diff --git a/src/core/Game.ts b/src/core/Game.ts
index f9ff0ea16..90aa59dc5 100644
--- a/src/core/Game.ts
+++ b/src/core/Game.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ export class Cell {
     toString(): string {return this.strRepr}
 }
 
+export enum TerrainType {
+    Plains,
+    Highland,
+    Mountain,
+    Lake,
+    Ocean
+}
+
 export interface ExecutionView {
     isActive(): boolean
     owner(): Player
@@ -48,6 +56,7 @@ export interface Tile {
     isShorelineWater(): boolean
     isOcean(): boolean
     isLake(): boolean
+    terrain(): TerrainType
     magnitude(): number
     owner(): Player | TerraNullius
     hasOwner(): boolean
@@ -55,7 +64,6 @@ export interface Tile {
     borders(other: Player | TerraNullius): boolean
     isInterior(): boolean
     cell(): Cell
-    game(): Game
     neighbors(): Tile[]
     neighborsWrapped(): Tile[]
     onShore(): boolean
diff --git a/src/core/GameImpl.ts b/src/core/GameImpl.ts
index 17a99e3e7..832e43988 100644
--- a/src/core/GameImpl.ts
+++ b/src/core/GameImpl.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import {Config} from "./configuration/Config";
 import {EventBus} from "./EventBus";
-import {Cell, Execution, MutableGame, Game, MutablePlayer, PlayerEvent, PlayerID, PlayerInfo, Player, TerraNullius, Tile, TileEvent, Boat, MutableBoat, BoatEvent} from "./Game";
+import {Cell, Execution, MutableGame, Game, MutablePlayer, PlayerEvent, PlayerID, PlayerInfo, Player, TerraNullius, Tile, TileEvent, Boat, MutableBoat, BoatEvent, TerrainType} from "./Game";
 import {ClientID} from "./Schemas";
-import {Terrain, TerrainMap, TerrainType} from "./TerrainMapLoader";
+import {Terrain, TerrainMap} from "./TerrainMapLoader";
 import {simpleHash} from "./Util";
 
 export function createGame(terrainMap: TerrainMap, eventBus: EventBus, config: Config): Game {
@@ -70,17 +70,19 @@ class TileImpl implements Tile {
         return this.isLand() && this._terrain.shoreline
     }
     isOceanShore(): boolean {
-        return this.isShore() && this.neighbors().find(t => t.isOcean()) != null
+        return this.isShore() && this.isOcean()
     }
-
     isShorelineWater(): boolean {
         return this.isWater() && this._terrain.shoreline
     }
     isLand(): boolean {
-        return this._terrain.type == TerrainType.Land
+        return this._terrain.land
     }
     isWater(): boolean {
-        return this._terrain.type == TerrainType.Water
+        return !this._terrain.land
+    }
+    terrain(): TerrainType {
+        return this._terrain.type
     }
 
     borders(other: Player | TerraNullius): boolean {
@@ -110,8 +112,6 @@ class TileImpl implements Tile {
         }
         return this._neighbors
     }
-
-    game(): Game {return this.gs}
 }
 
 export class BoatImpl implements MutableBoat {
diff --git a/src/core/TerrainMapLoader.ts b/src/core/TerrainMapLoader.ts
index cd2360eda..9642adfa9 100644
--- a/src/core/TerrainMapLoader.ts
+++ b/src/core/TerrainMapLoader.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Cell} from './Game';
+import {Cell, TerrainType} from './Game';
 import binAsString from "!!binary-loader!../../resources/TopoWorldMap.bin";
 
 export class TerrainMap {
@@ -17,15 +17,11 @@ export class TerrainMap {
     }
 }
 
-export enum TerrainType {
-    Land,
-    Water
-}
-
 export class Terrain {
     public shoreline: boolean = false
-    public ocean: boolean = false
     public magnitude: number = 0
+    public ocean = false
+    public land = false
     constructor(public type: TerrainType) { }
 }
 
@@ -54,15 +50,35 @@ export async function loadTerrainMap(): Promise<TerrainMap> {
     for (let x = 0; x < width; x++) {
         for (let y = 0; y < height; y++) {
             const packedByte = fileData.charCodeAt(4 + y * width + x);  // +4 to skip dimension bytes
-            const type = (packedByte & 0b10000000) ? TerrainType.Land : TerrainType.Water;
+            const isLand = (packedByte & 0b10000000)
             const shoreline = !!(packedByte & 0b01000000);
             const ocean = !!(packedByte & 0b00100000);
             const magnitude = packedByte & 0b00011111;
 
+            let type: TerrainType = null
+            let land = false
+            if (isLand) {
+                land = true
+                if (magnitude < 10) {
+                    type = TerrainType.Plains
+                } else if (magnitude < 20) {
+                    type = TerrainType.Highland
+                } else {
+                    type = TerrainType.Mountain
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (ocean) {
+                    type = TerrainType.Ocean
+                } else {
+                    type = TerrainType.Lake
+                }
+            }
+
             terrain[x][y] = new Terrain(type);
             terrain[x][y].shoreline = shoreline;
-            terrain[x][y].ocean = ocean;
             terrain[x][y].magnitude = magnitude;
+            terrain[x][y].ocean = ocean
+            terrain[x][y].land = land
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/configuration/PastelTheme.ts b/src/core/configuration/PastelTheme.ts
index 7288a10e5..f7196be06 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/PastelTheme.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/PastelTheme.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Colord, colord, random} from "colord";
-import {PlayerID, Tile} from "../Game";
+import {PlayerID, TerrainType, Tile} from "../Game";
 import {Theme} from "./Config";
 import {time} from "console";
 import {PseudoRandom} from "../PseudoRandom";
@@ -86,59 +86,43 @@ export const pastelTheme = new class implements Theme {
     }
 
     terrainColor(tile: Tile): Colord {
-        if (tile.isLand()) {
-            if (tile.isShore()) {
-                return this.shore
-            }
-            // let mag = Math.min(tile.magnitude() + 4, 15)
-            // if (mag < 3) {
-            //     mag = 0
-            // }
-            let mag = tile.magnitude()
-
-            if (mag > 20) {
-                return colord({
-                    r: 250,
-                    g: 250,
-                    b: 250
-                })
-            }
-
-            if (mag < 5) {
-                return colord({
-                    r: 180,
-                    g: 200,
-                    b: 128
-                })
-            }
-            if (mag < 10) {
+        let mag = tile.magnitude()
+        if (tile.isShore()) {
+            return this.shore
+        }
+        switch (tile.terrain()) {
+            case TerrainType.Ocean:
+            case TerrainType.Lake:
+                const w = this.water.rgba
+                if (tile.isShorelineWater()) {
+                    return this.shorelineWater
+                }
+                if (tile.magnitude() < 7) {
+                    return colord({
+                        r: Math.max(w.r - 7 + mag, 0),
+                        g: Math.max(w.g - 7 + mag, 0),
+                        b: Math.max(w.b - 7 + mag, 0)
+                    })
+                }
+                return this.water
+            case TerrainType.Plains:
                 return colord({
                     r: 190,
-                    g: 200,
+                    g: 200 + 20 - 2 * mag,
                     b: 138
                 })
-            }
-
-            const delta = 2 * mag
-
-            return colord({
-                r: 190 + delta,
-                g: 193 + delta,
-                b: 138 + delta
-            })
-        } else {
-            const w = this.water.rgba
-            if (tile.isShorelineWater()) {
-                return this.shorelineWater
-            }
-            if (tile.magnitude() < 7) {
+            case TerrainType.Highland:
                 return colord({
-                    r: Math.max(w.r - 7 + tile.magnitude(), 0),
-                    g: Math.max(w.g - 7 + tile.magnitude(), 0),
-                    b: Math.max(w.b - 7 + tile.magnitude(), 0)
+                    r: 190 + 2 * mag,
+                    g: 193 + 2 * mag,
+                    b: 138 + 2 * mag
+                })
+            case TerrainType.Mountain:
+                return colord({
+                    r: 220 + mag,
+                    g: 220 + mag,
+                    b: 220 + mag
                 })
-            }
-            return this.water
         }
     }