diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Location.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Location.java
index a98da8595c..dbdf649255 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Location.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Location.java
@@ -298,4 +298,19 @@ public class Location implements Cloneable {
     public static int locToBlock(double loc) {
         return (int) Math.floor(loc);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the distance between two locations in a world.
+     * 
+     * @param loc the Location to calculate the distance to
+     * @return the distance between this location and the parameter
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the location parameter is null or represents a location in a different world
+     */
+    public double distanceTo(Location loc) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (loc == null || loc.getWorld() != getWorld()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot measure distance between worlds or to null");
+        }
+        
+        return toVector().distance(loc.toVector());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Sound.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Sound.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bc0135575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Sound.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.bukkit;
+
+/**
+ * A list of sounds that the server is able to send to players.
+ */
+public enum Sound {
+    BOW_FIRE(1002),
+    CLICK1(1001),
+    CLICK2(1000),
+    DOOR_SOUND(1003),
+    EXTINGUISH(1004),
+    RECORD_PLAY(1005),
+    SMOKE(2000),
+    STEP_SOUND(2001);
+    private final int soundIdentifier;
+
+    Sound(int soundIdentifier) {
+            this.soundIdentifier = soundIdentifier;
+    }
+
+    public int getSoundIdentifier() {
+            return this.soundIdentifier;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java
index e8259f8bf7..666d49dab9 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java
@@ -531,7 +531,32 @@ public interface World {
      * @return List containing any or none BlockPopulators
      */
     public List<BlockPopulator> getPopulators();
-
+    
+    /**
+     * Plays a sound to just one player.
+     * @param player the player to play the sound for
+     * @param sound the {@link Sound}
+     * @param data a data bit needed for the RECORD_PLAY, SMOKE, and STEP_SOUND sounds
+     */
+    public void playSound(Player player, Sound sound, int data);
+    
+    /**
+     * Plays a sound to all players within a default radius around a given location.
+     * @param location the {@link Location} around which players must be to hear the sound
+     * @param sound the {@link Sound}
+     * @param data a data bit needed for the RECORD_PLAY, SMOKE, and STEP_SOUND sounds
+     */
+    public void playSound(Location location, Sound sound, int data);
+    
+    /**
+     * Plays a sound to all players within a given radius around a location.
+     * @param location the {@link Location} around which players must be to hear the sound
+     * @param sound the {@link Sound}
+     * @param data a data bit needed for the RECORD_PLAY, SMOKE, and STEP_SOUND sounds
+     * @param radius the radius around the location
+     */
+    public void playSound(Location location, Sound sound, int data, int radius);
+    
     /**
      * Represents various map environment types that a world may be
      */