diff --git a/src/sharding/Shard.js b/src/sharding/Shard.js
index 9bb157623..b6fddb420 100644
--- a/src/sharding/Shard.js
+++ b/src/sharding/Shard.js
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
+const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const path = require('path');
 const Util = require('../util/Util');
 
 /**
  * Represents a Shard spawned by the ShardingManager.
  */
-class Shard {
+class Shard extends EventEmitter {
   /**
    * @param {ShardingManager} manager The sharding manager
    * @param {number} id The ID of this shard
    * @param {Array} [args=[]] Command line arguments to pass to the script
    */
   constructor(manager, id, args = []) {
+    super();
     /**
      * Manager that created the shard
      * @type {ShardingManager}
@@ -35,19 +37,77 @@ class Shard {
     });
 
     /**
-     * Process of the shard
-     * @type {ChildProcess}
+     * Whether the shard's {@link Client} is ready
+     * @type {boolean}
      */
-    this.process = childProcess.fork(path.resolve(this.manager.file), args, {
-      env: this.env,
-    });
-    this.process.on('message', this._handleMessage.bind(this));
-    this.process.once('exit', () => {
-      if (this.manager.respawn) this.manager.createShard(this.id);
-    });
+    this.ready = false;
 
     this._evals = new Map();
     this._fetches = new Map();
+
+    /**
+     * Listener function for the {@link ChildProcess}' `exit` event
+     * @type {Function}
+     * @private
+     */
+    this._exitListener = this._handleExit.bind(this, undefined);
+
+    /**
+     * Process of the shard
+     * @type {ChildProcess}
+     */
+    this.process = null;
+
+    this.spawn(args);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Forks a child process for the shard.
+   * <warn>You should not need to call this manually.</warn>
+   * @param {Array} [args=this.manager.args] Command line arguments to pass to the script
+   * @param {Array} [execArgv=this.manager.execArgv] Command line arguments to pass to the process executable
+   * @returns {ChildProcess}
+   */
+  spawn(args = this.manager.args, execArgv = this.manager.execArgv) {
+    this.process = childProcess.fork(path.resolve(this.manager.file), args, {
+      env: this.env, execArgv,
+    })
+      .on('exit', this._exitListener)
+      .on('message', this._handleMessage.bind(this));
+
+    /**
+     * Emitted upon the creation of the shard's child process.
+     * @event Shard#spawn
+     * @param {ChildProcess} process Child process that was created
+     */
+    this.emit('spawn', this.process);
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.once('ready', resolve);
+      this.once('disconnect', () => reject(new Error(`Shard ${this.id}'s Client disconnected before becoming ready.`)));
+      this.once('death', () => reject(new Error(`Shard ${this.id}'s process exited before its Client became ready.`)));
+      setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`Shard ${this.id}'s Client took too long to become ready.`)), 30000);
+    }).then(() => this.process);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Immediately kills the shard's process and does not restart it.
+   */
+  kill() {
+    this.process.removeListener('exit', this._exitListener);
+    this.process.kill();
+    this._handleExit(false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Kills and restarts the shard's process.
+   * @param {number} [delay=500] How long to wait between killing the process and restarting it (in milliseconds)
+   * @returns {Promise<ChildProcess>}
+   */
+  respawn(delay = 500) {
+    this.kill();
+    if (delay > 0) return Util.delayFor(delay).then(() => this.spawn());
+    return this.spawn();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -130,6 +190,39 @@ class Shard {
    */
   _handleMessage(message) {
     if (message) {
+      // Shard is ready
+      if (message._ready) {
+        this.ready = true;
+        /**
+         * Emitted upon the shard's {@link Client#ready} event.
+         * @event Shard#ready
+         */
+        this.emit('ready');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Shard has disconnected
+      if (message._disconnect) {
+        this.ready = false;
+        /**
+         * Emitted upon the shard's {@link Client#disconnect} event.
+         * @event Shard#disconnect
+         */
+        this.emit('disconnect');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Shard is attempting to reconnect
+      if (message._reconnecting) {
+        this.ready = false;
+        /**
+         * Emitted upon the shard's {@link Client#reconnecting} event.
+         * @event Shard#reconnecting
+         */
+        this.emit('reconnecting');
+        return;
+      }
+
       // Shard is requesting a property fetch
       if (message._sFetchProp) {
         this.manager.fetchClientValues(message._sFetchProp).then(
@@ -156,6 +249,33 @@ class Shard {
      * @param {*} message Message that was received
      */
     this.manager.emit('message', this, message);
+
+    /**
+     * Emitted upon recieving a message from the child process.
+     * @event Shard#message
+     * @param {*} message Message that was received
+     */
+    this.emit('message', message);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handles the shard's process exiting.
+   * @param {boolean} [respawn=this.manager.respawn] Whether to spawn the shard again
+   * @private
+   */
+  _handleExit(respawn = this.manager.respawn) {
+    /**
+     * Emitted upon the shard's child process exiting.
+     * @event Shard#death
+     * @param {ChildProcess} process Child process that exited
+     */
+    this.emit('death', this.process);
+
+    this.process = null;
+    this._evals.clear();
+    this._fetches.clear();
+
+    if (respawn) this.manager.createShard(this.id);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js b/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
index 8541c3578..28571f1f9 100644
--- a/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
+++ b/src/sharding/ShardClientUtil.js
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ class ShardClientUtil {
   constructor(client) {
     this.client = client;
     process.on('message', this._handleMessage.bind(this));
+    client.on('ready', () => { process.send({ _ready: true }); });
+    client.on('disconnect', () => { process.send({ _disconnect: true }); });
+    client.on('reconnecting', () => { process.send({ _reconnecting: true }); });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js b/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
index aa40547bd..d5e31edad 100644
--- a/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
+++ b/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ class ShardingManager extends EventEmitter {
      */
     this.shardArgs = options.shardArgs;
 
+    /**
+     * Arguments for the shard's process executable
+     * @type {?string[]}
+     */
+    this.execArgv = options.execArgv;
+
     /**
      * Token to use for obtaining the automatic shard count, and passing to shards
      * @type {?string}
@@ -189,6 +195,26 @@ class ShardingManager extends EventEmitter {
     for (const shard of this.shards.values()) promises.push(shard.fetchClientValue(prop));
     return Promise.all(promises);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Kills all running shards and respawns them.
+   * @param {number} [shardDelay=5000] How long to wait between shards (in milliseconds)
+   * @param {number} [respawnDelay=500] How long to wait between killing a shard's process and restarting it
+   * (in milliseconds)
+   * @param {boolean} [waitForReady=true] Whether to wait for a shard to become ready before continuing to another
+   * @param {number} [currentShardIndex=0] The shard index to start respawning at
+   * @returns {Promise<Collection<string, Shard>>}
+   */
+  respawnAll(shardDelay = 5000, respawnDelay = 500, waitForReady = true, currentShardIndex = 0) {
+    let s = 0;
+    const shard = this.shards.get(currentShardIndex);
+    const promises = [shard.respawn(respawnDelay, waitForReady)];
+    if (++s < this.shards.size && shardDelay > 0) promises.push(Util.delayFor(shardDelay));
+    return Promise.all(promises).then(() => {
+      if (++currentShardIndex === this.shards.size) return this.shards;
+      return this.respawnAll(shardDelay, respawnDelay, waitForReady, currentShardIndex);
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = ShardingManager;
diff --git a/src/util/Util.js b/src/util/Util.js
index 2be7c5658..7fa6d33fa 100644
--- a/src/util/Util.js
+++ b/src/util/Util.js
@@ -202,6 +202,18 @@ class Util {
     }
     return array.indexOf(element);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a Promise that resolves after a specified duration.
+   * @param {number} ms How long to wait before resolving (in milliseconds)
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   * @private
+   */
+  static delayFor(ms) {
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+      setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = Util;