diff --git a/Utils/CacheItem.cs b/Utils/CacheItem.cs
index da86400..ebefd8d 100644
--- a/Utils/CacheItem.cs
+++ b/Utils/CacheItem.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ public class CacheItem<T>
 
     public bool HasExpired(ulong ttl)
     {
+        // this specific value indicates the item is manually staled
+        if (TimeToLiveTimestamp == ulong.MaxValue)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
         return Time.GetTicksMsec() > TimeToLiveTimestamp + ttl;
     }
+
+    public void Stale()
+    {
+        TimeToLiveTimestamp = ulong.MaxValue;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Utils/CacheStore.cs b/Utils/CacheStore.cs
index 6e86deb..a116116 100644
--- a/Utils/CacheStore.cs
+++ b/Utils/CacheStore.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 using Godot;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
-public class CacheStore<TKey, TVal>
+public class CacheStore<TKey, TVal> : IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<TKey, CacheItem<TVal>>>
 {
     // default TTL is 1 min
     public ulong TimeToLive { get; } = 60000;
 
-    private Dictionary<TKey, CacheItem<TVal>> _store = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<TKey, CacheItem<TVal>> _store = new();
 
     public CacheItem<TVal> this[TKey key]
     {
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ public class CacheStore<TKey, TVal>
         }
     }
 
+    public IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<TKey, CacheItem<TVal>>> GetEnumerator()
+    {
+        return _store.GetEnumerator();
+    }
+
+    System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+    {
+        return this.GetEnumerator();
+    }
+
     public TVal Retrieve(TKey key)
     {
         if (IsItemValid(key))
diff --git a/Utils/World.cs b/Utils/World.cs
index 6163081..1eb9a50 100644
--- a/Utils/World.cs
+++ b/Utils/World.cs
@@ -337,5 +337,18 @@ public partial class World : Node
         CurrentPlayer.Spawn();
     }
 
+    public void StaleCache()
+    {
+        foreach (var kv in _maps)
+        {
+            var map = kv.Value?.Value;
+            if (map is not null && IsInstanceValid(map))
+            {
+                GD.Print($"Staling {kv.Key}");
+                kv.Value.Stale();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public Node FindEntity(string name) => CurrentMap.Entities.GetNode(name);
 }