diff --git a/.changeset/sharp-lions-cover.md b/.changeset/sharp-lions-cover.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e94ead112b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sharp-lions-cover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/store": patch
+---
+
+Added internal `getRecord` and `getStaticDataLocation` helpers.
diff --git a/packages/protocol-parser/src/getKeyTuple.ts b/packages/protocol-parser/src/getKeyTuple.ts
index 17c6ab0237..b368ae6330 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-parser/src/getKeyTuple.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol-parser/src/getKeyTuple.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type PartialTable = Pick<Table, "schema" | "key">;
 
 export type getKeyTuple<table extends PartialTable, key extends readonly unknown[] = table["key"]> = {
   [i in keyof key]: Hex;
-};
+} & unknown;
 
 export function getKeyTuple<const table extends PartialTable>(
   table: table,
diff --git a/packages/store/ts/exports/internal.ts b/packages/store/ts/exports/internal.ts
index 0765dc8d68..0ae3f3cc9a 100644
--- a/packages/store/ts/exports/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/store/ts/exports/internal.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ export * from "../common";
 export * from "../getStoreLogs";
 export * from "../flattenStoreLogs";
 export * from "../logToRecord";
+export * from "../getRecord";
+export * from "../getStaticDataLocation";
 
 export * from "../config/v2/codegen";
 export * from "../config/v2/defaults";
diff --git a/packages/store/ts/getRecord.ts b/packages/store/ts/getRecord.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56b17ba3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/store/ts/getRecord.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { Address, Client, Hex } from "viem";
+import { Table } from "@latticexyz/config";
+import {
+  decodeValueArgs,
+  getKeySchema,
+  getKeyTuple,
+  getSchemaPrimitives,
+  getSchemaTypes,
+  getValueSchema,
+} from "@latticexyz/protocol-parser/internal";
+import { readContract } from "viem/actions";
+import { getAction } from "viem/utils";
+
+export type GetRecordOptions<table extends Table> = {
+  address: Address;
+  table: table;
+  key: getSchemaPrimitives<getKeySchema<table>>;
+  blockTag?: "latest" | "pending";
+};
+
+export async function getRecord<table extends Table>(
+  client: Client,
+  { address, table, key, blockTag }: GetRecordOptions<table>,
+): Promise<getSchemaPrimitives<table["schema"]>> {
+  const [staticData, encodedLengths, dynamicData] = await getAction(
+    client,
+    readContract,
+    "readContract",
+  )({
+    address,
+    abi,
+    functionName: "getRecord",
+    args: [table.tableId, getKeyTuple(table, key) as readonly Hex[]],
+    blockTag,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    ...key,
+    ...decodeValueArgs(getSchemaTypes(getValueSchema(table)), { staticData, encodedLengths, dynamicData }),
+  };
+}
+
+const abi = [
+  {
+    type: "function",
+    name: "getRecord",
+    inputs: [
+      {
+        name: "tableId",
+        type: "bytes32",
+        internalType: "ResourceId",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "keyTuple",
+        type: "bytes32[]",
+        internalType: "bytes32[]",
+      },
+    ],
+    outputs: [
+      {
+        name: "staticData",
+        type: "bytes",
+        internalType: "bytes",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "encodedLengths",
+        type: "bytes32",
+        internalType: "EncodedLengths",
+      },
+      {
+        name: "dynamicData",
+        type: "bytes",
+        internalType: "bytes",
+      },
+    ],
+    stateMutability: "view",
+  },
+] as const;
diff --git a/packages/store/ts/getStaticDataLocation.ts b/packages/store/ts/getStaticDataLocation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad0f14771a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/store/ts/getStaticDataLocation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Hex, concatHex, hexToBigInt, keccak256, numberToHex, toBytes } from "viem";
+
+// TODO: move to protocol-parser?
+// equivalent of StoreCore._getStaticDataLocation
+
+const SLOT = hexToBigInt(keccak256(toBytes("mud.store")));
+
+export function getStaticDataLocation(tableId: Hex, keyTuple: readonly Hex[]): Hex {
+  return numberToHex(SLOT ^ hexToBigInt(keccak256(concatHex([tableId, ...keyTuple]))), { size: 32 });
+}