diff --git a/api/knbt.api b/api/knbt.api
index 810a7302..7847e407 100644
--- a/api/knbt.api
+++ b/api/knbt.api
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/BedrockNbt : net/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormat {
+	public final fun decodeFromNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public final fun encodeToNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;
 	public fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/BedrockNbtConfiguration;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormatConfiguration;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/BedrockNbtKt {
 }
 
 public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/BedrockNetworkNbt : net/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormat {
+	public final fun decodeFromNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public final fun encodeToNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;
 	public fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/BedrockNetworkNbtConfiguration;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormatConfiguration;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ public abstract interface annotation class net/benwoodworth/knbt/ExperimentalNbt
 }
 
 public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/JavaNbt : net/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormat {
+	public final fun decodeFromNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public final fun encodeToNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormatConfiguration;
 	public fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/JavaNbtConfiguration;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
@@ -97,6 +103,8 @@ public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/JavaNbtKt {
 }
 
 public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/JavaNetworkNbt : net/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormat {
+	public final fun decodeFromNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public final fun encodeToNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/BinaryNbtFormatConfiguration;
 	public fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/JavaNetworkNbtConfiguration;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
@@ -524,8 +532,8 @@ public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFloat$Companion {
 }
 
 public abstract class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat : kotlinx/serialization/SerialFormat {
-	public final fun decodeFromNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;)Ljava/lang/Object;
-	public final fun encodeToNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;
+	protected final fun decodeFromNbtTagUnsafe (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	protected final fun encodeToNbtTagUnsafe (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;
 	public abstract fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
 }
 
@@ -1036,44 +1044,14 @@ public abstract class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTransformingSerializer : kotlinx/
 	protected fun transformSerialize (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;
 }
 
-public abstract class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant {
-}
-
-public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant$Bedrock : net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant {
-	public static final field INSTANCE Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant$Bedrock;
-	public fun equals (Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
-	public fun hashCode ()I
-	public fun toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
-}
-
-public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant$BedrockNetwork : net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant {
-	public static final field INSTANCE Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant$BedrockNetwork;
-	public fun equals (Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
-	public fun hashCode ()I
-	public fun toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
-}
-
-public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant$Java : net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant {
-	public static final field INSTANCE Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant$Java;
-	public fun equals (Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
-	public fun hashCode ()I
-	public fun toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
-}
-
-public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant$JavaNetwork : net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtVariant {
-	public fun <init> (I)V
-	public fun equals (Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
-	public final fun getProtocolVersion ()I
-	public fun hashCode ()I
-	public fun toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
-}
-
 public abstract interface annotation class net/benwoodworth/knbt/OkioApi : java/lang/annotation/Annotation {
 }
 
 public class net/benwoodworth/knbt/StringifiedNbt : net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat, kotlinx/serialization/StringFormat {
 	public static final field Default Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/StringifiedNbt$Default;
+	public final fun decodeFromNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 	public fun decodeFromString (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public final fun encodeToNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtTag;
 	public fun encodeToString (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
 	public fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/StringifiedNbtConfiguration;
@@ -1106,8 +1084,9 @@ public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/StringifiedNbtKt {
 
 public class net/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt : net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat {
 	public static final field Default Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt$Default;
-	public synthetic fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
-	public fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbtConfiguration;
+	public final fun decodeFromNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/DeserializationStrategy;Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public final fun encodeToNbtTag (Lkotlinx/serialization/SerializationStrategy;Ljava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtNamed;
+	public fun getConfiguration ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatConfiguration;
 	public fun getSerializersModule ()Lkotlinx/serialization/modules/SerializersModule;
 }
 
@@ -1116,8 +1095,8 @@ public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt$Default : net/benwoodworth/knbt/
 
 public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbtBuilder : net/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormatBuilder {
 	public fun <init> ()V
-	public fun <init> (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;)V
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
+	public fun <init> (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat;)V
+	public synthetic fun <init> (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
 	public synthetic fun build$knbt ()Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat;
 }
 
@@ -1128,8 +1107,9 @@ public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbtConfiguration : net/benwoodworth/
 }
 
 public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbtKt {
-	public static final fun TagNbt (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;
-	public static synthetic fun TagNbt$default (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;
+	public static final fun TagNbt (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;
+	public static final fun TagNbt (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;
+	public static synthetic fun TagNbt$default (Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/NbtFormat;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lnet/benwoodworth/knbt/TagNbt;
 }
 
 public final class net/benwoodworth/knbt/_DeprecationsKt {
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtContentPolymorphicSerializer.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtContentPolymorphicSerializer.kt
index 63577fd3..e1cfdf6e 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtContentPolymorphicSerializer.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtContentPolymorphicSerializer.kt
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ public abstract class NbtContentPolymorphicSerializer<T : Any>(private val baseC
         val input = decoder.asNbtDecoder()
         val tree = input.decodeNbtTag()
 
+        val nbt = TagNbt(input.nbt)
         val actualSerializer = selectDeserializer(tree) as KSerializer<T>
         val tagName = actualSerializer.descriptor.nbtName
-        return input.nbt.decodeFromNbtTag(actualSerializer, NbtNamed(tagName, tree))
+        return nbt.decodeFromNbtTag(actualSerializer, NbtNamed(tagName, tree))
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtTransformingSerializer.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtTransformingSerializer.kt
index 9492da32..9fbc9b7c 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtTransformingSerializer.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/NbtTransformingSerializer.kt
@@ -71,16 +71,18 @@ public abstract class NbtTransformingSerializer<T : Any>(
 
     final override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: T) {
         val output = encoder.asNbtEncoder()
-        var tag = output.nbt.encodeToNbtTag(tSerializer, value).value
+        val nbt = TagNbt(output.nbt)
+        var tag = nbt.encodeToNbtTag(tSerializer, value).value
         tag = transformSerialize(tag)
         output.encodeNbtTag(tag)
     }
 
     final override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): T {
         val input = decoder.asNbtDecoder()
+        val nbt = TagNbt(input.nbt)
         val tag = input.decodeNbtTag()
         val transformed = transformDeserialize(tag)
-        return input.nbt.decodeFromNbtTag(tSerializer, NbtNamed(nbtName, transformed))
+        return nbt.decodeFromNbtTag(tSerializer, NbtNamed(nbtName, transformed))
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbt.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbt.kt
index 19c0c3c9..23b5653d 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbt.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbt.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ private val tagNbtCapabilities = NbtCapabilities(
 )
 
 public open class TagNbt internal constructor(
-    override val configuration: TagNbtConfiguration,
+    override val configuration: NbtFormatConfiguration,
     override val serializersModule: SerializersModule,
 ) : NbtFormat() {
     override val name get()  = "NbtTag"
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ public open class TagNbt internal constructor(
 }
 
 /**
- * Creates an instance of [TagNbt] configured from the optionally given [TagNbt instance][from]
+ * Creates an instance of [TagNbt] configured from the optionally given [NbtFormat instance][from]
  * and adjusted with [builderAction].
  */
 public fun TagNbt(
-    from: TagNbt? = null,
+    from: NbtFormat? = null,
     builderAction: TagNbtBuilder.() -> Unit,
 ): TagNbt {
     val builder = TagNbtBuilder(from)
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ public fun TagNbt(
     return builder.build()
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates an instance of [TagNbt] configured from the given [NbtFormat instance][from].
+ */
+public fun TagNbt(from: NbtFormat): TagNbt =
+    TagNbt(from.configuration, from.serializersModule)
+
 /**
  * Serializes the given [value] into an equivalent named [NbtTag] using a serializer retrieved from the reified type
  * parameter.
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbtConfiguration.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbtConfiguration.kt
index e880aa59..c1af24be 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbtConfiguration.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/TagNbtConfiguration.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class TagNbtConfiguration internal constructor(
                 ")"
 }
 
-public class TagNbtBuilder(nbt: TagNbt? = null) : NbtFormatBuilder(nbt) {
+public class TagNbtBuilder(nbt: NbtFormat? = null) : NbtFormatBuilder(nbt) {
     override fun build(): TagNbt {
         return TagNbt(
             configuration = TagNbtConfiguration(