diff --git a/util/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/util/charset/ModifiedUtf8Charset.kt b/util/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/util/charset/ModifiedUtf8Charset.kt
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+package dev.openrs2.util.charset
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
+import java.nio.CharBuffer
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder
+import java.nio.charset.CoderResult
+
+object ModifiedUtf8Charset : Charset("ModifiedUtf8", null) {
+    override fun contains(cs: Charset): Boolean {
+        return Charsets.UTF_8.contains(cs) || cs is Cp1252Charset || cs is ModifiedUtf8Charset
+    }
+
+    override fun newEncoder(): CharsetEncoder {
+        return object : CharsetEncoder(this, 1F, 3F) {
+            override fun encodeLoop(input: CharBuffer, output: ByteBuffer): CoderResult {
+                while (input.hasRemaining()) {
+                    val char = input.get()
+
+                    val len = if (char != '\u0000' && char < '\u0080') {
+                        1
+                    } else if (char < '\u0800') {
+                        2
+                    } else {
+                        3
+                    }
+
+                    if (output.remaining() < len) {
+                        input.position(input.position() - 1)
+                        return CoderResult.OVERFLOW
+                    }
+
+                    if (len == 1) {
+                        output.put(char.toByte())
+                    } else if (len == 2) {
+                        output.put((0xC0 or ((char.toInt() shr 6) and 0x1F)).toByte())
+                        output.put((0x80 or (char.toInt() and 0x3F)).toByte())
+                    } else {
+                        output.put((0xE0 or ((char.toInt() shr 12) and 0x1F)).toByte())
+                        output.put((0x80 or ((char.toInt() shr 6) and 0x1F)).toByte())
+                        output.put((0x80 or (char.toInt() and 0x3F)).toByte())
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return CoderResult.UNDERFLOW
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun newDecoder(): CharsetDecoder {
+        return object : CharsetDecoder(this, 1F, 1F) {
+            override fun decodeLoop(input: ByteBuffer, output: CharBuffer): CoderResult {
+                while (input.hasRemaining()) {
+                    if (!output.hasRemaining()) {
+                        return CoderResult.OVERFLOW
+                    }
+
+                    val a = input.get().toInt() and 0xFF
+                    if (a != 0 && a < 0x80) {
+                        output.put(a.toChar())
+                    } else if ((a and 0xE0) == 0xC0) {
+                        if (!input.hasRemaining()) {
+                            input.position(input.position() - 1)
+                            return CoderResult.UNDERFLOW
+                        }
+
+                        val b = input.get().toInt() and 0xFF
+                        if ((b and 0xC0) != 0x80) {
+                            input.position(input.position() - 2)
+                            return CoderResult.malformedForLength(2)
+                        }
+
+                        output.put((((a and 0x1F) shl 6) or (b and 0x3F)).toChar())
+                    } else if ((a and 0xF0) == 0xE0) {
+                        if (input.remaining() < 2) {
+                            input.position(input.position() - 1)
+                            return CoderResult.UNDERFLOW
+                        }
+
+                        val b = input.get().toInt() and 0xFF
+                        val c = input.get().toInt() and 0xFF
+                        if ((b and 0xC0) != 0x80 || (c and 0xC0) != 0x80) {
+                            input.position(input.position() - 3)
+                            return CoderResult.malformedForLength(3)
+                        }
+
+                        output.put((((a and 0x0F) shl 12) or ((b and 0x3F) shl 6) or (c and 0x3F)).toChar())
+                    } else {
+                        input.position(input.position() - 1)
+                        return CoderResult.malformedForLength(1)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return CoderResult.UNDERFLOW
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/util/src/test/java/dev/openrs2/util/charset/ModifiedUtf8CharsetTest.kt b/util/src/test/java/dev/openrs2/util/charset/ModifiedUtf8CharsetTest.kt
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+++ b/util/src/test/java/dev/openrs2/util/charset/ModifiedUtf8CharsetTest.kt
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+package dev.openrs2.util.charset
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+object ModifiedUtf8CharsetTest {
+    @Test
+    fun testEncode() {
+        assertArrayEquals(byteArrayOf(0xC0.toByte(), 0x80.toByte()), "\u0000".toByteArray(ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertArrayEquals(byteArrayOf(0x41), "A".toByteArray(ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertArrayEquals(byteArrayOf(0xC2.toByte(), 0xA9.toByte()), "©".toByteArray(ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertArrayEquals(
+            byteArrayOf(0xE2.toByte(), 0x82.toByte(), 0xAC.toByte()),
+            "€".toByteArray(ModifiedUtf8Charset)
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDecode() {
+        assertEquals("\u0000", String(byteArrayOf(0xC0.toByte(), 0x80.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("A", String(byteArrayOf(0x41), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("©", String(byteArrayOf(0xC2.toByte(), 0xA9.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals(
+            "€",
+            String(byteArrayOf(0xE2.toByte(), 0x82.toByte(), 0xAC.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset)
+        )
+
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0x80.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xC0.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xC0.toByte(), 0.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xE0.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xE0.toByte(), 0.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xE0.toByte(), 0x80.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xE0.toByte(), 0x80.toByte(), 0.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xE0.toByte(), 0, 0x80.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xF0.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xF8.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xFC.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xFC.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xFE.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertEquals("\uFFFD", String(byteArrayOf(0xFF.toByte()), ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testContains() {
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(ModifiedUtf8Charset))
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(Cp1252Charset))
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(Charsets.US_ASCII))
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(Charsets.ISO_8859_1))
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(Charsets.UTF_8))
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(Charsets.UTF_16))
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(Charsets.UTF_16BE))
+        assertTrue(ModifiedUtf8Charset.contains(Charsets.UTF_16LE))
+    }
+}