diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/halotroop/litecraft/world/World.java b/src/main/java/com/github/halotroop/litecraft/world/World.java
index 135b51c..4ecfdaa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/halotroop/litecraft/world/World.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/halotroop/litecraft/world/World.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import java.util.function.LongConsumer;
 import org.joml.Vector3f;
 
 import com.github.halotroop.litecraft.save.LitecraftSave;
-import com.github.halotroop.litecraft.types.block.Block;
+import com.github.halotroop.litecraft.types.block.*;
 import com.github.halotroop.litecraft.world.block.BlockRenderer;
 import com.github.halotroop.litecraft.world.dimension.Dimension;
 import com.github.halotroop.litecraft.world.gen.*;
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ public class World implements BlockAccess, WorldGenConstants
 	private final int dimension;
 	public Player player;
 
+	public int findAir(int x, int z)
+	{
+		int y = SEA_LEVEL;
+		int attemptsRemaining = 255;
+
+		while (attemptsRemaining --> 0)
+		{
+			// DO NOT CHANGE TO y++
+			if (this.getBlock(x, ++y, z) == Blocks.AIR)
+				return y;
+		}
+
+		return -1; // if it fails, returns -1
+	}
+
 	// This will likely become the main public constructor after we add dynamic chunkloading
 	private World(long seed, Dimension<?> dim, LitecraftSave save)
 	{
@@ -153,6 +168,8 @@ public class World implements BlockAccess, WorldGenConstants
 	public long getSeed()
 	{ return this.seed; }
 
+	public static final int SEA_LEVEL = 0;
+
 	private static final class GenerationWorld implements BlockAccess, WorldGenConstants
 	{
 		GenerationWorld(World parent)