diff --git a/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/reflection/ReflectionUtil.java b/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/reflection/ReflectionUtil.java
index 5252e1d4..7c433662 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/reflection/ReflectionUtil.java
+++ b/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/reflection/ReflectionUtil.java
@@ -118,6 +118,31 @@ public static boolean hasClass(final @NonNull String className) {
         return findClass(className) != null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a handle for a class method, regardless of its return type.
+     *
+     * <p>{@link #findMethod} matches on the exact {@link MethodType}, return type included, so it
+     * cannot look up a method whose return class is not available at compile time. Use this instead
+     * when only the name and parameters are known.</p>
+     *
+     * @param holderClass      a class
+     * @param methodName       a method name
+     * @param parameterClasses an array of method parameter classes
+     * @return a method handle or {@code null} if not found
+     */
+    public static @Nullable MethodHandle findMethodAnyReturn(final @Nullable Class<?> holderClass, final String methodName, final Class<?>... parameterClasses) {
+        if (holderClass == null) return null;
+        for (final Class<?> parameterClass : parameterClasses) {
+            if (parameterClass == null) return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            return LOOKUP.unreflect(holderClass.getMethod(methodName, parameterClasses));
+        } catch (final NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets a handle for a class method.
      *
diff --git a/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/tickdata/FoliaTickReporter.java b/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/tickdata/FoliaTickReporter.java
index b3a1837d..aadd735e 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/tickdata/FoliaTickReporter.java
+++ b/shared/src/main/java/me/xginko/aef/utils/tickdata/FoliaTickReporter.java
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ public FoliaTickReporter(Server server, Duration cacheTime) {
         this.tps_cache = Caffeine.newBuilder().expireAfterWrite(cacheTime).build();
         this.mspt_cache = Caffeine.newBuilder().expireAfterWrite(cacheTime).build();
 
-        this.getTickReport5s = ReflectionUtil.findMethod(
+        // Returns TickData.TickReportData, which is not on the compile classpath, so the return
+        // type must not be part of the lookup.
+        this.getTickReport5s = ReflectionUtil.findMethodAnyReturn(
                 TickRegionScheduler.RegionScheduleHandle.class,
                 "getTickReport5s",
-                Object.class,
                 long.class
         );
     }
@@ -49,10 +50,7 @@ public void disable() {
 
     @Override
     public double getGlobalTPS() {
-        if (getTickReport5s != null) {
-            return tps_cache.get(RegionizedServer.getGlobalTickData(), this::extractTpsValue);
-        }
-        return server.getTPS()[0];
+        return tps_cache.get(RegionizedServer.getGlobalTickData(), this::extractTpsValue);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -60,18 +58,12 @@ public double getTPS() {
         final ThreadedRegionizer.ThreadedRegion<TickRegions.TickRegionData, TickRegions.TickRegionSectionData>
                 region = TickRegionScheduler.getCurrentRegion();
         if (region == null) return getGlobalTPS();
-        if (getTickReport5s != null) {
-            return tps_cache.get(region.getData().getRegionSchedulingHandle(), this::extractTpsValue);
-        }
-        return server.getTPS()[0];
+        return tps_cache.get(region.getData().getRegionSchedulingHandle(), this::extractTpsValue);
     }
 
     @Override
     public double getGlobalMSPT() {
-        if (getTickReport5s != null) {
-            return mspt_cache.get(RegionizedServer.getGlobalTickData(), this::extractMsptValue);
-        }
-        return server.getAverageTickTime();
+        return mspt_cache.get(RegionizedServer.getGlobalTickData(), this::extractMsptValue);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -79,13 +71,14 @@ public double getMSPT() {
         final ThreadedRegionizer.ThreadedRegion<TickRegions.TickRegionData, TickRegions.TickRegionSectionData>
                 region = TickRegionScheduler.getCurrentRegion();
         if (region == null) return getGlobalMSPT();
-        if (getTickReport5s != null) {
-            return mspt_cache.get(region.getData().getRegionSchedulingHandle(), this::extractMsptValue);
-        }
-        return server.getAverageTickTime();
+        return mspt_cache.get(region.getData().getRegionSchedulingHandle(), this::extractMsptValue);
     }
 
+    // The Server fallbacks below are resolved inside the cache loaders on purpose. Server#getTPS and
+    // Server#getAverageTickTime rebuild the 1m/5m/15m tick reports on every call, which sorts the
+    // whole tick history, so they must never be reached on an uncached path.
     private double extractTpsValue(TickRegionScheduler.RegionScheduleHandle handle) {
+        if (getTickReport5s == null) return server.getTPS()[0];
         try {
             Object report = getTickReport5s.invoke(handle, System.nanoTime());
             return extractAverage(report);
@@ -95,6 +88,7 @@ private double extractTpsValue(TickRegionScheduler.RegionScheduleHandle handle)
     }
 
     private double extractMsptValue(TickRegionScheduler.RegionScheduleHandle handle) {
+        if (getTickReport5s == null) return server.getAverageTickTime();
         try {
             Object report = getTickReport5s.invoke(handle, System.nanoTime());
             return extractAverage(report) / 1000000.0;