diff --git a/src/glsl/terrain_frag.glsl b/src/glsl/terrain_frag.glsl
index b54ef175..ffe2c57b 100644
--- a/src/glsl/terrain_frag.glsl
+++ b/src/glsl/terrain_frag.glsl
@@ -31,10 +31,14 @@ layout (std140) uniform overlay_params
 };
 
 uniform sampler2D shadow_map;
-uniform sampler2D tex0;
-uniform sampler2D tex1;
-uniform sampler2D tex2;
-uniform sampler2D tex3;
+uniform sampler2DArray tex0;
+uniform sampler2DArray tex1;
+uniform sampler2DArray tex2;
+uniform sampler2DArray tex3;
+uniform int tex_temp_0;
+uniform int tex_temp_1;
+uniform int tex_temp_2;
+uniform int tex_temp_3;
 uniform sampler2D stampBrush;
 uniform vec2 tex_anim_0;
 uniform vec2 tex_anim_1;
@@ -79,10 +83,10 @@ vec4 texture_blend()
   float a1 = alpha.g;
   float a2 = alpha.b;
 
-  vec3 t0 = texture(tex0, vary_texcoord + tex_anim_0).rgb;
-  vec3 t1 = texture(tex1, vary_texcoord + tex_anim_1).rgb;
-  vec3 t2 = texture(tex2, vary_texcoord + tex_anim_2).rgb;
-  vec3 t3 = texture(tex3, vary_texcoord + tex_anim_3).rgb;
+  vec3 t0 = texture(tex0, vec3(vary_texcoord + tex_anim_0, tex_temp_0)).rgb;
+  vec3 t1 = texture(tex1, vec3(vary_texcoord + tex_anim_1, tex_temp_1)).rgb;
+  vec3 t2 = texture(tex2, vec3(vary_texcoord + tex_anim_2, tex_temp_2)).rgb;
+  vec3 t3 = texture(tex3, vec3(vary_texcoord + tex_anim_3, tex_temp_3)).rgb;
 
   return mix(vec4 (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0), vec4 (t0 * (1.0 - (a0 + a1 + a2)) + t1 * a0 + t2 * a1 + t3 * a2, 1.0), int(layer_count > 0));
 }
diff --git a/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp b/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp
index 13952cb1..0be36e13 100644
--- a/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp
+++ b/src/noggit/MapChunk.cpp
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ void MapChunk::draw ( math::frustum const& frustum
       for (int i = 0; i < texture_set->num(); ++i)
       {
         texture_set->bindTexture(i, i + 1, textures_bound);
+        mcnk_shader.uniform("tex_temp_" + std::to_string(i), (*texture_set->getTextures())[i]->array_index());
 
         if (texture_set->is_animated(i))
         {
diff --git a/src/noggit/TextureManager.cpp b/src/noggit/TextureManager.cpp
index b53e0881..c18b7bad 100644
--- a/src/noggit/TextureManager.cpp
+++ b/src/noggit/TextureManager.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 decltype (TextureManager::_) TextureManager::_;
+decltype (TextureManager::_tex_arrays) TextureManager::_tex_arrays;
 
 void TextureManager::report()
 {
@@ -33,6 +34,95 @@ void TextureManager::unload_all(noggit::NoggitRenderContext context)
   );
 }
 
+TexArrayParams& TextureManager::get_tex_array(int width, int height, int mip_level,
+                                              noggit::NoggitRenderContext context)
+{
+  TexArrayParams& array_params = _tex_arrays[context][std::make_tuple(-1, width, height, mip_level)];
+
+  GLint n_layers = 0;
+  gl.getIntegerv(GL_MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS, &n_layers);
+
+  int index_x = array_params.n_used / n_layers;
+
+  if (array_params.arrays.size() <= index_x)
+  {
+    GLuint array;
+
+    gl.genTextures(1, &array);
+    gl.bindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, array);
+
+    array_params.arrays.emplace_back(array);
+
+    GLint n_layers = 0;
+    gl.getIntegerv(GL_MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS, &n_layers);
+
+    int width_ = width;
+    int height_ = height;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < mip_level; ++i)
+    {
+      gl.texImage3D(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, i, GL_RGBA8, width_, height_, n_layers, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
+                    nullptr);
+
+      width_ = std::max(width_ >> 1, 1);
+      height_ = std::max(height_ >> 1, 1);
+    }
+
+    gl.texParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, mip_level - 1);
+    gl.texParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR);
+    gl.texParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    gl.bindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, array_params.arrays[index_x]);
+  }
+
+  return array_params;
+}
+
+TexArrayParams& TextureManager::get_tex_array(GLint compression, int width, int height, int mip_level,
+                              std::map<int, std::vector<uint8_t>>& comp_data, noggit::NoggitRenderContext context)
+{
+
+  TexArrayParams& array_params = _tex_arrays[context][std::make_tuple(compression, width, height, mip_level)];
+
+  GLint n_layers = 0;
+  gl.getIntegerv(GL_MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS, &n_layers);
+
+  int index_x = array_params.n_used / n_layers;
+
+  if (array_params.arrays.size() <= index_x)
+  {
+    GLuint array;
+
+    gl.genTextures(1, &array);
+    gl.bindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, array);
+
+    array_params.arrays.emplace_back(array);
+
+    int width_ = width;
+    int height_ = height;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < mip_level; ++i)
+    {
+      gl.compressedTexImage3D(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, i, compression, width_, height_, n_layers, 0, comp_data[i].size() * n_layers, nullptr);
+
+      width_ = std::max(width_ >> 1, 1);
+      height_ = std::max(height_ >> 1, 1);
+    }
+
+    gl.texParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, mip_level - 1);
+    gl.texParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR);
+    gl.texParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    gl.bindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, array_params.arrays[index_x]);
+  }
+
+  return array_params;
+}
+
 #include <cstdint>
 //! \todo Cross-platform syntax for packed structs.
 #pragma pack(push,1)
@@ -67,6 +157,8 @@ void blp_texture::bind()
   {
     upload();
   }
+
+  gl.bindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, _texture_array);
 }
 
 void blp_texture::upload()
@@ -78,28 +170,57 @@ void blp_texture::upload()
 
   int width = _width, height = _height;
 
+  GLint n_layers;
+  gl.getIntegerv(GL_MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS, &n_layers);
+
   if (!_compression_format)
   {
+    auto& params = TextureManager::get_tex_array( _width, _height, _data.size(), _context);
+
+    int index_x = params.n_used / n_layers;
+    int index_y = params.n_used % n_layers;
+
+    _texture_array = params.arrays[index_x];
+    _array_index = index_y;
+
     for (int i = 0; i < _data.size(); ++i)
     {
       gl.texImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, i, GL_RGBA8, width, height, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, _data[i].data());
+      gl.texSubImage3D(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, i, 0, 0, index_y, width, height, 1, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, _data[i].data());
 
       width = std::max(width >> 1, 1);
       height = std::max(height >> 1, 1);
     }
 
+    params.n_used++;
+
+    //LogDebug << "Mip level: " << std::to_string(_data.size()) << std::endl;
+
     _data.clear();
   }
   else
   {
+    auto& params = TextureManager::get_tex_array(_compression_format.get(), _width, _height, _compressed_data.size(), _compressed_data, _context);
+
+    int index_x = params.n_used / n_layers;
+    int index_y = params.n_used % n_layers;
+
+    _texture_array = params.arrays[index_x];
+    _array_index = index_y;
+
     for (int i = 0; i < _compressed_data.size(); ++i)
     {
       gl.compressedTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, i, _compression_format.get(), width, height, 0, _compressed_data[i].size(), _compressed_data[i].data());
+      gl.compressedTexSubImage3D(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, i, 0, 0, index_y, width, height, 1, _compression_format.get(), _compressed_data[i].size(), _compressed_data[i].data());
 
       width = std::max(width >> 1, 1);
       height = std::max(height >> 1, 1);
     }
 
+    params.n_used++;
+
+    //LogDebug << "Mip level (compressed): " << std::to_string(_compressed_data.size()) << std::endl;
+
     gl.texParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, _compressed_data.size() - 1);
     _compressed_data.clear();
   }
diff --git a/src/noggit/TextureManager.h b/src/noggit/TextureManager.h
index 52fe564a..4afe2089 100644
--- a/src/noggit/TextureManager.h
+++ b/src/noggit/TextureManager.h
@@ -18,10 +18,27 @@
 #include <boost/optional.hpp>
 
 #include <map>
+#include <unordered_map>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <array>
+#include <tuple>
 
 
+struct tuple_hash
+{
+  template <class T1, class T2, class T3, class T4>
+  std::size_t operator() (const std::tuple<T1,T2,T3, T4> &p) const
+  {
+    auto h1 = std::hash<T1>{}(std::get<0>(p));
+    auto h2 = std::hash<T2>{}(std::get<1>(p));
+    auto h3 = std::hash<T3>{}(std::get<2>(p));
+    auto h4 = std::hash<T4>{}(std::get<3>(p));
+
+    return h1 ^ h2 ^ h3 ^ h4; // use hash combine here
+  }
+};
+
 struct BLPHeader;
 
 struct scoped_blp_texture_reference;
@@ -41,6 +58,8 @@ struct blp_texture : public opengl::texture, AsyncObject
   void bind();
   void upload();
   void unload();
+  GLuint texture_array() { return _texture_array; };
+  int array_index() { return _array_index; };
 
   noggit::NoggitRenderContext getContext() { return _context; };
 
@@ -61,6 +80,14 @@ private:
   std::map<int, std::vector<uint32_t>> _data;
   std::map<int, std::vector<uint8_t>> _compressed_data;
   boost::optional<GLint> _compression_format;
+  int _array_index = -1;
+  GLuint _texture_array = 0;
+};
+
+struct TexArrayParams
+{
+  std::vector<GLuint> arrays;
+  int n_used = 0;
 };
 
 class TextureManager
@@ -68,10 +95,14 @@ class TextureManager
 public:
   static void report();
   static void unload_all(noggit::NoggitRenderContext context);
+  static TexArrayParams& get_tex_array(int width, int height, int mip_level, noggit::NoggitRenderContext context);
+  static TexArrayParams& get_tex_array(GLint compression, int width, int height, int mip_level, std::map<int, std::vector<uint8_t>>& comp_data, noggit::NoggitRenderContext context);
 
 private:
   friend struct scoped_blp_texture_reference;
   static noggit::async_object_multimap_with_normalized_key<blp_texture> _;
+  static std::array<std::unordered_map<std::tuple<GLint, int, int, int>, TexArrayParams, tuple_hash>, 7> _tex_arrays;
+
 };
 
 struct scoped_blp_texture_reference
diff --git a/src/noggit/texture_set.cpp b/src/noggit/texture_set.cpp
index 31c96fc2..b63432c9 100644
--- a/src/noggit/texture_set.cpp
+++ b/src/noggit/texture_set.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ void TextureSet::bindTexture(size_t id, size_t activeTexture,  std::array<int, 4
     textures[id]->bind();
     textures_bound[id] = textures[id]->id();
   }
+
 }
 
 math::vector_2d TextureSet::anim_uv_offset(int id, int animtime) const
diff --git a/src/opengl/context.hpp b/src/opengl/context.hpp
index ed83fcb6..bf952046 100644
--- a/src/opengl/context.hpp
+++ b/src/opengl/context.hpp
@@ -77,7 +77,31 @@ namespace opengl
     BOOST_FORCEINLINE void deleteTextures (GLuint, GLuint*);
     BOOST_FORCEINLINE void bindTexture (GLenum target, GLuint);
     BOOST_FORCEINLINE void texImage2D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLint internal_format, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLint border, GLenum format, GLenum type, GLvoid const* data);
+    BOOST_FORCEINLINE void texImage3D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLint internal_format, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLsizei depth, GLint border, GLenum format, GLenum type, GLvoid const* data);
+    BOOST_FORCEINLINE void texSubImage3D (GLenum target,
+                                          GLint level,
+                                          GLint xoffset,
+                                          GLint yoffset,
+                                          GLint zoffset,
+                                          GLsizei width,
+                                          GLsizei height,
+                                          GLsizei depth,
+                                          GLenum format,
+                                          GLenum type,
+                                          const void * pixels);
+    BOOST_FORCEINLINE void compressedTexSubImage3D (GLenum target,
+                                                      GLint level,
+                                                      GLint xoffset,
+                                                      GLint yoffset,
+                                                      GLint zoffset,
+                                                      GLsizei width,
+                                                      GLsizei height,
+                                                      GLsizei depth,
+                                                      GLenum format,
+                                                      GLsizei imageSize,
+                                                      const void * data);
     BOOST_FORCEINLINE void compressedTexImage2D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLenum internalformat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLint border, GLsizei imageSize, GLvoid const* data);
+    BOOST_FORCEINLINE void compressedTexImage3D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLenum internalformat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, 	GLsizei depth, GLint border, GLsizei imageSize, GLvoid const* data);
     BOOST_FORCEINLINE void generateMipmap (GLenum);
     BOOST_FORCEINLINE void activeTexture (GLenum);
 
diff --git a/src/opengl/context.inl b/src/opengl/context.inl
index 778a9836..0ffb40a4 100644
--- a/src/opengl/context.inl
+++ b/src/opengl/context.inl
@@ -296,6 +296,47 @@ void opengl::context::texImage2D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLint internal_for
 #endif
   return _current_context->functions()->glTexImage2D (target, level, internal_format, width, height, border, format, type, data);
 }
+void opengl::context::texImage3D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLint internal_format, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLsizei depth, GLint border, GLenum format, GLenum type, GLvoid const* data)
+{
+#ifndef NOGGIT_DO_NOT_CHECK_FOR_OPENGL_ERRORS
+  verify_context_and_check_for_gl_errors const _ (_current_context, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION);
+#endif
+  return _4_1_core_func->glTexImage3D (target, level, internal_format, width, height, depth, border, format, type, data);
+}
+void opengl::context::texSubImage3D (GLenum target,
+                                    GLint level,
+                                    GLint xoffset,
+                                    GLint yoffset,
+                                    GLint zoffset,
+                                    GLsizei width,
+                                    GLsizei height,
+                                    GLsizei depth,
+                                    GLenum format,
+                                    GLenum type,
+                                    const void * pixels)
+{
+#ifndef NOGGIT_DO_NOT_CHECK_FOR_OPENGL_ERRORS
+  verify_context_and_check_for_gl_errors const _ (_current_context, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION);
+#endif
+  return _4_1_core_func->glTexSubImage3D (target, level, xoffset,yoffset ,zoffset, width, height, depth, format, type, pixels);
+}
+void opengl::context::compressedTexSubImage3D (GLenum target,
+                                                  GLint level,
+                                                  GLint xoffset,
+                                                  GLint yoffset,
+                                                  GLint zoffset,
+                                                  GLsizei width,
+                                                  GLsizei height,
+                                                  GLsizei depth,
+                                                  GLenum format,
+                                                  GLsizei imageSize,
+                                                  const void * data)
+{
+#ifndef NOGGIT_DO_NOT_CHECK_FOR_OPENGL_ERRORS
+  verify_context_and_check_for_gl_errors const _ (_current_context, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION);
+#endif
+  return _4_1_core_func->glCompressedTexSubImage3D (target, level, xoffset,yoffset ,zoffset, width, height, depth, format, imageSize, data);
+}
 void opengl::context::compressedTexImage2D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLenum internalformat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLint border, GLsizei imageSize, GLvoid const* data)
 {
 #ifndef NOGGIT_DO_NOT_CHECK_FOR_OPENGL_ERRORS
@@ -303,6 +344,13 @@ void opengl::context::compressedTexImage2D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLenum i
 #endif
   return _current_context->functions()->glCompressedTexImage2D (target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, imageSize, data);
 }
+void opengl::context::compressedTexImage3D (GLenum target, GLint level, GLenum internalformat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLsizei depth, GLint border, GLsizei imageSize, GLvoid const* data)
+{
+#ifndef NOGGIT_DO_NOT_CHECK_FOR_OPENGL_ERRORS
+  verify_context_and_check_for_gl_errors const _ (_current_context, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION);
+#endif
+  return _4_1_core_func->glCompressedTexImage3D (target, level, internalformat, width, height, depth, border, imageSize, data);
+}
 void opengl::context::generateMipmap (GLenum target)
 {
 #ifndef NOGGIT_DO_NOT_CHECK_FOR_OPENGL_ERRORS