diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold.go b/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold.go
index a8d5de949..f14f934a4 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold.go
@@ -97,6 +97,52 @@ func (s *State) loadColdIntermediateStateByRoot(ctx context.Context, slot uint64
 	return s.ReplayBlocks(ctx, lowArchivedPointState, replayBlks, slot)
 }
 
+// This loads a cold state by slot where the slot lies between the archived point.
+// This is a slower implementation given there's no root and slot is the only argument. It requires fetching
+// all the blocks between the archival points.
+func (s *State) loadColdIntermediateStateBySlot(ctx context.Context, slot uint64) (*state.BeaconState, error) {
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "stateGen.loadColdIntermediateStateBySlot")
+	defer span.End()
+
+	// Load the archive point for lower and high side of the intermediate state.
+	lowArchivedPointIdx := slot / s.slotsPerArchivedPoint
+	highArchivedPointIdx := lowArchivedPointIdx + 1
+
+	lowArchivedPointState, err := s.archivedPointByIndex(ctx, lowArchivedPointIdx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get lower bound archived state using index")
+	}
+	if lowArchivedPointState == nil {
+		return nil, errUnknownArchivedState
+	}
+
+	// If the slot of the high archived point lies outside of the split slot, use the split slot and root
+	// for the upper archived point.
+	var highArchivedPointRoot [32]byte
+	highArchivedPointSlot := highArchivedPointIdx * s.slotsPerArchivedPoint
+	if highArchivedPointSlot >= s.splitInfo.slot {
+		highArchivedPointRoot = s.splitInfo.root
+		highArchivedPointSlot = s.splitInfo.slot
+	} else {
+		if _, err := s.archivedPointByIndex(ctx, highArchivedPointSlot); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get upper bound archived state using index")
+		}
+		highArchivedPointRoot = s.beaconDB.ArchivedPointRoot(ctx, highArchivedPointIdx)
+		slot, err := s.blockRootSlot(ctx, highArchivedPointRoot)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get high archived point slot")
+		}
+		highArchivedPointSlot = slot
+	}
+
+	replayBlks, err := s.LoadBlocks(ctx, lowArchivedPointState.Slot()+1, highArchivedPointSlot, highArchivedPointRoot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not load block for cold state using slot")
+	}
+
+	return s.ReplayBlocks(ctx, lowArchivedPointState, replayBlks, slot)
+}
+
 // Given the archive index, this returns the archived cold state in the DB.
 // If the archived state does not exist in the state, it'll compute it and save it.
 func (s *State) archivedPointByIndex(ctx context.Context, archiveIndex uint64) (*state.BeaconState, error) {
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold_test.go b/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold_test.go
index def96a04d..2bc8c3188 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/stategen/cold_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package stategen
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/go-ssz"
 	testDB "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/db/testing"
 	pb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/proto/beacon/p2p/v1"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/params"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/testutil"
 )
 
@@ -132,6 +134,79 @@ func TestLoadColdStateByRoot_IntermediatePlayback(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoadColdStateBySlotIntermediatePlayback_BeforeCutoff(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	db := testDB.SetupDB(t)
+	defer testDB.TeardownDB(t, db)
+
+	service := New(db)
+	service.slotsPerArchivedPoint = params.BeaconConfig().SlotsPerEpoch * 2
+
+	beaconState, _ := testutil.DeterministicGenesisState(t, 32)
+	if err := service.beaconDB.SaveArchivedPointState(ctx, beaconState, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := service.beaconDB.SaveArchivedPointRoot(ctx, [32]byte{}, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := service.beaconDB.SaveArchivedPointState(ctx, beaconState, 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := service.beaconDB.SaveArchivedPointRoot(ctx, [32]byte{}, 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	slot := uint64(20)
+	loadedState, err := service.loadColdIntermediateStateBySlot(ctx, slot)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if loadedState.Slot() != slot {
+		t.Error("Did not correctly save state")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadColdStateBySlotIntermediatePlayback_AfterCutoff(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	db := testDB.SetupDB(t)
+	defer testDB.TeardownDB(t, db)
+
+	service := New(db)
+	service.slotsPerArchivedPoint = params.BeaconConfig().SlotsPerEpoch
+
+	beaconState, _ := testutil.DeterministicGenesisState(t, 32)
+	if err := service.beaconDB.SaveArchivedPointState(ctx, beaconState, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := service.beaconDB.SaveArchivedPointRoot(ctx, [32]byte{}, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	slot := uint64(10)
+	loadedState, err := service.loadColdIntermediateStateBySlot(ctx, slot)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if loadedState.Slot() != slot {
+		t.Error("Did not correctly save state")
+	}
+}
+
+
+func TestLoadColdStateByRoot_UnknownArchivedState(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	db := testDB.SetupDB(t)
+	defer testDB.TeardownDB(t, db)
+
+	service := New(db)
+	service.slotsPerArchivedPoint = 1
+	if _, err := service.loadColdIntermediateStateBySlot(ctx, 0);
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), errUnknownArchivedState.Error()) {
+		t.Log(err)
+		t.Error("Did not get wanted error")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestArchivedPointByIndex_HasPoint(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	db := testDB.SetupDB(t)