diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs
index bfd32a4..466d10c 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ using Remora.Commands.Attributes;
 using Remora.Commands.Groups;
 using Remora.Discord.API.Abstractions.Objects;
 using Remora.Discord.API.Abstractions.Rest;
+using Remora.Discord.Commands.Extensions;
 using Remora.Discord.Commands.Feedback.Services;
+using Remora.Discord.Commands.Services;
 using Remora.Discord.Extensions.Embeds;
 using Remora.Discord.Gateway;
 using Remora.Results;
@@ -25,8 +27,9 @@ public class MetaCommands(
     ILogger logger,
     IClock clock,
     Config config,
-    DiscordGatewayClient client,
+    ShardedGatewayClient client,
     IFeedbackService feedbackService,
+    ContextInjectionService contextInjection,
     GuildCache guildCache,
     ChannelCache channelCache,
     IDiscordRestChannelAPI channelApi) : CommandGroup
@@ -38,6 +41,13 @@ public class MetaCommands(
     [Description("Ping pong! See the bot's latency")]
     public async Task<IResult> PingAsync()
     {
+        var shardId = contextInjection.Context?.TryGetGuildID(out var guildId) == true
+            ? client.ShardIdFor(guildId.Value)
+            : 0;
+
+        var averageLatency = client.Shards.Values.Select(x => x.Latency.TotalMilliseconds).Sum() /
+                             client.Shards.Count;
+
         var t1 = clock.GetCurrentInstant();
         var msg = await feedbackService.SendContextualAsync("...").GetOrThrow();
         var elapsed = clock.GetCurrentInstant() - t1;
@@ -49,7 +59,9 @@ public class MetaCommands(
             .WithColour(DiscordUtils.Purple)
             .WithFooter($"{RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription} on {RuntimeInformation.RuntimeIdentifier}")
             .WithCurrentTimestamp();
-        embed.AddField("Ping", $"Gateway: {client.Latency.Humanize()}\nAPI: {elapsed.ToTimeSpan().Humanize()}",
+        embed.AddField("Ping",
+            $"Gateway: {client.Shards[shardId].Latency.TotalMilliseconds:N0}ms (average: {averageLatency:N0}ms)\n" +
+            $"API: {elapsed.TotalMilliseconds:N0}ms",
             inline: true);
         embed.AddField("Memory usage", memoryUsage.Bytes().Humanize(), inline: true);
 
@@ -60,16 +72,18 @@ public class MetaCommands(
                 : $"{CataloggerMetrics.MessagesReceived.Value:N0} since last restart",
             true);
 
-        embed.AddField("Numbers",
-            $"{CataloggerMetrics.MessagesStored.Value:N0} messages " +
-            $"from {guildCache.Size:N0} servers\nCached {channelCache.Size:N0} channels",
-            true);
+        embed.AddField("Shard", $"{shardId + 1} of {client.Shards.Count}", true);
 
         embed.AddField("Uptime",
             $"{(CataloggerMetrics.Startup - clock.GetCurrentInstant()).Prettify(TimeUnit.Second)}\n" +
             $"since <t:{CataloggerMetrics.Startup.ToUnixTimeSeconds()}:F>",
             true);
 
+        embed.AddField("Numbers",
+            $"{CataloggerMetrics.MessagesStored.Value:N0} messages " +
+            $"from {guildCache.Size:N0} servers\nCached {channelCache.Size:N0} channels",
+            false);
+
         IEmbed[] embeds = [embed.Build().GetOrThrow()];
 
         return (Result)await channelApi.EditMessageAsync(msg.ChannelID, msg.ID, content: "", embeds: embeds);
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/ShardedDiscordService.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/ShardedDiscordService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c961e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/ShardedDiscordService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using Remora.Discord.Gateway.Results;
+
+namespace Catalogger.Backend.Bot;
+
+public class ShardedDiscordService(ShardedGatewayClient client, IHostApplicationLifetime lifetime) : BackgroundService
+{
+    protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
+    {
+        var result = await client.RunAsync(stoppingToken);
+        if (result.Error is GatewayError { IsCritical: true })
+            lifetime.StopApplication();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/ShardedGatewayClient.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/ShardedGatewayClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56e9207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/ShardedGatewayClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Reflection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Remora.Discord.API.Abstractions.Rest;
+using Remora.Discord.API.Gateway.Commands;
+using Remora.Discord.Gateway;
+using Remora.Rest.Core;
+using Remora.Results;
+
+namespace Catalogger.Backend.Bot;
+
+// This class is based on VelvetToroyashi/RemoraShardHelper, licensed under the Apache 2.0 license:
+// https://github.com/VelvetToroyashi/RemoraShardHelper
+public class ShardedGatewayClient(
+    ILogger logger,
+    IDiscordRestGatewayAPI gatewayApi,
+    IServiceProvider services,
+    IOptions<DiscordGatewayClientOptions> gatewayClientOptions,
+    Config config)
+    : IDisposable
+{
+    private int _shardCount = config.Discord.ShardCount ?? 0;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger = logger.ForContext<ShardedGatewayClient>();
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<int, DiscordGatewayClient> _gatewayClients = new();
+
+    private static readonly FieldInfo Field =
+        typeof(DiscordGatewayClient).GetField("_connectionStatus", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic)!;
+
+    private static readonly Func<DiscordGatewayClient, GatewayConnectionStatus> GetConnectionStatus =
+        client => (GatewayConnectionStatus)Field.GetValue(client)!;
+
+    public IReadOnlyDictionary<int, DiscordGatewayClient> Shards => _gatewayClients;
+
+    public async Task<Result> RunAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        var gatewayResult = await gatewayApi.GetGatewayBotAsync(ct);
+        if (!gatewayResult.IsSuccess)
+        {
+            _logger.Error("Failed to retrieve gateway endpoint: {Error}", gatewayResult.Error);
+            return (Result)gatewayResult;
+        }
+
+        if (gatewayResult.Entity.Shards.IsDefined(out var discordShardCount))
+        {
+            if (_shardCount < discordShardCount && _shardCount != 0)
+                _logger.Warning(
+                    "Discord recommends {DiscordShardCount} for this bot, but only {ConfigShardCount} shards are requested. This may cause issues later",
+                    discordShardCount, _shardCount);
+
+            if (_shardCount == 0) _shardCount = discordShardCount;
+        }
+
+        var clients = Enumerable.Range(0, _shardCount).Select(s =>
+        {
+            var client =
+                ActivatorUtilities.CreateInstance<DiscordGatewayClient>(services,
+                    CloneOptions(gatewayClientOptions.Value, s));
+            _gatewayClients[s] = client;
+            return client;
+        }).ToArray();
+
+        var tasks = new List<Task<Result>>();
+
+        for (var shardIndex = 0; shardIndex < clients.Length; shardIndex++)
+        {
+            _logger.Debug("Starting shard {ShardId}/{ShardCount}", shardIndex, _shardCount);
+
+            var client = clients[shardIndex];
+            var res = client.RunAsync(ct);
+            tasks.Add(res);
+
+            while (GetConnectionStatus(client) is not GatewayConnectionStatus.Connected && !res.IsCompleted)
+            {
+                await Task.Delay(100, ct);
+            }
+
+            if (res is { IsCompleted: true, Result.IsSuccess: false })
+            {
+                return res.Result;
+            }
+
+            _logger.Information("Started shard {ShardId}/{ShardCount}", shardIndex, _shardCount);
+        }
+
+        return await await Task.WhenAny(tasks);
+    }
+
+    public int ShardIdFor(ulong guildId) => (int)((guildId >> 22) % (ulong)_shardCount);
+
+    public DiscordGatewayClient ClientFor(Snowflake guildId) => ClientFor(guildId.Value);
+
+    public DiscordGatewayClient ClientFor(ulong guildId) =>
+        _gatewayClients.TryGetValue(ShardIdFor(guildId), out var client)
+            ? client
+            : throw new CataloggerError("Shard was null, has ShardedGatewayClient.RunAsync been called?");
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        foreach (var client in _gatewayClients.Values)
+            client.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    private IOptions<DiscordGatewayClientOptions> CloneOptions(DiscordGatewayClientOptions options, int shardId)
+    {
+        var ret = new DiscordGatewayClientOptions
+        {
+            ShardIdentification = new ShardIdentification(shardId, _shardCount),
+            Intents = options.Intents,
+            Presence = options.Presence,
+            ConnectionProperties = options.ConnectionProperties,
+            HeartbeatHeadroom = options.HeartbeatHeadroom,
+            LargeThreshold = options.LargeThreshold,
+            CommandBurstRate = options.CommandBurstRate,
+            HeartbeatSafetyMargin = options.HeartbeatSafetyMargin,
+            MinimumSafetyMargin = options.MinimumSafetyMargin
+        };
+
+        return Options.Create(ret);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs
index 6ebd9aa..cc65037 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class Config
         public bool SyncCommands { get; init; }
         public ulong? CommandsGuildId { get; init; }
         public ulong? GuildLogId { get; init; }
+        public int? ShardCount { get; init; }
     }
 
     public class WebConfig
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Extensions/StartupExtensions.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Extensions/StartupExtensions.cs
index 483bee9..e996000 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/Extensions/StartupExtensions.cs
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Extensions/StartupExtensions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Catalogger.Backend.Bot;
 using Catalogger.Backend.Bot.Commands;
 using Catalogger.Backend.Bot.Responders.Messages;
 using Catalogger.Backend.Cache;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ using NodaTime;
 using Remora.Discord.API;
 using Remora.Discord.API.Abstractions.Rest;
 using Remora.Discord.Commands.Services;
+using Remora.Discord.Gateway.Extensions;
 using Remora.Discord.Interactivity.Services;
 using Remora.Rest.Core;
 using Serilog;
@@ -81,6 +83,13 @@ public static class StartupExtensions
         .AddSingleton<GuildFetchService>()
         .AddHostedService(serviceProvider => serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<GuildFetchService>());
 
+    public static IHostBuilder AddShardedDiscordService(this IHostBuilder builder,
+        Func<IServiceProvider, string> tokenFactory) =>
+        builder.ConfigureServices((_, services) => services
+            .AddDiscordGateway(tokenFactory)
+            .AddSingleton<ShardedGatewayClient>()
+            .AddHostedService<ShardedDiscordService>());
+
     public static IServiceCollection MaybeAddRedisCaches(this IServiceCollection services, Config config)
     {
         if (config.Database.Redis == null)
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Program.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Program.cs
index 1f2528a..0ff4dba 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/Program.cs
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Program.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ builder.Services
         });
 
 builder.Host
-    .AddDiscordService(_ => config.Discord.Token)
+    .AddShardedDiscordService(_ => config.Discord.Token)
     .ConfigureServices(s =>
         s.AddRespondersFromAssembly(typeof(Program).Assembly)
             .Configure<DiscordGatewayClientOptions>(g =>
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Services/GuildFetchService.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Services/GuildFetchService.cs
index afb43dc..ee3c084 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/Services/GuildFetchService.cs
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Services/GuildFetchService.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using Catalogger.Backend.Bot;
 using Catalogger.Backend.Cache;
 using Humanizer;
 using Remora.Discord.API.Abstractions.Rest;
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Catalogger.Backend.Services;
 
 public class GuildFetchService(
     ILogger logger,
-    DiscordGatewayClient gatewayClient,
+    ShardedGatewayClient client,
     IDiscordRestGuildAPI guildApi,
     IInviteCache inviteCache) : BackgroundService
 {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class GuildFetchService(
             if (!_guilds.TryPeek(out var guildId)) continue;
 
             _logger.Debug("Fetching members and invites for guild {GuildId}", guildId);
-            gatewayClient.SubmitCommand(new RequestGuildMembers(guildId, "", 0));
+            client.ClientFor(guildId).SubmitCommand(new RequestGuildMembers(guildId, "", 0));
             var res = await guildApi.GetGuildInvitesAsync(guildId, stoppingToken);
             if (res.Error != null)
             {