diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/methods/events/sharedParameterObjects/DhApiRenderParam.java b/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/methods/events/sharedParameterObjects/DhApiRenderParam.java
index 2519db802..decd51a50 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/methods/events/sharedParameterObjects/DhApiRenderParam.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/api/methods/events/sharedParameterObjects/DhApiRenderParam.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 package com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.sharedParameterObjects;
 
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.enums.rendering.EDhApiRenderPass;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.interfaces.world.IDhApiLevelWrapper;
+import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.abstractEvents.DhApiWorldLoadEvent;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.methods.events.interfaces.IDhApiEventParam;
 import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiMat4f;
 
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ import com.seibel.distanthorizons.api.objects.math.DhApiMat4f;
  * Contains information relevant to Distant Horizons and Minecraft rendering.
  *
  * @author James Seibel
- * @version 2024-1-31
+ * @version 2025-12-23
  * @since API 1.0.0
  */
 public class DhApiRenderParam implements IDhApiEventParam
@@ -61,6 +63,13 @@ public class DhApiRenderParam implements IDhApiEventParam
 	
 	public final int worldYOffset;
 	
+	/**
+	 * The level currently being rendered.
+	 * 
+	 * @since API 5.1.0 
+	 */
+	public final IDhApiLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper;
+	
 	
 	
 	//==============//
@@ -70,12 +79,13 @@ public class DhApiRenderParam implements IDhApiEventParam
 	public DhApiRenderParam(DhApiRenderParam parent)
 	{
 		this(
-				parent.renderPass,
-				parent.partialTicks,
-				parent.nearClipPlane, parent.farClipPlane,
-				parent.mcProjectionMatrix.copy(), parent.mcModelViewMatrix.copy(),
-				parent.dhProjectionMatrix.copy(), parent.dhModelViewMatrix.copy(),
-				parent.worldYOffset
+			parent.renderPass,
+			parent.partialTicks,
+			parent.nearClipPlane, parent.farClipPlane,
+			parent.mcProjectionMatrix.copy(), parent.mcModelViewMatrix.copy(),
+			parent.dhProjectionMatrix.copy(), parent.dhModelViewMatrix.copy(),
+			parent.worldYOffset,
+			parent.clientLevelWrapper
 		);
 	}
 	public DhApiRenderParam(
@@ -84,7 +94,8 @@ public class DhApiRenderParam implements IDhApiEventParam
 			float nearClipPlane, float farClipPlane,
 			DhApiMat4f newMcProjectionMatrix, DhApiMat4f newMcModelViewMatrix,
 			DhApiMat4f newDhProjectionMatrix, DhApiMat4f newDhModelViewMatrix,
-			int worldYOffset
+			int worldYOffset,
+			IDhApiLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper
 		)
 	{
 		this.renderPass = renderPass;
@@ -101,6 +112,7 @@ public class DhApiRenderParam implements IDhApiEventParam
 		this.dhModelViewMatrix = newDhModelViewMatrix;
 		
 		this.worldYOffset = worldYOffset;
+		this.clientLevelWrapper = clientLevelWrapper;
 		
 	}
 	
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/RenderParams.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/RenderParams.java
index 15553d7b2..183fe6aff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/RenderParams.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/RenderParams.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public class RenderParams extends DhApiRenderParam
 	
 	public IDhClientWorld dhClientWorld;
 	public IDhClientLevel dhClientLevel;
+	/** more specific override of the API value {@link DhApiRenderParam#clientLevelWrapper} */
 	public IClientLevelWrapper clientLevelWrapper;
 	public ILightMapWrapper lightmap;
 	public RenderBufferHandler renderBufferHandler;
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ public class RenderParams extends DhApiRenderParam
 			RenderUtil.getNearClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(newPartialTicks), RenderUtil.getFarClipPlaneDistanceInBlocks(),
 			newMcProjectionMatrix, newMcModelViewMatrix,
 			RenderUtil.createLodProjectionMatrix(newMcProjectionMatrix, newPartialTicks), RenderUtil.createLodModelViewMatrix(newMcModelViewMatrix),
-			clientLevelWrapper.getMinHeight());
+			clientLevelWrapper.getMinHeight(),
+			clientLevelWrapper);
 		
 		
 		this.dhClientWorld = SharedApi.tryGetDhClientWorld();