diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/config/Locales.java b/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/config/Locales.java
index 1271396..acbc0ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/config/Locales.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/config/Locales.java
@@ -204,9 +204,20 @@ public class Locales {
 
     @NotNull
     private static Item buildItem(@NotNull FileConfiguration config, @NotNull String path, String... replace) {
-        String material = config.getString("%s.material".formatted(path), "STONE");
-        String name     = applyReplacements(config.getString("%s.name".formatted(path), ""), replace);
-        String lore     = applyReplacements(config.getString("%s.lore".formatted(path), ""), replace);
+        String materialPath = "%s.material".formatted(path);
+        String namePath = "%s.name".formatted(path);
+        String lorePath = "%s.lore".formatted(path);
+
+        String material = config.getString(materialPath, "STONE");
+        String name = applyReplacements(config.getString(namePath, ""), replace);
+        String lore = applyReplacements(config.getString(lorePath, ""), replace);
+
+        // Debug logging
+        if ("STONE".equals(material)) {
+            LoParkour.getPlugin().getLogger().warning("Material defaulted to STONE for path: " + path);
+            LoParkour.getPlugin().getLogger().warning("  Tried: " + materialPath + " = " + config.getString(materialPath));
+            LoParkour.getPlugin().getLogger().warning("  Available keys: " + config.getKeys(true));
+        }
 
         Material mat = Materials.parse(material);
         if (mat == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/generator/jump/BlockPlacer.java b/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/generator/jump/BlockPlacer.java
index 4749f99..057e70d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/generator/jump/BlockPlacer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/loki/loparkour/generator/jump/BlockPlacer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package dev.loki.loparkour.generator.jump;
 
 import dev.loki.loparkour.generator.ParkourGenerator;
+import dev.loki.loparkour.player.ParkourPlayer;
 import dev.loki.loparkour.schematic.lpschem.LPSchematic;
 import dev.loki.loparkour.util.Probs;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
+import org.bukkit.Particle;
+import org.bukkit.Sound;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;
 import org.bukkit.block.data.BlockData;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -115,8 +118,18 @@ public class BlockPlacer {
     }
 
     /** Prefer no neighbor physics to avoid fragile vanilla multi-block checks in empty worlds. */
-    private static void placeBlockData(@NotNull Block block, @NotNull BlockData data) {
+    private void placeBlockData(@NotNull Block block, @NotNull BlockData data) {
         block.setBlockData(data, false);
+
+        // Play effects for all players
+        Location loc = block.getLocation().add(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
+        for (ParkourPlayer player : generator.getPlayers()) {
+            // Spawn particles
+            player.player.spawnParticle(Particle.BLOCK_CRACK, loc, 10, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.1, data);
+
+            // Play sound
+            player.player.playSound(loc, Sound.BLOCK_STONE_PLACE, 0.5f, 1.0f);
+        }
     }
     
     @NotNull