diff --git a/assets/skybox/default/back.png b/assets/skybox/default/back.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dea976
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diff --git a/assets/skybox/default/bottom.png b/assets/skybox/default/bottom.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffd848e
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diff --git a/assets/skybox/default/front.png b/assets/skybox/default/front.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4f5fb7
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diff --git a/assets/skybox/default/left.png b/assets/skybox/default/left.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23a1de2
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diff --git a/assets/skybox/default/right.png b/assets/skybox/default/right.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ce890b
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diff --git a/assets/skybox/default/top.png b/assets/skybox/default/top.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0833cc8
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diff --git a/assets/terrain/manifest.json b/assets/terrain/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f437960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/terrain/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "worldWidth": 1,
+  "worldHeight": 1,
+  "worldChunkSize": 256,
+  "worldHeightScale": 16,
+  "textureBombingNoise": "simplex-noise.png",
+  "textureSplattingSources": [
+    "grass-flowers.png",
+    "grassy.png",
+    "mud.png",
+    "path.png"
+  ],
+  "regionMap": [
+    {
+      "x": 0,
+      "y": 0,
+      "splat": [
+        "grassy.png",
+        "mud.png",
+        "grass-flowers.png",
+        "path.png"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/assets/terrain/height-0-0.png b/assets/terrain/region/height-0-0.png
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/terrain/height-0-0.png
rename to assets/terrain/region/height-0-0.png
diff --git a/assets/terrain/splat-0-0.png b/assets/terrain/region/splat-0-0.png
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/terrain/splat-0-0.png
rename to assets/terrain/region/splat-0-0.png
diff --git a/src/client/game.ts b/src/client/game.ts
index 9531bca..6554bcf 100644
--- a/src/client/game.ts
+++ b/src/client/game.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import { IcyNetUser } from '../common/types/user';
 import { ThirdPersonCamera } from './object/camera';
 import { Chat } from './object/chat';
 import { Joystick } from './object/joystick';
+import { CubeMap } from './object/other/cubemap';
 import { VideoPlayer } from './object/other/video-player';
 import { Player } from './object/player';
 import { PlayerEntity } from './object/player-entity';
 import modelLoaderInstance from './object/pony-loader';
 import { ClientWorld } from './object/world/ClientWorld';
 import { ClientWorldLoader } from './object/world/ClientWorldLoader';
+import { ClientWorldManifest } from './object/world/ClientWorldManifest';
 import { Renderer } from './renderer';
 
 export class Game {
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ export class Game {
   private character: CharacterPacket = {};
   private party: string[] = [];
 
-  public world = new ClientWorld(new ClientWorldLoader());
+  public world!: ClientWorld;
   public renderer = new Renderer();
 
   private videoTest = new VideoPlayer(24, 12);
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ export class Game {
   constructor(public socket: Socket) {}
 
   async initialize(): Promise<void> {
+    const worldManifest = await ClientWorldManifest.loadManifest();
+    this.world = new ClientWorld(new ClientWorldLoader(), worldManifest);
+
+    const cube = await CubeMap.load('/assets/skybox/default');
+
     await modelLoaderInstance.loadPonyModel();
     await this.world.initialize();
 
@@ -43,7 +50,8 @@ export class Game {
 
     // experimental
     this.videoTest.initialize();
-    this.videoTest.mesh.position.set(0, 6, -20);
+    this.videoTest.mesh.position.set(0, 14, 20);
+    this.videoTest.mesh.rotateY(Math.PI / 2);
     this.renderer.scene.add(this.videoTest.mesh);
     this.party = (localStorage.getItem('party')?.split('|') || []).filter(
       (item) => item,
@@ -64,6 +72,7 @@ export class Game {
     });
 
     this.renderer.scene.add(this.world.world);
+    this.renderer.scene.background = cube.texture;
   }
 
   public dispose() {
diff --git a/src/client/object/other/cubemap.ts b/src/client/object/other/cubemap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..143d585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/object/other/cubemap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { CubeTextureLoader, CubeTexture } from 'three';
+
+const loader = new CubeTextureLoader();
+
+export class CubeMap {
+  constructor(public source: string, public texture: CubeTexture) {}
+
+  public static async load(base: string): Promise<CubeMap> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+      loader.load(
+        [
+          `${base}/left.png`, // pos-x
+          `${base}/right.png`, // neg-x
+          `${base}/top.png`, // pos-y
+          `${base}/bottom.png`, // neg-y
+          `${base}/front.png`, // pos-z
+          `${base}/back.png`, // neg-z
+        ],
+        (texture) => resolve(new CubeMap(base, texture)),
+        undefined,
+        reject,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/object/world/ClientWorld.ts b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorld.ts
index 6ebc43a..09ed558 100644
--- a/src/client/object/world/ClientWorld.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorld.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { ClientWorldTexture } from './ClientWorldTexture';
 // TODO: distance loading
 // TODO: LOD
 
+const BASE = '/assets/terrain/';
+
 export class ClientWorld extends WorldManager {
   public world = new Object3D();
   private _mesher = new ClientWorldMesher();
@@ -28,19 +30,19 @@ export class ClientWorld extends WorldManager {
 
   async initialize() {
     await this.loadWorld();
+
+    const noiseFile = `${BASE}/texture/${this.manifest.textureBombingNoise}`;
+
     await this.loadTextureList([
+      noiseFile,
       ...this._chunks.map(
-        (chunk) => `/assets/terrain/splat-${chunk.x}-${chunk.y}.png`,
+        (chunk) => `${BASE}/region/splat-${chunk.x}-${chunk.y}.png`,
       ),
-      '/assets/terrain/texture/simplex-noise.png',
-      '/assets/terrain/texture/grassy.png',
-      '/assets/terrain/texture/mud.png',
-      '/assets/terrain/texture/grass-flowers.png',
-      '/assets/terrain/texture/path.png',
+      ...this.gatherManifestTextures(),
     ]);
-    this._shader.initialize(
-      this._worldTextures.get('/assets/terrain/texture/simplex-noise.png'),
-    );
+
+    this._shader.initialize();
+    this._shader.setNoise(this._worldTextures.get(noiseFile));
     this.createMeshes();
   }
 
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ export class ClientWorld extends WorldManager {
     }
 
     const tex = await ClientWorldTexture.loadTexture(src);
-    // tex.texture.repeat.set(this.worldChunkSize, this.worldChunkSize);
     this._worldTextures.set(src, tex);
     return tex;
   }
@@ -66,13 +67,8 @@ export class ClientWorld extends WorldManager {
       const chunk = this._chunkMeshQueue.shift();
       const material = this._shader.getShader(
         chunk,
-        `/assets/terrain/splat-${chunk.x}-${chunk.y}.png`,
-        [
-          '/assets/terrain/texture/grassy.png',
-          '/assets/terrain/texture/mud.png',
-          '/assets/terrain/texture/grass-flowers.png',
-          '/assets/terrain/texture/path.png',
-        ],
+        `${BASE}/region/splat-${chunk.x}-${chunk.y}.png`,
+        chunk.region.splat.map((file) => `${BASE}/texture/${file}`),
       );
 
       const mesh = this._mesher.createTerrainMesh(
@@ -92,4 +88,11 @@ export class ClientWorld extends WorldManager {
       this._chunkMeshQueue.push(chunk);
     });
   }
+
+  private gatherManifestTextures(): string[] {
+    return this.manifest.regionMap.reduce<string[]>((list, entry) => {
+      const paths = entry.splat.map((file) => `${BASE}/texture/${file}`);
+      return [...list, ...paths.filter((path) => !list.includes(path))];
+    }, []);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldChunkShader.ts b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldChunkShader.ts
index 469f390..7700bac 100644
--- a/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldChunkShader.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldChunkShader.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class ClientWorldChunkShader {
 
   constructor(public textureList: Map<string, ClientWorldTexture>) {}
 
-  initialize(noise: ClientWorldTexture) {
+  initialize() {
     this.shader = new ShaderMaterial({
       vertexShader: vertex,
       fragmentShader: fragment,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class ClientWorldChunkShader {
         UniformsLib.lights,
         {
           backgroundTex: { value: null, type: 't' },
-          noiseTex: { value: noise.texture, type: 't' },
+          noiseTex: { value: null, type: 't' },
           rTex: { value: null, type: 't' },
           gTex: { value: null, type: 't' },
           bTex: { value: null, type: 't' },
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ export class ClientWorldChunkShader {
     });
   }
 
+  public setNoise(noise: ClientWorldTexture) {
+    this.shader.uniforms.noiseTex.value = noise.texture;
+  }
+
   public getShader(
     chunk: WorldChunk,
     splatMap: string,
diff --git a/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldLoader.ts b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldLoader.ts
index 94caa84..7a0d8aa 100644
--- a/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldLoader.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldLoader.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ import { to1D } from '../../../common/convert';
 import { WorldLoader } from '../../../common/world/WorldLoader';
 
 const loader = new ImageLoader();
-const worldPath = '/assets/terrain/';
+const worldPath = '/assets/terrain/region/';
 
 export class ClientWorldLoader implements WorldLoader {
-  async loadHeightMap(chunkX: number, chunkY: number): Promise<number[]> {
+  async loadHeightMap(
+    chunkX: number,
+    chunkY: number,
+    scale: number,
+  ): Promise<number[]> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       loader.load(
         `${worldPath}/height-${chunkX}-${chunkY}.png`,
-        (data) => resolve(ClientWorldLoader.heightFromImage(data)),
+        (data) => resolve(ClientWorldLoader.heightFromImage(data, scale)),
         undefined,
         (err) => {
           reject(err);
@@ -19,7 +23,10 @@ export class ClientWorldLoader implements WorldLoader {
     });
   }
 
-  public static heightFromImage(image: HTMLImageElement): number[] {
+  public static heightFromImage(
+    image: HTMLImageElement,
+    scale: number,
+  ): number[] {
     const array = new Array(image.width * image.height);
     const ctx = document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d');
     ctx.canvas.width = image.width;
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ export class ClientWorldLoader implements WorldLoader {
     for (let x = 0; x < image.width; x++) {
       for (let y = 0; y < image.height; y++) {
         const index = to1D(x, y, image.width);
-        array[index] = (data.data[index * 4] * 32) / 255;
+        array[index] = (data.data[index * 4] * scale) / 255;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldManifest.ts b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldManifest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f29d4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/object/world/ClientWorldManifest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {
+  WorldManifest,
+  WorldManifestRegion,
+} from '../../../common/world/WorldManifest';
+
+export class ClientWorldManifest implements WorldManifest {
+  constructor(
+    public worldWidth: number,
+    public worldHeight: number,
+    public worldChunkSize: number,
+    public worldHeightScale: number,
+    public textureBombingNoise: string,
+    public textureSplattingSources: string[],
+    public regionMap: WorldManifestRegion[],
+  ) {}
+
+  public static async loadManifest(): Promise<ClientWorldManifest> {
+    const file = await fetch('/assets/terrain/manifest.json');
+    const json = await file.json();
+    const manifest = new ClientWorldManifest(
+      json.worldWidth,
+      json.worldHeight,
+      json.worldChunkSize,
+      json.worldHeightScale,
+      json.textureBombingNoise,
+      json.textureSplattingSources,
+      json.regionMap,
+    );
+
+    return manifest;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/common/world/WorldChunk.ts b/src/common/world/WorldChunk.ts
index 9d16b2e..49fdc0e 100644
--- a/src/common/world/WorldChunk.ts
+++ b/src/common/world/WorldChunk.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Vector3, Vector2 } from 'three';
 import { to1D } from '../convert';
 import { barycentricPoint } from '../helper';
+import { WorldManifestRegion } from './WorldManifest';
 
 export class WorldChunk {
   constructor(
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ export class WorldChunk {
     public x: number,
     public y: number,
     public size: number,
+    public region: WorldManifestRegion,
     public scaledSize = size,
   ) {}
 
diff --git a/src/common/world/WorldLoader.ts b/src/common/world/WorldLoader.ts
index c41628f..702e8ea 100644
--- a/src/common/world/WorldLoader.ts
+++ b/src/common/world/WorldLoader.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 export interface WorldLoader {
-  loadHeightMap: (chunkX: number, chunkY: number) => Promise<number[]>;
+  loadHeightMap: (
+    chunkX: number,
+    chunkY: number,
+    scale: number,
+  ) => Promise<number[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/common/world/WorldManager.ts b/src/common/world/WorldManager.ts
index c528c7d..e8ebaa6 100644
--- a/src/common/world/WorldManager.ts
+++ b/src/common/world/WorldManager.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,40 @@
 import { to1D } from '../convert';
 import { WorldChunk } from './WorldChunk';
 import { WorldLoader } from './WorldLoader';
+import { WorldManifest } from './WorldManifest';
 
 export class WorldManager {
   protected _chunks!: WorldChunk[];
 
-  constructor(
-    public loader: WorldLoader,
-    public worldWidth = 1,
-    public worldHeight = 1,
-    public worldChunkSize = 256,
-  ) {
+  constructor(public loader: WorldLoader, public manifest: WorldManifest) {
     this._chunks = new Array(this.worldWidth * this.worldHeight);
   }
 
+  public get worldWidth() {
+    return this.manifest.worldWidth;
+  }
+
+  public get worldHeight() {
+    return this.manifest.worldHeight;
+  }
+
+  public get worldChunkSize() {
+    return this.manifest.worldChunkSize;
+  }
+
   async loadHeightData(chunkX: number, chunkY: number) {
-    const heightData = await this.loader.loadHeightMap(chunkX, chunkY);
+    const heightData = await this.loader.loadHeightMap(
+      chunkX,
+      chunkY,
+      this.manifest.worldHeightScale,
+    );
+
     this._chunks[to1D(chunkX, chunkY, this.worldWidth)] = new WorldChunk(
       heightData,
-      chunkX, chunkY,
+      chunkX,
+      chunkY,
       this.worldChunkSize,
+      this.manifest.regionMap.find(({ x, y }) => x === chunkX && y === chunkY),
     );
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +76,9 @@ export class WorldManager {
       return 0;
     }
 
-    return this._chunks[to1D(chunkX, chunkY, this.worldWidth)].getInterpolatedPoint(
+    return this._chunks[
+      to1D(chunkX, chunkY, this.worldWidth)
+    ].getInterpolatedPoint(
       x - chunkX * this.worldChunkSize,
       y - chunkY * this.worldChunkSize,
     );
diff --git a/src/common/world/WorldManifest.ts b/src/common/world/WorldManifest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5738bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/world/WorldManifest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export interface WorldManifestRegion {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  splat: string[];
+}
+
+export interface WorldManifest {
+  worldWidth: number;
+  worldHeight: number;
+  worldChunkSize: number;
+  worldHeightScale: number;
+  textureBombingNoise: string;
+  textureSplattingSources: string[];
+  regionMap: WorldManifestRegion[];
+}