diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/kstarbound/world/entities/tile/TileEntity.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/kstarbound/world/entities/tile/TileEntity.kt
index 11f41c6c..d0100eb7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/kstarbound/world/entities/tile/TileEntity.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/kstarbound/world/entities/tile/TileEntity.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.math.vector.Vector2d
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.math.vector.Vector2i
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.Registry
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.Starbound
-import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.defs.tile.BuiltinMetaMaterials
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.defs.tile.TileDamage
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.defs.tile.TileDefinition
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.defs.tile.orEmptyTile
@@ -19,12 +18,13 @@ import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.item.ItemStack
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.network.syncher.networkedSignedInt
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.server.world.ServerChunk
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.server.world.ServerWorld
+import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.util.random.nextNormalDouble
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.util.random.random
-import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.world.ChunkPos
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.world.ChunkState
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.world.World
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.world.entities.AbstractEntity
 import ru.dbotthepony.kstarbound.world.entities.ItemDropEntity
+import kotlin.math.PI
 
 /**
  * (Hopefully) Static world entities (Plants, Objects, etc), which reside on cell grid
@@ -334,11 +334,24 @@ abstract class TileEntity : AbstractEntity() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fun spewItem(item: ItemStack) {
+	fun spewItem(item: ItemStack, maxVelocity: Double = 8.0) {
 		val entity = ItemDropEntity(item)
 
-		entity.position = occupySpaces.random(world.random) { tilePosition }.toDoubleVector()
-		entity.movement.velocity += Vector2d(world.random.nextDouble(-1.0, 1.0), world.random.nextDouble(-1.0, 1.0))
+		if (occupySpaces.isEmpty()) {
+			entity.position = position
+		} else {
+			val rand = occupySpaces.random(world.random)
+
+			entity.position = Vector2d(
+				rand.x + world.random.nextDouble(),
+				rand.y + world.random.nextDouble(),
+			)
+		}
+
+		// push items out of hypothetical center
+		val center = if (occupySpaces.isNotEmpty()) AABB.ofPoints(occupySpaces).centre else position
+		val angle = world.random.nextNormalDouble(0.5, (entity.position - center).toAngle())
+		entity.movement.velocity += Vector2d.angle(angle, world.random.nextDouble(0.0, maxVelocity))
 
 		entity.joinWorld(world)
 	}