diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/hud.dm b/code/__DEFINES/hud.dm
index 45953a2e47b..4a1e4f20f98 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/hud.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/hud.dm
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #define DATA_HUD_ABDUCTOR	18
 #define ANTAG_HUD_DEVIL 19
 #define ANTAG_HUD_EVENTMISC 20
+#define ANTAG_HUD_BLOB 21
 
 // Notification action types
 #define NOTIFY_JUMP "jump"
diff --git a/code/datums/hud.dm b/code/datums/hud.dm
index e5948a47e30..365a4309413 100644
--- a/code/datums/hud.dm
+++ b/code/datums/hud.dm
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ var/datum/atom_hud/huds = list( \
 	ANTAG_HUD_ABDUCTOR = new/datum/atom_hud/antag/hidden(),\
 	DATA_HUD_ABDUCTOR = new/datum/atom_hud/abductor(),\
 	ANTAG_HUD_DEVIL = new/datum/atom_hud/antag/hidden(),\
-	ANTAG_HUD_EVENTMISC = new/datum/atom_hud/antag/hidden()\
+	ANTAG_HUD_EVENTMISC = new/datum/atom_hud/antag/hidden(),\
+	ANTAG_HUD_BLOB = new/datum/atom_hud/antag/hidden()\
  	)
 
 /datum/atom_hud
diff --git a/code/defines/procs/announce.dm b/code/defines/procs/announce.dm
index 3c3906a25eb..3a70d05029e 100644
--- a/code/defines/procs/announce.dm
+++ b/code/defines/procs/announce.dm
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 				receivers -= M
 				garbled_receivers |= M
 		for(var/mob/M in GLOB.dead_mob_list)
-			if(M.client && M.stat == DEAD)
+			if(M.client && M.stat == DEAD && !isnewplayer(M))
 				receivers |= M
 
 	return list(receivers, garbled_receivers)
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blob.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blob.dm
index 30934a07214..0f8e52a90b2 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blob.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blob.dm
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ var/list/blob_nodes = list()
 	for(var/j = 0, j < cores_to_spawn, j++)
 		if(!possible_blobs.len)
 			break
+
 		var/datum/mind/blob = pick(possible_blobs)
 		infected_crew += blob
 		blob.special_role = SPECIAL_ROLE_BLOB
+		update_blob_icons_added(blob)
 		blob.restricted_roles = restricted_jobs
 		log_game("[key_name(blob)] has been selected as a Blob")
 		possible_blobs -= blob
@@ -67,8 +69,11 @@ var/list/blob_nodes = list()
 	var/datum/mind/blobmind = blob.mind
 	if(!istype(blobmind))
 		return 0
+
 	infected_crew += blobmind
 	blobmind.special_role = SPECIAL_ROLE_BLOB
+	update_blob_icons_added(blobmind)
+
 	log_game("[key_name(blob)] has been selected as a Blob")
 	greet_blob(blobmind)
 	to_chat(blob, "<span class='userdanger'>You feel very tired and bloated!  You don't have long before you burst!</span>")
@@ -186,16 +191,21 @@ var/list/blob_nodes = list()
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/game_mode/blob/proc/stage(var/stage)
-
 	switch(stage)
 		if(0)
 			send_intercept(1)
 			declared = 1
-
 		if(1)
 			event_announcement.Announce("Confirmed outbreak of level 5 biohazard aboard [station_name()]. All personnel must contain the outbreak.", "Biohazard Alert", 'sound/AI/outbreak5.ogg')
-
 		if(2)
 			send_intercept(2)
 
-	return
+/datum/game_mode/proc/update_blob_icons_added(datum/mind/mob_mind)
+	var/datum/atom_hud/antag/antaghud = huds[ANTAG_HUD_BLOB]
+	antaghud.join_hud(mob_mind.current)
+	set_antag_hud(mob_mind.current, "hudblob")
+
+/datum/game_mode/proc/update_blob_icons_removed(datum/mind/mob_mind)
+	var/datum/atom_hud/antag/antaghud = huds[ANTAG_HUD_BLOB]
+	antaghud.leave_hud(mob_mind.current)
+	set_antag_hud(mob_mind.current, null)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_comms.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_comms.dm
index e93556ca843..2586c63bc91 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_comms.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_comms.dm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 	for(var/mob/M in GLOB.player_list)
 		if(iscultist(M))
 			to_chat(M, my_message)
-		else if(M in GLOB.dead_mob_list)
+		else if((M in GLOB.dead_mob_list) && !isnewplayer(M))
 			to_chat(M, "<span class='cultspeech'> <a href='?src=[M.UID()];follow=[user.UID()]'>(F)</a> [my_message] </span>")
 
 	log_say("(CULT) [message]", user)
diff --git a/code/modules/events/blob.dm b/code/modules/events/blob.dm
index 2c2fdfbab84..a15dd83c035 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/blob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/blob.dm
@@ -7,21 +7,27 @@
 
 /datum/event/blob/start()
 	processing = FALSE //so it won't fire again in next tick
+
 	var/turf/T = pick(blobstart)
 	if(!T)
 		return kill()
+
 	var/list/candidates = pollCandidates("Do you want to play as a blob infested mouse?", ROLE_BLOB, 1)
 	if(!candidates.len)
 		return kill()
+
 	var/list/vents = list()
 	for(var/obj/machinery/atmospherics/unary/vent_pump/temp_vent in GLOB.all_vent_pumps)
 		if(is_station_level(temp_vent.loc.z) && !temp_vent.welded)
 			if(temp_vent.parent.other_atmosmch.len > 50)
 				vents += temp_vent
+
 	var/obj/vent = pick(vents)
 	var/mob/living/simple_animal/mouse/blobinfected/B = new(vent.loc)
 	var/mob/M = pick(candidates)
 	B.key = M.key
+	SSticker.mode.update_blob_icons_added(B.mind)
+
 	to_chat(B, "<span class='userdanger'>You are now a mouse, infected with blob spores. Find somewhere isolated... before you burst and become the blob! Use ventcrawl (alt-click on vents) to move around.</span>")
 	var/image/alert_overlay = image('icons/mob/blob.dmi', "blank_blob")
 	notify_ghosts("Infected Mouse has appeared in [get_area(B)].", source = B, alert_overlay = alert_overlay)
diff --git a/code/modules/events/sentience.dm b/code/modules/events/sentience.dm
index 419bebfe2c1..fd0b73bc67b 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/sentience.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/sentience.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /datum/event/sentience
 
 /datum/event/sentience/start()
+	processing = FALSE //so it won't fire again in next tick
+
 	var/ghostmsg = "Do you want to awaken as a sentient being?"
 	var/list/candidates = pollCandidates(ghostmsg, ROLE_SENTIENT, 1)
 	var/list/potential = list()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language.dm b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
index 25b188911ad..57725da8eb2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@
 	colour = "alien"
 	key = "y"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/wryn/check_special_condition(mob/other)
 	var/mob/living/carbon/M = other
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@
 	colour = "alien"
 	key = "a"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
-	follow = 1
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/terrorspider
 	name = "Spider Hivemind"
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@
 	colour = "terrorspider"
 	key = "ts"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
-	follow = 1
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/ling
 	name = "Changeling"
@@ -505,10 +506,11 @@
 	colour = "changeling"
 	key = "g"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/ling/broadcast(mob/living/speaker, message, speaker_mask)
 	if(speaker.mind && speaker.mind.changeling)
-		..(speaker,message,speaker.mind.changeling.changelingID)
+		..(speaker, message, speaker.mind.changeling.changelingID)
 	else if(speaker.mind && speaker.mind.linglink)
 		..()
 	else
@@ -521,6 +523,7 @@
 	colour = "shadowling"
 	key = "8"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/shadowling/broadcast(mob/living/speaker, message, speaker_mask)
 	if(speaker.mind && speaker.mind.special_role == SPECIAL_ROLE_SHADOWLING)
@@ -539,6 +542,7 @@
 	colour = "abductor"
 	key = "zw" //doesn't matter, this is their default and only language
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/abductor/broadcast(mob/living/speaker, message, speaker_mask)
 	..(speaker,message,speaker.real_name)
@@ -567,6 +571,7 @@
 	colour = "alien"
 	key = "bo"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/corticalborer/broadcast(mob/living/speaker, message, speaker_mask)
 	var/mob/living/simple_animal/borer/B
@@ -590,7 +595,7 @@
 	exclaim_verb = "declares"
 	key = "b"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
-	follow = 1
+	follow = TRUE
 	var/drone_only
 
 /datum/language/binary/broadcast(mob/living/speaker, message, speaker_mask)
@@ -636,8 +641,8 @@
 	colour = "say_quote"
 	key = "d"
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
-	drone_only = 1
-	follow = 1
+	drone_only = TRUE
+	follow = TRUE
 
 /datum/language/drone
 	name = "Drone"
@@ -647,7 +652,7 @@
 	exclaim_verb = "declares"
 	key = "]"
 	flags = RESTRICTED
-	follow = 1
+	follow = TRUE
 	syllables = list ("beep", "boop")
 
 /datum/language/swarmer
@@ -659,7 +664,7 @@
 	colour = "say_quote"
 	key = "z"//Zwarmer...Or Zerg!
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
-	follow = 1
+	follow = TRUE
 
 // Language handling.
 /mob/proc/add_language(language)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm
index ee858138f70..69a2e1160b0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@
 		stat = CONSCIOUS
 		return
 	health = maxHealth - getOxyLoss() - getFireLoss() - getBruteLoss() - getCloneLoss()
+
 	update_stat("updatehealth([reason])")
+	med_hud_set_health()
+	med_hud_set_status()
+	handle_hud_icons_health()
 
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/handle_environment(var/datum/gas_mixture/environment)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/hunter.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/hunter.dm
index adf81753827..bf2158ae58e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/hunter.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/hunter.dm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	. = -1		//hunters are sanic
 	. += ..()	//but they still need to slow down on stun
 
-/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/hunter/handle_regular_hud_updates()
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/hunter/handle_hud_icons_health()
 	..() //-Yvarov
 
 	if(healths)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/sentinel.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/sentinel.dm
index 6a9565fc449..3acb1fe8713 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/sentinel.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/caste/sentinel.dm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 	alien_organs += new /obj/item/organ/internal/xenos/neurotoxin
 	..()
 
-/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/sentinel/handle_regular_hud_updates()
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/sentinel/handle_hud_icons_health()
 	..() //-Yvarov
 
 	if(healths)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/empress.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/empress.dm
index f5355a38d67..a64602d030c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/empress.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/empress.dm
@@ -48,29 +48,26 @@
 	alien_organs += new /obj/item/organ/internal/xenos/neurotoxin
 	..()
 
-/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/empress
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/empress/handle_hud_icons_health()
+	..() //-Yvarov
 
-	handle_regular_hud_updates()
-
-		..() //-Yvarov
-
-		if(src.healths)
-			if(src.stat != 2)
-				switch(health)
-					if(250 to INFINITY)
-						src.healths.icon_state = "health0"
-					if(175 to 250)
-						src.healths.icon_state = "health1"
-					if(100 to 175)
-						src.healths.icon_state = "health2"
-					if(50 to 100)
-						src.healths.icon_state = "health3"
-					if(0 to 50)
-						src.healths.icon_state = "health4"
-					else
-						src.healths.icon_state = "health5"
-			else
-				src.healths.icon_state = "health6"
+	if(healths)
+		if(stat != 2)
+			switch(health)
+				if(250 to INFINITY)
+					healths.icon_state = "health0"
+				if(175 to 250)
+					healths.icon_state = "health1"
+				if(100 to 175)
+					healths.icon_state = "health2"
+				if(50 to 100)
+					healths.icon_state = "health3"
+				if(0 to 50)
+					healths.icon_state = "health4"
+				else
+					healths.icon_state = "health5"
+		else
+			healths.icon_state = "health6"
 
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/empress/verb/lay_egg()
 	set name = "Lay Egg (250)"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/queen.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/queen.dm
index d80d773325e..14124afef3e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/queen.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/queen.dm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	. = ..()
 	. += 3
 
-/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/queen/handle_regular_hud_updates()
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/queen/handle_hud_icons_health()
 	..() //-Yvarov
 
 	if(healths)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
index e0c58c484d8..e538717ce56 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
 		handle_status_effects() //all special effects, stunned, weakened, jitteryness, hallucination, sleeping, etc
 
 	if(client)
-		//regular_hud_updates() //THIS DOESN'T FUCKING UPDATE SHIT
-		handle_regular_hud_updates() //IT JUST REMOVES FUCKING HUD IMAGES
+		handle_regular_hud_updates()
 
 	..()
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
index beb474539f1..03a4f59f197 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ var/list/intents = list(INTENT_HELP,INTENT_DISARM,INTENT_GRAB,INTENT_HARM)
 				if(A)
 					if(O.client.prefs && O.client.prefs.UI_style)
 						A.icon = ui_style2icon(O.client.prefs.UI_style)
+					if(title)
+						A.name = title
 					A.desc = message
 					A.action = action
 					A.target = source
diff --git a/icons/mob/hud.dmi b/icons/mob/hud.dmi
index b7f6b5c8f6a..849db6579a5 100644
Binary files a/icons/mob/hud.dmi and b/icons/mob/hud.dmi differ