diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStar.kt b/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStar.kt
index 0dd2e005a..9432ea009 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStar.kt
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStar.kt
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ import core.ServerStore.Companion.getString
 
 import content.global.bots.ShootingStarBot
 import core.game.world.repository.Repository
+import core.tools.RandomFunction
 
 /**
  * Represents a shooting star object (Only ever initialized once) (ideally)
  * @author Ceikry
  */
-class ShootingStar(var level: ShootingStarType = ShootingStarType.values().random()){
+class ShootingStar(var level: ShootingStarType = ShootingStarType.values().random()) {
     val crash_locations = mapOf(
             "East of Dark Wizards' Tower" to Location.create(2925, 3339, 0), // East of Dark Wizards' Tower
             "Crafting Guild" to Location.create(2940, 3280, 0), // Crafting Guild Mine
@@ -79,22 +80,15 @@ class ShootingStar(var level: ShootingStarType = ShootingStarType.values().rando
      * Degrades a ShootingStar (or removes the starObject and spawns a Star Sprite if it's the last star)
      */
     fun degrade() {
-        if(level.ordinal == 0){
-            selfBots.filter { it.isMining() }.forEach { it.sleep() }
-            SceneryBuilder.remove(starObject)
-            isSpawned = false
-            starSprite.location = starObject.location
-            starSprite.init()
-            spriteSpawned = true
-            ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().clear()
+        if(level.ordinal == 0) {
+            spawnSprite()
             return
         }
         level = getNextType()
         maxDust = level.totalStardust
         dustLeft = level.totalStardust
-
         ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["level"] = level.ordinal
-        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["isDiscovered"] = isDiscovered
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["dustLeft"] = dustLeft
 
         val newStar = Scenery(level.objectId, starObject.location)
         SceneryBuilder.replace(starObject, newStar)
@@ -110,7 +104,6 @@ class ShootingStar(var level: ShootingStarType = ShootingStarType.values().rando
      */
     fun fire() {
         SceneryBuilder.remove(starObject)
-        rebuildVars()
         clearSprite()
         SceneryBuilder.add(starObject)
         if(!isSpawned) {
@@ -123,37 +116,54 @@ class ShootingStar(var level: ShootingStarType = ShootingStarType.values().rando
         }
         isSpawned = true
         Repository.sendNews("A shooting star level ${level.ordinal + 1} just crashed near ${location}!")
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["level"] = level.ordinal
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["location"] = location
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["isDiscovered"] = isDiscovered
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["dustLeft"] = dustLeft
     }
 
     /**
      * Rebuilds some of the variables with new information.
      */
     fun rebuildVars(){
-        if(firstStar && ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().isNotEmpty()){
-            level = ShootingStarType.values()[ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getInt("level")]
-            location = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getString("location")
-            isDiscovered = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getBoolean("isDiscovered")
-        } else {
-            level = ShootingStarType.values().random()
-            location = crash_locations.entries.random().key
-            isDiscovered = false
+        // Defaults
+        var levelOrd = RandomFunction.random(9)
+        level = ShootingStarType.values()[levelOrd]
+        location = crash_locations.entries.random().key
+        isDiscovered = false
+        dustLeft = level.totalStardust
+        ticks = 0
+        spriteSpawned = false
+
+        if (firstStar && ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().isNotEmpty()) {
+            // Replace default with stored values, if any
+            levelOrd = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getInt("level", levelOrd)
+            level = ShootingStarType.values()[levelOrd]
+            location = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getString("location", location)
+            isDiscovered = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getBoolean("isDiscovered", false)
+            dustLeft = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getInt("dustLeft", dustLeft)
+            ticks = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getInt("ticks", ticks)
+            spriteSpawned = ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile().getBoolean("spriteSpawned", false)
         }
 
         maxDust = level.totalStardust
-        dustLeft = level.totalStardust
         starObject = Scenery(level.objectId, crash_locations.get(location))
+    }
 
-        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["level"] = level.ordinal
-        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["location"] = location
-        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["isDiscovered"] = false
-
-        ticks = 0
-        firstStar = false
+    fun spawnSprite() {
+        selfBots.filter { it.isMining() }.forEach { it.sleep() }
+        SceneryBuilder.remove(starObject)
+        isSpawned = false
+        starSprite.location = starObject.location
+        starSprite.init()
+        spriteSpawned = true
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["spriteSpawned"] = spriteSpawned
     }
 
     fun clearSprite() {
         starSprite.clear()
         spriteSpawned = false
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["spriteSpawned"] = spriteSpawned
     }
 
     /**
@@ -161,6 +171,7 @@ class ShootingStar(var level: ShootingStarType = ShootingStarType.values().rando
      */
     fun decDust() {
         if(--dustLeft <= 0) degrade()
+        ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["dustLeft"] = dustLeft
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarMiningPulse.kt b/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarMiningPulse.kt
index 456efb4f2..5f5ee3649 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarMiningPulse.kt
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarMiningPulse.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class ShootingStarMiningPulse(player: Player?, node: Scenery?, val star: Shootin
             player.sendMessage("You have ${player.skills.experienceMultiplier * player.getAttribute("shooting-star:bonus-xp", 0).toDouble()} bonus xp towards mining stardust.")
             ShootingStarPlugin.submitScoreBoard(player)
             star.isDiscovered = true
+            ShootingStarPlugin.getStoreFile()["isDiscovered"] = star.isDiscovered
             return player.skills.getLevel(Skills.MINING) >= star.miningLevel
         }
         
diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarPlugin.kt b/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarPlugin.kt
index 680d2d6da..1e993e1bb 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarPlugin.kt
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/global/activity/shootingstar/ShootingStarPlugin.kt
@@ -27,14 +27,30 @@ class ShootingStarPlugin : LoginListener, InteractionListener, TickListener, Com
     override fun tick() {
         ++star.ticks
 
+        // Check if the current star sprite should expire
         val maxDelay = tickDelay + (tickDelay / 3)
         if(star.ticks > maxDelay && star.spriteSpawned){
             star.clearSprite()
         }
 
-        if ((star.ticks >= tickDelay && !star.spriteSpawned) || (!star.isSpawned && !star.spriteSpawned)) {
+        if (star.firstStar && !star.isSpawned && !star.spriteSpawned) {
+            // Apparently, the server has only just booted
+            star.rebuildVars()
+            if (star.spriteSpawned) {
+                star.spawnSprite()
+            } else {
+                star.fire()
+            }
+            star.firstStar = false
+        }
+
+        // Check if it's time to fire a new one
+        if (star.ticks >= tickDelay && !star.spriteSpawned) {
+            star.rebuildVars()
             star.fire()
         }
+
+        getStoreFile()["ticks"] = star.ticks
     }
 
     override fun defineListeners() {
@@ -122,6 +138,7 @@ class ShootingStarPlugin : LoginListener, InteractionListener, TickListener, Com
         }
 
         define("submit", Privilege.ADMIN) { _, _ ->
+            star.rebuildVars()
             star.fire()
         }
 
diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/region/wilderness/handlers/ChaosTunnelZone.java b/Server/src/main/content/region/wilderness/handlers/ChaosTunnelZone.java
index c240e190b..6d1f06cfc 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/region/wilderness/handlers/ChaosTunnelZone.java
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/region/wilderness/handlers/ChaosTunnelZone.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public final class ChaosTunnelZone extends MapZone implements Plugin<Object> {
 	 * @param player The player.
 	 */
 	private void commenceBorkBattle(Player player) {
-		if (ServerStore.getBoolean(getStoreFile(), player.getUsername().toLowerCase()) && GameWorld.getSettings().isHosted()) {
+		if (ServerStore.getBoolean(getStoreFile(), player.getUsername().toLowerCase(), false) && GameWorld.getSettings().isHosted()) {
 			player.getPacketDispatch().sendMessage("The portal's magic is too weak to teleport you right now.");
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/Server/src/main/core/ServerStore.kt b/Server/src/main/core/ServerStore.kt
index ad2678584..52df7fb52 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/core/ServerStore.kt
+++ b/Server/src/main/core/ServerStore.kt
@@ -113,18 +113,18 @@ class ServerStore : PersistWorld {
         }
 
         @JvmStatic
-        fun JSONObject.getString(key: String): String {
-            return this[key] as? String ?: "nothing"
+        fun JSONObject.getString(key: String, default: String = "nothing"): String {
+            return this[key] as? String ?: default
         }
 
         @JvmStatic
-        fun JSONObject.getLong(key: String): Long {
-            return this[key] as? Long ?: 0L
+        fun JSONObject.getLong(key: String, default: Long = 0L): Long {
+            return this[key] as? Long ?: default
         }
 
         @JvmStatic
-        fun JSONObject.getBoolean(key: String): Boolean {
-            return this[key] as? Boolean ?: false
+        fun JSONObject.getBoolean(key: String, default: Boolean = false): Boolean {
+            return this[key] as? Boolean ?: default
         }
 
         fun List<Int>.toJSONArray(): JSONArray{