diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ace1338..0ee28eb1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>21</source>
+                    <target>21</target>
+                    <compilerArgs>--enable-preview</compilerArgs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/Block/BlockState/NewBlockState.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/Block/BlockState/NewBlockState.java
index 4aeed7e1..faece03f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/Block/BlockState/NewBlockState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/Block/BlockState/NewBlockState.java
@@ -80,4 +80,13 @@ public IBlockState setBlockStateID(int val) {
         this.blockStateReferenceID = val;
         return this;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "NewBlockState{" +
+                "blockStateReferenceID=" + blockStateReferenceID +
+                ", blockData=" + blockData +
+                ", block=" + block +
+                '}';
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/ClientMain.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/ClientMain.java
index dd8cf35e..2f67c20b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/ClientMain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/ClientMain.java
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 package dev.hilligans.ourcraft;
 
+import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Block.Blocks;
 import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Client.Client;
 import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Client.Rendering.Graphics.API.IGraphicsEngine;
 import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Util.ArgumentContainer;
 import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Util.Side;
+import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.World.NewWorldSystem.GlobalPaletteAtomicSubChunk;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+import sun.misc.Unsafe;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
 
+import static java.lang.StringTemplate.STR;
+
 public class ClientMain {
 
     public static Client client;
@@ -49,6 +57,38 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         client.startClient();
     }
 
+    private static sun.misc.Unsafe getUnsafeInstance() {
+        java.lang.reflect.Field[] fields = sun.misc.Unsafe.class.getDeclaredFields();
+
+        /*
+        Different runtimes use different names for the Unsafe singleton,
+        so we cannot use .getDeclaredField and we scan instead. For example:
+
+        Oracle: theUnsafe
+        PERC : m_unsafe_instance
+        Android: THE_ONE
+        */
+        for (java.lang.reflect.Field field : fields) {
+            if (!field.getType().equals(sun.misc.Unsafe.class)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            int modifiers = field.getModifiers();
+            if (!(java.lang.reflect.Modifier.isStatic(modifiers) && java.lang.reflect.Modifier.isFinal(modifiers))) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                field.setAccessible(true);
+                return (sun.misc.Unsafe)field.get(null);
+            } catch (Exception ignored) {
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("LWJGL requires sun.misc.Unsafe to be available.");
+    }
+
     public static int getWindowX() {
         return client == null ? 0 : client.windowX;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/Server/Concurrent/IAtomicSubChunk.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/Server/Concurrent/IAtomicSubChunk.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13aac0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/Server/Concurrent/IAtomicSubChunk.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Server.Concurrent;
+
+import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Block.BlockState.IBlockState;
+import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.World.NewWorldSystem.ISubChunk;
+
+public interface IAtomicSubChunk extends ISubChunk {
+
+    IBlockState setBlockStateAtomic(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState blockState);
+
+
+    /**
+     * Used to replace an old blockstate with a new one
+     * useful if you want to do say a plant growing, so you can change the blockstate without having to grab the write lock
+     * @param x x pos in subchunk
+     * @param y y pos in subchunk
+     * @param z z pos in subchunk
+     * @param expected the blockstate to replace if it still exists
+     * @param to the new blockstate
+     * @return true if the expected blockstate match and the block was set, false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean swapBlockStateAtomic(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState expected, IBlockState to);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/CubicChunk.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/CubicChunk.java
index 95da8f1f..f009a6cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/CubicChunk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/CubicChunk.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public IBlockState getBlockState1(long x, long y, long z) {
         if(subChunks[index] == null) {
             return Blocks.AIR.getDefaultState1();
         }
-        return subChunks[index].getBlockState(x & 15, y & 15, z & 15);
+        return subChunks[index].getBlockState((int) (x & 15), (int) (y & 15), (int) (z & 15));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public void setBlockState(long x, long y, long z, IBlockState blockState) {
             subChunk = new GlobalPaletteImpl(16,16);
             subChunks[index] = subChunk;
         }
-        subChunk.setBlockState(x & 15, y & 15, z & 15, blockState);
+        subChunk.setBlockState((int) (x & 15), (int) (y & 15), (int) (z & 15), blockState);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/GlobalPaletteAtomicSubChunk.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/GlobalPaletteAtomicSubChunk.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91a2f8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/GlobalPaletteAtomicSubChunk.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package dev.hilligans.ourcraft.World.NewWorldSystem;
+
+import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Block.BlockState.IBlockState;
+import dev.hilligans.ourcraft.Server.Concurrent.IAtomicSubChunk;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class GlobalPaletteAtomicSubChunk implements IAtomicSubChunk {
+
+    static final VarHandle ARRAY_HANDLE = MethodHandles.arrayElementVarHandle(int[].class);
+    public ArrayList<IBlockState> blockStates;
+    public int[] blocks = new int[16 * 16 * 16 / 4];
+
+    public GlobalPaletteAtomicSubChunk(ArrayList<IBlockState> blockStates) {
+        this.blockStates = blockStates;
+        if(blockStates.size() > Short.MAX_VALUE * 2) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unable to use this subchunk impl");
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public int getWidth() {
+        return 16;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getHeight() {
+        return 16;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBlockState getBlockState(int x, int y, int z) {
+        return blockStates.get((blocks[getIndex(x, y, z)] >> 16 * (z & 0b11)) & 0xFFFF);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBlockState setBlockState(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState blockState) {
+        int shift = 16 * (z & 0b11);
+        int id = blockState.getBlockStateID() << shift;
+        int and = 0xFFFF << shift;
+        int index = getIndex(x, y, z);
+        int v = blocks[index];
+        blocks[index] = v & and | id;
+        return blockStates.get((v >> shift) & 0xFFFF);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBlockState setBlockStateAtomic(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState blockState) {
+        int shift = 16 * (z & 0b11);
+        int id = blockState.getBlockStateID() << shift;
+        int and = 0xFFFF << shift;
+        int index = getIndex(x, y, z);
+        int v;
+        do {
+            v = (int) ARRAY_HANDLE.getVolatile(blocks, index);
+        } while (!ARRAY_HANDLE.weakCompareAndSet(blocks, index, v, v & and | id));
+
+        return blockStates.get((v >> shift) & 0xFFFF);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean swapBlockStateAtomic(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState expected, IBlockState to) {
+        int shift = 16 * (z & 0b11);
+        int newID = to.getBlockStateID() << shift;
+        int oldID = expected.getBlockStateID() << shift;
+        int and = 0xFFFF << shift;
+        int index = getIndex(x, y, z);
+        int v;
+        do {
+            v = (int) ARRAY_HANDLE.getVolatile(blocks, index);
+            if((v & and) != oldID) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } while (!ARRAY_HANDLE.weakCompareAndSet(blocks, index, v, v & and | newID));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static int getIndex(int x, int y, int z) {
+        return ((x * 16) + y) * 4 + (z >> 2);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/GlobalPaletteImpl.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/GlobalPaletteImpl.java
index e584a317..be5c379e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/GlobalPaletteImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/GlobalPaletteImpl.java
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ public int getHeight() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IBlockState getBlockState(long x, long y, long z) {
+    public IBlockState getBlockState(int x, int y, int z) {
         if(blockStates == null) {
             return Blocks.AIR.getDefaultState1();
         }
         try {
-            short b = blockStates[(int) ((x * width + y) * height + z)];
+            short b = blockStates[((x * width + y) * height + z)];
             return b == 0 ? Blocks.AIR.getDefaultState1() : Ourcraft.GAME_INSTANCE.BLOCK_STATES.get(b);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // e.printStackTrace();
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public IBlockState getBlockState(long x, long y, long z) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IBlockState setBlockState(long x, long y, long z, IBlockState blockState) {
+    public IBlockState setBlockState(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState blockState) {
         if(blockStates == null) {
             if(blockState.getBlock() != Blocks.AIR) {
                 blockStates = new short[width * height * width];
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/ISubChunk.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/ISubChunk.java
index 574bce25..6cd7e02f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/ISubChunk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/ISubChunk.java
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ public interface ISubChunk {
 
     int getHeight();
 
-    IBlockState getBlockState(long x, long y, long z);
+    IBlockState getBlockState(int x, int y, int z);
 
-    IBlockState setBlockState(long x, long y, long z, IBlockState blockState);
+    IBlockState setBlockState(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState blockState);
 
     boolean isEmpty();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/PalettedSubChunk.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/PalettedSubChunk.java
index 5296cc98..e09a0aef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/PalettedSubChunk.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/PalettedSubChunk.java
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ public int getHeight() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IBlockState getBlockState(long x, long y, long z) {
+    public IBlockState getBlockState(int x, int y, int z) {
         return null;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IBlockState setBlockState(long x, long y, long z, IBlockState blockState) {
+    public IBlockState setBlockState(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState blockState) {
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/SimpleSubChunkImpl.java b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/SimpleSubChunkImpl.java
index d63faf0f..b2c1cc1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/SimpleSubChunkImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/hilligans/ourcraft/World/NewWorldSystem/SimpleSubChunkImpl.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public int getHeight() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IBlockState getBlockState(long x, long y, long z) {
+    public IBlockState getBlockState(int x, int y, int z) {
         if(blockStates == null) {
             return Blocks.AIR.getDefaultState1();
         }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public IBlockState getBlockState(long x, long y, long z) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IBlockState setBlockState(long x, long y, long z, IBlockState blockState) {
+    public IBlockState setBlockState(int x, int y, int z, IBlockState blockState) {
         if(blockStates == null) {
             if(blockState.getBlock() != Blocks.AIR) {
                 blockStates = new IBlockState[width * height * width];