diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/System/ParticleSys.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/System/ParticleSys.cpp
index 1a79b3c2b6d..76f9e629685 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/System/ParticleSys.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/System/ParticleSys.cpp
@@ -1235,6 +1235,12 @@ ParticleSystem::~ParticleSystem()
 	{
 
 		DEBUG_ASSERTCRASH( m_slaveSystem->getMaster() == this, ("~ParticleSystem: Our slave doesn't have us as a master!") );
+
+		// TheSuperHackers @bugfix wh1ter0se69 10/08/2026 Destroy the slave instead of orphaning it
+		// alive. A slave has no position of its own - its master merges one in on every burst - and
+		// nothing stops a masterless slave from emitting, so it starts bursting at the world origin.
+		m_slaveSystem->destroy();
+
 		m_slaveSystem->setMaster( nullptr );
 		setSlave( nullptr );