diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
index af16f22f5..e9e914b67 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#pragma warning disable CS1591
+#pragma warning disable CS1591
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ namespace Discord.API.Gateway
         public int LargeThreshold { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("shard")]
         public Optional<int[]> ShardingParams { get; set; }
+        [JsonProperty("presence")]
+        public Optional<StatusUpdateParams> Presence { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
index 548bb75bf..609bef39b 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         /// </returns>
         public abstract RestVoiceRegion GetVoiceRegion(string id);
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public abstract Task StartAsync();
+        public abstract Task StartAsync(IActivity activity = null, UserStatus status = UserStatus.Online);
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public abstract Task StopAsync();
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
index 0877abfd9..f1d4453cd 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override async Task StartAsync()
-            => await Task.WhenAll(_shards.Select(x => x.StartAsync())).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        public override async Task StartAsync(IActivity activity = null, UserStatus status = UserStatus.Online)
+        {
+            Activity = activity;
+            Status = status;
+            await Task.WhenAll(_shards.Select(x => x.StartAsync())).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override async Task StopAsync()
             => await Task.WhenAll(_shards.Select(x => x.StopAsync())).ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
index 88ef1134e..d80cbc0d8 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
@@ -215,8 +215,25 @@ namespace Discord.API
             await _sentGatewayMessageEvent.InvokeAsync(opCode).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        public async Task SendIdentifyAsync(int largeThreshold = 100, int shardID = 0, int totalShards = 1, RequestOptions options = null)
+        public async Task SendIdentifyAsync(IActivity activity = null, UserStatus status = UserStatus.Online, int largeThreshold = 100, int shardID = 0, int totalShards = 1, RequestOptions options = null)
         {
+            var gameModel = new Game();
+            // Discord only accepts rich presence over RPC, don't even bother building a payload
+            if (activity is RichGame)
+                throw new NotSupportedException("Outgoing Rich Presences are not supported via WebSocket.");
+
+            if (activity != null)
+            {
+                gameModel.Name = activity.Name;
+                gameModel.Type = activity.Type;
+                if (activity is StreamingGame streamGame)
+                    gameModel.StreamUrl = streamGame.Url;
+            }
+            var args = new StatusUpdateParams
+            {
+                Status = status,
+                Game = gameModel
+            };
             options = RequestOptions.CreateOrClone(options);
             var props = new Dictionary<string, string>
             {
@@ -226,13 +243,15 @@ namespace Discord.API
             {
                 Token = AuthToken,
                 Properties = props,
-                LargeThreshold = largeThreshold
+                LargeThreshold = largeThreshold,
+                Presence = args
             };
             if (totalShards > 1)
                 msg.ShardingParams = new int[] { shardID, totalShards };
 
             await SendGatewayAsync(GatewayOpCode.Identify, msg, options: options).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
+
         public async Task SendResumeAsync(string sessionId, int lastSeq, RequestOptions options = null)
         {
             options = RequestOptions.CreateOrClone(options);
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index b25f61156..c1f8ac34d 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -217,8 +217,12 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override async Task StartAsync()
-            => await _connection.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        public override async Task StartAsync(IActivity activity = null, UserStatus status = UserStatus.Online)
+        {
+            Activity = activity;
+            Status = status;
+            await _connection.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override async Task StopAsync()
             => await _connection.StopAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -240,14 +244,14 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
                 else
                 {
                     await _gatewayLogger.DebugAsync("Identifying").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    await ApiClient.SendIdentifyAsync(shardID: ShardId, totalShards: TotalShards).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await ApiClient.SendIdentifyAsync(Activity, Status, shardID: ShardId, totalShards: TotalShards).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
                 //Wait for READY
                 await _connection.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                await _gatewayLogger.DebugAsync("Sending Status").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                await SendStatusAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                //await _gatewayLogger.DebugAsync("Sending Status").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                //await SendStatusAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -503,7 +507,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
                             _sessionId = null;
                             _lastSeq = 0;
 
-                            await ApiClient.SendIdentifyAsync(shardID: ShardId, totalShards: TotalShards).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            await ApiClient.SendIdentifyAsync(Activity, Status, shardID: ShardId, totalShards: TotalShards).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         }
                         break;
                     case GatewayOpCode.Reconnect: