diff --git a/res/css/_components.scss b/res/css/_components.scss
index afc40ca0d6..8288cf34f6 100644
--- a/res/css/_components.scss
+++ b/res/css/_components.scss
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 @import "./views/auth/_ServerTypeSelector.scss";
 @import "./views/auth/_Welcome.scss";
 @import "./views/avatars/_BaseAvatar.scss";
+@import "./views/avatars/_DecoratedRoomAvatar.scss";
 @import "./views/avatars/_MemberStatusMessageAvatar.scss";
 @import "./views/context_menus/_MessageContextMenu.scss";
 @import "./views/context_menus/_RoomTileContextMenu.scss";
diff --git a/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel2.scss b/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel2.scss
index 40babaa9ca..bdaada0d15 100644
--- a/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel2.scss
+++ b/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel2.scss
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ $tagPanelWidth: 70px; // only applies in this file, used for calculations
 
             .mx_LeftPanel2_breadcrumbsContainer {
                 width: 100%;
-                overflow: hidden;
+                overflow-y: hidden;
+                overflow-x: scroll;
                 margin-top: 8px;
             }
         }
diff --git a/res/css/views/avatars/_DecoratedRoomAvatar.scss b/res/css/views/avatars/_DecoratedRoomAvatar.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..984fa0ce9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/css/views/avatars/_DecoratedRoomAvatar.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+.mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar {
+    position: relative;
+
+    .mx_RoomTileIcon {
+        position: absolute;
+        bottom: 0;
+        right: 0;
+    }
+
+    .mx_NotificationBadge {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 0;
+        right: 0;
+        height: 18px;
+        width: 18px;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss
index 6241b3d0ba..b11eb47d1c 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile2.scss
@@ -29,15 +29,8 @@ limitations under the License.
         border-radius: 32px;
     }
 
-    .mx_RoomTile2_avatarContainer {
+    .mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar {
         margin-right: 8px;
-        position: relative;
-
-        .mx_RoomTileIcon {
-            position: absolute;
-            bottom: 0;
-            right: 0;
-        }
     }
 
     .mx_RoomTile2_nameContainer {
@@ -155,16 +148,9 @@ limitations under the License.
         align-items: center;
         position: relative;
 
-        .mx_RoomTile2_avatarContainer {
+        .mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar {
             margin-right: 0;
         }
-
-        .mx_RoomTile2_badgeContainer {
-            position: absolute;
-            top: 0;
-            right: 0;
-            height: 18px;
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/structures/LeftPanel2.tsx b/src/components/structures/LeftPanel2.tsx
index ab117d55ed..83d5b9e138 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/LeftPanel2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/LeftPanel2.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { BreadcrumbsStore } from "../../stores/BreadcrumbsStore";
 import { UPDATE_EVENT } from "../../stores/AsyncStore";
 import ResizeNotifier from "../../utils/ResizeNotifier";
 import SettingsStore from "../../settings/SettingsStore";
+import RoomListStore, { RoomListStore2, LISTS_UPDATE_EVENT } from "../../stores/room-list/RoomListStore2";
 
 // TODO: Remove banner on launch: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14231
 // TODO: Rename on launch: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14231
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export default class LeftPanel2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         };
 
         BreadcrumbsStore.instance.on(UPDATE_EVENT, this.onBreadcrumbsUpdate);
+        RoomListStore.instance.on(LISTS_UPDATE_EVENT, this.onBreadcrumbsUpdate);
         this.tagPanelWatcherRef = SettingsStore.watchSetting("TagPanel.enableTagPanel", null, () => {
             this.setState({showTagPanel: SettingsStore.getValue("TagPanel.enableTagPanel")});
         });
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ export default class LeftPanel2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     public componentWillUnmount() {
         SettingsStore.unwatchSetting(this.tagPanelWatcherRef);
         BreadcrumbsStore.instance.off(UPDATE_EVENT, this.onBreadcrumbsUpdate);
+        RoomListStore.instance.off(LISTS_UPDATE_EVENT, this.onBreadcrumbsUpdate);
         this.props.resizeNotifier.off("middlePanelResizedNoisy", this.onResize);
     }
 
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ export default class LeftPanel2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         let breadcrumbs;
         if (this.state.showBreadcrumbs) {
             breadcrumbs = (
-                <div className="mx_LeftPanel2_headerRow mx_LeftPanel2_breadcrumbsContainer">
+                <div className="mx_LeftPanel2_headerRow mx_LeftPanel2_breadcrumbsContainer mx_AutoHideScrollbar">
                     {this.props.isMinimized ? null : <RoomBreadcrumbs2 />}
                 </div>
             );
diff --git a/src/components/views/avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar.tsx b/src/components/views/avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1156c80313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/views/avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
+
+import { TagID } from '../../../stores/room-list/models';
+import RoomAvatar from "./RoomAvatar";
+import RoomTileIcon from "../rooms/RoomTileIcon";
+import NotificationBadge, { INotificationState, TagSpecificNotificationState } from '../rooms/NotificationBadge';
+
+interface IProps {
+    room: Room;
+    avatarSize: number;
+    tag: TagID;
+    displayBadge?: boolean;
+    forceCount?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface IState {
+    notificationState?: INotificationState;
+}
+
+export default class DecoratedRoomAvatar extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
+
+    constructor(props: IProps) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.state = {
+            notificationState: new TagSpecificNotificationState(this.props.room, this.props.tag),
+        };
+    }
+
+    public render(): React.ReactNode {
+        let badge: React.ReactNode;
+        if (this.props.displayBadge) {
+            badge = <NotificationBadge
+                notification={this.state.notificationState}
+                forceCount={this.props.forceCount}
+                roomId={this.props.room.roomId}
+            />;
+        }
+
+        return <div className="mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar">
+            <RoomAvatar room={this.props.room} width={this.props.avatarSize} height={this.props.avatarSize} />
+            <RoomTileIcon room={this.props.room} tag={this.props.tag} />
+            {badge}
+        </div>;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomBreadcrumbs2.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomBreadcrumbs2.tsx
index bd12ced6ee..c0417fc592 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomBreadcrumbs2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomBreadcrumbs2.tsx
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from "react";
 import { BreadcrumbsStore } from "../../../stores/BreadcrumbsStore";
 import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
-import RoomAvatar from "../avatars/RoomAvatar";
+import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar";
 import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
 import defaultDispatcher from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import Analytics from "../../../Analytics";
 import { UPDATE_EVENT } from "../../../stores/AsyncStore";
 import { CSSTransition } from "react-transition-group";
+import RoomListStore from "../../../stores/room-list/RoomListStore2";
+import { DefaultTagID } from "../../../stores/room-list/models";
 
 // TODO: Remove banner on launch: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14231
 // TODO: Rename on launch: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14231
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ export default class RoomBreadcrumbs2 extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState
         // TODO: Scrolling: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14040
         // TODO: Tooltips: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14040
         const tiles = BreadcrumbsStore.instance.rooms.map((r, i) => {
+            const roomTags = RoomListStore.instance.getTagsForRoom(r);
+            const roomTag = roomTags.includes(DefaultTagID.DM) ? DefaultTagID.DM : roomTags[0];
             return (
                 <AccessibleButton
                     className="mx_RoomBreadcrumbs2_crumb"
@@ -100,7 +104,13 @@ export default class RoomBreadcrumbs2 extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState
                     onClick={() => this.viewRoom(r, i)}
                     aria-label={_t("Room %(name)s", {name: r.name})}
                 >
-                    <RoomAvatar room={r} width={32} height={32}/>
+                    <DecoratedRoomAvatar
+                        room={r}
+                        avatarSize={32}
+                        tag={roomTag}
+                        displayBadge={true}
+                        forceCount={true}
+                    />
                 </AccessibleButton>
             );
         });
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile2.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile2.tsx
index 7a07027913..499edaa0d7 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile2.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import { RovingTabIndexWrapper } from "../../../accessibility/RovingTabIndex";
 import AccessibleButton, { ButtonEvent } from "../../views/elements/AccessibleButton";
-import RoomAvatar from "../../views/avatars/RoomAvatar";
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher/dispatcher';
 import { Key } from "../../../Keyboard";
 import ActiveRoomObserver from "../../../ActiveRoomObserver";
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import { ContextMenu, ContextMenuButton, MenuItemRadio } from "../../structures/ContextMenu";
 import { DefaultTagID, TagID } from "../../../stores/room-list/models";
 import { MessagePreviewStore } from "../../../stores/room-list/MessagePreviewStore";
+import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar";
 import RoomTileIcon from "./RoomTileIcon";
 import { getRoomNotifsState, ALL_MESSAGES, ALL_MESSAGES_LOUD, MENTIONS_ONLY, MUTE } from "../../../RoomNotifs";
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../MatrixClientPeg";
@@ -361,13 +361,21 @@ export default class RoomTile2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             'mx_RoomTile2_minimized': this.props.isMinimized,
         });
 
-        const badge = (
-            <NotificationBadge
+        const roomAvatar = <DecoratedRoomAvatar
+            room={this.props.room}
+            avatarSize={32}
+            tag={this.props.tag}
+            displayBadge={this.props.isMinimized}
+        />;
+
+        let badge: React.ReactNode;
+        if (!this.props.isMinimized) {
+        badge = <NotificationBadge
                 notification={this.state.notificationState}
                 forceCount={false}
                 roomId={this.props.room.roomId}
-            />
-        );
+            />;
+        }
 
         // TODO: the original RoomTile uses state for the room name. Do we need to?
         let name = this.props.room.name;
@@ -405,7 +413,6 @@ export default class RoomTile2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         );
         if (this.props.isMinimized) nameContainer = null;
 
-        const avatarSize = 32;
         return (
             <React.Fragment>
                 <RovingTabIndexWrapper>
@@ -421,10 +428,7 @@ export default class RoomTile2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                             role="treeitem"
                             onContextMenu={this.onContextMenu}
                         >
-                            <div className="mx_RoomTile2_avatarContainer">
-                                <RoomAvatar room={this.props.room} width={avatarSize} height={avatarSize} />
-                                <RoomTileIcon room={this.props.room} tag={this.props.tag} />
-                            </div>
+                            {roomAvatar}
                             {nameContainer}
                             <div className="mx_RoomTile2_badgeContainer">
                                 {badge}
diff --git a/src/stores/BreadcrumbsStore.ts b/src/stores/BreadcrumbsStore.ts
index 1c47075cbb..c78f15c3b4 100644
--- a/src/stores/BreadcrumbsStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/BreadcrumbsStore.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class BreadcrumbsStore extends AsyncStoreWithClient<IState> {
     }
 
     public get visible(): boolean {
-        return this.state.enabled;
+        return this.state.enabled && this.matrixClient.getVisibleRooms().length >= 20;
     }
 
     protected async onAction(payload: ActionPayload) {
diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts b/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts
index 6de555f234..e5205f6051 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
 import SettingsStore from "../../settings/SettingsStore";
-import { OrderedDefaultTagIDs, RoomUpdateCause, TagID } from "./models";
+import { DefaultTagID, OrderedDefaultTagIDs, RoomUpdateCause, TagID } from "./models";
 import TagOrderStore from "../TagOrderStore";
 import { AsyncStore } from "../AsyncStore";
 import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ export class RoomListStore2 extends AsyncStore<ActionPayload> {
             const room = this.matrixClient.getRoom(roomId);
             const tryUpdate = async (updatedRoom: Room) => {
                 // TODO: Remove debug: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14035
-                console.log(`[RoomListDebug] Live timeline event ${eventPayload.event.getId()} in ${updatedRoom.roomId}`);
+                console.log(`[RoomListDebug] Live timeline event ${eventPayload.event.getId()}` +
+                    ` in ${updatedRoom.roomId}`);
                 if (eventPayload.event.getType() === 'm.room.tombstone' && eventPayload.event.getStateKey() === '') {
                     // TODO: Remove debug: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14035
                     console.log(`[RoomListDebug] Got tombstone event - trying to remove now-dead room`);
@@ -427,6 +428,19 @@ export class RoomListStore2 extends AsyncStore<ActionPayload> {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the tags for a room identified by the store. The returned set
+     * should never be empty, and will contain DefaultTagID.Untagged if
+     * the store is not aware of any tags.
+     * @param room The room to get the tags for.
+     * @returns The tags for the room.
+     */
+    public getTagsForRoom(room: Room): TagID[] {
+        const algorithmTags = this.algorithm.getTagsForRoom(room);
+        if (!algorithmTags) return [DefaultTagID.Untagged];
+        return algorithmTags;
+    }
 }
 
 export default class RoomListStore {
diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/Algorithm.ts b/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/Algorithm.ts
index 8215d2ef57..36abf86975 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/Algorithm.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/Algorithm.ts
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ export class Algorithm extends EventEmitter {
         }
     }
 
-    private getTagsForRoom(room: Room): TagID[] {
+    public getTagsForRoom(room: Room): TagID[] {
         // XXX: This duplicates a lot of logic from setKnownRooms above, but has a slightly
         // different use case and therefore different performance curve