diff --git a/platforms/sponge/build.gradle.kts b/platforms/sponge/build.gradle.kts
index 76394c1af..3962b6381 100644
--- a/platforms/sponge/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/platforms/sponge/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 plugins {
-    id("org.spongepowered.plugin").version("0.9.0")
     id("org.spongepowered.gradle.vanilla").version("0.2")
 }
 
@@ -9,16 +8,16 @@ repositories {
     }
 }
 
-dependencies {
-    "shadedApi"(project(":common:implementation"))
-    annotationProcessor(implementation("org.spongepowered:spongeapi:9.0.0-SNAPSHOT")!!)
-    annotationProcessor("org.spongepowered:mixin:0.8.2:processor")
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_16
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_16
 }
 
-sponge {
-    plugin {
-        id = "terra"
-    }
+dependencies {
+    "shadedApi"(project(":common:implementation"))
+    "annotationProcessor"("org.spongepowered:spongeapi:9.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+    "shadedImplementation"("org.spongepowered:spongeapi:9.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+    "annotationProcessor"("org.spongepowered:mixin:0.8.2:processor")
 }
 
 minecraft {
diff --git a/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/SpongeListener.java b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/SpongeListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22b74a321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/SpongeListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.sponge;
+
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.event.events.platform.PlatformInitializationEvent;
+import org.spongepowered.api.Server;
+import org.spongepowered.api.event.Listener;
+import org.spongepowered.api.event.lifecycle.StartingEngineEvent;
+
+public class SpongeListener {
+    private final TerraSpongePlugin plugin;
+
+    public SpongeListener(TerraSpongePlugin plugin) {
+        this.plugin = plugin;
+    }
+
+    @Listener
+    public void initialize(StartingEngineEvent<Server> event) {
+        plugin.getTerraPlugin().getEventManager().callEvent(new PlatformInitializationEvent());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/TerraPluginImpl.java b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/TerraPluginImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..695479217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/TerraPluginImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.sponge;
+
+import com.dfsek.terra.AbstractTerraPlugin;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.Logger;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.handle.ItemHandle;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.handle.WorldHandle;
+import com.dfsek.terra.sponge.handle.SpongeWorldHandle;
+import org.spongepowered.api.Sponge;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+
+public class TerraPluginImpl extends AbstractTerraPlugin {
+    private final TerraSpongePlugin plugin;
+    private final SpongeWorldHandle worldHandle = new SpongeWorldHandle();
+    public TerraPluginImpl(TerraSpongePlugin plugin) {
+        this.plugin = plugin;
+        load();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public WorldHandle getWorldHandle() {
+        return worldHandle;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getDataFolder() {
+        return Sponge.configManager().pluginConfig(plugin.getPluginContainer()).directory().toFile();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean reload() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ItemHandle getItemHandle() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String platformName() {
+        return "Sponge";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Logger createLogger() {
+        return new Logger() {
+            @Override
+            public void info(String message) {
+                plugin.getPluginContainer().logger().info(message);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void warning(String message) {
+                plugin.getPluginContainer().logger().warn(message);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void severe(String message) {
+                plugin.getPluginContainer().logger().error(message);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/TerraSpongePlugin.java b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/TerraSpongePlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..128cdcb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/TerraSpongePlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.sponge;
+
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.plugin.PluginContainer;
+import org.spongepowered.plugin.jvm.Plugin;
+
+@Plugin("terra")
+public class TerraSpongePlugin {
+    private final PluginContainer plugin;
+    private final TerraPluginImpl terraPlugin;
+    @Inject
+    public TerraSpongePlugin(PluginContainer plugin) {
+        this.plugin = plugin;
+        this.terraPlugin = new TerraPluginImpl(this);
+    }
+
+    public PluginContainer getPluginContainer() {
+        return plugin;
+    }
+
+    public TerraPluginImpl getTerraPlugin() {
+        return terraPlugin;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/block/SpongeBlockState.java b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/block/SpongeBlockState.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41f91936c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/block/SpongeBlockState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.sponge.block;
+
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.block.BlockType;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.block.state.BlockState;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.block.state.properties.Property;
+import org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockTypes;
+
+public class SpongeBlockState implements BlockState {
+    private final org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockState delegate;
+
+    public SpongeBlockState(org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockState delegate) {
+        this.delegate = delegate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockState getHandle() {
+        return delegate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlockType getBlockType() {
+        return new SpongeBlockType(delegate.type());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(BlockState other) {
+        return delegate.type().equals(((SpongeBlockType) other.getBlockType()).getHandle());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlockState clone() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getAsString() {
+        return delegate.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAir() {
+        return delegate.type().equals(BlockTypes.AIR.get());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isStructureVoid() {
+        return delegate.type().equals(BlockTypes.STRUCTURE_VOID.get());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> boolean has(Property<T> property) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T get(Property<T> property) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> BlockState set(Property<T> property, T value) {
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/block/SpongeBlockType.java b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/block/SpongeBlockType.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27c5a388d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/block/SpongeBlockType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.sponge.block;
+
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.block.BlockType;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.block.state.BlockState;
+import org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockTypes;
+import org.spongepowered.api.data.Keys;
+
+public class SpongeBlockType implements BlockType {
+    private final org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockType delegate;
+
+    public SpongeBlockType(org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockType delegate) {
+        this.delegate = delegate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockType getHandle() {
+        return delegate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlockState getDefaultData() {
+        return new SpongeBlockState(delegate.defaultState());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSolid() {
+        return !delegate.getOrElse(Keys.IS_SOLID, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isWater() {
+        return delegate.equals(BlockTypes.WATER.get());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/handle/SpongeWorldHandle.java b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/handle/SpongeWorldHandle.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b1483cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/sponge/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/sponge/handle/SpongeWorldHandle.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.sponge.handle;
+
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.block.state.BlockState;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.entity.EntityType;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.handle.WorldHandle;
+import com.dfsek.terra.sponge.block.SpongeBlockState;
+import org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockTypes;
+
+public class SpongeWorldHandle implements WorldHandle {
+    private final SpongeBlockState air;
+
+    public SpongeWorldHandle() {
+        air = new SpongeBlockState(BlockTypes.AIR.get().defaultState());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlockState createBlockData(String data) {
+        return new SpongeBlockState(org.spongepowered.api.block.BlockState.fromString(data));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BlockState air() {
+        return air;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EntityType getEntity(String id) {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/platforms/sponge/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugins.json b/platforms/sponge/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugins.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77077496b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/sponge/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugins.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "loader": "java_plain",
+      "id": "terra",
+      "name": "Terra",
+      "version": "@VERSION@",
+      "main-class": "com.dfsek.terra.sponge.TerraSpongePlugin",
+      "description": "@DESCRIPTION@",
+      "links": {
+        "source": "@SOURCE@",
+        "issues": "@ISSUES@"
+      },
+      "contributors": [
+      ],
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "id": "spongeapi",
+          "version": "9.0.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
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