diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2285fad3e3..f0040925ea 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ allprojects{
             def output = 'en\n'
             def bundles = new File(project(':core').projectDir, 'assets/bundles/')
             bundles.list().sort().each{ name ->
-                if(name == "bundle.properties") return
+                if(name == "bundle.properties" || name == "global.properties") return
                 output += name.substring("bundle".length() + 1, name.lastIndexOf('.')) + "\n"
             }
             new File(project(':core').projectDir, 'assets/locales').text = output
diff --git a/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties b/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
index 015764dc76..9d4759a2d4 100644
--- a/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
+++ b/core/assets/bundles/bundle.properties
@@ -917,50 +917,6 @@ sector.planetaryTerminal.description = The final target.\n\nThis coastal base co
 sector.coastline.description = Remnants of naval unit technology have been detected at this location. Repel the enemy attacks, capture this sector, and acquire the technology.
 sector.navalFortress.description = The enemy has established a base on a remote, naturally-fortified island. Destroy this outpost. Acquire their advanced naval craft technology, and research it.
 
-#do not translate
-sector.facility32m.description = WIP
-sector.taintedWoods.description = WIP
-sector.sunkenPier.description = WIP
-sector.atolls.description = WIP
-sector.frontier.description = WIP
-sector.infestedCanyons.description = WIP
-sector.polarAerodrome.description = WIP
-sector.testingGrounds.description = WIP
-sector.perilousHarbor.description = WIP
-sector.weatheredChannels.description = WIP
-sector.fallenVessel.description = WIP
-sector.mycelialBastion.description = WIP
-sector.cruxscape.description = WIP
-sector.geothermalStronghold.description = WIP
-
-#names, do not translate
-sector.frozenForest.credit = Elixias Adrys
-sector.facility32m.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.taintedWoods.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.sunkenPier.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.atolls.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.frontier.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.infestedCanyons.credit = Skeledragon
-sector.polarAerodrome.credit = hhh i 17
-sector.testingGrounds.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.perilousHarbor.credit = inkognito626
-sector.weatheredChannels.credit = Skeledragon
-sector.fallenVessel.credit = wpx, Stormride_R, Nahan
-sector.mycelialBastion.credit = Skeledragon
-sector.planetaryTerminal.credit = Skeledragon
-sector.cruxscape.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.geothermalStronghold.credit = Skeledragon
-sector.overgrowth.credit = Skeledragon
-sector.stainedMountains.credit = Pitchblende
-sector.ruinousShores.credit = Pitchblende
-sector.nuclearComplex.credit = Pitchblende
-sector.coastline.credit = Stormride_R
-sector.tarFields.credit = Dexapnow
-sector.saltFlats.credit = Dexapnow
-sector.windsweptIslands.credit = Stormride_R, Anuke
-sector.navalFortress.credit = blackberry2093
-sector.desolateRift.credit = hhh i 17
-
 sector.onset.name = The Onset
 sector.aegis.name = Aegis
 sector.lake.name = Lake
diff --git a/core/assets/bundles/global.properties b/core/assets/bundles/global.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deedd40271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/assets/bundles/global.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# This file contains special global strings that don't need to be translated.
+# The contents of this bundle are merged into Core.bundle, and otherwise act as normal translated strings.
+
+sector.frozenForest.credit = Elixias Adrys
+sector.facility32m.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.taintedWoods.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.sunkenPier.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.atolls.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.frontier.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.infestedCanyons.credit = Skeledragon
+sector.polarAerodrome.credit = hhh i 17
+sector.testingGrounds.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.perilousHarbor.credit = inkognito626
+sector.weatheredChannels.credit = Skeledragon
+sector.fallenVessel.credit = wpx, Stormride_R, Nahan
+sector.mycelialBastion.credit = Skeledragon
+sector.planetaryTerminal.credit = Skeledragon
+sector.cruxscape.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.geothermalStronghold.credit = Skeledragon
+sector.overgrowth.credit = Skeledragon
+sector.stainedMountains.credit = Pitchblende
+sector.ruinousShores.credit = Pitchblende
+sector.nuclearComplex.credit = Pitchblende
+sector.coastline.credit = Stormride_R
+sector.tarFields.credit = Dexapnow
+sector.saltFlats.credit = Dexapnow
+sector.windsweptIslands.credit = Stormride_R, Anuke
+sector.navalFortress.credit = blackberry2093
+sector.desolateRift.credit = hhh i 17
+
+#TODO: remove, create a proper description, move into bundle.properties
+sector.facility32m.description = WIP
+sector.taintedWoods.description = WIP
+sector.sunkenPier.description = WIP
+sector.atolls.description = WIP
+sector.frontier.description = WIP
+sector.infestedCanyons.description = WIP
+sector.polarAerodrome.description = WIP
+sector.testingGrounds.description = WIP
+sector.perilousHarbor.description = WIP
+sector.weatheredChannels.description = WIP
+sector.fallenVessel.description = WIP
+sector.mycelialBastion.description = WIP
+sector.cruxscape.description = WIP
+sector.geothermalStronghold.description = WIP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java b/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java
index 61f108e074..4d2b9274a8 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/Vars.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import arc.scene.ui.layout.*;
 import arc.struct.*;
 import arc.util.*;
 import arc.util.Log.*;
+import arc.util.io.*;
 import mindustry.ai.*;
 import mindustry.async.*;
 import mindustry.core.*;
@@ -536,5 +537,9 @@ public class Vars implements Loadable{
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        StringMap globalBundle = new StringMap();
+        PropertiesUtils.load(globalBundle, files.internal("bundles/global.properties").reader(512, "UTF-8"));
+        bundle.getProperties().putAll(globalBundle);
     }
 }