diff --git a/src/Domain/Creators/Sphere.cpp b/src/Domain/Creators/Sphere.cpp
index 7d01fcc2db9ce..157142e43dff4 100644
--- a/src/Domain/Creators/Sphere.cpp
+++ b/src/Domain/Creators/Sphere.cpp
@@ -383,9 +383,13 @@ Domain<3> Sphere::create_domain() const {
               time_dependent_options_.value());
 
       // First shell gets the distorted maps.
+      // Last shell gets translation with transition region
       for (size_t block_id = 0; block_id < num_blocks_; block_id++) {
         const bool include_distorted_map_in_first_shell =
             block_id < num_blocks_per_shell_;
+        // False if block_id is in the last shell
+        const bool use_rigid_translation =
+            block_id + num_blocks_per_shell_ < num_blocks_;
         block_maps_grid_to_distorted[block_id] =
             hard_coded_options.grid_to_distorted_map(
                 include_distorted_map_in_first_shell);
@@ -394,7 +398,7 @@ Domain<3> Sphere::create_domain() const {
                 include_distorted_map_in_first_shell);
         block_maps_grid_to_inertial[block_id] =
             hard_coded_options.grid_to_inertial_map(
-                include_distorted_map_in_first_shell);
+                include_distorted_map_in_first_shell, use_rigid_translation);
       }
     } else {
       const auto& time_dependence = std::get<std::unique_ptr<
diff --git a/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp b/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp
index d0c8ba79313df..c37096d4ab0e2 100644
--- a/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp
+++ b/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ void TimeDependentMapOptions::build_maps(
                         initial_l_max_, std::move(transition_func),
                         shape_name,     size_name};
 
+  rigid_translation_map_ = TranslationMap{translation_name};
+
   if (translation_transition_radii.has_value()) {
     // Uniform translation
     translation_map_ = TranslationMap{
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ TimeDependentMapOptions::MapType<Frame::Distorted, Frame::Inertial>
 TimeDependentMapOptions::distorted_to_inertial_map(
     const bool include_distorted_map) const {
   if (include_distorted_map) {
-    return std::make_unique<DistortedToInertialComposition>(translation_map_);
+    return std::make_unique<DistortedToInertialComposition>(
+        rigid_translation_map_);
   } else {
     return nullptr;
   }
@@ -172,10 +175,12 @@ TimeDependentMapOptions::grid_to_distorted_map(
 
 TimeDependentMapOptions::MapType<Frame::Grid, Frame::Inertial>
 TimeDependentMapOptions::grid_to_inertial_map(
-    const bool include_distorted_map) const {
+    const bool include_distorted_map, const bool use_rigid_translation) const {
   if (include_distorted_map) {
     return std::make_unique<GridToInertialComposition>(shape_map_,
-                                                       translation_map_);
+                                                       rigid_translation_map_);
+  } else if (use_rigid_translation) {
+    return std::make_unique<GridToInertialSimple>(rigid_translation_map_);
   } else {
     return std::make_unique<GridToInertialSimple>(translation_map_);
   }
diff --git a/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.hpp b/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.hpp
index 599acef0cbd52..49a77a9801077 100644
--- a/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.hpp
+++ b/src/Domain/Creators/SphereTimeDependentMaps.hpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ struct TimeDependentMapOptions {
    * only be an identity map.
    */
   MapType<Frame::Grid, Frame::Inertial> grid_to_inertial_map(
-      bool include_distorted_map) const;
+      bool include_distorted_map, const bool use_rigid_translation) const;
 
   inline static const std::string size_name{"Size"};
   inline static const std::string shape_name{"Shape"};
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ struct TimeDependentMapOptions {
   double initial_time_{std::numeric_limits<double>::signaling_NaN()};
   size_t initial_l_max_{};
   ShapeMap shape_map_{};
+  TranslationMap rigid_translation_map_{};
   TranslationMap translation_map_{};
   std::optional<std::variant<KerrSchildFromBoyerLindquist>>
       initial_shape_values_{};
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Domain/Creators/Test_SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp b/tests/Unit/Domain/Creators/Test_SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp
index 9908a07bb9015..e0da900597501 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Domain/Creators/Test_SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp
+++ b/tests/Unit/Domain/Creators/Test_SphereTimeDependentMaps.cpp
@@ -104,41 +104,43 @@ void test(const bool use_non_zero_shape) {
                  .get()) == translation_non_zero);
 
   for (const bool include_distorted : make_array(true, false)) {
-    time_dep_options.build_maps(
-        center, inner_radius, outer_radius,
-        std::pair<double, double>{translation_inner_radius,
-                                  translation_outer_radius});
-
-    const auto grid_to_distorted_map =
-        time_dep_options.grid_to_distorted_map(include_distorted);
-    const auto grid_to_inertial_map =
-        time_dep_options.grid_to_inertial_map(include_distorted);
-    const auto distorted_to_inertial_map =
-        time_dep_options.distorted_to_inertial_map(include_distorted);
-
-    // All of these maps are tested individually. Rather than going through the
-    // effort of coming up with a source coordinate and calculating analytically
-    // what we would get after it's mapped, we just check that whether it's
-    // supposed to be a nullptr and if it's not, if it's the identity and that
-    // the jacobians are time dependent.
-    const auto check_map = [](const auto& map, const bool is_null,
-                              const bool is_identity) {
-      if (is_null) {
-        CHECK(map == nullptr);
-      } else {
-        CHECK(map->is_identity() == is_identity);
-        CHECK(map->inv_jacobian_is_time_dependent() == not is_identity);
-        CHECK(map->jacobian_is_time_dependent() == not is_identity);
-      }
-    };
-
-    // There is no null pointer in the grid to inertial map
-    check_map(grid_to_inertial_map, false, false);
-
-    check_map(grid_to_distorted_map, not include_distorted, false);
-
-    // If no shape distortion, there is only the translation
-    check_map(distorted_to_inertial_map, not include_distorted, false);
+    for (const bool use_rigid_translation : make_array(true, false)) {
+      time_dep_options.build_maps(
+          center, inner_radius, outer_radius,
+          std::pair<double, double>{translation_inner_radius,
+                                    translation_outer_radius});
+
+      const auto grid_to_distorted_map =
+          time_dep_options.grid_to_distorted_map(include_distorted);
+      const auto grid_to_inertial_map = time_dep_options.grid_to_inertial_map(
+          include_distorted, use_rigid_translation);
+      const auto distorted_to_inertial_map =
+          time_dep_options.distorted_to_inertial_map(include_distorted);
+
+      // All of these maps are tested individually. Rather than going through
+      // the effort of coming up with a source coordinate and calculating
+      // analytically what we would get after it's mapped, we just check that
+      // whether it's supposed to be a nullptr and if it's not, if it's the
+      // identity and that the jacobians are time dependent.
+      const auto check_map = [](const auto& map, const bool is_null,
+                                const bool is_identity) {
+        if (is_null) {
+          CHECK(map == nullptr);
+        } else {
+          CHECK(map->is_identity() == is_identity);
+          CHECK(map->inv_jacobian_is_time_dependent() == not is_identity);
+          CHECK(map->jacobian_is_time_dependent() == not is_identity);
+        }
+      };
+
+      // There is no null pointer in the grid to inertial map
+      check_map(grid_to_inertial_map, false, false);
+
+      check_map(grid_to_distorted_map, not include_distorted, false);
+
+      // If no shape distortion, there is only the translation
+      check_map(distorted_to_inertial_map, not include_distorted, false);
+    }
   }
 }