diff --git a/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/randomizer.cpp b/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/randomizer.cpp
index 9a84d80b9..ec5914c07 100644
--- a/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/randomizer.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/Enhancements/randomizer/randomizer.cpp
@@ -1486,16 +1486,20 @@ void Randomizer::LoadHintLocations(const char* spoilerFileName) {
 
     CustomMessage::Instance->CreateMessage(
         Randomizer::hintMessageTableID, 0x7040,
-        { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLUE, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.childAltarText, "", "" });
+                                           { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLUE, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.childAltarText,
+                                             gSaveContext.childAltarText, gSaveContext.childAltarText });
     CustomMessage::Instance->CreateMessage(
         Randomizer::hintMessageTableID, 0x7088,
-        { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLUE, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.adultAltarText, "", "" });
+                                           { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLUE, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.adultAltarText,
+                                             gSaveContext.adultAltarText, gSaveContext.adultAltarText });
     CustomMessage::Instance->CreateMessage(
         Randomizer::hintMessageTableID, 0x70CC,
-        { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLACK, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.ganonHintText, "", "" });
+                                           { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLACK, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.ganonHintText,
+                                             gSaveContext.ganonHintText, gSaveContext.ganonHintText });
     CustomMessage::Instance->CreateMessage(
         Randomizer::hintMessageTableID, 0x70CD,
-        { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLACK, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.ganonText, "", "" });
+                                           { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLACK, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, gSaveContext.ganonText,
+                                             gSaveContext.ganonText, gSaveContext.ganonText });
 
     this->childAltarText = gSaveContext.childAltarText;
     this->adultAltarText = gSaveContext.adultAltarText;
@@ -1506,7 +1510,7 @@ void Randomizer::LoadHintLocations(const char* spoilerFileName) {
         if(hintLocation.check == RC_LINKS_POCKET) break;
         this->hintLocations[hintLocation.check] = hintLocation.hintText;
         CustomMessage::Instance->CreateMessage(
-            Randomizer::hintMessageTableID, hintLocation.check, { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLUE, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, hintLocation.hintText, "", "" });
+            Randomizer::hintMessageTableID, hintLocation.check, { TEXTBOX_TYPE_BLUE, TEXTBOX_POS_BOTTOM, hintLocation.hintText, hintLocation.hintText, hintLocation.hintText });
     }
 }
 
@@ -1818,58 +1822,7 @@ std::string AltarIconString(char iconChar) {
 
 std::string FormatJsonHintText(std::string jsonHint) {
     std::string formattedHintMessage = jsonHint;
-    char newLine = 0x01;
-    char playerName = 0x0F;
-    char nextBox = 0x04;
-    std::replace(formattedHintMessage.begin(), formattedHintMessage.end(), '&', newLine);
-    std::replace(formattedHintMessage.begin(), formattedHintMessage.end(), '^', nextBox);
-    std::replace(formattedHintMessage.begin(), formattedHintMessage.end(), '@', playerName);
-
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, char> textBoxSpecialCharacters = {
-        {"À", 0x80 },
-        {"î", 0x81 },
-        {"Â", 0x82 },
-        {"Ä", 0x83 },
-        {"Ç", 0x84 },
-        {"È", 0x85 },
-        {"É", 0x86 },
-        {"Ê", 0x87 },
-        {"Ë", 0x88 },
-        {"Ï", 0x89 },
-        {"Ô", 0x8A },
-        {"Ö", 0x8B },
-        {"Ù", 0x8C },
-        {"Û", 0x8D },
-        {"Ü", 0x8E },
-        {"ß", 0x8F },
-        {"à", 0x90 },
-        {"á", 0x91 },
-        {"â", 0x92 },
-        {"ä", 0x93 },
-        {"ç", 0x94 },
-        {"è", 0x95 },
-        {"é", 0x96 },
-        {"ê", 0x97 },
-        {"ë", 0x98 },
-        {"ï", 0x99 },
-        {"ô", 0x9A },
-        {"ö", 0x9B },
-        {"ù", 0x9C },
-        {"û", 0x9D },
-        {"ü", 0x9E }
-    };
-
-    // add special characters
-    for (auto specialCharacterPair : textBoxSpecialCharacters) {
-        size_t start_pos = 0;
-        std::string textBoxSpecialCharacterString = "";
-        textBoxSpecialCharacterString += specialCharacterPair.second;
-        while((start_pos = formattedHintMessage.find(specialCharacterPair.first, start_pos)) != std::string::npos) {
-            formattedHintMessage.replace(start_pos, specialCharacterPair.first.length(), textBoxSpecialCharacterString);
-            start_pos += textBoxSpecialCharacterString.length();
-        }
-    }
-
+    
     // add icons to altar text
     for (char iconChar : {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', 'o', 'c', 'i', 'l', 'b', 'L', 'k'}) {
         std::string textToReplace = "$";