diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Source/AlphaBlockCollection.cs b/SubstrateCS/Source/AlphaBlockCollection.cs
index 6f05a2d..9c1b331 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Source/AlphaBlockCollection.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Source/AlphaBlockCollection.cs
@@ -677,9 +677,15 @@ namespace Substrate
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public TileEntity GetTileEntity (int x, int y, int z)
+        public TileEntity GetTileEntity(int x, int y, int z)
         {
-            return _tileEntityManager.GetTileEntity(x, y, z);
+            return GetTileEntity(x, y, z, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public TileEntity GetTileEntity(int x, int y, int z, bool unregistered)
+        {
+            return _tileEntityManager.GetTileEntity(x, y, z, unregistered);
         }
 
         internal TileEntity GetTileEntity (int index)
@@ -687,7 +693,7 @@ namespace Substrate
             int x, y, z;
             _blocks.GetMultiIndex(index, out x, out y, out z);
 
-            return _tileEntityManager.GetTileEntity(x, y, z);
+            return GetTileEntity(x, y, z, false);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/BlockTileEntities.cs b/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/BlockTileEntities.cs
index 4876da6..0790add 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/BlockTileEntities.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/BlockTileEntities.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Substrate.Core
             BuildTileEntityCache();
         }
 
-        public TileEntity GetTileEntity (int x, int y, int z)
+        public TileEntity GetTileEntity (int x, int y, int z, bool unregistered)
         {
             BlockKey key = (TranslateCoordinates != null)
                 ? TranslateCoordinates(x, y, z)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Substrate.Core
                 return null;
             }
 
-            return TileEntityFactory.Create(te);
+            return unregistered ? TileEntityFactory.CreateAlways(te) : TileEntityFactory.Create(te);
         }
 
         public void SetTileEntity (int x, int y, int z, TileEntity te)
diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Source/TileEntityFactory.cs b/SubstrateCS/Source/TileEntityFactory.cs
index cb2f033..5d7865a 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Source/TileEntityFactory.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Source/TileEntityFactory.cs
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ namespace Substrate
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="tree">A <see cref="TagNodeCompound"/> representing a single Tile Entity, containing an 'id' field of the Tile Entity's registered name.</param>
         /// <returns>A new instance of a concrete <see cref="TileEntity"/> type, or null if no type was registered with the given name.</returns>
-        public static TileEntity Create (TagNodeCompound tree)
+        public static TileEntity Create(TagNodeCompound tree)
         {
             string type = tree["id"].ToTagString();
 
             Type t;
-            if (!_registry.TryGetValue(type, out t)) {
+            if (!_registry.TryGetValue(type, out t))
+            {
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -50,6 +51,31 @@ namespace Substrate
             return te.LoadTreeSafe(tree);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new instance of a <see cref="TileEntity"/> type by NBT node, or a blank TileEntity otherwise.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="tree">A <see cref="TagNodeCompound"/> representing a single Tile Entity, containing an 'id' field of the Tile Entity's registered name.</param>
+        /// <returns>A new instance of a concrete <see cref="TileEntity"/> type, or null if no type was registered with the given name.</returns>
+        public static TileEntity CreateAlways(TagNodeCompound tree)
+        {
+            string type = tree["id"].ToTagString();
+
+            Type t;
+
+            TileEntity te;
+
+            if (!_registry.TryGetValue(type, out t))
+            {
+                te = new TileEntity("");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                te = Activator.CreateInstance(t) as TileEntity;
+            }
+
+            return te.LoadTreeSafe(tree);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Lookup a concrete <see cref="TileEntity"/> type by name.
         /// </summary>