diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/blocks/akashic/BlockAkashicFloodfiller.java b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/blocks/akashic/BlockAkashicFloodfiller.java
index a5132a60..f7cb4bb9 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/blocks/akashic/BlockAkashicFloodfiller.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/common/blocks/akashic/BlockAkashicFloodfiller.java
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ public class BlockAkashicFloodfiller extends Block {
         return true;
     }
 
-
-    public static @Nullable
-    BlockPos floodFillFor(BlockPos start, Level world,
-        TriPredicate<BlockPos, BlockState, Level> isValid, TriPredicate<BlockPos, BlockState, Level> isTarget) {
+    @Nullable
+    public static BlockPos floodFillFor(BlockPos start, Level world,
+        TriPredicate<BlockPos, BlockState, Level> isValid, TriPredicate<BlockPos, BlockState, Level> isTarget, int maxRange) {
         var seenBlocks = new HashSet<BlockPos>();
         var todo = new ArrayDeque<BlockPos>();
         todo.add(start);
@@ -50,6 +49,10 @@ public class BlockAkashicFloodfiller extends Block {
 
             for (var dir : Direction.values()) {
                 var neighbor = here.relative(dir);
+
+                if (neighbor.distSqr(start) > maxRange * maxRange)
+                    continue;
+
                 if (seenBlocks.add(neighbor)) {
                     var bs = world.getBlockState(neighbor);
                     if (isTarget.test(neighbor, bs, world)) {
@@ -64,10 +67,10 @@ public class BlockAkashicFloodfiller extends Block {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public static @Nullable
-    BlockPos floodFillFor(BlockPos start, Level world,
+    @Nullable
+    public static BlockPos floodFillFor(BlockPos start, Level world,
         TriPredicate<BlockPos, BlockState, Level> isTarget) {
-        return floodFillFor(start, world, BlockAkashicFloodfiller::canItBeFloodedThrough, isTarget);
+        return floodFillFor(start, world, BlockAkashicFloodfiller::canItBeFloodedThrough, isTarget, 32);
     }
 
     public static boolean canItBeFloodedThrough(BlockPos pos, BlockState state, Level world) {
diff --git a/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.json b/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.json
index 1e6df8a4..39f518e1 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.json
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
 
   "hexcasting.entry.akashiclib": "Akashic Libraries",
   "hexcasting.page.akashiclib.1": "I KNOW SO MUCH it is ONLY RIGHT to have a place to store it all. Information can be stored in books but it is oh so so so so $(italic)slow/$ to write by hand and read by eye. I demand BETTER. And so I shall MAKE better.$(br2)... I am getting worse ... do not know if I have time to write everything bursting through my head before expiring.",
-  "hexcasting.page.akashiclib.2": "The library. Here. My plans.$(br2)Like how patterns are associated with actions, I can associate my own patterns with iotas in any way I choose. An $(l:greatwork/akashiclib)$(item)Akashic Record/$ controls the library, and each $(l:greatwork/akashiclib)$(item)Akashic Bookshelf/$ stores one pattern mapped to one iota. These must all be directly connected together, touching. An $(l:greatwork/akashiclib)$(item)Akashic Ligature/$ doesn't do anything but count as a connecting block, to extend the size of my library.",
+  "hexcasting.page.akashiclib.2": "The library. Here. My plans.$(br2)Like how patterns are associated with actions, I can associate my own patterns with iotas in any way I choose. An $(l:greatwork/akashiclib)$(item)Akashic Record/$ controls the library, and each $(l:greatwork/akashiclib)$(item)Akashic Bookshelf/$ stores one pattern mapped to one iota. These must all be directly connected together, touching, within 32 blocks. An $(l:greatwork/akashiclib)$(item)Akashic Ligature/$ doesn't do anything but count as a connecting block, to extend the size of my library.",
   "hexcasting.page.akashiclib.akashic_record": "Allocating and assigning patterns is simple but oh so boring. I have better things to do. I will need a mind well-used to its work for the extraction to stay sound.",
   "hexcasting.page.akashiclib.3": "Then to operate the library is simple, the patterns are routed through the librarian and it looks them up and returns the iota to you. Two actions do the work. $(l:patterns/akashic_patterns)Notes here/$.$(br2)Using an empty $(l:items/scroll)$(item)scroll/$ on a bookshelf copies the pattern there onto the $(l:items/scroll)$(item)scroll/$. Sneaking and using an empty hand clears the datum in the shelf.",