diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/api/external/methods/events/abstractEvents/DhApiAfterDhInitEvent.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/api/external/methods/events/abstractEvents/DhApiAfterDhInitEvent.java
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+package com.seibel.lod.core.api.external.methods.events.abstractEvents;
+
+import com.seibel.lod.core.api.implementation.interfaces.events.IDhApiEvent;
+
+/**
+ * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 2022-7-17
+ */
+public abstract class DhApiAfterDhInitEvent implements IDhApiEvent<Void>
+{
+	/** Fired after Distant Horizons finishes its initial setup on Minecraft startup. */
+	public abstract void afterDistantHorizonsInit();
+	
+	
+	//=========================//
+	// internal DH API methods //
+	//=========================//
+	
+	@Override
+	public final boolean onEvent(Void ignoredParam)
+	{
+		afterDistantHorizonsInit();
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public final boolean getCancelable() { return false; }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/api/external/methods/events/abstractEvents/DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/api/external/methods/events/abstractEvents/DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent.java
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+package com.seibel.lod.core.api.external.methods.events.abstractEvents;
+
+import com.seibel.lod.core.api.external.methods.events.parameterObjects.DhApiAfterRenderParam;
+import com.seibel.lod.core.api.implementation.interfaces.events.IDhApiEvent;
+
+/**
+ * @author James Seibel
+ * @version 2022-7-17
+ */
+public abstract class DhApiBeforeDhInitEvent implements IDhApiEvent<Void>
+{
+	/** Fired before Distant Horizons starts its initial setup on Minecraft startup. */
+	public abstract void beforeDistantHorizonsInit();
+	
+	
+	//=========================//
+	// internal DH API methods //
+	//=========================//
+	
+	@Override
+	public final boolean onEvent(Void ignoredParam)
+	{
+		beforeDistantHorizonsInit();
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public final boolean getCancelable() { return false; }
+}
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