diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76c15ad699..39efea9d81 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2069,6 +2069,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generator"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1d9279ca822891c1a4dae06d185612cf8fc6acfe5dff37781b41297811b12ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "rustversion",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.12.4"
@@ -3152,6 +3165,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "loom"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "edc5c7d328e32cc4954e8e01193d7f0ef5ab257b5090b70a964e099a36034309"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "generator",
+ "scoped-tls",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "loupe"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -4471,9 +4497,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "profiling"
-version = "1.0.5"
+version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9145ac0af1d93c638c98c40cf7d25665f427b2a44ad0a99b1dccf3e2f25bb987"
+checksum = "2f61dcf0b917cd75d4521d7343d1ffff3d1583054133c9b5cbea3375c703c40d"
 dependencies = [
  "profiling-procmacros",
  "tracy-client",
@@ -4481,9 +4507,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "profiling-procmacros"
-version = "1.0.5"
+version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "151b4774158c69aae073abb06d0cf879c4657966e6f2d7535d9b0e94e85500af"
+checksum = "98eee3c112f2a6f784b6713fe1d7fb7d6506e066121c0a49371fdb976f72bae5"
 dependencies = [
  "quote 1.0.17",
  "syn 1.0.90",
@@ -6242,9 +6268,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-tracy"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "773057bb2b440e868776522a0587f732b1125116f12aca0eb37dea48d55ad2cd"
+checksum = "23a42311a35ed976d72f359de43e9fe028ec9d9f1051c4c52bd05a4f66ff3cbf"
 dependencies = [
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -6253,19 +6279,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracy-client"
-version = "0.12.7"
+version = "0.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dffcb26a0c786a0e154afdf21284969ff23759f42f156bcfddddae1a3c2404f2"
+checksum = "42ebfe7a24c18b5ba86d8920c124b41b942352f863fbe0c84d3d63428fa1860f"
 dependencies = [
+ "loom",
  "once_cell",
  "tracy-client-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracy-client-sys"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6226e4e77f0d46ce7ebb0a4b1daa82790035248b75bbf605b932a1d7b3b22b6d"
+checksum = "9012b9dfeccaff16e93f5a8b02336125113a80a769902e679d334cbdd4d83f3b"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
diff --git a/common/base/Cargo.toml b/common/base/Cargo.toml
index 96b3aa3ae8..fc79ae9d20 100644
--- a/common/base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/base/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 directories-next = "2.0"
 
 # Tracy
-tracy-client = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true }
+tracy-client = { version = "0.13.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/common/base/src/lib.rs b/common/base/src/lib.rs
index 5c78484061..098d881849 100644
--- a/common/base/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/base/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,30 +4,6 @@ pub mod userdata_dir;
 
 pub use userdata_dir::userdata_dir;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "tracy")] pub use tracy_client;
-
-/// Allows downstream crates to conditionally do things based on whether tracy
-/// is enabled without having to expose a cargo feature themselves.
-pub const TRACY_ENABLED: bool = cfg!(feature = "tracy");
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "tracy"))]
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! plot {
-    ($name:expr, $value:expr) => {
-        // type check
-        let _: f64 = $value;
-    };
-}
-#[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! plot {
-    ($name:expr, $value:expr) => {{
-        use $crate::tracy_client::{create_plot, Plot};
-        static PLOT: Plot = create_plot!($name);
-        PLOT.point($value);
-    }};
-}
-
 // Panic in debug or tests, warn in release
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! dev_panic {
@@ -49,6 +25,24 @@ macro_rules! dev_panic {
     };
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "tracy")] pub use tracy_client;
+
+/// Allows downstream crates to conditionally do things based on whether tracy
+/// is enabled without having to expose a cargo feature themselves.
+pub const TRACY_ENABLED: bool = cfg!(feature = "tracy");
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tracy"))]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! plot {
+    ($name:expr, $value:expr) => {
+        // type check
+        let _: f64 = $value;
+    };
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
+pub use tracy_client::plot;
+
 // https://discordapp.com/channels/676678179678715904/676685797524766720/723358438943621151
 #[cfg(not(feature = "tracy"))]
 #[macro_export]
@@ -83,52 +77,33 @@ macro_rules! span {
     };
     ($guard_name:tt, $name:expr) => {
         // Directly use `tracy_client` to decrease overhead for better timing
-        let $guard_name = $crate::tracy_client::Span::new(
-            $name,
-            "",
-            module_path!(),
-            line!(),
-            // No callstack since this has significant overhead
-            0,
-        );
+        $crate::prof_span_alloc!($guard_name, $name);
     };
     ($guard_name:tt, $no_tracy_name:expr, $tracy_name:expr) => {
         $crate::span!($guard_name, $tracy_name);
     };
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
-pub struct ProfSpan(pub tracy_client::Span);
 #[cfg(not(feature = "tracy"))]
 pub struct ProfSpan;
 
-/// Like the span macro but only used when profiling and not in regular tracing
-/// operations
-#[macro_export]
+/// Just implemented so that we dont need to have
+/// #[allow(clippy::drop_non_drop)] everywhere
 #[cfg(not(feature = "tracy"))]
-macro_rules! prof_span {
-    ($guard_name:tt, $name:expr) => {
-        let $guard_name = $crate::ProfSpan;
-    };
-    // Shorthand for when you want the guard to just be dropped at the end of the scope instead
-    // of controlling it manually
-    ($name:expr) => {};
+impl Drop for ProfSpan {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {}
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
+pub struct ProfSpan(pub tracy_client::Span);
+
 /// Like the span macro but only used when profiling and not in regular tracing
 /// operations
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tracy"))]
 #[macro_export]
-#[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
 macro_rules! prof_span {
     ($guard_name:tt, $name:expr) => {
-        let $guard_name = $crate::ProfSpan($crate::tracy_client::Span::new(
-            $name,
-            "",
-            module_path!(),
-            line!(),
-            // No callstack since this has significant overhead
-            0,
-        ));
+        let $guard_name = $crate::ProfSpan;
     };
     // Shorthand for when you want the guard to just be dropped at the end of the scope instead
     // of controlling it manually
@@ -137,51 +112,58 @@ macro_rules! prof_span {
     };
 }
 
-/// There's no guard, but really this is actually the guard
-pub struct GuardlessSpan {
-    span: tracing::Span,
-    subscriber: tracing::Dispatch,
-}
-
-impl GuardlessSpan {
-    pub fn new(span: tracing::Span) -> Self {
-        let subscriber = tracing::dispatcher::get_default(|d| d.clone());
-        if let Some(id) = span.id() {
-            subscriber.enter(&id)
-        }
-        Self { span, subscriber }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for GuardlessSpan {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(id) = self.span.id() {
-            self.subscriber.exit(&id)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Just implemented so that we dont need to have
-/// #[allow(clippy::drop_non_drop)] everywhere
-impl Drop for ProfSpan {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {}
-}
-
+/// Like the span macro but only used when profiling and not in regular tracing
+/// operations
+#[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
 #[macro_export]
-macro_rules! no_guard_span {
-    ($level:ident, $name:expr, $($fields:tt)*) => {
-        GuardlessSpan::new(
-            tracing::span!(tracing::Level::$level, $name, $($fields)*)
-        )
-    };
-    ($level:ident, $name:expr) => {
-        GuardlessSpan::new(
-            tracing::span!(tracing::Level::$level, $name)
-        )
+macro_rules! prof_span {
+    ($guard_name:tt, $name:expr) => {
+        let $guard_name = $crate::ProfSpan(
+            // No callstack since this has significant overhead
+            $crate::tracy_client::span!($name, 0),
+        );
     };
+    // Shorthand for when you want the guard to just be dropped at the end of the scope instead
+    // of controlling it manually
     ($name:expr) => {
-        GuardlessSpan::new(
-            tracing::span!(tracing::Level::TRACE, $name)
-        )
+        $crate::prof_span!(_guard, $name);
+    };
+}
+
+/// Like the prof_span macro but this one allocates so it can use strings only
+/// known at runtime.
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tracy"))]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! prof_span_alloc {
+    ($guard_name:tt, $name:expr) => {
+        let $guard_name = $crate::ProfSpan;
+    };
+    // Shorthand for when you want the guard to just be dropped at the end of the scope instead
+    // of controlling it manually
+    ($name:expr) => {
+        $crate::prof_span!(_guard, $name);
+    };
+}
+
+/// Like the prof_span macro but this one allocates so it can use strings only
+/// known at runtime.
+#[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! prof_span_alloc {
+    ($guard_name:tt, $name:expr) => {
+        let $guard_name = $crate::ProfSpan({
+            struct S;
+            let type_name = core::any::type_name::<S>();
+            let function_name = &type_name[..type_name.len() - 3];
+            $crate::tracy_client::Client::running()
+                .expect("prof_span_alloc! without a running tracy_client::Client")
+                // No callstack since this has significant overhead
+                .span_alloc($name, function_name, file!(), line!(), 0)
+        });
+    };
+    // Shorthand for when you want the guard to just be dropped at the end of the scope instead
+    // of controlling it manually
+    ($name:expr) => {
+        $crate::prof_span!(_guard, $name);
     };
 }
diff --git a/common/frontend/Cargo.toml b/common/frontend/Cargo.toml
index 32e5690f4a..e123a8ca7a 100644
--- a/common/frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ tracing-log = "0.1.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "time", "ansi", "smallvec", "tracing-log"]}
 
 # Tracy
-tracing-tracy = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
+tracing-tracy = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/common/src/slowjob.rs b/common/src/slowjob.rs
index a1f613b21e..414d4888f8 100644
--- a/common/src/slowjob.rs
+++ b/common/src/slowjob.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ impl Queue {
             id,
             name: name.to_owned(),
             task: Box::new(move || {
-                common_base::prof_span!(_guard, &name_cloned);
+                common_base::prof_span_alloc!(_guard, &name_cloned);
                 let execution_start = Instant::now();
                 f();
                 let execution_end = Instant::now();
diff --git a/server-cli/src/main.rs b/server-cli/src/main.rs
index 8b03b7eb0b..8d1fb66349 100644
--- a/server-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/server-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ lazy_static::lazy_static! {
 const TPS: u64 = 30;
 
 fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
+    common_base::tracy_client::Client::start();
+
     use clap::Parser;
     let app = ArgvApp::parse();
 
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
         // Wait for the next tick.
         clock.tick();
         #[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
-        common_base::tracy_client::finish_continuous_frame!();
+        common_base::tracy_client::frame_mark();
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/voxygen/Cargo.toml b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
index a0915f4dbb..6e1e2882cd 100644
--- a/voxygen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ itertools = "0.10.0"
 
 # Tracy
 tracing = "0.1"
-profiling = { version = "1.0.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
+profiling = { version = "1.0.6", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 dispatch = "0.1.4"
diff --git a/voxygen/src/main.rs b/voxygen/src/main.rs
index 1deb42e272..f7e57e9a9b 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/main.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/main.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 use veloren_voxygen::ui::egui::EguiState;
 
 fn main() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
+    common_base::tracy_client::Client::start();
+
     let userdata_dir = common_base::userdata_dir_workspace!();
 
     // Determine where Voxygen's logs should go
diff --git a/voxygen/src/run.rs b/voxygen/src/run.rs
index ffdac0905a..a3d57ce4f4 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/run.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/run.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     window::{Event, EventLoop},
     Direction, GlobalState, PlayState, PlayStateResult,
 };
-use common_base::{no_guard_span, span, GuardlessSpan};
+use common_base::{prof_span, span};
 use std::{mem, time::Duration};
 use tracing::debug;
 
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ pub fn run(mut global_state: GlobalState, event_loop: EventLoop) {
 
         match event {
             winit::event::Event::NewEvents(_) => {
-                event_span = Some(no_guard_span!("Process Events"));
+                prof_span!(span, "Process Events");
+                event_span = Some(span);
             },
             winit::event::Event::MainEventsCleared => {
                 event_span.take();
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ pub fn run(mut global_state: GlobalState, event_loop: EventLoop) {
                 if polled_twice {
                     handle_main_events_cleared(&mut states, control_flow, &mut global_state);
                 }
-                poll_span = Some(no_guard_span!("Poll Winit"));
+                prof_span!(span, "Poll Winit");
+                poll_span = Some(span);
                 polled_twice = !polled_twice;
             },
             winit::event::Event::WindowEvent { event, .. } => {
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ fn handle_main_events_cleared(
         global_state.clock.tick();
         drop(guard);
         #[cfg(feature = "tracy")]
-        common_base::tracy_client::finish_continuous_frame!();
+        common_base::tracy_client::frame_mark();
 
         // Maintain global state.
         global_state.maintain(global_state.clock.dt());