diff --git a/src/world/format/io/region/Anvil.php b/src/world/format/io/region/Anvil.php
index dc2c039d4..36fdcfda2 100644
--- a/src/world/format/io/region/Anvil.php
+++ b/src/world/format/io/region/Anvil.php
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ use pocketmine\world\format\SubChunk;
 class Anvil extends RegionWorldProvider{
 	use LegacyAnvilChunkTrait;
 
-	protected function serializeSubChunk(SubChunk $subChunk) : CompoundTag{
-		throw new \RuntimeException("Unsupported");
-	}
-
 	protected function deserializeSubChunk(CompoundTag $subChunk) : SubChunk{
 		return new SubChunk(BlockLegacyIds::AIR << 4, [SubChunkConverter::convertSubChunkYZX(
 			self::readFixedSizeByteArray($subChunk, "Blocks", 4096),
diff --git a/src/world/format/io/region/LegacyAnvilChunkTrait.php b/src/world/format/io/region/LegacyAnvilChunkTrait.php
index c61914e39..c507c8638 100644
--- a/src/world/format/io/region/LegacyAnvilChunkTrait.php
+++ b/src/world/format/io/region/LegacyAnvilChunkTrait.php
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ use function zlib_decode;
  * @internal
  */
 trait LegacyAnvilChunkTrait{
-
-	protected function serializeChunk(Chunk $chunk) : string{
-		throw new \RuntimeException("Unsupported");
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @throws CorruptedChunkException
 	 */
diff --git a/src/world/format/io/region/McRegion.php b/src/world/format/io/region/McRegion.php
index 1a80f90b6..2b2b68384 100644
--- a/src/world/format/io/region/McRegion.php
+++ b/src/world/format/io/region/McRegion.php
@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ use pocketmine\world\format\SubChunk;
 use function zlib_decode;
 
 class McRegion extends RegionWorldProvider{
-
-	/**
-	 * @throws \RuntimeException
-	 */
-	protected function serializeChunk(Chunk $chunk) : string{
-		throw new \RuntimeException("Unsupported");
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @throws CorruptedChunkException
 	 */
diff --git a/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php b/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php
index a54fce73e..0ff7925a5 100644
--- a/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php
+++ b/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ abstract class RegionWorldProvider extends BaseWorldProvider{
 		}
 	}
 
-	abstract protected function serializeChunk(Chunk $chunk) : string;
-
 	/**
 	 * @throws CorruptedChunkException
 	 */
@@ -224,11 +222,6 @@ abstract class RegionWorldProvider extends BaseWorldProvider{
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	public function saveChunk(int $chunkX, int $chunkZ, Chunk $chunk) : void{
-		self::getRegionIndex($chunkX, $chunkZ, $regionX, $regionZ);
-		$this->loadRegion($regionX, $regionZ)->writeChunk($chunkX & 0x1f, $chunkZ & 0x1f, $this->serializeChunk($chunk));
-	}
-
 	private function createRegionIterator() : \RegexIterator{
 		return new \RegexIterator(
 			new \FilesystemIterator(
diff --git a/src/world/format/io/region/WritableRegionWorldProvider.php b/src/world/format/io/region/WritableRegionWorldProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..156caa3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/world/format/io/region/WritableRegionWorldProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+*/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace pocketmine\world\format\io\region;
+
+use pocketmine\world\format\Chunk;
+use pocketmine\world\format\io\data\JavaWorldData;
+use pocketmine\world\format\io\WritableWorldProvider;
+use pocketmine\world\WorldCreationOptions;
+use function file_exists;
+use function mkdir;
+
+/**
+ * This class implements the stuff needed for general region-based world providers to support saving.
+ * While this isn't used at the time of writing, it may come in useful if Java 1.13 Anvil support is ever implemented,
+ * or for a custom world format based on the region concept.
+ */
+abstract class WritableRegionWorldProvider extends RegionWorldProvider implements WritableWorldProvider{
+
+	public static function generate(string $path, string $name, WorldCreationOptions $options) : void{
+		if(!file_exists($path)){
+			mkdir($path, 0777, true);
+		}
+
+		if(!file_exists($path . "/region")){
+			mkdir($path . "/region", 0777);
+		}
+
+		JavaWorldData::generate($path, $name, $options, static::getPcWorldFormatVersion());
+	}
+
+	abstract protected function serializeChunk(Chunk $chunk) : string;
+
+	public function saveChunk(int $chunkX, int $chunkZ, Chunk $chunk) : void{
+		self::getRegionIndex($chunkX, $chunkZ, $regionX, $regionZ);
+		$this->loadRegion($regionX, $regionZ)->writeChunk($chunkX & 0x1f, $chunkZ & 0x1f, $this->serializeChunk($chunk));
+	}
+}