diff --git a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/Utility/EntitySystemExtensionsTest.cs b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/Utility/EntitySystemExtensionsTest.cs
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+#nullable enable
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Content.Shared.Physics;
+using Content.Shared.Utility;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Robust.Shared.GameObjects;
+using Robust.Shared.Map;
+
+namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests.Utility
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    [TestOf(typeof(EntitySystemExtensions))]
+    public class EntitySystemExtensionsTest : ContentIntegrationTest
+    {
+        private const string BlockerDummyId = "BlockerDummy";
+
+        private static readonly string Prototypes = $@"
+- type: entity
+  id: {BlockerDummyId}
+  name: {BlockerDummyId}
+  components:
+  - type: Physics
+    shapes:
+    - !type:PhysShapeAabb
+      bounds: ""-0.49,-0.49,0.49,0.49""
+      mask:
+      - Impassable
+";
+
+        [Test]
+        public async Task Test()
+        {
+            var serverOptions = new ServerContentIntegrationOption {ExtraPrototypes = Prototypes};
+            var server = StartServer(serverOptions);
+
+            await server.WaitIdleAsync();
+
+            var sMapManager = server.ResolveDependency<IMapManager>();
+            var sEntityManager = server.ResolveDependency<IEntityManager>();
+
+            await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+            {
+                var grid = sMapManager.GetGrid(new GridId(1));
+                var entityCoordinates = new EntityCoordinates(grid.GridEntityId, 0, 0);
+
+                // Nothing blocking it, only entity is the grid
+                Assert.NotNull(sEntityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(null, entityCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable));
+                Assert.True(sEntityManager.TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(null, entityCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable, out var entity));
+                Assert.NotNull(entity);
+
+                var mapId = new MapId(1);
+                var mapCoordinates = new MapCoordinates(0, 0, mapId);
+
+                // Nothing blocking it, only entity is the grid
+                Assert.NotNull(sEntityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(null, mapCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable));
+                Assert.True(sEntityManager.TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(null, mapCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable, out entity));
+                Assert.NotNull(entity);
+
+                // Spawn a blocker with an Impassable mask
+                sEntityManager.SpawnEntity(BlockerDummyId, entityCoordinates);
+
+                // Cannot spawn something with an Impassable layer
+                Assert.Null(sEntityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(null, entityCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable));
+                Assert.False(sEntityManager.TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(null, entityCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable, out entity));
+                Assert.Null(entity);
+
+                Assert.Null(sEntityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(null, mapCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable));
+                Assert.False(sEntityManager.TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(null, mapCoordinates, CollisionGroup.Impassable, out entity));
+                Assert.Null(entity);
+
+                // Other layers are fine
+                Assert.NotNull(sEntityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(null, entityCoordinates, CollisionGroup.MobImpassable));
+                Assert.True(sEntityManager.TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(null, entityCoordinates, CollisionGroup.MobImpassable, out entity));
+                Assert.NotNull(entity);
+
+                Assert.NotNull(sEntityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(null, mapCoordinates, CollisionGroup.MobImpassable));
+                Assert.True(sEntityManager.TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(null, mapCoordinates, CollisionGroup.MobImpassable, out entity));
+                Assert.NotNull(entity);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Utility/EntitySystemExtensions.cs b/Content.Shared/Utility/EntitySystemExtensions.cs
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+#nullable enable
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using Content.Shared.Physics;
+using Robust.Shared.GameObjects;
+using Robust.Shared.IoC;
+using Robust.Shared.Map;
+using Robust.Shared.Maths;
+using Robust.Shared.Physics;
+
+namespace Content.Shared.Utility
+{
+    public static class EntitySystemExtensions
+    {
+        public static IEntity? SpawnIfUnobstructed(
+            this IEntityManager entityManager,
+            string? prototypeName,
+            EntityCoordinates coordinates,
+            CollisionGroup collisionLayer,
+            in Box2? box = null,
+            IPhysicsManager? physicsManager = null)
+        {
+            physicsManager ??= IoCManager.Resolve<IPhysicsManager>();
+            var mapCoordinates = coordinates.ToMap(entityManager);
+
+            return entityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(prototypeName, mapCoordinates, collisionLayer, box, physicsManager);
+        }
+
+        public static IEntity? SpawnIfUnobstructed(
+            this IEntityManager entityManager,
+            string? prototypeName,
+            MapCoordinates coordinates,
+            CollisionGroup collisionLayer,
+            in Box2? box = null,
+            IPhysicsManager? physicsManager = null)
+        {
+            var boxOrDefault = box.GetValueOrDefault(Box2.UnitCentered);
+            physicsManager ??= IoCManager.Resolve<IPhysicsManager>();
+
+            foreach (var body in physicsManager.GetCollidingEntities(coordinates.MapId, in boxOrDefault))
+            {
+                if (!body.Hard)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (collisionLayer == 0 || (body.CollisionMask & (int) collisionLayer) == 0)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return entityManager.SpawnEntity(prototypeName, coordinates);
+        }
+
+        public static bool TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(
+            this IEntityManager entityManager,
+            string? prototypeName,
+            EntityCoordinates coordinates,
+            CollisionGroup collisionLayer,
+            [NotNullWhen(true)] out IEntity? entity,
+            Box2? box = null,
+            IPhysicsManager? physicsManager = null)
+        {
+            entity = entityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(prototypeName, coordinates, collisionLayer, box, physicsManager);
+
+            return entity != null;
+        }
+
+        public static bool TrySpawnIfUnobstructed(
+            this IEntityManager entityManager,
+            string? prototypeName,
+            MapCoordinates coordinates,
+            CollisionGroup collisionLayer,
+            [NotNullWhen(true)] out IEntity? entity,
+            in Box2? box = null,
+            IPhysicsManager? physicsManager = null)
+        {
+            entity = entityManager.SpawnIfUnobstructed(prototypeName, coordinates, collisionLayer, box, physicsManager);
+
+            return entity != null;
+        }
+    }
+}