diff --git a/loader/include/Geode/loader/SettingV3.hpp b/loader/include/Geode/loader/SettingV3.hpp
index 1a78ffe5..a46ce508 100644
--- a/loader/include/Geode/loader/SettingV3.hpp
+++ b/loader/include/Geode/loader/SettingV3.hpp
@@ -26,9 +26,98 @@ namespace geode {
         std::shared_ptr<GeodeImpl> m_impl;
     
     protected:
+        /**
+         * Only call this function if you aren't going to call 
+         * `parseBaseProperties`, which will call it for you!
+         * If you don't want to call `parseBaseProperties`, at the very least 
+         * you **must** call this!
+         * Select which properties you want to parse using the `parseX` 
+         * functions
+         * @param key The setting's key as defined in `mod.json`
+         * @param modID The ID of the mod this settings is being parsed for 
+         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. This 
+         * should be the JSON object that defines the setting. If you aren't 
+         * using Geode's JSON checking utilities, you can use the other 
+         * overload of `init`
+         */
+        void init(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& json);
+        /**
+         * Only call this function if you aren't going to call 
+         * `parseBaseProperties`, which will call it for you!
+         * If you don't want to call `parseBaseProperties`, at the very least 
+         * you **must** call this!
+         * Select which properties you want to parse using the `parseX` 
+         * functions
+         * @param key The setting's key as defined in `mod.json`
+         * @param modID The ID of the mod this settings is being parsed for 
+         * @note If you are using Geode's JSON checking utilities 
+         * (`checkJson` / `JsonExpectedValue`), you should be using the other 
+         * overload that takes a `JsonExpectedValue&`!
+         */
         void init(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID);
-        Result<> parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, matjson::Value const& value, bool onlyNameAndDesc = false);
-        void parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& value, bool onlyNameAndDesc = false);
+
+        /**
+         * Parses the `"name"` and `"description"` keys from the setting's 
+         * definition in `mod.json` (if they exist), so their values can be 
+         * accessed via `getName` and `getDescription`.
+         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. This 
+         * should be the JSON object that defines the setting
+         * @warning In most cases, you should be using `parseBaseProperties` 
+         * instead to do all of this in one go! 
+         * If you do need the fine-grained control however, make sure to call 
+         * `init` before calling these parsing functions!
+         */
+        void parseNameAndDescription(JsonExpectedValue& json);
+        /**
+         * Parses the `"enable-if"` and `"enable-if-description"` keys from 
+         * the setting's definition in `mod.json` (if they exist), so 
+         * `shouldEnable` and `getEnableIfDescription` work.
+         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. This 
+         * should be the JSON object that defines the setting
+         * @warning In most cases, you should be using `parseBaseProperties` 
+         * instead to do all of this in one go! 
+         * If you do need the fine-grained control however, make sure to call 
+         * `init` before calling these parsing functions!
+         */
+        void parseEnableIf(JsonExpectedValue& json);
+        /**
+         * Parses the `"requires-restart"` key from the setting's definition in 
+         * `mod.json` (if they exist), so `requiresRestart` works.
+         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. This 
+         * should be the JSON object that defines the setting
+         * @warning In most cases, you should be using `parseBaseProperties` 
+         * instead to do all of this in one go! 
+         * If you do need the fine-grained control however, make sure to call 
+         * `init` before calling these parsing functions!
+         */
+        void parseValueProperties(JsonExpectedValue& json);
+
+        /**
+         * Parse all of the base properties such as `"name"` and `"description"` 
+         * for this setting
+         * @param key The setting's key as defined in `mod.json`
+         * @param modID The ID of the mod this settings is being parsed for 
+         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. If you 
+         * aren't using Geode's JSON checking utilities, use the other overload 
+         * of this function
+         * @note If you don't want to parse some of the base properties, such as 
+         * `"requires-restart"` (because you're doing a cosmetic setting), then 
+         * you can call `init` instead and then the specific `parseX` functions
+         */
+        void parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& json);
+        /**
+         * Parse all of the base properties such as `"name"` and `"description"` 
+         * for this setting
+         * @param key The setting's key as defined in `mod.json`
+         * @param modID The ID of the mod this settings is being parsed for 
+         * @param json The JSON value. If you are using Geode's JSON checking 
+         * utilities (`checkJson` / `JsonExpectedValue`), you should use the 
+         * other overload directly!
+         * @note If you don't want to parse some of the base properties, such as 
+         * `"requires-restart"` (because you're doing a cosmetic setting), then 
+         * you can call `init` instead and then the specific `parseX` functions
+         */
+        Result<> parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, matjson::Value const& json);
 
         /**
          * Mark that the value of this setting has changed. This should be 
@@ -80,6 +169,10 @@ namespace geode {
          * Whether this setting requires a restart on change
          */
         bool requiresRestart() const;
+        /**
+         * Get the platforms this setting is available on
+         */
+        std::vector<PlatformID> getPlatforms() const;
 
         virtual bool load(matjson::Value const& json) = 0;
         virtual bool save(matjson::Value& json) const = 0;
@@ -91,9 +184,15 @@ namespace geode {
          */
         virtual void reset() = 0;
 
-        [[deprecated("This function will be removed alongside legacy settings in 4.0.0!")]]
+        [[deprecated(
+            "This function will be removed alongside legacy settings in 4.0.0! "
+            "You should NOT be implementing it for your own custom setting classes"
+        )]]
         virtual std::optional<Setting> convertToLegacy() const;
-        [[deprecated("This function will be removed alongside legacy settings in 4.0.0!")]]
+        [[deprecated(
+            "This function will be removed alongside legacy settings in 4.0.0! "
+            "You should NOT be implementing it for your own custom setting classes"
+        )]]
         virtual std::optional<std::shared_ptr<SettingValue>> convertToLegacyValue() const;
     };
     
@@ -123,15 +222,17 @@ namespace geode {
     
     protected:
         /**
-         * Parse shared value, including the default value for this setting
-         * @param key The key of the setting
-         * @param modID The ID of the mod this setting is being parsed for
-         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. If you 
-         * aren't using Geode's JSON checking utilities, use the other overload 
-         * of this function
+         * Parses the `"default"` key from the setting's definition in 
+         * `mod.json`. The key may also be defined per-platform, i.e. 
+         * `"default": { "win": ..., "android": ... }`
+         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. This 
+         * should be the JSON object that defines the setting
+         * @warning In most cases, you should be using `parseBaseProperties` 
+         * instead to do all of this in one go! 
+         * If you do need the fine-grained control however, make sure to call 
+         * `init` before calling these parsing functions!
          */
-        void parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& json) {
-            SettingV3::parseBaseProperties(key, modID, json, false);
+        void parseDefaultValue(JsonExpectedValue& json) {
             auto root = json.needs("default");
             // Check if this is a platform-specific default value
             if (root.isObject() && root.has(GEODE_PLATFORM_SHORT_IDENTIFIER_NOARCH)) {
@@ -142,6 +243,19 @@ namespace geode {
             }
             m_impl->value = m_impl->defaultValue;
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Parse shared value, including the default value for this setting
+         * @param key The key of the setting
+         * @param modID The ID of the mod this setting is being parsed for
+         * @param json The current JSON checking instance being used. If you 
+         * aren't using Geode's JSON checking utilities, use the other overload 
+         * of this function
+         */
+        void parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& json) {
+            SettingV3::parseBaseProperties(key, modID, json);
+            this->parseDefaultValue(json);
+        }
         /**
          * Parse shared value, including the default value for this setting
          * @param key The key of the setting
diff --git a/loader/src/loader/SettingV3.cpp b/loader/src/loader/SettingV3.cpp
index 43e8e937..1c7b8c2e 100644
--- a/loader/src/loader/SettingV3.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/loader/SettingV3.cpp
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ class SettingV3::GeodeImpl {
 public:
     std::string modID;
     std::string key;
+    std::vector<PlatformID> platforms;
     std::optional<std::string> name;
     std::optional<std::string> description;
     std::optional<std::string> enableIf;
@@ -471,34 +472,50 @@ public:
 SettingV3::SettingV3() : m_impl(std::make_shared<GeodeImpl>()) {}
 SettingV3::~SettingV3() = default;
 
-Result<> SettingV3::parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, matjson::Value const& value, bool onlyNameAndDesc) {
-    auto json = checkJson(value, "SettingV3");
-    this->parseBaseProperties(key, modID, json, onlyNameAndDesc);
-    return json.ok();
-}
-void SettingV3::parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& value, bool onlyNameAndDesc) {
-    this->init(key, modID);
-    value.needs("type");
-    value.has("platforms");
-    value.has("name").into(m_impl->name);
-    value.has("description").into(m_impl->description);
-    if (!onlyNameAndDesc) {
-        value.has("requires-restart").into(m_impl->requiresRestart);
-        value.has("enable-if")
-            .template mustBe<std::string>("a valid \"enable-if\" scheme", [this](std::string const& str) -> Result<> {
-                GEODE_UNWRAP_INTO(auto tree, enable_if_parsing::Parser::parse(str, m_impl->modID));
-                GEODE_UNWRAP(tree->check());
-                m_impl->enableIfTree = std::move(tree);
-                return Ok();
-            })
-            .into(m_impl->enableIf);
-        value.has("enable-if-description").into(m_impl->enableIfDescription);
-    }
-}
 void SettingV3::init(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID) {
     m_impl->key = key;
     m_impl->modID = modID;
 }
+void SettingV3::init(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& json) {
+    this->init(key, modID);
+
+    // Keys every setting must have
+    json.needs("type");
+    for (auto& plat : json.has("platforms").items()) {
+        m_impl->platforms.push_back(PlatformID::from(plat.template get<std::string>()));
+    }
+}
+
+void SettingV3::parseNameAndDescription(JsonExpectedValue& json) {
+    json.needs("name").into(m_impl->name);
+    json.has("description").into(m_impl->description);
+}
+void SettingV3::parseEnableIf(JsonExpectedValue& json) {
+    json.has("enable-if")
+        .template mustBe<std::string>("a valid \"enable-if\" scheme", [this](std::string const& str) -> Result<> {
+            GEODE_UNWRAP_INTO(auto tree, enable_if_parsing::Parser::parse(str, m_impl->modID));
+            GEODE_UNWRAP(tree->check());
+            m_impl->enableIfTree = std::move(tree);
+            return Ok();
+        })
+        .into(m_impl->enableIf);
+    json.has("enable-if-description").into(m_impl->enableIfDescription);
+}
+void SettingV3::parseValueProperties(JsonExpectedValue& json) {
+    json.has("requires-restart").into(m_impl->requiresRestart);
+}
+
+Result<> SettingV3::parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, matjson::Value const& value) {
+    auto json = checkJson(value, "SettingV3");
+    this->parseBaseProperties(key, modID, json);
+    return json.ok();
+}
+void SettingV3::parseBaseProperties(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, JsonExpectedValue& json) {
+    this->init(key, modID, json);
+    this->parseNameAndDescription(json);
+    this->parseValueProperties(json);
+    this->parseEnableIf(json);
+}
 
 std::string SettingV3::getKey() const {
     return m_impl->key;
@@ -540,6 +557,9 @@ std::optional<std::string> SettingV3::getEnableIfDescription() const {
 bool SettingV3::requiresRestart() const {
     return m_impl->requiresRestart;
 }
+std::vector<PlatformID> SettingV3::getPlatforms() const {
+    return m_impl->platforms;
+}
 Mod* SettingV3::getMod() const {
     return Loader::get()->getInstalledMod(m_impl->modID);
 }
@@ -573,7 +593,8 @@ TitleSettingV3::TitleSettingV3(PrivateMarker) : m_impl(std::make_shared<Impl>())
 Result<std::shared_ptr<TitleSettingV3>> TitleSettingV3::parse(std::string const& key, std::string const& modID, matjson::Value const& json) {
     auto ret = std::make_shared<TitleSettingV3>(PrivateMarker());
     auto root = checkJson(json, "TitleSettingV3");
-    ret->parseBaseProperties(key, modID, root, true);
+    ret->init(key, modID, root);
+    ret->parseNameAndDescription(root);
     root.checkUnknownKeys();
     return root.ok(ret);
 }