diff --git a/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs b/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs
index 9d96b3cb43..fb1c69ee17 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Database/ShardDatabase.cs
@@ -129,6 +129,33 @@ public int GetBiotaCount()
                 return context.Biota.Count();
         }
 
+        public int GetEstimatedBiotaCount(string dbName)
+        {
+            // https://mariadb.com/kb/en/incredibly-slow-count-on-mariadb-mysql/
+
+            var sql = $"SELECT TABLE_ROWS FROM information_schema.tables" + Environment.NewLine +
+                      $"WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '{dbName}'" + Environment.NewLine +
+                      $"AND TABLE_NAME = 'biota';";
+
+            using (var context = new ShardDbContext())
+            {
+                var connection = context.Database.GetDbConnection();
+                connection.Open();
+                var command = connection.CreateCommand();
+                command.CommandText = sql;
+                var reader = command.ExecuteReader();
+
+                var biotaEstimatedCount = 0;
+
+                while (reader.Read())
+                {
+                    biotaEstimatedCount = reader.GetFieldValue<int>(0);
+                }
+
+                return biotaEstimatedCount;
+            }    
+        }
+
         [Flags]
         public enum PopulatedCollectionFlags
         {
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/Command/Handlers/AdminStatCommands.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/Command/Handlers/AdminStatCommands.cs
index 9fa9acb2fb..953b5c4317 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/Command/Handlers/AdminStatCommands.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/Command/Handlers/AdminStatCommands.cs
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ public static void HandleServerStatus(Session session, params string[] parameter
             sb.Append($"Total Server Objects: {ServerObjectManager.ServerObjects.Count:N0}{'\n'}");
 
             sb.Append($"World DB Cache Counts - Weenies: {DatabaseManager.World.GetWeenieCacheCount():N0}, LandblockInstances: {DatabaseManager.World.GetLandblockInstancesCacheCount():N0}, PointsOfInterest: {DatabaseManager.World.GetPointsOfInterestCacheCount():N0}, Cookbooks: {DatabaseManager.World.GetCookbookCacheCount():N0}, Spells: {DatabaseManager.World.GetSpellCacheCount():N0}, Encounters: {DatabaseManager.World.GetEncounterCacheCount():N0}, Events: {DatabaseManager.World.GetEventsCacheCount():N0}{'\n'}");
-            sb.Append($"Shard DB Counts - Biotas: {DatabaseManager.Shard.BaseDatabase.GetBiotaCount():N0}{'\n'}");
+            //sb.Append($"Shard DB Counts - Biotas: {DatabaseManager.Shard.BaseDatabase.GetBiotaCount():N0}{'\n'}");
+            sb.Append($"Shard DB Counts - Biotas: ~{DatabaseManager.Shard.BaseDatabase.GetEstimatedBiotaCount(ConfigManager.Config.MySql.Shard.Database):N0}{'\n'}");
             if (DatabaseManager.Shard.BaseDatabase is ShardDatabaseWithCaching shardDatabaseWithCaching)
             {
                 var biotaIds = shardDatabaseWithCaching.GetBiotaCacheKeys();
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ public static void HandleServerStatus(Session session, params string[] parameter
             CommandHandlerHelper.WriteOutputInfo(session, $"{sb}");
         }
 
-        // serverstatus
+        // serverperformance
         [CommandHandler("serverperformance", AccessLevel.Advocate, CommandHandlerFlag.None, 0, "Displays a summary of server performance statistics")]
         public static void HandleServerPerformance(Session session, params string[] parameters)
         {