected InteractionResult useWithoutItem(BlockState state, Level level, BlockPos pos,
+            Player player, BlockHitResult hit) {
+        if (level.isClientSide()) return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
+        if (level instanceof ServerLevel server && level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder
+                && !holder.getBook().isEmpty()) {
+            CrystalPortalNetwork.shutdown(server, pos);
+            ItemStack book = holder.takeBook();
+            if (!player.getInventory().add(book)) player.drop(book, false, net.minecraft.util.Prediction.SERVER_ONLY);
+            level.playSound(null, pos, SoundEvents.BOOK_PAGE_TURN, SoundSource.BLOCKS, 1, 1);
+            return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
+        }
+        return InteractionResult.PASS;
+    }
+
+    @Override protected void neighborChanged(BlockState state, Level level, BlockPos pos, Block neighbor,
+            net.minecraft.world.level.redstone.Orientation orientation, boolean moved) {
+        super.neighborChanged(state, level, pos, neighbor, orientation, moved);
+        BlockPos support = pos.relative(state.getValue(FACING).getOpposite());
+        if (!level.isClientSide() && level.hasChunkAt(support) && !level.getBlockState(support)
+                .is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get())) level.destroyBlock(pos, true);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isBoundBook(ItemStack stack) {
+        return stack.is(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get()) && stack.has(Rivencraft.LINK_BOOK_TARGET.get())
+                || stack.is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get()) && stack.has(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get());
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/CrystalPortalBlock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.CrystalPortalNetwork;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.PortalTravelCooldown;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.PortalTravelQueue;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BaseEntityBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.RenderShape;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.StateDefinition;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.BooleanProperty;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.EnumProperty;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.material.Fluid;
+
+/** Non-solid linked surface; all travel is delegated to the held book's rules. */
+public final class CrystalPortalBlock extends BaseEntityBlock {
+    // Retained so portal blocks already saved with this state still deserialize.
+    public static final BooleanProperty LIVE_VIEW = BooleanProperty.create("live_view");
+    public static final EnumProperty<Direction.Axis> AXIS = EnumProperty.create("axis", Direction.Axis.class);
+
+    public CrystalPortalBlock(Properties properties) {
+        super(properties);
+        registerDefaultState(stateDefinition.any().setValue(LIVE_VIEW, false).setValue(AXIS, Direction.Axis.Z));
+    }
+    @Override protected void createBlockStateDefinition(StateDefinition.Builder<Block, BlockState> builder) {
+        builder.add(LIVE_VIEW, AXIS);
+    }
+    @Override protected RenderShape getRenderShape(BlockState state) {
+        // Keep the animated fallback until the optional destination view has
+        // actually been established, including after a world restart.
+        return RenderShape.MODEL;
+    }
+    @Override public BlockEntity newBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        return new CrystalPortalBlockEntity(pos, state);
+    }
+    @Override protected boolean canBeReplaced(BlockState state, Fluid fluid) { return false; }
+
+    @Override protected void entityInside(BlockState state, Level level, BlockPos pos, Entity entity, net.minecraft.world.entity.InsideBlockEffectApplier effects, boolean precise) {
+        if (!(level instanceof ServerLevel server) || !entity.canUsePortal(false)) return;
+        long now = server.getServer().getTickCount();
+        if (PortalTravelCooldown.blocked(entity, now)) return;
+        if (!(level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal)
+                || portal.receptacle() == null || !level.hasChunkAt(portal.receptacle())
+                || !(level.getBlockEntity(portal.receptacle()) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder)) return;
+        ItemStack book = holder.getBook();
+        if (book.isEmpty()) return;
+        PortalTravelCooldown.mark(entity, now);
+        PortalTravelQueue.enqueue(entity, server, pos, portal.receptacle(), book, now);
+    }
+
+    @Override protected void neighborChanged(BlockState state, Level level, BlockPos pos, Block neighbor,
+            net.minecraft.world.level.redstone.Orientation orientation, boolean moved) {
+        super.neighborChanged(state, level, pos, neighbor, orientation, moved);
+        if (!(level instanceof ServerLevel server)
+                || !(level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal)
+                || portal.receptacle() == null) return;
+        // Like a vanilla portal, validate when the frame changes, not on a
+        // repeating timer that can race block entities loading after restart.
+        if (CrystalPortalNetwork.cellStatus(server, pos, portal.receptacle())
+                == CrystalPortalNetwork.CellStatus.INVALID) server.removeBlock(pos, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override protected void tick(BlockState state, ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, RandomSource random) {
+        // Ignore validation ticks saved by older builds. Frame edits are
+        // handled by neighborChanged, and the receptacle maintains the view.
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/DecayBlock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortInstabilityRuntime;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortInstabilityConfig;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.util.StringRepresentable;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.StateDefinition;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.properties.EnumProperty;
+
+/** The four colored decay variants selected by the current instability deck. */
+public final class DecayBlock extends Block {
+    public static final EnumProperty<Color> COLOR = EnumProperty.create("color", Color.class);
+
+    public DecayBlock(Properties properties) {
+        super(properties);
+        registerDefaultState(stateDefinition.any().setValue(COLOR, Color.BLUE));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void createBlockStateDefinition(StateDefinition.Builder<Block, BlockState> builder) {
+        builder.add(COLOR);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stepOn(Level level, BlockPos pos, BlockState state, Entity entity) {
+        if (level instanceof net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel server && state.getValue(COLOR) == Color.WHITE
+                && PortInstabilityConfig.decayEnabled() && PortInstabilityConfig.instabilityWorldMutation()
+                && PortInstabilityRuntime.isAge(server)) {
+            entity.hurtServer(server, level.damageSources().magic(), 1.0F);
+        }
+        super.stepOn(level, pos, state, entity);
+    }
+
+    public enum Color implements StringRepresentable {
+        BLUE, PURPLE, RED, WHITE;
+
+        @Override
+        public String getSerializedName() {
+            return name().toLowerCase(java.util.Locale.ROOT);
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/LinkModifierBlock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.LinkModifierBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu.LinkModifierMenu;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.InteractionResult;
+import net.minecraft.world.SimpleMenuProvider;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.context.BlockPlaceContext;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BaseEntityBlock;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.RenderShape;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+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.EnumProperty;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.BlockHitResult;
+
+public final class LinkModifierBlock extends BaseEntityBlock {
+    public static final EnumProperty<Direction> FACING = BlockStateProperties.HORIZONTAL_FACING;
+
+    public LinkModifierBlock(Properties properties) {
+        super(properties);
+        registerDefaultState(stateDefinition.any().setValue(FACING, Direction.NORTH));
+    }
+
+    @Override protected void createBlockStateDefinition(StateDefinition.Builder<net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block,
+            BlockState> builder) { builder.add(FACING); }
+    @Override public BlockState getStateForPlacement(BlockPlaceContext context) {
+        return defaultBlockState().setValue(FACING, context.getHorizontalDirection().getOpposite());
+    }
+    @Override protected RenderShape getRenderShape(BlockState state) { return RenderShape.MODEL; }
+    @Override public BlockEntity newBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        return new LinkModifierBlockEntity(pos, state);
+    }
+    @Override protected InteractionResult useWithoutItem(BlockState state, Level level, BlockPos pos,
+                                                          Player player, BlockHitResult hit) {
+        if (!level.isClientSide() && player instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer
+                && level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof LinkModifierBlockEntity modifier) {
+            serverPlayer.openMenu(new SimpleMenuProvider(
+                    (id, inventory, ignored) -> new LinkModifierMenu(id, inventory, modifier),
+                    Component.translatable("container.rivencraft.link_modifier")),
+                    buffer -> buffer.writeBlockPos(pos));
+        }
+        return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/entity/BookReceptacleBlockEntity.java

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookReceptacleBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal.CrystalPortalNetwork;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput;
+
+/** One persisted book owns the whole crystal network. Portal cells retain only its position. */
+public final class BookReceptacleBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
+    private ItemStack book = ItemStack.EMPTY;
+    private boolean restore = true;
+    private int skyColor = 0xffffff;
+    public BookReceptacleBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        super(Rivencraft.BOOK_RECEPTACLE_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), pos, state);
+    }
+    public ItemStack getBook() { return book; }
+    public int skyColor() { return skyColor; }
+    public void setBook(ItemStack value) {
+        book = value.copyWithCount(1);
+        skyColor = 0xffffff;
+        if (level instanceof ServerLevel source) {
+            var destination = book.get(Rivencraft.LINK_BOOK_TARGET.get());
+            var id = book.is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get()) ? book.get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get())
+                    : destination == null ? null : destination.dimension();
+            var target = id == null ? null : source.getServer().getLevel(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey.create(
+                    net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries.DIMENSION, id));
+            if (target != null) {
+                var pos = destination == null ? net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeTravel.resolveLanding(target, !book.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(),
+                        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties.NONE).has(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties.DISABLE_PLATFORM))
+                        : BlockPos.containing(destination.x(), destination.y(), destination.z());
+                if (pos != null) {
+                    int written = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeColors.forLevel(target).sky();
+                    String type = target.dimensionTypeRegistration().unwrapKey()
+                            .map(key -> key.identifier().getPath()).orElse("");
+                    skyColor = written >= 0 ? written
+                            : target.dimension() == net.minecraft.world.level.Level.NETHER || type.endsWith("_sky_nether")
+                                ? 0x6b2725
+                            : target.dimension() == net.minecraft.world.level.Level.END || type.endsWith("_sky_end")
+                                ? 0x211835
+                            : net.minecraft.util.ARGB.colorFromVector3f(target.environmentAttributes().getValue(
+                                    net.minecraft.world.attribute.EnvironmentAttributes.SKY_COLOR, pos)) & 0xffffff;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        sync();
+    }
+    public ItemStack takeBook() { ItemStack result = book; book = ItemStack.EMPTY; skyColor = 0xffffff; sync(); return result; }
+    private void sync() {
+        setChanged();
+        if (level != null && !level.isClientSide()) {
+            BlockState current = level.getBlockState(worldPosition);
+            if (current.is(Rivencraft.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get())) {
+                level.setBlock(worldPosition, current.setValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK, !book.isEmpty()), 2);
+                level.sendBlockUpdated(worldPosition, current, level.getBlockState(worldPosition), 2);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    public static void serverTick(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder) {
+        if (holder.book.isEmpty()) { holder.restore = false; return; }
+        int interval = holder.restore ? 20 : 200;
+        if (level.getGameTime() % interval != Math.floorMod(pos.asLong(), interval)) return;
+        var plan = CrystalPortalNetwork.plan(level, pos);
+        if (plan.waitingForChunks()) return;
+        boolean restoring = holder.restore;
+        if (restoring && !plan.valid() && CrystalPortalNetwork.recoverSavedOwners(level, pos))
+            plan = CrystalPortalNetwork.plan(level, pos);
+        CrystalPortalNetwork.reconcile(level, pos, plan);
+        holder.restore = false;
+        if (restoring) holder.sync();
+    }
+    @Override protected void loadAdditional(ValueInput input) {
+        super.loadAdditional(input);
+        book = input.read("Book", ItemStack.CODEC).orElse(ItemStack.EMPTY);
+        skyColor = input.getIntOr("SkyColor", 0xffffff);
+        restore = true;
+    }
+    @Override protected void saveAdditional(ValueOutput output) {
+        super.saveAdditional(output);
+        if (!book.isEmpty()) output.store("Book", ItemStack.CODEC, book);
+        output.putInt("SkyColor", skyColor);
+    }
+    @Override public CompoundTag getUpdateTag(HolderLookup.Provider registries) { return saveWithoutMetadata(registries); }
+    @Override public ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket getUpdatePacket() { return ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket.create(this); }
+    @Override public void preRemoveSideEffects(BlockPos pos, BlockState oldState) {
+        if (level instanceof ServerLevel server) {
+            CrystalPortalNetwork.shutdown(server, pos);
+            ItemStack removed = book;
+            book = ItemStack.EMPTY;
+            net.minecraft.world.Containers.dropItemStack(level, pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY() + 0.5, pos.getZ() + 0.5, removed);
+        }
+        super.preRemoveSideEffects(pos, oldState);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/entity/CrystalPortalBlockEntity.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput;
+
+/** One stored book or page, synchronized independently of the player's inventory. */
+public final class CrystalPortalBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
+    private BlockPos receptacle;
+    public CrystalPortalBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) { super(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_PORTAL_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), pos, state); }
+    public BlockPos receptacle() { return receptacle; }
+    public void setReceptacle(BlockPos pos) {
+        receptacle = pos.immutable();
+        setChanged();
+        if (level != null && !level.isClientSide()) level.sendBlockUpdated(worldPosition, getBlockState(), getBlockState(), 2);
+    }
+    @Override protected void loadAdditional(ValueInput input) {
+        super.loadAdditional(input);
+        receptacle = input.read("Receptacle", BlockPos.CODEC).orElse(null);
+    }
+    @Override protected void saveAdditional(ValueOutput output) {
+        super.saveAdditional(output);
+        if (receptacle != null) output.store("Receptacle", BlockPos.CODEC, receptacle);
+    }
+    @Override public CompoundTag getUpdateTag(HolderLookup.Provider registries) { return saveWithoutMetadata(registries); }
+    @Override public ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket getUpdatePacket() { return ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket.create(this); }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/entity/LinkModifierBlockEntity.java

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput;
+import net.minecraft.core.NonNullList;
+import net.minecraft.world.Container;
+import net.minecraft.world.ContainerHelper;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+
+/** One persisted book slot; edits are performed by the server menu. */
+public final class LinkModifierBlockEntity extends BlockEntity implements Container {
+    private NonNullList<ItemStack> items = NonNullList.withSize(1, ItemStack.EMPTY);
+
+    public LinkModifierBlockEntity(BlockPos pos, BlockState state) {
+        super(Rivencraft.LINK_MODIFIER_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), pos, state);
+    }
+
+    @Override public int getContainerSize() { return 1; }
+    @Override public boolean isEmpty() { return items.getFirst().isEmpty(); }
+    @Override public ItemStack getItem(int slot) { return items.get(slot); }
+    @Override public ItemStack removeItem(int slot, int amount) {
+        ItemStack removed = ContainerHelper.removeItem(items, slot, amount);
+        if (!removed.isEmpty()) setChanged();
+        return removed;
+    }
+    @Override public ItemStack removeItemNoUpdate(int slot) {
+        ItemStack removed = ContainerHelper.takeItem(items, slot);
+        if (!removed.isEmpty()) setChanged();
+        return removed;
+    }
+    @Override public void setItem(int slot, ItemStack stack) {
+        items.set(slot, stack.copyWithCount(Math.min(1, stack.getCount())));
+        setChanged();
+    }
+    @Override public boolean canPlaceItem(int slot, ItemStack stack) {
+        return slot == 0 && (stack.is(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get())
+                || stack.is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get()));
+    }
+    @Override public boolean stillValid(Player player) {
+        return level != null && level.isLoaded(worldPosition) && level.getBlockEntity(worldPosition) == this
+                && player.distanceToSqr(worldPosition.getX() + 0.5, worldPosition.getY() + 0.5,
+                        worldPosition.getZ() + 0.5) <= 64.0;
+    }
+    @Override public void preRemoveSideEffects(BlockPos pos, BlockState oldState) {
+        if (level != null && !level.isClientSide()) {
+            net.minecraft.world.Containers.dropContents(level, pos, this);
+            clearContent();
+        }
+        super.preRemoveSideEffects(pos, oldState);
+    }
+    @Override public void clearContent() {
+        items = NonNullList.withSize(1, ItemStack.EMPTY);
+        setChanged();
+    }
+    @Override protected void loadAdditional(ValueInput input) {
+        super.loadAdditional(input);
+        items = NonNullList.withSize(1, ItemStack.EMPTY);
+        ContainerHelper.loadAllItems(input, items);
+    }
+    @Override protected void saveAdditional(ValueOutput output) {
+        super.saveAdditional(output);
+        ContainerHelper.saveAllItems(output, items);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/block/entity/WritingDeskBlockEntity.java

@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ public final class WritingDeskBlockEntity extends BlockEntity implements Contain
     public boolean canConsumeCopyMaterials() {
         ItemStack paper = items.get(PAPER);
         if (!canPlaceItem(PAPER, paper) || paper.isEmpty()) return false;
-        int cost = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.PortConfig.SYMBOL_INK_COST.get();
+        int cost = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingInkService.symbolCopyCost();
         return InkVialExchange.canPay(items, INK, RETURN, inkRemaining, cost);
     }
 
     public boolean consumeCopyMaterials() {
         if (!canConsumeCopyMaterials()) return false;
-        int cost = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.PortConfig.SYMBOL_INK_COST.get();
+        int cost = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingInkService.symbolCopyCost();
         if (inkRemaining < cost) {
             inkRemaining += InkVialExchange.exchange(items, INK, RETURN);
         }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/client/AgeCatalogClient.java

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public final class AgeCatalogClient {
     @SubscribeEvent
     public static void register(RegisterClientPayloadHandlersEvent event) {
         event.register(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.WritingDeskCatalogPayload.TYPE, ClientWritingDeskCatalog::handle);
+        event.register(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.SereneAgeWhitelistPayload.TYPE, (payload, context) ->
+                net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility.acceptClient(payload.dimensionId(), payload.enabled()));
         event.register(AgeCatalogPayload.TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
             if (!(context.listener() instanceof ClientPacketListener listener)) return;
             net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeColors.updateClient(payload.colors());

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/client/BookReceptacleRenderer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.client;
+
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
+import com.mojang.math.Axis;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookReceptacleBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers;
+import net.minecraft.client.model.object.book.BookModel;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.SubmitNodeCollector;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BlockEntityRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BlockEntityRendererProvider;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.state.BlockEntityRenderState;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.feature.ModelFeatureRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.state.level.CameraRenderState;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.OverlayTexture;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+
+/** The 1.21.1 receptacle book orientation in the 26.3 extracted renderer. */
+public final class BookReceptacleRenderer implements BlockEntityRenderer<BookReceptacleBlockEntity, BookReceptacleRenderer.State> {
+    private static final Identifier LINKING = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "textures/entity/linking_book.png");
+    private static final Identifier DESCRIPTIVE = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", "textures/entity/descriptive_book.png");
+    private final BookModel model;
+    public BookReceptacleRenderer(BlockEntityRendererProvider.Context context) {
+        model = new BookModel(context.bakeLayer(ModelLayers.BOOK));
+    }
+    public static final class State extends BlockEntityRenderState {
+        boolean present, descriptive;
+        Direction facing = Direction.NORTH;
+    }
+    @Override public State createRenderState() { return new State(); }
+    @Override public void extractRenderState(BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder, State state, float partialTick,
+                                             Vec3 camera, ModelFeatureRenderer.CrumblingOverlay overlay) {
+        BlockEntityRenderer.super.extractRenderState(holder, state, partialTick, camera, overlay);
+        state.present = !holder.getBook().isEmpty() && holder.getBlockState().getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.HAS_BOOK);
+        state.descriptive = holder.getBook().is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get());
+        state.facing = holder.getBlockState().getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING);
+    }
+    @Override public void submit(State state, PoseStack pose, SubmitNodeCollector collector, CameraRenderState camera) {
+        if (!state.present) return;
+        pose.pushPose();
+        pose.translate(0.5F, 0.5F, 0.5F);
+        switch (state.facing) {
+            case UP -> {
+                pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.ZP, 180);
+                pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.XP, -90);
+                pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.YP, 90);
+                pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.ZP, 180);
+            }
+            case DOWN -> {
+                pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.XP, -90);
+                pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.YP, 90);
+                pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.ZP, 180);
+            }
+            case NORTH -> pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.YP, -90);
+            case SOUTH -> pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.YP, 90);
+            case EAST -> pose.rotateDegrees(Axis.YP, 180);
+            case WEST -> { }
+        }
+        pose.scale(0.8F, 0.8F, 0.8F);
+        collector.submitModel(model, BookModel.State.forAnimation(0, 0.1F, 0.1F, 0.005F), pose,
+                state.descriptive ? DESCRIPTIVE : LINKING, state.lightCoords, OverlayTexture.NO_OVERLAY, 0);
+        pose.popPose();
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/client/LinkModifierScreen.java

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.client;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu.LinkModifierMenu;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.SetLinkModifierTitlePayload;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.SetLinkModifierSeedPayload;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.InputConstants;
+import net.minecraft.client.input.MouseButtonEvent;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.EditBox;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.inventory.AbstractContainerScreen;
+import net.minecraft.client.input.KeyEvent;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Tooltip;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderPipelines;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Inventory;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.network.ClientPacketDistributor;
+
+/** Existing Legacy single-slot layout, using the 26.3 extraction/input APIs. */
+public final class LinkModifierScreen extends AbstractContainerScreen<LinkModifierMenu> {
+    private static final Identifier BACKGROUND = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+            Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "textures/gui/link_modifier_legacy.png");
+    private static final int[] FLAGS = {LinkProperties.DISARM, LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING,
+            LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING_ONLY, LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM, LinkProperties.RELATIVE_LINK, LinkProperties.DISABLE_PLATFORM};
+    private static final int[] IDS = {LinkModifierMenu.TOGGLE_DISARM, LinkModifierMenu.TOGGLE_INTRA,
+            LinkModifierMenu.TOGGLE_INTRA_ONLY, LinkModifierMenu.TOGGLE_MOMENTUM, LinkModifierMenu.TOGGLE_RELATIVE, LinkModifierMenu.TOGGLE_PLATFORM};
+    private static final String[] NAMES = {"disarm", "intra_linking", "intra_linking_only", "maintain_momentum", "relative_link", "generate_platform"};
+    private EditBox titleInput;
+    private EditBox seedInput;
+    private Identifier seedAge;
+    private long lastSeed = Long.MIN_VALUE;
+    private ItemStack lastBook = ItemStack.EMPTY;
+    private boolean refreshing;
+    private Button retireButton;
+    private Button confirmRetireButton;
+    private final Button[] options = new Button[6];
+
+    public LinkModifierScreen(LinkModifierMenu menu, Inventory inventory, Component title) {
+        super(menu, inventory, title, 176, 166);
+        inventoryLabelY = 72;
+    }
+    @Override public boolean isPauseScreen() { return false; }
+    @Override protected void init() {
+        super.init();
+        titleInput = new EditBox(font, leftPos + 80, topPos + 56, 87, 14,
+                Component.translatable("screen.rivencraft.link_modifier.title"));
+        titleInput.setMaxLength(32);
+        titleInput.setResponder(value -> {
+            if (!refreshing) ClientPacketDistributor.sendToServer(new SetLinkModifierTitlePayload(menu.containerId, value));
+        });
+        addRenderableWidget(titleInput);
+        seedInput = new EditBox(font, leftPos + 80, topPos + 15, 87, 14,
+                Component.translatable("screen.rivencraft.link_modifier.seed"));
+        seedInput.setMaxLength(21);
+        seedInput.setTooltip(Tooltip.create(Component.translatable("screen.rivencraft.link_modifier.seed_warning")));
+        addRenderableWidget(seedInput);
+        for (int index = 0; index < options.length; index++) {
+            final int option = index;
+            options[index] = addRenderableWidget(new Button(leftPos + 5 + (index / 3) * 20,
+                    topPos + 10 + (index % 3) * 20, 18, 18, label(index), button -> {
+                        if (minecraft != null && minecraft.gameMode != null)
+                            minecraft.gameMode.handleInventoryButtonClick(menu.containerId, IDS[option]);
+                    }, java.util.function.Supplier::get) {
+                @Override protected void extractContents(GuiGraphicsExtractor graphics, int mouseX, int mouseY, float partialTick) {
+                    int x = getX(), y = getY();
+                    graphics.fill(x, y, x + 18, y + 18, isHoveredOrFocused() ? 0xFFFFFFFF : 0xFFAAAAAA);
+                    graphics.fill(x + 2, y + 2, x + 17, y + 17, !active ? 0xFF555555
+                            : selected(option, menu.book().getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE))
+                                    ? 0xFFBBBBBB : 0xFF777777);
+                }
+            });
+            options[index].setTooltip(Tooltip.create(label(index)));
+        }
+        retireButton = addRenderableWidget(new RetirementButton(120, LinkModifierMenu.RETIRE_AGE, "retire", false));
+        confirmRetireButton = addRenderableWidget(new RetirementButton(140, LinkModifierMenu.CONFIRM_RETIRE_AGE, "confirm", true));
+        refreshControls();
+    }
+    private final class RetirementButton extends Button {
+        private final boolean danger;
+        RetirementButton(int x, int action, String name, boolean danger) {
+            super(leftPos + x, topPos + 32, 18, 18,
+                    Component.translatable("screen.rivencraft.link_modifier." + name), button -> {
+                        if (minecraft != null && minecraft.gameMode != null)
+                            minecraft.gameMode.handleInventoryButtonClick(menu.containerId, action);
+                    }, DEFAULT_NARRATION);
+            this.danger = danger;
+            setTooltip(Tooltip.create(getMessage()));
+        }
+        @Override protected void extractContents(GuiGraphicsExtractor graphics, int mouseX, int mouseY, float partialTick) {
+            int x = getX(), y = getY();
+            graphics.fill(x, y, x + 18, y + 18, isHoveredOrFocused() ? 0xFFFFFFFF : 0xFFAAAAAA);
+            graphics.fill(x + 2, y + 2, x + 17, y + 17, danger ? 0xFFAA5555
+                    : menu.awaitingRetirementConfirmation() ? 0xFFBBBBBB : 0xFF777777);
+        }
+    }
+    @Override protected void containerTick() { refreshControls(); }
+    private void refreshControls() {
+        ItemStack book = menu.book();
+        // Changing book kinds refreshes immediately; otherwise avoid replacing
+        // focused text with an earlier server echo while the player is typing.
+        if (!ItemStack.isSameItem(book, lastBook) || !titleInput.isFocused()) {
+            if (!ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(book, lastBook)) {
+                Component name = book.get(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME);
+                refreshing = true;
+                titleInput.setValue(name == null ? "" : name.getString());
+                refreshing = false;
+                lastBook = book.copy();
+            }
+        }
+        titleInput.setEditable(!book.isEmpty());
+        boolean canRetire = minecraft != null && minecraft.player != null && menu.canRetire(minecraft.player);
+        if (retireButton != null) {
+            retireButton.visible = canRetire;
+            retireButton.active = canRetire && !menu.awaitingRetirementConfirmation();
+            confirmRetireButton.visible = canRetire && menu.awaitingRetirementConfirmation();
+            confirmRetireButton.active = confirmRetireButton.visible;
+        }
+        Identifier age = book.get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get());
+        if (!java.util.Objects.equals(seedAge, age)) {
+            seedInput.setFocused(false);
+            seedAge = age;
+            seedInput.setValue(Long.toString(menu.seed()));
+            lastSeed = menu.seed();
+        }
+        seedInput.visible = menu.hasSeed();
+        seedInput.setEditable(seedInput.visible);
+        if (!seedInput.visible) seedInput.setFocused(false);
+        else if (!seedInput.isFocused() && (lastSeed != menu.seed()
+                || !seedInput.getValue().equals(Long.toString(menu.seed())))) {
+            lastSeed = menu.seed();
+            seedInput.setValue(Long.toString(lastSeed));
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < options.length; i++) if (options[i] != null) {
+            options[i].active = available(i);
+            Component label = label(i);
+            if (!options[i].getMessage().equals(label)) {
+                options[i].setMessage(label);
+                options[i].setTooltip(Tooltip.create(label));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private boolean available(int index) {
+        return !menu.book().isEmpty() && ((index != 1 && index != 2) || menu.book().is(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get()));
+    }
+    private Component label(int index) {
+        Component name = Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property." + NAMES[index]);
+        return name.copy().append(selected(index,
+                menu.book().getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE)) ? ": On" : ": Off");
+    }
+    private void submitSeed() {
+        if (seedInput.visible && seedAge != null && !seedInput.getValue().equals(Long.toString(menu.seed())))
+            ClientPacketDistributor.sendToServer(new SetLinkModifierSeedPayload(menu.containerId, seedAge, seedInput.getValue()));
+    }
+    @Override public boolean mouseClicked(MouseButtonEvent event, boolean doubleClick) {
+        if (seedInput.isFocused() && !seedInput.isMouseOver(event.x(), event.y())) {
+            submitSeed();
+            seedInput.setFocused(false);
+        }
+        return super.mouseClicked(event, doubleClick);
+    }
+    @Override public boolean keyPressed(KeyEvent event) {
+        if (seedInput != null && seedInput.isFocused()) {
+            if (event.key() == InputConstants.KEY_RETURN || event.key() == InputConstants.KEY_NUMPADENTER) {
+                submitSeed();
+                seedInput.setFocused(false);
+                setFocused(null);
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (!event.isEscape()) {
+                seedInput.keyPressed(event);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (titleInput != null && titleInput.isFocused() && !event.isEscape()) {
+            titleInput.keyPressed(event);
+            return true; // Character input must never activate inventory/hotbar shortcuts.
+        }
+        return super.keyPressed(event);
+    }
+    @Override public void extractBackground(GuiGraphicsExtractor graphics, int mouseX, int mouseY, float partialTick) {
+        super.extractBackground(graphics, mouseX, mouseY, partialTick);
+        graphics.blit(RenderPipelines.GUI_TEXTURED, BACKGROUND, leftPos, topPos, 0, 0, imageWidth, imageHeight, 256, 256);
+    }
+
+    private boolean selected(int index, LinkProperties properties) {
+        if (index != 5) return properties.has(FLAGS[index]);
+        return menu.book().is(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get()) ? properties.has(LinkProperties.GENERATE_PLATFORM)
+                : !properties.has(LinkProperties.DISABLE_PLATFORM);
+    }
+    @Override protected void extractLabels(GuiGraphicsExtractor graphics, int mouseX, int mouseY) {
+        graphics.text(font, playerInventoryTitle, inventoryLabelX, inventoryLabelY, 0xFF404040, false);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/client/PortBookBinderClientEvents.java

@@ -21,12 +21,29 @@ public final class PortBookBinderClientEvents {
         event.registerEntityRenderer(Rivencraft.DROPPED_BOOK.get(), DroppedBookRenderer::new);
         event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(Rivencraft.WRITING_DESK_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), WritingDeskRenderer::new);
         event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(Rivencraft.BOOK_STAND_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), BookStandRenderer::new);
+        event.registerBlockEntityRenderer(Rivencraft.BOOK_RECEPTACLE_BLOCK_ENTITY.get(), BookReceptacleRenderer::new);
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void portalTint(net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.RegisterColorHandlersEvent.BlockTintSources event) {
+        event.register(java.util.List.of(new net.minecraft.client.color.block.BlockTintSource() {
+            @Override public int color(net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState state) { return 0xffffffff; }
+            @Override public int colorInWorld(net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState state,
+                    net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.BlockAndTintGetter level, net.minecraft.core.BlockPos pos) {
+                if (level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal
+                        && portal.receptacle() != null
+                        && level.getBlockEntity(portal.receptacle()) instanceof net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder)
+                    return 0xff000000 | holder.skyColor();
+                return 0xffffffff;
+            }
+        }), Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get());
     }
 
     @SubscribeEvent
     public static void registerScreens(RegisterMenuScreensEvent event) {
         event.register(Rivencraft.BOOK_BINDER_MENU.get(), PortBookBinderScreen::new);
         event.register(Rivencraft.INK_MIXER_MENU.get(), InkMixerScreen::new);
+        event.register(Rivencraft.LINK_MODIFIER_MENU.get(), LinkModifierScreen::new);
         event.register(Rivencraft.NOTEBOOK_MENU.get(), NotebookScreen::new);
         event.register(Rivencraft.WRITING_DESK_MENU.get(), WritingDeskScreen::new);
     }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/RuinsCompatibility.java

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+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.age.PortTerrainFeaturePlan;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
+
+/** Small optional bridge between frozen Age pages and Ruins' dimension gate. */
+public final class RuinsCompatibility {
+    private static final Set<Identifier> KNOWN_AGES = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+    private static final Map<Identifier, Map<Identifier, Integer>> AUTHORED_TEMPLATES =
+            new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    private RuinsCompatibility() {}
+
+    public static void register() {
+        if (ModList.get().isLoaded("ruins")) RuinsEventAdapter.register();
+        net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(RuinsCompatibility::onLevelUnload);
+        net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(
+                (net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerAboutToStartEvent event) -> RuinsTemplatePages.refresh());
+        net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(
+                (net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppedEvent event) -> onServerStopping());
+    }
+
+    public static void registerAge(Identifier id, PortTerrainFeaturePlan plan) {
+        if (!ModList.get().isLoaded("ruins")) return;
+        Map<Identifier, Integer> selected = templateCounts(plan == null ? List.of() : plan.ruins());
+        if (selected.isEmpty()) AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.remove(id);
+        else AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.put(id, selected);
+        KNOWN_AGES.add(id);
+    }
+
+    public static void onLevelUnload(net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.LevelEvent.Unload event) {
+        if (event.getLevel() instanceof net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel level) {
+            var id = level.dimension().identifier();
+            KNOWN_AGES.remove(id);
+            AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.remove(id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Called only by the optional Ruins FileHandler mixin. */
+    public static boolean allowsAge(Identifier dimension) {
+        return AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.containsKey(dimension);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isKnownAge(Identifier dimension) {
+        return KNOWN_AGES.contains(dimension);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean permits(Identifier dimension, Identifier template) {
+        return templateCount(dimension, template) > 0;
+    }
+
+    public static int templateCount(Identifier dimension, Identifier 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(Identifier dimension, int configuredAttempts) {
+        return attemptsPerChunk(configuredAttempts, AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.get(dimension));
+    }
+
+    static int attemptsPerChunk(int configuredAttempts, Map<Identifier, 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<Identifier, Integer> templateCounts(List<Identifier> choices) {
+        Map<Identifier, Integer> counts = new java.util.HashMap<>();
+        for (Identifier choice : choices) {
+            if (RuinsTemplatePages.contains(choice)) counts.merge(choice, 1, Integer::sum);
+        }
+        return Map.copyOf(counts);
+    }
+
+    public static void onServerStopping() {
+        KNOWN_AGES.clear();
+        AUTHORED_TEMPLATES.clear();
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/RuinsEventAdapter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import atomicstryker.ruins.common.EventRuinTemplateSpawn;
+import atomicstryker.ruins.common.RuinTemplate;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
+
+/** Loaded only when Ruins is present. Its pre-spawn event can veto exact templates. */
+public final class RuinsEventAdapter {
+    private RuinsEventAdapter() {}
+
+    static void register() {
+        NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(RuinsEventAdapter::onTemplateSpawn);
+    }
+
+    private static void onTemplateSpawn(EventRuinTemplateSpawn event) {
+        if (!event.isPrePhase || event.testingRuin
+                || !(event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level)
+                || !RuinsCompatibility.isKnownAge(level.dimension().identifier())) return;
+
+        var template = RuinsTemplatePages.featureId(event.template.getName());
+        if (!RuinsTemplatePages.contains(template)
+                || !RuinsCompatibility.permits(level.dimension().identifier(), template)) event.setCancelled(true);
+    }
+
+    /** Preserve Ruins' weights and multiply each by its authored page count. */
+    public static Object chooseTemplate(net.minecraft.resources.Identifier 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.Identifier dimension,
+                                         RuinTemplate template) {
+        return Math.max(0.0, template.getWeight()) * RuinsCompatibility.templateCount(dimension,
+                RuinsTemplatePages.featureId(template.getName()));
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/RuinsTemplatePages.java

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+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.Set;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortSymbolPages;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+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 Identifier CATEGORY = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+            Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "ruins");
+    private static final String PREFIX = "ruins/";
+    private static volatile Map<Identifier, 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<Identifier, 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(name -> name.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)));
+        return List.copyOf(templates);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isSymbol(Identifier id) {
+        return id.getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID) && id.getPath().startsWith(PREFIX);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean contains(Identifier id) {
+        if (!initialized) refresh();
+        return isSymbol(id) && names.containsKey(id);
+    }
+
+    public static Identifier 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 Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, PREFIX + "t_" + key);
+    }
+
+    public static Identifier featureId(String templateName) {
+        return symbolId(templateName);
+    }
+
+    public static String fallbackName(Identifier 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 PortSymbolPages.Entry definition(String templateName) {
+        Identifier id = featureId(templateName);
+        return new PortSymbolPages.Entry(id, CATEGORY.toString(),
+                "symbol.rivencraft.ruins.template." + id.getPath().substring(PREFIX.length()),
+                "symbol.rivencraft.ruins.description", "", "feature");
+    }
+
+    public static PortSymbolPages.Entry find(Identifier id) {
+        if (!initialized) refresh();
+        String name = names.get(id);
+        return name == null ? null : definition(name);
+    }
+
+    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<Identifier, 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);
+        Identifier 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);
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/SereneSeasonsAdapter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortSeasonPolicies.Mode;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import sereneseasons.api.season.Season;
+import sereneseasons.config.SeasonsConfig;
+import sereneseasons.init.ModConfig;
+import sereneseasons.season.SeasonHandler;
+import sereneseasons.season.SeasonSavedData;
+import sereneseasons.season.SeasonTime;
+
+/** Isolates references to optional Serene Seasons and GlitchCore classes. */
+final class SereneSeasonsAdapter {
+    private static final String WHITELIST_KEY = "dimension_settings.whitelisted_dimensions";
+
+    private SereneSeasonsAdapter() {
+    }
+
+    static boolean setServerWhitelist(Identifier dimensionId, boolean enabled) {
+        SeasonsConfig config = ModConfig.seasons;
+        if (config == null || config.whitelistedDimensions.contains(dimensionId.toString()) == enabled) return false;
+        List<String> dimensions = new ArrayList<>(config.whitelistedDimensions);
+        if (enabled) dimensions.add(dimensionId.toString());
+        else dimensions.removeIf(dimensionId.toString()::equals);
+        // GlitchCore rereads this config from disk before synchronizing new clients.
+        config.set(WHITELIST_KEY, dimensions);
+        config.write();
+        config.whitelistedDimensions = dimensions;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static void setClientWhitelist(Identifier dimensionId, boolean enabled) {
+        SeasonsConfig config = ModConfig.seasons;
+        if (config == null || config.whitelistedDimensions.contains(dimensionId.toString()) == enabled) return;
+        List<String> dimensions = new ArrayList<>(config.whitelistedDimensions);
+        if (enabled) dimensions.add(dimensionId.toString());
+        else dimensions.removeIf(dimensionId.toString()::equals);
+        config.whitelistedDimensions = dimensions;
+    }
+
+    static void holdSeason(ServerLevel level, Mode mode) {
+        SeasonSavedData data = SeasonHandler.getSeasonSavedData(level);
+        Season.SubSeason target = switch (mode) {
+            case ETERNAL_SPRING -> Season.SubSeason.MID_SPRING;
+            case ETERNAL_SUMMER -> Season.SubSeason.MID_SUMMER;
+            case ETERNAL_FALL -> Season.SubSeason.MID_AUTUMN;
+            case ETERNAL_WINTER -> Season.SubSeason.MID_WINTER;
+            default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not an eternal season: " + mode);
+        };
+        int duration = SeasonTime.ZERO.getSubSeasonDuration();
+        int midpoint = target.ordinal() * duration + duration / 2;
+        // Reset well before the end of MID_* so the client never observes a
+        // different sub-season; avoid marking saved data dirty every tick.
+        int current = data.seasonCycleTicks;
+        if (current >= midpoint && current < midpoint + duration / 4) return;
+        data.seasonCycleTicks = midpoint;
+        data.setDirty();
+        SeasonHandler.sendSeasonUpdate(level);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/SereneSeasonsCompatibility.java

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.PortConfig;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortSeasonPolicies;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortSeasonPolicies.Mode;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.RuntimeAgeBackend;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.SereneAgeWhitelistPayload;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.PacketDistributor;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.LevelEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.entity.player.PlayerEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.tick.LevelTickEvent;
+
+/** Common optional boundary: only its guarded adapter loads Serene/GlitchCore APIs. */
+public final class SereneSeasonsCompatibility {
+    private static final java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean WARNED = new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean();
+    private SereneSeasonsCompatibility() {}
+    public static boolean available() { return ModList.get().isLoaded("sereneseasons"); }
+    private static boolean isAge(Identifier id) { return id.getNamespace().equals("rivencraft") && id.getPath().startsWith("age/"); }
+    private static Boolean enabled(ServerLevel level) {
+        var policy = PortSeasonPolicies.get(level.getServer()).forLevel(level);
+        if (policy.mode() != Mode.NO_SEASONS && !policy.authored() && !PortConfig.AUTO_WHITELIST_SERENE_AGES.get()) return null;
+        return policy.mode() != Mode.NO_SEASONS;
+    }
+    public static void apply(ServerLevel level) {
+        if (!available() || !isAge(level.dimension().identifier())) return;
+        try {
+            Boolean enabled = enabled(level);
+            if (enabled == null) return;
+            var id = level.dimension().identifier();
+            SereneSeasonsAdapter.setServerWhitelist(id, enabled);
+            if (enabled) {
+                var mode = PortSeasonPolicies.get(level.getServer()).forLevel(level).mode();
+                if (mode.eternal()) SereneSeasonsAdapter.holdSeason(level, mode);
+            }
+            for (var player : level.getServer().getPlayerList().getPlayers()) send(player, id, enabled);
+        } catch (RuntimeException | LinkageError e) { warn(e); }
+    }
+    public static void onLevelLoad(LevelEvent.Load event) {
+        if (event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level && isAge(level.dimension().identifier())
+                && RuntimeAgeBackend.savedAges(level.getServer()).containsKey(level.dimension().identifier())) apply(level);
+    }
+    public static void onLogin(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedInEvent event) {
+        if (!available() || !(event.getEntity() instanceof ServerPlayer player)) return;
+        for (var level : player.level().getServer().getAllLevels()) if (isAge(level.dimension().identifier())) {
+            Boolean enabled = enabled(level);
+            if (enabled != null) send(player, level.dimension().identifier(), enabled);
+        }
+    }
+    public static void onLevelTickPost(LevelTickEvent.Post event) {
+        if (!available() || !(event.getLevel() instanceof ServerLevel level) || !isAge(level.dimension().identifier())) return;
+        var policy = PortSeasonPolicies.get(level.getServer()).forLevel(level);
+        if (!policy.mode().eternal() || !policy.authored() && !PortConfig.AUTO_WHITELIST_SERENE_AGES.get()) return;
+        try { SereneSeasonsAdapter.holdSeason(level, policy.mode()); }
+        catch (RuntimeException | LinkageError e) { warn(e); }
+    }
+    public static void retired(MinecraftServer server, Identifier id) {
+        if (!available()) return;
+        try {
+            SereneSeasonsAdapter.setServerWhitelist(id, false);
+            for (var player : server.getPlayerList().getPlayers()) send(player, id, false);
+        } catch (RuntimeException | LinkageError e) { warn(e); }
+    }
+    private static void send(ServerPlayer player, Identifier id, boolean enabled) {
+        PacketDistributor.sendToPlayer(player, new SereneAgeWhitelistPayload(id, enabled));
+    }
+    public static void acceptClient(Identifier id, boolean enabled) {
+        if (!available() || !isAge(id)) return;
+        try { SereneSeasonsAdapter.setClientWhitelist(id, enabled); }
+        catch (RuntimeException | LinkageError e) { warn(e); }
+    }
+    private static void warn(Throwable e) {
+        if (WARNED.compareAndSet(false, true)) Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn("Could not apply optional Serene Seasons policy", e);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/TerraBlenderBiomes.java

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.Holder;
+import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
+import net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.TagsUpdatedEvent;
+
+/** Optional API boundary with registry-scoped pools and cheap worldgen membership queries. */
+public final class TerraBlenderBiomes {
+    private record Pools(List<Identifier> overworld, List<Identifier> nether) {}
+    private static final Pools EMPTY = new Pools(List.of(), List.of());
+    private static final Map<RegistryAccess, Pools> POOLS = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<Holder<Biome>, Boolean> NETHER_MEMBERSHIP = new WeakHashMap<>();
+    private static final AtomicBoolean WARNED = new AtomicBoolean();
+    private TerraBlenderBiomes() {}
+    public static List<Identifier> overworld(HolderLookup.Provider registries) { return prepare(registries).overworld(); }
+    public static List<Identifier> nether(HolderLookup.Provider registries) { return prepare(registries).nether(); }
+    public static synchronized boolean isNether(Holder<Biome> biome) {
+        return Boolean.TRUE.equals(NETHER_MEMBERSHIP.get(biome));
+    }
+    public static void onServerAboutToStart(net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerAboutToStartEvent event) {
+        // TerraBlender loads data-driven regions at normal priority in this event.
+        // Refresh after that, even if tags were seen before those regions existed.
+        synchronized (TerraBlenderBiomes.class) { POOLS.remove(event.getServer().registryAccess()); }
+        prepare(event.getServer().registryAccess());
+    }
+    public static void onTagsUpdated(TagsUpdatedEvent event) {
+        // Server/client registry objects have independent cache entries.
+        synchronized (TerraBlenderBiomes.class) { POOLS.remove(event.getRegistries()); }
+        prepare(event.getRegistries());
+    }
+    private static synchronized Pools prepare(HolderLookup.Provider provider) {
+        if (!ModList.get().isLoaded("terrablender") || !(provider instanceof RegistryAccess registries)) return EMPTY;
+        Pools cached = POOLS.get(registries);
+        if (cached != null) return cached;
+        Pools pools = EMPTY;
+        try {
+            pools = new Pools(TerraBlenderRegionAdapter.collect(registries, false),
+                    TerraBlenderRegionAdapter.collect(registries, true));
+        } catch (RuntimeException | LinkageError exception) {
+            if (WARNED.compareAndSet(false, true)) Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn(
+                    "TerraBlender biome regions could not be read; using registry tags and native biome pools", exception);
+        }
+        POOLS.put(registries, pools);
+        var nether = java.util.Set.copyOf(pools.nether());
+        registries.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).listElements().forEach(holder ->
+                NETHER_MEMBERSHIP.put(holder, nether.contains(holder.key().identifier())));
+        return pools;
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/TerraBlenderRegionAdapter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import net.minecraft.core.RegistryAccess;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome;
+import terrablender.api.Region;
+import terrablender.api.RegionType;
+import terrablender.api.Regions;
+
+/** Loaded only after the optional TerraBlender mod is confirmed present. */
+final class TerraBlenderRegionAdapter {
+    private TerraBlenderRegionAdapter() {}
+
+    static List<Identifier> collect(RegistryAccess registries, boolean nether) {
+        var biomes = registries.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME);
+        RegionType type = nether ? RegionType.NETHER : RegionType.OVERWORLD;
+        Set<Identifier> ids = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        for (Region region : Regions.get(type)) {
+            region.addBiomes(biomes, mapping -> {
+                ResourceKey<Biome> key = mapping.getSecond();
+                Identifier id = key.identifier();
+                // Vanilla's default region is always present. Only additions from
+                // other mods extend an Age's existing deterministic biome pool.
+                if (!id.getNamespace().equals("minecraft") && !id.equals(
+                        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortRegistryPages.DEFERRED_PLACEHOLDER) && biomes.containsKey(id)) ids.add(id);
+            });
+        }
+        return ids.stream().sorted().toList();
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/compat/jei/RivencraftJeiPlugin.java

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.jei;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import mezz.jei.api.IModPlugin;
+import mezz.jei.api.JeiPlugin;
+import mezz.jei.api.constants.VanillaTypes;
+import mezz.jei.api.gui.builder.IRecipeLayoutBuilder;
+import mezz.jei.api.gui.ingredient.IRecipeSlotsView;
+import mezz.jei.api.helpers.IGuiHelper;
+import mezz.jei.api.recipe.IFocusGroup;
+import mezz.jei.api.recipe.types.IRecipeType;
+import mezz.jei.api.recipe.category.AbstractRecipeCategory;
+import mezz.jei.api.registration.IRecipeCatalystRegistration;
+import mezz.jei.api.registration.IRecipeCategoryRegistration;
+import mezz.jei.api.registration.IRecipeRegistration;
+import mezz.jei.api.registration.ISubtypeRegistration;
+import mezz.jei.api.registration.IExtraIngredientRegistration;
+import mezz.jei.api.ingredients.subtypes.ISubtypeInterpreter;
+import mezz.jei.api.runtime.IJeiRuntime;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortSymbolPages;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry.ModCreativeTabs;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.InkModifierIngredients;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PageContent;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.SymbolReference;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiGraphicsExtractor;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.MutableComponent;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.Items;
+
+/** Loaded by JEI's plugin scanner only when JEI is installed. No common mod class references this type. */
+@JeiPlugin
+public final class RivencraftJeiPlugin implements IModPlugin {
+    private static final IRecipeType<WritingGuide> WRITING =
+            IRecipeType.create(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "writing", WritingGuide.class);
+    private static final IRecipeType<InkMixerGuide> INK_MIXER =
+            IRecipeType.create(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "ink_mixer", InkMixerGuide.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public Identifier getPluginUid() {
+        return Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "jei_writing");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerItemSubtypes(ISubtypeRegistration registration) {
+        registration.registerSubtypeInterpreter(Rivencraft.PAGE.get(),
+                (ISubtypeInterpreter<ItemStack>) (stack, context) -> {
+                    PageContent content = PageItem.content(stack);
+                    return switch (content.kind()) {
+                        case BLANK -> "blank";
+                        case LINK_PANEL -> "link_panel:" + stack.getOrDefault(
+                                Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE).flags();
+                        case SYMBOL -> "symbol:" + content.symbol().orElseThrow().id();
+                        case UNRESOLVED_SYMBOL -> "unresolved:" + content.symbol().orElseThrow().id();
+                    };
+                });
+        registration.registerSubtypeInterpreter(Rivencraft.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get(),
+                (ISubtypeInterpreter<ItemStack>) (stack, context) -> {
+                    Component name = stack.get(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME);
+                    return name == null ? "empty" : name.getString();
+                });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerExtraIngredients(IExtraIngredientRegistration registration) {
+        List<ItemStack> pages = new ArrayList<>();
+        pages.addAll(PageItem.creativeLinkPanelPages());
+        var connection = Minecraft.getInstance().getConnection();
+        if (connection != null) {
+            pages.addAll(symbolPages(connection.registryAccess()));
+            pages.addAll(ModCreativeTabs.creativeSymbolPortfolios(connection.registryAccess()));
+        } else {
+            PortSymbolPages.sealedCandidateIds().stream().map(PageItem::createSymbolPage).forEach(pages::add);
+        }
+        registration.addExtraItemStacks(pages);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onRuntimeAvailable(IJeiRuntime runtime) {
+        // JEI discovers the base Page item as a blank stack; only authored pages belong in its list.
+        runtime.getIngredientManager().removeIngredientsAtRuntime(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK,
+                List.of(new ItemStack(Rivencraft.PAGE.get()), new ItemStack(Rivencraft.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get())));
+        var connection = Minecraft.getInstance().getConnection();
+        if (connection == null) return;
+        Set<Identifier> known = runtime.getIngredientManager().getAllItemStacks().stream()
+                .filter(stack -> stack.is(Rivencraft.PAGE.get()))
+                .map(PageItem::content)
+                .filter(content -> content.kind() == PageContent.Kind.SYMBOL)
+                .map(content -> content.symbol().orElseThrow().id())
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        List<ItemStack> missing = symbolPages(connection.registryAccess()).stream()
+                .filter(stack -> !known.contains(PageItem.content(stack).symbol().orElseThrow().id()))
+                .toList();
+        if (!missing.isEmpty()) {
+            runtime.getIngredientManager().addIngredientsAtRuntime(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK, missing);
+        }
+        Set<String> knownPortfolios = runtime.getIngredientManager().getAllItemStacks().stream()
+                .filter(stack -> stack.is(Rivencraft.SYMBOL_PORTFOLIO.get()))
+                .map(stack -> stack.get(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME))
+                .filter(java.util.Objects::nonNull)
+                .map(Component::getString)
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        List<ItemStack> missingPortfolios = ModCreativeTabs.creativeSymbolPortfolios(connection.registryAccess())
+                .stream()
+                .filter(stack -> !knownPortfolios.contains(stack.getHoverName().getString()))
+                .toList();
+        if (!missingPortfolios.isEmpty()) {
+            runtime.getIngredientManager().addIngredientsAtRuntime(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK, missingPortfolios);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static List<ItemStack> symbolPages(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup.Provider registries) {
+        return PortSymbolPages.categories().stream().flatMap(category -> PortSymbolPages.pages(category, registries).stream()).toList();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerCategories(IRecipeCategoryRegistration registration) {
+        IGuiHelper guiHelper = registration.getJeiHelpers().getGuiHelper();
+        registration.addRecipeCategories(new WritingCategory(guiHelper), new InkMixerCategory(guiHelper));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerRecipes(IRecipeRegistration registration) {
+        registration.addItemStackInfo(new ItemStack(Rivencraft.LINK_MODIFIER_ITEM.get()),
+                Component.translatable("jei.rivencraft.link_modifier"));
+        ItemStack panel = PageItem.createLinkPanelPage();
+        ItemStack symbolPage = PageItem.createSymbolPage(new SymbolReference(
+                Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "terrain/standard")));
+        registration.addRecipes(WRITING, List.of(
+                new WritingGuide(List.of(new ItemStack(Items.PAPER), new ItemStack(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get())),
+                        panel, "jei.rivencraft.writing.link_panel_hand"),
+                new WritingGuide(List.of(symbolPage, new ItemStack(Items.PAPER), new ItemStack(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get())),
+                        symbolPage, "jei.rivencraft.writing.copy"),
+                new WritingGuide(List.of(new ItemStack(Items.LEATHER), panel),
+                        new ItemStack(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get()), "jei.rivencraft.writing.bind"),
+                new WritingGuide(List.of(panel, new ItemStack(Items.LEATHER)),
+                        new ItemStack(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get()), "jei.rivencraft.writing.linking_book")
+        ));
+        List<InkMixerGuide> mixerGuides = new ArrayList<>();
+        mixerGuides.add(new InkMixerGuide(panel, null));
+        InkModifierIngredients.builtIn().forEach(ingredient ->
+                mixerGuides.add(new InkMixerGuide(panel, ingredient)));
+        registration.addRecipes(INK_MIXER, mixerGuides);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerRecipeCatalysts(IRecipeCatalystRegistration registration) {
+        registration.addCraftingStation(WRITING, Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get(),
+                Rivencraft.WRITING_DESK_ITEM.get(), Rivencraft.BOOK_BINDER_ITEM.get());
+        registration.addCraftingStation(INK_MIXER, Rivencraft.INK_MIXER_ITEM.get());
+    }
+
+    private record WritingGuide(List<ItemStack> inputs, ItemStack output, String instructionKey) {}
+    private record InkMixerGuide(ItemStack panel, InkModifierIngredients.Ingredient additive) {}
+
+    private static final class InkMixerCategory extends AbstractRecipeCategory<InkMixerGuide> {
+        InkMixerCategory(IGuiHelper guiHelper) {
+            super(INK_MIXER, Component.translatable("jei.rivencraft.ink_mixer"),
+                    guiHelper.createDrawableIngredient(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK,
+                            new ItemStack(Rivencraft.INK_MIXER_ITEM.get())), 138, 110);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void setRecipe(IRecipeLayoutBuilder builder, InkMixerGuide recipe, IFocusGroup focuses) {
+            builder.addInputSlot(2, 3).setStandardSlotBackground().add(new ItemStack(Items.PAPER));
+            builder.addInputSlot(23, 3).setStandardSlotBackground()
+                    .add(new ItemStack(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get()));
+            if (recipe.additive() != null)
+                builder.addInputSlot(44, 3).setStandardSlotBackground()
+                        .add(recipe.additive().item());
+            builder.addOutputSlot(112, 3).setOutputSlotBackground().add(recipe.panel());
+            builder.addOutputSlot(112, 46).setStandardSlotBackground()
+                    .add(new ItemStack(Items.GLASS_BOTTLE));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void draw(InkMixerGuide recipe, IRecipeSlotsView slots, GuiGraphicsExtractor graphics,
+                         double mouseX, double mouseY) {
+            Component instructions = recipe.additive() == null
+                    ? Component.translatable("jei.rivencraft.ink_mixer.usage")
+                    : additiveInstructions(recipe.additive());
+            graphics.textWithWordWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().font, instructions, 2, 27, 104, 0xFF404040, false);
+        }
+
+        private static Component additiveInstructions(InkModifierIngredients.Ingredient additive) {
+            MutableComponent effects = Component.empty();
+            for (InkModifierIngredients.Effect effect : additive.effects()) {
+                if (!effects.getSiblings().isEmpty()) effects.append(", ");
+                effects.append(Component.translatable("jei.rivencraft.ink_mixer.effect",
+                        Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property." + switch (effect.flag()) {
+                            case LinkProperties.DISARM -> "disarm";
+                            case LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM -> "maintain_momentum";
+                            case LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING -> "intra_linking";
+                            default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown mixer modifier");
+                        }), Math.round(effect.chance() * 100)));
+            }
+            return Component.translatable("jei.rivencraft.ink_mixer.additive", effects);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final class WritingCategory extends AbstractRecipeCategory<WritingGuide> {
+        WritingCategory(IGuiHelper guiHelper) {
+            super(WRITING, Component.translatable("jei.rivencraft.writing"),
+                    guiHelper.createDrawableIngredient(VanillaTypes.ITEM_STACK,
+                            new ItemStack(Rivencraft.WRITING_DESK_ITEM.get())), 138, 80);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void setRecipe(IRecipeLayoutBuilder builder, WritingGuide recipe, IFocusGroup focuses) {
+            for (int index = 0; index < recipe.inputs().size(); index++) {
+                builder.addInputSlot(2 + index * 21, 3).setStandardSlotBackground()
+                        .add(recipe.inputs().get(index));
+            }
+            builder.addOutputSlot(112, 3).setOutputSlotBackground().add(recipe.output());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void draw(WritingGuide recipe, IRecipeSlotsView slots, GuiGraphicsExtractor graphics,
+                         double mouseX, double mouseY) {
+            graphics.textWithWordWrap(Minecraft.getInstance().font,
+                    Component.translatable(recipe.instructionKey()), 2, 27, 134, 0xFF404040, false);
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/DescriptiveBookItem.java

@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ public final class DescriptiveBookItem extends Item {
                                 Consumer<Component> tooltip, TooltipFlag flag) {
         Identifier id = stack.get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get());
         tooltip.accept(Component.literal(id == null ? "Unbound (26.3 port preview)" : "Age: " + id));
+        stack.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE).forDescriptiveBook().appendTooltip(tooltip);
     }
 }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/InkVialItem.java

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
-import net.minecraft.util.Prediction;
 import net.minecraft.world.InteractionHand;
 import net.minecraft.world.InteractionResult;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.Items;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.WritingInkService;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.TooltipFlag;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.component.TooltipDisplay;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 /** A stackable 16-use vial; using it with paper in the other hand prepares a Link Panel. */
 public final class InkVialItem extends Item {
     public static final int CAPACITY = 16;
-    // Match the 1.21.1 default; port the configurable cost with the full configuration system.
-    public static final int LINK_PANEL_COST = 2;
 
     public InkVialItem(Properties properties) {
         super(properties);
@@ -30,37 +28,16 @@ public final class InkVialItem extends Item {
 
     @Override
     public InteractionResult use(Level level, Player player, InteractionHand hand) {
-        InteractionHand paperHand = hand == InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND
-                ? InteractionHand.OFF_HAND : InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND;
-        ItemStack vial = player.getItemInHand(hand);
-        ItemStack paper = player.getItemInHand(paperHand);
-        int ink = remaining(vial);
-        if (!vial.is(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get()) || !paper.is(Items.PAPER)
-                || ink < LINK_PANEL_COST || ink > CAPACITY) {
-            return InteractionResult.PASS;
+        if (level.isClientSide()) {
+            // LOCAL gameplay config is not synchronized. Predict only item eligibility;
+            // the server decides affordability using its own configured cost.
+            var paperHand = hand == InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND ? InteractionHand.OFF_HAND : InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND;
+            int ink = remaining(player.getItemInHand(hand));
+            return player.getItemInHand(hand).is(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get())
+                    && player.getItemInHand(paperHand).is(Items.PAPER) && ink > 0 && ink <= CAPACITY
+                    ? InteractionResult.SUCCESS : InteractionResult.PASS;
         }
-        if (level.isClientSide()) return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
-
-        ItemStack panel = PageItem.createLinkPanelPage();
-        int newInk = ink - LINK_PANEL_COST;
-        ItemStack spentVial = newInk == 0
-                ? new ItemStack(Items.GLASS_BOTTLE)
-                : new ItemStack(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get());
-        if (newInk > 0) spentVial.set(Rivencraft.INK_REMAINING.get(), newInk);
-
-        if (paper.getCount() == 1) {
-            player.setItemInHand(paperHand, panel);
-        } else {
-            paper.shrink(1);
-            giveOrDrop(player, panel);
-        }
-        if (vial.getCount() == 1) {
-            player.setItemInHand(hand, spentVial);
-        } else {
-            vial.shrink(1);
-            giveOrDrop(player, spentVial);
-        }
-        return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
+        return WritingInkService.prepareLinkPanel(player, hand) ? InteractionResult.SUCCESS : InteractionResult.PASS;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -70,7 +47,4 @@ public final class InkVialItem extends Item {
         tooltip.accept(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.ink_vial.usage"));
     }
 
-    private static void giveOrDrop(Player player, ItemStack stack) {
-        if (!player.getInventory().add(stack)) player.drop(stack, false, Prediction.SERVER_ONLY);
-    }
 }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/LinkDisarmService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item;
+
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+import net.minecraft.world.Container;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.EquipmentSlot;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Mob;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.animal.equine.AbstractHorse;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.item.ItemEntity;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+
+/** Legacy-style Disarm: leave carried items and eligible equipment at the departure point. */
+public final class LinkDisarmService {
+    private LinkDisarmService() {}
+
+    public static boolean mayTravel(Entity entity) {
+        // Legacy refuses loose items and dropped Link Books on Disarm links.
+        return !(entity instanceof ItemEntity);
+    }
+
+    public static void disarmAt(Entity entity, ServerLevel source, Vec3 departure) {
+        if (entity instanceof ServerPlayer player) {
+            eject(player.getInventory(), source, departure);
+            player.containerMenu.broadcastChanges();
+        }
+        if (entity instanceof Container container) eject(container, source, departure);
+        if (entity instanceof AbstractHorse horse) eject(horse.getInventory(), source, departure);
+        if (entity instanceof Mob mob) dropEquipment(mob, source, departure);
+    }
+
+    private static void eject(Container inventory, ServerLevel source, Vec3 departure) {
+        for (int slot = 0; slot < inventory.getContainerSize(); slot++) {
+            ItemStack stack = inventory.getItem(slot);
+            if (stack.isEmpty()) continue;
+            inventory.setItem(slot, ItemStack.EMPTY);
+            drop(stack, source, departure);
+        }
+        inventory.setChanged();
+    }
+
+    private static void dropEquipment(Mob mob, ServerLevel source, Vec3 departure) {
+        for (EquipmentSlot slot : EquipmentSlot.values()) {
+            ItemStack stack = mob.getItemBySlot(slot);
+            if (stack.isEmpty()) continue;
+            float chance = mob.getDropChances().byEquipment(slot);
+            mob.setItemSlot(slot, ItemStack.EMPTY);
+            if (chance <= 0 || mob.getRandom().nextFloat() >= chance) continue;
+            if (chance <= 1 && stack.isDamageableItem()) {
+                int minimum = Math.max(stack.getMaxDamage() - 25, 1);
+                int damage = stack.getMaxDamage() - mob.getRandom().nextInt(
+                        1 + mob.getRandom().nextInt(minimum));
+                stack.setDamageValue(Math.clamp(damage, 1, minimum));
+            }
+            drop(stack, source, departure);
+        }
+    }
+    private static void drop(ItemStack stack, ServerLevel source, Vec3 position) {
+        var dropped = new ItemEntity(source, position.x, position.y, position.z, stack);
+        dropped.setDefaultPickUpDelay();
+        source.addFreshEntity(dropped);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/LinkProperties.java

@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.minecraft.network.codec.ByteBufCodecs;
 import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
 
-/** The three Ink Mixer modifiers currently supported by the 26.3 port. */
+/** Link Panel flags shared by the mixer, books and Link Modifier station. */
 public record LinkProperties(int flags) {
     public static final int DISARM = 1;
+    public static final int GENERATE_PLATFORM = 2;
+    public static final int INTRA_LINKING_ONLY = 16;
+    public static final int RELATIVE_LINK = 32;
+    public static final int DISABLE_PLATFORM = 64;
     public static final int MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM = 4;
     public static final int INTRA_LINKING = 8;
-    public static final int SUPPORTED = DISARM | MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM | INTRA_LINKING;
+    public static final int SUPPORTED = DISARM | GENERATE_PLATFORM | MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM | INTRA_LINKING
+            | INTRA_LINKING_ONLY | RELATIVE_LINK | DISABLE_PLATFORM;
     public static final LinkProperties NONE = new LinkProperties(0);
     public static final Codec<LinkProperties> CODEC = Codec.INT.xmap(LinkProperties::new, LinkProperties::flags);
     public static final StreamCodec<ByteBuf, LinkProperties> STREAM_CODEC = StreamCodec.of(
@@ -23,6 +28,18 @@ public record LinkProperties(int flags) {
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean allowsTravel(boolean sameDimension) {
+        return sameDimension ? has(INTRA_LINKING) || has(INTRA_LINKING_ONLY) : !has(INTRA_LINKING_ONLY);
+    }
+    public LinkProperties forDescriptiveBook() {
+        return new LinkProperties(flags & ~(INTRA_LINKING | INTRA_LINKING_ONLY));
+    }
+    public void appendTooltip(java.util.function.Consumer<net.minecraft.network.chat.Component> tooltip) {
+        int[] flags = {DISARM, MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM, INTRA_LINKING, INTRA_LINKING_ONLY, RELATIVE_LINK, GENERATE_PLATFORM, DISABLE_PLATFORM};
+        String[] names = {"disarm", "maintain_momentum", "intra_linking", "intra_linking_only", "relative_link", "generate_platform", "disable_platform"};
+        for (int i = 0; i < flags.length; i++) if (has(flags[i]))
+            tooltip.accept(net.minecraft.network.chat.Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property." + names[i]));
+    }
     public boolean has(int flag) {
         return (flags & flag) != 0;
     }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/LinkingBookItem.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.TooltipFlag;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.component.TooltipDisplay;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
-import net.minecraft.world.entity.item.ItemEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 
 /** Handheld Linking Book; destination binding and travel are server-authoritative packets. */
@@ -40,12 +39,16 @@ public final class LinkingBookItem extends Item {
     }
 
     public static String travel(ServerPlayer player, ItemStack book) {
+        return travel(player, book, false);
+    }
+
+    public static String travel(ServerPlayer player, ItemStack book, boolean portal) {
         LinkBookTarget destination = book.get(Rivencraft.LINK_BOOK_TARGET.get());
         LinkProperties properties = book.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE);
         if (destination == null) return "Unbound Linking Book (26.3 port preview)";
         if (!destination.valid()) return "Invalid Linking Book destination";
         if (player.level().dimension().identifier().equals(destination.dimension())
-                && !properties.has(LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING)) {
+                && !properties.allowsTravel(true)) {
             return "Same-dimension linking requires an Intra-Linking page";
         }
         ServerLevel target = player.level().getServer().getLevel(
@@ -54,11 +57,13 @@ public final class LinkingBookItem extends Item {
         if (!AgeCatalogSync.ready(player, destination.dimension())) {
             return "Destination catalog not acknowledged by client";
         }
+        if (!properties.allowsTravel(target == player.level())) return "Intra-Linking Only cannot travel between dimensions";
+        destination = PortLinkDestinations.resolve(player.level(), target, player.blockPosition(), destination, properties);
+        if (!destination.valid()) return "Invalid relative destination";
         BlockPos feet = BlockPos.containing(destination.x(), destination.y(), destination.z());
         if (feet.getY() < target.getMinY() || feet.getY() + 1 >= target.getMaxY()
-                || !target.getWorldBorder().isWithinBounds(feet)) {
-            return "Destination is outside the world bounds";
-        }
+                || !target.getWorldBorder().isWithinBounds(feet)) return "Destination is outside the world bounds";
+        target.getChunkAt(feet);
         // Test the player's actual arrival volume: checking whole block shapes
         // would incorrectly reject links bound while standing on a slab.
         if (!target.noCollision(player, player.getBoundingBox().move(
@@ -71,14 +76,23 @@ public final class LinkingBookItem extends Item {
         Vec3 incoming = player.getDeltaMovement();
         boolean moved = player.teleportTo(target, destination.x(), destination.y(), destination.z(),
                 Set.of(), destination.yaw(), destination.pitch(), true);
-        if (moved) applySuccessfulLink(player, properties, source, departure, incoming, destination.yaw());
+        if (moved) {
+            PortLinkDestinations.generatePlatform(target, player.position(), properties);
+            applySuccessfulLink(player, properties, source, departure, incoming, destination.yaw(), portal);
+        }
         return moved ? null : "Teleportation failed";
     }
 
     /** Link Panel effects are shared by Linking and Descriptive Books. */
     public static void applySuccessfulLink(ServerPlayer player, LinkProperties properties,
                                            ServerLevel source, Vec3 departure, Vec3 incoming, float destinationYaw) {
-        LinkVisualEffects.play(source, departure, player, properties, false);
+        applySuccessfulLink(player, properties, source, departure, incoming, destinationYaw, false);
+    }
+
+    public static void applySuccessfulLink(ServerPlayer player, LinkProperties properties,
+                                           ServerLevel source, Vec3 departure, Vec3 incoming, float destinationYaw,
+                                           boolean portal) {
+        LinkVisualEffects.play(source, departure, player, properties, portal);
         if (properties.has(LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM)) {
             double speed = Math.hypot(incoming.x, incoming.z);
             double yaw = Math.toRadians(destinationYaw);
@@ -88,17 +102,7 @@ public final class LinkingBookItem extends Item {
             player.setDeltaMovement(Vec3.ZERO);
         }
         if (properties.has(LinkProperties.DISARM)) {
-            for (int slot = 0; slot < player.getInventory().getContainerSize(); slot++) {
-                ItemStack carried = player.getInventory().getItem(slot);
-                if (carried.isEmpty()) continue;
-                player.getInventory().setItem(slot, ItemStack.EMPTY);
-                ItemEntity dropped = new ItemEntity(source, departure.x, departure.y, departure.z,
-                        carried.copy());
-                dropped.setDefaultPickUpDelay();
-                source.addFreshEntity(dropped);
-            }
-            player.getInventory().setChanged();
-            player.containerMenu.broadcastChanges();
+            LinkDisarmService.disarmAt(player, source, departure);
         }
     }
 
@@ -134,11 +138,6 @@ public final class LinkingBookItem extends Item {
                     destinationName(stack, target).getString(), pos.getX(), pos.getY(), pos.getZ()));
         }
         LinkProperties properties = stack.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE);
-        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.DISARM))
-            tooltip.accept(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property.disarm"));
-        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM))
-            tooltip.accept(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property.maintain_momentum"));
-        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING))
-            tooltip.accept(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property.intra_linking"));
+        properties.appendTooltip(tooltip);
     }
 }

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/PageItem.java

@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
         return stack;
     }
 
+    /** All eight mixer-produced variants, shared by Creative and optional JEI. */
+    public static java.util.List<ItemStack> creativeLinkPanelPages() {
+        int[] flags = {LinkProperties.DISARM, LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM, LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING};
+        var panels = new java.util.ArrayList<ItemStack>();
+        for (int combination = 0; combination < 8; combination++) {
+            int selected = 0;
+            for (int bit = 0; bit < flags.length; bit++) if ((combination & (1 << bit)) != 0) selected |= flags[bit];
+            panels.add(createLinkPanelPage(selected));
+        }
+        return java.util.List.copyOf(panels);
+    }
     public static boolean isLinkPanel(ItemStack stack) {
         return stack.is(Rivencraft.PAGE.get()) && stack.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PANEL_PAGE.get(), false);
     }
@@ -96,15 +107,7 @@ public final class PageItem extends Item {
             return;
         }
         LinkProperties properties = stack.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE);
-        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.DISARM))
-            tooltip.accept(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property.disarm"));
-        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM))
-            tooltip.accept(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property.maintain_momentum"));
-        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING))
-            tooltip.accept(Component.translatable("item.rivencraft.link_property.intra_linking"));
-        tooltip.accept(Component.translatable(isLinkPanel(stack)
-                ? "item.rivencraft.page.link_panel.port_status"
-                : "item.rivencraft.page.blank.port_status"));
+        properties.appendTooltip(tooltip);
     }
 
     private static boolean isCorrupted(Identifier id) {

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/item/PortLinkDestinations.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+
+/** 1.21.1 Relative Link and optional Linking Book arrival-floor rules. */
+public final class PortLinkDestinations {
+    private PortLinkDestinations() {}
+    public static BlockPos relativeOrigin(BlockPos sourceSpawn, BlockPos destinationSpawn, BlockPos departure) {
+        return destinationSpawn.offset(departure.getX() - sourceSpawn.getX(), departure.getY() - sourceSpawn.getY(),
+                departure.getZ() - sourceSpawn.getZ());
+    }
+    public static BlockPos relativeOrigin(ServerLevel source, ServerLevel target, BlockPos departure) {
+        return relativeOrigin(source.getRespawnData().pos(), target.getRespawnData().pos(), departure);
+    }
+    public static LinkBookTarget resolve(ServerLevel source, ServerLevel target, BlockPos departure,
+                                          LinkBookTarget written, LinkProperties properties) {
+        if (!properties.has(LinkProperties.RELATIVE_LINK)) return written;
+        BlockPos pos = relativeOrigin(source, target, departure);
+        return new LinkBookTarget(written.dimension(), pos.getX() + 0.5, pos.getY(), pos.getZ() + 0.5, written.yaw(), written.pitch());
+    }
+    public static void generatePlatform(ServerLevel level, Vec3 arrival, LinkProperties properties) {
+        if (!properties.has(LinkProperties.GENERATE_PLATFORM)) return;
+        BlockPos feet = BlockPos.containing(arrival), floor = feet.below();
+        if (level.isEmptyBlock(floor) && level.isEmptyBlock(feet.above(2)))
+            level.setBlock(floor, Rivencraft.CLOUD_PLATFORM.get().defaultBlockState(), 3);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/menu/LinkModifierMenu.java

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.LinkModifierBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties;
+import net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents;
+import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.world.Container;
+import net.minecraft.world.SimpleContainer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Inventory;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.Slot;
+import net.minecraft.world.inventory.DataSlot;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.RuntimeAgeBackend;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+
+/** 1.21.1's persistent single-book editing station, adapted to 26.3. */
+public final class LinkModifierMenu extends AbstractContainerMenu {
+    public static final int TOGGLE_DISARM = 1, TOGGLE_MOMENTUM = 2, TOGGLE_INTRA = 3,
+            TOGGLE_INTRA_ONLY = 5, TOGGLE_RELATIVE = 6, TOGGLE_PLATFORM = 7,
+            RETIRE_AGE = 4, CONFIRM_RETIRE_AGE = 8;
+    private final LinkModifierBlockEntity modifier;
+    private final Container books;
+    private final Player owner;
+    private final int[] seedWords = new int[4];
+    private boolean clientHasSeed;
+    private boolean clientRetirementArmed;
+    private Identifier pendingAge;
+    private ItemStack pendingBook = ItemStack.EMPTY;
+    public LinkModifierMenu(int id, Inventory inventory, RegistryFriendlyByteBuf data) {
+        this(id, inventory, inventory.player.level().getBlockEntity(data.readBlockPos())
+                instanceof LinkModifierBlockEntity found ? found : null);
+    }
+    public LinkModifierMenu(int id, Inventory inventory, LinkModifierBlockEntity modifier) {
+        super(Rivencraft.LINK_MODIFIER_MENU.get(), id);
+        this.modifier = modifier;
+        books = modifier == null ? new SimpleContainer(1) : modifier;
+        owner = inventory.player;
+        addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
+            @Override public int get() { return awaitingRetirementConfirmation() ? 1 : 0; }
+            @Override public void set(int value) { clientRetirementArmed = value != 0; }
+        });
+        addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
+            @Override public int get() { return hasSeed() ? 1 : 0; }
+            @Override public void set(int value) { clientHasSeed = value != 0; }
+        });
+        for (int i = 0; i < seedWords.length; i++) {
+            final int word = i;
+            addDataSlot(new DataSlot() {
+                @Override public int get() { return (int) ((seed() >>> (word * 16)) & 0xffffL); }
+                @Override public void set(int value) { seedWords[word] = value & 0xffff; }
+            });
+        }
+        addSlot(new Slot(books, 0, 80, 35) {
+            @Override public boolean mayPlace(ItemStack stack) { return isBook(stack); }
+            @Override public int getMaxStackSize() { return 1; }
+            @Override public void setChanged() { super.setChanged(); resetRetirement(); }
+        });
+        for (int row = 0; row < 3; row++) for (int col = 0; col < 9; col++)
+            addSlot(new Slot(inventory, col + row * 9 + 9, 8 + col * 18, 84 + row * 18));
+        for (int col = 0; col < 9; col++) addSlot(new Slot(inventory, col, 8 + col * 18, 142));
+    }
+    private static boolean isBook(ItemStack stack) {
+        return stack.is(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get()) || stack.is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get());
+    }
+    public ItemStack book() { return books.getItem(0); }
+    public boolean hasSeed() {
+        if (!book().is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get()) || !book().has(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get())) return false;
+        return owner.level().isClientSide() ? clientHasSeed
+                : RuntimeAgeBackend.savedAges(((ServerPlayer) owner).level().getServer())
+                        .containsKey(book().get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get()));
+    }
+    public long seed() {
+        if (owner.level().isClientSide()) {
+            long value = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < seedWords.length; i++) value |= (seedWords[i] & 0xffffL) << (i * 16);
+            return value;
+        }
+        return hasSeed() ? RuntimeAgeBackend.savedAges(((ServerPlayer) owner).level().getServer())
+                .get(book().get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get())) : 0;
+    }
+    public boolean canRetire(Player player) {
+        return net.minecraft.commands.Commands.LEVEL_GAMEMASTERS.check(player.permissions()) && hasSeed();
+    }
+    public boolean awaitingRetirementConfirmation() {
+        return owner.level().isClientSide() ? clientRetirementArmed : pendingAge != null;
+    }
+    private void resetRetirement() { pendingAge = null; pendingBook = ItemStack.EMPTY; }
+    private boolean retireAge(Player player, boolean confirm) {
+        if (!(player instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer) || !canRetire(player)) { resetRetirement(); return false; }
+        Identifier age = book().get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get());
+        if (!confirm) {
+            pendingAge = age;
+            pendingBook = book().copy();
+            broadcastChanges();
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!age.equals(pendingAge) || !ItemStack.matches(book(), pendingBook)) {
+            resetRetirement();
+            broadcastChanges();
+            return false;
+        }
+        resetRetirement();
+        var server = serverPlayer.level().getServer();
+        var target = server.getLevel(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey.create(
+                net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries.DIMENSION, age));
+        String outcome;
+        boolean retired = false;
+        if (target != null && !target.players().isEmpty()) outcome = "occupied";
+        else {
+            try {
+                RuntimeAgeBackend.retire(server, age);
+                outcome = "retired";
+                retired = true;
+            } catch (RuntimeException exception) {
+                outcome = "storage_failed";
+                Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn("Could not retire Age {} from Link Modifier", age, exception);
+            }
+        }
+        player.sendSystemMessage(Component.translatable("message.rivencraft.link_modifier.delete." + outcome));
+        broadcastChanges();
+        return retired;
+    }
+    /** The expected Age prevents an in-flight edit from targeting a replacement book. */
+    public boolean setSeed(Player player, Identifier expectedAge, String text) {
+        if (player.level().isClientSide() || !stillValid(player) || !hasSeed()
+                || !(player instanceof ServerPlayer serverPlayer)) return false;
+        Identifier age = book().get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get());
+        if (!age.equals(expectedAge)) return false;
+        resetRetirement();
+        boolean changed = false;
+        try {
+            if (text == null || text.length() > 21) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid seed text");
+            long requested = Long.parseLong(text.strip());
+            var server = serverPlayer.level().getServer();
+            var level = server.getLevel(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey.create(
+                    net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries.DIMENSION, age));
+            if (level != null && !level.players().isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Age occupied");
+            RuntimeAgeBackend.reseed(server, age, requested);
+            changed = true;
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalStateException exception) {
+            // Invalid/occupied/missing Ages leave the existing book and seed intact.
+        }
+        player.sendSystemMessage(Component.translatable(changed ? "message.rivencraft.link_modifier.seed_changed"
+                : "message.rivencraft.link_modifier.seed_failed"));
+        broadcastChanges();
+        return changed;
+    }
+    public boolean setTitle(Player player, String title) {
+        if (player.level().isClientSide() || !stillValid(player) || !isBook(book())
+                || title == null || title.length() > 32) return false;
+        resetRetirement();
+        String clean = title.strip();
+        if (clean.isEmpty()) book().remove(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME);
+        else book().set(DataComponents.CUSTOM_NAME, Component.literal(clean));
+        books.setChanged();
+        broadcastChanges();
+        return true;
+    }
+    @Override public boolean clickMenuButton(Player player, int id) {
+        if (player.level().isClientSide() || !stillValid(player) || !isBook(book())) return false;
+        if (id == RETIRE_AGE || id == CONFIRM_RETIRE_AGE) return retireAge(player, id == CONFIRM_RETIRE_AGE);
+        int flag = switch (id) {
+            case TOGGLE_DISARM -> LinkProperties.DISARM;
+            case TOGGLE_MOMENTUM -> LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM;
+            case TOGGLE_INTRA -> LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING;
+            case TOGGLE_INTRA_ONLY -> LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING_ONLY;
+            case TOGGLE_RELATIVE -> LinkProperties.RELATIVE_LINK;
+            case TOGGLE_PLATFORM -> book().is(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get())
+                    ? LinkProperties.GENERATE_PLATFORM : LinkProperties.DISABLE_PLATFORM;
+            default -> 0;
+        };
+        // Descriptive Books travel to an Age; Intra Linking is a Linking Book property.
+        if (flag == 0 || (flag == LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING || flag == LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING_ONLY) && book().is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get())) return false;
+        resetRetirement();
+        int flags = book().getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE).flags();
+        if (flag == LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING_ONLY && (flags & LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING_ONLY) == 0)
+            flags |= LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING;
+        if (flag == LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING && (flags & LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING) != 0)
+            flags &= ~LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING_ONLY;
+        book().set(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), new LinkProperties(flags ^ flag));
+        books.setChanged();
+        broadcastChanges();
+        return true;
+    }
+    @Override public boolean stillValid(Player player) {
+        return player == owner && modifier != null && modifier.stillValid(player);
+    }
+    @Override public ItemStack quickMoveStack(Player player, int index) {
+        if (!stillValid(player) || index < 0 || index >= slots.size()) return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+        Slot slot = slots.get(index);
+        if (!slot.hasItem()) return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+        ItemStack source = slot.getItem(), copy = source.copy();
+        if (index == 0) {
+            if (!moveItemStackTo(source, 1, slots.size(), true)) return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+        } else if (!moveItemStackTo(source, 0, 1, false)) return ItemStack.EMPTY;
+        if (source.isEmpty()) slot.set(ItemStack.EMPTY);
+        else slot.setChanged();
+        return copy;
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/mixin/RuinsAttemptMixin.java

@@ -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$normalAttempts(int configured, Level level) {
+        return RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(level.dimension().identifier(), configured);
+    }
+
+    @ModifyExpressionValue(method = "generateNether", at = @At(value = "FIELD",
+            target = "Latomicstryker/ruins/common/FileHandler;triesPerChunkNether:I"), remap = false)
+    private int rivencraft$netherAttempts(int configured, Level level) {
+        return RuinsCompatibility.attemptsPerChunk(level.dimension().identifier(), configured);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/mixin/RuinsDimensionMixin.java

@@ -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.Identifier;
+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 Identifier 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));
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/mixin/RuinsTemplateDimensionMixin.java

@@ -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.Identifier;
+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) {
+        Identifier dimension = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("rivencraft", dimensionPath);
+        if (RuinsCompatibility.isKnownAge(dimension)) {
+            result.setReturnValue(RuinsCompatibility.permits(dimension, RuinsTemplatePages.featureId(name)));
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/network/PortBookNetworking.java

@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ public final class PortBookNetworking {
 
     public static void registerPayloads(RegisterPayloadHandlersEvent event) {
         var registrar = event.registrar("1");
+        registrar.playToServer(SetLinkModifierSeedPayload.TYPE, SetLinkModifierSeedPayload.STREAM_CODEC,
+                (payload, context) -> {
+                    if (context.player() instanceof ServerPlayer player
+                            && player.containerMenu instanceof net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu.LinkModifierMenu menu
+                            && menu.containerId == payload.containerId()) menu.setSeed(player, payload.age(), payload.seed());
+                });
+        registrar.playToServer(SetLinkModifierTitlePayload.TYPE, SetLinkModifierTitlePayload.STREAM_CODEC,
+                (payload, context) -> {
+                    if (context.player() instanceof ServerPlayer player
+                            && player.containerMenu instanceof net.dnorberg.rivencraft.menu.LinkModifierMenu menu
+                            && menu.containerId == payload.containerId()) menu.setTitle(player, payload.title());
+                });
+        registrar.playToClient(SereneAgeWhitelistPayload.TYPE, SereneAgeWhitelistPayload.STREAM_CODEC);
         registrar.playToClient(WritingDeskCatalogPayload.TYPE, WritingDeskCatalogPayload.STREAM_CODEC);
         registrar.playToServer(BindLinkingBookPayload.TYPE, BindLinkingBookPayload.STREAM_CODEC,
                 (payload, context) -> {
@@ -117,6 +130,8 @@ public final class PortBookNetworking {
     public static Identifier createAge(ServerPlayer player, String title, List<Identifier> pages) {
         if (title == null || title.isBlank() || title.length() > MAX_BOOK_TITLE_LENGTH) return null;
         long seed = player.getRandom().nextLong();
+        var recovery = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortWritingRecovery.recover(pages);
+        List<Identifier> activePages = recovery.activePages();
         net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortBiomePlan biomePlan;
         PortAgeTerrain terrain;
         List<Identifier> generationPages;
@@ -148,10 +163,10 @@ public final class PortBookNetworking {
             id = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "age/" + name);
         }
         try {
-            var environment = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortEnvironmentSelection.resolve(pages, seed, terrain);
+            var environment = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortEnvironmentSelection.resolve(activePages, seed, terrain);
             var randomFeatures = pages.isEmpty()
                     ? net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortRandomFeatureSelection.select(server, seed, terrain, biomePlan) : null;
-            var level = RuntimeAgeBackend.create(server, id, seed, biomePlan, terrain,
+            RuntimeAgeBackend.create(server, id, seed, biomePlan, terrain,
                     randomFeatures == null ? PortAuthoredWriting.rockPlan(generationPages, seed) : randomFeatures.rocks(),
                     PortAuthoredWriting.vegetationPlan(generationPages),
                     randomFeatures == null ? PortAuthoredWriting.dungeonCount(generationPages) : randomFeatures.dungeons(),
@@ -160,12 +175,11 @@ public final class PortBookNetworking {
                     environment.weather(), environment.lighting(), environment.sky(),
                     net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeColors.resolve(pages, seed),
                     net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.resolve(pages, seed,
-                            net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.nativeTicks(server.overworld())));
-            net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAcceleratedTicks.configure(level,
-                    net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAcceleratedTicks.pageCount(pages));
-            RuntimeAgeBackend.setAgeDisplayName(server, id, title);
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalStateException exception) {
-            player.sendOverlayMessage(Component.literal("Age creation failed: " + exception.getMessage()));
+                            net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.nativeTicks(server.overworld())), pages, title);
+        } catch (RuntimeException exception) {
+            Rivencraft.LOGGER.warn("Age creation failed for {}", id, exception);
+            player.sendOverlayMessage(Component.literal("Age creation failed: "
+                    + java.util.Objects.toString(exception.getMessage(), "internal error")));
             return null;
         }
         return id;
@@ -199,6 +213,10 @@ public final class PortBookNetworking {
     }
 
     private static void travelDescriptive(ServerPlayer player, ItemStack stack, InteractionHand heldHand) {
+        travelDescriptive(player, stack, heldHand, false);
+    }
+
+    public static void travelDescriptive(ServerPlayer player, ItemStack stack, InteractionHand heldHand, boolean portal) {
         Identifier id = stack.get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get());
         if (id == null) return;
         ServerLevel source = player.level();
@@ -206,10 +224,11 @@ public final class PortBookNetworking {
         Vec3 departure = player.position();
         Vec3 incoming = player.getDeltaMovement();
         java.util.function.Supplier<String> travel = () -> {
-            String result = PortAgeTravel.enter(player, id);
+            String result = PortAgeTravel.enter(player, id,
+                    stack.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE).forDescriptiveBook());
             if (result == null) LinkingBookItem.applySuccessfulLink(player,
                     stack.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE),
-                    source, departure, incoming, player.getYRot());
+                    source, departure, incoming, player.getYRot(), portal);
             return result;
         };
         String failure = heldHand == null ? travel.get()

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/network/SereneAgeWhitelistPayload.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+/** Updates an already connected client's Serene whitelist for one Age. */
+public record SereneAgeWhitelistPayload(Identifier dimensionId, boolean enabled) implements CustomPacketPayload {
+    public static final Type<SereneAgeWhitelistPayload> TYPE = new Type<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "serene_age_whitelist"));
+    public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, SereneAgeWhitelistPayload> STREAM_CODEC =
+            StreamCodec.of(
+                    (buffer, payload) -> {
+                        buffer.writeIdentifier(payload.dimensionId());
+                        buffer.writeBoolean(payload.enabled());
+                    },
+                    buffer -> new SereneAgeWhitelistPayload(buffer.readIdentifier(), buffer.readBoolean()));
+
+    @Override
+    public Type<? extends CustomPacketPayload> type() {
+        return TYPE;
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/network/SetLinkModifierSeedPayload.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.ByteBufCodecs;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+public record SetLinkModifierSeedPayload(int containerId, Identifier age, String seed) implements CustomPacketPayload {
+    public static final Type<SetLinkModifierSeedPayload> TYPE = new Type<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "set_link_modifier_seed"));
+    public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, SetLinkModifierSeedPayload> STREAM_CODEC =
+            StreamCodec.composite(ByteBufCodecs.VAR_INT, SetLinkModifierSeedPayload::containerId,
+                    Identifier.STREAM_CODEC, SetLinkModifierSeedPayload::age,
+                    ByteBufCodecs.stringUtf8(21), SetLinkModifierSeedPayload::seed,
+                    SetLinkModifierSeedPayload::new);
+    @Override public Type<SetLinkModifierSeedPayload> type() { return TYPE; }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/network/SetLinkModifierTitlePayload.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.ByteBufCodecs;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+public record SetLinkModifierTitlePayload(int containerId, String title) implements CustomPacketPayload {
+    public static final Type<SetLinkModifierTitlePayload> TYPE = new Type<>(
+            Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "set_link_modifier_title"));
+    public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, SetLinkModifierTitlePayload> STREAM_CODEC =
+            StreamCodec.composite(ByteBufCodecs.VAR_INT, SetLinkModifierTitlePayload::containerId,
+                    ByteBufCodecs.stringUtf8(32), SetLinkModifierTitlePayload::title,
+                    SetLinkModifierTitlePayload::new);
+    @Override public Type<SetLinkModifierTitlePayload> type() { return TYPE; }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/portal/CrystalPortalNetwork.java

@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.BookReceptacleBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.CrystalPortalBlock;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Blocks;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.util.BlockSnapshot;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.BlockEvent;
+
+/** Bounded, loaded-chunk-only adaptation of Legacy's crystal network flood. */
+public final class CrystalPortalNetwork {
+    public static final int MAX_RADIUS = 16;
+    private static final int CLEANUP_RADIUS = MAX_RADIUS + 1;
+    private static final int MAX_CRYSTALS = 2048;
+    private static final int MAX_PORTALS = 1024;
+    private static final int[][] EXPANSION = {
+            {1, 0, 0}, {-1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, -1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}, {0, 0, -1},
+            {1, 1, 0}, {-1, 1, 0}, {1, -1, 0}, {-1, -1, 0},
+            {1, 0, 1}, {-1, 0, 1}, {1, 0, -1}, {-1, 0, -1},
+            {0, 1, 1}, {0, -1, 1}, {0, 1, -1}, {0, -1, -1}
+    };
+
+    private CrystalPortalNetwork() {}
+
+    public record Plan(List<BlockPos> portalCells, boolean waitingForChunks) {
+        public Plan(List<BlockPos> portalCells) { this(portalCells, false); }
+        public boolean valid() { return !portalCells.isEmpty(); }
+    }
+
+    public enum CellStatus { VALID, INVALID, WAITING_FOR_CHUNKS }
+
+    public static Plan plan(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle) {
+        return plan(level, receptacle, false);
+    }
+
+    private static Plan plan(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle, boolean allowUnownedCells) {
+        BlockState holder = level.getBlockState(receptacle);
+        if (!holder.is(Rivencraft.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get())) return new Plan(List.of());
+        BlockPos base = receptacle.relative(holder.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING).getOpposite());
+        if (!level.hasChunkAt(base)) return new Plan(List.of(), true);
+        if (!level.getBlockState(base).is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get())) return new Plan(List.of());
+
+        Set<BlockPos> crystals = new HashSet<>();
+        ArrayDeque<BlockPos> pendingCrystals = new ArrayDeque<>();
+        pendingCrystals.add(base);
+        while (!pendingCrystals.isEmpty()) {
+            BlockPos pos = pendingCrystals.removeFirst();
+            if (!within(base, pos) || !level.isInWorldBounds(pos)) continue;
+            if (!level.hasChunkAt(pos)) return new Plan(List.of(), true);
+            if (!level.getBlockState(pos).is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get()) || !crystals.add(pos)) continue;
+            if (atBoundary(base, pos)) return new Plan(List.of());
+            if (crystals.size() > MAX_CRYSTALS) return new Plan(List.of());
+            for (Direction direction : Direction.values()) pendingCrystals.add(pos.relative(direction));
+        }
+
+        LinkedHashSet<BlockPos> portals = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        ArrayDeque<BlockPos> candidates = new ArrayDeque<>();
+        Set<BlockPos> queued = new HashSet<>();
+        for (BlockPos crystal : crystals) addCandidates(crystal, base, queued, candidates);
+        while (!candidates.isEmpty()) {
+            BlockPos pos = candidates.removeFirst();
+            queued.remove(pos);
+            if (!level.isInWorldBounds(pos)) return new Plan(List.of());
+            if (!level.hasChunkAt(pos)) return new Plan(List.of(), true);
+            if (portals.contains(pos) || !mayFill(level, pos, receptacle, allowUnownedCells)) continue;
+            if (adjacentCount(pos, crystals, portals) < 2) continue;
+            portals.add(pos);
+            if (portals.size() > MAX_PORTALS) return new Plan(List.of());
+            addCandidates(pos, base, queued, candidates);
+        }
+
+        // Legacy's second pass deletes every cell without opposing neighbors on
+        // at least two axes. Repeat because deleting one cell can unbrace another.
+        boolean changed;
+        do {
+            changed = portals.removeIf(pos -> !hasTension(pos, crystals, portals));
+        } while (changed);
+        if (portals.isEmpty()) return new Plan(List.of());
+
+        // Every surviving cell must still be reachable from the receptacle's
+        // crystal base through this one network, never through another portal.
+        Set<BlockPos> reachable = new HashSet<>();
+        ArrayDeque<BlockPos> frontier = new ArrayDeque<>();
+        frontier.add(base);
+        while (!frontier.isEmpty()) {
+            BlockPos pos = frontier.removeFirst();
+            if (!reachable.add(pos)) continue;
+            for (Direction direction : Direction.values()) {
+                BlockPos next = pos.relative(direction);
+                if (!reachable.contains(next) && (crystals.contains(next) || portals.contains(next)))
+                    frontier.add(next);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!reachable.containsAll(portals)) return new Plan(List.of());
+        return new Plan(List.copyOf(portals));
+    }
+
+    public static boolean activate(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle, Plan plan) {
+        return activate(level, receptacle, plan, null);
+    }
+
+    /** Repairs only existing, framed cells whose owner pointer was lost by an older live-view update. */
+    public static boolean recoverSavedOwners(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle) {
+        if (!(level.getBlockEntity(receptacle) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder)
+                || holder.getBook().isEmpty()) return false;
+        Plan plan = plan(level, receptacle, true);
+        if (!plan.valid()) return false;
+        for (BlockPos pos : plan.portalCells()) {
+            if (!(level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal)
+                    || portal.receptacle() != null && !receptacle.equals(portal.receptacle())) return false;
+        }
+        for (BlockPos pos : plan.portalCells()) {
+            CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal = (CrystalPortalBlockEntity) level.getBlockEntity(pos);
+            if (portal.receptacle() == null) portal.setReceptacle(receptacle);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /** The player who inserted the book owns each newly placed portal cell for claim checks. */
+    public static boolean activate(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle, Plan plan, Entity actor) {
+        if (!plan.valid() || !(level.getBlockEntity(receptacle) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder)
+                || holder.getBook().isEmpty()) return false;
+        List<BlockPos> placed = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (BlockPos pos : plan.portalCells()) {
+            if (!mayFill(level, pos, receptacle)) {
+                rollback(level, placed);
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (level.getBlockState(pos).isAir()) {
+                BlockSnapshot snapshot = actor == null ? null : BlockSnapshot.create(level.dimension(), level, pos);
+                BlockState prior = level.getBlockState(pos);
+                // Defer neighbor notifications until the entire opening exists.
+                // Otherwise the first cells see an incomplete brace and the
+                // portal's neighbor validator removes them during activation.
+                if (!level.setBlock(pos, Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get().defaultBlockState(), 2)) {
+                    rollback(level, placed);
+                    return false;
+                }
+                if (snapshot != null) {
+                    var event = new BlockEvent.EntityPlaceEvent(snapshot, prior, actor);
+                    NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.post(event);
+                    if (event.isCanceled()) {
+                        snapshot.restore();
+                        rollback(level, placed);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                placed.add(pos);
+            }
+            if (level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal) {
+                portal.setReceptacle(receptacle);
+            } else {
+                rollback(level, placed);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        orientSurfaces(level, plan);
+        for (BlockPos pos : plan.portalCells()) {
+            if (!(level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal)
+                    || !receptacle.equals(portal.receptacle())) {
+                rollback(level, placed);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static void shutdown(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle) {
+        // A broken support can disconnect the graph. Scan a bounded volume rather
+        // than trusting a path through blocks that no longer exist.
+        for (BlockPos pos : BlockPos.betweenClosed(receptacle.offset(-CLEANUP_RADIUS, -CLEANUP_RADIUS, -CLEANUP_RADIUS),
+                receptacle.offset(CLEANUP_RADIUS, CLEANUP_RADIUS, CLEANUP_RADIUS))) {
+            if (!level.hasChunkAt(pos)) continue;
+            if (level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal
+                    && receptacle.equals(portal.receptacle()))
+                level.setBlock(pos, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), 3);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** One bounded repair pass per receptacle, rather than a full flood per portal cell. */
+    public static boolean reconcile(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle) {
+        return reconcile(level, receptacle, plan(level, receptacle));
+    }
+
+    public static boolean reconcile(ServerLevel level, BlockPos receptacle, Plan plan) {
+        if (!plan.valid()) {
+            // Neighboring chunks can still be loading when the receptacle first
+            // ticks after a restart. An incomplete view is not a broken frame.
+            if (!plan.waitingForChunks()) shutdown(level, receptacle);
+            return false;
+        }
+        Set<BlockPos> wanted = new HashSet<>(plan.portalCells());
+        // A background pass must not create blocks without the owner present:
+        // that would bypass the placement/protection event used at activation.
+        for (BlockPos pos : wanted) {
+            if (!(level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal)
+                    || !receptacle.equals(portal.receptacle())) {
+                shutdown(level, receptacle);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        for (BlockPos pos : BlockPos.betweenClosed(receptacle.offset(-CLEANUP_RADIUS, -CLEANUP_RADIUS, -CLEANUP_RADIUS),
+                receptacle.offset(CLEANUP_RADIUS, CLEANUP_RADIUS, CLEANUP_RADIUS))) {
+            if (!level.hasChunkAt(pos)) continue;
+            if (level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal
+                    && receptacle.equals(portal.receptacle()) && !wanted.contains(pos))
+                level.setBlock(pos, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), 3);
+        }
+        orientSurfaces(level, plan);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static void orientSurfaces(ServerLevel level, Plan plan) {
+        for (CrystalPortalSurfaces.Surface surface : CrystalPortalSurfaces.group(level, plan)) {
+            for (BlockPos pos : surface.cells()) {
+                BlockState state = level.getBlockState(pos);
+                Direction.Axis axis = surface.normal().getAxis();
+                if (state.getValue(CrystalPortalBlock.AXIS) != axis)
+                    updatePortalState(level, pos, state.setValue(CrystalPortalBlock.AXIS, axis));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** The vanilla-style surface remains visible until its optional live view is ready. */
+    public static void setLiveView(ServerLevel level, Plan plan, boolean live) {
+        for (BlockPos pos : plan.portalCells()) {
+            BlockState state = level.getBlockState(pos);
+            if (state.is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get()) && state.getValue(CrystalPortalBlock.LIVE_VIEW) != live)
+                updatePortalState(level, pos, state.setValue(CrystalPortalBlock.LIVE_VIEW, live));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void updatePortalState(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, BlockState replacement) {
+        BlockPos owner = level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal
+                ? portal.receptacle() : null;
+        if (!level.setBlock(pos, replacement, 2) || owner == null) return;
+        if (level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal
+                && !owner.equals(portal.receptacle())) portal.setReceptacle(owner);
+    }
+
+    public static CellStatus cellStatus(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, BlockPos receptacle) {
+        if (Math.abs(receptacle.getX() - pos.getX()) > CLEANUP_RADIUS
+                || Math.abs(receptacle.getY() - pos.getY()) > CLEANUP_RADIUS
+                || Math.abs(receptacle.getZ() - pos.getZ()) > CLEANUP_RADIUS) return CellStatus.INVALID;
+        if (!level.hasChunkAt(receptacle)) return CellStatus.WAITING_FOR_CHUNKS;
+        BlockState state = level.getBlockState(receptacle);
+        if (!state.is(Rivencraft.BOOK_RECEPTACLE.get())) return CellStatus.INVALID;
+        BlockPos base = receptacle.relative(state.getValue(BookReceptacleBlock.FACING).getOpposite());
+        if (!level.hasChunkAt(base)) return CellStatus.WAITING_FOR_CHUNKS;
+        if (!level.getBlockState(base).is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get())) return CellStatus.INVALID;
+        if (!(level.getBlockEntity(receptacle) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder))
+            return CellStatus.WAITING_FOR_CHUNKS;
+        if (holder.getBook().isEmpty()) return CellStatus.INVALID;
+        // A neighboring chunk may hold one of the braces. Do not tear down a
+        // persisted portal until all six neighbors are available to inspect.
+        for (Direction direction : Direction.values())
+            if (!level.hasChunkAt(pos.relative(direction))) return CellStatus.WAITING_FOR_CHUNKS;
+        for (Direction.Axis axis : Direction.Axis.values()) {
+            // Quick tension check before the bounded network/path revalidation.
+            if (!axisBraced(level, pos, axis)) continue;
+            int other = 0;
+            for (Direction.Axis alternative : Direction.Axis.values())
+                if (alternative != axis && axisBraced(level, pos, alternative)) other++;
+            if (other > 0) return CellStatus.VALID;
+        }
+        return CellStatus.INVALID;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean axisBraced(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, Direction.Axis axis) {
+        Direction positive = Direction.get(Direction.AxisDirection.POSITIVE, axis);
+        Direction negative = positive.getOpposite();
+        BlockPos a = pos.relative(positive);
+        BlockPos b = pos.relative(negative);
+        return level.hasChunkAt(a) && level.hasChunkAt(b)
+                && isFrameOrPortal(level.getBlockState(a)) && isFrameOrPortal(level.getBlockState(b));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isFrameOrPortal(BlockState state) {
+        return state.is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get()) || state.is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get());
+    }
+
+    private static void rollback(ServerLevel level, List<BlockPos> placed) {
+        for (BlockPos pos : placed) level.setBlock(pos, Blocks.AIR.defaultBlockState(), 3);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean mayFill(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, BlockPos receptacle) {
+        return mayFill(level, pos, receptacle, false);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean mayFill(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos, BlockPos receptacle, boolean allowUnowned) {
+        if (!level.hasChunkAt(pos) || !level.isInWorldBounds(pos)) return false;
+        BlockState state = level.getBlockState(pos);
+        return state.isAir() || state.is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get())
+                && level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal
+                && (receptacle.equals(portal.receptacle()) || allowUnowned && portal.receptacle() == null);
+    }
+
+    private static int adjacentCount(BlockPos pos, Set<BlockPos> crystals, Set<BlockPos> portals) {
+        int count = 0;
+        for (Direction direction : Direction.values())
+            if (crystals.contains(pos.relative(direction)) || portals.contains(pos.relative(direction))) count++;
+        return count;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean hasTension(BlockPos pos, Set<BlockPos> crystals, Set<BlockPos> portals) {
+        int axes = 0;
+        for (Direction.Axis axis : Direction.Axis.values()) {
+            Direction positive = Direction.get(Direction.AxisDirection.POSITIVE, axis);
+            if (member(pos.relative(positive), crystals, portals)
+                    && member(pos.relative(positive.getOpposite()), crystals, portals)) axes++;
+        }
+        return axes >= 2;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean member(BlockPos pos, Set<BlockPos> crystals, Set<BlockPos> portals) {
+        return crystals.contains(pos) || portals.contains(pos);
+    }
+
+    private static void addCandidates(BlockPos around, BlockPos base, Set<BlockPos> queued,
+                                      ArrayDeque<BlockPos> pending) {
+        for (int[] offset : EXPANSION) {
+            BlockPos candidate = around.offset(offset[0], offset[1], offset[2]);
+            if (within(base, candidate) && queued.add(candidate)) pending.add(candidate);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean within(BlockPos center, BlockPos pos) {
+        return Math.abs(center.getX() - pos.getX()) <= MAX_RADIUS
+                && Math.abs(center.getY() - pos.getY()) <= MAX_RADIUS
+                && Math.abs(center.getZ() - pos.getZ()) <= MAX_RADIUS;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean atBoundary(BlockPos center, BlockPos pos) {
+        return Math.abs(center.getX() - pos.getX()) == MAX_RADIUS
+                || Math.abs(center.getY() - pos.getY()) == MAX_RADIUS
+                || Math.abs(center.getZ() - pos.getZ()) == MAX_RADIUS;
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/portal/CrystalPortalSurfaces.java

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB;
+
+/** Groups portal cells into coherent, coplanar views while retaining irregular outlines. */
+public final class CrystalPortalSurfaces {
+    private CrystalPortalSurfaces() {}
+
+    public record Surface(Direction normal, AABB bounds, List<BlockPos> cells) {}
+    private record Plane(Direction normal, int coordinate) {}
+
+    public static List<Surface> group(ServerLevel level, CrystalPortalNetwork.Plan plan) {
+        Map<Plane, List<BlockPos>> planes = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (BlockPos cell : plan.portalCells()) {
+            Direction normal = planeNormal(level, cell);
+            if (normal == null) continue;
+            int coordinate = normal.getAxis().choose(cell.getX(), cell.getY(), cell.getZ());
+            planes.computeIfAbsent(new Plane(normal, coordinate), ignored -> new ArrayList<>()).add(cell);
+        }
+        List<Surface> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<Plane, List<BlockPos>> entry : planes.entrySet()) {
+            List<BlockPos> cells = entry.getValue();
+            int minX = cells.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getX).min().orElseThrow();
+            int minY = cells.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getY).min().orElseThrow();
+            int minZ = cells.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getZ).min().orElseThrow();
+            int maxX = cells.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getX).max().orElseThrow() + 1;
+            int maxY = cells.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getY).max().orElseThrow() + 1;
+            int maxZ = cells.stream().mapToInt(BlockPos::getZ).max().orElseThrow() + 1;
+            result.add(new Surface(entry.getKey().normal(), new AABB(minX, minY, minZ, maxX, maxY, maxZ),
+                    List.copyOf(cells)));
+        }
+        return List.copyOf(result);
+    }
+
+    private static Direction planeNormal(ServerLevel level, BlockPos cell) {
+        if (braced(level, cell, Direction.UP) && braced(level, cell, Direction.EAST)) return Direction.NORTH;
+        if (braced(level, cell, Direction.UP) && braced(level, cell, Direction.SOUTH)) return Direction.EAST;
+        if (braced(level, cell, Direction.EAST) && braced(level, cell, Direction.SOUTH)) return Direction.UP;
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean braced(ServerLevel level, BlockPos cell, Direction direction) {
+        return linked(level, cell.relative(direction)) && linked(level, cell.relative(direction.getOpposite()));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean linked(ServerLevel level, BlockPos pos) {
+        if (!level.hasChunkAt(pos)) return false;
+        var state = level.getBlockState(pos);
+        return state.is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK.get()) || state.is(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_PORTAL.get());
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/portal/PortalBookTravel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeTravel;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkBookTarget;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkDisarmService;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkingBookItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkVisualEffects;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.portal.TeleportTransition;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
+
+/** Portal transport uses the book's arrival rules; no independent portal exit offset. */
+public final class PortalBookTravel {
+    private PortalBookTravel() {}
+    public static boolean available(ServerLevel source, ItemStack book) {
+        var id = book.is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get()) ? book.get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get())
+                : book.has(Rivencraft.LINK_BOOK_TARGET.get()) ? book.get(Rivencraft.LINK_BOOK_TARGET.get()).dimension() : null;
+        return id != null && source.getServer().getLevel(ResourceKey.create(Registries.DIMENSION, id)) != null;
+    }
+    public static void travel(Entity entity, ServerLevel source, ItemStack book) {
+        if (entity instanceof ServerPlayer player) {
+            if (book.is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get())) {
+                net.dnorberg.rivencraft.network.PortBookNetworking.travelDescriptive(player, book, null, true);
+            } else {
+                String failure = LinkingBookItem.travel(player, book, true);
+                if (failure != null) player.sendOverlayMessage(net.minecraft.network.chat.Component.literal(failure));
+                else net.dnorberg.rivencraft.advancement.ProgressionAdvancements.awardAgeTravel(player);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        LinkProperties properties = book.getOrDefault(Rivencraft.LINK_PROPERTIES.get(), LinkProperties.NONE);
+        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.DISARM) && !LinkDisarmService.mayTravel(entity)) return;
+        boolean descriptive = book.is(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get());
+        LinkBookTarget destination = book.get(Rivencraft.LINK_BOOK_TARGET.get());
+        if (descriptive) {
+            var id = book.get(Rivencraft.AGE_BOOK_ID.get());
+            ServerLevel level = id == null ? null : source.getServer().getLevel(ResourceKey.create(Registries.DIMENSION, id));
+            if (level == null) return;
+            var landing = PortAgeTravel.resolveLanding(level, entity, properties.forDescriptiveBook());
+            if (landing == null) return;
+            destination = new LinkBookTarget(id, landing.getX() + 0.5, landing.getY(), landing.getZ() + 0.5,
+                    entity.getYRot(), entity.getXRot());
+        }
+        if (destination == null || !destination.valid()) return;
+        ServerLevel target = source.getServer().getLevel(ResourceKey.create(Registries.DIMENSION, destination.dimension()));
+        if (target == null || !entity.canTeleport(source, target) || !descriptive && !properties.allowsTravel(target == source)) return;
+        if (!descriptive) destination = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PortLinkDestinations.resolve(source, target,
+                entity.blockPosition(), destination, properties);
+        if (!destination.valid()) return;
+        var feet = net.minecraft.core.BlockPos.containing(destination.x(), destination.y(), destination.z());
+        if (feet.getY() < target.getMinY() || entity.getBbHeight() + feet.getY() >= target.getMaxY()
+                || !target.getWorldBorder().isWithinBounds(feet)) return;
+        Vec3 arrival = new Vec3(destination.x(), destination.y(), destination.z());
+        target.getChunkAt(feet);
+        if (!target.noCollision(entity, entity.getBoundingBox().move(arrival.subtract(entity.position())))) return;
+        Vec3 incoming = entity.getDeltaMovement();
+        Vec3 velocity = Vec3.ZERO;
+        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM)) {
+            double speed = Math.hypot(incoming.x, incoming.z), yaw = Math.toRadians(destination.yaw());
+            velocity = new Vec3(speed * Math.cos(yaw), incoming.y + 0.2, speed * Math.sin(yaw));
+        }
+        Vec3 departure = entity.position();
+        // Disarm only after a successful transfer, leaving equipment in the source world.
+        Entity arrived = entity.teleport(new TeleportTransition(target, arrival, velocity, destination.yaw(),
+                destination.pitch(), TeleportTransition.PLACE_PORTAL_TICKET));
+        if (arrived == null) return;
+        if (!descriptive) net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PortLinkDestinations.generatePlatform(target, arrival, properties);
+        if (properties.has(LinkProperties.DISARM)) {
+            LinkDisarmService.disarmAt(arrived, source, departure);
+        }
+        arrived.resetFallDistance();
+        PortalTravelCooldown.mark(arrived, source.getServer().getTickCount());
+        var sound = LinkVisualEffects.sound(properties, true);
+        source.playSound(null, departure.x, departure.y, departure.z, sound, net.minecraft.sounds.SoundSource.BLOCKS, 0.8F, 1);
+        target.playSound(null, arrival.x, arrival.y, arrival.z, sound, net.minecraft.sounds.SoundSource.BLOCKS, 0.8F, 1);
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/portal/PortalTravelCooldown.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+
+/** Session-only portal cooldowns: tick counters must never be saved with players. */
+public final class PortalTravelCooldown {
+    public static final long TICKS = 40;
+    private static final Map<Entity, Long> LAST_USE = new WeakHashMap<>();
+
+    private PortalTravelCooldown() {}
+
+    public static boolean blocked(long now, long previous) {
+        return previous >= 0 && now >= previous && now - previous < TICKS;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean blocked(Entity entity, long now) {
+        return blocked(now, LAST_USE.getOrDefault(entity, -1L));
+    }
+
+    public static void mark(Entity entity, long now) {
+        LAST_USE.put(entity, now);
+    }
+
+    public static void forget(Entity entity) {
+        LAST_USE.remove(entity);
+    }
+
+    public static void clear() {
+        LAST_USE.clear();
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/portal/PortalTravelQueue.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.portal;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.BookReceptacleBlockEntity;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.block.entity.CrystalPortalBlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.neoforged.bus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.neoforged.fml.common.EventBusSubscriber;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.tick.ServerTickEvent;
+import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppedEvent;
+
+/** Collision callbacks enqueue once; transport occurs after the entering movement packet finishes. */
+@EventBusSubscriber(modid = Rivencraft.MOD_ID)
+public final class PortalTravelQueue {
+    private record Pending(ServerLevel source, BlockPos portal, BlockPos receptacle, ItemStack book, long tick) {}
+    private static final Map<Entity, Pending> PENDING = new IdentityHashMap<>();
+    private PortalTravelQueue() {}
+    public static void enqueue(Entity entity, ServerLevel source, BlockPos portal, BlockPos receptacle, ItemStack book, long now) {
+        PENDING.putIfAbsent(entity, new Pending(source, portal.immutable(), receptacle.immutable(), book.copyWithCount(1), now));
+    }
+    @SubscribeEvent public static void tick(ServerTickEvent.Post event) {
+        var server = event.getServer();
+        var ready = new ArrayList<Map.Entry<Entity, Pending>>();
+        var iterator = PENDING.entrySet().iterator();
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            var entry = iterator.next();
+            if (server.getTickCount() <= entry.getValue().tick()) continue;
+            ready.add(Map.entry(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()));
+            iterator.remove();
+        }
+        for (var entry : ready) {
+            Entity entity = entry.getKey();
+            Pending pending = entry.getValue();
+            if (entity.isRemoved() || !entity.isAlive() || entity.level() != pending.source()
+                    || entity instanceof ServerPlayer player && server.getPlayerList().getPlayer(player.getUUID()) != player
+                    || !pending.source().hasChunkAt(pending.portal()) || !pending.source().hasChunkAt(pending.receptacle())
+                    || !(pending.source().getBlockEntity(pending.portal()) instanceof CrystalPortalBlockEntity portal)
+                    || !pending.receptacle().equals(portal.receptacle())
+                    || !(pending.source().getBlockEntity(pending.receptacle()) instanceof BookReceptacleBlockEntity holder)
+                    || !ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(holder.getBook(), pending.book())
+                    || CrystalPortalNetwork.cellStatus(pending.source(), pending.portal(), pending.receptacle())
+                        != CrystalPortalNetwork.CellStatus.VALID) continue;
+            PortalBookTravel.travel(entity, pending.source(), pending.book());
+        }
+    }
+    @SubscribeEvent public static void stopped(ServerStoppedEvent event) { PENDING.clear(); PortalTravelCooldown.clear(); }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/registry/ModCreativeTabs.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.registry;
 
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
-import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.LinkProperties;
 import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing.PortSymbolPages;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ public final class ModCreativeTabs {
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.DESCRIPTIVE_BOOK.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.LINKING_BOOK.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.CRYSTAL_BLOCK_ITEM.get());
+                    output.accept(Rivencraft.BOOK_RECEPTACLE_ITEM.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.BUDDING_CRYSTAL_ITEM.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.SMALL_CRYSTAL_BUD_ITEM.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.MEDIUM_CRYSTAL_BUD_ITEM.get());
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public final class ModCreativeTabs {
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.BOOK_BINDER_ITEM.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.INK_MIXER_ITEM.get());
+                    output.accept(Rivencraft.LINK_MODIFIER_ITEM.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.WRITING_DESK_ITEM.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.NOTEBOOK.get());
                     output.accept(Rivencraft.COLLATION_FOLDER.get());
@@ -43,14 +44,7 @@ public final class ModCreativeTabs {
                 .title(Component.translatable("itemGroup.rivencraft.pages.link"))
                 .icon(PageItem::createLinkPanelPage)
                 .displayItems((parameters, output) -> {
-                    int[] flags = {LinkProperties.DISARM, LinkProperties.MAINTAIN_MOMENTUM,
-                            LinkProperties.INTRA_LINKING};
-                    for (int combination = 0; combination < 8; combination++) {
-                        int selected = 0;
-                        for (int bit = 0; bit < flags.length; bit++)
-                            if ((combination & (1 << bit)) != 0) selected |= flags[bit];
-                        output.accept(PageItem.createLinkPanelPage(selected));
-                    }
+                    PageItem.creativeLinkPanelPages().forEach(output::accept);
                 })
                 .build());
         for (String category : PortSymbolPages.categories()) {

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/PortAuthoredTerrainSelection.java

@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ public final class PortAuthoredTerrainSelection {
     }
 
     public static Selection select(MinecraftServer server, List<Identifier> pages, long seed) {
+        if (!net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.validWriting(pages))
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("An Age may have at most ten suns and ten moons");
+        for (var page : pages) {
+            var entry = PortSymbolPages.find(page);
+            if (entry != null && entry.role().equals("biome")) {
+                var biome = PortRegistryPages.biomeId(page);
+                if (biome == null || server.registryAccess().lookupOrThrow(net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries.BIOME)
+                        .get(net.minecraft.resources.ResourceKey.create(net.minecraft.core.registries.Registries.BIOME, biome)).isEmpty())
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown biome page: " + page);
+            }
+        }
+        var recovered = PortWritingRecovery.recover(pages);
+        if (!recovered.implemented()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unimplemented symbol page in this book");
+        pages = recovered.activePages();
         var explicit = PortAuthoredWriting.explicitTerrain(pages);
         if (explicit != null) return compile(server, pages, seed, explicit);
         var preferred = PortRandomAgeSelection.terrain(seed);

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/PortAuthoredWriting.java

@@ -55,9 +55,13 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
         if (page == null || !page.getNamespace().equals(Rivencraft.MOD_ID)) return false;
         var entry = PortSymbolPages.find(page);
         if (entry == null) return false;
+        var season = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortSeasonPolicies.forPage(page);
+        if (season != null) return season == net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortSeasonPolicies.Mode.NO_SEASONS
+                || net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.SereneSeasonsCompatibility.available();
         if (net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeColors.isModifier(page)
                 || net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.supports(page)) return true;
-        if (page.equals(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAcceleratedTicks.PAGE)) return true;
+        if (page.equals(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAcceleratedTicks.PAGE)
+                || net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortInstabilityData.isCorrupted(page)) return true;
         if (isTerrain(page) || controller(page) != null || PortWeatherMode.forPage(page) != null
                 || PortLighting.forPage(page) != null || PortSkyStyle.forPage(page) != null) return true;
         if (entry.category().equals("rivencraft:biome") && PortRegistryPages.biomeId(page) != null) return true;
@@ -68,23 +72,29 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
                 || page.equals(PortTerrainFeaturePlan.SKYLANDS)
                 || page.equals(PortTerrainFeaturePlan.DENSE_ORES)
                 || page.equals(PortTerrainFeaturePlan.STAR_FISSURES)
-                || PortStructurePages.supports(page) || PortCarverPages.supports(page);
+                || PortStructurePages.supports(page) || PortCarverPages.supports(page)
+                || net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.contains(page);
     }
 
-    /** A page never disappears into an Age unless this port can apply its effect. */
+    /** Recover known category defects; unimplemented pages and unsupported runtime combinations still block binding. */
     public static boolean supports(List<Identifier> pages) {
-        if (pages.stream().noneMatch(PortAuthoredWriting::isTerrain))
+        if (!net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.validWriting(pages)) return false;
+        var recovered = PortWritingRecovery.recover(pages);
+        if (!recovered.implemented()) return false;
+        List<Identifier> active = recovered.activePages();
+        if (active.stream().noneMatch(PortAuthoredWriting::isTerrain))
             return net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortRandomAgeSelection.terrains().stream()
-                    .anyMatch(terrain -> supportsOnTerrain(pages, terrain, 0));
-        try {
-            return supportsExplicit(PortMaterialCompletion.complete(pages, 0));
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) { return false; }
+                    .anyMatch(terrain -> supportsOnTerrain(active, terrain, 0));
+        try { return supportsExplicit(PortMaterialCompletion.complete(active, 0)); }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) { return false; }
     }
 
     static boolean supportsOnTerrain(List<Identifier> pages, PortAgeTerrain terrain, long seed) {
-        try {
-            return supportsExplicit(PortMaterialCompletion.complete(withTerrain(pages, terrain), seed));
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) { return false; }
+        if (!net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.validWriting(pages)) return false;
+        var recovered = PortWritingRecovery.recover(pages);
+        if (!recovered.implemented()) return false;
+        try { return supportsExplicit(PortMaterialCompletion.complete(withTerrain(recovered.activePages(), terrain), seed)); }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) { return false; }
     }
 
     static List<Identifier> withTerrain(List<Identifier> pages, PortAgeTerrain terrain) {
@@ -103,7 +113,6 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
     }
 
     private static boolean supportsExplicit(List<Identifier> pages) {
-        if (!net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeColors.validNumbers(pages)) return false;
         if (!net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.validWriting(pages)) return false;
         boolean terrain = false;
         int biomes = 0;
@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
         int skylands = 0;
         int denseOres = 0;
         int starFissures = 0;
-        int weather = 0;
+        int weather = 0, season = 0;
         int lighting = 0;
         int sky = 0;
         Map<Identifier, Integer> terrainFeatures = new HashMap<>();
@@ -129,10 +138,14 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
             if (net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAgeColors.isModifier(page)
                     || net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortDayCycle.supports(page)) {
                 // Shared colors target Sky, Ambient Light Color or Normal Time; trailing colors tint the sky.
+            } else if (net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortInstabilityData.isCorrupted(page)) {
+                // Legacy corrupted pages contribute instability, not terrain features.
             } else if (page.equals(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortAcceleratedTicks.PAGE)) {
                 // Every Accelerated page adds random-tick attempts; it is not a controller.
             } else if (isTerrain(page) && !terrain) {
                 terrain = true;
+            } else if (net.dnorberg.rivencraft.age.PortSeasonPolicies.forPage(page) != null && season++ == 0) {
+                // Per-Age optional season policy, independent of ordinary weather.
             } else if (PortSkyStyle.forPage(page) != null && sky++ == 0) {
                 // Sky presentation, independent of terrain and illumination.
             } else if (PortLighting.forPage(page) != null && lighting++ == 0) {
@@ -171,6 +184,8 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
             } else if (PortStructurePages.supports(page)
                     && structures.getOrDefault(page, 0) < PortTerrainFeaturePlan.MAX_PER_FEATURE) {
                 structures.merge(page, 1, Integer::sum);
+            } else if (net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.contains(page)) {
+                // Each exact template page is retained, including copies beyond the attempt cap.
             } else if (PortVegetationPlan.isVegetation(page) && vegetation < MAX_VEGETATION) {
                 vegetation++;
             } else if (page.equals(DUNGEONS) && dungeons < MAX_DUNGEONS) {
@@ -274,8 +289,10 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
         boolean starFissures = pages.contains(PortTerrainFeaturePlan.STAR_FISSURES);
         List<Identifier> structures = pages.stream().filter(PortStructurePages::supports).toList();
         List<Identifier> carvers = pages.stream().filter(PortCarverPages::supports).toList();
-        return choices.isEmpty() && !skylands && denseOres == 0 && !starFissures && structures.isEmpty() && carvers.isEmpty() ? null
-                : new PortTerrainFeaturePlan(choices, skylands, denseOres, starFissures, structures, carvers);
+        List<Identifier> ruins = pages.stream().filter(net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages::contains).toList();
+        return choices.isEmpty() && !skylands && denseOres == 0 && !starFissures && structures.isEmpty()
+                && carvers.isEmpty() && ruins.isEmpty() ? null
+                : new PortTerrainFeaturePlan(choices, skylands, denseOres, starFissures, structures, carvers, false, ruins);
     }
 
     private static List<Identifier> solidMaterials(List<Identifier> pages, long seed, Identifier feature) {
@@ -366,6 +383,7 @@ public final class PortAuthoredWriting {
         PortStructurePages.validateRegistry(pages, registries);
         PortCarverPages.validateRegistry(pages, registries);
         PortBiomePlan.Distribution distribution = null;
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes.nether(registries);
         boolean caveTerrain = pages.contains(CAVE_TERRAIN);
         boolean hasSurfaceBiome = false;
         boolean hasOreBiome = false;

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/PortMaterialCompletion.java

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public final class PortMaterialCompletion {
     }
 
     private static boolean isFeature(Identifier page) {
-        return PortTerrainFeaturePlan.isSupported(page) || PortLakePlan.isLake(page)
+        return net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.contains(page)
+                || PortTerrainFeaturePlan.isSupported(page) || PortLakePlan.isLake(page)
                 || PortVegetationPlan.isVegetation(page) || PortStructurePages.supports(page)
                 || PortCarverPages.supports(page) || page.equals(id("feature/rocks"))
                 || page.equals(id("feature/dungeons")) || page.equals(PortTerrainFeaturePlan.SKYLANDS)

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/PortRegistryPages.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.block.EntityBlock;
 public final class PortRegistryPages {
     private static final TagKey<net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome> CAVE_BIOMES = TagKey.create(
             Registries.BIOME, Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(Rivencraft.MOD_ID, "cave_biomes"));
-    private static final Identifier DEFERRED_PLACEHOLDER = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(
+    public static final Identifier DEFERRED_PLACEHOLDER = Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(
             "terrablender", "deferred_placeholder");
 
     private PortRegistryPages() {}
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public final class PortRegistryPages {
     }
 
     public static List<ItemStack> biomePages(HolderLookup.Provider registries, boolean caves) {
+        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes.nether(registries);
         return registries.lookupOrThrow(Registries.BIOME).listElements()
                 .filter(holder -> !holder.key().identifier().equals(DEFERRED_PLACEHOLDER))
                 .filter(holder -> isCaveBiome(holder) == caves)
@@ -98,10 +99,11 @@ public final class PortRegistryPages {
     public static boolean isCaveBiome(net.minecraft.core.Holder<net.minecraft.world.level.biome.Biome> holder) {
         String path = holder.unwrapKey().map(key -> key.identifier().getPath()).orElse("");
         return holder.is(CAVE_BIOMES) || holder.is(BiomeTags.IS_NETHER)
+                || net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.TerraBlenderBiomes.isNether(holder)
                 || path.equals("deep_dark") || path.endsWith("_caves");
     }
 
-    private static String materialCategory(Block block) {
+    public static String materialCategory(Block block) {
         if (block == null || block == Blocks.AIR || block == Blocks.CAVE_AIR || block == Blocks.VOID_AIR
                 || block == Rivencraft.CLOUD_PLATFORM.get()
                 || block instanceof EntityBlock || block.defaultBlockState().hasBlockEntity()) return null;

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/PortSymbolPages.java

@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
 
 /** Bundled 1.21.1 symbol identities, shared by the port's creative pages. */
 public final class PortSymbolPages {
-    public record Entry(Identifier id, String category, String nameKey, String descriptionKey, String poem) {}
+    public record Entry(Identifier id, String category, String nameKey, String descriptionKey, String poem, String role) {
+        public Entry(Identifier id, String category, String nameKey, String descriptionKey, String poem) {
+            this(id, category, nameKey, descriptionKey, poem,
+                    category.equals("rivencraft:biome") ? "biome"
+                    : category.equals("rivencraft:block") || category.equals("rivencraft:fluid") ? "block" : "unknown");
+        }
+    }
 
     private static final Map<Identifier, Entry> ENTRIES = load();
 
@@ -25,7 +31,9 @@ public final class PortSymbolPages {
 
     public static Entry find(Identifier id) {
         Entry bundled = ENTRIES.get(id);
-        return bundled != null ? bundled : PortRegistryPages.find(id);
+        if (bundled != null) return bundled;
+        var ruin = net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.find(id);
+        return ruin != null ? ruin : PortRegistryPages.find(id);
     }
 
     public static List<String> categories() {
@@ -34,6 +42,7 @@ public final class PortSymbolPages {
         categories.add("rivencraft:cave_biome");
         categories.add("rivencraft:block");
         categories.add("rivencraft:fluid");
+        if (!net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.templates().isEmpty()) categories.add("rivencraft:ruins");
         return List.copyOf(categories);
     }
 
@@ -52,6 +61,9 @@ public final class PortSymbolPages {
                 .filter(entry -> !category.equals("rivencraft:biome")
                         || !entry.id().getPath().startsWith("biome/"))
                 .forEach(entry -> pages.add(PageItem.createSymbolPage(entry.id())));
+        if (category.equals("rivencraft:ruins")) net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.templates()
+                .forEach(name -> pages.add(PageItem.createSymbolPage(
+                        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(name))));
         if (category.equals("rivencraft:biome")) pages.addAll(PortRegistryPages.biomePages(registries, false));
         if (category.equals("rivencraft:cave_biome")) pages.addAll(PortRegistryPages.biomePages(registries, true));
         if (category.equals("rivencraft:block")) pages.addAll(PortRegistryPages.materialPages(false));
@@ -60,6 +72,10 @@ public final class PortSymbolPages {
     }
 
     public static ItemStack icon(String category) {
+        if (category.equals("rivencraft:ruins")) return net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.templates()
+                .stream().findFirst().map(name -> PageItem.createSymbolPage(
+                        net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.symbolId(name)))
+                .orElseGet(PageItem::createLinkPanelPage);
         if (category.equals("rivencraft:cave_biome"))
             return PageItem.createSymbolPage(PortRegistryPages.biomePageId(
                     Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("minecraft", "lush_caves")));
@@ -73,6 +89,8 @@ public final class PortSymbolPages {
     }
 
     public static String fallbackName(Identifier id) {
+        if (net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.isSymbol(id))
+            return net.dnorberg.rivencraft.compat.RuinsTemplatePages.fallbackName(id);
         if (id.getPath().startsWith("biome/") || id.getPath().startsWith("block/"))
             return PortRegistryPages.fallbackName(id);
         String path = id.getPath();
@@ -100,7 +118,9 @@ public final class PortSymbolPages {
                     category = "rivencraft:biome_generation";
                 entries.put(id, new Entry(id, category, definition.get("name").getAsString(),
                         definition.get("description").getAsString(),
-                        definition.has("poem") ? definition.get("poem").getAsString() : ""));
+                        definition.has("poem") ? definition.get("poem").getAsString() : "",
+                        definition.has("semantics") ? definition.getAsJsonObject("semantics").get("role").getAsString()
+                                : id.getPath().equals("lighting/ambient_color") ? "ambient_color" : "unknown"));
             });
             return Collections.unmodifiableMap(entries);
         } catch (java.io.IOException exception) {

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/PortWritingRecovery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+/** 1.21.1 grammar diagnostics and singular-controller recovery; preserve ordered modifier chains. */
+public final class PortWritingRecovery {
+    private static final Set<String> SINGULAR = Set.of("terrain", "biome_controller", "weather", "season", "lighting", "sky");
+    private static final Set<String> MODIFIERS = Set.of("period_modifier", "angle_modifier", "phase_modifier", "size_modifier",
+            "celestial_color", "direction_modifier");
+    public record Diagnostic(String code, int index, int points) {}
+    public record Result(List<Identifier> activePages, List<Diagnostic> diagnostics, boolean implemented) {
+        public Result { activePages = List.copyOf(activePages); diagnostics = List.copyOf(diagnostics); }
+    }
+    private PortWritingRecovery() {}
+    public static Result recover(List<Identifier> pages) {
+        Map<String, Integer> last = new HashMap<>();
+        List<Diagnostic> diagnostics = new ArrayList<>();
+        boolean implemented = pages.size() <= NotebookContents.MAX_PAGES;
+        int previousStage = -1, biomes = 0;
+        Map<String, Integer> pendingModifiers = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<>();
+        Integer pendingNumber = null;
+        for (int index = 0; index < pages.size(); index++) {
+            Identifier page = pages.get(index);
+            var entry = PortSymbolPages.find(page);
+            if (entry == null || !PortAuthoredWriting.isPageImplemented(page)) { implemented = false; continue; }
+            String role = entry.role();
+            if (pendingNumber != null && !numberTarget(role)) {
+                diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic("misplaced_modifier", pendingNumber, 100));
+                pendingNumber = null;
+            }
+            if (role.equals("color_number")) pendingNumber = index;
+            else if (numberTarget(role)) pendingNumber = null;
+            if (MODIFIERS.contains(role)) pendingModifiers.put(role, index);
+            else if (role.equals("celestial")) pendingModifiers.clear();
+            if (SINGULAR.contains(role)) {
+                Integer prior = last.put(role, index);
+                if (prior != null) {
+                    diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(pages.get(prior).equals(page) ? "duplicate" : "conflict", index, 500));
+                    // Match WritingGrammar: a repeated singular choice does not also earn an order penalty.
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            if (role.equals("biome")) biomes++;
+            int stage = stage(role);
+            if (stage < previousStage && !MODIFIERS.contains(role) && !role.equals("color") && !role.equals("color_number"))
+                diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic("out_of_order", index, 100));
+            else if (!role.equals("color") && !role.equals("color_number")) previousStage = stage;
+        }
+        if (pendingNumber != null) diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic("dangling_modifier", pendingNumber, 100));
+        for (int index : pendingModifiers.values())
+            diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic("dangling_modifier", index, 100));
+        Integer controller = last.get("biome_controller");
+        boolean nativeBiomes = controller != null && pages.get(controller).getPath().equals("biome/native");
+        boolean single = controller != null && pages.get(controller).getPath().equals("biome/single");
+        if (nativeBiomes && biomes > 0 || single && biomes > 1)
+            diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic("conflict", controller, 500));
+        List<Identifier> active = new ArrayList<>();
+        boolean retainedBiome = false;
+        for (int index = 0; index < pages.size(); index++) {
+            var page = pages.get(index);
+            var entry = PortSymbolPages.find(page);
+            if (entry != null) {
+                String role = entry.role();
+                if (SINGULAR.contains(role) && last.getOrDefault(role, -1) != index) continue;
+                if (role.equals("biome")) {
+                    if (nativeBiomes || single && retainedBiome) continue;
+                    retainedBiome = true;
+                }
+            }
+            active.add(page);
+        }
+        // Keep source order for material pairing and per-celestial modifier chains.
+        // The port's category compilers select by role, so no physical resort is necessary.
+        return new Result(active, diagnostics, implemented);
+    }
+    private static boolean numberTarget(String role) {
+        return role.equals("color") || role.equals("period_modifier") || role.equals("angle_modifier")
+                || role.equals("phase_modifier") || role.equals("size_modifier");
+    }
+    private static int stage(String role) {
+        return switch (role) {
+            case "terrain" -> 0;
+            case "biome" -> 1;
+            case "biome_controller" -> 2;
+            case "weather" -> 3;
+            case "season" -> 4;
+            case "lighting" -> 5;
+            case "sky", "sky_color", "ambient_color", "color", "color_number" -> 6;
+            case "period_modifier", "angle_modifier", "phase_modifier", "size_modifier", "celestial_color", "direction_modifier" -> 7;
+            case "celestial" -> 8;
+            default -> 9;
+        };
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/java/net/dnorberg/rivencraft/writing/WritingInkService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package net.dnorberg.rivencraft.writing;
+
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.PortConfig;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.Rivencraft;
+import net.minecraft.util.Prediction;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.InkVialItem;
+import net.dnorberg.rivencraft.item.PageItem;
+import net.minecraft.world.InteractionHand;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.Items;
+
+/** Server-owned costs and the baseline blank-page-to-link-panel transaction. */
+public final class WritingInkService {
+    private WritingInkService() {
+    }
+
+    public static int symbolCopyCost() {
+        return PortConfig.SYMBOL_INK_COST.get();
+    }
+
+    public static int linkPanelCost() {
+        return PortConfig.LINK_PANEL_INK_COST.get();
+    }
+
+    public static boolean canPrepareLinkPanel(Player player, InteractionHand vialHand) {
+        ItemStack vial = player.getItemInHand(vialHand);
+        ItemStack page = player.getItemInHand(other(vialHand));
+        int remaining = InkVialItem.remaining(vial);
+        return vial.is(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get()) && remaining >= linkPanelCost()
+                && remaining <= InkVialItem.CAPACITY
+                && page.is(Items.PAPER);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean prepareLinkPanel(Player player, InteractionHand vialHand) {
+        if (player.level().isClientSide() || !canPrepareLinkPanel(player, vialHand)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        InteractionHand pageHand = other(vialHand);
+        ItemStack page = player.getItemInHand(pageHand);
+        ItemStack vial = player.getItemInHand(vialHand);
+        int newInk = InkVialItem.remaining(vial) - linkPanelCost();
+        ItemStack panel = PageItem.createLinkPanelPage();
+        ItemStack spentVial = newInk == 0
+                ? new ItemStack(Items.GLASS_BOTTLE)
+                : new ItemStack(Rivencraft.INK_VIAL.get());
+        if (newInk > 0) {
+            spentVial.set(Rivencraft.INK_REMAINING.get(), newInk);
+        }
+
+        // All validation and output construction is complete before changing either input.
+        if (page.getCount() == 1) {
+            player.setItemInHand(pageHand, panel);
+        } else {
+            page.shrink(1);
+            giveOrDrop(player, panel);
+        }
+        if (vial.getCount() == 1) {
+            player.setItemInHand(vialHand, spentVial);
+        } else {
+            vial.shrink(1);
+            giveOrDrop(player, spentVial);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static InteractionHand other(InteractionHand hand) {
+        return hand == InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND ? InteractionHand.OFF_HAND : InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND;
+    }
+
+    private static void giveOrDrop(Player player, ItemStack stack) {
+        if (!player.getInventory().add(stack)) {
+            player.drop(stack, false, Prediction.SERVER_ONLY);
+        }
+    }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/items/book_receptacle.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "model": {
+    "type": "minecraft:model",
+    "model": "rivencraft:item/book_receptacle"
+  }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/resources/assets/rivencraft/items/link_modifier.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"model":{"type":"minecraft:model","model":"rivencraft:item/link_modifier"}}

ports/mc263/src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/advancement/recipes/misc/book_receptacle.json

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "parent": "minecraft:recipes/root",
+  "criteria": {
+    "has_material": {
+      "trigger": "minecraft:inventory_changed",
+      "conditions": {
+        "items": [
+          {
+            "items": "rivencraft:crystal_block"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "has_the_recipe": {
+      "trigger": "minecraft:recipe_unlocked",
+      "conditions": {
+        "recipes": [
+          "rivencraft:book_receptacle"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "requirements": [
+    [
+      "has_material",
+      "has_the_recipe"
+    ]
+  ],
+  "rewards": {
+    "recipes": [
+      "rivencraft:book_receptacle"
+    ]
+  }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/resources/data/rivencraft/recipe/book_receptacle.json

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
+  "category": "misc",
+  "pattern": [
+    "CCC",
+    "C C",
+    "CCC"
+  ],
+  "key": {
+    "C": "rivencraft:crystal_block"
+  },
+  "result": {
+    "id": "rivencraft:book_receptacle",
+    "count": 1
+  }
+}

ports/mc263/src/main/resources/rivencraft.mixins.json

@@ -3,7 +3,22 @@
   "minVersion": "0.8",
   "package": "net.dnorberg.rivencraft.mixin",
   "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_25",
-  "mixins": ["StructurePlacementAccessor", "AgeStructureBiomeMixin", "AgeCarversMixin", "AgeAmbientLightMixin", "AgeColorAttributesMixin", "AgeDayTimelineMixin"],
-  "client": ["StaticSkyStateMixin", "StaticSkyRendererMixin"],
-  "injectors": {"defaultRequire": 1}
+  "mixins": [
+    "StructurePlacementAccessor",
+    "AgeStructureBiomeMixin",
+    "AgeCarversMixin",
+    "AgeAmbientLightMixin",
+    "AgeColorAttributesMixin",
+    "AgeDayTimelineMixin",
+    "RuinsDimensionMixin",
+    "RuinsTemplateDimensionMixin",
+    "RuinsAttemptMixin"
+  ],
+  "client": [
+    "StaticSkyStateMixin",
+    "StaticSkyRendererMixin"
+  ],
+  "injectors": {
+    "defaultRequire": 1
+  }
 }