diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e6d111..f52fb51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.viaversion</groupId>
     <artifactId>nbt</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0.1</version>
+    <version>4.1.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>ViaNBT</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/builtin/CompoundTag.java b/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/builtin/CompoundTag.java
index c61af11..d4ac747 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/builtin/CompoundTag.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/builtin/CompoundTag.java
@@ -140,6 +140,26 @@ public class CompoundTag extends Tag implements Iterable<Entry<String, Tag>> {
         return (T) this.value.get(tagName);
     }
 
+    public @Nullable StringTag getStringTag(String tagName) {
+        final Tag tag = this.value.get(tagName);
+        return tag instanceof StringTag ? (StringTag) tag : null;
+    }
+
+    public @Nullable CompoundTag getCompoundTag(String tagName) {
+        final Tag tag = this.value.get(tagName);
+        return tag instanceof CompoundTag ? (CompoundTag) tag : null;
+    }
+
+    public @Nullable ListTag getListTag(String tagName) {
+        final Tag tag = this.value.get(tagName);
+        return tag instanceof ListTag ? (ListTag) tag : null;
+    }
+
+    public @Nullable NumberTag getNumberTag(String tagName) {
+        final Tag tag = this.value.get(tagName);
+        return tag instanceof NumberTag ? (NumberTag) tag : null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Puts the tag into this compound tag.
      *
@@ -258,8 +278,7 @@ public class CompoundTag extends Tag implements Iterable<Entry<String, Tag>> {
             tag.write(out);
         }
 
-        // End
-        out.writeByte(0);
+        out.writeByte(TagRegistry.END);
     }
 
     @Override