diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index dfd9abb9..4ef52050 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -1362,6 +1362,7 @@ Fluid sim toggle on client side
 Lower duplicate physics frame count
 Various code cleanup
 Stop sleeping during high frame time
+Actor bone spatial data caching for performance
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/profiler/Profiler.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/profiler/Profiler.java
index e45bccf9..e89e8dc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/profiler/Profiler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/profiler/Profiler.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class Profiler {
 
     //controls whether to profile or not
     //!!WARNING!!: when this is turned on, testing can behave weirdly!! IE GET STUCK!
-    public static boolean PROFILE = false;
+    public static boolean PROFILE = true;
 
     //pointer to the global instance
     long pointer = -1;
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java
index 1d56ac79..229a99d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ public class Actor {
      * Used for caching animation masks that should be removed
      */
     List<ActorAnimationMask> toRemoveMasks = new LinkedList<ActorAnimationMask>();
+
+    /**
+     * Stores the positions of bones as they are updated
+     */
+    Map<String,Vector3d> bonePositionMap = new HashMap<String,Vector3d>();
+
+    /**
+     * Stores the rotations of bones as they are updated
+     */
+    Map<String,Quaterniond> boneRotationMap = new HashMap<String,Quaterniond>();
     
     /**
      * Creates an achor
@@ -388,8 +398,20 @@ public class Actor {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Calculates the node transforms for the actor
+     * @param model The model that backs the actor
+     */
     void calculateNodeTransforms(Model model){
         model.updateNodeTransform(boneRotators,staticMorph);
+        for(Bone bone : model.getBones()){
+            //store position
+            Vector4d result = new Matrix4d(bone.getFinalTransform()).transform(bone.getMOffset().invert().transform(new Vector4d(0,0,0,1)));
+            this.bonePositionMap.put(bone.boneID,new Vector3d(result.x,result.y,result.z));
+            //store rotation
+            Quaterniond rotation = new Matrix4d(bone.getFinalTransform()).getNormalizedRotation(new Quaterniond());
+            this.boneRotationMap.put(bone.boneID,rotation);
+        }
     }
     
     public void setAnimationScalar(float animationScalar) {
@@ -481,6 +503,9 @@ public class Actor {
      * //TODO: refactor to make failure more transparent (both for model not existing and bone not existing)
      */
     public Vector3d getBonePosition(String boneName){
+        if(bonePositionMap.containsKey(boneName)){
+            return bonePositionMap.get(boneName);
+        }
         Vector3d rVal = new Vector3d();
         Model model = Globals.assetManager.fetchModel(modelPath);
         if(model != null){
@@ -510,6 +535,9 @@ public class Actor {
      * @return The Quaterniond containing the rotation of the bone, or an identity Quaterniond if the lookup fails
      */
     public Quaterniond getBoneRotation(String boneName){
+        if(boneRotationMap.containsKey(boneName)){
+            return boneRotationMap.get(boneName);
+        }
         Quaterniond rVal = new Quaterniond();
         Model model = Globals.assetManager.fetchModel(modelPath);
         if(model != null){
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/poseactor/PoseActor.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/poseactor/PoseActor.java
index 3d2c8d62..01ecf48c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/poseactor/PoseActor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/poseactor/PoseActor.java
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ public class PoseActor {
      */
     List<BoneGroup> boneGroups;
 
+    /**
+     * Stores the positions of bones as they are updated
+     */
+    Map<String,Vector3d> bonePositionMap = new HashMap<String,Vector3d>();
+
+    /**
+     * Stores the rotations of bones as they are updated
+     */
+    Map<String,Quaterniond> boneRotationMap = new HashMap<String,Quaterniond>();
+
 
     /**
      * Constructor
@@ -367,6 +377,14 @@ public class PoseActor {
      */
     void calculateNodeTransforms(PoseModel model){
         model.updateNodeTransform(boneRotators,staticMorph);
+        for(Bone bone : model.getBones()){
+            //store position
+            Vector4d result = new Matrix4d(bone.getFinalTransform()).transform(bone.getMOffset().invert().transform(new Vector4d(0,0,0,1)));
+            this.bonePositionMap.put(bone.boneID,new Vector3d(result.x,result.y,result.z));
+            //store rotation
+            Quaterniond rotation = new Matrix4d(bone.getFinalTransform()).getNormalizedRotation(new Quaterniond());
+            this.boneRotationMap.put(bone.boneID,rotation);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -409,6 +427,9 @@ public class PoseActor {
      * @return The rotation quaternion of the bone
      */
     public Quaterniond getBoneRotation(String boneName){
+        if(boneRotationMap.containsKey(boneName)){
+            return boneRotationMap.get(boneName);
+        }
         Quaterniond rVal = new Quaterniond();
         PoseModel model = Globals.assetManager.fetchPoseModel(modelPath);
         if(model != null){
@@ -450,6 +471,9 @@ public class PoseActor {
      * @return
      */
     public Vector3d getBonePosition(String boneName){
+        if(bonePositionMap.containsKey(boneName)){
+            return bonePositionMap.get(boneName);
+        }
         Vector3d rVal = new Vector3d();
         PoseModel model = Globals.assetManager.fetchPoseModel(modelPath);
         if(model != null){