diff --git a/.idea/copyright/viabackwards_gpl.xml b/.idea/copyright/viabackwards_gpl.xml
index bf99558e..8ac66561 100644
--- a/.idea/copyright/viabackwards_gpl.xml
+++ b/.idea/copyright/viabackwards_gpl.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <component name="CopyrightManager">
   <copyright>
-    <option name="notice" value="This file is part of ViaBackwards - https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards&#10;Copyright (C) &amp;#36;originalComment.match(&quot;Copyright \(C\) (\d+)&quot;, 1, &quot;-&quot;)&amp;#36;today.year ViaVersion and contributors&#10;&#10;This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify&#10;it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by&#10;the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or&#10;(at your option) any later version.&#10;&#10;This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,&#10;but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of&#10;MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the&#10;GNU General Public License for more details.&#10;&#10;You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License&#10;along with this program.  If not, see &lt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&gt;." />
+    <option name="notice" value="This file is part of ViaBackwards - https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards&#10;Copyright (C) 2016-&amp;#36;today.year ViaVersion and contributors&#10;&#10;This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify&#10;it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by&#10;the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or&#10;(at your option) any later version.&#10;&#10;This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,&#10;but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of&#10;MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the&#10;GNU General Public License for more details.&#10;&#10;You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License&#10;along with this program.  If not, see &lt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&gt;." />
     <option name="myName" value="viabackwards-gpl" />
   </copyright>
 </component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/data/MappedItem.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/data/MappedItem.java
index 0460f341..04d0176d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/data/MappedItem.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/data/MappedItem.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 package com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.data;
 
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class MappedItem {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class MappedItem {
 
     public MappedItem(final int id, final String name, @Nullable final Integer customModelData) {
         this.id = id;
-        this.jsonName = ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString("§f" + name, true);
+        this.jsonName = ComponentUtil.legacyToJsonString("§f" + name, true);
         this.customModelData = customModelData;
     }
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/entities/storage/EntityData.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/entities/storage/EntityData.java
index 58296637..1d2666b7 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/entities/storage/EntityData.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/entities/storage/EntityData.java
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
 
 package com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.entities.storage;
 
-import com.viaversion.viabackwards.ViaBackwards;
 import com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.BackwardsProtocol;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.entities.EntityType;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ public class EntityData {
         }
 
         if (componentType == ComponentType.JSON) {
-            return ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJson(name);
+            return ComponentUtil.legacyToJson(name);
         } else if (componentType == ComponentType.TAG) {
             return new StringTag(name);
         }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/EnchantmentRewriter.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/EnchantmentRewriter.java
index c11087a5..3f57fd70 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/EnchantmentRewriter.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/EnchantmentRewriter.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.NumberTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.ShortTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class EnchantmentRewriter {
                 int level = ((NumberTag) enchantmentEntry.get("lvl")).asInt();
                 String loreValue = remappedName + " " + getRomanNumber(level);
                 if (jsonFormat) {
-                    loreValue = ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString(loreValue);
+                    loreValue = ComponentUtil.legacyToJsonString(loreValue);
                 }
 
                 loreToAdd.add(new StringTag(loreValue));
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/LegacyBlockItemRewriter.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/LegacyBlockItemRewriter.java
index a995f8b3..5919280c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/LegacyBlockItemRewriter.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/api/rewriters/LegacyBlockItemRewriter.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.IntTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.NumberTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public abstract class LegacyBlockItemRewriter<C extends ClientboundPacketType, S
         CompoundTag tag = new CompoundTag();
         tag.put("display", new CompoundTag());
         text = "§r" + text;
-        ((CompoundTag) tag.get("display")).put("Name", new StringTag(jsonNameFormat ? ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString(text) : text));
+        ((CompoundTag) tag.get("display")).put("Name", new StringTag(jsonNameFormat ? ComponentUtil.legacyToJsonString(text) : text));
         return tag;
     }
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_10to1_11/packets/PlayerPackets1_11.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_10to1_11/packets/PlayerPackets1_11.java
index 751f8039..7509e769 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_10to1_11/packets/PlayerPackets1_11.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_10to1_11/packets/PlayerPackets1_11.java
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.protocol.remapper.ValueTransformer;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.type.Type;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonObject;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_9_3to1_9_1_2.ClientboundPackets1_9_3;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_9_3to1_9_1_2.ServerboundPackets1_9_3;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 
 public class PlayerPackets1_11 {
     private static final ValueTransformer<Short, Float> TO_NEW_FLOAT = new ValueTransformer<Short, Float>(Type.FLOAT) {
@@ -53,8 +52,8 @@ public class PlayerPackets1_11 {
                         wrapper.clearPacket();
                         wrapper.setPacketType(ClientboundPackets1_9_3.CHAT_MESSAGE);
 
-                        // https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-119145to
-                        String legacy = LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(message.toString()));
+                        // https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-119145
+                        String legacy = ComponentUtil.jsonToLegacy(message);
                         message = new JsonObject();
                         message.getAsJsonObject().addProperty("text", legacy);
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/Protocol1_12_2To1_13.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/Protocol1_12_2To1_13.java
index e3fff6f7..7ac0ce0b 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/Protocol1_12_2To1_13.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/Protocol1_12_2To1_13.java
@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.data.entity.EntityTrackerBase;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonParser;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_12_1to1_12.ClientboundPackets1_12_1;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_12_1to1_12.ServerboundPackets1_12_1;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ClientboundPackets1_13;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.Protocol1_13To1_12_2;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ServerboundPackets1_13;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.ComponentRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class Protocol1_12_2To1_13 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPackets1_13, ClientboundPackets1_12_1, ServerboundPackets1_13, ServerboundPackets1_12_1> {
@@ -167,14 +165,6 @@ public class Protocol1_12_2To1_13 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPackets1_
         }
 
         translatableToLegacyRewriter.processText(value);
-
-        try {
-            Component component = ChatRewriter.HOVER_GSON_SERIALIZER.deserializeFromTree(value);
-            return LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(component);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            ViaBackwards.getPlatform().getLogger().warning("Error converting json text to legacy: " + value);
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        return "";
+        return ComponentUtil.jsonToLegacy(value);
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/packets/BlockItemPackets1_13.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/packets/BlockItemPackets1_13.java
index df1403ae..79bec7b8 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/packets/BlockItemPackets1_13.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_12_2to1_13/packets/BlockItemPackets1_13.java
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_12_1to1_12.ClientboundPackets1_12_1;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_12_1to1_12.ServerboundPackets1_12_1;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ClientboundPackets1_13;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.Protocol1_13To1_12_2;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.data.BlockIdData;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.data.SpawnEggRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.Key;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ public class BlockItemPackets1_13 extends com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.rewrit
                 StringTag name = displayTag.get("Name");
                 if (name != null) {
                     StringTag via = displayTag.remove(extraNbtTag + "|Name");
-                    name.setValue(via != null ? via.getValue() : ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString(name.getValue()));
+                    name.setValue(via != null ? via.getValue() : ComponentUtil.legacyToJsonString(name.getValue()));
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13_2to1_14/packets/BlockItemPackets1_14.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13_2to1_14/packets/BlockItemPackets1_14.java
index 830e49d7..54d56f7a 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13_2to1_14/packets/BlockItemPackets1_14.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13_2to1_14/packets/BlockItemPackets1_14.java
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ import com.viaversion.viabackwards.protocol.protocol1_13_2to1_14.storage.ChunkLi
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.Via;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.ClientWorld;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.Environment;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.chunks.*;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.chunks.Chunk;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.chunks.ChunkSection;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.chunks.ChunkSectionLight;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.chunks.ChunkSectionLightImpl;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.chunks.DataPalette;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.chunks.PaletteType;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.entities.EntityType;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.entities.EntityTypes1_14;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.item.Item;
@@ -42,15 +47,14 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.CompoundTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.ListTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ClientboundPackets1_13;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ServerboundPackets1_13;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_14to1_13_2.ClientboundPackets1_14;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_14to1_13_2.Protocol1_14To1_13_2;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.BlockRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.RecipeRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.Key;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ public class BlockItemPackets1_14 extends com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.rewrit
                 if (title.isJsonObject() && (object = title.getAsJsonObject()).has("translate")) {
                     // Don't rewrite other 9x3 translatable containers
                     if (type != 2 || object.getAsJsonPrimitive("translate").getAsString().equals("container.barrel")) {
-                        title = ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJson(containerTitle);
+                        title = ComponentUtil.legacyToJson(containerTitle);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -479,7 +483,7 @@ public class BlockItemPackets1_14 extends com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.rewrit
                     StringTag loreEntryTag = (StringTag) loreEntry;
                     String value = loreEntryTag.getValue();
                     if (value != null && !value.isEmpty()) {
-                        loreEntryTag.setValue(ChatRewriter.jsonToLegacyText(value));
+                        loreEntryTag.setValue(ComponentUtil.jsonToLegacy(value));
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -503,7 +507,7 @@ public class BlockItemPackets1_14 extends com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.rewrit
                 for (Tag loreEntry : lore) {
                     if (loreEntry instanceof StringTag) {
                         StringTag loreEntryTag = (StringTag) loreEntry;
-                        loreEntryTag.setValue(ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString(loreEntryTag.getValue()));
+                        loreEntryTag.setValue(ComponentUtil.legacyToJsonString(loreEntryTag.getValue()));
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13to1_13_1/Protocol1_13To1_13_1.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13to1_13_1/Protocol1_13To1_13_1.java
index eda6c3fd..11373989 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13to1_13_1/Protocol1_13To1_13_1.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_13to1_13_1/Protocol1_13To1_13_1.java
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.data.entity.EntityTrackerBase;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13_1to1_13.Protocol1_13_1To1_13;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ClientboundPackets1_13;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ServerboundPackets1_13;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.ComponentRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.StatisticsRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.TagRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 
 public class Protocol1_13To1_13_1 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPackets1_13, ClientboundPackets1_13, ServerboundPackets1_13, ServerboundPackets1_13> {
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class Protocol1_13To1_13_1 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPackets1_
 
                         // https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-124543
                         JsonObject legacyComponent = new JsonObject();
-                        legacyComponent.addProperty("text", ChatRewriter.jsonToLegacyText(title.toString()));
+                        legacyComponent.addProperty("text", ComponentUtil.jsonToLegacy(title));
                         wrapper.set(Type.COMPONENT, 0, legacyComponent);
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_15_2to1_16/chat/TranslatableRewriter1_16.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_15_2to1_16/chat/TranslatableRewriter1_16.java
index 6a026940..f37b59f0 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_15_2to1_16/chat/TranslatableRewriter1_16.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_15_2to1_16/chat/TranslatableRewriter1_16.java
@@ -17,17 +17,13 @@
  */
 package com.viaversion.viabackwards.protocol.protocol1_15_2to1_16.chat;
 
-import com.viaversion.viabackwards.ViaBackwards;
 import com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.rewriters.TranslatableRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viabackwards.protocol.protocol1_15_2to1_16.Protocol1_15_2To1_16;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.Via;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonObject;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonParseException;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonPrimitive;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.ChatRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_16to1_15_2.ClientboundPackets1_16;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 
 public class TranslatableRewriter1_16 extends TranslatableRewriter<ClientboundPackets1_16> {
 
@@ -78,33 +74,8 @@ public class TranslatableRewriter1_16 extends TranslatableRewriter<ClientboundPa
         }
 
         // show_text as chat component json, show_entity and show_item serialized as snbt
-        // Let adventure handle all of that
-        try {
-            Component component = ChatRewriter.HOVER_GSON_SERIALIZER.deserializeFromTree(object);
-            JsonObject convertedObject;
-            try {
-                convertedObject = (JsonObject) ChatRewriter.HOVER_GSON_SERIALIZER.serializeToTree(component);
-            } catch (JsonParseException e) {
-                JsonObject contents = hoverEvent.getAsJsonObject("contents");
-                if (contents.remove("tag") == null) {
-                    throw e; // Just rethrow if this is not an item with a tag provided
-                }
-
-                // Most likely an invalid nbt tag - try again after its removal
-                component = ChatRewriter.HOVER_GSON_SERIALIZER.deserializeFromTree(object);
-                convertedObject = (JsonObject) ChatRewriter.HOVER_GSON_SERIALIZER.serializeToTree(component);
-            }
-
-            // Remove new format
-            JsonObject processedHoverEvent = convertedObject.getAsJsonObject("hoverEvent");
-            processedHoverEvent.remove("contents");
-            object.add("hoverEvent", processedHoverEvent);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            if (!Via.getConfig().isSuppressConversionWarnings()) {
-                ViaBackwards.getPlatform().getLogger().severe("Error converting hover event component: " + object);
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
+        JsonObject convertedObject = (JsonObject) ComponentUtil.convertJson(object, ComponentUtil.SerializerVersion.V1_16, ComponentUtil.SerializerVersion.V1_15);
+        object.add("hoverEvent", convertedObject.getAsJsonObject("hoverEvent"));
     }
 
     private String getClosestChatColor(int rgb) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19_1to1_19_3/Protocol1_19_1To1_19_3.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19_1to1_19_3/Protocol1_19_1To1_19_3.java
index 869e597a..b34ccfa5 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19_1to1_19_3/Protocol1_19_1To1_19_3.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19_1to1_19_3/Protocol1_19_1To1_19_3.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.type.types.BitSetType;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.type.types.ByteArrayType;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.data.entity.EntityTrackerBase;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonElement;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.ClientboundLoginPackets;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.ServerboundLoginPackets;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_19_1to1_19.ClientboundPackets1_19_1;
@@ -57,8 +55,8 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.ComponentRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.StatisticsRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.TagRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.CipherUtil;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.Pair;
-
 import java.util.BitSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -347,7 +345,7 @@ public final class Protocol1_19_1To1_19_3 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundP
                     }
 
                     final JsonElement unsignedContent = wrapper.read(Type.OPTIONAL_COMPONENT);
-                    final JsonElement content = unsignedContent != null ? unsignedContent : GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializeToTree(Component.text(plainContent));
+                    final JsonElement content = unsignedContent != null ? unsignedContent : ComponentUtil.plainToJson(plainContent);
                     translatableRewriter.processText(content);
                     final int filterMaskType = wrapper.read(Type.VAR_INT);
                     if (filterMaskType == 2) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19to1_19_1/Protocol1_19To1_19_1.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19to1_19_1/Protocol1_19To1_19_1.java
index 472aaaf8..7eb343fb 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19to1_19_1/Protocol1_19To1_19_1.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_19to1_19_1/Protocol1_19To1_19_1.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  */
 package com.viaversion.viabackwards.protocol.protocol1_19to1_19_1;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.viaversion.viabackwards.ViaBackwards;
 import com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.BackwardsProtocol;
 import com.viaversion.viabackwards.api.rewriters.TranslatableRewriter;
@@ -41,28 +40,25 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.protocol.remapper.PacketHandlers;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.type.Type;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.data.entity.EntityTrackerBase;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.gson.JsonElement;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.TranslatableComponent;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.format.Style;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.*;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.CompoundTag;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.ListTag;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.NumberTag;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.libs.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.ClientboundLoginPackets;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.ServerboundLoginPackets;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_19_1to1_19.ClientboundPackets1_19_1;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_19_1to1_19.Protocol1_19_1To1_19;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_19_1to1_19.ServerboundPackets1_19_1;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_19to1_18_2.ClientboundPackets1_19;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_19to1_18_2.ServerboundPackets1_19;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_19to1_18_2.packets.EntityPackets;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.ComponentRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.CipherUtil;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.Pair;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public final class Protocol1_19To1_19_1 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPackets1_19_1, ClientboundPackets1_19, ServerboundPackets1_19_1, ServerboundPackets1_19> {
 
@@ -160,7 +156,7 @@ public final class Protocol1_19To1_19_1 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPac
             }
             if (message == null) {
                 // If no decorated or unsigned message is given, use the plain one
-                message = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializeToTree(Component.text(plainMessage));
+                message = ComponentUtil.plainToJson(plainMessage);
             }
 
             final int filterMaskType = wrapper.read(Type.VAR_INT);
@@ -408,56 +404,6 @@ public final class Protocol1_19To1_19_1 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPac
             return null;
         }
 
-        final String translationKey = (String) chatType.get("translation_key").getValue();
-        final TranslatableComponent.Builder componentBuilder = Component.translatable().key(translationKey);
-
-        // Add the style
-        final CompoundTag style = chatType.get("style");
-        if (style != null) {
-            final Style.Builder styleBuilder = Style.style();
-            final StringTag color = style.get("color");
-            if (color != null) {
-                final NamedTextColor textColor = NamedTextColor.NAMES.value(color.getValue());
-                if (textColor != null) {
-                    styleBuilder.color(NamedTextColor.NAMES.value(color.getValue()));
-                }
-            }
-
-            for (final String key : TextDecoration.NAMES.keys()) {
-                if (style.contains(key)) {
-                    styleBuilder.decoration(TextDecoration.NAMES.value(key), style.<ByteTag>get(key).asByte() == 1);
-                }
-            }
-            componentBuilder.style(styleBuilder.build());
-        }
-
-        // Add the replacements
-        final ListTag parameters = chatType.get("parameters");
-        if (parameters != null) {
-            final List<Component> arguments = new ArrayList<>();
-            for (final Tag element : parameters) {
-                JsonElement argument = null;
-                switch ((String) element.getValue()) {
-                    case "sender":
-                        argument = senderName;
-                        break;
-                    case "content":
-                        argument = message;
-                        break;
-                    case "target":
-                        Preconditions.checkNotNull(targetName, "Target name is null");
-                        argument = targetName;
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        ViaBackwards.getPlatform().getLogger().warning("Unknown parameter for chat decoration: " + element.getValue());
-                }
-                if (argument != null) {
-                    arguments.add(GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserializeFromTree(argument));
-                }
-            }
-            componentBuilder.args(arguments);
-        }
-
-        return GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializeToTree(componentBuilder.build());
+        return Protocol1_19_1To1_19.translatabaleComponentFromTag(chatType, senderName, targetName, message);
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/Protocol1_20_2To1_20_3.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/Protocol1_20_2To1_20_3.java
index cefe9cf7..205d5743 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/Protocol1_20_2To1_20_3.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/Protocol1_20_2To1_20_3.java
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_3to1_20_2.Protocol1_20_3
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_3to1_20_2.packet.ClientboundConfigurationPackets1_20_3;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_3to1_20_2.packet.ClientboundPackets1_20_3;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_3to1_20_2.packet.ServerboundPackets1_20_3;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_3to1_20_2.util.ComponentConverter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.ComponentRewriter.ReadType;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.StatisticsRewriter;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.rewriter.TagRewriter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import java.util.BitSet;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ public final class Protocol1_20_2To1_20_3 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundP
     private void convertComponent(final PacketWrapper wrapper) throws Exception {
         final Tag tag = wrapper.read(Type.TAG);
         translatableRewriter.processTag(tag);
-        wrapper.write(Type.COMPONENT, ComponentConverter.tagComponentToJson(tag));
+        wrapper.write(Type.COMPONENT, ComponentUtil.tagToJson(tag));
     }
 
     private void convertOptionalComponent(final PacketWrapper wrapper) throws Exception {
         final Tag tag = wrapper.read(Type.OPTIONAL_TAG);
         translatableRewriter.processTag(tag);
-        wrapper.write(Type.OPTIONAL_COMPONENT, ComponentConverter.tagComponentToJson(tag));
+        wrapper.write(Type.OPTIONAL_COMPONENT, ComponentUtil.tagToJson(tag));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_20_3.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_20_3.java
index 14e48b32..3ac8307e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_20_3.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/protocol1_20_2to1_20_3/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_20_3.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.type.types.version.Types1_20_2;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.type.types.version.Types1_20_3;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_2to1_20.packet.ClientboundConfigurationPackets1_20_2;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_3to1_20_2.packet.ClientboundPackets1_20_3;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.protocol1_20_3to1_20_2.util.ComponentConverter;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 
 public final class EntityPacketRewriter1_20_3 extends EntityRewriter<ClientboundPackets1_20_3, Protocol1_20_2To1_20_3> {
 
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ public final class EntityPacketRewriter1_20_3 extends EntityRewriter<Clientbound
         filter().handler((event, meta) -> {
             final MetaType type = meta.metaType();
             if (type == Types1_20_3.META_TYPES.componentType) {
-                meta.setTypeAndValue(Types1_20_2.META_TYPES.componentType, ComponentConverter.tagComponentToJson(meta.value()));
+                meta.setTypeAndValue(Types1_20_2.META_TYPES.componentType, ComponentUtil.tagToJson(meta.value()));
                 return;
             } else if (type == Types1_20_3.META_TYPES.optionalComponentType) {
-                meta.setTypeAndValue(Types1_20_2.META_TYPES.optionalComponentType, ComponentConverter.tagComponentToJson(meta.value()));
+                meta.setTypeAndValue(Types1_20_2.META_TYPES.optionalComponentType, ComponentUtil.tagToJson(meta.value()));
                 return;
             } else if (type == Types1_20_3.META_TYPES.particleType) {
                 final Particle particle = (Particle) meta.getValue();