diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
index d7dfe92d38..e8ef29c51a 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ public interface Server {
      */
     public int getPort();
 
-    /**
-     * Get the view distance from this server.
-     *
-     * @return The view distance from this server.
-     */
-    public int getViewDistance();
-
     /**
      * Get the IP that this server is bound to or empty string if not specified
      *
@@ -247,18 +240,18 @@ public interface Server {
      * @return World with the given Unique ID, or null if none exists.
      */
     public World getWorld(UUID uid);
-    
+
     /**
      * Gets the map from the given item ID.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param id ID of the map to get.
      * @return The MapView if it exists, or null otherwise.
      */
     public MapView getMap(short id);
-    
+
     /**
      * Create a new map with an automatically assigned ID.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param world The world the map will belong to.
      * @return The MapView just created.
      */
@@ -346,4 +339,26 @@ public interface Server {
      * @return Whether this server allows flying or not.
      */
     public boolean getAllowFlight();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the default view distance of this server.
+     *
+     * The view distance is a measure of how far a player can see.
+     * It affects the number of chunks loaded and updated around every player.
+     *
+     * @return The default view distance of the server.
+     */
+    public int getViewDistance();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the default view distance for this server.
+     *
+     * The view distance is a measure of how far a player can see.
+     * It affects the number of chunks loaded and updated around every player.
+     * The view distance must be in the range [3,15].
+     *
+     * @param viewDistance an integer between 3 and 15 inclusive
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If view distance is less than 3 or greater than 15
+     */
+    public void setViewDistance(int viewDistance) throws IllegalArgumentException;
 }
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java
index 3c416de1a2..d2b83eafe6 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java
@@ -694,12 +694,44 @@ public interface World {
     public boolean getKeepSpawnInMemory();
 
     /**
-    * Sets whether the world's spawn area should be kept loaded into memory or not.
-    *
-    * @param keepLoaded if true then the world's spawn area will be kept loaded into memory.
-    */
+     * Sets whether the world's spawn area should be kept loaded into memory or not.
+     *
+     * @param keepLoaded if true then the world's spawn area will be kept loaded into memory.
+     */
     public void setKeepSpawnInMemory(boolean keepLoaded);
 
+    /**
+     * Get the view distance of this world.
+     *
+     * The view distance is a measure of how far a player can see.
+     * It affects the number of chunks loaded and updated around every player.
+     *
+     * @return Current view distance of the world
+     */
+    public int getViewDistance();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the view distance for this world.
+     *
+     * The view distance is a measure of how far a player can see.
+     * It affects the number of chunks loaded and updated around every player.
+     * The view distance must be in the range [3,15]
+     *
+     * @param viewDistance an integer between 3 and 15 inclusive
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If view distance is less than 3 or greater than 15
+     */
+    public void setViewDistance(int viewDistance) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
+    /**
+     * Set the view distance for this world back to server defaults.
+     */
+    public void resetViewDistance();
+
+    /**
+     * @return if the view distance has been set for this world
+     */
+    boolean isViewDistanceSet();
+
     /**
      * Represents various map environment types that a world may be
      */
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
index 706f1fd990..b00d58aa29 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
@@ -300,4 +300,25 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, CommandSender {
      */
     public void resetPlayerTime();
 
+    /**
+     * Set the view distance for this player.
+     * View distance will remain constant, even between worlds, until it is changed or reset to default.
+     * @param viewDistance the number of chunks this player can see.
+     */
+    void setViewDistance(int viewDistance);
+
+    /**
+     * @return the number of chunks this player can see
+     */
+    int getViewDistance();
+
+    /**
+     * Set this players view distance back to the same as whichever world they are on.
+     */
+    void resetViewDistance();
+
+    /**
+     * @return if the view distance has been set for this player specifically.
+     */
+    boolean isViewDistanceSet();
 }