diff --git a/patches/server/0974-Prevent-GameEvents-being-fired-from-unloaded-chunks.patch b/patches/server/0974-Prevent-GameEvents-being-fired-from-unloaded-chunks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f83bdbdea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0974-Prevent-GameEvents-being-fired-from-unloaded-chunks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Shane Freeder <theboyetronic@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 20:15:47 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Prevent GameEvents being fired from unloaded chunks
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/level/ServerLevel.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/level/ServerLevel.java
+index 309ef1b2181eae609737212a50d037a1565daf86..536bedfe50288ef18468c71d41a6f0f82619f72d 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/level/ServerLevel.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/level/ServerLevel.java
+@@ -1640,6 +1640,9 @@ public class ServerLevel extends Level implements WorldGenLevel {
+ 
+     @Override
+     public void gameEvent(GameEvent event, Vec3 emitterPos, GameEvent.Context emitter) {
++        if (this.getChunkIfLoadedImmediately((Mth.floor(emitterPos.x) >> 4), (Mth.floor(emitterPos.z) >> 4)) == null) {
++            return;
++        }
+         this.gameEventDispatcher.post(event, emitterPos, emitter);
+     }
+