diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/physics/impl/rapier/Rapier3D.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/physics/impl/rapier/Rapier3D.java
index de0bf136..086acaff 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/physics/impl/rapier/Rapier3D.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/physics/impl/rapier/Rapier3D.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import dev.ryanhcode.sable.api.physics.mass.MassData;
 import dev.ryanhcode.sable.mixinterface.physics.ServerLevelSceneExtension;
 import dev.ryanhcode.sable.physics.impl.rapier.collider.RapierVoxelColliderData;
+import dev.ryanhcode.sable.platform.SableLoaderPlatform;
 import net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4FrameInputStream;
 import net.minecraft.CrashReport;
 import net.minecraft.CrashReportCategory;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 public class Rapier3D {
 
-    private static final String NATIVE_DIR = ".sable/natives";
+    private static final Path NATIVE_DIR = resolveNativeDir();
     private static final String LIB_NAME = "sable_rapier";
 
     public static final String NATIVE_NAME = getNativeName();
@@ -44,6 +46,23 @@ public class Rapier3D {
         loadLibrary();
     }
 
+    private static Path resolveNativeDir() {
+        // Trying to get game directory
+        final Path gameDir = SableLoaderPlatform.INSTANCE.getGameDirectory();
+        if (gameDir != null) {
+            final Path gameDirRelativeDir = gameDir.resolve(".sable").resolve("natives").normalize();
+            Sable.LOGGER.info("Using game-dir-relative Rapier native directory {}",
+                    gameDirRelativeDir.toAbsolutePath());
+            return gameDirRelativeDir;
+        }
+
+        // Using a bit overly generic ~/.sable directory as a fallback
+        final Path fallbackDir = Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.home", System.getProperty("user.dir")), ".sable",
+                "natives");
+        Sable.LOGGER.info("Using fallback Rapier native directory {}", fallbackDir.toAbsolutePath());
+        return fallbackDir;
+    }
+
     private static String getNativeName() {
         final String arch;
         if (System.getProperty("os.arch").equals("arm") || System.getProperty("os.arch").startsWith("aarch64")) {
@@ -71,11 +90,13 @@ private static void loadLibrary() {
                 throw new FileNotFoundException("sable_rapier_binaries.zip.l4z");
             }
 
-            final Path dir = Paths.get(NATIVE_DIR);
+            final Path dir = NATIVE_DIR;
             if (!Files.exists(dir)) {
                 Files.createDirectories(dir);
             }
 
+            Sable.LOGGER.info("Using Rapier native directory {}", dir.toAbsolutePath());
+
             try (final LZ4FrameInputStream is2 = new LZ4FrameInputStream(is);
                  final ZipInputStream ti = new ZipInputStream(is2)) {
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/platform/SableLoaderPlatform.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/platform/SableLoaderPlatform.java
index 174e3946..5671d445 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/platform/SableLoaderPlatform.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/platform/SableLoaderPlatform.java
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 package dev.ryanhcode.sable.platform;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 public interface SableLoaderPlatform {
 	SableLoaderPlatform INSTANCE = SablePlatformUtil.load(SableLoaderPlatform.class);
 	
 	String getModVersion(String modId);
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the absolute game directory for the current loader, or {@code null} if it is unavailable.
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	Path getGameDirectory();
 }
diff --git a/fabric/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/fabric/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java b/fabric/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/fabric/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java
index c5711e91..dfb9c1cd 100644
--- a/fabric/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/fabric/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java
+++ b/fabric/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/fabric/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 import dev.ryanhcode.sable.platform.SableLoaderPlatform;
 import net.fabricmc.loader.api.FabricLoader;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 public class SableLoaderPlatformImpl implements SableLoaderPlatform {
 	@Override
@@ -13,4 +16,10 @@ public String getModVersion(final String modId) {
 				.getVersion()
 				.getFriendlyString();
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public Path getGameDirectory() {
+		return FabricLoader.getInstance().getGameDir();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/neoforge/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/neoforge/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java b/neoforge/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/neoforge/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java
index d06c1563..3432d513 100644
--- a/neoforge/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/neoforge/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java
+++ b/neoforge/src/main/java/dev/ryanhcode/sable/neoforge/platform/SableLoaderPlatformImpl.java
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 package dev.ryanhcode.sable.neoforge.platform;
 
 import dev.ryanhcode.sable.platform.SableLoaderPlatform;
+import net.neoforged.fml.loading.FMLPaths;
 import net.neoforged.fml.loading.LoadingModList;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 public class SableLoaderPlatformImpl implements SableLoaderPlatform {
 	@Override
 	public String getModVersion(final String modId) {
 		return LoadingModList.get().getModFileById(modId).versionString();
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public Path getGameDirectory() {
+		return FMLPaths.GAMEDIR.get();
+	}
 }