diff --git a/source/core/StarConfig.hpp b/source/core/StarConfig.hpp
index f070df4..5a95569 100644
--- a/source/core/StarConfig.hpp
+++ b/source/core/StarConfig.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ using std::mem_fn;
 using std::ref;
 using std::cref;
 using namespace std::placeholders;
+using namespace std::string_literals;
 
 using std::prev;
 // using std::next;
diff --git a/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp b/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp
index c9b337f..d790d1c 100644
--- a/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp
+++ b/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp
@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@ NetworkedAnimatorPtr Player::effectsAnimator() {
   return m_effectsAnimator;
 }
 
-const String secretProprefix = strf("{:c}JsonProperty{:c}", 0, 0);
+const String secretProprefix = "\0JsonProperty\0"s;
 
 Maybe<StringView> Player::getSecretPropertyView(String const& name) const {
   if (auto tag = m_effectsAnimator->globalTagPtr(secretProprefix + name)) {
diff --git a/source/game/StarWorldClient.cpp b/source/game/StarWorldClient.cpp
index 25b676c..2b4af00 100644
--- a/source/game/StarWorldClient.cpp
+++ b/source/game/StarWorldClient.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 #include "StarWorldTemplate.hpp"
 #include "StarStoredFunctions.hpp"
 #include "StarInspectableEntity.hpp"
+#include "StarCurve25519.hpp"
 
 namespace Star {
 
-const float WorldClient::DropDist = 6.0f;
+const std::string SECRET_BROADCAST_PUBLIC_KEY = "SecretBroadcastPublicKey";
+const std::string SECRET_BROADCAST_PREFIX = "\0Broadcast\0"s;
 
+const float WorldClient::DropDist = 6.0f;
 WorldClient::WorldClient(PlayerPtr mainPlayer) {
   auto& root = Root::singleton();
   auto assets = root.assets();
@@ -792,7 +795,35 @@ void WorldClient::handleIncomingPackets(List<PacketPtr> const& packets) {
       m_damageManager->pushRemoteDamageRequest(damage->remoteDamageRequest);
 
     } else if (auto damage = as<DamageNotificationPacket>(packet)) {
-      m_damageManager->pushRemoteDamageNotification(damage->remoteDamageNotification);
+      auto& materialKind = damage->remoteDamageNotification.damageNotification.targetMaterialKind.utf8();
+      const size_t prefixSize = SECRET_BROADCAST_PREFIX.size();
+      const size_t signatureSize = Curve25519::SignatureSize;
+      const size_t dataSize = prefixSize + signatureSize;
+
+      if (materialKind.size() >= dataSize && materialKind.rfind(SECRET_BROADCAST_PREFIX, 0) != NPos) {
+        // this is actually a secret broadcast!!
+        if (auto player = m_entityMap->get<Player>(damage->remoteDamageNotification.sourceEntityId)) {
+          if (auto publicKey = player->getSecretPropertyView(SECRET_BROADCAST_PUBLIC_KEY)) {
+            if (publicKey->utf8Size() == Curve25519::PublicKeySize) {
+              std::string_view broadcast(materialKind);
+              auto signature = broadcast.substr(prefixSize, signatureSize);
+
+              auto rawBroadcast = broadcast.substr(dataSize);
+              if (Curve25519::verify(
+                (uint8_t const*)signature.data(),
+                (uint8_t const*)publicKey->utf8Ptr(),
+                (void*)rawBroadcast.data(),
+                       rawBroadcast.size()
+              )) {
+                handleSecretBroadcast(player, rawBroadcast);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        m_damageManager->pushRemoteDamageNotification(damage->remoteDamageNotification);
+      }
 
     } else if (auto entityMessagePacket = as<EntityMessagePacket>(packet)) {
       EntityPtr entity;
@@ -917,6 +948,11 @@ void WorldClient::update() {
     }
   }
 
+  // Secret broadcasts are transmitted through DamageNotifications for vanilla server compatibility.
+  // Because DamageNotification packets are spoofable, we have to sign the data so other clients can validate that it is legitimate.
+  auto& publicKey = Curve25519::publicKey();
+  m_mainPlayer->setSecretProperty(SECRET_BROADCAST_PUBLIC_KEY, String((const char*)publicKey.data(), publicKey.size()));
+
   ++m_currentStep;
   //m_interpolationTracker.update(m_currentStep);
   m_interpolationTracker.update(Time::monotonicTime());
@@ -1847,6 +1883,33 @@ void WorldClient::connectWire(WireConnection const& output, WireConnection const
   m_outgoingPackets.append(make_shared<ConnectWirePacket>(output, input));
 }
 
+bool WorldClient::sendSecretBroadcast(StringView broadcast, bool raw) {
+  if (!inWorld() || !m_mainPlayer || !m_mainPlayer->getSecretPropertyView(SECRET_BROADCAST_PUBLIC_KEY))
+    return false;
+
+  auto signature = Curve25519::sign((void*)broadcast.utf8Ptr(), broadcast.utf8Size());
+
+  auto damageNotification = make_shared<DamageNotificationPacket>();
+  auto& remDmg = damageNotification->remoteDamageNotification;
+  auto& dmg = remDmg.damageNotification;
+
+  dmg.targetEntityId = dmg.sourceEntityId = remDmg.sourceEntityId = m_mainPlayer->entityId();
+  dmg.damageDealt = dmg.healthLost = 0.0f;
+  dmg.hitType = HitType::Hit;
+  dmg.damageSourceKind = "nodamage";
+  dmg.targetMaterialKind = raw ? broadcast : strf("{}{}{}", SECRET_BROADCAST_PREFIX, StringView((char*)&signature, sizeof(signature)), broadcast);
+  dmg.position = m_mainPlayer->position();
+
+  m_outgoingPackets.emplace_back(move(damageNotification));
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool WorldClient::handleSecretBroadcast(PlayerPtr player, StringView broadcast) {
+  Logger::info("Received broadcast '{}'", broadcast);
+  return true;
+}
+
+
 void WorldClient::ClientRenderCallback::addDrawable(Drawable drawable, EntityRenderLayer renderLayer) {
   drawables[renderLayer].append(move(drawable));
 }
diff --git a/source/game/StarWorldClient.hpp b/source/game/StarWorldClient.hpp
index 85be6d9..0a48a31 100644
--- a/source/game/StarWorldClient.hpp
+++ b/source/game/StarWorldClient.hpp
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ public:
   void disconnectAllWires(Vec2I wireEntityPosition, WireNode const& node);
   void connectWire(WireConnection const& output, WireConnection const& input);
 
+  // Functions for sending broadcast messages to other players that can receive them,
+  // on completely vanilla servers by smuggling it through a DamageNotification.
+  // It's cursed as fuck, but it works.
+  bool sendSecretBroadcast(StringView broadcast, bool raw = false);
+  bool handleSecretBroadcast(PlayerPtr player, StringView broadcast);
+
   List<ChatAction> pullPendingChatActions();
 
   WorldStructure const& centralStructure() const;