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diff --git a/assets/sprites/textures/break_7.png b/assets/sprites/textures/break_7.png
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diff --git a/assets/sprites/textures/break_8.png b/assets/sprites/textures/break_8.png
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diff --git a/client/player.ts b/client/player.ts
index 14e84d7..3938b13 100644
--- a/client/player.ts
+++ b/client/player.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class PlayerComponent extends Component {
 	screens: GuiScreen[] = [];
 	render_distance = 6;
 
-	breaking_block = false;
+	breaking_block?: { x: number; y: number; z: number };
 	break_progress = 0;
 	break_progress_max = 0;
 
diff --git a/client/renderer/models.ts b/client/renderer/models.ts
index b118863..ed5f647 100644
--- a/client/renderer/models.ts
+++ b/client/renderer/models.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,9 @@
+import { push_vertex } from "./core.ts";
 import type { Texture } from "./types.ts";
 
 const pad = 0.5;
 
-function push_vertex(
-	vertices: Float32Array,
-	i: number,
-	px: number,
-	py: number,
-	pz: number,
-	u: number,
-	v: number,
-	r: number,
-	g: number,
-	b: number,
-	a: number,
-) {
-	vertices[i++] = px;
-	vertices[i++] = py;
-	vertices[i++] = pz;
-	vertices[i++] = u;
-	vertices[i++] = v;
-	vertices[i++] = r;
-	vertices[i++] = g;
-	vertices[i++] = b;
-	vertices[i++] = a;
-
-	return i;
-}
-
 export function push_front_face(
-	vertices: Float32Array,
-	i: number,
 	texture: Texture,
 	x: number,
 	y: number,
@@ -53,20 +26,16 @@ export function push_front_face(
 	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
 	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
-
-	return i;
+	push_vertex(x, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
 }
 
 export function push_back_face(
-	vertices: Float32Array,
-	i: number,
 	texture: Texture,
 	x: number,
 	y: number,
@@ -88,20 +57,16 @@ export function push_back_face(
 	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
 	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
-
-	return i;
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
 }
 
 export function push_left_face(
-	vertices: Float32Array,
-	i: number,
 	texture: Texture,
 	x: number,
 	y: number,
@@ -123,20 +88,16 @@ export function push_left_face(
 	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
 	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
-
-	return i;
+	push_vertex(x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
 }
 
 export function push_right_face(
-	vertices: Float32Array,
-	i: number,
 	texture: Texture,
 	x: number,
 	y: number,
@@ -159,20 +120,16 @@ export function push_right_face(
 	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
 	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
-
-	return i;
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
 }
 
 export function push_top_face(
-	vertices: Float32Array,
-	i: number,
 	texture: Texture,
 	x: number,
 	y: number,
@@ -195,20 +152,16 @@ export function push_top_face(
 	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
 	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
-
-	return i;
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
 }
 
 export function push_bottom_face(
-	vertices: Float32Array,
-	i: number,
 	texture: Texture,
 	x: number,
 	y: number,
@@ -230,13 +183,11 @@ export function push_bottom_face(
 	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
 	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
 
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
-	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
-
-	return i;
+	push_vertex(x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x2, y, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	push_vertex(x, y, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
 }
diff --git a/client/systems/player_controls.ts b/client/systems/player_controls.ts
index f698502..19c1335 100644
--- a/client/systems/player_controls.ts
+++ b/client/systems/player_controls.ts
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ export class PlayerControlsSystem extends System {
 		InputManager.set_mouse_grabbed(player_component.screens.length === 0);
 
 		if (InputManager.is_mouse_down(0) && player_component.screens.length === 0) {
-			player_component.breaking_block = true;
+			player_component.breaking_block = { x: 0, y: 9999, z: 0 };
 		} else {
-			player_component.breaking_block = false;
+			player_component.breaking_block = undefined;
 			player_component.break_progress_max = 0;
 			player_component.break_progress = 0;
 		}
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export class PlayerControlsSystem extends System {
 		if (block && player_component.screens.length === 0) {
 			const block_info = EverythingRegistry.get_by_id<BlockRegistry>("blocks", block.block)!;
 			if (player_component.breaking_block) {
+				player_component.breaking_block = { x: block.x, y: block.y, z: block.z };
 				player_component.break_progress_max = block_info.toughness ?? 9999;
 				player_component.break_progress += delta;
 				if (player_component.break_progress >= player_component.break_progress_max) {
diff --git a/client/systems/render_system.ts b/client/systems/render_system.ts
index 60c4856..233e418 100644
--- a/client/systems/render_system.ts
+++ b/client/systems/render_system.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Camera } from "$/client/components/camera.ts";
 
 import { render_animated_sprite, render_sprite } from "./rendering/sprites.ts";
 import { render_dimension } from "./rendering/dimension.ts";
-import { render_player_crosshair, render_player_hotbar } from "./rendering/player.ts";
+import { render_player_breaking, render_player_crosshair, render_player_hotbar } from "./rendering/player.ts";
 import { PlayerComponent } from "../player.ts";
 import { begin_mode_3d, end_mode_3d } from "../renderer/core.ts";
 
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ export class RenderSystem extends System {
 			if (dimension) {
 				render_dimension(dimension, camera);
 			}
+
+			const player_component = entity.get(PlayerComponent);
+			if (player_component) {
+				render_player_breaking(player_component);
+			}
 		}
 
 		end_mode_3d();
diff --git a/client/systems/rendering/player.ts b/client/systems/rendering/player.ts
index aa8b3e8..d15a34f 100644
--- a/client/systems/rendering/player.ts
+++ b/client/systems/rendering/player.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-import { SLOT_SIZE } from "$/common/constants.ts";
+import { SLOT_SIZE, TEXTURE_SIZE } from "$/common/constants.ts";
 import { AssetManager } from "$/client/assets.ts";
 import { PlayerInventory } from "../../inventory.ts";
 import { draw_item, draw_nine_slice } from "./render_utils.ts";
-import { canvas, draw_rect_stroke, push_back_face, Texture } from "$/client/renderer/mod.ts";
+import {
+	canvas,
+	draw_rect_stroke,
+	push_back_face,
+	push_bottom_face,
+	push_front_face,
+	push_left_face,
+	push_right_face,
+	push_top_face,
+	Texture,
+} from "$/client/renderer/mod.ts";
 import { PlayerComponent } from "../../player.ts";
+import { get_sprite_region } from "../../../common/utils.ts";
 
 const PADDING = 10;
 
@@ -68,3 +79,42 @@ export function render_player_crosshair() {
 		[0, 0, 0, 0.6],
 	);
 }
+
+const FACE_FUNCTIONS = [
+	push_back_face,
+	push_bottom_face,
+	push_front_face,
+	push_left_face,
+	push_right_face,
+	push_top_face,
+];
+export function render_player_breaking(player_component: PlayerComponent) {
+	const block = player_component.breaking_block;
+	if (block) {
+		const tex = AssetManager.instance.get<Texture>("bworld:textures");
+
+		const progress = Math.max(
+			0,
+			Math.min(1, player_component.break_progress / player_component.break_progress_max),
+		);
+		const break_sprite = Math.round(progress * 8);
+
+		if (Number.isNaN(break_sprite)) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const region = get_sprite_region(`bworld:break_${break_sprite}`);
+
+		for (const fn of FACE_FUNCTIONS) {
+			fn(
+				tex,
+				block.x,
+				block.y,
+				block.z,
+				region.x * TEXTURE_SIZE,
+				region.y * TEXTURE_SIZE,
+				TEXTURE_SIZE,
+				TEXTURE_SIZE,
+			);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/client/workers/chunk_mesh_worker.ts b/client/workers/chunk_mesh_worker.ts
index 261f822..f935844 100644
--- a/client/workers/chunk_mesh_worker.ts
+++ b/client/workers/chunk_mesh_worker.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,249 @@
 
 import type { BlockRegistry } from "$/common/everything_registry.ts";
 import type { SpriteRegion } from "$/common/constants.ts";
-import {
-	push_back_face,
-	push_bottom_face,
-	push_front_face,
-	push_left_face,
-	push_right_face,
-	push_top_face,
-} from "../renderer/models.ts";
 import type { Texture } from "../renderer/types.ts";
 
+const pad = 0.5;
+
+function push_vertex(
+	vertices: Float32Array,
+	i: number,
+	px: number,
+	py: number,
+	pz: number,
+	u: number,
+	v: number,
+	r: number,
+	g: number,
+	b: number,
+	a: number,
+) {
+	vertices[i++] = px;
+	vertices[i++] = py;
+	vertices[i++] = pz;
+	vertices[i++] = u;
+	vertices[i++] = v;
+	vertices[i++] = r;
+	vertices[i++] = g;
+	vertices[i++] = b;
+	vertices[i++] = a;
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+export function push_front_face(
+	vertices: Float32Array,
+	i: number,
+	texture: Texture,
+	x: number,
+	y: number,
+	z: number,
+	sx: number,
+	sy: number,
+	sw: number,
+	sh: number,
+	r = 1,
+	g = 1,
+	b = 1,
+	a = 1,
+) {
+	const x2 = x + 1;
+	const y2 = y + 1;
+	const z2 = z + 1;
+
+	const u0 = (sx + pad) / texture.width;
+	const v0 = (sy + pad) / texture.height;
+	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
+	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+export function push_back_face(
+	vertices: Float32Array,
+	i: number,
+	texture: Texture,
+	x: number,
+	y: number,
+	z: number,
+	sx: number,
+	sy: number,
+	sw: number,
+	sh: number,
+	r = 1,
+	g = 1,
+	b = 1,
+	a = 1,
+) {
+	const x2 = x + 1;
+	const y2 = y + 1;
+
+	const u0 = (sx + pad) / texture.width;
+	const v0 = (sy + pad) / texture.height;
+	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
+	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+export function push_left_face(
+	vertices: Float32Array,
+	i: number,
+	texture: Texture,
+	x: number,
+	y: number,
+	z: number,
+	sx: number,
+	sy: number,
+	sw: number,
+	sh: number,
+	r = 1,
+	g = 1,
+	b = 1,
+	a = 1,
+) {
+	const y2 = y + 1;
+	const z2 = z + 1;
+
+	const u0 = (sx + pad) / texture.width;
+	const v0 = (sy + pad) / texture.height;
+	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
+	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+export function push_right_face(
+	vertices: Float32Array,
+	i: number,
+	texture: Texture,
+	x: number,
+	y: number,
+	z: number,
+	sx: number,
+	sy: number,
+	sw: number,
+	sh: number,
+	r = 1,
+	g = 1,
+	b = 1,
+	a = 1,
+) {
+	const x2 = x + 1;
+	const y2 = y + 1;
+	const z2 = z + 1;
+
+	const u0 = (sx + pad) / texture.width;
+	const v0 = (sy + pad) / texture.height;
+	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
+	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+export function push_top_face(
+	vertices: Float32Array,
+	i: number,
+	texture: Texture,
+	x: number,
+	y: number,
+	z: number,
+	sx: number,
+	sy: number,
+	sw: number,
+	sh: number,
+	r = 1,
+	g = 1,
+	b = 1,
+	a = 1,
+) {
+	const x2 = x + 1;
+	const z2 = z + 1;
+	const y2 = y + 1;
+
+	const u0 = (sx + pad) / texture.width;
+	const v0 = (sy + pad) / texture.height;
+	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
+	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z2, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z2, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y2, z, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y2, z, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+export function push_bottom_face(
+	vertices: Float32Array,
+	i: number,
+	texture: Texture,
+	x: number,
+	y: number,
+	z: number,
+	sx: number,
+	sy: number,
+	sw: number,
+	sh: number,
+	r = 1,
+	g = 1,
+	b = 1,
+	a = 1,
+) {
+	const x2 = x + 1;
+	const z2 = z + 1;
+
+	const u0 = (sx + pad) / texture.width;
+	const v0 = (sy + pad) / texture.height;
+	const u1 = (sx + sw - pad) / texture.width;
+	const v1 = (sy + sh - pad) / texture.height;
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z, u1, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z, u0, v1, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x2, y, z2, u1, v0, r, g, b, a);
+	i = push_vertex(vertices, i, x, y, z2, u0, v0, r, g, b, a);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
 type TexturesInfo = Record<string, SpriteRegion>;
 
 const CHUNK_SIZE = 16;