diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateGui.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateGui.cs
index 029e9716c..28e2c36eb 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateGui.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateGui.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ internal sealed class NamePlateGui : IInternalDisposableService, INamePlateGui
     /// <returns>A span containing the free company tag without its surrounding quote characters.</returns>
     internal static ReadOnlySpan<byte> StripFreeCompanyTagQuotes(ReadOnlySpan<byte> text)
     {
-        if (text.Length > 4 && text[..3].SequenceEqual(" «"u8) && text[^2..].SequenceEqual("»"u8))
+        if (text.Length > 4 && text.StartsWith(" «"u8) && text.EndsWith("»"u8))
         {
             return text[3..^2];
         }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ internal sealed class NamePlateGui : IInternalDisposableService, INamePlateGui
     /// <returns>A span containing the title without its surrounding quote characters.</returns>
     internal static ReadOnlySpan<byte> StripTitleQuotes(ReadOnlySpan<byte> text)
     {
-        if (text.Length > 5 && text[..3].SequenceEqual("《"u8) && text[^3..].SequenceEqual("》"u8))
+        if (text.Length > 5 && text.StartsWith("《"u8) && text.EndsWith("》"u8))
         {
             return text[3..^3];
         }
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateContext.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateContext.cs
index 2164d7bee..b8a4a9bd8 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateContext.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateContext.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ internal unsafe class NamePlateUpdateContext : INamePlateUpdateContext
     {
         this.ObjectTable = objectTable;
         this.RaptureAtkModule = FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Client.UI.RaptureAtkModule.Instance();
+        this.Ui3DModule = UIModule.Instance()->GetUI3DModule();
         this.ResetState(args);
     }
 
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ internal unsafe class NamePlateUpdateContext : INamePlateUpdateContext
     /// </summary>
     internal RaptureAtkModule* RaptureAtkModule { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the Ui3DModule.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal UI3DModule* Ui3DModule { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the ObjectTable.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateHandler.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateHandler.cs
index 14f8101ad..d34aba904 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateHandler.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Gui/NamePlate/NamePlateUpdateHandler.cs
@@ -327,7 +327,9 @@ internal unsafe class NamePlateUpdateHandler : INamePlateUpdateHandler
     public ulong GameObjectId => this.gameObjectId ??= this.NamePlateInfo->ObjectId;
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public IGameObject? GameObject => this.gameObject ??= this.context.ObjectTable.SearchById(this.GameObjectId);
+    public IGameObject? GameObject => this.gameObject ??= this.context.ObjectTable.CreateObjectReference(
+                                          (nint)this.context.Ui3DModule->NamePlateObjectInfoPointers[
+                                              this.ArrayIndex].Value->GameObject);
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public IBattleChara? BattleChara => this.GameObject as IBattleChara;