diff --git a/system/init.php b/system/init.php
index d5767eb8..74a74706 100644
--- a/system/init.php
+++ b/system/init.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use MyAAC\CsrfToken;
 use MyAAC\Hooks;
 use MyAAC\Plugins;
 use MyAAC\Models\Town;
-use MyAAC\Server\XML\Vocations;
+use MyAAC\Server\Vocations;
 use MyAAC\Settings;
 
 defined('MYAAC') or die('Direct access not allowed!');
diff --git a/system/libs/pot/OTS_Groups_List.php b/system/libs/pot/OTS_Groups_List.php
index af4df170..664ef9bc 100644
--- a/system/libs/pot/OTS_Groups_List.php
+++ b/system/libs/pot/OTS_Groups_List.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3
  */
 
-use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
+use MyAAC\Server\Groups;
 
 /**
  * List of groups.
@@ -47,73 +47,9 @@ class OTS_Groups_List implements IteratorAggregate, Countable
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if(!isset($file[0]))
-		{
-			global $config;
-			$file = $config['data_path'] . 'XML/groups.xml';
-		}
-
-		if(!@file_exists($file)) {
-			error('Error: Cannot load groups.xml. More info in system/logs/error.log file.');
-			log_append('error.log', '[OTS_Groups_List.php] Fatal error: Cannot load groups.xml (' . $file . '). It doesnt exist.');
-			return;
-		}
-
-		$cache = Cache::getInstance();
-
-		$data = array();
-		if($cache->enabled())
-		{
-			$tmp = '';
-			if($cache->fetch('groups', $tmp))
-				$data = unserialize($tmp);
-			else
-			{
-				$groups = new DOMDocument();
-				if(!@$groups->load($file)) {
-					error('Error: Cannot load groups.xml. More info in system/logs/error.log file.');
-					log_append('error.log', '[OTS_Groups_List.php] Fatal error: Cannot load groups.xml (' . $file . '). Error: ' . print_r(error_get_last(), true));
-					return;
-				}
-
-				// loads groups
-				foreach( $groups->getElementsByTagName('group') as $group)
-				{
-					$data[$group->getAttribute('id')] = array(
-						'id' => $group->getAttribute('id'),
-						'name' => $group->getAttribute('name'),
-						'access' => $group->getAttribute('access')
-					);
-				}
-
-				$cache->set('groups', serialize($data), 120);
-			}
-
-			foreach($data as $id => $info)
-				$this->groups[ $id ] = new OTS_Group($info);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// loads DOM document
-			$groups = new DOMDocument();
-			if(!@$groups->load($file)) {
-				error('Error: Cannot load groups.xml. More info in system/logs/error.log file.');
-				log_append('error.log', '[OTS_Groups_List.php] Fatal error: Cannot load groups.xml (' . $file . '). Error: ' . print_r(error_get_last(), true));
-				return;
-			}
-
-			// loads groups
-			foreach($groups->getElementsByTagName('group') as $group)
-			{
-				$data[$group->getAttribute('id')] = array(
-					'id' => $group->getAttribute('id'),
-					'name' => $group->getAttribute('name'),
-					'access' => $group->getAttribute('access')
-				);
-
-				$this->groups[ $group->getAttribute('id') ] = new OTS_Group($data[$group->getAttribute('id')]);
-				//echo $this->getGroup(1)->getName();
-			}
+		$groups = new Groups();
+		foreach($groups->getGroups() as $id => $info) {
+			$this->groups[$id] = new OTS_Group($info);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/system/pages/highscores.php b/system/pages/highscores.php
index 0f2ee507..0e5fcf2f 100644
--- a/system/pages/highscores.php
+++ b/system/pages/highscores.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
 use MyAAC\Models\Player;
 use MyAAC\Models\PlayerDeath;
 use MyAAC\Models\PlayerKillers;
-use MyAAC\Server\XML\Vocations;
+use MyAAC\Server\Vocations;
 
 defined('MYAAC') or die('Direct access not allowed!');
 $title = 'Highscores';
diff --git a/system/pages/online.php b/system/pages/online.php
index c68fd619..6b2f82b3 100644
--- a/system/pages/online.php
+++ b/system/pages/online.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
 use MyAAC\Models\ServerConfig;
 use MyAAC\Models\ServerRecord;
-use MyAAC\Server\XML\Vocations;
+use MyAAC\Server\Vocations;
 
 defined('MYAAC') or die('Direct access not allowed!');
 $title = 'Who is online?';
@@ -87,13 +87,16 @@ $cached = Cache::remember("online_$order", setting('core.online_cache_ttl') * 60
 			'name' => getPlayerLink($player['name']),
 			'player' => $player,
 			'level' => $player['level'],
-			'vocation' => $configVocations[$player['vocation']],
+			'vocation' => $configVocations[$player['vocation']] ?? 'Unknown',
 			'skull' => $skull,
 			'country_image' => getFlagImage($player['country']),
 			'outfit' => setting('core.outfit_images_url') . '?id=' . $player['looktype'] . ($outfit_addons ? '&addons=' . $player['lookaddons'] : '') . '&head=' . $player['lookhead'] . '&body=' . $player['lookbody'] . '&legs=' . $player['looklegs'] . '&feet=' . $player['lookfeet'],
 		);
 
-		$vocations[Vocations::getOriginal($player['vocation'])]++;
+		$originalId = Vocations::getOriginal($player['vocation']);
+		if ($originalId) {
+			$vocations[$originalId]++;
+		}
 	}
 
 	$record = '';
diff --git a/system/src/DataLoader.php b/system/src/DataLoader.php
index cfa756cd..e2c3c88c 100644
--- a/system/src/DataLoader.php
+++ b/system/src/DataLoader.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class DataLoader
 	{
 		self::$startTime = microtime(true);
 
-		if(Items::loadFromXML()) {
+		if(Items::load()) {
 			success(self::$locale['step_database_loaded_items'] . self::getLoadedTime());
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/system/src/Items.php b/system/src/Items.php
index 0f92b005..396e1053 100644
--- a/system/src/Items.php
+++ b/system/src/Items.php
@@ -16,57 +16,27 @@ use MyAAC\Models\Spell;
 
 class Items
 {
-	private static $error = '';
 	public static $items;
 
-	public static function loadFromXML($show = false)
-	{
-		$file_path = config('data_path') . 'items/items.xml';
-		if (!file_exists($file_path)) {
-			self::$error = 'Cannot load file ' . $file_path;
+	public static function load(): bool {
+		$file_path = config('data_path') . 'items/items.toml';
+		if (file_exists($file_path)) {
+			$items = new Server\TOML\Items();
+		}
+		elseif (file_exists(config('data_path') . 'items/items.xml')) {
+			$items = new Server\XML\Items();
+		}
+		else {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$xml = new \DOMDocument;
-		$xml->load($file_path);
+		$items->load();
 
-		$items = array();
-		foreach ($xml->getElementsByTagName('item') as $item) {
-			if ($item->getAttribute('fromid')) {
-				for ($id = $item->getAttribute('fromid'); $id <= $item->getAttribute('toid'); $id++) {
-					$tmp = self::parseNode($id, $item, $show);
-					$items[$tmp['id']] = $tmp['content'];
-				}
-			} else {
-				$tmp = self::parseNode($item->getAttribute('id'), $item, $show);
-				$items[$tmp['id']] = $tmp['content'];
-			}
-		}
-
-		$cache_php = new CachePHP(config('cache_prefix'), CACHE . 'persistent/');
-		$cache_php->set('items', $items, 5 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60);
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	public static function parseNode($id, $node, $show = false) {
-		$name = $node->getAttribute('name');
-		$article = $node->getAttribute('article');
-		$plural = $node->getAttribute('plural');
-
-		$attributes = array();
-		foreach($node->getElementsByTagName('attribute') as $attr) {
-			$attributes[strtolower($attr->getAttribute('key'))] = $attr->getAttribute('value');
-		}
-
-		return array('id' => $id, 'content' => array('article' => $article, 'name' => $name, 'plural' => $plural, 'attributes' => $attributes));
-	}
-
-	public static function getError() {
-		return self::$error;
-	}
-
-	public static function load() {
-		if(self::$items) {
+	public static function init(): void {
+		if(count(self::$items) > 0) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -75,7 +45,7 @@ class Items
 	}
 
 	public static function get($id) {
-		self::load();
+		self::init();
 		return self::$items[$id] ?? [];
 	}
 
@@ -163,7 +133,7 @@ class Items
 				$s .= ', Hit% ' . ($item['hitChance'] > 0 ? '+' . $item['hitChance'] : '-' . $item['hitChance']);
 			}
 			elseif ($item['weaponType'] != 'ammo') {
-				
+
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/system/src/Server/Groups.php b/system/src/Server/Groups.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd463994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/Groups.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server;
+
+use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
+
+class Groups
+{
+	private static array $groups;
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		self::$groups = Cache::remember('groups', 10 * 60, function () {
+			$tomlGroups = glob(config('server_path') . 'config/groups.toml');
+			if (count($tomlGroups) > 0) {
+				$groups = new TOML\Groups();
+			}
+			else {
+				$groups = new XML\Groups();
+			}
+
+			$groups->load();
+
+			return $groups->getGroups();
+		});
+	}
+
+	public static function getGroups(): array {
+		return self::$groups;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/TOML/Groups.php b/system/src/Server/TOML/Groups.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abdb9db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/TOML/Groups.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server\TOML;
+
+use Devium\Toml\Toml;
+
+class Groups
+{
+	private array $groups;
+
+	public function load(): void
+	{
+		$file = config('server_path') . 'config/groups.toml';
+
+		if(!@file_exists($file)) {
+			error('Error: Cannot load groups.toml. More info in system/logs/error.log file.');
+			log_append('error.log', '[OTS_Groups_List.php] Fatal error: Cannot load groups.toml (' . $file . '). It doesnt exist.');
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$toml = file_get_contents($file);
+		$groups = Toml::decode($toml, asArray: true);
+
+		foreach ($groups as $group)
+		{
+			$this->groups[$group['id']] = [
+				'id' => $group['id'],
+				'name' => $group['name'],
+				'access' => $group['access'],
+			];
+		}
+
+		echo '<pre>';
+		var_dump($this->groups);
+		echo '</pre>';
+	}
+
+	public function getGroups(): array {
+		return $this->groups;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/TOML/Items.php b/system/src/Server/TOML/Items.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a9bd264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/TOML/Items.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server\TOML;
+
+use MyAAC\Cache\PHP as CachePHP;
+
+class Items
+{
+	private string $error;
+
+	public function getError(): string
+	{
+		return $this->error;
+	}
+
+	public function load(): bool
+	{
+		$file_path = config('data_path') . 'items/items.toml';
+		if (!file_exists($file_path)) {
+			$this->error = 'Cannot load file ' . $file_path;
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		//$toml = file_get_contents($file_path);
+		//$items = \Devium\Toml\Toml::decode($toml, asArray: false);
+
+		$itemsParser = new ItemsParser();
+		$itemsParsed = $itemsParser->parse($file_path);
+
+		$items = [];
+		foreach ($itemsParsed as $item) {
+			$attributes = array_filter($item, function ($key) {
+				return !in_array($key, ['id', 'article', 'name', 'plural']);
+			}, ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY);
+
+			$items[$item['id']] = ['article' => $item['article'], 'name' => $item['name'], 'plural' => $item['plural'] ?? '', 'attributes' => $attributes];
+		}
+
+		$cache_php = new CachePHP(config('cache_prefix'), CACHE . 'persistent/');
+		$cache_php->set('items', $items, 5 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60);
+		return true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/TOML/ItemsParser.php b/system/src/Server/TOML/ItemsParser.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0455f474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/TOML/ItemsParser.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server\TOML;
+
+class ItemsParser
+{
+	public function parse(string $path): array
+	{
+		$ret = [];
+
+		$i = 0;
+		$handle = fopen($path, "r");
+		if ($handle) {
+			$parse = '';
+
+			while (($line = fgets($handle)) !== false) {
+				if (str_contains($line, '[[items]]') && $i++ != 0) {
+					//global $whoopsHandler;
+					//$whoopsHandler->addDataTable('ini', [$parse]);
+					$ret[] = parse_ini_string($parse);
+					$parse = '';
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// skip lines like this
+				// field = {type = "fire", initdamage = 20, ticks = 10000, count = 7, damage = 10}
+				// as it cannot be parsed by parse_ini_string
+				if (str_contains($line, 'field =')) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				$parse .= $line;
+			}
+
+			fclose($handle);
+		}
+
+		return $ret;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/TOML/Vocations.php b/system/src/Server/TOML/Vocations.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6b0ff72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/TOML/Vocations.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server\TOML;
+
+use Devium\Toml\Toml;
+
+class Vocations
+{
+	private array $vocations;
+	private array $vocationsFrom;
+
+	public function load(): void
+	{
+		$tomlVocations = glob(config('data_path') . 'vocations/*.toml');
+		if (count($tomlVocations) <= 0) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('ERROR: Cannot load any <i>.toml</i> vocation in the data/vocations folder.');
+		}
+
+		foreach ($tomlVocations as $file) {
+			$toml = file_get_contents($file);
+			$vocations = Toml::decode($toml, asArray: true);
+
+			foreach ($vocations as $vocationArray) {
+				$id = $vocationArray['id'];
+
+				$this->vocations[$id] = $vocationArray['name'];
+				$this->vocationsFrom[$id] = $vocationArray['promotedfrom'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		ksort($this->vocations, SORT_NUMERIC);
+		ksort($this->vocationsFrom, SORT_NUMERIC);
+	}
+
+	public function get(): array {
+		return $this->vocations;
+	}
+
+	public function getFrom(): array {
+		return $this->vocationsFrom;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/Vocations.php b/system/src/Server/Vocations.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40034771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/Vocations.php
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server;
+
+use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
+
+class Vocations
+{
+	private static array $vocations;
+	private static array $vocationsFrom;
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		$cached = Cache::remember('vocations', 10 * 60, function () {
+			$tomlVocations = glob(config('data_path') . 'vocations/*.toml');
+			if (count($tomlVocations) > 0) {
+				$vocations = new TOML\Vocations();
+			}
+			else {
+				$vocations = new XML\Vocations();
+			}
+
+			$vocations->load();
+			$from = $vocations->getFrom();
+
+			$amount = 0;
+			foreach ($from as $vocId => $fromVocation) {
+				if ($vocId != 0 && $vocId == $fromVocation) {
+					$amount++;
+				}
+			}
+
+			return ['vocations' => $vocations->get(), 'vocationsFrom' => $from, 'amount' => $amount];
+		});
+
+		self::$vocations = $cached['vocations'];
+		self::$vocationsFrom = $cached['vocationsFrom'];
+
+		config(['vocations', self::$vocations]);
+		config(['vocations_amount', $cached['amount']]);
+	}
+
+	public static function get(): array {
+		return self::$vocations;
+	}
+
+	public static function getFrom(): array {
+		return self::$vocationsFrom;
+	}
+
+	public static function getPromoted(int $id): ?int {
+		foreach (self::$vocationsFrom as $vocId => $fromVocation) {
+			if ($id == $fromVocation && $vocId != $id) {
+				return $vocId;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public static function getOriginal(int $id): ?int {
+		if (!isset(self::$vocationsFrom[$id])) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		while ($tmpId = self::$vocationsFrom[$id]) {
+			if ($tmpId == $id) {
+				break;
+			}
+
+			$id = $tmpId;
+		}
+
+		return $id;
+	}
+
+	public static function getBase($includingRook = true): array {
+		$vocations = [];
+		foreach (self::$vocationsFrom as $vocId => $fromVoc) {
+			if ($vocId == $fromVoc && ($vocId != 0 || $includingRook)) {
+				$vocations[] = $vocId;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $vocations;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/XML/Groups.php b/system/src/Server/XML/Groups.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab262ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/XML/Groups.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server\XML;
+
+class Groups
+{
+	private array $groups;
+
+	public function load(): void
+	{
+		$file = config('data_path') . 'XML/groups.xml';
+
+		if(!@file_exists($file)) {
+			error('Error: Cannot load groups.xml. More info in system/logs/error.log file.');
+			log_append('error.log', '[OTS_Groups_List.php] Fatal error: Cannot load groups.xml (' . $file . '). It doesnt exist.');
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$groups = new \DOMDocument();
+		if(!@$groups->load($file)) {
+			error('Error: Cannot load groups.xml. More info in system/logs/error.log file.');
+			log_append('error.log', '[OTS_Groups_List.php] Fatal error: Cannot load groups.xml (' . $file . '). Error: ' . print_r(error_get_last(), true));
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// loads groups
+		foreach( $groups->getElementsByTagName('group') as $group)
+		{
+			$this->groups[$group->getAttribute('id')] = [
+				'id' => $group->getAttribute('id'),
+				'name' => $group->getAttribute('name'),
+				'access' => $group->getAttribute('access')
+			];
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function getGroups(): array {
+		return $this->groups;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/XML/Items.php b/system/src/Server/XML/Items.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..608c756c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/src/Server/XML/Items.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MyAAC\Server\XML;
+
+use MyAAC\Cache\PHP as CachePHP;
+
+class Items
+{
+	private string $error;
+
+	public function getError(): string {
+		return $this->error;
+	}
+
+	public function load(): bool
+	{
+		$file_path = config('data_path') . 'items/items.xml';
+		if (!file_exists($file_path)) {
+			$this->error = 'Cannot load file ' . $file_path;
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$xml = new \DOMDocument;
+		$xml->load($file_path);
+
+		$items = [];
+		foreach ($xml->getElementsByTagName('item') as $item) {
+			if ($item->getAttribute('fromid')) {
+				for ($id = $item->getAttribute('fromid'); $id <= $item->getAttribute('toid'); $id++) {
+					$tmp = $this->parseNode($id, $item);
+					$items[$tmp['id']] = $tmp['content'];
+				}
+			} else {
+				$tmp = $this->parseNode($item->getAttribute('id'), $item);
+				$items[$tmp['id']] = $tmp['content'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		$cache_php = new CachePHP(config('cache_prefix'), CACHE . 'persistent/');
+		$cache_php->set('items', $items, 5 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function parseNode($id, $node): array
+	{
+		$name = $node->getAttribute('name');
+		$article = $node->getAttribute('article');
+		$plural = $node->getAttribute('plural');
+
+		$attributes = array();
+		foreach($node->getElementsByTagName('attribute') as $attr) {
+			$attributes[strtolower($attr->getAttribute('key'))] = $attr->getAttribute('value');
+		}
+
+		return ['id' => $id, 'content' => ['article' => $article, 'name' => $name, 'plural' => $plural, 'attributes' => $attributes]];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/src/Server/XML/Vocations.php b/system/src/Server/XML/Vocations.php
index ff90ece8..ebc57492 100644
--- a/system/src/Server/XML/Vocations.php
+++ b/system/src/Server/XML/Vocations.php
@@ -2,35 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace MyAAC\Server\XML;
 
-use MyAAC\Cache\Cache;
-
 class Vocations
 {
-	private static array $vocations;
-	private static array $vocationsFrom;
-
-	public function __construct()
-	{
-		$cached = Cache::remember('vocations', 10 * 60, function () {
-			$this->load();
-			$from = $this->getFrom();
-
-			$amount = 0;
-			foreach ($from as $vocId => $fromVocation) {
-				if ($vocId != 0 && $vocId == $fromVocation) {
-					$amount++;
-				}
-			}
-
-			return ['vocations' => $this->get(), 'vocationsFrom' => $from, 'amount' => $amount];
-		});
-
-		self::$vocations = $cached['vocations'];
-		self::$vocationsFrom = $cached['vocationsFrom'];
-
-		config(['vocations', self::$vocations]);
-		config(['vocations_amount', $cached['amount']]);
-	}
+	private array $vocations;
+	private array $vocationsFrom;
 
 	public function load(): void
 	{
@@ -51,51 +26,26 @@ class Vocations
 		foreach($vocationsXML->getElementsByTagName('vocation') as $vocation) {
 			$id = $vocation->getAttribute('id');
 
-			self::$vocations[$id] = $vocation->getAttribute('name');
+			$this->vocations[$id] = $vocation->getAttribute('name');
 
 			$fromVocation = (int) $vocation->getAttribute('fromvoc');
-			self::$vocationsFrom[$id] = $fromVocation;
+			$this->vocationsFrom[$id] = $fromVocation;
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static function get(): array {
-		return self::$vocations;
+	public function get(): array {
+		return $this->vocations;
 	}
 
-	public static function getFrom(): array {
-		return self::$vocationsFrom;
-	}
-
-	public static function getPromoted(int $id): ?int {
-		foreach (self::$vocationsFrom as $vocId => $fromVocation) {
-			if ($id == $fromVocation && $vocId != $id) {
-				return $vocId;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	public static function getOriginal(int $id): ?int {
-		while ($tmpId = self::$vocationsFrom[$id]) {
-			if ($tmpId == $id) {
-				break;
-			}
-
-			$id = $tmpId;
-		}
-
-		return $id;
+	public function getFrom(): array {
+		return $this->vocationsFrom;
 	}
 
 	public static function getBase($includingRook = true): array {
-		$vocations = [];
-		foreach (self::$vocationsFrom as $vocId => $fromVoc) {
-			if ($vocId == $fromVoc && ($vocId != 0 || $includingRook)) {
-				$vocations[] = $vocId;
-			}
-		}
+		return \MyAAC\Server\Vocations::getBase($includingRook);
+	}
 
-		return $vocations;
+	public static function getOriginal(int $id): ?int {
+		return \MyAAC\Server\Vocations::getOriginal($id);
 	}
 }