diff --git a/src/scripting/thingdef_data.cpp b/src/scripting/thingdef_data.cpp
index 9c36f0e49..9b1b9aaba 100644
--- a/src/scripting/thingdef_data.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/thingdef_data.cpp
@@ -1136,4 +1136,48 @@ DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(FStringStruct, AppendFormat)
 	FString s = FStringFormat(param+1, defaultparam, numparam-1, ret, numret);
 	(*self) += s;
 	return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(FStringStruct, Mid)
+{
+	PARAM_SELF_STRUCT_PROLOGUE(FString);
+	PARAM_INT(pos);
+	PARAM_INT(len);
+	// validate. we don't want to crash if someone passes negative values.
+	// with size_t it's handled naturally I think, as it's unsigned, but not in ZScript.
+	if (pos < 0) pos = 0;
+	if (len < 0) len = 0;
+	int slen = self->Len();
+	if (pos > slen) pos = slen - 1;
+	if (pos + len > slen)
+		len = slen - pos;
+	FString s = self->Mid(pos, len);
+	ACTION_RETURN_STRING(s);
+}
+
+DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(FStringStruct, Len)
+{
+	PARAM_SELF_STRUCT_PROLOGUE(FString);
+	ACTION_RETURN_INT(self->Len());
+}
+
+// CharAt and CharCodeAt is how JS does it, and JS is similar here in that it doesn't have char type as int.
+DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(FStringStruct, CharAt)
+{
+	PARAM_SELF_STRUCT_PROLOGUE(FString);
+	PARAM_INT(pos);
+	int slen = self->Len();
+	if (pos < 0 || pos >= slen)
+		ACTION_RETURN_STRING("");
+	ACTION_RETURN_STRING(FString((*self)[pos]));
+}
+
+DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(FStringStruct, CharCodeAt)
+{
+	PARAM_SELF_STRUCT_PROLOGUE(FString);
+	PARAM_INT(pos);
+	int slen = self->Len();
+	if (pos < 0 || pos >= slen)
+		ACTION_RETURN_INT(0);
+	ACTION_RETURN_INT((*self)[pos]);
+}
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/base.txt b/wadsrc/static/zscript/base.txt
index 175f8341d..83d714684 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/base.txt
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/base.txt
@@ -417,9 +417,14 @@ enum EPickStart
 // Although String is a builtin type, this is a convenient way to attach methods to it.
 struct StringStruct native
 {
-	native void Replace(String pattern, String replacement);
 	native static vararg String Format(String fmt, ...);
 	native vararg void AppendFormat(String fmt, ...);
+
+	native void Replace(String pattern, String replacement);
+	native String Mid(int pos = 0, int len = 2147483647);
+	native int Len();
+	native String CharAt(int pos);
+	native int CharCodeAt(int pos);
 }
 
 class Floor : Thinker native