diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/Actor.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/Actor.java
index 307d7216..712cc6b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/Actor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/Actor.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import nomadrealms.context.game.card.action.Action;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.event.InputEvent;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.event.Target;
+import nomadrealms.context.game.world.map.area.Tile;
 import nomadrealms.render.Renderable;
 
 /**
@@ -33,4 +34,15 @@ default boolean isDestroyed() {
 		return health() <= 0;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	default void move(Tile target) {
+		if (target.actor() != null) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot move to occupied tile: " + target.coord());
+		}
+		if (tile() != null) {
+			tile().clearActor();
+		}
+		HasPosition.super.move(target);
+		target.actor(this);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/HasInventory.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/HasInventory.java
index c9ea3736..7392d8c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/HasInventory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/HasInventory.java
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 import nomadrealms.context.game.item.Inventory;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.item.WorldItem;
 
-public interface HasInventory extends HasPosition {
+public interface HasInventory {
 
-    public Inventory inventory();
+	public Inventory inventory();
 
-    public default void addItem(WorldItem item) {
-        inventory().add(item);
-    }
+	public default void addItem(WorldItem item) {
+		inventory().add(item);
+	}
 
-    public default void removeItem(WorldItem item) {
-        inventory().remove(item);
-    }
+	public default void removeItem(WorldItem item) {
+		inventory().remove(item);
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/ai/FeralMonkeyAI.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/ai/FeralMonkeyAI.java
index adbac527..359c31b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/ai/FeralMonkeyAI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/ai/FeralMonkeyAI.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public void update(GameState state) {
 							self.tile().um(state.world),
 							self.tile().ur(state.world)
 					)
-					.filter(tile -> state.world.tileToEntityMap.get(tile) == null)
+					.filter(tile -> tile.actor() == null)
 					.min(comparingInt(t -> t.coord().distanceTo(nearestCardPlayer.tile().coord())));
 			if (!closestTile.isPresent()) {
 				return;
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/cardplayer/CardPlayer.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/cardplayer/CardPlayer.java
index 2779ef8a..be90c9ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/cardplayer/CardPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/actor/cardplayer/CardPlayer.java
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import engine.visuals.constraint.box.ConstraintPair;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.GameState;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.Actor;
-import engine.visuals.constraint.box.ConstraintPair;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.HasSpeech;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.ai.CardPlayerAI;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.cardplayer.appendage.Appendage;
-import nomadrealms.context.game.event.Target;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.card.WorldCard;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.card.action.Action;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.card.action.scheduler.CardPlayerActionScheduler;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.event.InputEvent;
+import nomadrealms.context.game.event.Target;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.item.Inventory;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.world.World;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.world.map.area.Tile;
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/BuryItemEffect.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/BuryItemEffect.java
index 8a9439a2..472e7d16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/BuryItemEffect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/BuryItemEffect.java
@@ -3,20 +3,23 @@
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.HasInventory;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.item.WorldItem;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.world.World;
+import nomadrealms.context.game.world.map.area.Tile;
 
 public class BuryItemEffect extends Effect {
 
 	private final HasInventory owner;
 	private final WorldItem item;
+	private final Tile tile;
 
-	public BuryItemEffect(HasInventory owner, WorldItem item) {
+	public BuryItemEffect(HasInventory owner, WorldItem item, Tile tile) {
 		this.owner = owner;
 		this.item = item;
+		this.tile = tile;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void resolve(World world) {
 		owner.inventory().remove(item);
-		owner.tile().buryItem(item);
+		tile.buryItem(item);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/DropItemEffect.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/DropItemEffect.java
index aac37eb7..66a5a201 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/DropItemEffect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/effect/DropItemEffect.java
@@ -3,21 +3,24 @@
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.HasInventory;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.item.WorldItem;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.world.World;
+import nomadrealms.context.game.world.map.area.Tile;
 
 public class DropItemEffect extends Effect {
 
 	private final HasInventory owner;
 	private final WorldItem item;
+	private final Tile tile;
 
-	public DropItemEffect(HasInventory owner, WorldItem item) {
+	public DropItemEffect(HasInventory owner, WorldItem item, Tile tile) {
 		this.owner = owner;
 		this.item = item;
+		this.tile = tile;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void resolve(World world) {
 		owner.inventory().remove(item);
-		owner.tile().addItem(item);
+		tile.addItem(item);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/expression/BuryAnySeedExpression.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/expression/BuryAnySeedExpression.java
index 2d762c16..91af2943 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/expression/BuryAnySeedExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/card/expression/BuryAnySeedExpression.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public List<Effect> effects(World world, Target target, CardPlayer source) {
 				.filter(item -> item.item().tags().contains(SEED))
 				.findAny();
 		if (seed.isPresent()) {
-			return singletonList(new BuryItemEffect(source, seed.get()));
+			return singletonList(new BuryItemEffect(source, seed.get(), source.tile()));
 		} else {
 			return emptyList();
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/event/DropItemEvent.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/event/DropItemEvent.java
index 1d0ab9d5..bc266073 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/event/DropItemEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/event/DropItemEvent.java
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.HasInventory;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.item.WorldItem;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.world.World;
+import nomadrealms.context.game.world.map.area.Tile;
 import nomadrealms.render.ui.custom.game.GameInterface;
 
 public class DropItemEvent implements InputEvent {
 
 	WorldItem worldItem;
 	HasInventory source;
+	private final Tile tile;
 
-	public DropItemEvent(WorldItem worldItem, HasInventory source) {
+	public DropItemEvent(WorldItem worldItem, HasInventory source, Tile tile) {
 		this.worldItem = worldItem;
 		this.source = source;
+		this.tile = tile;
 	}
 
 	public WorldItem item() {
@@ -23,6 +26,10 @@ public HasInventory source() {
 		return source;
 	}
 
+	public Tile tile() {
+		return tile;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void resolve(World world) {
 		world.resolve(this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/World.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/World.java
index 13d2751f..a2a39588 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/World.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/World.java
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
 import static nomadrealms.context.game.item.Item.WHEAT_SEED;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 import nomadrealms.context.game.GameState;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.Actor;
-import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.HasPosition;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.cardplayer.CardPlayer;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.cardplayer.Farmer;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.cardplayer.FeralMonkey;
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ public class World {
 	public Nomad nomad;
 	public List<Actor> actors = new ArrayList<>();
 	public List<Structure> structures = new ArrayList<>();
-	public Map<Tile, HasPosition> tileToEntityMap;
 
 	public List<ProcChain> procChains = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -70,10 +66,9 @@ public World(GameState state, MapGenerationStrategy mapGenerationStrategy) {
 		Farmer farmer = new Farmer("Fred",
 				getTile(new TileCoordinate(new ChunkCoordinate(new ZoneCoordinate(new RegionCoordinate(0, 0), 0, 0),
 						0, 1), 0, 0)));
-		actors.add(nomad);
-		actors.add(farmer);
-		// Add a feral monkey
-		actors.add(new FeralMonkey("bob", getTile(new TileCoordinate(
+		addActor(nomad);
+		addActor(farmer);
+		addActor(new FeralMonkey("bob", getTile(new TileCoordinate(
 				new ChunkCoordinate(new ZoneCoordinate(new RegionCoordinate(0, 0), 0, 0), 0, 0), 6, 6))));
 	}
 
@@ -102,13 +97,6 @@ public void update(InputEventFrame inputEventFrame) {
 			// nomad.tile(nomad.tile().dr(this));
 			i = 0;
 		}
-		tileToEntityMap = new HashMap<>();
-		for (Actor actor : currentActors) {
-			if (actor.isDestroyed()) {
-				continue; // TODO: trigger a destroy event
-			}
-			tileToEntityMap.put(actor.tile(), actor);
-		}
 		for (Actor actor : currentActors) {
 			if (actor.isDestroyed()) {
 				continue;
@@ -140,15 +128,11 @@ public void resolve(CardPlayedEvent event) {
 	}
 
 	public void resolve(DropItemEvent event) {
-		Effect effect = new DropItemEffect(event.source(), event.item());
+		Effect effect = new DropItemEffect(event.source(), event.item(), event.tile());
 		procChains.add(new ProcChain(singletonList(effect)));
 		state.uiEventChannel.add(event);
 	}
 
-	public HasPosition getTargetOnTile(Tile tile) {
-		return tileToEntityMap.get(tile);
-	}
-
 	public void setTile(Tile tile) {
 		tile.chunk().replace(tile);
 	}
@@ -166,6 +150,8 @@ public void addActor(Actor actor) {
 		if (actor instanceof Structure) {
 			structures.add((Structure) actor);
 		}
+		// TODO: figure out to do when tile is already occupied
+		actor.tile().actor(actor);
 	}
 
 	public GameMap map() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/map/area/Tile.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/map/area/Tile.java
index 45985a25..6d523532 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/map/area/Tile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/context/game/world/map/area/Tile.java
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import engine.common.math.Matrix4f;
 import engine.common.math.Matrix4f;
 import engine.common.math.Vector2f;
 import engine.common.math.Vector3f;
 import engine.visuals.constraint.box.ConstraintPair;
 import engine.visuals.lwjgl.render.meta.DrawFunction;
+import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.Actor;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.HasTooltip;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.actor.cardplayer.appendage.Appendage;
 import nomadrealms.context.game.event.Target;
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public abstract class Tile implements Target, HasTooltip {
 	private transient Chunk chunk;
 	private TileCoordinate coord;
 
+	private Actor actor;
 	private final List<WorldItem> items = new ArrayList<>();
 	private WorldItem buried;
 
@@ -130,6 +131,24 @@ public void render(RenderingEnvironment re, Vector2f screenPosition, float scale
 		}
 	}
 
+	public Actor actor() {
+		return actor;
+	}
+
+	public void actor(Actor actor) {
+		if (actor == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Actor cannot be null. Use clearActor() instead.");
+		}
+		if (this.actor != null) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Tile " + coord + " is already occupied by " + this.actor);
+		}
+		this.actor = actor;
+	}
+
+	public void clearActor() {
+		this.actor = null;
+	}
+
 	public void addItem(WorldItem item) {
 		items.add(item);
 		item.tile(this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/card/TargetingArrow.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/card/TargetingArrow.java
index 92a378d8..4ff7701d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/card/TargetingArrow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/card/TargetingArrow.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void render(RenderingEnvironment re) {
 					);
 		}
 		if (info.targetType() == TargetType.CARD_PLAYER) {
-			target = state.world.getTargetOnTile(tile);
+			target = tile.actor();
 			if (target == null) {
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/inventory/InventoryTab.java b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/inventory/InventoryTab.java
index ac7829a7..d46a17c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/inventory/InventoryTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nomadrealms/render/ui/custom/inventory/InventoryTab.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private void addCallbacks(InputCallbackRegistry registry) {
 		registry.registerOnDrop(
 				(event) -> {
 					if (selectedItem != null && !constraintBox.contains(selectedItem.centerPosition())) {
-						owner.addNextPlay(new DropItemEvent(selectedItem.item(), owner));
+						owner.addNextPlay(new DropItemEvent(selectedItem.item(), owner, owner.tile()));
 					}
 					selectedItem = null;
 				});