diff --git a/source/game/StarHumanoid.cpp b/source/game/StarHumanoid.cpp
index b19410a..418e88d 100644
--- a/source/game/StarHumanoid.cpp
+++ b/source/game/StarHumanoid.cpp
@@ -1374,4 +1374,35 @@ Json const& Humanoid::defaultMovementParameters() const {
   return m_defaultMovementParameters;
 }
 
+pair<Vec2F, Directives> Humanoid::extractScaleFromDirectives(Directives const& directives) {
+  if (!directives)
+    return make_pair(Vec2F::filled(1.f), Directives());
+
+  List<StringView> operations;
+  size_t totalLength = 0;
+  Maybe<Vec2F> scale;
+
+  for (auto& entry : directives.shared->entries) {
+    auto string = entry.string(*directives.shared);
+    const ScaleImageOperation* op = nullptr;
+    if (string.beginsWith("scalenearest") && string.utf8().find("skip") == NPos)
+      op = entry.loadOperation(*directives.shared).ptr<ScaleImageOperation>();
+
+    if (op)
+      scale = scale.value(Vec2F::filled(1.f)).piecewiseMultiply(op->scale);
+    else
+      totalLength += operations.emplace_back(string).utf8Size();
+  }
+
+  if (!scale)
+    return make_pair(Vec2F::filled(1.f), directives);
+
+  String mergedDirectives;
+  mergedDirectives.reserve(totalLength);
+  for (auto& directive : operations)
+    mergedDirectives.append(directive.utf8Ptr(), directive.utf8Size());
+
+  return make_pair(*scale, Directives(mergedDirectives));
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/source/game/StarHumanoid.hpp b/source/game/StarHumanoid.hpp
index e6d89cb..3f8296b 100644
--- a/source/game/StarHumanoid.hpp
+++ b/source/game/StarHumanoid.hpp
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ public:
 
   Json const& defaultMovementParameters() const;
 
+  // Extracts scalenearest from directives and returns the combined scale and
+  // a new Directives without those scalenearest directives.
+  static pair<Vec2F, Directives> extractScaleFromDirectives(Directives const& directives);
+
 private:
   struct HandDrawingInfo {
     List<Drawable> itemDrawables;
diff --git a/source/game/StarNpc.cpp b/source/game/StarNpc.cpp
index 5450e6f..d45f416 100644
--- a/source/game/StarNpc.cpp
+++ b/source/game/StarNpc.cpp
@@ -475,10 +475,19 @@ void Npc::render(RenderCallback* renderCallback) {
     renderLayer = loungeAnchor->loungeRenderLayer;
 
   m_tools->setupHumanoidHandItemDrawables(m_humanoid);
+
+  DirectivesGroup humanoidDirectives;
+  Vec2F scale = Vec2F::filled(1.f);
+  for (auto& directives : m_statusController->parentDirectives().list()) {
+    auto result = Humanoid::extractScaleFromDirectives(directives);
+    scale = scale.piecewiseMultiply(result.first);
+    humanoidDirectives.append(result.second);
+  }
+
   for (auto& drawable : m_humanoid.render()) {
     drawable.translate(position());
     if (drawable.isImage())
-      drawable.imagePart().addDirectivesGroup(m_statusController->parentDirectives(), true);
+      drawable.imagePart().addDirectivesGroup(humanoidDirectives, true);
     renderCallback->addDrawable(std::move(drawable), renderLayer);
   }
 
diff --git a/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp b/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp
index 7d751af..07196b6 100644
--- a/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp
+++ b/source/game/StarPlayer.cpp
@@ -373,11 +373,25 @@ List<Drawable> Player::drawables() const {
     drawables.appendAll(m_techController->backDrawables());
     if (!m_techController->parentHidden()) {
       m_tools->setupHumanoidHandItemDrawables(*m_humanoid);
+
+      // Auto-detect any ?scalenearest and apply them as a direct scale on the Humanoid's drawables instead.
+      DirectivesGroup humanoidDirectives;
+      Vec2F scale = Vec2F::filled(1.f);
+      auto extractScale = [&](List<Directives> const& list) {
+        for (auto& directives : list) {
+          auto result = Humanoid::extractScaleFromDirectives(directives);
+          scale = scale.piecewiseMultiply(result.first);
+          humanoidDirectives.append(result.second);
+        }
+      };
+      extractScale(m_techController->parentDirectives().list());
+      extractScale(m_statusController->parentDirectives().list());
+
       for (auto& drawable : m_humanoid->render()) {
+        drawable.scale(scale);
         drawable.translate(position() + m_techController->parentOffset());
         if (drawable.isImage()) {
-          drawable.imagePart().addDirectivesGroup(m_techController->parentDirectives(), true);
-          drawable.imagePart().addDirectivesGroup(m_statusController->parentDirectives(), true);
+          drawable.imagePart().addDirectivesGroup(humanoidDirectives, true);
 
           if (auto anchor = as<LoungeAnchor>(m_movementController->entityAnchor())) {
             if (auto& directives = anchor->directives)