diff --git a/common/servertalk.h b/common/servertalk.h
index 22e021fc8..d7c7bf6f6 100644
--- a/common/servertalk.h
+++ b/common/servertalk.h
@@ -152,11 +152,13 @@
 #define ServerOP_LSRemoteAddr		0x1009
 #define ServerOP_LSAccountUpdate		0x100A
 
-#define ServerOP_TaskRequest		0x0300
-#define ServerOP_TaskGrant			0x0301
-#define ServerOP_TaskReject			0x0302
-#define ServerOP_TaskAddPlayer		0x0303
-#define ServerOP_TaskRemovePlayer	0x0304
+#define ServerOP_TaskRequest		0x0300 // zone -> world. Player trying to get task
+#define ServerOP_TaskGrant			0x0301 // world -> zone. World verified everything is good
+#define ServerOP_TaskReject			0x0302 // world -> zone. Something failed ABORT
+#define ServerOP_TaskAddPlayer		0x0303 // bidirectional. /taskaddplayer request zone -> world. success world -> zone
+#define ServerOP_TaskRemovePlayer	0x0304 // .. /taskremoveplayer ..
+#define ServerOP_TaskZoneCreated	0x0305 // zone -> world. Something didn't go wrong creating the new task! Now World needs to tell other players to join world -> zone response to tell someone to join
+#define ServerOP_TaskZoneFailed		0x0306 // zone -> world. Something went wrong above ABORT
 
 #define ServerOP_EncapPacket		0x2007	// Packet within a packet
 #define ServerOP_WorldListUpdate	0x2008
@@ -1335,6 +1337,10 @@ struct UCSServerStatus_Struct {
 };
 
 // shared task related communications
+struct ServerSharedTaskMember_Struct { // used for various things we just need the ID and a name (add, remove, etc)
+	uint32 id;
+	char name[64];
+};
 // error constants
 #define TASKJOINOOZ_CAN				0
 #define TASKJOINOOZ_NOTASK			1
diff --git a/world/shared_tasks.cpp b/world/shared_tasks.cpp
index 1d2468202..c9dc04b3a 100644
--- a/world/shared_tasks.cpp
+++ b/world/shared_tasks.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "zonelist.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <unordered_set>
 
 extern ClientList client_list;
 extern ZSList zoneserver_list;
@@ -163,9 +164,70 @@ void SharedTaskManager::HandleTaskRequest(ServerPacket *pack)
 	zoneserver_list.SendPacket(cle_leader->zone(), cle_leader->instance(), reply);
 	safe_delete(reply);
 
+	task.Save();
+
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Just sends the ID of the task that was successfully created zone side
+ * We now need to tell all the other clients to join the task
+ * We could probably try to find all the clients already in the zone and not
+ * worry about them here, but it's simpler this way
+ */
+void SharedTaskManager::HandleTaskZoneCreated(ServerPacket *pack)
+{
+	if (!pack)
+		return;
+
+	int id = pack->ReadUInt32();
+
+	auto task = GetSharedTask(id);
+
+	if (!task) // hmm guess we should tell zone something is broken TODO
+		return;
+
+	auto leader = task->GetLeader();
+
+	if (!leader) // hmmm
+		return;
+
+	// if a zone server isn't in here, we need to send a serialized task state to them -- might not do this way :P
+	std::unordered_set<ZoneServer *> zones;
+	zones.insert(leader->cle->Server());
+
+	// we reuse this, easier this way
+	auto outpack = new ServerPacket(ServerOP_TaskZoneCreated, sizeof(ServerSharedTaskMember_Struct));
+	auto stm = (ServerSharedTaskMember_Struct *)outpack->pBuffer;
+	stm->id = id;
+
+	ServerPacket *taskpack = nullptr; // if we have, we will create this
+
+	for (auto &&m : task->members) {
+		if (m.leader) // leader done!
+			continue;
+
+		if (!m.cle) // hmmm
+			continue;
+
+		if (!m.cle->Server()) // hmm
+			continue;
+
+		auto ret = zones.insert(m.cle->Server());
+		if (ret.second) { // new zone! send serialized task
+			if (!taskpack) { // we need to create the serialized packet
+			}
+			zoneserver_list.SendPacket(m.cle->zone(), m.cle->instance(), taskpack);
+		}
+
+		strn0cpy(stm->name, m.name.c_str(), 64);
+		zoneserver_list.SendPacket(m.cle->zone(), m.cle->instance(), outpack);
+	}
+
+	safe_delete(outpack);
+	safe_delete(taskpack);
+}
+
 /*
  * Loads in the tasks and task_activity tables
  * We limit to shared to save some memory
@@ -462,3 +524,7 @@ void SharedTask::SetCLESharedTasks()
 	}
 }
 
+void SharedTask::Save() const
+{
+}
+
diff --git a/world/shared_tasks.h b/world/shared_tasks.h
index 3e50d787c..6d4b1f8d3 100644
--- a/world/shared_tasks.h
+++ b/world/shared_tasks.h
@@ -31,11 +31,20 @@ public:
 			leader_name = name;
 	}
 	void MemberLeftGame(ClientListEntry *cle);
-	const std::string &GetLeaderName() const { return leader_name; }
+	inline const std::string &GetLeaderName() const { return leader_name; }
+	inline SharedTaskMember *GetLeader() {
+		auto it = std::find_if(members.begin(), members.end(), [](const SharedTaskMember &m) { return m.leader; });
+		if (it != members.end())
+			return &(*it);
+		else
+			return nullptr;
+	}
 
 	void SerializeMembers(SerializeBuffer &buf, bool include_leader = true) const;
 	void SetCLESharedTasks();
 
+	void Save() const; // save to database
+
 private:
 	inline void SetID(int in) { id = in; }
 	inline void SetTaskID(int in) { task_id = in; }
@@ -62,8 +71,17 @@ public:
 
 	bool AppropriateLevel(int id, int level) const;
 
+	inline SharedTask *GetSharedTask(int id) {
+		auto it = tasks.find(id);
+		if (it != tasks.end())
+			return &it->second;
+		else
+			return nullptr;
+	}
+
 	// IPC packet processing
 	void HandleTaskRequest(ServerPacket *pack);
+	void HandleTaskZoneCreated(ServerPacket *pack);
 
 	void Process();
 
diff --git a/world/zoneserver.cpp b/world/zoneserver.cpp
index e66bd797d..295e7c710 100644
--- a/world/zoneserver.cpp
+++ b/world/zoneserver.cpp
@@ -1356,6 +1356,11 @@ void ZoneServer::HandleMessage(uint16 opcode, const EQ::Net::Packet &p) {
 		shared_tasks.HandleTaskRequest(pack);
 		break;
 	}
+	case ServerOP_TaskZoneCreated:
+	{
+		shared_tasks.HandleTaskZoneCreated(pack);
+		break;
+	}
 	default:
 	{
 		Log(Logs::Detail, Logs::World_Server, "Unknown ServerOPcode from zone 0x%04x, size %d", pack->opcode, pack->size);
diff --git a/zone/tasks.cpp b/zone/tasks.cpp
index 480e49e31..802bf7cd4 100644
--- a/zone/tasks.cpp
+++ b/zone/tasks.cpp
@@ -3529,9 +3529,16 @@ void ClientTaskState::AcceptNewSharedTask(Client *c, int TaskID, int NPCID, int
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// TODO: save state
+	// TODO: save state -- for the client
 	parse->EventNPC(EVENT_TASK_ACCEPTED, npc, c, buf.c_str(), 0);
-	// TODO: We need to tell world we are successful so we can tell all the other clients
+
+	auto pack = new ServerPacket(ServerOP_TaskZoneCreated, sizeof(uint32)); // just the ID saying to continue
+	pack->WriteUInt32(id);
+	worldserver.SendPacket(pack);
+	delete pack;
+
+	return;
+
 	// there are a few issues we need to solve with this
 }