diff --git a/naff/client/client.py b/naff/client/client.py
index bc7cbec6b..7d923e37c 100644
--- a/naff/client/client.py
+++ b/naff/client/client.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     NotFound,
 )
 from naff.client.smart_cache import GlobalCache
+from naff.client.utils import NullCache
 from naff.client.utils.input_utils import get_first_word, get_args
 from naff.client.utils.misc_utils import get_event_name, wrap_partial
 from naff.client.utils.serializer import to_image_data
@@ -527,6 +528,16 @@ def _sanity_check(self) -> None:
         if len(self.processors) == 0:
             self.logger.warning("No Processors are loaded! This means no events will be processed!")
 
+        caches = [
+            c[0]
+            for c in inspect.getmembers(self.cache, predicate=lambda x: isinstance(x, dict))
+            if not c[0].startswith("__")
+        ]
+        for cache in caches:
+            _cache_obj = getattr(self.cache, cache)
+            if isinstance(_cache_obj, NullCache):
+                self.logger.warning(f"{cache} has been disabled")
+
     async def generate_prefixes(self, bot: "Client", message: Message) -> str | Iterable[str]:
         """
         A method to get the bot's default_prefix, can be overridden to add dynamic prefixes.
diff --git a/naff/client/smart_cache.py b/naff/client/smart_cache.py
index 03b438f37..571ebee88 100644
--- a/naff/client/smart_cache.py
+++ b/naff/client/smart_cache.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from naff.client.const import Absent, MISSING, get_logger
 from naff.client.errors import NotFound, Forbidden
-from naff.client.utils.cache import TTLCache
+from naff.client.utils.cache import TTLCache, NullCache
 from naff.models import VoiceState
 from naff.models.discord.channel import BaseChannel, GuildChannel, ThreadChannel
 from naff.models.discord.emoji import CustomEmoji
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 def create_cache(
     ttl: Optional[int] = 60, hard_limit: Optional[int] = 250, soft_limit: Absent[Optional[int]] = MISSING
-) -> Union[dict, TTLCache]:
+) -> Union[dict, TTLCache, NullCache]:
     """
     Create a cache object based on the parameters passed.
 
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ def create_cache(
     """
     if ttl is None and hard_limit is None:
         return {}
+    if ttl == 0 and hard_limit == 0 and soft_limit == 0:
+        return NullCache()
     else:
         if not soft_limit:
             soft_limit = int(hard_limit / 4) if hard_limit else 50
diff --git a/naff/client/utils/cache.py b/naff/client/utils/cache.py
index e691c5c40..e89c99ccb 100644
--- a/naff/client/utils/cache.py
+++ b/naff/client/utils/cache.py
@@ -5,12 +5,23 @@
 
 import attrs
 
-__all__ = ("TTLItem", "TTLCache")
+__all__ = ("TTLItem", "TTLCache", "NullCache")
 
 KT = TypeVar("KT")
 VT = TypeVar("VT")
 
 
+class NullCache(dict):
+    """
+    A special cache that will always return None
+
+    Effectively just a lazy way to disable caching.
+    """
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value) -> None:
+        pass
+
+
 @attrs.define(eq=False, order=False, hash=False, kw_only=False)
 class TTLItem(Generic[VT]):
     value: VT = attrs.field(
diff --git a/naff/ext/debug_extension/utils.py b/naff/ext/debug_extension/utils.py
index 538407dcb..5ccc6a484 100644
--- a/naff/ext/debug_extension/utils.py
+++ b/naff/ext/debug_extension/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import datetime
 import inspect
+import weakref
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Union
 
-from naff.client.utils.cache import TTLCache
+from naff.client.utils.cache import TTLCache, NullCache
 from naff.models import Embed, MaterialColors
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -28,19 +29,26 @@ def debug_embed(title: str, **kwargs) -> Embed:
 
 def get_cache_state(bot: "Client") -> str:
     """Create a nicely formatted table of internal cache state."""
-    caches = [
-        c[0]
+    caches = {
+        c[0]: getattr(bot.cache, c[0])
         for c in inspect.getmembers(bot.cache, predicate=lambda x: isinstance(x, dict))
         if not c[0].startswith("__")
-    ]
+    }
+    caches["endpoints"] = bot.http._endpoints
+    caches["rate_limits"] = bot.http.ratelimit_locks
     table = []
 
-    for cache in caches:
-        val = getattr(bot.cache, cache)
+    for cache, val in caches.items():
 
         if isinstance(val, TTLCache):
             amount = [len(val), f"{val.hard_limit}({val.soft_limit})"]
             expire = f"{val.ttl}s"
+        elif isinstance(val, NullCache):
+            amount = ("DISABLED",)
+            expire = "N/A"
+        elif isinstance(val, (weakref.WeakValueDictionary, weakref.WeakKeyDictionary)):
+            amount = [len(val), "∞"]
+            expire = "w_ref"
         else:
             amount = [len(val), "∞"]
             expire = "none"
@@ -48,10 +56,6 @@ def get_cache_state(bot: "Client") -> str:
         row = [cache.removesuffix("_cache"), amount, expire]
         table.append(row)
 
-    # http caches
-    table.append(["endpoints", [len(bot.http._endpoints), "∞"], "none"])
-    table.append(["ratelimits", [len(bot.http.ratelimit_locks), "∞"], "w_ref"])
-
     adjust_subcolumn(table, 1, aligns=[">", "<"])
 
     labels = ["Cache", "Amount", "Expire"]