diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/cursor_mode.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/cursor_mode.rs
index 15d71927..028a1550 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/cursor_mode.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/cursor_mode.rs
@@ -372,7 +372,12 @@ pub(crate) fn mouseover_eligible(
     overrides: GoOverrides,
 ) -> bool {
     match type_id {
-        GO_TYPE_TRANSPORT | GO_TYPE_MAP_OBJECT | GO_TYPE_MO_TRANSPORT => false,
+        // TRAP's `+0xc` is constant false, like the transports': a trap is proximity-triggered and
+        // never clicked, so it never becomes the mouseover. Arathi Basin's visual-only aura
+        // GameObjects (180100-180102, type 6, faction 114 hostile-to-all) would otherwise stay
+        // eligible through the inverted TRAP term and take the pick from the node banner behind
+        // them — the banner is what the capture needs, the aura is decoration.
+        GO_TYPE_TRAP | GO_TYPE_TRANSPORT | GO_TYPE_MAP_OBJECT | GO_TYPE_MO_TRANSPORT => false,
         GO_TYPE_SPELL_FOCUS
         | GO_TYPE_DUEL_ARBITER
         | GO_TYPE_FISHINGHOLE
@@ -947,7 +952,10 @@ mod tests {
             Some(4),
             GoOverrides::default()
         ));
-        assert!(mouseover_eligible(
+        // A TRAP never becomes the mouseover, hostile or not: it is proximity-triggered and never
+        // clicked, so its `+0xc` slot is constant false. This is what keeps a battleground's
+        // visual-only aura GO (type 6, hostile-to-all) off the pick over the node banner.
+        assert!(!mouseover_eligible(
             GO_TYPE_TRAP,
             0,
             0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs
index 36c49503..aa67ec59 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs
@@ -554,13 +554,19 @@ pub(super) fn update_hovered_object(
     // Transports (TRANSPORT 11, MAP_OBJECT 14, MO_TRANSPORT 15) never join: the reference's model
     // resolver `0x5f80e0` gives them no pick geometry and their interaction predicates are
     // constant false, so a ship's hull never swallows the pick of an NPC on deck.
+    //
+    // TRAP (6) never joins either: a trap is proximity-triggered, never clicked, so the reference
+    // registers no mouse geometry for one. Arathi Basin's visual-only aura GameObjects
+    // (180100-180102, type 6) otherwise sit at the node banner's centre and win the pick from it —
+    // their faction is hostile to everyone, so the inverted TRAP term keeps them highlightable and
+    // the banner is never reached, whatever the battleground gate does.
     if removed_parts.read().next().is_some() || !added_parts.is_empty() {
         pickable.clear();
         pickable.extend(go_parts.iter().filter(|&e| {
             // Through the hit's own resolver, so a card and its mesh siblings agree.
             !stores
                 .get(resolve_net(e))
-                .is_ok_and(|s| matches!(s.0.gameobject_type_id(), 11 | 14 | 15))
+                .is_ok_and(|s| matches!(s.0.gameobject_type_id(), 6 | 11 | 14 | 15))
         }));
     }
     hovered.target = None;