From 806784ea8ae62c9e7eae2e948cf39f2a8a576c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JRoy <10731363+JRoy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:18:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix 1.16 & 1.17 Compatability

We started using TagResolver a while ago which wasn't in the first few versions of adventure. Fixes #6560
---
 .../src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java     | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index 5170a694a63..fd0b41fe1d2 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ private void initAdventureFacet() {
             adventureFacet.close();
         }
 
-        if (VersionUtil.isPaper() && VersionUtil.getServerBukkitVersion().isHigherThanOrEqualTo(VersionUtil.v1_16_5_R01)) {
+        // Paper only started bundling a modern enough native Adventure (with the MiniMessage TagResolver API)
+        // in 1.18.2, so older versions must continue using our bundled Adventure via the Spigot facet.
+        if (VersionUtil.isPaper() && VersionUtil.getServerBukkitVersion().isHigherThanOrEqualTo(VersionUtil.v1_18_2_R01)) {
             adventureFacet = new PaperAdventureFacet(getSettings() != null ? getSettings().getPrimaryColor() : null, getSettings() != null ? getSettings().getSecondaryColor() : null);
         } else {
             adventureFacet = new SpigotAdventureFacet(this);