diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 438c9df..ae79ecb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,10 +142,11 @@ disabled, deleted, or the plugin shuts down, so it never leaks entities.
 ## Configuration overview
 
 - **`config.yml`** — global settings: `ui.*` toggles for scoreboard/bossbar/titles/actionbar,
-  `sounds.*` (Bukkit `Sound` enum names; invalid names are logged and skipped, never crash
-  the plugin), `performance.floor-blocks-per-tick` (batch size for floor *generation* and
-  *restoration*, spread across ticks — the round-end removal of non-target blocks is always
-  instantaneous, all at once, by design),
+  `sounds.*` (Bukkit `Sound` enum names, played directly to each participating player rather
+  than at one world location, so distance never mutes them; invalid names are logged and
+  skipped, never crash the plugin), `performance.floor-blocks-per-tick` (reserved for
+  future/optional batched floor operations — round-end removal and each round's floor reset
+  are always instantaneous, all blocks at once, by design),
   `defaults.*` (used only when `/bp create` seeds a new arena), `default-floor-materials`
   (the full 16-color concrete palette by default), `rewards.winner.commands`, and
   `integrations.placeholderapi`.
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/arena/Arena.java b/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/arena/Arena.java
index cca0a83..85fecad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/arena/Arena.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/arena/Arena.java
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public class Arena {
     }
 
     private void processRoundEnd() {
-        plugin.getSoundUtil().play(config.getSpawn(), plugin.getConfigManager().getSound("floor-disappear"), 1f, 1f);
+        playToParticipants("floor-disappear");
         floorManager.removeNonTarget(currentTarget, plugin.getConfigManager().getFloorBatchBlocksPerTick(), () -> {
             BukkitTask delay = plugin.getServer().getScheduler().runTaskLater(plugin, this::evaluateEliminations,
                     config.getFloorRemoveDelaySeconds() * 20L);
@@ -366,6 +366,19 @@ public class Arena {
         });
     }
 
+    /** Plays a configured sound directly to every current player/spectator (each at their own
+     *  location), instead of once at a single world coordinate — Bukkit's location-based
+     *  playSound falls off with distance, so anyone far from that one spot would hear nothing. */
+    private void playToParticipants(String soundKey) {
+        String soundName = plugin.getConfigManager().getSound(soundKey);
+        for (UUID uuid : allParticipants()) {
+            Player p = plugin.getServer().getPlayer(uuid);
+            if (p != null) {
+                plugin.getSoundUtil().play(p, soundName, 1f, 1f);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private void evaluateEliminations() {
         List<EliminationLogic.PlayerFloorState<UUID, Material>> states = new ArrayList<>();
         for (UUID uuid : players) {
@@ -406,7 +419,10 @@ public class Arena {
         }
 
         BukkitTask restoreDelay = plugin.getServer().getScheduler().runTaskLater(plugin, () ->
-                floorManager.restoreFull(plugin.getConfigManager().getFloorBatchBlocksPerTick(), this::startNextRound),
+                floorManager.restoreFull(plugin.getConfigManager().getFloorBatchBlocksPerTick(), () -> {
+                    playToParticipants("round-complete");
+                    startNextRound();
+                }),
                 config.getFloorRestoreDelaySeconds() * 20L);
         tasks.add(restoreDelay);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/floor/FloorManager.java b/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/floor/FloorManager.java
index 6587c10..3332cf1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/floor/FloorManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/tss3/blockparty/floor/FloorManager.java
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ public class FloorManager {
         return new ArrayList<>(layout.values());
     }
 
-    /** Places every block from the stored layout, batched across ticks. */
+    /**
+     * Places every block from the stored layout, all within a single tick, so the floor
+     * visibly resets instantly at the start of each round instead of filling in gradually.
+     * See {@link #removeNonTarget} for the same instant-vs-batched rationale.
+     */
     public void restoreFull(int blocksPerTick, Runnable onComplete) {
         World world = config.getWorld();
         if (world == null) {
@@ -99,26 +103,12 @@ public class FloorManager {
             return;
         }
         cancelActiveTask();
-        Deque<Map.Entry<String, Material>> queue = new ArrayDeque<>(layout.entrySet());
-        org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable runnable = new org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                int processed = 0;
-                while (processed < blocksPerTick && !queue.isEmpty()) {
-                    Map.Entry<String, Material> entry = queue.poll();
-                    setBlock(world, entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
-                    processed++;
-                }
-                if (queue.isEmpty()) {
-                    cancel();
-                    activeTask = null;
-                    if (onComplete != null) {
-                        onComplete.run();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        };
-        activeTask = runnable.runTaskTimer(plugin, 0L, 1L);
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Material> entry : layout.entrySet()) {
+            setBlock(world, entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+        }
+        if (onComplete != null) {
+            onComplete.run();
+        }
     }
 
     /**