diff --git a/src/game/game.cpp b/src/game/game.cpp
index e69654a47ad..7a492348649 100644
--- a/src/game/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game/game.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 #include <appearances.pb.h>
 
-std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Creature>> checkCreatureLists[EVENT_CREATURECOUNT];
+std::vector<std::weak_ptr<Creature>> checkCreatureLists[EVENT_CREATURECOUNT];
 
 namespace InternalGame {
 	void sendBlockEffect(BlockType_t blockType, CombatType_t combatType, const Position &targetPos, const std::shared_ptr<Creature> &source) {
@@ -6461,16 +6461,15 @@ void Game::addCreatureCheck(const std::shared_ptr<Creature> &creature) {
 
 	creature->creatureCheck.store(true);
 
-	if (creature->inCheckCreaturesVector.load()) {
+	if (creature->inCheckCreaturesVector.exchange(true)) {
 		// already in a vector
 		return;
 	}
 
-	creature->inCheckCreaturesVector.store(true);
-
-	creature->safeCall([this, creature] {
-		checkCreatureLists[uniform_random(0, EVENT_CREATURECOUNT - 1)].emplace_back(creature);
-	});
+	g_dispatcher().addEvent([this, index = uniform_random(0, EVENT_CREATURECOUNT - 1), creature] {
+		checkCreatureLists[index].emplace_back(creature);
+	},
+	                        "Game::addCreatureCheck");
 }
 
 void Game::removeCreatureCheck(const std::shared_ptr<Creature> &creature) {
@@ -6484,15 +6483,18 @@ void Game::checkCreatures() {
 	metrics::method_latency measure(__METRICS_METHOD_NAME__);
 	static size_t index = 0;
 
-	std::erase_if(checkCreatureLists[index], [this](const std::shared_ptr<Creature> creature) {
-		if (creature->creatureCheck && creature->isAlive()) {
-			creature->onThink(EVENT_CREATURE_THINK_INTERVAL);
-			creature->onAttacking(EVENT_CREATURE_THINK_INTERVAL);
-			creature->executeConditions(EVENT_CREATURE_THINK_INTERVAL);
-			return false;
+	std::erase_if(checkCreatureLists[index], [this](const std::weak_ptr<Creature> &weak) {
+		if (const auto creature = weak.lock()) {
+			if (creature->creatureCheck && creature->isAlive()) {
+				creature->onThink(EVENT_CREATURE_THINK_INTERVAL);
+				creature->onAttacking(EVENT_CREATURE_THINK_INTERVAL);
+				creature->executeConditions(EVENT_CREATURE_THINK_INTERVAL);
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			creature->inCheckCreaturesVector = false;
 		}
 
-		creature->inCheckCreaturesVector = false;
 		return true;
 	});
 
diff --git a/src/game/scheduling/task.hpp b/src/game/scheduling/task.hpp
index c01dbe2f676..6cd9eef342d 100644
--- a/src/game/scheduling/task.hpp
+++ b/src/game/scheduling/task.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class Task {
 			"Game::createInfluencedMonsters",
 			"Game::updateCreatureWalk",
 			"Game::updateForgeableMonsters",
+			"Game::addCreatureCheck",
 			"GlobalEvents::think",
 			"LuaEnvironment::executeTimerEvent",
 			"Modules::executeOnRecvbyte",