diff --git a/lib/nbtwalk/walk.go b/lib/nbtwalk/walk.go
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+++ b/lib/nbtwalk/walk.go
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+package nbtwalk
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/maxsupermanhd/go-vmc/v764/nbt"
+)
+
+var (
+	ErrUnknownTag   = errors.New("unknown tag")
+	ErrNegativeSize = errors.New("negative size")
+)
+
+type NBTnode struct {
+	T byte
+	N string
+	S int
+}
+
+type NBTidentifier struct {
+	N string
+	I int
+}
+
+type WalkerCallbacks struct {
+	CbEnd       func(p []NBTnode)
+	CbByte      func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val byte)
+	CbShort     func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val uint16)
+	CbInt       func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val uint32)
+	CbLong      func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val uint64)
+	CbFloat     func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val float32)
+	CbDouble    func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val float64)
+	CbByteArray func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val []byte)
+	CbString    func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val string)
+	CbList      func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, t byte, l int)
+	CbCompound  func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier)
+	CbIntArray  func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val []uint32)
+	CbLongArray func(p []NBTnode, n *NBTidentifier, val []uint64)
+}
+
+// inspired by github.com/rmmh/cubeographer
+// reflectless nbt "parser" that shits on branch predictors
+// tldr callbacks get entered and exited from nbt tree
+// keep tree-poition based callbacks and swap them out
+// in runtime to avoid checking trees all the time
+// ps tag end in node tree means end (to not reallocate)
+func WalkNBT(data []byte, cb *WalkerCallbacks) error {
+	p := make([]NBTnode, 0, 32)
+	for i := 0; i < len(data); {
+		t := data[i]
+		i += 1
+		if t == nbt.TagEnd {
+			if len(p) == 0 {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if cb.CbEnd != nil {
+				cb.CbEnd(p)
+			}
+			p = p[:len(p)-1]
+			continue
+		}
+		ns := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i : i+2]))
+		i += 2
+		n := &NBTidentifier{N: string(data[i : i+ns])}
+		switch t {
+		default:
+			return ErrUnknownTag
+		case nbt.TagByte:
+			if i >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if cb.CbByte != nil {
+				cb.CbByte(p, n, data[i])
+			}
+			i += 1
+		case nbt.TagShort:
+			if i+2 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if cb.CbShort != nil {
+				cb.CbShort(p, n, binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i:i+2]))
+			}
+			i += 2
+		case nbt.TagInt:
+			if i+4 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if cb.CbInt != nil {
+				cb.CbInt(p, n, binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[i:i+4]))
+			}
+			i += 4
+		case nbt.TagLong:
+			if i+8 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if cb.CbLong != nil {
+				cb.CbLong(p, n, binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data[i:i+8]))
+			}
+			i += 8
+		case nbt.TagFloat:
+			if i+4 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if cb.CbFloat != nil {
+				cb.CbFloat(p, n, math.Float32frombits(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[i:i+4])))
+			}
+			i += 4
+		case nbt.TagDouble:
+			if i+8 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if cb.CbDouble != nil {
+				cb.CbDouble(p, n, math.Float64frombits(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(data[i:i+8])))
+			}
+			i += 8
+		case nbt.TagByteArray:
+			if i+4 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			s := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[i : i+4]))
+			if i+4+s >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			cb.CbByteArray(p, n, data[i+4:i+s])
+			i += 4 + s
+		case nbt.TagString:
+			if i+2 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			s := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[i : i+2]))
+			if i+2+s >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			cb.CbString(p, n, string(data[i+2:i+2+s]))
+			i += 2 + s
+		case nbt.TagList:
+			if i+4+1 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			lt := data[i]
+			if lt > 12 {
+				return ErrUnknownTag
+			}
+			ls := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[i+1 : i+1+4]))
+			i += 4 + 1
+			cb.CbList(p, n, lt, ls)
+			p = append(p, NBTnode{
+				T: nbt.TagList,
+				N: n.N,
+				S: ls,
+			})
+		case nbt.TagCompound:
+			cb.CbCompound(p, n)
+			p = append(p, NBTnode{
+				T: nbt.TagList,
+				N: n.N,
+			})
+		case nbt.TagIntArray:
+			if i+4 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			s := int32(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[i : i+4]))
+			if s < 0 {
+				return ErrNegativeSize
+			}
+			if i+4+int(s)*4 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			// most cursed thing I've done yet
+			cb.CbIntArray(p, n, unsafe.Slice((*uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&data[i+4])), s))
+		case nbt.TagLongArray:
+			if i+4 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			s := int32(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[i : i+4]))
+			if s < 0 {
+				return ErrNegativeSize
+			}
+			if i+4+int(s)*8 >= len(data) {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			cb.CbLongArray(p, n, unsafe.Slice((*uint64)(unsafe.Pointer(&data[i+4])), s))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}