diff --git a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/RegistryType.java b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/RegistryType.java
index 711bcc1b2..a103590a9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/RegistryType.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/RegistryType.java
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ public enum RegistryType {
     BLOCK,
     ITEM,
     FLUID,
-    ENTITY
+    ENTITY,
+    GAME_EVENT
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/TagRewriter.java b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/TagRewriter.java
index c5933e5fb..44f9f7303 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/TagRewriter.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/rewriters/TagRewriter.java
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.PacketWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.data.MappingData;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.protocol.ClientboundPacketType;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.protocol.Protocol;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.remapper.PacketHandler;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.remapper.PacketRemapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.type.Type;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class TagRewriter {
     private static final int[] EMPTY_ARRAY = {};
     private final Protocol protocol;
     private final IdRewriteFunction entityRewriter;
-    private final List<TagData> newBlockTags = new ArrayList<>();
-    private final List<TagData> newItemTags = new ArrayList<>();
-    private final List<TagData> newEntityTags = new ArrayList<>();
-    // add fluid tag list if needed at some point
+    private final Map<RegistryType, List<TagData>> newTags = new EnumMap<>(RegistryType.class);
 
     public TagRewriter(Protocol protocol, @Nullable IdRewriteFunction entityRewriter) {
         this.protocol = protocol;
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ public class TagRewriter {
      * Adds an empty tag (since the client crashes if a checked tag is not registered.)
      */
     public void addEmptyTag(RegistryType tagType, String id) {
-        getNewTags(tagType).add(new TagData(id, EMPTY_ARRAY));
+        getOrComputeNewTags(tagType).add(new TagData(id, EMPTY_ARRAY));
     }
 
     public void addEmptyTags(RegistryType tagType, String... ids) {
-        List<TagData> tagList = getNewTags(tagType);
+        List<TagData> tagList = getOrComputeNewTags(tagType);
         for (String id : ids) {
             tagList.add(new TagData(id, EMPTY_ARRAY));
         }
     }
 
     public void addTag(RegistryType tagType, String id, int... oldIds) {
-        List<TagData> newTags = getNewTags(tagType);
+        List<TagData> newTags = getOrComputeNewTags(tagType);
         IdRewriteFunction rewriteFunction = getRewriter(tagType);
         for (int i = 0; i < oldIds.length; i++) {
             int oldId = oldIds[i];
@@ -52,29 +52,32 @@ public class TagRewriter {
     }
 
     public void register(ClientboundPacketType packetType) {
+        register(packetType, false);
+    }
+
+    public void register(ClientboundPacketType packetType, boolean hasGameEvents) {
         protocol.registerOutgoing(packetType, new PacketRemapper() {
             @Override
             public void registerMap() {
-                handler(wrapper -> {
-                    MappingData mappingData = protocol.getMappingData();
-                    handle(wrapper, id -> mappingData != null ? mappingData.getNewBlockId(id) : null, newBlockTags);
-                    handle(wrapper, id -> mappingData != null ? mappingData.getNewItemId(id) : null, newItemTags);
-
-                    if (entityRewriter == null && newEntityTags.isEmpty()) return;
-
-                    int fluidTagsSize = wrapper.passthrough(Type.VAR_INT);
-                    for (int i = 0; i < fluidTagsSize; i++) {
-                        wrapper.passthrough(Type.STRING);
-                        wrapper.passthrough(Type.VAR_INT_ARRAY_PRIMITIVE);
-                    }
-
-                    handle(wrapper, entityRewriter, newEntityTags);
-                });
+                handler(getHandler(hasGameEvents));
             }
         });
     }
 
-    private void handle(PacketWrapper wrapper, IdRewriteFunction rewriteFunction, List<TagData> newTags) throws Exception {
+    public PacketHandler getHandler(boolean hasGameEvents) {
+        return wrapper -> {
+            MappingData mappingData = protocol.getMappingData();
+            handle(wrapper, id -> mappingData != null ? mappingData.getNewBlockId(id) : null, getNewTags(RegistryType.BLOCK));
+            handle(wrapper, id -> mappingData != null ? mappingData.getNewItemId(id) : null, getNewTags(RegistryType.ITEM));
+            handle(wrapper, null, getNewTags(RegistryType.FLUID));
+            handle(wrapper, entityRewriter, getNewTags(RegistryType.ENTITY));
+            if (hasGameEvents) {
+                handle(wrapper, null, getNewTags(RegistryType.GAME_EVENT));
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private void handle(PacketWrapper wrapper, @Nullable IdRewriteFunction rewriteFunction, List<TagData> newTags) throws Exception {
         int tagsSize = wrapper.read(Type.VAR_INT);
         wrapper.write(Type.VAR_INT, newTags != null ? tagsSize + newTags.size() : tagsSize); // add new tags count
 
@@ -107,18 +110,13 @@ public class TagRewriter {
         }
     }
 
+    @Nullable
     private List<TagData> getNewTags(RegistryType tagType) {
-        switch (tagType) {
-            case BLOCK:
-                return newBlockTags;
-            case ITEM:
-                return newItemTags;
-            case ENTITY:
-                return newEntityTags;
-            case FLUID:
-            default:
-                return null;
-        }
+        return newTags.get(tagType);
+    }
+
+    private List<TagData> getOrComputeNewTags(RegistryType tagType) {
+        return newTags.computeIfAbsent(tagType, type -> new ArrayList<>());
     }
 
     @Nullable
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_17to1_16_4/Protocol1_17To1_16_4.java b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_17to1_16_4/Protocol1_17To1_16_4.java
index cd44809f5..57cae9147 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_17to1_16_4/Protocol1_17To1_16_4.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_17to1_16_4/Protocol1_17To1_16_4.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_17to1_16_4.storage.EntityTracker1
 public class Protocol1_17To1_16_4 extends Protocol<ClientboundPackets1_16_2, ClientboundPackets1_17, ServerboundPackets1_16_2, ServerboundPackets1_16_2> {
 
     public static final MappingData MAPPINGS = new MappingData("1.16.2", "1.17", true);
+    private static final String[] NEW_GAME_EVENT_TAGS = {"minecraft:ignore_vibrations_stepping_carefully", "minecraft:vibrations"};
     private TagRewriter tagRewriter;
 
     public Protocol1_17To1_16_4() {
@@ -37,7 +38,20 @@ public class Protocol1_17To1_16_4 extends Protocol<ClientboundPackets1_16_2, Cli
         WorldPackets.register(this);
 
         tagRewriter = new TagRewriter(this, null);
-        tagRewriter.register(ClientboundPackets1_16_2.TAGS);
+        registerOutgoing(ClientboundPackets1_16_2.TAGS, new PacketRemapper() {
+            @Override
+            public void registerMap() {
+                handler(tagRewriter.getHandler(false));
+                handler(wrapper -> {
+                    // New Game Event tags type
+                    wrapper.write(Type.VAR_INT, NEW_GAME_EVENT_TAGS.length);
+                    for (String tag : NEW_GAME_EVENT_TAGS) {
+                        wrapper.write(Type.STRING, tag);
+                        wrapper.write(Type.VAR_INT_ARRAY_PRIMITIVE, new int[0]);
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        });
 
         new StatisticsRewriter(this, null).register(ClientboundPackets1_16_2.STATISTICS);
 
@@ -82,8 +96,7 @@ public class Protocol1_17To1_16_4 extends Protocol<ClientboundPackets1_16_2, Cli
     protected void onMappingDataLoaded() {
         tagRewriter.addEmptyTags(RegistryType.ITEM, "minecraft:candles", "minecraft:ignored_by_piglin_babies", "minecraft:piglin_food", "minecraft:freeze_immune_wearables");
         tagRewriter.addEmptyTags(RegistryType.BLOCK, "minecraft:crystal_sound_blocks", "minecraft:candle_cakes", "minecraft:candles",
-                "minecraft:snow_step_sound_blocks", "minecraft:inside_step_sound_blocks", "minecraft:occludes_vibration_signals",
-                "minecraft:dripstone_replaceable_blocks", "minecraft:ignore_vibrations_stepping_carefully");
+                "minecraft:snow_step_sound_blocks", "minecraft:inside_step_sound_blocks", "minecraft:occludes_vibration_signals", "minecraft:dripstone_replaceable_blocks");
         tagRewriter.addEmptyTag(RegistryType.ENTITY, "minecraft:powder_snow_walkable_mobs");
         tagRewriter.addTag(RegistryType.BLOCK, "minecraft:cauldrons", 261);
     }