diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Allocations/StoreAllocationRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Allocations/StoreAllocationRequest.php
index dd97e1332..b0472b1fc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Allocations/StoreAllocationRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Allocations/StoreAllocationRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Allocations;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\ApplicationApiRequest;
 
 class StoreAllocationRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
@@ -16,14 +17,21 @@ class StoreAllocationRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
         ];
     }
 
-    public function validated(): array
+    /**
+     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|array|null $default
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function validated($key = null, $default = null)
     {
         $data = parent::validated();
 
-        return [
+        $response = [
             'allocation_ip' => $data['ip'],
             'allocation_ports' => $data['ports'],
             'allocation_alias' => $data['alias'] ?? null,
         ];
+
+        return is_null($key) ? $response : Arr::get($response, $key, $default);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Nodes/StoreNodeRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Nodes/StoreNodeRequest.php
index cef2169c7..65459091d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Nodes/StoreNodeRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Nodes/StoreNodeRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Nodes;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Node;
 use Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\ApplicationApiRequest;
 
@@ -58,12 +59,18 @@ class StoreNodeRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
      * Change the formatting of some data keys in the validated response data
      * to match what the application expects in the services.
      *
-     * @return array
+     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|array|null $default
+     * @return mixed
      */
-    public function validated()
+    public function validated($key = null, $default = null)
     {
         $response = parent::validated();
-        $response['daemon_base'] = $response['daemon_base'] ?? (new Node())->getAttribute('daemon_base');
+        $response['daemon_base'] = $response['daemon_base'] ?? Node::DEFAULT_DAEMON_BASE;
+
+        if (!is_null($key)) {
+            return Arr::get($response, $key, $default);
+        }
 
         return $response;
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/Databases/StoreServerDatabaseRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/Databases/StoreServerDatabaseRequest.php
index f8549075a..4954176b8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/Databases/StoreServerDatabaseRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/Databases/StoreServerDatabaseRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Servers\Databases;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
@@ -30,13 +31,20 @@ class StoreServerDatabaseRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
         ];
     }
 
-    public function validated(): array
+    /**
+     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|array|null $default
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function validated($key = null, $default = null)
     {
-        return [
+        $data = [
             'database' => $this->input('database'),
             'remote' => $this->input('remote'),
             'database_host_id' => $this->input('host'),
         ];
+
+        return is_null($key) ? $data : Arr::get($data, $key, $default);
     }
 
     public function attributes(): array
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/StoreServerRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/StoreServerRequest.php
index 452909abe..984895761 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/StoreServerRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/StoreServerRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Servers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
 use Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\ApplicationApiRequest;
 
@@ -43,11 +44,16 @@ class StoreServerRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
         ];
     }
 
-    public function validated(): array
+    /**
+     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|array|null $default
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function validated($key = null, $default = null)
     {
         $data = parent::validated();
 
-        return [
+        $response = [
             'external_id' => array_get($data, 'external_id'),
             'name' => array_get($data, 'name'),
             'description' => array_get($data, 'description'),
@@ -76,5 +82,7 @@ class StoreServerRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
             'skip_scripts' => array_get($data, 'skip_scripts'),
             'start_on_completion' => array_get($data, 'start_on_completion', false),
         ];
+
+        return is_null($key) ? $response : Arr::get($response, $key, $default);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerBuildConfigurationRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerBuildConfigurationRequest.php
index 7045c1e08..28d2e3e39 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerBuildConfigurationRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerBuildConfigurationRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Servers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 
@@ -52,9 +53,11 @@ class UpdateServerBuildConfigurationRequest extends ServerWriteRequest
     /**
      * Convert the allocation field into the expected format for the service handler.
      *
-     * @return array
+     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|array|null $default
+     * @return mixed
      */
-    public function validated()
+    public function validated($key = null, $default = null)
     {
         $data = parent::validated();
 
@@ -73,6 +76,10 @@ class UpdateServerBuildConfigurationRequest extends ServerWriteRequest
             unset($data['limits']);
         }
 
+        if (!is_null($key)) {
+            return Arr::get($data, $key, $default);
+        }
+
         return $data;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerDetailsRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerDetailsRequest.php
index 226f69d18..a4551edcd 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerDetailsRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerDetailsRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Servers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
 
 class UpdateServerDetailsRequest extends ServerWriteRequest
@@ -24,15 +25,20 @@ class UpdateServerDetailsRequest extends ServerWriteRequest
     /**
      * Convert the posted data into the correct format that is expected
      * by the application.
+     *
+     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|array|null $default
      */
-    public function validated(): array
+    public function validated($key = null, $default = null)
     {
-        return [
+        $data = [
             'external_id' => $this->input('external_id'),
             'name' => $this->input('name'),
             'owner_id' => $this->input('user'),
             'description' => $this->input('description'),
         ];
+
+        return is_null($key) ? $data : Arr::get($data, $key, $default);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerRequest.php
index 9b254d047..d07cffd03 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Api/Application/Servers/UpdateServerRequest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Servers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
 use Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Application\ApplicationApiRequest;
 
@@ -39,11 +40,15 @@ class UpdateServerRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
         ];
     }
 
-    public function validated(): array
+    /**
+     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|array|null $default
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function validated($key = null, $default = null)
     {
         $data = parent::validated();
-
-        return [
+        $response = [
             'external_id' => array_get($data, 'external_id'),
             'name' => array_get($data, 'name'),
             'description' => array_get($data, 'description'),
@@ -65,5 +70,7 @@ class UpdateServerRequest extends ApplicationApiRequest
             'add_allocations' => array_get($data, 'add_allocations'),
             'remove_allocations' => array_get($data, 'remove_allocations'),
         ];
+
+        return is_null($key) ? $response : Arr::get($response, $key, $default);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Node.php b/app/Models/Node.php
index 51af2697c..740140898 100644
--- a/app/Models/Node.php
+++ b/app/Models/Node.php
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ class Node extends Model
      */
     public const RESOURCE_NAME = 'node';
 
+    /**
+     * The default location of server files on the Wings instance.
+     */
+    final public const DEFAULT_DAEMON_BASE = '/var/lib/pterodactyl/volumes';
+
     public const DAEMON_TOKEN_ID_LENGTH = 16;
     public const DAEMON_TOKEN_LENGTH = 64;
 
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ class Node extends Model
         'behind_proxy' => false,
         'memory_overallocate' => 0,
         'disk_overallocate' => 0,
-        'daemon_base' => '/var/lib/pterodactyl/volumes',
+        'daemon_base' => self::DEFAULT_DAEMON_BASE,
         'maintenance_mode' => false,
     ];