diff --git a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
index 9733e604..b495f0f9 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			var male = args.Data.ReadBoolean();
 			args.Data.Position += 21;
 			var difficulty = args.Data.ReadInt8();
-			string name = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes((int) (args.Data.Length - args.Data.Position - 1)));
+			string name = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes((int) (args.Data.Length - args.Data.Position - 1)));
 
 			if (OnPlayerInfo(playerid, hair, male, difficulty, name))
 			{
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			if (!args.Player.RequiresPassword)
 				return true;
 
-			string password = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes((int) (args.Data.Length - args.Data.Position - 1)));
+			string password = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes((int) (args.Data.Length - args.Data.Position - 1)));
 			var user = TShock.Users.GetUserByName(args.Player.Name);
 			if (user != null)
 			{
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			string deathtext = "";
 			if (textlength > 0)
 			{
-				deathtext = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes(textlength));
+				deathtext = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes(textlength));
 				/*if (!TShock.Utils.ValidString(deathtext))
 				{
 					return true;
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			string deathtext = "";
 			if (textlength > 0)
 			{
-				deathtext = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes(textlength));
+				deathtext = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes(textlength));
 				/*if (!TShock.Utils.ValidString(deathtext))
 				{
 					return true;
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Net/DisconnectMsg.cs b/TShockAPI/Net/DisconnectMsg.cs
index 41877cf1..ae9b34e6 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Net/DisconnectMsg.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Net/DisconnectMsg.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.Net
 
 		public override void Pack(Stream stream)
 		{
-			stream.WriteBytes(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Reason));
+			stream.WriteBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Reason));
 		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/TShockAPI/Net/WorldInfoMsg.cs b/TShockAPI/Net/WorldInfoMsg.cs
index fcfc9675..211a7ad4 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Net/WorldInfoMsg.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Net/WorldInfoMsg.cs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.Net
 			stream.WriteInt32(RockLayer);
 			stream.WriteInt32(WorldID);
 			stream.WriteInt8((byte) WorldFlags);
-			stream.WriteBytes(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(WorldName));
+			stream.WriteBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(WorldName));
 		}
 	}
 }
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