diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/circles/CircleExecutionState.java b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/circles/CircleExecutionState.java
index f95fa84f01..902e5e4f16 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/circles/CircleExecutionState.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/circles/CircleExecutionState.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.eval.vm.CastingImage;
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.misc.Result;
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.pigment.FrozenPigment;
+import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.utils.ChunkScanning;
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.utils.HexUtils;
 import com.mojang.datafixers.util.Pair;
 import net.minecraft.ChatFormatting;
@@ -95,13 +96,17 @@ protected CircleExecutionState(BlockPos impetusPos, Direction impetusDir, Set<Bl
         todo.add(Pair.of(impetus.getStartDirection(), impetus.getBlockPos().relative(impetus.getStartDirection())));
         var seenGoodPosSet = new HashSet<BlockPos>();
         var seenGoodPositions = new ArrayList<BlockPos>();
+        var scanning = new ChunkScanning(level);
 
         while (!todo.isEmpty()) {
             var pair = todo.pop();
             var enterDir = pair.getFirst();
             var herePos = pair.getSecond();
+            var hereBs = scanning.getBlock(herePos);
 
-            var hereBs = level.getBlockState(herePos);
+            if (hereBs == null){
+                continue;
+            }
             if (!(hereBs.getBlock() instanceof ICircleComponent cmp)) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ protected CircleExecutionState(BlockPos impetusPos, Direction impetusDir, Set<Bl
                 }
             }
         }
+        scanning.clearCache();
 
         if (seenGoodPositions.isEmpty()) {
             return new Result.Err<>(null);
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/utils/ChunkScanning.kt b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/utils/ChunkScanning.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fc1c4b034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/utils/ChunkScanning.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package at.petrak.hexcasting.api.utils
+
+import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.HexAPI
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.Long2ObjectLinkedOpenHashMap
+import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel
+import net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus
+import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ImposterProtoChunk
+
+/**
+ * This is a helper class to efficiently scan chunks in ways Minecraft did not intend for. This is for only reading chunks, not writing
+ */
+class ChunkScanning(var level: ServerLevel) {
+    var chunks: Long2ObjectLinkedOpenHashMap<ImposterProtoChunk> = Long2ObjectLinkedOpenHashMap()
+
+    /**
+     *  This attempts to cache a chunk to the local [chunks]
+     * @param ChunkPos the chunk to try to cache
+     * @return If the function could cache the chunk or not
+     */
+    fun cacheChunk(chunk: ChunkPos): Boolean {
+        val chunkLong = chunk.toLong()
+        // We have the chunk already, so we can skip it
+        if (chunks.contains(chunkLong)){
+            return true
+        }
+        val future = level.chunkSource.getChunkFuture(chunk.x,chunk.z, ChunkStatus.EMPTY,true).get()
+        if (future.left().isPresent){
+            chunks.put(chunkLong, future.left().get() as ImposterProtoChunk)
+            return true
+        }
+        HexAPI.LOGGER.warn("Failed to get chunk at {}!",chunk)
+        return false
+    }
+
+    fun cacheChunk(chunk: Long): Boolean{
+        return cacheChunk(ChunkPos(chunk))
+    }
+
+    fun getBlock(blockPos: BlockPos): BlockState? {
+        val chunkPos = ChunkPos(blockPos).toLong()
+        if (!cacheChunk(chunkPos)){
+            return null
+        }
+        return chunks.get(chunkPos).getBlockState(blockPos)
+    }
+
+    fun getBlockEntity(blockPos: BlockPos): BlockEntity? {
+        val chunkPos = ChunkPos(blockPos).toLong()
+        if (!cacheChunk(chunkPos)){
+            return null
+        }
+        return chunks.get(chunkPos).getBlockEntity(blockPos)
+    }
+
+    // Maybe not required, but still not a bad idea to have a Clear method
+    fun clearCache(){
+        chunks.clear()
+    }
+
+    // Might not be needed
+    fun containsChunk(chunk: ChunkPos): Boolean{
+        return chunks.contains(chunk.toLong())
+    }
+}
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