diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 033f786c9..fe54bb80a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
             <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.13.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.19.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.PikaMug</groupId>
             <artifactId>LocaleLib</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>60b38e1fbe</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@
                                 <exclude>plugin.yml</exclude>
                             </excludes>
                         </filter>
+                        <filter>
+                            <artifact>de.tr7zw:item-nbt-api-plugin</artifact>
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>plugin.yml</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                        </filter>
                     </filters>
                     <relocations>
                         <relocation>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/listeners/BukkitBlockListener.java b/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/listeners/BukkitBlockListener.java
index c4c131a87..374d4c390 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/listeners/BukkitBlockListener.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/listeners/BukkitBlockListener.java
@@ -402,6 +402,11 @@ public class BukkitBlockListener implements Listener {
         } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
             // https://github.com/PikaMug/Quests/issues/2243
         }
+        try {
+            return new ItemStack(block.getBlockData().getPlacementMaterial(), 1, durability);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // https://github.com/PikaMug/Quests/issues/2256
+        }
         return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitItemUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitItemUtil.java
index d58d99ddb..6626df2d6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitItemUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitItemUtil.java
@@ -223,10 +223,14 @@ public class BukkitItemUtil {
             return null;
         }
         try {
-            final Material mat = Material.getMaterial(material.toUpperCase());
+            Material mat = Material.getMaterial(material.toUpperCase());
             if (mat == null) {
                 return null;
             }
+            if (mat.isBlock() && Material.getMaterial("CRAFTER") != null) {
+                // Paper 1.21+ does not allow ItemStack from unobtainable blocks (i.e. CARROTS block)
+                mat = mat.createBlockData().getPlacementMaterial();
+            }
             return new ItemStack(mat, amount, durability);
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             try {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitLang.java b/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitLang.java
index 510e7e33d..80785a3da 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitLang.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/me/pikamug/quests/util/BukkitLang.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 package me.pikamug.quests.util;
 
-import me.pikamug.quests.Quests;
 import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPI;
+import me.pikamug.quests.Quests;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ public class BukkitLang {
      * @param key label as it appears in lang file, such as "journalNoQuests"
      * @return formatted string, plus processing through PlaceholderAPI by clip
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public static String get(final Player player, final String key) {
         if (key == null) {
             return null;
@@ -71,7 +71,15 @@ public class BukkitLang {
         try {
             locale = player.getLocale();
         } catch (final NoSuchMethodError e) {
-            locale = player.spigot().getLocale();
+            try {
+                final Method m = player.spigot().getClass().getDeclaredMethod("getLocale");
+                m.setAccessible(true);
+                locale = (String) m.invoke(player.spigot());
+            } catch (final Exception e2) {
+                plugin.getPluginLogger().severe("Legacy player locale reflection failed, defaulting to en_US");
+                e2.printStackTrace();
+                locale = "en_US";
+            }
         }
         final int separator = locale.indexOf("_");
         if (separator == -1) {