diff --git a/assembly/buffer/index.ts b/assembly/buffer/index.ts
index fb5d4ca..87cf104 100644
--- a/assembly/buffer/index.ts
+++ b/assembly/buffer/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { BLOCK_MAXSIZE } from "rt/common";
+import { BLOCK_MAXSIZE, BLOCK, BLOCK_OVERHEAD } from "rt/common";
 import { E_INVALIDLENGTH, E_INDEXOUTOFRANGE } from "util/error";
 import { Uint8Array } from "typedarray";
 
@@ -93,3 +93,103 @@ export class Buffer extends Uint8Array {
     return offset + 2;
   }
 }
+
+export namespace Buffer {
+  export namespace HEX {
+    /** Calculates the two char combination from the byte. */
+    @inline export function charsFromByte(byte: u32): u32 {
+      let top = (byte >>> 4) & 0xF;
+      let bottom = (0xF & byte);
+      top += select(0x57, 0x30, top > 9);
+      bottom += select(0x57, 0x30, bottom > 9);
+      return (bottom << 16) | top;
+    }
+
+    /** Calculates the byte length of the specified string when encoded as HEX. */
+    export function byteLength(str: string): i32 {
+      let ptr = changetype<usize>(str);
+      let byteCount = changetype<BLOCK>(changetype<usize>(str) - BLOCK_OVERHEAD).rtSize;
+      let length = byteCount >> 2;
+      // The string length must be even because the bytes come in pairs of characters two wide
+      if (byteCount & 0x3) return 0; // encoding fails and returns an empty ArrayBuffer
+
+      byteCount += ptr;
+      while (ptr < byteCount) {
+        var char = load<u16>(ptr);
+        if (  ((char - 0x30) <= 0x9)
+           || ((char - 0x61) <= 0x5)
+           || ((char - 0x41) <= 0x5)) {
+          ptr += 2;
+          continue;
+        } else {
+          return 0;
+        }
+      }
+      return length;
+    }
+
+    /** Creates an ArrayBuffer from a given string that is encoded in the HEX format. */
+    export function encode(str: string): ArrayBuffer {
+      let bufferLength = byteLength(str);
+      // short path: string is not a valid hex string, return a new empty ArrayBuffer
+      if (bufferLength == 0) return changetype<ArrayBuffer>(__alloc(0, idof<ArrayBuffer>()));
+
+      // long path: loop over each enociding pair and perform the conversion
+      let ptr = changetype<usize>(str);
+      let byteEnd = changetype<BLOCK>(changetype<usize>(str) - BLOCK_OVERHEAD).rtSize + ptr;
+      let result = __alloc(bufferLength, idof<ArrayBuffer>());
+      let b: u32 = 0;
+      let outChar = 0;
+      for (let i: usize = 0; ptr < byteEnd; i++) {
+        let odd = i & 1;
+        if (odd) {
+          outChar <<= 4;
+          b >>>= 16;
+          if ((b - 0x30) <= 9) {
+            outChar |= b - 0x30;
+          } else if ((b - 0x61) <= 0x5) {
+            outChar |= b - 0x57;
+          } else if (b - 0x41 <= 0x5) {
+            outChar |= b - 0x37;
+          }
+          store<u8>(result + (i >> 1), <u8>(outChar & 0xFF));
+          ptr += 4;
+        } else {
+          b = load<u32>(ptr);
+          outChar <<= 4;
+          let c = b & 0xFF;
+          if ((c - 0x30) <= 9) {
+            outChar |= c - 0x30;
+          } else if ((c - 0x61) <= 0x5) {
+            outChar |= c - 0x57;
+          } else if (c - 0x41 <= 0x5) {
+            outChar |= c - 0x37;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return changetype<ArrayBuffer>(result);
+    }
+
+    /** Creates a string from a given ArrayBuffer that is decoded into hex format. */
+    export function decode(buff: ArrayBuffer): string {
+      return decodeUnsafe(changetype<usize>(buff), buff.byteLength);
+    }
+
+    /** Decodes a chunk of memory to a utf16le encoded string in hex format. */
+    @unsafe export function decodeUnsafe(ptr: usize, length: i32): string {
+      let stringByteLength = length << 2; // length * (2 bytes per char) * (2 chars per input byte)
+      let result = __alloc(stringByteLength, idof<String>());
+      let i = <usize>0;
+      let inputByteLength = <usize>length + ptr;
+
+      // loop over each byte and store a `u32` for each one
+      while (ptr < inputByteLength) {
+        store<u32>(result + i, charsFromByte(<u32>load<u8>(ptr)));
+        i += 4;
+        ptr++;
+      }
+
+      return changetype<string>(result);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/assembly/node.d.ts b/assembly/node.d.ts
index 5beb381..16f3e81 100644
--- a/assembly/node.d.ts
+++ b/assembly/node.d.ts
@@ -30,3 +30,14 @@ declare class Buffer extends Uint8Array {
   /** Writes an inputted unsigned 16-bit integer at the designated offset, stored in Big Endian format */
   writeUInt16BE(value: u16, offset?: i32): i32;
 }
+
+declare namespace Buffer {
+  export namespace HEX {
+    /** Creates an ArrayBuffer from a given string that is encoded in the hex format. */
+    export function encode(str: string): ArrayBuffer;
+    /** Creates a string from a given ArrayBuffer that is decoded into hex format. */
+    export function decode(buffer: ArrayBuffer): string;
+    /** Decodes a chunk of memory to a utf16le encoded string in hex format. */
+    export function decodeUnsafe(ptr: usize, byteLength: i32): string;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/buffer.spec.ts b/tests/buffer.spec.ts
index ba4ff36..5e15eaa 100644
--- a/tests/buffer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/buffer.spec.ts
@@ -213,4 +213,18 @@ describe("buffer", () => {
     //   newBuff.writeUInt16BE(0);
     // }).toThrow();
   });
+
+  test("#Hex.encode", () => {
+    let actual = "000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f0";
+    let exampleBuffer = create<Buffer>([0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10, 0x20, 0x30, 0x40, 0x50, 0x60, 0x70, 0x80, 0x90, 0xa0, 0xb0, 0xc0, 0xd0, 0xe0, 0xf0]);
+    let encoded = Buffer.HEX.encode(actual);
+    expect<ArrayBuffer>(encoded).toStrictEqual(exampleBuffer.buffer);
+  });
+
+  test("#Hex.decode", () => {
+    let expected = "000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f0";
+    let exampleBuffer = create<Buffer>([0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10, 0x20, 0x30, 0x40, 0x50, 0x60, 0x70, 0x80, 0x90, 0xa0, 0xb0, 0xc0, 0xd0, 0xe0, 0xf0]);
+    let decoded = Buffer.HEX.decode(exampleBuffer.buffer);
+    expect<string>(decoded).toStrictEqual(expected);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/node.js b/tests/node.js
index c652c1e..0b5a3d4 100644
--- a/tests/node.js
+++ b/tests/node.js
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ function runTest(file, type, binary, wat) {
     + "." + type +  ".wat";
 
   // should not block testing
-  fs.writeFile(watPath, wat, (err) => {
-    if (err) console.warn(err);
-  });
+  fs.writeFileSync(watPath, wat);
 
   const context = new TestContext({
     fileName: file,