diff --git a/anvil-api/build.gradle b/anvil-api/build.gradle
index e29e992c8..707c855a7 100644
--- a/anvil-api/build.gradle
+++ b/anvil-api/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    maven { url 'https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven' }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -11,4 +12,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation reflections
     implementation javasisst
     implementation guice
+    implementation configurate_core
+    implementation configurate_hocon
 }
diff --git a/anvil-api/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/api/data/config/Channel.java b/anvil-api/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/api/data/config/Channel.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07f502e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anvil-api/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/api/data/config/Channel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ *   Anvil - AnvilPowered
+ *   Copyright (C) 2020 Cableguy20
+ *
+ *     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *     (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *     GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.data.config;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Channel {
+
+    public String id;
+
+    public List<String> aliases;
+
+    public String prefix;
+
+    public boolean alwaysVisible;
+}
diff --git a/anvil-api/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/api/util/ChatService.java b/anvil-api/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/api/util/ChatService.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27482a0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anvil-api/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/api/util/ChatService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ *   Anvil - AnvilPowered
+ *   Copyright (C) 2020 Cableguy20
+ *
+ *     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *     (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *     GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.util;
+
+import org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.data.config.Channel;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+public interface ChatService<TString> {
+
+    TString createChannel(String channelId, String prefix, List<String> aliases, Boolean alwaysVisible);
+
+    //Return the prefix for a specified channel
+    Optional<String> getPrefixForChannel(String channelId);
+
+    //Return a channel for the specified channelId
+    Optional<Channel> getChannelFromId(String channelId);
+
+    //Change channels for a user
+    TString switchChannel(UUID userUUID, String channelId);
+
+    //return the current channel for a user
+    String getChannelIdForUser(UUID userUUID);
+
+    //Return a total count of users in a specified channel
+    int getUserCountFromChannel(String channelId);
+
+    //Return a list of users in a specified channel
+    TString getUsersInChannel(String channelId);
+
+    //Return a list of online players
+    String getPlayerList();
+
+    //Send a message to a specified channel
+    CompletableFuture<Void> sendMessageToChannel(String channelId, TString message);
+
+    //Send a message globally
+    CompletableFuture<Void> sendGlobalMessage(TString message);
+}
diff --git a/anvil-common/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/common/util/CommonChatService.java b/anvil-common/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/common/util/CommonChatService.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bb687e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anvil-common/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/common/util/CommonChatService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ *   Anvil - AnvilPowered
+ *   Copyright (C) 2020 Cableguy20
+ *
+ *     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *     (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *     GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.anvilpowered.anvil.common.util;
+
+import org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.data.config.Channel;
+import org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.data.key.Keys;
+import org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.data.registry.Registry;
+import org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.util.ChatService;
+import org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.util.StringResult;
+import org.anvilpowered.anvil.api.util.UserService;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@Singleton
+public class CommonChatService<TPlayer extends TCommandSource, TString, TCommandSource> implements ChatService<TString> {
+
+    @Inject
+    protected StringResult<TString, TCommandSource> stringResult;
+
+    @Inject
+    protected Registry registry;
+
+    @Inject
+    protected UserService<TPlayer, TPlayer> userService;
+
+    Map<UUID, String> channelMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public TString createChannel(String channelId, String prefix, List<String> aliases, Boolean alwaysVisible) {
+        Channel channel = new Channel();
+        channel.id = channelId;
+        channel.prefix = prefix;
+        channel.aliases = aliases;
+        channel.alwaysVisible = alwaysVisible;
+
+        return stringResult.success("Successfully created channel " + channelId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> getPrefixForChannel(String channelId) {
+        return getChannelFromId(channelId).map(c -> c.prefix);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<Channel> getChannelFromId(String channelId) {
+        return registry.get(Keys.<List<Channel>>resolveUnsafe("CHANNEL_ID")).flatMap((List<Channel> channel) ->
+            channel.stream()
+                .filter(c -> c.id.equals(channelId))
+                .findAny());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TString switchChannel(UUID userUUID, String channelId) {
+        if (getChannelFromId(channelId).isPresent()) {
+            channelMap.put(userUUID, channelId);
+            return stringResult.success("Connected to channel " + channelId);
+        }
+        return stringResult.fail("Failed to connect to channel " + channelId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getChannelIdForUser(UUID userUUID) {
+        return channelMap.get(userUUID) == null ? registry.getOrDefault(Keys.resolveUnsafe("CHANNEL_DEFAULT")) : channelMap.get(userUUID);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getUserCountFromChannel(String channelId) {
+        return (int) userService.getOnlinePlayers()
+            .stream()
+            .filter(p -> getChannelIdForUser(userService.getUUID(p))
+                .equals(channelId)).count();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TString getUsersInChannel(String channelId) {
+        List<String> channelUsersList = userService.getOnlinePlayers()
+            .stream()
+            .filter(p -> getChannelIdForUser(userService.getUUID(p)).equals(channelId))
+            .map(p -> userService.getUserName(p))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        return stringResult.builder()
+            .green().append("------------------- ")
+            .gold().append(channelId)
+            .green().append(" --------------------\n")
+            .append(String.join(", ", channelUsersList))
+            .build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPlayerList() {
+        return userService.getOnlinePlayers().stream().map(userService::getUserName).collect(Collectors.joining(", \n"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> sendMessageToChannel(String channelId, TString message) {
+        return CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> userService.getOnlinePlayers().forEach(p -> {
+            if (getChannelIdForUser(userService.getUUID(p)).equals(channelId))
+                stringResult.send(message, p);
+        }));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> sendGlobalMessage(TString message) {
+        return CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> userService.getOnlinePlayers().forEach(p -> stringResult.send(message, p)));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/anvil-core/anvil-core-common/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/core/common/plugin/AnvilCorePluginInfo.java b/anvil-core/anvil-core-common/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/core/common/plugin/AnvilCorePluginInfo.java
index cc1fb5e2e..182d26b12 100644
--- a/anvil-core/anvil-core-common/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/core/common/plugin/AnvilCorePluginInfo.java
+++ b/anvil-core/anvil-core-common/src/main/java/org/anvilpowered/anvil/core/common/plugin/AnvilCorePluginInfo.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class AnvilCorePluginInfo<TString, TCommandSource> implements PluginInfo<
     public static final String version = "$modVersion";
     public static final String description = "A cross platform Minecraft plugin framework";
     public static final String url = "https://github.com/AnvilPowered/Anvil";
-    public static final String[] authors = {"Cableguy20"};
+    public static final String[] authors = {"Cableguy20, STG_Allen"};
     public static final String organizationName = "AnvilPowered";
     public static final String buildDate = "$buildDate";
     public TString pluginPrefix;
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f578475fe..a88c9d741 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 beanutils=commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:1.9.2
 bson=org.mongodb:bson:3.10.1
 configurate_core=org.spongepowered:configurate-core:3.6
+configurate_hocon=org.spongepowered:configurate-hocon:3.6
 guava=com.google.guava:guava:28.1-jre
 guice=com.google.inject:guice:4.1.0
 h2=com.h2database:h2-mvstore:1.4.200
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1b16c34a7..8164aa2c3 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+#Sat Feb 08 13:34:47 EST 2020
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-all.zip
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-bin.zip
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME