diff --git a/patches/server/0257-Configurable-player-pickup-exp-delay.patch b/patches/server/0257-Configurable-player-pickup-exp-delay.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25352403d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0257-Configurable-player-pickup-exp-delay.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: BillyGalbreath <Blake.Galbreath@Gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:04:31 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Configurable player pickup exp delay
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/ExperienceOrb.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/ExperienceOrb.java
+index 68072fae050fb83735725f3dc2525bfc9c0cc159..8515eddddb84b44afdbfeacc22bc1cd53fc06572 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/ExperienceOrb.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/ExperienceOrb.java
+@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class ExperienceOrb extends Entity {
+     public void playerTouch(Player player) {
+         if (!this.level.isClientSide) {
+             if (player.takeXpDelay == 0 && new com.destroystokyo.paper.event.player.PlayerPickupExperienceEvent(((net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer) player).getBukkitEntity(), (org.bukkit.entity.ExperienceOrb) this.getBukkitEntity()).callEvent()) { // Paper
+-                player.takeXpDelay = 2;
++                player.takeXpDelay = this.level.purpurConfig.playerExpPickupDelay; // Purpur
+                 player.take(this, 1);
+                 int i = this.repairPlayerItems(player, this.value);
+ 
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+index 4bdd91dc2cd76525af4ba2f6d361e10efdf6fda3..15c023807a3f5ae3139294d28c5c672a4f111817 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+     public boolean playerRidableInWater = false;
+     public boolean playerRemoveBindingWithWeakness = false;
+     public int shiftRightClickRepairsMendingPoints = 0;
++    public int playerExpPickupDelay = 2;
+     private void playerSettings() {
+         if (PurpurConfig.version < 19) {
+             boolean oldVal = getBoolean("gameplay-mechanics.player.idle-timeout.mods-target", idleTimeoutTargetPlayer);
+@@ -440,6 +441,7 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+         playerRidableInWater = getBoolean("gameplay-mechanics.player.ridable-in-water", playerRidableInWater);
+         playerRemoveBindingWithWeakness = getBoolean("gameplay-mechanics.player.curse-of-binding.remove-with-weakness", playerRemoveBindingWithWeakness);
+         shiftRightClickRepairsMendingPoints = getInt("gameplay-mechanics.player.shift-right-click-repairs-mending-points", shiftRightClickRepairsMendingPoints);
++        playerExpPickupDelay = getInt("gameplay-mechanics.player.exp-pickup-delay-ticks", playerExpPickupDelay);
+     }
+ 
+     public int snowballDamage = -1;