diff --git a/Spigot-Server-Patches/0524-Improve-Legacy-Component-serialization-size.patch b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0524-Improve-Legacy-Component-serialization-size.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1555016a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0524-Improve-Legacy-Component-serialization-size.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aikar <aikar@aikar.co>
+Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:08:41 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Improve Legacy Component serialization size
+
+Don't constantly send format: false for all formatting options when parent already
+has it false
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/util/CraftChatMessage.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/util/CraftChatMessage.java
+index a423e3bf3906d3114af885c48d0b45d88d7e7d8b..a223d70b8ae6e6c238877d262b663c8f38d7680c 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/util/CraftChatMessage.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/util/CraftChatMessage.java
+@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public final class CraftChatMessage {
+         // Separate pattern with no group 3, new lines are part of previous string
+         private static final Pattern INCREMENTAL_PATTERN_KEEP_NEWLINES = Pattern.compile("(" + String.valueOf(org.bukkit.ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR) + "[0-9a-fk-orx])|((?:(?:https?):\\/\\/)?(?:[-\\w_\\.]{2,}\\.[a-z]{2,4}.*?(?=[\\.\\?!,;:]?(?:[" + String.valueOf(org.bukkit.ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR) + " ]|$))))", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+         // ChatColor.b does not explicitly reset, its more of empty
++        private static final ChatModifier EMPTY = ChatModifier.b; // Paper - OBFHELPER
+         private static final ChatModifier RESET = ChatModifier.b.setBold(false).setItalic(false).setUnderline(false).setStrikethrough(false).setRandom(false);
+ 
+         private final List<IChatBaseComponent> list = new ArrayList<IChatBaseComponent>();
+@@ -111,7 +112,25 @@ public final class CraftChatMessage {
+                             throw new AssertionError("Unexpected message format");
+                         }
+                     } else { // Color resets formatting
+-                        modifier = RESET.setColor(format);
++                        // Paper start - improve legacy formatting
++                        ChatModifier previous = modifier;
++                        modifier = EMPTY.setColor(format);
++                        if (previous.isBold()) {
++                            modifier = modifier.setBold(false);
++                        }
++                        if (previous.isItalic()) {
++                            modifier = modifier.setItalic(false);
++                        }
++                        if (previous.isRandom()) {
++                            modifier = modifier.setRandom(false);
++                        }
++                        if (previous.isStrikethrough()) {
++                            modifier = modifier.setStrikethrough(false);
++                        }
++                        if (previous.isUnderlined()) {
++                            modifier = modifier.setUnderline(false);
++                        }
++                        // Paper end
+                     }
+                     needsAdd = true;
+                     break;