diff --git a/XivCommon/Functions/ChatBubbles.cs b/XivCommon/Functions/ChatBubbles.cs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..55c7f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/XivCommon/Functions/ChatBubbles.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Dalamud.Game;
+using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
+using Dalamud.Hooking;
+using Dalamud.Plugin;
+
+namespace XivCommon.Functions {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Class containing chat bubble events and functions
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ChatBubbles : IDisposable {
+        private Dalamud.Dalamud Dalamud { get; }
+        private SeStringManager SeStringManager { get; }
+
+        private delegate void OpenChatBubbleDelegate(IntPtr manager, IntPtr actor, IntPtr text, byte a4);
+
+        private unsafe delegate void UpdateChatBubbleDelegate(ChatBubble* bubble, IntPtr actor, IntPtr a3);
+
+        private Hook<OpenChatBubbleDelegate>? OpenChatBubbleHook { get; }
+
+        private Hook<UpdateChatBubbleDelegate>? UpdateChatBubbleHook { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The delegate for chat bubble events.
+        /// </summary>
+        public delegate void OnChatBubbleDelegate(ref Actor actor, ref SeString text);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The delegate for chat bubble update events.
+        /// </summary>
+        public delegate void OnUpdateChatBubbleDelegate(ref Actor actor);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <para>
+        /// The event that is fired when a chat bubble is shown.
+        /// </para>
+        /// <para>
+        /// Requires the <see cref="Hooks.ChatBubbles"/> hook to be enabled.
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        public event OnChatBubbleDelegate? OnChatBubble;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <para>
+        /// The event that is fired when a chat bubble is updated.
+        /// </para>
+        /// <para>
+        /// Requires the <see cref="Hooks.ChatBubbles"/> hook to be enabled.
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        public event OnUpdateChatBubbleDelegate? OnUpdateBubble;
+
+        internal ChatBubbles(Dalamud.Dalamud dalamud, SigScanner scanner, SeStringManager manager, bool hookEnabled) {
+            this.Dalamud = dalamud;
+            this.SeStringManager = manager;
+
+            if (!hookEnabled) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var openPtr = scanner.ScanText("E8 ?? ?? ?? ?? 80 BF ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? C7 07 ?? ?? ?? ??");
+            this.OpenChatBubbleHook = new Hook<OpenChatBubbleDelegate>(openPtr, new OpenChatBubbleDelegate(this.OpenChatBubbleDetour));
+            this.OpenChatBubbleHook.Enable();
+
+            var updatePtr = scanner.ScanText("48 85 D2 0F 84 ?? ?? ?? ?? 48 89 5C 24 ?? 57 48 83 EC 20 8B 41 0C");
+            unsafe {
+                this.UpdateChatBubbleHook = new Hook<UpdateChatBubbleDelegate>(updatePtr + 9, new UpdateChatBubbleDelegate(this.UpdateChatBubbleDetour));
+            }
+
+            this.UpdateChatBubbleHook.Enable();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void Dispose() {
+            this.OpenChatBubbleHook?.Dispose();
+            this.UpdateChatBubbleHook?.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        private void OpenChatBubbleDetour(IntPtr manager, IntPtr actor, IntPtr text, byte a4) {
+            try {
+                this.OpenChatBubbleDetourInner(manager, actor, text, a4);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                PluginLog.LogError(ex, "Exception in chat bubble detour");
+                this.OpenChatBubbleHook!.Original(manager, actor, text, a4);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void OpenChatBubbleDetourInner(IntPtr manager, IntPtr actorPtr, IntPtr textPtr, byte a4) {
+            var actorStruct = Marshal.PtrToStructure<Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Structs.Actor>(actorPtr);
+            var actor = new Actor(actorPtr, actorStruct, this.Dalamud);
+
+            var rawText = Util.ReadTerminated(textPtr);
+            var text = this.SeStringManager.Parse(rawText);
+
+            try {
+                this.OnChatBubble?.Invoke(ref actor, ref text);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                PluginLog.LogError(ex, "Exception in chat bubble event");
+            }
+
+            var newText = text.Encode().Terminate();
+
+            unsafe {
+                fixed (byte* newTextPtr = newText) {
+                    this.OpenChatBubbleHook!.Original(manager, actor.Address, (IntPtr) newTextPtr, a4);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private unsafe void UpdateChatBubbleDetour(ChatBubble* bubble, IntPtr actor, IntPtr a3) {
+            try {
+                this.UpdateChatBubbleDetourInner(bubble, actor, a3);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                PluginLog.LogError(ex, "Exception in update chat bubble detour");
+                this.UpdateChatBubbleHook!.Original(bubble, actor, a3);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private unsafe void UpdateChatBubbleDetourInner(ChatBubble* bubble, IntPtr actorPtr, IntPtr a3) {
+            var actorStruct = Marshal.PtrToStructure<Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Structs.Actor>(actorPtr);
+            var actor = new Actor(actorPtr, actorStruct, this.Dalamud);
+
+            try {
+                this.OnUpdateBubble?.Invoke(ref actor);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                PluginLog.LogError(ex, "Exception in chat bubble update event");
+            }
+
+            this.UpdateChatBubbleHook!.Original(bubble, actor.Address, a3);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit, Size = 0x80)]
+    internal unsafe struct ChatBubble {
+        [FieldOffset(0x0)]
+        internal readonly uint Id;
+
+        [FieldOffset(0x4)]
+        internal float Timer;
+
+        [FieldOffset(0x8)]
+        internal readonly uint Unk_8; // enum probably
+
+        [FieldOffset(0xC)]
+        internal ChatBubbleStatus Status; // state of the bubble
+
+        [FieldOffset(0x10)]
+        internal readonly byte* Text;
+
+        [FieldOffset(0x78)]
+        internal readonly ulong Unk_78; // check whats in memory here
+    }
+
+    internal enum ChatBubbleStatus : uint {
+        GetData = 0,
+        On = 1,
+        Init = 2,
+        Off = 3,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs b/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs
index 92c2cdc..3a04ddd 100755
--- a/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/GameFunctions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Reflection;
 using Dalamud.Plugin;
 using XivCommon.Functions;
 
@@ -33,21 +34,31 @@ namespace XivCommon {
         /// </summary>
         public Talk Talk { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  Chat bubble functions and events
+        /// </summary>
+        public ChatBubbles ChatBubbles { get; }
+
         internal GameFunctions(Hooks hooks, DalamudPluginInterface @interface) {
             this.Interface = @interface;
 
             var scanner = @interface.TargetModuleScanner;
             var seStringManager = @interface.SeStringManager;
 
+            var dalamudField = @interface.GetType().GetField("dalamud", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+            var dalamud = (Dalamud.Dalamud) dalamudField!.GetValue(@interface);
+
             this.Chat = new Chat(this, scanner);
             this.PartyFinder = new PartyFinder(scanner, hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.PartyFinder));
             this.BattleTalk = new BattleTalk(this, scanner, seStringManager, hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.BattleTalk));
             this.Examine = new Examine(this, scanner);
             this.Talk = new Talk(scanner, seStringManager, hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.Talk));
+            this.ChatBubbles = new ChatBubbles(dalamud, scanner, seStringManager, hooks.HasFlag(Hooks.ChatBubbles));
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public void Dispose() {
+            this.ChatBubbles.Dispose();
             this.Talk.Dispose();
             this.BattleTalk.Dispose();
             this.PartyFinder.Dispose();
diff --git a/XivCommon/Hooks.cs b/XivCommon/Hooks.cs
index 4701a94..f019c83 100755
--- a/XivCommon/Hooks.cs
+++ b/XivCommon/Hooks.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ namespace XivCommon {
         /// This hook is used in order to enable the Talk events.
         /// </summary>
         Talk,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The chat bubbles hooks.
+        ///
+        /// This hook is used in order to enable the chat bubbles events.
+        /// </summary>
+        ChatBubbles,
     }
 
     internal static class HooksExt {