diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea9594c3..4c0cf6a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 /target/
 /minecraft/
 /docs/
+/.gradle/
+/build/
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2252410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.Attribute
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile
+import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
+import org.gradle.jvm.toolchain.JavaLanguageVersion
+import org.gradle.jvm.toolchain.JvmVendorSpec
+import org.gradle.language.jvm.tasks.ProcessResources
+
+/* ------------------------------ Plugins ------------------------------ */
+plugins {
+    id("java")
+    id("java-library")
+    id("com.diffplug.spotless") version "6.25.0"
+    id("com.gradleup.shadow") version "8.3.9"
+    id("checkstyle")
+    eclipse
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.1.21"
+}
+
+extra["kotlinAttribute"] = Attribute.of("kotlin-tag", Boolean::class.javaObjectType)
+
+val kotlinAttribute: Attribute<Boolean> by rootProject.extra
+
+/* --------------------------- JDK / Kotlin ---------------------------- */
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
+        vendor.set(JvmVendorSpec.GRAAL_VM)
+    }
+
+    withSourcesJar()
+}
+
+kotlin {
+    jvmToolchain(17)
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------- Metadata ------------------------------ */
+group = "plugily.projects"
+version = "5.1.3"
+
+description = "BuildBattle"
+
+val apiVersion = "1.19"
+
+/* ----------------------------- Resources ----------------------------- */
+tasks.named<ProcessResources>("processResources") {
+    val props = mapOf("version" to version, "apiVersion" to apiVersion)
+    inputs.properties(props)
+    filesMatching("plugin.yml") { expand(props) }
+    from("LICENSE.md") { into("/") }
+}
+
+/* ---------------------------- Repos ---------------------------------- */
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+    maven { url = uri("https://repo.purpurmc.org/snapshots") }
+    maven { url = uri("https://maven.plugily.xyz/releases") }
+    maven { url = uri("https://maven.plugily.xyz/snapshots") }
+    maven { url = uri("https://repo.citizensnpcs.co/") }
+    maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
+    maven { url = uri("file://${System.getProperty("user.home")}/.m2/repository") }
+    System.getProperty("SELF_MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO")?.let {
+        val dir = file(it)
+        if (dir.isDirectory) {
+            println("Using SELF_MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO at: $it")
+            maven { url = uri("file://${dir.absolutePath}") }
+        } else {
+            logger.error("SELF_MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO was set but not found, defaulting to ~/.m2 for mavenLocal()")
+            mavenLocal()
+        }
+    } ?: mavenLocal()
+}
+
+/* ---------------------- Java project deps ---------------------------- */
+dependencies {
+    compileOnly("org.purpurmc.purpur:purpur-api:1.19.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")
+    compileOnly("org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0")
+    compileOnly("net.citizensnpcs:citizensapi:2.0.26-SNAPSHOT") {
+        exclude(group = "ch.ethz.globis.phtree", module = "phtree")
+    }
+    implementation("plugily.projects:MiniGamesBox-Classic:1.4.5") {
+        attributes { attribute(kotlinAttribute, true) }
+    }
+}
+
+apply(from = "eclipse.gradle.kts")
+
+/* ---------------------- Reproducible jars ---------------------------- */
+tasks.withType<AbstractArchiveTask>().configureEach {
+    isPreserveFileTimestamps = false
+    isReproducibleFileOrder = true
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------- Shadow -------------------------------- */
+tasks.named<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
+    isEnableRelocation = true
+    relocationPrefix = "${project.group}.shadow"
+    relocate("com.zaxxer.hikari", "plugily.projects.buildbattle.database.hikari")
+    relocate("plugily.projects.minigamesbox", "plugily.projects.buildbattle.minigamesbox")
+    archiveClassifier.set("")
+    minimize()
+}
+
+tasks.named<Jar>("jar") {
+    archiveClassifier.set("part")
+}
+
+tasks.named("build") {
+    dependsOn(tasks.named("spotlessApply"), tasks.named("shadowJar"))
+}
+
+/* --------------------------- Javac opts ------------------------------- */
+tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
+    options.compilerArgs.add("-parameters")
+    options.isFork = true
+    options.compilerArgs.add("-Xlint:deprecation")
+    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+    options.release.set(17)
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------- Auto Formatting ------------------------ */
+spotless {
+    java {
+        eclipse().configFile("config/formatter/eclipse-java-formatter.xml")
+        leadingTabsToSpaces()
+        removeUnusedImports()
+        target("src/**/*.java")
+    }
+    kotlinGradle {
+        ktfmt().kotlinlangStyle().configure { it.setMaxWidth(120) }
+        target("build.gradle.kts", "settings.gradle.kts", "eclipse.gradle.kts")
+    }
+}
+
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = "10.18.1"
+    configFile = file("config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml")
+    isIgnoreFailures = true
+    isShowViolations = true
+}
+
+tasks.named("compileJava") {
+    dependsOn("spotlessApply")
+}
+
+tasks.named("spotlessCheck") {
+    dependsOn("spotlessApply")
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------ Eclipse SHIM ------------------------- */
+subprojects {
+    apply(plugin = "java-library")
+    apply(plugin = "eclipse")
+    eclipse.project.name = "${project.name}-${rootProject.name}"
+    tasks.withType<Jar>().configureEach { archiveBaseName.set("${project.name}-${rootProject.name}") }
+}
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9f1807d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+    "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
+    "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+    <module name="TreeWalker" />
+</module>
diff --git a/config/formatter/eclipse-java-formatter.xml b/config/formatter/eclipse-java-formatter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..345a2a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/formatter/eclipse-java-formatter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<profiles version="21">
+    <profile kind="CodeFormatterProfile" name="BuildBattle" version="21">
+        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance" value="17"/>
+        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source" value="17"/>
+        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform" value="17"/>
+    </profile>
+</profiles>
diff --git a/eclipse.gradle.kts b/eclipse.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e2f4978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+eclipse {
+    classpath {
+        isDownloadJavadoc = true
+        isDownloadSources = true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cc70b4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Gradle startup script for POSIX generated for repository use.
+
+APP_HOME=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+    JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+else
+    JAVACMD=java
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Java executable not found. Set JAVA_HOME to a valid JDK installation." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+    -Dorg.gradle.appname=gradlew \
+    -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+    org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+    "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97dba380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@ECHO OFF
+SET DIRNAME=%~dp0
+IF "%DIRNAME%"=="" SET DIRNAME=.
+SET APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+SET CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+IF NOT "%JAVA_HOME%"=="" GOTO findJavaFromJavaHome
+SET JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 GOTO execute
+ECHO ERROR: Java executable not found. Set JAVA_HOME to a valid JDK installation.
+EXIT /B 1
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+SET JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe
+IF EXIST "%JAVA_EXE%" GOTO execute
+ECHO ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+EXIT /B 1
+
+:execute
+"%JAVA_EXE%" -Dorg.gradle.appname=gradlew -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 784788e0..00000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~
-  ~ BuildBattle - Ultimate building competition minigame
-  ~ Copyright (C) 2021 Plugily Projects - maintained by Tigerpanzer_02, 2Wild4You and contributors
-  ~
-  ~ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  ~ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  ~ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-  ~ (at your option) any later version.
-  ~
-  ~ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  ~ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  ~ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  ~ GNU General Public License for more details.
-  ~
-  ~ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-  ~ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-  ~
-  -->
-
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId>plugily.projects</groupId>
-    <artifactId>buildbattle</artifactId>
-    <version>5.1.3</version>
-    <name>BuildBattle</name>
-
-    <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>papermc</id>
-            <url>https://repo.papermc.io/repository/maven-public/</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>plugilyprojects</id>
-            <url>https://maven.plugily.xyz/releases</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>plugilyprojects-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://maven.plugily.xyz/snapshots</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jitpack</id>
-            <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>spigot-repo</id>
-            <url>https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>citizens-repo</id>
-            <url>https://repo.citizensnpcs.co/</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <!--
-        Needed for HeadDatabase Conversion of JSON to YML
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.9</version>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.papermc.paper</groupId>
-            <artifactId>paper-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.21.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jetbrains/annotations -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
-            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>23.0.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>plugily.projects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>MiniGamesBox-Classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.5</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.citizensnpcs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>citizensapi</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.26-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>ch.ethz.globis.phtree</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>phtree</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.14.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.21.0</version>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.4</version>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.9.0</version>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <windowtitle>BuildBattle API docs for v${project.version}</windowtitle>
-                    <description>Minecraft building minigame.
-                        The goal is to build the best you can! You must compete with other players in this building game.
-                        Who will be the best? Have fun using it! Leave a good rating if you really like it.
-                    </description>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.2</version>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
-                            <relocations>
-                                <relocation>
-                                    <pattern>com.zaxxer.hikari</pattern>
-                                    <shadedPattern>plugily.projects.buildbattle.database.hikari</shadedPattern>
-                                </relocation>
-                                <relocation>
-                                    <pattern>plugily.projects.minigamesbox</pattern>
-                                    <shadedPattern>plugily.projects.buildbattle.minigamesbox</shadedPattern>
-                                </relocation>
-                            </relocations>
-                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- External beta versions discord deployer plugin -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>plugily.projects</groupId>
-                <artifactId>betty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <changelogFile>${project.basedir}/CHANGELOG.md</changelogFile>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <!-- External beta versions discord deployer plugin -->
-        </plugins>
-        <extensions>
-            <extension>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-                <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.3</version>
-            </extension>
-        </extensions>
-    </build>
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>Release</id>
-            <url>https://maven.plugily.xyz/releases</url>
-        </repository>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>Snapshot</id>
-            <url>https://maven.plugily.xyz/snapshots</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-</project>
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0eb49d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rootProject.name = "BuildBattle"
diff --git a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index 987c3834..12db68c2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ main: plugily.projects.buildbattle.Main
 authors: [ PlugilyProjects, Tigerpanzer_02, Tigerpanzer, Plajer, TomTheDeveloper ]
 version: ${version}
 softdepend: [ Vault, Citizens,  PlaceholderAPI, Parties, Spigot-Party-API-PAF, PartyAndFriends, ViaVersion, ProtocolSupport ]
-api-version: 1.13
+api-version: ${apiVersion}
 
 commands:
   buildbattle: