diff --git a/data/maps/DesertRuins/map.json b/data/maps/DesertRuins/map.json
index 80c8f6a483..be0a28481a 100644
--- a/data/maps/DesertRuins/map.json
+++ b/data/maps/DesertRuins/map.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "connections": null,
   "object_events": [
     {
-      "graphics_id": "OBJ_EVENT_GFX_MON_BASE+SPECIES_REGIROCK",
+      "graphics_id": "OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES(REGIROCK)",
       "x": 8,
       "y": 7,
       "elevation": 3,
diff --git a/data/maps/IslandCave/map.json b/data/maps/IslandCave/map.json
index c6204ff1c5..142ec122d6 100644
--- a/data/maps/IslandCave/map.json
+++ b/data/maps/IslandCave/map.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "connections": 0,
   "object_events": [
     {
-      "graphics_id": "OBJ_EVENT_GFX_MON_BASE+SPECIES_REGICE",
+      "graphics_id": "OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES(REGICE)",
       "x": 8,
       "y": 7,
       "elevation": 3,
diff --git a/include/constants/event_objects.h b/include/constants/event_objects.h
index dc4fdf8870..4eaa82b75d 100644
--- a/include/constants/event_objects.h
+++ b/include/constants/event_objects.h
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@
 #define OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES_BITS 11
 #define OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES_MASK ((1 << OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES_BITS) - 1)
 
+// Used to call a specific species' follower graphics. Useful for static encounters.
+#define OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES(name)       (SPECIES_##name + OBJ_EVENT_GFX_MON_BASE)
+
 #define OW_SPECIES(x) (((x)->graphicsId & OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES_MASK) - OBJ_EVENT_GFX_MON_BASE)
 #define OW_FORM(x) ((x)->graphicsId >> OBJ_EVENT_GFX_SPECIES_BITS)