diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index aad894adc..b36232cf8 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,33 +1,45 @@
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ConfigureShadowRelocation
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
 
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        maven("https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/")
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath("net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:2.3-SNAPSHOT")
     }
 }
 
-// Extras
-var core by extra { project("core") }
-// Bukkit/Spigot plugins
+// Things used by other projects
+Projects.core = project("core")
+Projects.bukkit = project("bukkit")
+Projects.sponge = project("sponge")
+var core: Project by extra { project("core") }
 val bukkit by extra { project("bukkit") }
 val bukkit_18 by extra { bukkit.project("1_8_8") }
 val bukkit_112 by extra { bukkit.project("1_12") }
 val bukkit_113 by extra { bukkit.project("1_13") }
-
-// Sponge plugins
 val sponge by extra { project("sponge") }
 val sponge_7 by extra { sponge.project("api7") }
 
+val configurate by extra { ""}
 
 group = properties["pluginGroup"]!!
 version = properties["pluginVersion"]!!
 
 plugins {
     `java-library`
-    java
+    `maven-publish`
     id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "4.0.4"
 }
 
+configurations {
+    create("childJars")
+}
+val childJars: Configuration by configurations
+
+
 // Set up defaults for all projects, maven repositories, java compatibility level and compiling encoding
 allprojects {
     apply(plugin="java-library")
@@ -36,16 +48,17 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         // World Edit
-        maven("https://maven.sk89q.com/repo")
+        maven(Repos.sk89q)
         // bStats
-        maven("https://repo.codemc.org/repository/maven-public")
+        maven(Repos.bstats)
+        // configurate
+        maven(Repos.sponge)
+        // spigot
+        maven(Repos.spigot)
+        maven(Repos.sonatype)
+        mavenLocal()
     }
 
-    dependencies {
-        compile("org.apache.tomcat", "tomcat-jdbc", "7.0.52") // tomcat JDBC
-        compile("org.apache.tomcat", "tomcat-juli", "7.0.52") // tomcat juli
-        testCompile("junit", "junit", "4.12")
-    }
     java {
         sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
         targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -53,22 +66,42 @@ allprojects {
     tasks.getting(JavaCompile::class) {
         options.encoding = "UTF-8"
     }
+    val shadowJar by tasks.getting(ShadowJar::class) { // Configure basics of relocation
+        relocate(Shadow.Origin.juli, Shadow.Target.juli)
+        relocate(Shadow.Origin.tomcat, Shadow.Target.tomcat)
+        exclude(Shadow.Exclude.ForgeGradle.dummyThing)
+        exclude(Shadow.Exclude.ForgeGradle.template)
+    }
+
 }
 
-val jar by tasks.getting(Jar::class) {
-    manifest {
-        attributes(mapOf(
-                "Implementation-Title" to "mcMMO",
-                "Implementation-Version" to rootProject.properties["pluginVersion"]!!,
-                "Main-Class" to "com.gmail.nossr50.mcMMO" // Main plugin class for bukkit
-        ))
+// Sub projects don't need to shadow their dependencies. This eliminates common ones
+subprojects {
+    val shadowJar by tasks.getting(ShadowJar::class) {
+        dependencies {
+            exclude(dependency("${Deps.Groups.sponge}:${Deps.Modules.configurate_yaml}"))
+            exclude(dependency(Shadow.Exclude.guava))
+            exclude(dependency(Shadow.Exclude.snakeyaml))
+            exclude(dependency(Shadow.Exclude.tomcat))
+            exclude(dependency(Shadow.Exclude.juli))
+        }
     }
 }
 
-val shadowJar by tasks.getting(ShadowJar::class) {
-    dependencies {
-        include(project("core"))
-        include(dependency("org.bstats:bstats-bukkit:1.4"))
-    }
-    relocate("org.bstats", "com.gmail.nossr50.metrics.bstat")
+dependencies {
+    compile(bukkit)
+    compile(sponge)
+    compile(bukkit_18)
+    compile(bukkit_112)
+    compile(bukkit_113)
+    compile(sponge_7)
 }
+val shadowJar by tasks.getting(ShadowJar::class) { // Root shadow relocation
+
+    relocate(Shadow.Origin.bstatsBukkit, Shadow.Target.bstatsBukkit)
+
+    baseName = "mcMMO"
+    classifier = "bundle"
+}
+val build by tasks
+build.dependsOn(shadowJar)
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc0172f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+plugins {
+    `kotlin-dsl`
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07893564b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+@file:Suppress("MayBeConstant", "unused")
+
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+
+object Plugins {
+    const val spongeGradleId = "${Deps.Groups.sponge}.plugin"
+
+    object FG2_3 {
+        const val classpath = "net.minecraftforge.gradle:ForgeGradle:${Versions.fg23}"
+        const val extensionName = "minecraft"
+        const val id = "net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge"
+    }
+}
+
+object Repos {
+    const val sk89q = "https://maven.sk89q.com/repo"
+    // bStats
+    const val bstats = "https://repo.codemc.org/repository/maven-public"
+    // configurate
+    const val sponge = "https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/"
+    const val spigot = "https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots"
+    const val sonatype = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
+    const val forge = "https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/"
+}
+
+object Config {
+
+    object Libs {
+        const val configurate = "${Deps.Groups.sponge}:${Deps.Modules.configurate_yaml}:${Versions.configurate}"
+        const val jdbc = "${Deps.Groups.tomcat}:${Deps.Modules.jdbc}:${Versions.jdbc}"
+        const val juli = "${Deps.Groups.tomcat}:${Deps.Modules.juli}:${Versions.jdbc}"
+        const val junitDep = "${Deps.Groups.junit}:${Deps.Modules.junit}:${Versions.junit}"
+
+        object Bukkit {
+            object `1_8` {
+                const val api = "$bukkit:${Versions.bukkit18}"
+                const val spigotApi = "${Bukkit.spigotApi}:${Versions.bukkit18}"
+                const val spigot = "$${Bukkit.spigot}:${Versions.bukkit18}"
+                const val nms = "$craftbukkit:${Versions.bukkit18}"
+                // only legacy existed at this point, no core.
+                const val wgLegacy = "${Bukkit.wgLegacy}:${Versions.wg18}"
+            }
+
+            object `1_12` {
+                const val api = "$bukkit:${Versions.bukkit112}"
+                const val spigotApi = "${Bukkit.spigotApi}:${Versions.bukkit112}"
+                const val spigot = "$${Bukkit.spigot}:${Versions.bukkit112}"
+                const val nms = "$craftbukkit:${Versions.bukkit112}"
+                // only legacy existed at this point, no core.
+                const val wgLegacy = "${Bukkit.wgLegacy}:${Versions.wg112}"
+            }
+
+            object `1_13` {
+                const val api = "$bukkit:${Versions.bukkit113}"
+                const val spigotApi = "${Bukkit.spigotApi}:${Versions.bukkit113}"
+                const val spigot = "$${Bukkit.spigot}:${Versions.bukkit113}"
+                const val nms = "$craftbukkit:${Versions.bukkit113}"
+                const val wgCore = "${Bukkit.wgCore}:${Versions.wg113}"
+                const val wgLegacy = "${Bukkit.wgLegacy}:${Versions.wg113}"
+            }
+
+            const val bukkit = "${Deps.Groups.bukkit}:${Deps.Modules.bukkit}"
+            const val craftbukkit = "${Deps.Groups.bukkit}:${Deps.Modules.craftbukkit}"
+            const val wgCore = "${Deps.Groups.worldguard}:${Deps.Modules.wgCore}"
+            const val wgLegacy = "${Deps.Groups.worldguard}:${Deps.Modules.wgLegacy}"
+            const val spigotApi = "${Deps.Groups.spigot}:${Deps.Modules.spigotApi}"
+            const val spigot = "${Deps.Groups.spigot}:${Deps.Modules.spigot}"
+            const val bstats = "${Deps.Groups.bstats}:${Deps.Modules.bstatsBukit}:${Versions.bstats}"
+        }
+
+        object Sponge {
+            object API7 { // All of these are specific to the API7 module, API8 will change
+                const val forgeGradleId = "net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge"
+                const val spongeGradleId = "${Deps.Groups.sponge}.plugin"
+                const val spongeGradleVersion = "0.9.0"
+                const val api = "${Sponge.api}:${Versions.sapi7}"
+                const val common = "${Sponge.common}:${Versions.spongeImpl7}"
+                const val forge_version = "14.23.5.2768"
+                const val minecraftVersion = "1.12.2-$forge_version"
+                const val mappings = "snapshot_20180808"
+            }
+
+            object Exclude {
+                const val group = Deps.Groups.sponge
+                const val module = Deps.Modules.spongeAPI
+            }
+
+            const val api = "${Deps.Groups.sponge}:${Deps.Modules.spongeAPI}"
+            const val common = "${Deps.Groups.sponge}:${Deps.Modules.spongecommon}"
+            const val bstats = "${Deps.Groups.bstats}:${Deps.Modules.bstatsSponge}:${Versions.bstats}"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+object Deps {
+    object Groups {
+        const val nossr = "com.gmail.nossr50"
+        const val google = "com.google"
+        const val guava = "com.google.guava"
+        const val gson = "com.google.code.gson"
+        const val yaml = "org.yaml"
+        const val sk89q = "com.sk89q"
+        const val apache = "org.apache"
+        const val worldguard = "$sk89q.worldguard"
+        const val worldedit = "$sk89q.worldedit"
+        const val sponge = "org.spongepowered"
+        const val spigot = "org.spigotmc"
+        const val md5 = "net.md_5"
+        const val bukkit = "org.bukkit"
+        const val bstats = "org.bstats"
+        const val tomcat = "org.apache.tomcat"
+        const val junit = "junit"
+        const val checker = "org.checkerframework"
+    }
+
+    object Modules {
+        const val guava = "guava"
+        const val gson = "gson"
+        const val snakeyaml = "snakeyaml"
+        const val wgCore = "worldguard-core"
+        const val wgLegacy = "worldguard-legacy"
+        const val bungeecordChat = "bungeecord-chat"
+        const val spongeAPI = "spongeapi"
+        const val spongecommon = "spongecommon"
+        const val spongeforge = "spongeforge"
+        const val spongevanilla = "spongevanilla"
+        const val bukkit = "bukkit"
+        const val craftbukkit = "craftbukkit"
+        const val bstatsBukit = "bstats-bukkit"
+        const val bstatsSponge = "bstats-sponge"
+        const val spigotApi = "spigot-api"
+        const val spigot = "spigot"
+        const val configurate = "configurate"
+        const val configurate_core = "${configurate}-core"
+        const val configurate_yaml = "${configurate}-yaml"
+        const val jdbc = "tomcat-jdbc"
+        const val juli = "tomcat-juli"
+        const val junit = "junit"
+        const val checker = "checker-qual"
+    }
+}
+
+object Projects {
+    var core: Project? = null
+    var bukkit: Project? = null
+    var sponge: Project? = null
+}
+
+object Shadow {
+    object Origin {
+        const val juli = "${Deps.Groups.apache}.juli"
+        const val tomcat = "${Deps.Groups.apache}.tomcat"
+        const val apache = "${Deps.Groups.apache}.commons.logging"
+        const val bstatsBukkit = "${Deps.Groups.bstats}.bukkit"
+        const val configurate = "ninja.leaping.configurate"
+        const val checker = "org.checkerframework"
+    }
+
+    object Target {
+        const val juli = "${Deps.Groups.nossr}.database.tomcat.juli"
+        const val tomcat = "${Deps.Groups.nossr}.database.tomcat"
+        const val apache = "${Deps.Groups.nossr}.commons.logging"
+        const val bstatsBukkit = "${Deps.Groups.nossr}.metrics.bstat"
+        const val configurate = "${Deps.Groups.nossr}.${Deps.Modules.configurate}"
+        const val checker = "${Deps.Groups.nossr}.${Deps.Modules.configurate}.checkerframework"
+    }
+
+    object Exclude {
+        const val tomcat = "${Deps.Groups.tomcat}:${Deps.Modules.jdbc}"
+        const val juli = "${Deps.Groups.apache}:${Deps.Modules.juli}"
+        const val guava = "${Deps.Groups.guava}:${Deps.Modules.guava}"
+        const val snakeyaml = "${Deps.Groups.yaml}:${Deps.Modules.snakeyaml}"
+        const val bukkit = Deps.Groups.bukkit
+        const val spigot = Deps.Groups.spigot
+        const val sk89q = "com.sk89q"
+        const val wg = "$sk89q.worldguard"
+        const val intake = "$sk89q.intake"
+        const val flyway = "com.flywaydb"
+        const val khelekore = "org.khelekore"
+        const val findbugs = "com.google.code.findbugs"
+        const val bstats = "${Deps.Groups.bstats}"
+
+        object ForgeGradle {
+            const val dummyThing = "dummyThing"
+            const val template = "Version.java.template"
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Versions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Versions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..137602b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Versions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+object Versions {
+    const val configurate = "3.6" // Latest configurate
+    const val bukkit18 = "1.8.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT" // Last bukkit 1.8.8
+    const val bukkit112 = "1.12.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT" // Last bukkit 1.12.2
+    const val bukkit113 = "1.13.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT" // Latest bukkit
+    const val sapi7 = "7.1.0" // Latest SpongeAPI stable
+    const val spongeImpl7 = "7.1.5" // Latest SpongeCommon stable
+    const val jdbc = "7.0.52"
+    const val junit = "4.12"
+    const val fg23 = "2.3-SNAPSHOT" // ForgeGradle to support MC 1.12.2
+    const val wg18 = "6.1.2" // Bukkit/CraftBukkit/Spigot 1.8.8 supported build, works on newer, but last one to support 1.8.8
+    const val wg112 = "6.2" // Last WorldGuard to support 1.12
+    const val wg113 = "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT" // Latest WorldGuard to support 1.13.2
+    const val bstats = "1.4" // Supports all backwards compatible. Always relocated
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bukkit/1_12/build.gradle.kts b/bukkit/1_12/build.gradle.kts
index 0fcf65839..666b1ab2d 100644
--- a/bukkit/1_12/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bukkit/1_12/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import Config.Libs.Bukkit.`1_12` as Bukkit
 
 plugins {
     java
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.spigotmc:spigot-api:1.12.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT") // Spigot API
-    implementation("com.sk89q.worldguard", "worldguard-legacy", "6.2") // WorldGuard
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.api) // Spigot API
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.nms)
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.wgLegacy) // WorldGuard
 
 }
diff --git a/bukkit/1_13/build.gradle.kts b/bukkit/1_13/build.gradle.kts
index 2fd5dd30d..cb4cc5ee5 100644
--- a/bukkit/1_13/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bukkit/1_13/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import Config.Libs.Bukkit.`1_13` as Bukkit
 
 plugins {
     `java-library`
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.spigotmc:spigot-api:1.13.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT") // Spigot API
-    implementation("com.sk89q.worldguard", "worldguard-core", "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT") // WorldGuard
-    implementation("com.sk89q.worldguard", "worldguard-legacy", "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT") // NEEDED
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.api) // Bukkit API
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.nms)
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.wgCore) // WorldGuard
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.wgLegacy) // WG for Bukkit
 }
diff --git a/bukkit/1_8_8/build.gradle.kts b/bukkit/1_8_8/build.gradle.kts
index 210fd08fe..bf9b408ac 100644
--- a/bukkit/1_8_8/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bukkit/1_8_8/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import Config.Libs.Bukkit.`1_8` as Bukkit
 
 plugins {
     java
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.spigotmc:spigot-api:1.8.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT") // Spigot API
-    implementation("com.sk89q.worldguard:worldguard-legacy:6.1.2") // Old worldguard
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.api) // Spigot API
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.wgLegacy) // Old worldguard
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.nms)
 
 }
diff --git a/bukkit/1_8_8/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/platform/bukkit/Testing18.java b/bukkit/1_8_8/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/platform/bukkit/Testing18.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..065468577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bukkit/1_8_8/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/platform/bukkit/Testing18.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.gmail.nossr50.platform.bukkit;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_8_R3.block.CraftBlock;
+
+public class Testing18 {
+
+    Material material;
+
+    CraftBlock block;
+
+}
diff --git a/bukkit/build.gradle.kts b/bukkit/build.gradle.kts
index 2a781f905..b1dd1b024 100644
--- a/bukkit/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bukkit/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories { jcenter() }
-    dependencies { classpath("com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:4.0.4") }
-}
-val bukkit: Project by rootProject.extra
-val core: Project by rootProject.extra
-// This configures the bukkit/spigot ecosystem repositories, so they all share the same repos
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
+import Config.Libs.Bukkit as Bukkit
+
+val bukkit: Project = Projects.bukkit!!
+val core: Project = Projects.core!!
+
 allprojects {
-    repositories {
-        // Spigot & Bukkit
-        maven("https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/")
-        maven("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
-        mavenLocal() // For nms variants
-    }
 
     dependencies {
         compile(core) // includes junit for tests
-        compile("org.bstats", "bstats-bukkit", "1.4") // Bukkit bstats
+        implementation(Bukkit.bstats) // Bukkit bstats
+    }
+
+    val shadowJar by tasks.getting(ShadowJar::class) {
+        relocate(Shadow.Origin.bstatsBukkit, Shadow.Target.bstatsBukkit)
     }
 }
 
@@ -23,12 +20,35 @@ subprojects {
     dependencies {
         // Provide the base bukkit plugin dependency for plugin classloading.
         // All "versioned" implementations will be properly classloaded by the bukkit parent
-        (compile(bukkit) as ModuleDependency).apply { exclude("org.spigotmc") }
+        compileOnly(bukkit)
     }
 }
 plugins {
     java
 }
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.spigotmc:spigot-api:1.13.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT") // Spigot API
+    // Temporary dependencies while things are being moved.
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.`1_13`.spigotApi) { // Spigot API
+        isTransitive = true
+    }
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.`1_13`.api) { // Spigot API
+        isTransitive = true
+
+    }
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.`1_13`.wgCore) {
+        isTransitive = true
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.sk89q)
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.intake, module = "intake")
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.sk89q, module = "squirrelid")
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.flyway)
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.khelekore)
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.findbugs)
+    }
+    compileOnly(Bukkit.`1_13`.wgLegacy) {
+        isTransitive = true
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.bukkit)
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.sk89q, module = "commandbook")
+        exclude(group = Shadow.Exclude.bstats)
+    }
 }
+
diff --git a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/BukkitBlockType.java b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/BukkitBlockType.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93b750e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/BukkitBlockType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.gmail.nossr50;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.block.data.BlockData;
+
+public class BukkitBlockType {
+
+    private Material material;
+
+    private BlockData blockData;
+
+}
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index 811984bae..a7079d0e2 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
+import Config.Libs as Libs
 
 plugins {
-    java
+    `java-library`
+    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+
+    compile(Libs.configurate) {
+        exclude(Deps.Groups.guava, Deps.Modules.guava)
+        exclude(Deps.Groups.checker, Deps.Modules.checker)
+    }
+    compile(Libs.jdbc)
+    compile(Libs.juli)
+    testCompile(Libs.junitDep)
+
+    // Spigot for in-dev dependency
+    compileOnly(Libs.Bukkit.`1_13`.spigotApi) {
+        isTransitive = false
+    }
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index bd035c960..ad0f15daf 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pluginManagement {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
         maven("https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/")
+        maven("https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/")
         gradlePluginPortal()
     }
 }
diff --git a/sponge/api7/build.gradle.kts b/sponge/api7/build.gradle.kts
index f8263c1fd..423fb3cb5 100644
--- a/sponge/api7/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sponge/api7/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,12 +1,47 @@
-plugins {
-    java
-    // Apply the spongegradle plugin to generate the metadata file
-    id("org.spongepowered.plugin") version "0.9.0" // supplies sponge repo and plugin metadata creation tasks
+import net.minecraftforge.gradle.user.UserBaseExtension
+import Config.Libs.Sponge.API7 as API7
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+        maven(Repos.forge)
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath(Plugins.FG2_3.classpath)
+    }
 }
+// Extension created to set up the minecraft block for ForgeGradle. This should change in FG3.
+val Project.minecraft: UserBaseExtension
+    get() = extensions.getByName<UserBaseExtension>(Plugins.FG2_3.extensionName)
+
+plugins {
+    `java-library`
+    // Apply the spongegradle plugin to generate the metadata file
+    id(Config.Libs.Sponge.API7.spongeGradleId) version Config.Libs.Sponge.API7.spongeGradleVersion // supplies sponge repo and plugin metadata creation tasks
+}
+apply(plugin = API7.forgeGradleId)
 
 dependencies {
-    compile("org.spongepowered", "spongeapi", "7.1.0")  // SpongeAPI
-    compile("org.bstats", "bstats-sponge", "1.4") // Sponge bstats
+    compileOnly(API7.api)  // SpongeAPI
+}
+
+configure<UserBaseExtension> {
+    version = API7.minecraftVersion
+    runDir = "run"
+    mappings = API7.mappings
+}
+
+tasks.withType<Jar> {
+    inputs.properties += "version" to project.version
+    inputs.properties += "mcversion" to project.minecraft.version
+
+    baseName = "mcmmo"
+
+    filesMatching("/mcmod.info") {
+        expand(mapOf(
+                "version" to project.version,
+                "mcversion" to project.minecraft.version
+        ))
+    }
 }
 
-description = "mcMMO for Sponge"
diff --git a/sponge/api7/gradle.properties b/sponge/api7/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..505ed1e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sponge/api7/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod_name = "mcmmo"
+mod_version = "2.2-SNAPSHOT"
+mc_version = "1.12.2"
diff --git a/sponge/api7/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/sponge/api7/API7Plugin.java b/sponge/api7/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/sponge/api7/API7Plugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23f4928ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sponge/api7/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/sponge/api7/API7Plugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.gmail.nossr50.sponge.api7;
+
+import net.minecraft.item.Item;
+import org.spongepowered.api.event.Listener;
+import org.spongepowered.api.event.game.GameRegistryEvent;
+import org.spongepowered.api.item.ItemType;
+import org.spongepowered.api.plugin.Plugin;
+
+@Plugin(id = "mcmmo", name = "mcMMO", description = "mcMMO for Sponge")
+public class API7Plugin {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
+    @Listener
+    public void onRegister(GameRegistryEvent.Register<ItemType> event) {
+        Item derp = new Item(); // NMS!!!
+        event.register((ItemType) derp); // Since sponge mixes into Item, we can cast.
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sponge/build.gradle.kts b/sponge/build.gradle.kts
index d1e983435..43651ac26 100644
--- a/sponge/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sponge/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
+import Config.Libs.Sponge as Sponge
+
 plugins {
     java
 }
 
-val core: Project by rootProject.extra
-val sponge: Project by rootProject.extra
+val core = Projects.core!! // because it's a var and potentially null by declaration
+val sponge = Projects.sponge!! // because it's a var and potentially null by declaration
 
 description = "mcMMO for Sponge"
 
-repositories {
-    // sponge
-    maven("https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven")
-}
-
 dependencies {
-    implementation(group="org.spongepowered", name="spongeapi", version="7.1.0") // Base version
+    compile(Sponge.bstats) // Bstats is used for all sponge versions
+    compileOnly(Sponge.API7.api) // Base version
 }
 
 allprojects {
     dependencies {
-        compile(core)
+        compile(Projects.core!!)
     }
 }
 
 subprojects {
     dependencies {
-        (compile(sponge) as ModuleDependency).apply {
-            exclude("org.spongepowered")
+        (compileOnly(sponge) as ModuleDependency).apply {
+            exclude(Sponge.Exclude.group, Sponge.Exclude.module)
         }
     }
 }