Humanoid Death Lag

In studio, when an NPC dies the game freezes/lag spikes.

Never used to happen before, has there been changes to humanoids in the past few months?

You should provide a bit more information.
Stuff like have you:

  • made any script changes or other changes to your place?
  • used any new plugins or free models?
  • checked to see if any new beta features could be the cause?

Also, are the NPCs you are using from the toolbox? Some characters can be highly faulty and buggy which is probably your problem