diff --git a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
index 605d25c1..bb923b7e 100644
--- a/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
+++ b/src/engine/ConfigParsing/EffectsParser.java
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@
 
 package engine.ConfigParsing;
 
-import engine.ConfigParsing.EffectsData.Condition;
 import engine.ConfigParsing.EffectsData.EffectData;
-import engine.ConfigParsing.EffectsData.Mod;
 import engine.gameManager.ConfigManager;
-import engine.mbEnums;
-import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -22,179 +18,29 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class EffectsParser {
 
     public static String EffectsPath = ConfigManager.DEFAULT_DATA_DIR + "wpak/Effects.cfg";
     public static HashMap<String, EffectData> effect_data = new HashMap<>();
+    private static final Pattern EFFECT_REGEX = Pattern.compile("<EFFECTBEGIN>(.+?)</EFFECTEND>", Pattern.DOTALL);
+    private static final Pattern SOURCE_REGEX = Pattern.compile("<SOURCEBEGIN>(.+?)</SOURCEEND>", Pattern.DOTALL);
+    private static final Pattern MODS_REGEX = Pattern.compile("<MODSBEGIN>(.+?)</MODSEND>", Pattern.DOTALL);
 
     public static void init() throws IOException {
 
-        ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> compiledData = new ArrayList<>();
-        List<String> fileData = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(EffectsPath));
-        ArrayList<String> modData = new ArrayList<>();
+        byte[] fileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(EffectsPath));
+        String fileContents = new String(fileData);
 
-        for (String line : fileData) {
+        final List<String> effectEntries = new ArrayList<>();
+        final Matcher matcher = EFFECT_REGEX.matcher(fileContents);
 
-            if (line.contains("EFFECTBEGIN")) {
-                modData = new ArrayList<>();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (line.contains("EFFECTEND"))
-                compiledData.add(modData);
-            else
-                modData.add(line);
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            effectEntries.add(matcher.group(1));
         }
 
-        CreateBlocks(compiledData);
     }
 
-    public static void CreateBlocks(ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> compiledData) {
-
-        for (ArrayList<String> compiledLines : compiledData) {
-
-            EffectData effectData = new EffectData();
-            effectData.id = compiledLines.get(1).replace("     ", "").split(" ")[0];
-            effectData.sources = new ArrayList<>();
-            effectData.mods = new ArrayList<>();
-            effectData.conditions = new ArrayList<>();
-
-            try {
-                String rawData = compiledLines.get(1).replace("     ", "");
-                if(rawData.contains("\"")){
-                    int startIndex = rawData.indexOf('"') + 1;
-                    int endIndex = rawData.lastIndexOf('"');
-                    char[] nameValue = rawData.toCharArray();
-                    String name = "";
-                    for(int i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++){
-                        name += nameValue[i];
-                    }
-                    effectData.name = name;
-                }
-                int iconID;
-                try {
-                    iconID = Integer.parseInt(compiledLines.get(1).replace("     ", "").split(" ")[2]);
-                } catch(Exception e){
-                    iconID = 0;
-                }
-                effectData.icon = iconID;
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                Logger.error(e);
-            }
-
-            int index = 0;
-
-            //log all sources
-
-            for (String line : compiledLines) {
-                String rawValue;
-                if (line.contains("SOURCEBEGIN")) {
-                    rawValue = compiledLines.get(index + 1).replace("          ", "");
-                    switch (rawValue) {
-                        case "Crush":
-                            rawValue = "Crushing";
-                            break;
-                        case "Slash":
-                            rawValue = "Slashing";
-                            break;
-                        case "Pierce":
-                            rawValue = "Piercing";
-                            break;
-
-                    }
-                    effectData.sources.add(mbEnums.EffectSourceType.valueOf(rawValue));
-                }
-                index++;
-            }
-
-            //log all mods
-
-            index = 0;
-
-            for (String line : compiledLines) {
-
-                if (line.contains("MODSBEGIN")) {
-
-                    int extra = 1;
-                    Mod mod = new Mod();
-
-                    while (!compiledLines.get(index + extra).contains("MODSEND")) {
-                        //data.mods.add(lines[index + extra].Replace("          ", ""));
-                        String rawValue = compiledLines.get(index + extra).replace("          ", "").split(" ")[0];
-                        try {
-                            mod.type = mbEnums.ModType.valueOf(rawValue);
-                        }catch(Exception e){
-                            mod.type = mbEnums.ModType.None;
-                        }
-                        GenerateModValues(mod, compiledLines.get(index + extra).replace("          ", "").replace("    ", "").split(" "));
-                        extra++;
-                    }
-                    effectData.mods.add(mod);
-                }
-                index++;
-            }
-
-            //log all conditions
-
-            index = 0;
-            for (String line : compiledLines) {
-
-                if (line.contains("CONDITIONBEGIN")) {
-
-                    int extra = 1;
-
-                    while (!compiledLines.get(index + extra).contains("CONDITIONEND")) {
-
-                        if (!compiledLines.get(index + extra).contains("#")) {
-                            //data.conditions.add(lines[index + extra].Replace("          ", ""));
-                            Condition condition = new Condition();
-                            condition.type = compiledLines.get(index + extra).replace("          ", "").split(" ")[0];
-                            condition.value = compiledLines.get(index + extra).replace("          ", "").split(" ")[1];
-                        }
-                        extra++;
-                    }
-                }
-                index++;
-            }
-            effect_data.put(effectData.id, effectData);
-        }
-        Logger.info("Effects.cfg Parsing Completed");
-    }
-
-    public static void GenerateModValues(Mod inMod, String[] data) {
-
-
-
-        int maxValue = 5;
-
-        if(inMod.type != null && inMod.type.name().equals("Health")){
-            maxValue = 7;
-        }
-
-        if(data.length < maxValue)
-            maxValue = data.length;
-
-        inMod.values = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        for (int i = 1; i < data.length; i++)
-            if (!data[i].isEmpty()) {
-                if (i >= maxValue)
-                    continue;
-
-                if (i == maxValue - 1)
-                    try {
-                        String entry = "";
-                        for (int j = i; j < data.length; j ++){
-                           entry += data[j] + " ";
-                        }
-                        entry = entry.trim();
-                        inMod.values.add(entry.trim());
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        inMod.values.add(data[i]);
-                    }
-                else
-                    inMod.values.add(data[i]);
-            }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}