diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/figure-vert.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/figure-vert.glsl
index b9fa68bf15..bc22f0c68c 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/figure-vert.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/figure-vert.glsl
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 #include <globals.glsl>
 
-in vec3 v_pos;
+in uint v_pos_norm;
 in vec3 v_norm;
-in vec3 v_col;
-in float v_ao;
-in uint v_bone_idx;
+in uint v_col;
+in uint v_ao_bone;
 
 layout (std140)
 uniform u_locals {
@@ -33,20 +32,27 @@ flat out vec3 f_norm;
 
 void main() {
 	// Pre-calculate bone matrix
-	mat4 combined_mat = model_mat * bones[v_bone_idx].bone_mat;
+	uint bone_idx = (v_ao_bone >> 2) & 0x3Fu;
+	mat4 combined_mat = model_mat * bones[bone_idx].bone_mat;
+
+	vec3 pos = vec3((uvec3(v_pos_norm) >> uvec3(0, 8, 16)) & uvec3(0xFFu)) - 128.0;
 
 	f_pos = (
 		combined_mat *
-		vec4(v_pos, 1)).xyz;
+		vec4(pos, 1)).xyz;
 
-	f_col = v_col;
+	f_col = vec3((uvec3(v_col) >> uvec3(0, 8, 16)) & uvec3(0xFFu)) / 255.0;
 
-	f_ao = v_ao;
+	f_ao = float(v_ao_bone & 0x3u) / 4.0;
+
+	// First 3 normals are negative, next 3 are positive
+	vec3 normals[6] = vec3[](vec3(-1,0,0), vec3(1,0,0), vec3(0,-1,0), vec3(0,1,0), vec3(0,0,-1), vec3(0,0,1));
+	vec3 norm = normals[(v_pos_norm >> 24) & 0x7u];
 
 	// Calculate normal here rather than for each pixel in the fragment shader
 	f_norm = normalize((
 		combined_mat *
-		vec4(v_norm, 0.0)
+		vec4(norm, 0.0)
 	).xyz);
 
 	gl_Position = all_mat * vec4(f_pos, 1);
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/figure.rs b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/figure.rs
index 2fa38cbc1d..d87edef5fb 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/figure.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/figure.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ use vek::*;
 
 gfx_defines! {
     vertex Vertex {
-        pos: [f32; 3] = "v_pos",
-        norm: [f32; 3] = "v_norm",
-        col: [f32; 3] = "v_col",
-        ao: f32 = "v_ao",
-        bone_idx: u8 = "v_bone_idx",
+        pos_norm: u32 = "v_pos_norm",
+        col: u32 = "v_col",
+        // BBBBBBAA
+        // B = Bone
+        // A = AO
+        ao_bone: u8 = "v_ao_bone",
     }
 
     constant Locals {
@@ -46,17 +47,26 @@ gfx_defines! {
 
 impl Vertex {
     pub fn new(pos: Vec3<f32>, norm: Vec3<f32>, col: Rgb<f32>, ao: f32, bone_idx: u8) -> Self {
+        let norm_bits = if norm.x != 0.0 {
+            if norm.x < 0.0 { 0 } else { 1 }
+        } else if norm.y != 0.0 {
+            if norm.y < 0.0 { 2 } else { 3 }
+        } else {
+            if norm.z < 0.0 { 4 } else { 5 }
+        };
         Self {
-            pos: pos.into_array(),
-            col: col.into_array(),
-            norm: norm.into_array(),
-            ao,
-            bone_idx,
+            pos_norm: pos
+                .map2(Vec3::new(0, 8, 16), |e, shift| ((e + 128.0) as u32) << shift)
+                .reduce_bitor() | (norm_bits << 24),
+            col: col
+                .map2(Rgb::new(0, 8, 16), |e, shift| ((e * 255.0) as u32) << shift)
+                .reduce_bitor(),
+            ao_bone: (bone_idx << 2) | ((ao * 3.9999) as u8),
         }
     }
 
     pub fn with_bone_idx(mut self, bone_idx: u8) -> Self {
-        self.bone_idx = bone_idx;
+        self.ao_bone = (self.ao_bone & 0b11) | (bone_idx << 2);
         self
     }
 }
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/sprite.rs b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/sprite.rs
index 08d2004a18..f5ef6e8d2e 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/sprite.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/sprite.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ impl Vertex {
 
         Self {
             pos: pos.into_array(),
-            col: col.map2(Rgb::new(0, 8, 16), |e, shift| ((e * 255.0) as u32) << shift).reduce_bitor(),
+            col: col
+                .map2(Rgb::new(0, 8, 16), |e, shift| ((e * 255.0) as u32) << shift)
+                .reduce_bitor(),
             norm_ao: norm_bits | (((ao * 3.9999) as u32) << 3),
         }
     }