diff --git a/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/server/commands/CommandDifficulty.patch b/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/server/commands/CommandDifficulty.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/server/commands/CommandDifficulty.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/server/commands/CommandDifficulty.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/server/commands/CommandDifficulty.java
+@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@
+ 
+     public static int setDifficulty(CommandListenerWrapper commandlistenerwrapper, EnumDifficulty enumdifficulty) throws CommandSyntaxException {
+         MinecraftServer minecraftserver = commandlistenerwrapper.getServer();
++        net.minecraft.server.level.WorldServer worldServer = commandlistenerwrapper.getLevel(); // CraftBukkit
+ 
+-        if (minecraftserver.getWorldData().getDifficulty() == enumdifficulty) {
++        if (worldServer.getDifficulty() == enumdifficulty) { // CraftBukkit
+             throw CommandDifficulty.ERROR_ALREADY_DIFFICULT.create(enumdifficulty.getKey());
+         } else {
+-            minecraftserver.setDifficulty(enumdifficulty, true);
++            worldServer.serverLevelData.setDifficulty(enumdifficulty); // CraftBukkit
+             commandlistenerwrapper.sendSuccess(new ChatMessage("commands.difficulty.success", new Object[]{enumdifficulty.getDisplayName()}), true);
+             return 0;
+         }