diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index 456e265..2ec4468 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ itertools = "0.13.0"
 bitvec = "1.0.1"
 smallvec = "1.14.0"
 once_cell = "1.21.3"
-rayon = "1.10.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+rayon = "1.10.0"
+bincode = "1.3"
diff --git a/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/octree.rs b/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/octree.rs
index da16ba0..1794ca3 100644
--- a/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/octree.rs
+++ b/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/octree.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::io;
+use bincode;
 use bevy::asset::Assets;
 use bevy::color::Color;
 use bevy::math::{DQuat, DVec3};
@@ -457,8 +460,33 @@ impl SparseVoxelOctree {
 
         None
     }
-    
-    
 
+    /// Save the octree to a file using bincode serialization.
+    pub fn save_to_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let data = bincode::serialize(self)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+        std::fs::write(path, data)
+    }
+
+    /// Load an octree from a file and rebuild runtime caches.
+    pub fn load_from_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        let bytes = std::fs::read(path)?;
+        let mut tree: Self = bincode::deserialize(&bytes)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+        tree.rebuild_cache();
+        Ok(tree)
+    }
+
+    /// Rebuild runtime caches like occupied_chunks after loading.
+    pub fn rebuild_cache(&mut self) {
+        self.dirty.clear();
+        self.dirty_chunks.clear();
+        self.occupied_chunks.clear();
+        let voxels = Self::collect_voxels_from_node(&self.root, self.size);
+        for (pos, _voxel, _depth) in voxels {
+            let key = chunk_key_from_world(self, pos);
+            self.occupied_chunks.insert(key);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/queue_systems.rs b/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/queue_systems.rs
index eb26aee..e08d08a 100644
--- a/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/queue_systems.rs
+++ b/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/queue_systems.rs
@@ -24,15 +24,27 @@ pub fn enqueue_visible_chunks(
     prev_cam.0 = Some(centre);
 
     let r = cfg.view_distance_chunks;
-    for key in &tree.occupied_chunks {
-        let dx = key.0 - centre.0;
-        let dy = key.1 - centre.1;
-        let dz = key.2 - centre.2;
-        if dx.abs() > r || dy.abs() > r || dz.abs() > r { continue; }
-        if spawned.0.contains_key(key) { continue; }
-        if queue.set.contains(key) { continue; }
-        queue.keys.push_back(*key);
-        queue.set.insert(*key);
+
+    let mut keys: Vec<(ChunkKey, i32)> = tree
+        .occupied_chunks
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|key| {
+            let dx = key.0 - centre.0;
+            let dy = key.1 - centre.1;
+            let dz = key.2 - centre.2;
+            if dx.abs() > r || dy.abs() > r || dz.abs() > r { return None; }
+            if spawned.0.contains_key(key) { return None; }
+            Some((*key, dx*dx + dy*dy + dz*dz))
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    keys.sort_by_key(|(_, d)| *d);
+
+    queue.keys.clear();
+    queue.set.clear();
+    for (key, _) in keys {
+        queue.keys.push_back(key);
+        queue.set.insert(key);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/structure.rs b/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/structure.rs
index d5e43eb..ab5057c 100644
--- a/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/structure.rs
+++ b/client/src/plugins/environment/systems/voxels/structure.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
 use bevy::color::Color;
 use bevy::prelude::*;
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize, Serializer, Deserializer};
+
+fn serialize_color<S>(color: &Color, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where
+    S: Serializer,
+{
+    let [r, g, b, a] = color.as_linear_rgba_f32();
+    [r, g, b, a].serialize(serializer)
+}
+
+fn deserialize_color<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Color, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    let arr: [f32; 4] = Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    Ok(Color::rgba_linear(arr[0], arr[1], arr[2], arr[3]))
+}
 
 
 /// Represents a single voxel with a color.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Component, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Component, PartialEq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Voxel {
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "serialize_color", deserialize_with = "deserialize_color")]
     pub color: Color,
 }
 
@@ -16,7 +34,7 @@ pub struct DirtyVoxel {
 
 /// Represents a node in the sparse voxel octree.
 
-#[derive(Debug, Component, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Component, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct OctreeNode {
     pub children: Option<Box<[OctreeNode; 8]>>,
     pub voxel: Option<Voxel>,
@@ -24,7 +42,7 @@ pub struct OctreeNode {
 }
 /// Represents the root of the sparse voxel octree.
 /// Represents the root of the sparse voxel octree.
-#[derive(Debug, Component)]
+#[derive(Debug, Component, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct SparseVoxelOctree {
 
     pub root: OctreeNode,
@@ -34,8 +52,11 @@ pub struct SparseVoxelOctree {
     pub show_world_grid: bool,
     pub show_chunks: bool,
 
+    #[serde(skip)]
     pub dirty: Vec<DirtyVoxel>,
+    #[serde(skip)]
     pub dirty_chunks: HashSet<ChunkKey>,
+    #[serde(skip)]
     pub occupied_chunks: HashSet<ChunkKey>,
 }
 
@@ -101,7 +122,7 @@ pub struct Chunk {
 pub struct ChunkLod(pub u32);
 
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ChunkKey(pub i32, pub i32, pub i32);