diff --git a/src/api b/src/api
index bbbea878f..65c81997b 160000
--- a/src/api
+++ b/src/api
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bbbea878fe30ea033112b0c5f1604417d4197447
+Subproject commit 65c81997b9d552d39ed1005975f9e9824eebccf6
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ScriptPlayerEventHandler.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ScriptPlayerEventHandler.java
index 8f8ffbb2f..26b638ac6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ScriptPlayerEventHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ScriptPlayerEventHandler.java
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ public class ScriptPlayerEventHandler {
 
                 EntityPlayer player = (EntityPlayer) event.entityLiving;
                 PlayerData playerData = PlayerData.get(player);
-                playerData.actionManager.clear();
+               // playerData.actionManager.clear();
             }
 
             if (event.source.getEntity() instanceof EntityPlayerMP) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ServerTickHandler.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ServerTickHandler.java
index c73874df5..ecfdce50a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ServerTickHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/ServerTickHandler.java
@@ -11,13 +11,22 @@ import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.world.WorldServer;
 import noppes.npcs.client.AnalyticsTracking;
 import noppes.npcs.controllers.data.PlayerData;
+import noppes.npcs.scripted.NpcAPI;
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
 public class ServerTickHandler {
+
     @SubscribeEvent
-    public void onServerTick(TickEvent.WorldTickEvent event) {
+    public void onServerTick(TickEvent.ServerTickEvent event) {
+        if (event.phase == Phase.END) {
+            NpcAPI.actionManager.tick(MinecraftServer.getServer().getTickCounter());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public void onWorldTick(TickEvent.WorldTickEvent event) {
         if (event.phase == Phase.START) {
             NPCSpawning.findChunksForSpawning((WorldServer) event.world);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java
index 9bf4e745e..39affcd26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package noppes.npcs.controllers.data.action;
 
 import noppes.npcs.api.handler.data.IAction;
+import noppes.npcs.scripted.CustomNPCsException;
 import noppes.npcs.scripted.ScriptedActionManager;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 public class Action implements IAction {
     protected final ScriptedActionManager manager;
@@ -16,8 +18,10 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
     protected int maxDuration = -1;
     protected int updateEveryXTick = 5;
     protected Consumer<IAction> task;
-    private boolean done;
-    private final Map<String, Object> dataStore = new HashMap<>();
+    protected boolean done;
+    protected final Map<String, Object> dataStore = new HashMap<>();
+    protected boolean isThreaded;
+    protected ActionThread threaded;
 
     public Action(ScriptedActionManager manager, String name) {
         this.manager = manager;
@@ -68,13 +72,17 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
             return;
         }
         if (ticksExisted % updateEveryXTick == 0 && task != null) {
-            try {
-                task.accept(this);
-                count++;
-            } catch (Throwable t) {
-                System.err.println("Scripted action '" + name + "' threw an exception:");
-                t.printStackTrace();
-                markDone();
+            if (isThreaded)
+                threaded.run();
+            else {
+                try {
+                    task.accept(this);
+                    count++;
+                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    System.err.println("Scripted action '" + name + "' threw an exception:");
+                    t.printStackTrace();
+                    markDone();
+                }
             }
         }
         duration++;
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
 
     @Override
     public IAction setMaxDuration(int x) {
-        this.maxDuration = x;
+        this.maxDuration = Math.max(-1, x);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -121,6 +129,11 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
         return done;
     }
 
+    public void kill() {
+        if (threaded != null)
+            threaded.stop();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Object getData(String key) {
         return dataStore.get(key);
@@ -150,7 +163,7 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
 
     @Override
     public IAction setUpdateEveryXTick(int x) {
-        this.updateEveryXTick = x;
+        this.updateEveryXTick = Math.max(1, x);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -161,7 +174,67 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
 
     @Override
     public IAction pauseFor(int ticks) {
-        this.startAfterTicks = ticks;
+        if (isThreaded)
+            threaded.pauseFor(ticks);
+        else
+            this.startAfterTicks = ticks;
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction pauseFor(long millis) {
+        if (isThreaded) {
+            threaded.pauseFor(millis);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        return pauseFor((int) (millis / 50));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void pause() {
+        if (isThreaded)
+            threaded.pause();
+        else
+            throw new CustomNPCsException("Must threadify() IAction before pausing!");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void pauseUntil(Supplier<Boolean> until) {
+        if (isThreaded)
+            threaded.pauseUntil(until);
+        else
+            throw new CustomNPCsException("Must threadify() IAction before pausing!");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resume() {
+        if (isThreaded)
+            threaded.resume();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isPaused() {
+        if (isThreaded)
+            return threaded.isPaused();
+
+        return startAfterTicks > 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction threadify() {
+        if (!isThreaded) {
+            isThreaded = true;
+            threaded = new ActionThread(this);
+        }
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction start() {
+        manager.start();
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -191,6 +264,32 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public IAction parallel(IAction after) {
+        return manager.scheduleParallelAction(after);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction parallel(Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return manager.scheduleParallelAction(manager.create(task));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction parallel(int delay, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return manager.scheduleParallelAction(manager.create(delay, task));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction parallel(String name, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return manager.scheduleParallelAction(manager.create(name, task));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction parallel(String name, int startAfterTicks, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return manager.scheduleParallelAction(manager.create(name, startAfterTicks, task));
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public IAction after(IAction after) {
         int idx = manager.getIndex(this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionThread.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e00607e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package noppes.npcs.controllers.data.action;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+public class ActionThread {
+    private final Action action;
+
+    private final Object lock = new Object();
+    private Thread thread;
+    ExecutorService executor;
+    private Future<?> currentExecution;
+    private volatile boolean threadPaused, threadSleeping;
+
+    private Supplier<Boolean> pauseUntil;
+
+    public ActionThread(Action action) {
+        this.action = action;
+
+        executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(r -> {
+            thread = new Thread(r);
+            thread.setName(String.format("ActionThread (%s)", action.getName()));
+            return thread;
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void stop() {
+        if (isThreadRunning())
+            currentExecution.cancel(true);
+
+        executor.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    public void pauseFor(long millis) {
+        if (isPaused() || !inActionThread())
+            return;
+
+        try {
+            threadSleeping = true;
+            Thread.sleep(millis);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        } finally {
+            threadSleeping = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void pauseFor(int ticks) {
+        pauseFor(ticks * 50L);
+    }
+
+    public void pause() {
+        if (!inActionThread() || isPaused())
+            return;
+
+        threadPaused = true;
+        synchronized (lock) {
+            while (threadPaused) {
+                try {
+                    lock.wait(); // Wait until notified
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void pauseUntil(Supplier<Boolean> until) {
+        this.pauseUntil = until;
+        pause();
+    }
+
+    public void resume() {
+        synchronized (lock) {
+            if (threadPaused) {
+                threadPaused = false;
+                lock.notify();
+            }
+
+            if (threadSleeping && currentExecution != null)
+                currentExecution.cancel(true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean inActionThread() {
+        return Thread.currentThread() == thread;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isPaused() {
+        return threadPaused || threadSleeping;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isThreadRunning() {
+        return currentExecution != null && !currentExecution.isDone();
+    }
+
+
+    protected void run() {
+        if (threadPaused && pauseUntil != null && pauseUntil.get())
+            resume();
+
+        if (isThreadRunning())
+            return;
+
+        currentExecution = executor.submit(() -> {
+            try {
+                action.task.accept(action);
+                action.count++;
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                System.err.println("Scripted threaded action '" + action.name + "' threw an exception:");
+                t.printStackTrace();
+                action.markDone();
+            }
+        });
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/EntityNPCInterface.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/EntityNPCInterface.java
index c79354347..6ff6961f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/EntityNPCInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/EntityNPCInterface.java
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ public abstract class EntityNPCInterface extends EntityCreature implements IEnti
         setHealth(getMaxHealth());
         dataWatcher.updateObject(14, 0); // animation Normal
         dataWatcher.updateObject(15, 0);
-        actionManager.clear();
+       // actionManager.clear();
         combatHandler.reset();
         this.setAttackTarget(null);
         this.setRevengeTarget(null);
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/NpcAPI.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/NpcAPI.java
index 54d86963d..a514f8508 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/NpcAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/NpcAPI.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class NpcAPI extends AbstractNpcAPI {
     private static final CacheHashMap<ItemStack, CacheHashMap.CachedObject<ScriptItemStack>> scriptItemCache = new CacheHashMap<>(60 * 1000);
     public static final HashMap<String, Object> engineObjects = new HashMap<>();
     public static final EventBus EVENT_BUS = new EventBus();
+    public static final ScriptedActionManager actionManager = new ScriptedActionManager();
     private static AbstractNpcAPI instance = null;
 
     private final static String API_USER_AGENT = "CNPC+API";
@@ -559,6 +560,10 @@ public class NpcAPI extends AbstractNpcAPI {
         return container instanceof ContainerNpcInterface ? ContainerNpcInterface.getOrCreateIContainer((ContainerNpcInterface) container) : new ScriptContainer(container);
     }
 
+    public IActionManager getActionManager() {
+        return actionManager;
+    }
+
     private void checkWorld() {
         if (CustomNpcs.getServer() == null || CustomNpcs.getServer().isServerStopped()) {
             throw new CustomNPCsException("No world is loaded right now");
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/ScriptedActionManager.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/ScriptedActionManager.java
index 9d62fffac..cf9f95bc0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/ScriptedActionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/ScriptedActionManager.java
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IAction create(String name, int maxDuration, int startAfterTicks, Consumer<IAction> task) {
-        return new Action(this, name, maxDuration, startAfterTicks, task);
+    public IAction create(String name, int maxDuration, int delay, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return new Action(this, name, maxDuration, delay, task);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -106,8 +106,27 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IAction scheduleAction(String name, int maxDuration, int startAfterTicks, Consumer<IAction> task) {
-        return scheduleAction(create(name, maxDuration, startAfterTicks, task));
+    public IAction scheduleAction(Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleAction(create(task));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction scheduleAction(int delay, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleAction(create(delay, task));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction scheduleAction(String name, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleAction(create(name, task));
+    }
+    @Override
+    public IAction scheduleAction(String name, int delay, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleAction(create(name, delay, task));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction scheduleAction(String name, int maxDuration, int delay, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleAction(create(name, maxDuration, delay, task));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -141,11 +160,51 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
         return actionQueue.peekFirst();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public IAction getAction(String name) {
+        for (IAction action : actionQueue) {
+            if (action.getName().equals(name))
+                return action;
+        }
+
+        for (IAction action : parallelActions) {
+            if (action.getName().equals(name))
+                return action;
+        }
+
+        for (IAction action : conditionalActions) {
+            if (action.getName().equals(name))
+                return action;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Queue<IAction> getActionQueue() {
         return actionQueue;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasAction(String name) {
+        for (IAction act : actionQueue)
+            if (act.getName().equals(name))
+                return true;
+
+        return false;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasAny(String name) {
+        if (hasAction(name))
+            return true;
+        else if (hasParallel(name))
+            return true;
+        else if (hasConditional(name))
+            return true;
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void clear() {
         actionQueue.clear();
@@ -213,11 +272,33 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
         return new ArrayList<>(conditionalActions);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasConditional(String name) {
+        for (IAction act : conditionalActions)
+            if (act.getName().equals(name))
+                return true;
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public IAction scheduleParallelAction(IAction action) {
         parallelActions.add(action);
         return action;
     }
+    @Override
+    public IAction scheduleParallelAction(String name, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleParallelAction(create(name, task));
+    }
+    @Override
+    public IAction scheduleParallelAction(String name, int delay, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleParallelAction(create(name, delay, task));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAction scheduleParallelAction(String name, int maxDuration, int delay, Consumer<IAction> task) {
+        return scheduleParallelAction(create(name, maxDuration, delay, task));
+    }
 
 
     /**
@@ -233,7 +314,10 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
         if (current instanceof Action) {
             Action cab = (Action) current;
             cab.tick(ticksExisted);
-            if (cab.isDone()) actionQueue.pollFirst();
+            if (cab.isDone()) {
+                cab.kill();
+                actionQueue.pollFirst();
+            }
         }
 
         // ─── Parallel (all) ───────────────────────────────────────
@@ -241,7 +325,10 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
         while (pit.hasNext()) {
             Action a = (Action) pit.next();
             a.tick(ticksExisted);
-            if (a.isDone()) pit.remove();
+            if (a.isDone()) {
+                a.kill();
+                pit.remove();
+            }
         }
 
         // ─── Conditionals ─────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -249,7 +336,10 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
         while (cit.hasNext()) {
             ConditionalAction con = (ConditionalAction) cit.next();
             con.tick(ticksExisted);
-            if (con.isDone()) cit.remove();
+            if (con.isDone()) {
+                con.kill();
+                cit.remove();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -262,4 +352,18 @@ public class ScriptedActionManager implements IActionManager {
     public IActionChain parallelChain() {
         return new ParallelActionChain(this);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Queue<IAction> getParallelActions() {
+        return parallelActions;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasParallel(String name) {
+        for (IAction act : parallelActions)
+            if (act.getName().equals(name))
+                return true;
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/entity/ScriptPlayer.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/entity/ScriptPlayer.java
index fb3d3d9ab..93b7aa6e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/entity/ScriptPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/scripted/entity/ScriptPlayer.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import noppes.npcs.api.*;
 import noppes.npcs.api.entity.IEntity;
 import noppes.npcs.api.entity.IPlayer;
 import noppes.npcs.api.gui.ICustomGui;
+import noppes.npcs.api.handler.IActionManager;
 import noppes.npcs.api.handler.IOverlayHandler;
 import noppes.npcs.api.handler.data.*;
 import noppes.npcs.api.item.IItemStack;
@@ -846,4 +847,9 @@ public class ScriptPlayer<T extends EntityPlayerMP> extends ScriptLivingBase<T>
     public IPlayerAttributes getAttributes() {
         return AttributeController.getTracker(this.player);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public IActionManager getActionManager() {
+        return data.actionManager;
+    }
 }