diff --git a/Source/ACE.Database/SerializedShardDatabase.cs b/Source/ACE.Database/SerializedShardDatabase.cs
index d8d8b006ea..01f8da80c1 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Database/SerializedShardDatabase.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Database/SerializedShardDatabase.cs
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ public void SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock
         }
 
 
-        public void SaveBiotasInParallel(IEnumerable<(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock)> biotas, Action<bool> callback)
+        public void SaveBiotasInParallel(IEnumerable<(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock)> biotas, Action<bool> callback, bool doNotAddToCache = false)
         {
             _queue.Add(new Task(() =>
             {
-                var result = BaseDatabase.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas);
+                var result = BaseDatabase.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas, doNotAddToCache);
                 callback?.Invoke(result);
             }));
         }
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs b/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs
index e8ffbe822d..15f93ea95d 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@ protected bool DoSaveBiota(ShardDbContext context, Biota biota)
             }
         }
 
-        public virtual bool SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock)
+        public virtual bool SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock, bool doNotAddToCache = false)
         {
             using (var context = new ShardDbContext())
             {
-                var existingBiota = GetBiota(context, biota.Id);
+                var existingBiota = GetBiota(context, biota.Id, doNotAddToCache);
 
                 rwLock.EnterReadLock();
                 try
@@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ public virtual bool SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSli
             }
         }
 
-        public bool SaveBiotasInParallel(IEnumerable<(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock)> biotas)
+        public bool SaveBiotasInParallel(IEnumerable<(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock)> biotas, bool doNotAddToCache = false)
         {
             var result = true;
 
             Parallel.ForEach(biotas, ConfigManager.Config.Server.Threading.DatabaseParallelOptions, biota =>
             {
-                if (!SaveBiota(biota.biota, biota.rwLock))
+                if (!SaveBiota(biota.biota, biota.rwLock, doNotAddToCache))
                     result = false;
             });
 
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabaseWithCaching.cs b/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabaseWithCaching.cs
index 20f2974a67..9c1bc0511a 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabaseWithCaching.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabaseWithCaching.cs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public override Biota GetBiota(uint id, bool doNotAddToCache = false)
             return base.GetBiota(id, doNotAddToCache);
         }
 
-        public override bool SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock)
+        public override bool SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock, bool doNotAddToCache = false)
         {
             CacheObject<Biota> cachedBiota;
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public override bool SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSl
 
             var context = new ShardDbContext();
 
-            var existingBiota = base.GetBiota(context, biota.Id);
+            var existingBiota = base.GetBiota(context, biota.Id, doNotAddToCache);
 
             rwLock.EnterReadLock();
             try
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ public override bool SaveBiota(ACE.Entity.Models.Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSl
 
             if (DoSaveBiota(context, existingBiota))
             {
-                TryAddToCache(context, existingBiota);
+                if (!doNotAddToCache)
+                    TryAddToCache(context, existingBiota);
 
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/Entity/Landblock.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/Entity/Landblock.cs
index fa7b917840..23e911f913 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/Entity/Landblock.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/Entity/Landblock.cs
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ private void SaveDB()
                     AddWorldObjectToBiotasSaveCollection(wo, biotas);
             }
 
-            DatabaseManager.Shard.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas, result => { });
+            DatabaseManager.Shard.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas, null);
         }
 
         private void AddWorldObjectToBiotasSaveCollection(WorldObject wo, Collection<(Biota biota, ReaderWriterLockSlim rwLock)> biotas)
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/Managers/PlayerManager.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/Managers/PlayerManager.cs
index 8e84f3fcb2..f126e5c049 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/Managers/PlayerManager.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/Managers/PlayerManager.cs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public static void SaveOfflinePlayersWithChanges()
                 playersLock.ExitReadLock();
             }
 
-            DatabaseManager.Shard.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas, result => { });
+            DatabaseManager.Shard.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas, null, true);
         }
         
 
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/WorldObjects/Player_Inventory.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/WorldObjects/Player_Inventory.cs
index e337e022cc..dd9cb80070 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/WorldObjects/Player_Inventory.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/WorldObjects/Player_Inventory.cs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ private void DeepSave(WorldObject item)
                 }
             }
 
-            DatabaseManager.Shard.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas, result => { });
+            DatabaseManager.Shard.SaveBiotasInParallel(biotas, null);
         }
 
         public enum RemoveFromInventoryAction