diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java
index 963c673ff..1628e75cd 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PayloadTypeRegistry;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerConfigurationNetworking;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop;
@@ -207,10 +208,11 @@ public interface ConfigurationPayloadHandler<T extends CustomPacketPayload> {
 		 * <p>Unlike {@link ClientPlayNetworking.PlayPayloadHandler} this method is executed on {@linkplain io.netty.channel.EventLoop netty's event loops}.
 		 * Modification to the game should be {@linkplain BlockableEventLoop#submit(Runnable) scheduled}.
 		 *
-		 * <p>An example usage of this is to display an overlay message:
+		 * <p>An example usage of this:
 		 * <pre>{@code
-		 * // See FabricPacket for creating the packet
-		 * ClientConfigurationNetworking.registerReceiver(OVERLAY_PACKET_TYPE, (packet, responseSender) -> {
+		 * // use PayloadTypeRegistry for registering the payload
+		 * ClientConfigurationNetworking.registerReceiver(OVERLAY_PACKET_TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
+		 *
 		 * });
 		 * }</pre>
 		 *
@@ -223,6 +225,11 @@ public interface ConfigurationPayloadHandler<T extends CustomPacketPayload> {
 
 	@ApiStatus.NonExtendable
 	public interface Context {
+		/**
+		 * @return The MinecraftClient instance
+		 */
+		Minecraft client();
+
 		/**
 		 * @return The packet sender
 		 */
diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientPlayNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientPlayNetworking.java
index fcf409a5b..0039865dc 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientPlayNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientPlayNetworking.java
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ public interface PlayPayloadHandler<T extends CustomPacketPayload> {
 		 *
 		 * <p>An example usage of this is to display an overlay message:
 		 * <pre>{@code
-		 * // See FabricPacket for creating the payload
-		 * ClientPlayNetworking.registerReceiver(OVERLAY_PACKET_TYPE, (player, payload, responseSender) -> {
-		 * 	MinecraftClient.getInstance().inGameHud.setOverlayMessage(payload.message(), true);
+		 * // use PayloadTypeRegistry for registering the payload
+		 * ClientPlayNetworking.registerReceiver(OVERLAY_PACKET_TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
+		 * 	context.client().inGameHud.setOverlayMessage(payload.message(), true);
 		 * });
 		 * }</pre>
 		 *
diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerConfigurationNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerConfigurationNetworking.java
index b931eeb1f..0a1c53924 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerConfigurationNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerConfigurationNetworking.java
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ public interface ConfigurationPacketHandler<T extends CustomPacketPayload> {
 		 *
 		 * <p>An example usage of this:
 		 * <pre>{@code
-		 * // See FabricPacket for creating the packet
-		 * ServerConfigurationNetworking.registerReceiver(BOOM_PACKET_TYPE, (packet, responseSender) -> {
+		 * // use PayloadTypeRegistry for registering the payload
+		 * ServerConfigurationNetworking.registerReceiver(BOOM_PACKET_TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
 		 *
 		 * });
 		 * }</pre>
@@ -267,6 +267,11 @@ public interface ConfigurationPacketHandler<T extends CustomPacketPayload> {
 
 	@ApiStatus.NonExtendable
 	public interface Context {
+		/**
+		 * @return The MinecraftServer instance
+		 */
+		MinecraftServer server();
+
 		/**
 		 * @return The ServerConfigurationNetworkHandler instance
 		 */
diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerPlayNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerPlayNetworking.java
index d6f79a9de..ceca9db27 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerPlayNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/networking/v1/ServerPlayNetworking.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.ClientCommonPacketListener;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl;
 import org.sinytra.fabric.networking_api.server.NeoServerPlayNetworking;
@@ -307,13 +308,12 @@ public interface PlayPayloadHandler<T extends CustomPacketPayload> {
 		 * <p>An example usage of this is to create an explosion where the player is looking:
 		 * <pre>{@code
 		 * // use PayloadTypeRegistry for registering the payload
-		 * ServerPlayNetworking.registerReceiver(BoomPayload.ID, (payload, player, responseSender) -> {
-		 * 	ModPacketHandler.createExplosion(player, payload.fire());
+		 * ServerPlayNetworking.registerReceiver(BoomPayload.ID, (payload, context) -> {
+		 * 	ModPacketHandler.createExplosion(context.player(), payload.fire());
 		 * });
 		 * }</pre>
 		 *
-		 * <p>The server and the network handler can be accessed via {@link ServerPlayer#server}
-		 * and {@link ServerPlayer#connection}, respectively.
+		 * <p>The network handler can be accessed via {@link ServerPlayer#connection}.
 		 *
 		 * @param payload the packet payload
 		 * @param context the play networking context
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ public interface PlayPayloadHandler<T extends CustomPacketPayload> {
 
 	@ApiStatus.NonExtendable
 	public interface Context {
+		/**
+		 * @return The MinecraftServer instance
+		 */
+		MinecraftServer server();
+
 		/**
 		 * @return The player that received the packet
 		 */
diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/client/NeoClientConfigurationNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/client/NeoClientConfigurationNetworking.java
index 8ae5930c8..3e11a5812 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/client/NeoClientConfigurationNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/client/NeoClientConfigurationNetworking.java
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientConfigurationNetworking;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PacketSender;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.impl.networking.PayloadTypeRegistryImpl;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.network.ConnectionProtocol;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.PacketFlow;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.extensions.ICommonPacketListener;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.handling.IPayloadContext;
-import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.registration.NetworkRegistry;
 import org.sinytra.fabric.networking_api.NeoCommonNetworking;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ public static void setClientConfigurationAddon(ICommonPacketListener listener) {
     }
 
     private record ClientConfigNeoContextWrapper(IPayloadContext context) implements ClientConfigurationNetworking.Context {
+        @Override
+        public Minecraft client() {
+            return Minecraft.getInstance();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public PacketSender responseSender() {
             return new NeoClientPacketSender(context.connection());
diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerConfigurationNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerConfigurationNetworking.java
index d9a49f4e2..75b4fc8ad 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerConfigurationNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerConfigurationNetworking.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.PacketFlow;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerConfigurationPacketListenerImpl;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.handling.IPayloadContext;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.registration.NetworkRegistry;
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ public static PacketSender getSender(ServerConfigurationPacketListenerImpl handl
     }
 
     private record ServerConfigNeoContextWrapper(IPayloadContext context) implements ServerConfigurationNetworking.Context {
+        @Override
+        public MinecraftServer server() {
+            return networkHandler().server;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public ServerConfigurationPacketListenerImpl networkHandler() {
             return (ServerConfigurationPacketListenerImpl) context.listener();
diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerPlayNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerPlayNetworking.java
index e6ddc51bc..c3d67ee30 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerPlayNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/main/java/org/sinytra/fabric/networking_api/server/NeoServerPlayNetworking.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.PacketFlow;
 import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.network.handling.IPayloadContext;
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ public static void onClientReady(ServerPlayer player) {
     }
 
     private record ServerNeoContextWrapper(IPayloadContext context) implements ServerPlayNetworking.Context {
+        @Override
+        public MinecraftServer server() {
+            return player().getServer();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public ServerPlayer player() {
             return (ServerPlayer) context.player();