diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FireControl.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FireControl.cs
index 4ac361d17..6cd860ab3 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FireControl.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FireControl.cs
@@ -1257,8 +1257,8 @@ public static class FireControl
     }
 
     // Mining Cut 4b: a committed hit on a rock. A round without a fuse wears the rock by its Damage (the falloff was
-    // read at Fire) and publishes one absorb on the zone's ChunkCapabilities, at the rock's surface facing the shot
-    // and before the wear shrinks it. A contact or delayed round detonates at the rock's centre as it arrives (the
+    // read at Fire) and publishes one absorb on the zone's ChunkCapabilities (through Publish, at height 0 like a blast's), at the
+    // rock's surface facing the shot and before the wear shrinks it. A contact or delayed round detonates at the rock's centre as it arrives (the
     // arming rule kept), through Detonate, the one area owner.
     private static void ApplyRockHit(Zone zone, PendingShot shot, ChunkId rock)
     {
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ public static class FireControl
         {
             var direction = float3(shot.TravelDirection.x, 0, shot.TravelDirection.y);
             var surface = centre - shot.TravelDirection * zone.ChunkRadius(rock);
-            zone.ChunkCapabilities.PublishAbsorb(new AbsorbEvent(float3(surface.x, shot.FireOrigin.y, surface.y), direction, shot.Damage, shot.DamageType, AbsorbLayer.Hull));
+            Publish(zone.ChunkCapabilities, AbsorbLayer.Hull, float3(surface.x, 0f, surface.y), direction, shot.Damage, shot.DamageType);
             zone.Wear(rock, shot.Damage);
             return;
         }