diff --git a/level/packet.go b/level/packet.go
index 1090d48..94cdcce 100644
--- a/level/packet.go
+++ b/level/packet.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	ChunkWidth            = 16
+	ChunkColumns          = ChunkWidth * ChunkWidth
 	BlocksPerChunkSection = ChunkWidth * ChunkWidth * ChunkWidth
 	BiomesPerChunkSection = 4 * 4 * 4
 )
@@ -182,10 +183,10 @@ func UnpackBlockData(r io.Reader) (blocks []int32, err error) {
 
 func PackBlockData(blocks []int32, version string, w io.Writer) (err error) {
 	unique := util.GetUniqueSlice(blocks)
-	bpe := uint8(math.Ceil(math.Log2(float64(len(unique)))))
+	bpe := util.BpeByNum(float64(len(unique)))
 
 	if bpe > 8 {
-		bpe = uint8(math.Ceil(math.Log2(float64(len(data.BlocksForVersion(version))))))
+		bpe = util.BpeByNum(float64(len(data.BlocksForVersion(version))))
 	}
 
 	err = binary.Write(w, binary.BigEndian, bpe)
diff --git a/level/storage.go b/level/storage.go
index 987c458..2fda630 100644
--- a/level/storage.go
+++ b/level/storage.go
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ type Storage[T comparable] struct {
 }
 
 var CannotGrowPalletErr = errors.New("cannot grow pallet")
+var CannotGrowPalletNoPossibleBpeErr = errors.New("cannot grow pallet, no possible bpe provided")
+var Bpe0ButNot1LenPaletteErr = errors.New("bpe 0 but not 1, len palette")
+var InvalidPaletteIndexErr = errors.New("invalid palette index")
 
 func NewStorage[T comparable](len int, possibleBpe []uint8) (s *Storage[T]) {
 	s = new(Storage[T])
@@ -27,6 +30,30 @@ func NewStorage[T comparable](len int, possibleBpe []uint8) (s *Storage[T]) {
 	return
 }
 
+func ImportStorage[T comparable](data []uint64, bpe uint8, palette []T, len int, possibleBpe []uint8) (s *Storage[T], err error) {
+	s = new(Storage[T])
+	s.Resize(bpe)
+	s.Data = data
+	s.Palette = palette
+	s.Len = len
+	s.PossibleBitsPerEntryValues = possibleBpe
+	err = s.CheckData()
+	return
+}
+
+func (s *Storage[T]) CheckData() (err error) {
+	if s.BitsPerEntry == 0 && len(s.Palette) != 1 {
+		err = Bpe0ButNot1LenPaletteErr
+		return
+	}
+	for i := range s.Len {
+		if s.GetLow(i) >= uint32(len(s.Palette)) {
+			err = InvalidPaletteIndexErr
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
 func (s *Storage[T]) Resize(bpe uint8) {
 	if bpe == 0 {
 		s.Data = nil
@@ -62,6 +89,11 @@ func (s *Storage[T]) Resize(bpe uint8) {
 func (s *Storage[T]) GrowPallet(v T) (index int, err error) {
 	index = len(s.Palette)
 	if index+1 > s.MaxAtCurrentBpe {
+		if s.PossibleBitsPerEntryValues == nil {
+			err = CannotGrowPalletNoPossibleBpeErr
+			return
+		}
+
 		bpei := slices.Index(s.PossibleBitsPerEntryValues, s.BitsPerEntry)
 		if bpei == len(s.PossibleBitsPerEntryValues)-1 {
 			err = CannotGrowPalletErr
@@ -110,3 +142,11 @@ func (s *Storage[T]) SetLow(i int, v uint32) {
 	s.Data[i/s.ElementsPerLong] &= ^(s.Mask << ((i % s.ElementsPerLong) * int(s.BitsPerEntry)))
 	s.Data[i/s.ElementsPerLong] |= uint64(v) << ((i % s.ElementsPerLong) * int(s.BitsPerEntry))
 }
+
+func (s *Storage[T]) RealValues() []T {
+	ret := make([]T, s.Len)
+	for i := range s.Len {
+		ret[i] = s.Get(i)
+	}
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/level/storage_test.go b/level/storage_test.go
index b0d0908..37caed0 100644
--- a/level/storage_test.go
+++ b/level/storage_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package level_test
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/admin-else/strom/level"
+	"github.com/admin-else/strom/util"
 )
 
 var possibleBpe = []uint8{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15}
@@ -133,3 +135,52 @@ func TestResizeElementsPerLong(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("ElementsPerLong = %d, want 16 (Resize stores old ElementsPerLong)", s.ElementsPerLong)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestImportData(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []uint64{
+		2924043581155788451,
+		3014291839833165474,
+		2924008396783439527,
+		3014291770978157730,
+		2905993930227668138,
+		2978157076574191776,
+		2888296810347582631,
+		2941952219986869920,
+		3122589749976320164,
+		2833795322612367018,
+		3086525630071259805,
+		2833830575707083949,
+		3014115504847927964,
+		2851845594302469291,
+		2905958400778123933,
+		3014291839833162913,
+		2815745670742620830,
+		2942057979530264736,
+		2815745670876841123,
+		2887944277684467868,
+		2815745740402934945,
+		2887944277549201564,
+		3032094718851891360,
+		2887908817896552616,
+		2887944277684469920,
+		2869788867884569248,
+		2869894626083422368,
+		2834183176950988960,
+		2869894625949204127,
+		3032376331669946015,
+		2869894694802636456,
+		2996136153003671199,
+		2869929879174992040,
+		2869894625948941983,
+		2887944277684735139,
+		2869894625948941983,
+		22322953887,
+	}
+	n := int32(384 + 1)
+	bpe := util.BpeByNum(float64(n)) // overworld world height
+	s, err := level.ImportStorage[int32](data, bpe, util.SliceRange(0, n), level.ChunkColumns, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(s.RealValues())
+}
diff --git a/util/math.go b/util/math.go
index 3c8e383..dd659bc 100644
--- a/util/math.go
+++ b/util/math.go
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package util
 
+import "math"
+
 func FloorDiv(a, b int32) int32 {
 	return (a - ((a%b + b) % b)) / b
 }
+
+func BpeByNum(x float64) uint8 {
+	return uint8(math.Ceil(math.Log2(x)))
+}
diff --git a/util/slices.go b/util/slices.go
index 9b10379..e942f55 100644
--- a/util/slices.go
+++ b/util/slices.go
@@ -65,3 +65,19 @@ func MinSlice[T cmp.Ordered](s []T) (ret T) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+type Numeric interface {
+	~int | ~int8 | ~int16 | ~int32 | ~int64 |
+		~uint | ~uint8 | ~uint16 | ~uint32 | ~uint64 | ~uintptr |
+		~float32 | ~float64
+}
+
+func SliceRange[T Numeric](s, e T) (ret []T) {
+	if s > e {
+		return
+	}
+	for v := s; v < e; v++ {
+		ret = append(ret, v)
+	}
+	return
+}