diff --git a/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs.dm b/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs.dm
index 84ed012b82..c3625b4eca 100644
--- a/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs.dm
+++ b/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs.dm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 /datum/status_effect/incapacitating/unconscious
 	id = "unconscious"
 	needs_update_stat = TRUE
+	blocks_combatmode = TRUE
 
 /datum/status_effect/incapacitating/unconscious/tick()
 	if(owner.getStaminaLoss())
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 	id = "sleeping"
 	alert_type = /obj/screen/alert/status_effect/asleep
 	needs_update_stat = TRUE
+	blocks_combatmode = TRUE
 	var/mob/living/carbon/carbon_owner
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/human_owner
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
index 23ccc665b6..095affe45d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
@@ -789,6 +789,8 @@
 		if(IsUnconscious() || IsSleeping() || getOxyLoss() > 50 || (HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_DEATHCOMA)) || (health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_FULLCRIT && !HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_NOHARDCRIT)))
 			stat = UNCONSCIOUS
 			blind_eyes(1)
+			if(combatmode)
+				toggle_combat_mode(TRUE, TRUE)
 		else
 			if(health <= crit_threshold && !HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_NOSOFTCRIT))
 				stat = SOFT_CRIT
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm
index ae0e223e08..6a75429c27 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 
 	if(!gibbed)
 		emote("deathgasp")
+	if(combatmode)
+		toggle_combat_mode(TRUE, TRUE)
 
 	. = ..()
-	
+
 	for(var/T in get_traumas())
 		var/datum/brain_trauma/BT = T
 		BT.on_death()
-	
+
 	if(SSticker.mode)
 		SSticker.mode.check_win() //Calls the rounds wincheck, mainly for wizard, malf, and changeling now
 
@@ -63,3 +65,8 @@
 		var/obj/item/bodypart/BP = X
 		BP.drop_limb()
 		BP.throw_at(get_edge_target_turf(src,pick(GLOB.alldirs)),rand(1,3),5)
+
+/mob/living/carbon/ghostize(can_reenter_corpse = TRUE, special = FALSE, penalize = FALSE)
+	if(combatmode)
+		toggle_combat_mode(TRUE, TRUE)
+	return ..()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm
index de5732941f..f685ff1f97 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ Difficulty: Very Hard
 			L.heal_overall_damage(heal_power, heal_power)
 			new /obj/effect/temp_visual/heal(get_turf(target), "#80F5FF")
 
-/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/lightgeist/ghostize(can_reenter_corpse = TRUE, special = FALSE)
+/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/lightgeist/ghostize(can_reenter_corpse = TRUE, special = FALSE, penalize = FALSE)
 	. = ..()
 	if(.)
 		death()
diff --git a/modular_citadel/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm b/modular_citadel/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
index 4cc8edac1b..4132631006 100644
--- a/modular_citadel/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
+++ b/modular_citadel/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 					return FALSE
 	return .
 
-/mob/living/carbon/proc/toggle_combat_mode(forced)
+/mob/living/carbon/proc/toggle_combat_mode(forced, silent)
 	if(recoveringstam)
 		return TRUE
 	if(!forced)
@@ -28,20 +28,21 @@
 	combatmode = !combatmode
 	if(voremode)
 		toggle_vore_mode()
-	if(combatmode)
-		playsound_local(src, 'sound/misc/ui_toggle.ogg', 50, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE) //Sound from interbay!
-	else
-		playsound_local(src, 'sound/misc/ui_toggleoff.ogg', 50, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE) //Slightly modified version of the above!
+	if(!silent)
+		if(combatmode)
+			if(world.time >= combatmessagecooldown)
+				if(a_intent != INTENT_HELP)
+					visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] [resting ? "tenses up" : (prob(95)? "drops into a combative stance" : (prob(95)? "poses aggressively" : "asserts dominance with their pose"))].</span>")
+				else
+					visible_message("<span class='notice'>[src] [pick("looks","seems","goes")] [pick("alert","attentive","vigilant")].</span>")
+			playsound_local(src, 'sound/misc/ui_toggle.ogg', 50, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE) //Sound from interbay!
+		else
+			playsound_local(src, 'sound/misc/ui_toggleoff.ogg', 50, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE) //Slightly modified version of the above!
 	if(client)
 		client.show_popup_menus = !combatmode // So we can right-click for alternate actions and all that other good shit. Also moves examine to shift+rightclick to make it possible to attack while sprinting
 	if(hud_used && hud_used.static_inventory)
 		for(var/obj/screen/combattoggle/selector in hud_used.static_inventory)
 			selector.rebasetointerbay(src)
-	if(world.time >= combatmessagecooldown && combatmode)
-		if(a_intent != INTENT_HELP)
-			visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] [resting ? "tenses up" : (prob(95)? "drops into a combative stance" : (prob(95)? "poses aggressively" : "asserts dominance with their pose"))].</span>")
-		else
-			visible_message("<span class='notice'>[src] [pick("looks","seems","goes")] [pick("alert","attentive","vigilant")].</span>")
 	combatmessagecooldown = 10 SECONDS + world.time //This is set 100% of the time to make sure squeezing regen out of process cycles doesn't result in the combat mode message getting spammed
 	SEND_SIGNAL(src, COMSIG_COMBAT_TOGGLED, src, combatmode)
 	return TRUE