diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.cpp
index 6d7eb5fe9..363a115e4 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.cpp
@@ -228,8 +228,11 @@ void CharacterComponent::Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& outBitStream, bool bIsInit
 		}
 	}
 
-	outBitStream.Write(m_DirtyGMInfo);
-	if (m_DirtyGMInfo) {
+	// Live wrote the GM, current-activity and social blocks on every player construction (civilians included),
+	// and afterwards only when they changed.
+	const bool writeGMInfo = bIsInitialUpdate || m_DirtyGMInfo;
+	outBitStream.Write(writeGMInfo);
+	if (writeGMInfo) {
 		outBitStream.Write(m_PvpEnabled);
 		outBitStream.Write(m_IsGM);
 		outBitStream.Write(m_GMLevel);
@@ -237,15 +240,16 @@ void CharacterComponent::Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& outBitStream, bool bIsInit
 		outBitStream.Write(m_EditorLevel);
 	}
 
-	outBitStream.Write(m_DirtyCurrentActivity);
-	if (m_DirtyCurrentActivity) outBitStream.Write(m_CurrentActivity);
+	const bool writeCurrentActivity = bIsInitialUpdate || m_DirtyCurrentActivity;
+	outBitStream.Write(writeCurrentActivity);
+	if (writeCurrentActivity) outBitStream.Write(m_CurrentActivity);
 
-	outBitStream.Write(m_DirtySocialInfo);
-	if (m_DirtySocialInfo) {
+	const bool writeSocialInfo = bIsInitialUpdate || m_DirtySocialInfo;
+	outBitStream.Write(writeSocialInfo);
+	if (writeSocialInfo) {
 		outBitStream.Write(m_GuildID);
-		outBitStream.Write<unsigned char>(m_GuildName.size());
-		if (!m_GuildName.empty())
-			outBitStream.WriteBits(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(m_GuildName.c_str()), static_cast<unsigned char>(m_GuildName.size()) * sizeof(wchar_t) * 8);
+		outBitStream.Write<uint8_t>(m_GuildName.size());
+		for (const char16_t character : m_GuildName) outBitStream.Write<uint16_t>(character);
 
 		outBitStream.Write(m_IsLEGOClubMember);
 		outBitStream.Write(m_CountryCode);
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.h
index 78afb19ad..86a7613f7 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.h
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/CharacterComponent.h
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ private:
 	/**
 	 * The guild this character is in
 	 */
-	LWOOBJID m_GuildID;
+	LWOOBJID m_GuildID = LWOOBJID_EMPTY;
 
 	/**
 	 * The name of the guild this character is in
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp
index 74a66e9df..6e114a640 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp
@@ -84,3 +84,48 @@ TEST_F(ReplicaConstructionTest, TimeSinceCreatedOnServerIsTheObjectsAge) {
 	EXPECT_LT(later, 60000u);
 	EXPECT_GE(entity.GetTimeSinceCreatedMs(), later);
 }
+
+// A civilian's character component: live always wrote the GM, current-activity and social blocks on construction
+// (9,726 LOT 1 constructions: is_gm false, gm_level 0, current_activity Some(None), social_info always Some with guild 0
+// and an empty guild name). DLU wrote them only after something dirtied them, so a civilian got none of them.
+TEST_F(ReplicaConstructionTest, CharacterConstructionAlwaysWritesGmActivityAndSocialBlocks) {
+	User user(UNASSIGNED_SYSTEM_ADDRESS, "tester", "key");
+	Character character(1, &user);
+	info.lot = 1;
+	Entity player(1152921506064087003, info);
+	player.SetCharacter(&character);
+	character.SetEntity(&player);
+	auto* const component = player.AddComponent<CharacterComponent>(-1, &character, UNASSIGNED_SYSTEM_ADDRESS);
+
+	RakNet::BitStream construction;
+	component->Serialize(construction, true);
+
+	// Everything before the GM block: 4 absent claim codes, 10 u32 appearance fields, 4 u64s (account, last logout,
+	// prop mod display time, u-score), the free-trial bit, 27 u64 statistics and the 2-bit transition state.
+	constexpr uint32_t beforeGm = 4 + 10 * 32 + 4 * 64 + 1 + 27 * 64 + 2;
+	RakNet::BitStream tail;
+	Tail(construction, beforeGm, tail);
+
+	RakNet::BitStream expected;
+	expected.Write1(); // gm_pvp_info Some
+	expected.Write0(); // pvp_enabled
+	expected.Write0(); // is_gm
+	expected.Write<uint8_t>(0); // gm_level
+	expected.Write0(); // editor_enabled
+	expected.Write<uint8_t>(0); // editor_level
+	expected.Write1(); // current_activity Some
+	expected.Write<uint32_t>(0); // GameActivity::None
+	expected.Write1(); // social_info Some
+	expected.Write<LWOOBJID>(0); // guild_id
+	expected.Write<uint8_t>(0); // guild_name ""
+	expected.Write1(); // is_lego_club_member (DLU treats everyone as a member)
+	expected.Write<uint32_t>(0); // country code
+	ExpectSameBits(tail, expected);
+
+	// A serialization with nothing changed still writes none of them
+	RakNet::BitStream serialization;
+	component->Serialize(serialization, false);
+	EXPECT_EQ(serialization.GetNumberOfBitsUsed(), 3u);
+
+	player.SetCharacter(nullptr);
+}