diff --git a/engine-tests/src/test/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/TestInjectInvoke.java b/engine-tests/src/test/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/TestInjectInvoke.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e9f3513273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine-tests/src/test/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/TestInjectInvoke.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package org.terasology.engine.reflection;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.terasology.engine.context.internal.ContextImpl;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+public class TestInjectInvoke {
+    Integer red(String s) {
+        return s.length();
+    }
+
+    URI green(File file) {
+        return file.toURI();
+    }
+
+    String yellow(Properties p, String s) {
+        return p.getProperty("hello") + s;
+    }
+
+    InvokingContext makeContext() {
+        InvokingContext context = new InvokingContext(new ContextImpl());
+        context.put(String.class, "12345678");
+        context.put(File.class, new File("/dev/null"));
+        Properties p = new Properties();
+        p.put("hello", "zero");
+        context.put(Properties.class, p);
+        return context;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void canSupplyArgumentFromContextUsingSerialization() throws URISyntaxException {
+        var context = makeContext();
+        assertThat(context.invoke(this::red)).isEqualTo(8);
+        assertThat(context.invoke(this::green)).isEqualTo(new URI("file:/dev/null"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void canSupplyTwoArgumentsFromContextUsingSerialization() {
+        var context = makeContext();
+        assertThat(context.invoke(this::yellow)).isEqualTo("zero12345678");
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/engine-tests/src/test/java/org/terasology/engine/registry/CoreRegistryTest.java b/engine-tests/src/test/java/org/terasology/engine/registry/CoreRegistryTest.java
index dad43023317..39f85c11bbe 100644
--- a/engine-tests/src/test/java/org/terasology/engine/registry/CoreRegistryTest.java
+++ b/engine-tests/src/test/java/org/terasology/engine/registry/CoreRegistryTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021 The Terasology Foundation
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package org.terasology.engine.registry;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ private static class ContextImplementation implements Context {
         private final Map<Class<?>, Object> map = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
 
         @Override
-        public <T> T get(Class<? extends T> type) {
+        public <T> T get(Class<T> type) {
             T result = type.cast(map.get(type));
             if (result != null) {
                 return result;
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/Context.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/Context.java
index 2384ebd6c9c..2aded73962e 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/Context.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/Context.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-// Copyright 2021 The Terasology Foundation
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 package org.terasology.engine.context;
 
 import org.terasology.gestalt.module.sandbox.API;
 
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
 /**
  * Provides classes with the utility objects that belong to the context they are running in.
  *
@@ -23,7 +25,15 @@ public interface Context {
     /**
      * @return the object that is known in this context for this type.
      */
-    <T> T get(Class<? extends T> type);
+    <T> T get(Class<T> type);
+
+    default <T> T getValue(Class<T> type) {
+        T value = get(type);
+        if (value == null) {
+            throw new NoSuchElementException(type.toString());
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Makes the object known in this context to be the object to work with for the given type.
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/ContextImpl.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/ContextImpl.java
index 28e94772338..33c13c977d7 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/ContextImpl.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/ContextImpl.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021 The Terasology Foundation
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 package org.terasology.engine.context.internal;
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 public class ContextImpl implements Context {
     private final Context parent;
 
-    private final Map<Class<? extends Object>, Object> map = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
+    private final Map<Class<?>, Object> map = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
 
 
     /**
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public ContextImpl() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public <T> T get(Class<? extends T> type) {
+    public <T> T get(Class<T> type) {
         if (type == Context.class) {
             return type.cast(this);
         }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public <T> T get(Class<? extends T> type) {
         if (parent != null) {
             return parent.get(type);
         }
-        return result;
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/MockContext.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/MockContext.java
index f5b5c7ed614..90e77ab705f 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/MockContext.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/context/internal/MockContext.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2021 The Terasology Foundation
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 package org.terasology.engine.context.internal;
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 public class MockContext implements Context {
     @Override
-    public <T> T get(Class<? extends T> type) {
+    public <T> T get(Class<T> type) {
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/InvokingContext.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/InvokingContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..657f239c666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/InvokingContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package org.terasology.engine.reflection;
+
+import org.terasology.engine.context.Context;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Verify.verify;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:MethodTypeParameterName")
+public class InvokingContext implements Context {
+
+    private final Context inner;
+
+    public InvokingContext(Context inner) {
+        this.inner = inner;
+    }
+
+    public <T, R> R invoke(InvokingHelpers.SerializableFunction<T, R> func) {
+        SerializedLambda serializedLambda = InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func);
+
+        List<Class<?>> params = InvokingHelpers.getLambdaParameters(serializedLambda);
+        verify(params.size() == 1, "Expected exactly one parameter, found %s", params);
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") Class<T> clazz = (Class<T>) params.get(0);
+        return func.apply(inner.getValue(clazz));
+    }
+
+    public <T, U, R> R invoke(InvokingHelpers.SerializableBiFunction<T, U, R> func) {
+        // For small numbers of args, we could write out `f.apply(x1, …, xN)` by hand.
+        // But to generalize, we can use a MethodHandle.
+        return InvokingHelpers.invokeProvidingParametersByType(
+                InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func),
+                inner::getValue);
+    }
+
+    public <T1, T2, T3, R> R invoke(InvokingHelpers.SerializableFunction3<T1, T2, T3, R> func) {
+        return InvokingHelpers.invokeProvidingParametersByType(
+                InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func), inner::getValue);
+    }
+
+    public <T1, T2, T3, T4, R> R invoke(InvokingHelpers.SerializableFunction4<T1, T2, T3, T4, R> func) {
+        return InvokingHelpers.invokeProvidingParametersByType(
+                InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func), inner::getValue);
+    }
+
+    public <T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, R> R invoke(InvokingHelpers.SerializableFunction5<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, R> func) {
+        return InvokingHelpers.invokeProvidingParametersByType(
+                InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func), inner::getValue);
+    }
+
+    public <T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, R> R invoke(InvokingHelpers.SerializableFunction6<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, R> func) {
+        return InvokingHelpers.invokeProvidingParametersByType(
+                InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func), inner::getValue);
+    }
+
+    public <T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, R> R invoke(
+            InvokingHelpers.SerializableFunction7<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, R> func) {
+        return InvokingHelpers.invokeProvidingParametersByType(
+                InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func), inner::getValue);
+    }
+
+    public <T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, R> R invoke(
+            InvokingHelpers.SerializableFunction8<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, R> func) {
+        return InvokingHelpers.invokeProvidingParametersByType(
+                InvokingHelpers.getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(func), inner::getValue);
+    }
+
+    /* *** Delegate to wrapped Context *** */
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T get(Class<T> type) {
+        return inner.get(type);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T, U extends T> void put(Class<T> type, U object) {
+        inner.put(type, object);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/InvokingHelpers.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/InvokingHelpers.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f4b83ba5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/InvokingHelpers.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package org.terasology.engine.reflection;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
+import java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedActionException;
+import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public final class InvokingHelpers {
+    private InvokingHelpers() { }
+
+    /**
+     * This relies on {@link Method#setAccessible} on a private final field.
+     * <p>
+     * Is that bad? You might think so, but {@link Serializable} documentation says that
+     * Serializable objects may have that method <em>even though</em> it is not defined in
+     * the interface. So it's probably okay?
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Alternatives?</b>
+     * <p>
+     * Are there APIs to get the replaced-for-serialization object without trying to do
+     * do {@link Method#setAccessible} on arbitrary objects?
+     * <p>
+     * We could do {@link java.io.ObjectStreamClass#lookup(Class) ObjectStreamClass.lookup},
+     * that's the model that {@link ObjectOutputStream} uses. It has useful methods like
+     * {@code hasWriteReplaceMethod} and {@code invokeWriteReplace}. Unfortunately, those
+     * methods aren't public, so they're no help if we're trying to avoid hacking around
+     * visibility restrictions.
+     * <p>
+     * It is also possible to run the object through an {@link ObjectOutputStream} and
+     * <a href="https://gist.github.com/keturn/180a57f2f6069470556137bd06b4025d">capture the result</a>.
+     * That's worth trying if this breaks, but otherwise it's a lot of extra hassle.
+     */
+    public static SerializedLambda getSerializedLambda(Serializable obj) throws IllegalAccessException {
+        Method writeReplace;
+        try {
+            writeReplace = obj.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("writeReplace");
+            Object replacement = AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedExceptionAction<?>) () -> {
+                writeReplace.setAccessible(true);
+                return writeReplace.invoke(obj);
+            });
+            return (SerializedLambda) replacement;
+        } catch (PrivilegedActionException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            Throwables.throwIfUnchecked(e.getCause());
+            Throwables.throwIfInstanceOf(e.getCause(), IllegalAccessException.class);
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static SerializedLambda getSerializedLambdaUnchecked(Serializable obj) {
+        try {
+            return getSerializedLambda(obj);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+            Throwables.throwIfUnchecked(e);
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static List<Class<?>> getLambdaParameters(SerializedLambda serializedLambda) {
+        var methodType = MethodType.fromMethodDescriptorString(
+                serializedLambda.getImplMethodSignature(),
+                serializedLambda.getClass().getClassLoader()
+        );
+        return methodType.parameterList();
+    }
+
+    public static <R> R invokeProvidingParametersByType(SerializedLambda serializedLambda, Function<Class<?>, ?> provider) {
+        // For small numbers of args, we could write out `f.apply(x1, …, xN)` by hand.
+        // But to generalize, we can use a MethodHandle.
+        MethodHandle mh;
+        try {
+            mh = MethodHandleAdapters.ofLambda(serializedLambda);
+        } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
+        var args = Arrays.stream(mh.type().parameterArray())
+                .map(provider)
+                .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
+
+        try {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") R result = (R) mh.invokeWithArguments(args);
+            return result;
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            Throwables.throwIfUnchecked(e);
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    interface SerializableFunction<T, R> extends Function<T, R>, Serializable { }
+
+    interface SerializableBiFunction<T, U, R> extends BiFunction<T, U, R>, Serializable { }
+
+    interface SerializableFunction3<T1, T2, T3, R> extends Serializable, 
+            reactor.function.Function3<T1, T2, T3, R> { }
+
+    interface SerializableFunction4<T1, T2, T3, T4, R> extends Serializable, 
+            reactor.function.Function4<T1, T2, T3, T4, R> { }
+
+    interface SerializableFunction5<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, R> extends Serializable,
+            reactor.function.Function5<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, R> { }
+
+    interface SerializableFunction6<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, R> extends Serializable,
+            reactor.function.Function6<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, R> { }
+
+    interface SerializableFunction7<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, R> extends Serializable,
+            reactor.function.Function7<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, R> { }
+
+    interface SerializableFunction8<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, R> extends Serializable,
+            reactor.function.Function8<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, R> { }
+}
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/MethodHandleAdapters.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/MethodHandleAdapters.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4505a7f1d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/reflection/MethodHandleAdapters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Terasology Foundation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package org.terasology.engine.reflection;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleInfo;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
+import java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda;
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedActionException;
+import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
+
+public final class MethodHandleAdapters {
+    private MethodHandleAdapters() { }
+
+    static MethodHandle ofLambda(SerializedLambda serializedLambda) throws ReflectiveOperationException {
+        // SerializedLambda's implementation has a reference to the capturing class,
+        // but it only exposes its name, so we'll have to look it up again.
+        String capturingClassName = serializedLambda.getCapturingClass().replace('/', '.');
+
+        MethodHandles.Lookup lookup;
+
+        try {
+            // I'm guessing about the AccessController-related stuff, but the intention
+            // is that we get a Lookup instance that matches the capturing site of the lambda.
+            lookup = AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedExceptionAction<MethodHandles.Lookup>) () -> {
+                MethodHandles.Lookup ourLookup = MethodHandles.lookup();
+                Class<?> capturingClass = ourLookup.findClass(capturingClassName);
+                return MethodHandles.privateLookupIn(capturingClass, ourLookup);
+            });
+        } catch (PrivilegedActionException e) {
+            Throwables.throwIfUnchecked(e.getCause());
+            Throwables.throwIfInstanceOf(e.getCause(), ReflectiveOperationException.class);
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
+        Class<?> implClass = lookup.findClass(serializedLambda.getImplClass().replace('/', '.'));
+        String name = serializedLambda.getImplMethodName();
+
+        // It seems weird to be carefully using the Lookup interface to find classes,
+        // and then have the MethodType back to using a ClassLoader. But I guess we
+        // trust `lookup.find*` to not return anything it shouldn't in the end.
+        MethodType methodType = MethodType.fromMethodDescriptorString(
+                serializedLambda.getImplMethodSignature(),
+                lookup.lookupClass().getClassLoader()
+        );
+
+        Object receiver = null;
+        if (serializedLambda.getCapturedArgCount() > 0) {
+            receiver = serializedLambda.getCapturedArg(0);
+        }
+
+        // Surely this code must exist somewhere else already.
+        switch (serializedLambda.getImplMethodKind()) {
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_getField:
+                return lookup.findGetter(implClass, name, methodType.returnType()).bindTo(receiver);
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_getStatic:
+                return lookup.findStaticGetter(implClass, name, methodType.returnType());
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_putField:
+                return lookup.findSetter(implClass, name, methodType.parameterType(0)).bindTo(receiver);
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_putStatic:
+                return lookup.findStaticSetter(implClass, name, methodType.parameterType(0));
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_invokeInterface:
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_invokeVirtual:
+                return lookup.findVirtual(implClass, name, methodType).bindTo(receiver);
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_invokeStatic:
+                return lookup.findStatic(implClass, name, methodType);
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_invokeSpecial:
+                return lookup.findSpecial(implClass, name, methodType, lookup.lookupClass())
+                        .bindTo(receiver);
+            case MethodHandleInfo.REF_newInvokeSpecial:
+                return lookup.findConstructor(implClass, methodType);
+            default:
+                throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented for " +
+                    MethodHandleInfo.referenceKindToString(serializedLambda.getImplMethodKind()));
+        }
+    }
+}