diff --git a/client/src/lib.rs b/client/src/lib.rs
index 493a2717db..cca7a0d6a6 100644
--- a/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -902,10 +902,10 @@ impl Client {
                             },
                             _ => {
                                 if let InventoryUpdateEvent::Collected(item) = event {
-                                    frontend_events.push(Event::Chat {
+                                    frontend_events.push(Event::Chat(comp::ChatMsg {
                                         message: format!("Picked up {}", item.name()),
-                                        chat_type: ChatType::Meta,
-                                    });
+                                        chat_type: comp::ChatType::Meta,
+                                    }));
                                 }
 
                                 self.state.write_component(self.entity, inventory);
@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ impl Client {
             // NPCs can't talk. Should be filtered by hud/mod.rs for voxygen and should be filtered
             // by server (due to not having a Pos) for chat-cli
             comp::ChatType::Npc(_uid, _r) => "".to_string(),
+            comp::ChatType::Meta => message.to_string(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/comp/chat.rs b/common/src/comp/chat.rs
index 1da7e3c8a5..c53d85df4c 100644
--- a/common/src/comp/chat.rs
+++ b/common/src/comp/chat.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ pub enum ChatType {
     ///
     /// The u16 field is a random number for selecting localization variants.
     Npc(Uid, u16),
+    /// Anything else
+    Meta,
 }
 
 impl ChatType {
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ impl ChatMsg {
             ChatType::Region(_u) => SpeechBubbleType::Region,
             ChatType::World(_u) => SpeechBubbleType::World,
             ChatType::Npc(_u, _r) => SpeechBubbleType::None,
+            ChatType::Meta => SpeechBubbleType::None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ impl ChatMsg {
             ChatType::Region(u) => Some(*u),
             ChatType::World(u) => Some(*u),
             ChatType::Npc(u, _r) => Some(*u),
+            ChatType::Meta => None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/state_ext.rs b/server/src/state_ext.rs
index 47332fe7ec..9566c083fe 100644
--- a/server/src/state_ext.rs
+++ b/server/src/state_ext.rs
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ impl StateExt for State {
             | comp::ChatType::CommandInfo
             | comp::ChatType::CommandError
             | comp::ChatType::Kill
+            | comp::ChatType::Meta
             | comp::ChatType::World(_) => {
                 self.notify_registered_clients(ServerMsg::ChatMsg(msg.clone()))
             },
diff --git a/voxygen/src/hud/chat.rs b/voxygen/src/hud/chat.rs
index 99fc644ab2..9e2cd3fc5f 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/hud/chat.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/hud/chat.rs
@@ -489,5 +489,6 @@ fn render_chat_line(chat_type: &ChatType, imgs: &Imgs) -> (Color, conrod_core::i
         ChatType::Region(_uid) => (REGION_COLOR, imgs.chat_region_small),
         ChatType::World(_uid) => (WORLD_COLOR, imgs.chat_world_small),
         ChatType::Npc(_uid, _r) => panic!("NPCs can't talk"), // Should be filtered by hud/mod.rs
+        ChatType::Meta => (INFO_COLOR, imgs.chat_command_info_small),
     }
 }