diff --git a/jest.config.cjs b/jest.config.cjs
index 4198974617..2468408595 100644
--- a/jest.config.cjs
+++ b/jest.config.cjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '@polkadot/api(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/api/src/$1',
     '@polkadot/rpc-(core|provider)(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/rpc-$1/src/$2',
     '@polkadot/typegen(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/typegen/src/$1',
-    '@polkadot/types-(codec|known|support)(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/types-$1/src/$2',
+    '@polkadot/types-(codec|create|known|support)(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/types-$1/src/$2',
     // eslint-disable-next-line sort-keys
     '@polkadot/types(.*)$': '<rootDir>/packages/types/src/$1'
   },
diff --git a/packages/api-contract/src/Abi/index.ts b/packages/api-contract/src/Abi/index.ts
index 50b03f2768..89b2376690 100644
--- a/packages/api-contract/src/Abi/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api-contract/src/Abi/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import type { ChainProperties, ContractConstructorSpecLatest, ContractEventSpecL
 import type { Codec, Registry } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 import type { AbiConstructor, AbiEvent, AbiMessage, AbiParam, DecodedEvent, DecodedMessage } from '../types';
 
-import { TypeDefInfo, TypeRegistry } from '@polkadot/types';
+import { TypeRegistry } from '@polkadot/types';
+import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 import { assert, assertReturn, compactAddLength, compactStripLength, isNumber, isObject, isString, logger, stringCamelCase, stringify, u8aConcat, u8aToHex } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { v0ToLatest, v1ToLatest } from './toLatest';
diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index db14503826..2f1196ac32 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     "@polkadot/rpc-core": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/rpc-provider": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/types": "6.12.2-2",
+    "@polkadot/types-codec": "6.12.2-2",
+    "@polkadot/types-create": "6.12.2-2",
+    "@polkadot/types-known": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/util": "^8.1.2",
     "@polkadot/util-crypto": "^8.1.2",
     "eventemitter3": "^4.0.7",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/detectPackage.ts b/packages/api/src/detectPackage.ts
index 216c395822..36719df4e3 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/detectPackage.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/detectPackage.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 import { packageInfo as coreInfo } from '@polkadot/rpc-core/packageInfo';
 import { packageInfo as providerInfo } from '@polkadot/rpc-provider/packageInfo';
 import { packageInfo as typesInfo } from '@polkadot/types/packageInfo';
+import { packageInfo as codecInfo } from '@polkadot/types-codec/packageInfo';
+import { packageInfo as createInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create/packageInfo';
+import { packageInfo as knownInfo } from '@polkadot/types-known/packageInfo';
 import { detectPackage } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { packageInfo } from './packageInfo';
 
-detectPackage(packageInfo, typeof __dirname !== 'undefined' && __dirname, [coreInfo, providerInfo, typesInfo]);
+detectPackage(packageInfo, typeof __dirname !== 'undefined' && __dirname, [coreInfo, providerInfo, typesInfo, codecInfo, createInfo, knownInfo]);
diff --git a/packages/typegen/package.json b/packages/typegen/package.json
index 8dfda269b2..3154de67d9 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/package.json
+++ b/packages/typegen/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "@polkadot/rpc-provider": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/types": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/types-codec": "6.12.2-2",
+    "@polkadot/types-create": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/types-support": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/util": "^8.1.2",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
diff --git a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-chain-info.cjs b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-chain-info.cjs
index cc6b67522b..82131ee931 100755
--- a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-chain-info.cjs
+++ b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-chain-info.cjs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ try {
           '^@polkadot/rpc-core(.*)': './packages/rpc-core/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/rpc-provider(.*)': './packages/rpc-provider/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-codec(.*)': './packages/types-codec/src\\1',
+          '^@polkadot/types-create(.*)': './packages/types-create/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-known(.*)': './packages/types-known/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-support(.*)': './packages/types-support/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types(.*)': './packages/types/src\\1'
diff --git a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-chain.cjs b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-chain.cjs
index 993be0d74c..708da87fd1 100755
--- a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-chain.cjs
+++ b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-chain.cjs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ try {
       ['module-resolver', {
         alias: {
           '^@polkadot/types-codec(.*)': './packages/types-codec/src\\1',
+          '^@polkadot/types-create(.*)': './packages/types-create/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-known(.*)': './packages/types-known/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-support(.*)': './packages/types-support/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types(.*)': './packages/types/src\\1'
diff --git a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-defs.cjs b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-defs.cjs
index 938423c801..5c4ed34dd3 100755
--- a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-defs.cjs
+++ b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-from-defs.cjs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ try {
         alias: {
           '^@polkadot/typegen(.*)': './packages/typegen/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-codec(.*)': './packages/types-codec/src\\1',
+          '^@polkadot/types-create(.*)': './packages/types-create/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-known(.*)': './packages/types-known/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-support(.*)': './packages/types-support/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types(.*)': './packages/types/src\\1'
diff --git a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-interfaces.cjs b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-interfaces.cjs
index 52830ab71d..2531f4e9e8 100755
--- a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-interfaces.cjs
+++ b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-interfaces.cjs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ try {
       ['module-resolver', {
         alias: {
           '^@polkadot/types-codec(.*)': './packages/types-codec/src\\1',
+          '^@polkadot/types-create(.*)': './packages/types-create/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-known(.*)': './packages/types-known/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-support(.*)': './packages/types-support/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types(.*)': './packages/types/src\\1'
diff --git a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-metadata.cjs b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-metadata.cjs
index f9e269d8f6..f869a617de 100755
--- a/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-metadata.cjs
+++ b/packages/typegen/scripts/polkadot-types-internal-metadata.cjs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ try {
       ['module-resolver', {
         alias: {
           '^@polkadot/types-codec(.*)': './packages/types-codec/src\\1',
+          '^@polkadot/types-create(.*)': './packages/types-create/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-known(.*)': './packages/types-known/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types-support(.*)': './packages/types-support/src\\1',
           '^@polkadot/types(.*)': './packages/types/src\\1'
diff --git a/packages/typegen/src/generate/lookup.ts b/packages/typegen/src/generate/lookup.ts
index ad2f58f4ca..f5d8bc987b 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/src/generate/lookup.ts
+++ b/packages/typegen/src/generate/lookup.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import type { PortableType, SiLookupTypeId, SiPath, SiTypeParameter } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
 import type { PortableRegistry } from '@polkadot/types/metadata';
-import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { HexString } from '@polkadot/util/types';
 
 import Handlebars from 'handlebars';
diff --git a/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts b/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts
index f0d8cda1de..cc808042c2 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts
+++ b/packages/typegen/src/generate/tsDef.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/typegen authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types/create/types';
 import type { Registry } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { ModuleTypes } from '../util/imports';
 
 import Handlebars from 'handlebars';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { getTypeDef, TypeRegistry } from '@polkadot/types/create';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types/create/types';
+import { TypeRegistry } from '@polkadot/types/create';
 import * as defaultDefinitions from '@polkadot/types/interfaces/definitions';
+import { getTypeDef, TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 import { assert, isString, stringify, stringPascalCase } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { createImports, exportInterface, exportType, formatType, readTemplate, setImports, TypeImports, writeFile } from '../util';
diff --git a/packages/typegen/src/util/derived.ts b/packages/typegen/src/util/derived.ts
index d57098b02f..9f27098592 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/src/util/derived.ts
+++ b/packages/typegen/src/util/derived.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types/create/types';
 import type { Constructor, Registry } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 
-import { getTypeDef } from '@polkadot/types/create';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types/create/types';
 import { GenericAccountId, GenericLookupSource, GenericVote } from '@polkadot/types/generic';
 import { AllConvictions } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces/democracy/definitions';
 import { AbstractInt, bool, Compact, Enum, Null, Option, Struct, Tuple, UInt, Vec } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+import { getTypeDef, TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 import { isChildClass, stringify } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { formatType } from './formatting';
diff --git a/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts b/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts
index 1d511de8d3..debd36d547 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts
+++ b/packages/typegen/src/util/formatting.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 
-import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types/create/types';
 import type { Registry } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 import type { CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 
 import Handlebars from 'handlebars';
 
-import { getTypeDef, paramsNotation } from '@polkadot/types/create';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types/create/types';
+import { getTypeDef, paramsNotation, TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 import { isString, stringify } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { readTemplate } from './file';
diff --git a/packages/typegen/src/util/imports.ts b/packages/typegen/src/util/imports.ts
index d7b306e742..bcaadd267c 100644
--- a/packages/typegen/src/util/imports.ts
+++ b/packages/typegen/src/util/imports.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import * as codecClasses from '@polkadot/types/codec';
-import { getTypeDef } from '@polkadot/types/create';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types/create/types';
 import * as extrinsicClasses from '@polkadot/types/extrinsic';
 import * as genericClasses from '@polkadot/types/generic';
 import * as primitiveClasses from '@polkadot/types/primitive';
+import { getTypeDef, TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 
 export interface ModuleTypes {
   types: Record<string, unknown>;
diff --git a/packages/types-create/package.json b/packages/types-create/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5e5e3def4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "author": "Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>",
+  "bugs": "https://github.com/polkadot-js/api/issues",
+  "contributors": [],
+  "description": "Type creator helpers",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=14.0.0"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/polkadot-js/api/tree/master/packages/types-create#readme",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "maintainers": [],
+  "name": "@polkadot/types-create",
+  "repository": {
+    "directory": "packages/types-create",
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/polkadot-js/api.git"
+  },
+  "sideEffects": [
+    "./detectPackage.js",
+    "./detectPackage.cjs"
+  ],
+  "type": "module",
+  "version": "6.12.2-2",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/runtime": "^7.16.3",
+    "@polkadot/util": "^8.1.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/types-create/src/bundle.ts b/packages/types-create/src/bundle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e815c98d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/bundle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-codec authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export { packageInfo } from './packageInfo';
+export { TypeDefInfo } from './types';
+
+export * from './create';
+export * from './util';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts b/packages/types-create/src/create/class.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
rename to packages/types-create/src/create/class.ts
index aaaf5d8a2e..b7a2c7e934 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/create/class.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { Codec, CodecClass, CodecRegistry, U8aBitLength, UIntBitLength } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
-import type { DetectCodec, LookupRegistry } from '../types';
-import type { TypeDef } from './types';
+import type { CreateRegistry, TypeDef } from '../types';
 
 import { BTreeMap, BTreeSet, Bytes, CodecSet, Compact, DoNotConstruct, Enum, HashMap, Int, Null, Option, Range, RangeInclusive, Result, Struct, Tuple, U8aFixed, UInt, Vec, VecFixed, WrapperOpaque } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import { assert, isNumber, stringify } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { getTypeDef } from './getTypeDef';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from './types';
+import { TypeDefInfo } from '../types';
+import { getTypeDef } from '../util/getTypeDef';
 
 function getTypeDefType ({ lookupName, type }: TypeDef): string {
   return lookupName || type;
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ const infoMapping: Record<TypeDefInfo, (registry: CodecRegistry, value: TypeDef)
     ),
 
   [TypeDefInfo.Si]: (registry: CodecRegistry, value: TypeDef): CodecClass<Codec> =>
-    getTypeClass(registry, (registry as LookupRegistry).lookup.getTypeDef(value.type)),
+    getTypeClass(registry, (registry as CreateRegistry).lookup.getTypeDef(value.type)),
 
   [TypeDefInfo.Struct]: (registry: CodecRegistry, value: TypeDef): CodecClass<Codec> =>
     Struct.with(getTypeClassMap(value), value.alias),
@@ -199,18 +198,14 @@ export function constructTypeClass<T extends Codec = Codec> (registry: CodecRegi
 
 // Returns the type Class for construction
 export function getTypeClass<T extends Codec = Codec> (registry: CodecRegistry, typeDef: TypeDef): CodecClass<T> {
-  return (registry as LookupRegistry).getUnsafe(typeDef.type, false, typeDef) as CodecClass<T>;
-}
-
-export function createClass<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: CodecRegistry, type: K): CodecClass<DetectCodec<T, K>> {
-  return createClassUnsafe(registry, type);
+  return (registry as CreateRegistry).getUnsafe(typeDef.type, false, typeDef) as CodecClass<T>;
 }
 
 export function createClassUnsafe<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: CodecRegistry, type: K): CodecClass<T> {
   return getTypeClass(
     registry,
     registry.isLookupType(type)
-      ? (registry as LookupRegistry).lookup.getTypeDef(type)
+      ? (registry as CreateRegistry).lookup.getTypeDef(type)
       : getTypeDef(type)
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/types-create/src/create/index.ts b/packages/types-create/src/create/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19bce18940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/create/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export * from './class';
+export * from './type';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createType.ts b/packages/types-create/src/create/type.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from packages/types/src/create/createType.ts
rename to packages/types-create/src/create/type.ts
index d60ef95892..0b0e5afd54 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createType.ts
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/create/type.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { Codec, CodecClass, CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
-import type { DetectCodec } from '../types';
-import type { CreateOptions } from './types';
+import type { Codec, CodecClass, CodecRegistry, IU8a } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { CreateOptions } from '../types';
 
 import { Bytes, Option } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import { assert, isHex, isU8a, u8aEq, u8aToHex, u8aToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { createClass } from './createClass';
+import { createClassUnsafe } from './class';
 
 // With isPedantic, actually check that the encoding matches that supplied. This
 // is much slower, but verifies that we have the correct types defined
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ function initType<T extends Codec> (registry: CodecRegistry, Type: CodecClass, p
   checkPedantic(created, params, isPedantic);
 
   if (blockHash) {
-    created.createdAtHash = createType(registry, 'Hash', blockHash);
+    created.createdAtHash = createTypeUnsafe<IU8a>(registry, 'Hash', [blockHash]);
   }
 
   return created as T;
@@ -60,12 +59,12 @@ function initType<T extends Codec> (registry: CodecRegistry, Type: CodecClass, p
 // An unsafe version of the `createType` below. It's unsafe because the `type`
 // argument here can be any string, which, when it cannot parse, will yield a
 // runtime error.
-export function createTypeUnsafe<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: CodecRegistry, type: K, params: unknown[] = [], options: CreateOptions = {}): DetectCodec<T, K> {
+export function createTypeUnsafe<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: CodecRegistry, type: K, params: unknown[] = [], options: CreateOptions = {}): T {
   let Clazz: CodecClass | null = null;
   let firstError: Error | null = null;
 
   try {
-    Clazz = createClass(registry, type);
+    Clazz = createClassUnsafe(registry, type);
 
     return initType(registry, Clazz, params, options);
   } catch (error) {
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ export function createTypeUnsafe<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = str
 
   if (Clazz && Clazz.__fallbackType) {
     try {
-      Clazz = createClass(registry, Clazz.__fallbackType as unknown as K);
+      Clazz = createClassUnsafe(registry, Clazz.__fallbackType as unknown as K);
 
       return initType(registry, Clazz, params, options);
     } catch {
@@ -84,13 +83,3 @@ export function createTypeUnsafe<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = str
 
   throw firstError;
 }
-
-/**
- * Create an instance of a `type` with a given `params`.
- * @param type - A recognizable string representing the type to create an
- * instance from
- * @param params - The value to instantiate the type with
- */
-export function createType<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: CodecRegistry, type: K, ...params: unknown[]): DetectCodec<T, K> {
-  return createTypeUnsafe(registry, type, params);
-}
diff --git a/packages/types-create/src/detectPackage.ts b/packages/types-create/src/detectPackage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5856562a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/detectPackage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { packageInfo as codecInfo } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+import { detectPackage } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+import { packageInfo } from './packageInfo';
+
+detectPackage(packageInfo, typeof __dirname !== 'undefined' && __dirname, [codecInfo]);
diff --git a/packages/types-create/src/index.ts b/packages/types-create/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87c973efb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import './detectPackage';
+
+export * from './bundle';
diff --git a/packages/types-create/src/packageInfo.ts b/packages/types-create/src/packageInfo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28178af2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/packageInfo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Auto-generated by @polkadot/dev, do not edit
+
+export const packageInfo = { name: '@polkadot/types-create', version: '6.12.2-2' };
diff --git a/packages/types-create/src/types.ts b/packages/types-create/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92f821aabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { Codec, CodecClass, CodecRegistry, ICompact, INumber } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+
+export type { CodecCreateOptions as CreateOptions } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+
+export enum TypeDefInfo {
+  BTreeMap,
+  BTreeSet,
+  Compact,
+  DoNotConstruct,
+  Enum,
+  HashMap,
+  Int,
+  Linkage,
+  Null,
+  Option,
+  Plain,
+  Range,
+  Result,
+  Set,
+  Si,
+  Struct,
+  Tuple,
+  UInt,
+  Vec,
+  VecFixed,
+  WrapperOpaque
+}
+
+export interface TypeDef {
+  alias?: Map<string, string>;
+  displayName?: string;
+  docs?: string[];
+  fallbackType?: string;
+  info: TypeDefInfo;
+  index?: number;
+  isFromSi?: boolean;
+  length?: number;
+  lookupIndex?: number;
+  lookupName?: string;
+  lookupNameRoot?: string;
+  name?: string;
+  namespace?: string;
+  sub?: TypeDef | TypeDef[];
+  type: string;
+  typeName?: string;
+}
+
+export interface ILookup {
+  getSiType (lookupId: ICompact<INumber> | string | number): {
+    def: {
+      asTuple: ICompact<INumber>[]
+    }
+  },
+  getTypeDef (lookupId: ICompact<INumber> | string | number): TypeDef;
+}
+
+export interface CreateRegistry extends CodecRegistry {
+  lookup: ILookup;
+
+  createLookupType (lookupId: ICompact<INumber> | number): string;
+  setLookup (lookup: ILookup): void;
+
+  getUnsafe <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (name: K, withUnknown?: boolean, knownTypeDef?: TypeDef): CodecClass<T> | undefined;
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/encodeTypes.ts b/packages/types-create/src/util/encodeTypes.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/types/src/create/encodeTypes.ts
rename to packages/types-create/src/util/encodeTypes.ts
index 7f0c2ff0d4..5eb4c7cd60 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/encodeTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/util/encodeTypes.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
-import type { TypeDef } from './types';
+import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 
 import { assert, isNumber, isUndefined, objectSpread, stringify } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { TypeDefInfo } from './types';
+import { TypeDefInfo } from '../types';
 
 const stringIdentity = <T extends { toString: () => string }> (value: T): string => value.toString();
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.ts b/packages/types-create/src/util/getTypeDef.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.ts
rename to packages/types-create/src/util/getTypeDef.ts
index 1bae1d38a9..ad3744c696 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.ts
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/util/getTypeDef.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { TypeDef } from './types';
+import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 
 import { sanitize } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import { assert, isNumber, isString, objectSpread } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { TypeDefInfo } from './types';
+import { TypeDefInfo } from '../types';
 import { typeSplit } from './typeSplit';
 
 interface TypeDefOptions {
diff --git a/packages/types-create/src/util/index.ts b/packages/types-create/src/util/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e484377ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/util/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export * from './encodeTypes';
+export * from './getTypeDef';
+export * from './typeSplit';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/typeSplit.ts b/packages/types-create/src/util/typeSplit.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/types/src/create/typeSplit.ts
rename to packages/types-create/src/util/typeSplit.ts
index fdf39161be..200ece3ca8 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/typeSplit.ts
+++ b/packages/types-create/src/util/typeSplit.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-create authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import { assert } from '@polkadot/util';
diff --git a/packages/types-create/tsconfig.json b/packages/types-create/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c477fce8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types-create/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": "..",
+    "outDir": "./build",
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
+  },
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../types-codec" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/types-known/src/bundle.ts b/packages/types-known/src/bundle.ts
index b06ef0f4b6..95bfc92a4c 100644
--- a/packages/types-known/src/bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/types-known/src/bundle.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-known authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-export * from '@polkadot/types/known';
+export { getSpecAlias, getSpecExtensions, getSpecHasher, getSpecRpc, getSpecTypes, getUpgradeVersion } from '@polkadot/types';
 
 export { packageInfo } from './packageInfo';
diff --git a/packages/types/package.json b/packages/types/package.json
index af5907b27d..29941a11a6 100644
--- a/packages/types/package.json
+++ b/packages/types/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.16.5",
     "@polkadot/types-codec": "6.12.2-2",
+    "@polkadot/types-create": "6.12.2-2",
     "@polkadot/util": "^8.1.2",
     "@polkadot/util-crypto": "^8.1.2",
     "rxjs": "^7.4.0"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/bundle.ts b/packages/types/src/bundle.ts
index e723a75a0b..a297c66742 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/bundle.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import rpcDefinitions from './interfaces/jsonrpc';
 export * from './codec';
 export * from './create';
 export * from './index.types';
+export * from './known';
 export * from './metadata';
 
-export { TypeDefInfo } from './create/types';
+export { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
+
 export { convertSiV0toV1 } from './metadata/PortableRegistry';
 export { packageInfo } from './packageInfo';
 export { unwrapStorageType } from './primitive/StorageKey';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts
index bdf5ed2627..35e9ae85cb 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { TypeDefInfo } from '../types';
+import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
+
 import { createClass, getTypeClass, TypeRegistry } from '.';
 
 describe('createClass', (): void => {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/encodeTypes.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/create/encodeTypes.spec.ts
index 3c0e65b95d..f283edc23a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/encodeTypes.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/encodeTypes.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { encodeTypeDef } from './encodeTypes';
+import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
+
 import { TypeRegistry } from './registry';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from './types';
+import { encodeTypeDef } from '.';
 
 describe('encodeTypeDef', (): void => {
   const registry = new TypeRegistry();
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.spec.ts
index 47357fca57..96c2378700 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/getTypeDef.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { TypeDefInfo } from './types';
+import { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
+
 import { getTypeDef, TypeRegistry } from '.';
 
 describe('getTypeDef', (): void => {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/index.ts b/packages/types/src/create/index.ts
index a1bde39723..7e2836ab74 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-export * from './createClass';
-export * from './createType';
-export * from './encodeTypes';
-export * from './getTypeDef';
+import type { Codec, CodecClass, CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { DetectCodec } from '../types';
+
+import { createClassUnsafe, createTypeUnsafe } from '@polkadot/types-create';
+
+export * from '@polkadot/types-create';
+
 export * from './lazy';
 export * from './registry';
-export * from './typeSplit';
+
+export function createClass<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: CodecRegistry, type: K): CodecClass<DetectCodec<T, K>> {
+  return createClassUnsafe(registry, type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create an instance of a `type` with a given `params`.
+ * @param type - A recognizable string representing the type to create an
+ * instance from
+ * @param params - The value to instantiate the type with
+ */
+export function createType<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: CodecRegistry, type: K, ...params: unknown[]): DetectCodec<T, K> {
+  return createTypeUnsafe(registry, type, params);
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts b/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
index 29bfbc64d7..e180271363 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { Codec, CodecClass, CodecRegistry, IU8a } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { CreateOptions, TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { ExtDef } from '../extrinsic/signedExtensions/types';
 import type { ChainProperties, DispatchErrorModule, EventMetadataLatest, Hash, MetadataLatest, SiField, SiLookupTypeId, SiVariant } from '../interfaces/types';
 import type { CallFunction, CodecHasher, Definitions, DetectCodec, RegisteredTypes, Registry, RegistryError, RegistryTypes } from '../types';
-import type { CreateOptions, TypeDef } from './types';
 
 import { DoNotConstruct, Json, Raw } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+import { constructTypeClass, createClassUnsafe, createTypeUnsafe } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 import { assert, assertReturn, BN_ZERO, formatBalance, isFunction, isString, isU8a, lazyMethod, logger, objectSpread, stringCamelCase, stringify } from '@polkadot/util';
 import { blake2AsU8a } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
 
@@ -19,8 +20,6 @@ import { decorateConstants, filterCallsSome, filterEventsSome } from '../metadat
 import { createCallFunction } from '../metadata/decorate/extrinsics';
 import { Metadata } from '../metadata/Metadata';
 import { PortableRegistry } from '../metadata/PortableRegistry';
-import { constructTypeClass, createClassUnsafe } from './createClass';
-import { createTypeUnsafe } from './createType';
 import { lazyVariants } from './lazy';
 
 const l = logger('registry');
@@ -266,8 +265,8 @@ export class TypeRegistry implements Registry {
   /**
    * @describe Creates an instance of the class
    */
-  public createClass <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string, R = DetectCodec<T, K>> (type: K): CodecClass<R> {
-    return this.createClassUnsafe(type) as unknown as CodecClass<R>;
+  public createClass <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (type: K): CodecClass<DetectCodec<T, K>> {
+    return this.createClassUnsafe(type) as unknown as CodecClass<DetectCodec<T, K>>;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ export class TypeRegistry implements Registry {
   /**
    * @description Creates an instance of a type as registered
    */
-  public createType <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string, R = DetectCodec<T, K>> (type: K, ...params: unknown[]): R {
+  public createType <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (type: K, ...params: unknown[]): DetectCodec<T, K> {
     return this.createTypeUnsafe(type, params);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/types.ts b/packages/types/src/create/types.ts
index a3544fc216..34c4c4849f 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/types.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/types.ts
@@ -2,46 +2,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 export type { CodecCreateOptions as CreateOptions } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+export type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 
-export enum TypeDefInfo {
-  BTreeMap,
-  BTreeSet,
-  Compact,
-  DoNotConstruct,
-  Enum,
-  HashMap,
-  Int,
-  Linkage,
-  Null,
-  Option,
-  Plain,
-  Range,
-  Result,
-  Set,
-  Si,
-  Struct,
-  Tuple,
-  UInt,
-  Vec,
-  VecFixed,
-  WrapperOpaque
-}
-
-export interface TypeDef {
-  alias?: Map<string, string>;
-  displayName?: string;
-  docs?: string[];
-  fallbackType?: string;
-  info: TypeDefInfo;
-  index?: number;
-  isFromSi?: boolean;
-  length?: number;
-  lookupIndex?: number;
-  lookupName?: string;
-  lookupNameRoot?: string;
-  name?: string;
-  namespace?: string;
-  sub?: TypeDef | TypeDef[];
-  type: string;
-  typeName?: string;
-}
+export { TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/detectPackage.ts b/packages/types/src/detectPackage.ts
index 8e767bef4a..a4c89c8202 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/detectPackage.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/detectPackage.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import { packageInfo as codecInfo } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+import { packageInfo as createInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 import { detectPackage } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { packageInfo } from './packageInfo';
 
-detectPackage(packageInfo, typeof __dirname !== 'undefined' && __dirname, [codecInfo]);
+detectPackage(packageInfo, typeof __dirname !== 'undefined' && __dirname, [codecInfo, createInfo]);
diff --git a/packages/types/src/generic/Event.ts b/packages/types/src/generic/Event.ts
index d36386bca5..cbc2809200 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/generic/Event.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/generic/Event.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { AnyJson, Codec, CodecClass, CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
-import type { TypeDef } from '../create/types';
+import type { CreateRegistry, TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { EventMetadataLatest } from '../interfaces/metadata';
 import type { EventId } from '../interfaces/system';
-import type { IEvent, IEventData, InterfaceTypes, LookupRegistry } from '../types';
+import type { IEvent, IEventData, InterfaceTypes } from '../types';
 
 import { Null, Struct, Tuple } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import { objectSpread } from '@polkadot/util';
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class GenericEventData extends Tuple implements IEventData {
     this.#meta = meta;
     this.#method = method;
     this.#section = section;
-    this.#typeDef = fields.map(({ type }) => (registry as LookupRegistry).lookup.getTypeDef(type));
+    this.#typeDef = fields.map(({ type }) => (registry as CreateRegistry).lookup.getTypeDef(type));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/types/src/known/index.ts b/packages/types/src/known/index.ts
index f143ab9592..82ff60a120 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/known/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/known/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-known authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import type { Text } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
 import type { ExtDef } from '../extrinsic/signedExtensions/types';
 import type { Hash } from '../interfaces';
-import type { Text } from '../primitive';
 import type { ChainUpgradeVersion, CodecHasher, DefinitionRpc, DefinitionRpcSub, OverrideModuleType, OverrideVersionedType, Registry, RegistryTypes } from '../types';
 
 import { bnToBn, isNull, isUndefined, objectSpread } from '@polkadot/util';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/known/knownOrigins.ts b/packages/types/src/known/knownOrigins.ts
index 077a4de0a8..062fcad1ff 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/known/knownOrigins.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/known/knownOrigins.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types-known authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 // We want predictive ordering (manually managed)
diff --git a/packages/types/src/metadata/PortableRegistry/PortableRegistry.ts b/packages/types/src/metadata/PortableRegistry/PortableRegistry.ts
index db35e862d6..8855c321bf 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/metadata/PortableRegistry/PortableRegistry.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/metadata/PortableRegistry/PortableRegistry.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@
 
 import type { Vec } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import type { CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { ILookup, TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { PortableType } from '../../interfaces/metadata';
 import type { SiField, SiLookupTypeId, SiPath, SiType, SiTypeDefArray, SiTypeDefBitSequence, SiTypeDefCompact, SiTypeDefComposite, SiTypeDefSequence, SiTypeDefTuple, SiTypeDefVariant, SiTypeParameter, SiVariant } from '../../interfaces/scaleInfo';
 import type { Text, Type } from '../../primitive';
-import type { ILookup, TypeDef } from '../../types';
 
-import { sanitize, Struct } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+import { sanitize, Struct, u32 } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+import { getTypeDef, TypeDefInfo, withTypeString } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 import { assert, isNumber, isString, objectSpread, stringCamelCase, stringify, stringPascalCase } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { withTypeString } from '../../create/encodeTypes';
-import { getTypeDef } from '../../create/getTypeDef';
-import { u32 } from '../../primitive';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from '../../types';
 import { assertUnreachable } from './util';
 
 // Just a placeholder for a type.unrwapOr()
diff --git a/packages/types/src/metadata/decorate/storage/createFunction.ts b/packages/types/src/metadata/decorate/storage/createFunction.ts
index 2e2c7e2eb6..923417d3d5 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/metadata/decorate/storage/createFunction.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/metadata/decorate/storage/createFunction.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { CodecRegistry, ICompact, INumber } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { CreateRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { StorageEntryMetadataLatest, StorageHasher } from '../../../interfaces/metadata';
 import type { StorageEntry } from '../../../primitive/types';
-import type { LookupRegistry } from '../../../types';
 
 import { Raw } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import { assert, compactAddLength, compactStripLength, isUndefined, objectSpread, stringCamelCase, stringLowerFirst, u8aConcat, u8aToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function createWStorageFn (registry: CodecRegistry, itemFn: CreateItemFn, option
 
     return hashers.length === 1
       ? createKey(registry, itemFn, { args, hashers, keys: [key] })
-      : createKey(registry, itemFn, { args, hashers, keys: (registry as LookupRegistry).lookup.getSiType(key).def.asTuple });
+      : createKey(registry, itemFn, { args, hashers, keys: (registry as CreateRegistry).lookup.getSiType(key).def.asTuple });
   };
 }
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function extendPrefixedMap (registry: CodecRegistry, itemFn: CreateItemFn, stora
         const { hashers, key } = type.asMap;
         const keysVec = hashers.length === 1
           ? [key]
-          : (registry as LookupRegistry).lookup.getSiType(key).def.asTuple;
+          : (registry as CreateRegistry).lookup.getSiType(key).def.asTuple;
 
         return new Raw(registry, createKeyRaw(registry, itemFn, { args, hashers: hashers.slice(0, args.length), keys: keysVec.slice(0, args.length) }));
       }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/metadata/util/extractTypes.ts b/packages/types/src/metadata/util/extractTypes.ts
index 925f9300fb..6359dd57ca 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/metadata/util/extractTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/metadata/util/extractTypes.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { TypeDef } from '../../types';
+import type { TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 
-// we are attempting to avoid circular refs, hence the path import
-import { getTypeDef } from '../../create/getTypeDef';
-import { TypeDefInfo } from '../../create/types';
+import { getTypeDef, TypeDefInfo } from '@polkadot/types-create';
 
 type Extracted = string | Extracted[];
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/metadata/util/getSiName.ts b/packages/types/src/metadata/util/getSiName.ts
index a22031ae87..b54001c703 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/metadata/util/getSiName.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/metadata/util/getSiName.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import type { ILookup } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { SiLookupTypeId } from '../../interfaces';
-import type { ILookup } from '../../types';
 
 export function getSiName (lookup: ILookup, type: SiLookupTypeId): string {
   const typeDef = lookup.getTypeDef(type);
diff --git a/packages/types/src/metadata/v13/toV14.ts b/packages/types/src/metadata/v13/toV14.ts
index 8e8fa89c46..e0afe9a1a7 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/metadata/v13/toV14.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/metadata/v13/toV14.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { Text } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+import type { Text, Type } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 import type { CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
 import type { ErrorMetadataV13, EventMetadataV13, ExtrinsicMetadataV13, ExtrinsicMetadataV14, FunctionMetadataV13, MetadataV13, MetadataV14, ModuleConstantMetadataV13, ModuleMetadataV13, PalletCallMetadataV14, PalletConstantMetadataV14, PalletErrorMetadataV14, PalletEventMetadataV14, PalletMetadataV14, PalletStorageMetadataV14, StorageEntryMetadataV14, StorageEntryTypeV14, StorageHasherV13, StorageMetadataV13 } from '../../interfaces/metadata';
 import type { SiVariant } from '../../interfaces/scaleInfo';
-import type { Type } from '../../primitive/Type';
 import type { OverrideModuleType, Registry } from '../../types';
 
 import { stringCamelCase } from '@polkadot/util';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/primitive/StorageKey.ts b/packages/types/src/primitive/StorageKey.ts
index e15137ebeb..4e6ae93d7b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/primitive/StorageKey.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/primitive/StorageKey.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { AnyJson, AnyTuple, Codec, CodecRegistry, ICompact, INumber } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { CreateRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { StorageEntryMetadataLatest, StorageEntryTypeLatest, StorageHasher } from '../interfaces/metadata';
 import type { AllHashers } from '../interfaces/metadata/definitions';
 import type { SiLookupTypeId } from '../interfaces/scaleInfo';
-import type { InterfaceTypes, IStorageKey, LookupRegistry } from '../types';
+import type { InterfaceTypes, IStorageKey } from '../types';
 import type { StorageEntry } from './types';
 
 import { Bytes } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export function unwrapStorageSi (type: StorageEntryTypeLatest): SiLookupTypeId {
 
 /** @internal */
 export function unwrapStorageType (registry: CodecRegistry, type: StorageEntryTypeLatest, isOptional?: boolean): keyof InterfaceTypes {
-  const outputType = getSiName((registry as LookupRegistry).lookup, unwrapStorageSi(type));
+  const outputType = getSiName((registry as CreateRegistry).lookup, unwrapStorageSi(type));
 
   return isOptional
     ? `Option<${outputType}>` as unknown as keyof InterfaceTypes
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ function decodeArgsFromMeta <A extends AnyTuple> (registry: CodecRegistry, value
   const { hashers, key } = meta.type.asMap;
   const keys = hashers.length === 1
     ? [key]
-    : (registry as LookupRegistry).lookup.getSiType(key).def.asTuple;
+    : (registry as CreateRegistry).lookup.getSiType(key).def.asTuple;
 
   return decodeHashers(registry, value, hashers.map((h, i) => [h, keys[i]]));
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/primitive/Type.ts b/packages/types/src/primitive/Type.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 803aa109a0..0000000000
--- a/packages/types/src/primitive/Type.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-import type { CodecRegistry } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
-
-import { sanitize, Text } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
-
-/**
- * @name Type
- * @description
- * This is a extended version of Text, specifically to handle types. Here we rely fully
- * on what Text provides us, however we also adjust the types received from the runtime,
- * i.e. we remove the `T::` prefixes found in some types for consistency across implementation.
- */
-export class Type extends Text {
-  constructor (registry: CodecRegistry, value: Text | Uint8Array | string = '') {
-    super(registry, value);
-
-    this.setOverride(sanitize(this.toString()));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @description Returns the base runtime type name for this instance
-   */
-  public override toRawType (): string {
-    return 'Type';
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts b/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
index d8e9b06c1c..e0debe397c 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /**
  * @summary Type definitions that are used in the system
  */
-export { BitVec, bool, Bool, Bytes, Type, i8, I8, i16, I16, i32, I32, i64, I64, i128, I128, i256, I256, Null, Text, u8, U8, u16, U16, u32, U32, u64, U64, u128, U128, u256, U256, usize, USize } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
+export { BitVec, bool, Bool, Bytes, i8, I8, i16, I16, i32, I32, i64, I64, i128, I128, i256, I256, Null, Text, Type, u8, U8, u16, U16, u32, U32, u64, U64, u128, U128, u256, U256, usize, USize } from '@polkadot/types-codec';
 
 export { Data } from './Data';
 export { StorageKey } from './StorageKey';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts b/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts
index 5d5baa40ff..481171fec9 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import type { CodecRegistry, ICompact, INumber, RegistryTypes } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { RegistryTypes } from '@polkadot/types-codec/types';
+import type { CreateRegistry, TypeDef } from '@polkadot/types-create/types';
 import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
-import type { TypeDef } from '../create/types';
 import type { ExtDef } from '../extrinsic/signedExtensions/types';
 import type { MetadataLatest } from '../interfaces/metadata';
 import type { SiField, SiLookupTypeId } from '../interfaces/scaleInfo';
@@ -96,26 +96,8 @@ export interface RegisteredTypes {
   typesSpec?: Record<string, RegistryTypes>;
 }
 
-export interface ILookup {
-  getSiType (lookupId: ICompact<INumber> | string | number): {
-    def: {
-      asTuple: ICompact<INumber>[]
-    }
-  },
-  getTypeDef (lookupId: ICompact<INumber> | string | number): TypeDef;
-}
-
-export interface LookupRegistry extends CodecRegistry {
-  lookup: ILookup;
-
-  createLookupType (lookupId: ICompact<INumber> | number): string;
-  setLookup (lookup: ILookup): void;
-
-  getUnsafe <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (name: K, withUnknown?: boolean, knownTypeDef?: TypeDef): CodecClass<T> | undefined;
-}
-
 // Note the commented interfaces here are directly from CodecRegistry
-export interface Registry extends LookupRegistry {
+export interface Registry extends CreateRegistry {
   // readonly chainDecimals: number[];
   // readonly chainSS58: number | undefined;
   // readonly chainTokens: string[];
diff --git a/packages/types/tsconfig.json b/packages/types/tsconfig.json
index 9dd06fd436..6a24449ba0 100644
--- a/packages/types/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/types/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   },
   "references": [
     { "path": "../types-codec" },
+    { "path": "../types-create" },
     { "path": "../types-support" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/rollup.config.mjs b/rollup.config.mjs
index 3496110922..0e8476eaf0 100644
--- a/rollup.config.mjs
+++ b/rollup.config.mjs
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ const external = [
   '@polkadot/util-crypto'
 ];
 
-const entries = ['api-derive', 'rpc-core', 'rpc-provider', 'types-codec', 'types-known'].reduce((all, p) => ({
+function expand (prefix, all) {
+  return all.map((p) => `${prefix}-${p}`);
+}
+
+const entries = [
+  'api-derive',
+  ...expand('rpc', ['core', 'provider']),
+  ...expand('types', ['codec', 'create', 'known'])
+].reduce((all, p) => ({
   ...all,
   [`@polkadot/${p}`]: path.resolve(process.cwd(), `packages/${p}/build/bundle.js`)
 }), {
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index fc526cd83c..4172610024 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
       "@polkadot/types/*": ["types/src/*"],
       "@polkadot/types-codec": ["types-codec/src"],
       "@polkadot/types-codec/*": ["types-codec/src/*"],
+      "@polkadot/types-create": ["types-create/src"],
+      "@polkadot/types-create/*": ["types-create/src/*"],
       "@polkadot/types-known": ["types-known/src"],
       "@polkadot/types-known/*": ["types-known/src/*"],
       "@polkadot/types-support": ["types-support/src"],
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 083bf93b8f..7488bdceb9 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     { "path": "./packages/typegen" },
     { "path": "./packages/types" },
     { "path": "./packages/types-codec" },
+    { "path": "./packages/types-create" },
     { "path": "./packages/types-known" },
     { "path": "./packages/types-support" }
   ]
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 81808efc3a..b3489972aa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1907,6 +1907,9 @@ __metadata:
     "@polkadot/rpc-core": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/rpc-provider": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/types": 6.12.2-2
+    "@polkadot/types-codec": 6.12.2-2
+    "@polkadot/types-create": 6.12.2-2
+    "@polkadot/types-known": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/util": ^8.1.2
     "@polkadot/util-crypto": ^8.1.2
     eventemitter3: ^4.0.7
@@ -2079,6 +2082,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@polkadot/rpc-provider": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/types": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/types-codec": 6.12.2-2
+    "@polkadot/types-create": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/types-support": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/util": ^8.1.2
     "@types/websocket": ^1.0.4
@@ -2104,7 +2108,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@polkadot/types-known@workspace:packages/types-known":
+"@polkadot/types-create@6.12.2-2, @polkadot/types-create@workspace:packages/types-create":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "@polkadot/types-create@workspace:packages/types-create"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime": ^7.16.3
+    "@polkadot/util": ^8.1.2
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
+
+"@polkadot/types-known@6.12.2-2, @polkadot/types-known@workspace:packages/types-known":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@polkadot/types-known@workspace:packages/types-known"
   dependencies:
@@ -2131,6 +2144,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@babel/runtime": ^7.16.5
     "@polkadot/keyring": ^8.1.2
     "@polkadot/types-codec": 6.12.2-2
+    "@polkadot/types-create": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/types-support": 6.12.2-2
     "@polkadot/util": ^8.1.2
     "@polkadot/util-crypto": ^8.1.2