diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
index b920cb0db..06982ea4d 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::Launch(Entity* originator, LWOMAPID mapId,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// we have the ability to launch, so now we prep the zone
-	TellMasterToPrepZone(zone);
+	// we have the ability to launch, so now we prep the zone: the clone the player is going to (a property), not an extra
+	// clone 0 instance nobody asked for
+	TellMasterToPrepZone(zone, cloneId == LWOCLONEID_INVALID ? 0 : cloneId);
 
 	// Achievement unlocked: "All zones unlocked"
 	if (!m_AltLandingScene.empty() && m_AltPrecondition->Check(originator)) {
@@ -142,9 +143,10 @@ LWOCLONEID RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::GetSelectedCloneId(LWOOBJID player)
 	return index->second;
 }
 
-void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::TellMasterToPrepZone(int zoneID) {
+void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::TellMasterToPrepZone(int zoneID, LWOCLONEID cloneID) {
 	MasterPackets::PrepZone request;
 	request.zoneID = zoneID;
+	request.cloneID = cloneID;
 	MasterPackets::SendToMaster(request);
 }
 
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
index ee593a894..136c267ce 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private:
 	 * Notifies the master server to prepare some world for a player to be able to travel to it
 	 * @param zoneID the ID of the zone to prepare
 	 */
-	void TellMasterToPrepZone(int zoneID);
+	void TellMasterToPrepZone(int zoneID, LWOCLONEID cloneID = 0);
 };
 
 #endif // ROCKETLAUNCHPADCONTROLCOMPONENT_H
diff --git a/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp b/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp
index 96645fb6a..59ddf193c 100644
--- a/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp
+++ b/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp
@@ -899,8 +899,8 @@ namespace {
 		if (shutdownSequenceStarted) {
 			LOG("Shutdown sequence has been started.  Not prepping a new zone.");
 		} else {
-			LOG("Prepping zone %i", zoneID);
-			Game::im->GetInstance(zoneID, false, 0);
+			LOG("Prepping zone %i clone %u", zoneID, request.cloneID);
+			Game::im->GetInstance(zoneID, false, request.cloneID);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/dNet/MasterPackets.cpp b/dNet/MasterPackets.cpp
index 22c03603a..a012671a1 100644
--- a/dNet/MasterPackets.cpp
+++ b/dNet/MasterPackets.cpp
@@ -201,10 +201,13 @@ namespace MasterPackets {
 
 	void PrepZone::Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& bitStream) const {
 		bitStream.Write(zoneID);
+		if (cloneID != 0) bitStream.Write(cloneID);
 	}
 
 	bool PrepZone::Deserialize(RakNet::BitStream& bitStream) {
 		VALIDATE_READ(bitStream.Read(zoneID));
+		cloneID = 0;
+		if (bitStream.GetNumberOfUnreadBits() >= 32) VALIDATE_READ(bitStream.Read(cloneID));
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/dNet/MasterPackets.h b/dNet/MasterPackets.h
index b81a5cf16..cbeb4b7e6 100644
--- a/dNet/MasterPackets.h
+++ b/dNet/MasterPackets.h
@@ -190,9 +190,11 @@ namespace MasterPackets {
 		bool Deserialize(RakNet::BitStream& bitStream) override;
 	};
 
-	// World -> master: start an instance of zoneID now, players are about to ask for it
+	// World -> master: start an instance of zoneID now, players are about to ask for it. cloneID: the clone they will ask
+	// for (a property), written only when not 0 so a plain prep stays as it always was
 	struct PrepZone : public LUBitStream {
 		int32_t zoneID{};
+		uint32_t cloneID{};
 
 		PrepZone() : LUBitStream(ServiceType::MASTER, MessageType::Master::PREP_ZONE) {}
 		void Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& bitStream) const override;
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dNetTests/MasterPacketsTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dNetTests/MasterPacketsTests.cpp
index 8eab5cde3..5b1407e50 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dNetTests/MasterPacketsTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dNetTests/MasterPacketsTests.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,22 @@ TEST(MasterPacketsTests, WorldStateMatchesLegacy) {
 		RoundTrip(prep);
 		ExpectTruncatedFails(prep);
 	}
+	{
+		// A property's clone rides after the zone; a prep without one reads as clone 0
+		MasterPackets::PrepZone prep;
+		prep.zoneID = 1251;
+		prep.cloneID = 2290;
+		RakNet::BitStream stream;
+		prep.Serialize(stream);
+		MasterPackets::PrepZone read;
+		ASSERT_TRUE(read.Deserialize(stream));
+		EXPECT_EQ(read.zoneID, 1251);
+		EXPECT_EQ(read.cloneID, 2290u);
+		RakNet::BitStream plain;
+		plain.Write<int32_t>(1100);
+		ASSERT_TRUE(read.Deserialize(plain));
+		EXPECT_EQ(read.cloneID, 0u);
+	}
 
 	for (const auto requestID : g_RequestIds) {
 		MasterPackets::AffirmTransferRequest request;