diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisEngineMantle.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisEngineMantle.java
index 71a412290..665897e71 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisEngineMantle.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisEngineMantle.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.volmit.iris.engine.framework.Engine;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.EngineMantle;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.MantleComponent;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.components.MantleCarvingComponent;
+import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.components.MantleNoiseCarvingComponent;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.components.MantleFluidBodyComponent;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.components.MantleJigsawComponent;
 import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.components.MantleObjectComponent;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public class IrisEngineMantle implements EngineMantle {
         this.mantle = new Mantle(new File(engine.getWorld().worldFolder(), "mantle"), engine.getTarget().getHeight());
         components = new KMap<>();
         registerComponent(new MantleCarvingComponent(this));
+        registerComponent(new MantleNoiseCarvingComponent(this));
         registerComponent(new MantleFluidBodyComponent(this));
         jigsaw = new MantleJigsawComponent(this);
         registerComponent(jigsaw);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/mantle/components/MantleCarvingComponent.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/mantle/components/MantleCarvingComponent.java
index 53b0d0933..dcaf50bee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/mantle/components/MantleCarvingComponent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/mantle/components/MantleCarvingComponent.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public class MantleCarvingComponent extends IrisMantleComponent {
         IrisRegion region = getComplex().getRegionStream().get(xxx, zzz);
         IrisBiome biome = getComplex().getTrueBiomeStream().get(xxx, zzz);
         carve(writer, rng, x, z, region, biome);
-        new NoiseTerrainCarver(getEngineMantle().getEngine()).carve(writer, x, z);
     }
 
     @ChunkCoordinates
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/mantle/components/MantleNoiseCarvingComponent.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/mantle/components/MantleNoiseCarvingComponent.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7de1f724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/mantle/components/MantleNoiseCarvingComponent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Iris is a World Generator for Minecraft Bukkit Servers
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Arcane Arts (Volmit Software)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.components;
+
+import com.volmit.iris.engine.data.cache.AtomicCache;
+import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.ComponentFlag;
+import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.EngineMantle;
+import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.IrisMantleComponent;
+import com.volmit.iris.engine.mantle.MantleWriter;
+import com.volmit.iris.util.context.ChunkContext;
+import com.volmit.iris.util.mantle.flag.ReservedFlag;
+
+/**
+ * Runs noise carving last and only for the chunk being generated: it never reaches into other chunks, and sampling
+ * every column's biome and height is too expensive to repeat across the reach of the other components.
+ */
+@ComponentFlag(ReservedFlag.NOISE_CARVED)
+public class MantleNoiseCarvingComponent extends IrisMantleComponent {
+    private static final int RUNS_AFTER_OBJECTS = 2;
+
+    private final AtomicCache<Boolean> packUsesNoiseCarving = new AtomicCache<>();
+
+    public MantleNoiseCarvingComponent(EngineMantle engineMantle) {
+        super(engineMantle, ReservedFlag.NOISE_CARVED, RUNS_AFTER_OBJECTS);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void generateLayer(MantleWriter writer, int x, int z, ChunkContext context) {
+        if (!packUsesNoiseCarving()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        new NoiseTerrainCarver(getEngineMantle().getEngine()).carve(writer, x, z);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void hotload() {
+        super.hotload();
+        packUsesNoiseCarving.reset();
+    }
+
+    private boolean packUsesNoiseCarving() {
+        return packUsesNoiseCarving.aquire(() -> getDimension().getAllBiomes(this::getData).stream()
+                .anyMatch(biome -> biome.getNoiseCarving() != null));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int computeRadius() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/MantleFlag.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/MantleFlag.java
index 77aaa8e89..f687999e9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/MantleFlag.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/MantleFlag.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public sealed interface MantleFlag permits CustomFlag, ReservedFlag {
     MantleFlag DISCOVERED = ReservedFlag.DISCOVERED;
     MantleFlag CUSTOM_ACTIVE = ReservedFlag.CUSTOM_ACTIVE;
     MantleFlag SCRIPT = ReservedFlag.SCRIPT;
+    MantleFlag NOISE_CARVED = ReservedFlag.NOISE_CARVED;
 
     int RESERVED_FLAGS = ReservedFlag.values().length;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/ReservedFlag.java b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/ReservedFlag.java
index 6fb0c97b9..4844269a4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/ReservedFlag.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/util/mantle/flag/ReservedFlag.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ public enum ReservedFlag implements MantleFlag {
     CUSTOM,
     DISCOVERED,
     CUSTOM_ACTIVE,
-    SCRIPT;
+    SCRIPT,
+    NOISE_CARVED;
 
     @Override
     public boolean isCustom() {