diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/ActorTable.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/ActorTable.cs
index f950418b3..610841114 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/ActorTable.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/ActorTable.cs
@@ -1,217 +1,126 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types;
 using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types.NonPlayer;
+using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Structs;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Serilog;
 
+using Actor = Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types.Actor;
+
 namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// This collection represents the currently spawned FFXIV actors.
+    ///     This collection represents the currently spawned FFXIV actors.
     /// </summary>
-    public sealed partial class ActorTable : IReadOnlyCollection<Actor>, ICollection, IDisposable
+    public class ActorTable : IReadOnlyCollection<Actor>, ICollection
     {
         private const int ActorTableLength = 424;
 
-        #region ReadProcessMemory Hack
-        private static readonly int ActorMemSize = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Structs.Actor));
-        private static readonly IntPtr ActorMem = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(ActorMemSize);
-        private static readonly IntPtr CurrentProcessHandle = new(-1);
-        #endregion
-
-        private Dalamud dalamud;
-        private ClientStateAddressResolver address;
-        private List<Actor> actorsCache;
+        private readonly Dalamud dalamud;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ActorTable"/> class.
-        /// Set up the actor table collection.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="dalamud">The Dalamud instance.</param>
-        /// <param name="addressResolver">The ClientStateAddressResolver instance.</param>
+        /// <param name="dalamud">The <see cref="dalamud"/> instance.</param>
+        /// <param name="addressResolver">Client state address resolver.</param>
         internal ActorTable(Dalamud dalamud, ClientStateAddressResolver addressResolver)
         {
-            this.address = addressResolver;
+            this.Address = addressResolver;
             this.dalamud = dalamud;
 
-            dalamud.Framework.OnUpdateEvent += this.Framework_OnUpdateEvent;
-
-            Log.Verbose($"Actor table address 0x{this.address.ActorTable.ToInt64():X}");
+            Log.Verbose("Actor table address {ActorTable}", this.Address.ActorTable);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the amount of currently spawned actors.
         /// </summary>
-        public int Length => this.ActorsCache.Count;
+        public int Length
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var count = 0;
+                for (var i = 0; i < ActorTableLength; i++)
+                {
+                    var ptr = this.GetActorAddress(i);
+                    if (ptr != IntPtr.Zero)
+                    {
+                        count++;
+                    }
+                }
 
-        private List<Actor> ActorsCache => this.actorsCache ??= this.GetActorTable();
+                return count;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        int IReadOnlyCollection<Actor>.Count => this.Length;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        int ICollection.Count => this.Length;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        bool ICollection.IsSynchronized => false;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        object ICollection.SyncRoot => this;
+
+        private ClientStateAddressResolver Address { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Get an actor at the specified spawn index.
+        ///     Get an actor at the specified spawn index.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="index">Spawn index.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="Actor" /> at the specified spawn index.</returns>
         [CanBeNull]
-        public Actor this[int index] => this.ActorsCache[index];
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Read an actor struct from memory and create the appropriate <see cref="ObjectKind"/> type of actor.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="offset">Offset of the actor in the actor table.</param>
-        /// <returns>An instantiated actor.</returns>
-        internal Actor ReadActorFromMemory(IntPtr offset)
+        public Actor this[int index]
         {
-            try
+            get
             {
-                // FIXME: hack workaround for trying to access the player on logout, after the main object has been deleted
-                if (!NativeFunctions.ReadProcessMemory(CurrentProcessHandle, offset, ActorMem, ActorMemSize, out _))
+                var ptr = this.GetActorAddress(index);
+                if (ptr != IntPtr.Zero)
                 {
-                    Log.Debug("ActorTable - ReadProcessMemory failed: likely player deletion during logout");
-                    return null;
+                    return this.CreateActorReference(ptr);
                 }
 
-                var actorStruct = Marshal.PtrToStructure<Structs.Actor>(ActorMem);
-
-                return actorStruct.ObjectKind switch
-                {
-                    ObjectKind.Player => new PlayerCharacter(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
-                    ObjectKind.BattleNpc => new BattleNpc(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
-                    ObjectKind.EventObj => new EventObj(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
-                    ObjectKind.Companion => new Npc(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
-                    _ => new Actor(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
-                };
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                Log.Error(e, "Could not read actor from memory.");
                 return null;
             }
         }
 
-        private void ResetCache() => this.actorsCache = null;
-
-        private void Framework_OnUpdateEvent(Internal.Framework framework)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the address of the actor at the specified index of the actor table.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="index">The index of the actor.</param>
+        /// <returns>The memory address of the actor.</returns>
+        public unsafe IntPtr GetActorAddress(int index)
         {
-            this.ResetCache();
+            if (index >= ActorTableLength)
+            {
+                return IntPtr.Zero;
+            }
+
+            return *(IntPtr*)(this.Address.ActorTable + (8 * index));
         }
 
-        private IntPtr[] GetPointerTable()
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public IEnumerator<Actor> GetEnumerator()
         {
-            var ret = new IntPtr[ActorTableLength];
-            Marshal.Copy(this.address.ActorTable, ret, 0, ActorTableLength);
-            return ret;
-        }
-
-        private List<Actor> GetActorTable()
-        {
-            var actors = new List<Actor>();
-            var ptrTable = this.GetPointerTable();
             for (var i = 0; i < ActorTableLength; i++)
             {
-                actors.Add(ptrTable[i] != IntPtr.Zero ? this.ReadActorFromMemory(ptrTable[i]) : null);
+                yield return this[i];
             }
-
-            return actors;
         }
-    }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Implementing IDisposable.
-    /// </summary>
-    public sealed partial class ActorTable : IDisposable
-    {
-        private bool disposed = false;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Finalizes an instance of the <see cref="ActorTable"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        ~ActorTable() => this.Dispose(false);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Disposes of managed and unmanaged resources.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Dispose()
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
         {
-            this.Dispose(true);
-            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+            return this.GetEnumerator();
         }
 
-        private void Dispose(bool disposing)
-        {
-            if (this.disposed)
-                return;
-
-            if (disposing)
-            {
-                this.dalamud.Framework.OnUpdateEvent -= this.Framework_OnUpdateEvent;
-                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ActorMem);
-            }
-
-            this.disposed = true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Implementing IReadOnlyCollection, IEnumerable, and Enumerable.
-    /// </summary>
-    public sealed partial class ActorTable : IReadOnlyCollection<Actor>
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the number of elements in the collection.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The number of elements in the collection.</returns>
-        int IReadOnlyCollection<Actor>.Count => this.Length;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets an enumerator capable of iterating through the actor table.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>An actor enumerable.</returns>
-        public IEnumerator<Actor> GetEnumerator() => this.ActorsCache.Where(a => a != null).GetEnumerator();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets an enumerator capable of iterating through the actor table.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>An actor enumerable.</returns>
-        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => this.GetEnumerator();
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Implementing ICollection.
-    /// </summary>
-    public sealed partial class ActorTable : ICollection
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the number of elements in the collection.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The number of elements in the collection.</returns>
-        int ICollection.Count => this.Length;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a value indicating whether access to the collection is synchronized (thread safe).
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>Whether access is synchronized (thread safe) or not.</returns>
-        bool ICollection.IsSynchronized => false;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the collection.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>An object that can be used to synchronize access to the collection.</returns>
-        object ICollection.SyncRoot => this;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Copies the elements of the collection to an array, starting at a particular index.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="array">
-        /// The one-dimensional array that is the destination of the elements copied from the collection. The array must have zero-based indexing.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <param name="index">
-        /// The zero-based index in array at which copying begins.
-        /// </param>
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
         void ICollection.CopyTo(Array array, int index)
         {
             for (var i = 0; i < this.Length; i++)
@@ -220,5 +129,33 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors
                 index++;
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a reference to a FFXIV actor.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="offset">The offset of the actor in memory.</param>
+        /// <returns><see cref="Actor"/> object or inheritor containing requested data.</returns>
+        [CanBeNull]
+        internal unsafe Actor CreateActorReference(IntPtr offset)
+        {
+            if (this.dalamud.ClientState.LocalContentId == 0)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var objKind = *(ObjectKind*)(offset + ActorOffsets.ObjectKind);
+
+            // TODO: This is for compatibility with legacy actor classes - superseded once ready
+            var actorStruct = Marshal.PtrToStructure<Structs.Actor>(offset);
+
+            return objKind switch
+            {
+                ObjectKind.Player => new PlayerCharacter(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
+                ObjectKind.BattleNpc => new BattleNpc(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
+                ObjectKind.EventObj => new EventObj(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
+                ObjectKind.Companion => new Npc(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
+                _ => new Actor(offset, actorStruct, this.dalamud),
+            };
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Targets.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Targets.cs
index c9e8a5129..49ec02095 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Targets.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Targets.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 
 namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors
 {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors
             Marshal.WriteIntPtr(this.address.TargetManager, offset, actorAddress);
         }
 
+        [CanBeNull]
         private Actor GetActorByOffset(int offset)
         {
             if (this.address.TargetManager == IntPtr.Zero)
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors
             if (actorAddress == IntPtr.Zero)
                 return null;
 
-            return this.dalamud.ClientState.Actors.ReadActorFromMemory(actorAddress);
+            return this.dalamud.ClientState.Actors.CreateActorReference(actorAddress);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs
index bf5ed523f..d593786d3 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/ClientState.cs
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState
         {
             this.PartyList.Dispose();
             this.setupTerritoryTypeHook.Dispose();
-            this.Actors.Dispose();
             this.GamepadState.Dispose();
 
             this.dalamud.Framework.OnUpdateEvent -= this.FrameworkOnOnUpdateEvent;