diff --git a/LIGHTING.md b/LIGHTING.md
index 3db1d434..70b76924 100644
--- a/LIGHTING.md
+++ b/LIGHTING.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ behind each constant.
 | HDR emission and bloom | lit WMO windows, additive models/particles and magma can exceed display white; a soft-capped fullscreen halo is added before the faithful FFX clamp | Advanced Graphics → Bloom (Off/Low/High), cvar `bloom`; Off is the unchanged reference image, suggested High preset value 2 |
 | Sky quality | Enhanced: the five Light.dbc sky stops through a smooth monotone curve in linear light (no bands at the rings), a soft sun glow tinted by sun and fog colour (fades at night and under cloud), a procedural star field with twinkle and a faint Milky Way over the stock `Stars.m2`. High adds domain-warped cloud detail and sun-lit clouds (self-shadow, silver lining; technique from WarcraftXL, see `THIRD-PARTY.md`). Classic is the reference sky unchanged | Advanced Graphics → Sky Quality, cvar `skyQuality` 0 Classic / 1 Enhanced / 2 High, env `WOW_SKY_QUALITY` |
 | Modern fog | MONKEY (fog): radial distance fog with a gradual exponential curve, a daylight sun lobe, and an end colour shared by the world, WDL hull, sky horizon and volumetric haze. Each zone keeps its authored fog end up to the reference view-distance limit; optional `LightFogBand.dbc` rows provide height, sun and end-fog controls. Interior WMO fog stays classic | Advanced Graphics → Modern Fog, cvar `fogModel` 0 Classic (default) / 1 Modern (High = 1), env `WOW_FOGMODEL=0\|1`; `fog_hook.wgsl`, `lighting/fog_model.rs`, `light/fog_band.rs` |
-| Rain on surfaces | MONKEY (wet): rain gradually darkens and saturates exposed terrain and models, adds puddles and a sky/sun sheen, and produces rings on exterior Enhanced water. Wetness rises over roughly 90 seconds and dries over roughly four minutes; phase 1 has no rain-occlusion map, so shelter is classified only by interior/unlit state and surface facing | Advanced Graphics → Wet Surfaces in Rain, cvar `rainSurfaces` 0/1 (default and High 1), env `WOW_RAIN_SURFACES`, `WOW_WETNESS`, `WOW_WET_T`; `weather/wetness.rs`, `wet_hook.wgsl` |
+| Rain on surfaces | MONKEY (wet): rain gradually darkens and saturates exposed terrain and models, adds puddles and a sky/sun sheen, and produces rings on exterior Enhanced water. Wetness rises over roughly 90 seconds and dries over roughly four minutes; MONKEY (rainshelter): a camera-centred rain-occlusion map (128² cells of 0.75 yd, filled by vertical collision rays) keeps ground, walls and water under roofs, porches and bridges dry, with a ~1.5 yd drip margin and a soft edge; tree canopies without colliders do not shelter | Advanced Graphics → Wet Surfaces in Rain, cvar `rainSurfaces` 0/1 (default and High 1), env `WOW_RAIN_SURFACES`, `WOW_WETNESS`, `WOW_WET_T`; `weather/wetness.rs`, `weather/shelter.rs`, `wet_hook.wgsl` |
 | Foliage wind | one weather-fed gust/veer field drives grass and classified tree/bush foliage; grass also parts around the player and nearby units | Advanced Graphics → Foliage Wind, cvar `foliageWind` 0 Off / 1 Grass / 2 Grass + Trees (High = 2), capture override `WOW_FOLIAGE_WIND`; field and benders in `benilla-world/src/wind/`. The wave phase is the CPU-integrated travel (speed integrated over time, wrapped seamlessly), and the waves' spatial term uses the fixed profile heading; the veer turns only the bend. Tree exile copies sway through material marker bit 14 (`FOLIAGE_WIND_MARKER`). Capture offset `WOW_CAPTURE_WIND_T` (s). Known: shadow casters (world-shadow proxies, `torch_depth.wgsl`) do not apply the sway, so leaves sample a static shadow; a future world-camera DepthPrepass must call the same offsets |
 | Ambient occlusion | soft contact shadows under props, in wall-floor corners and around feet; depth-only SSAO at half resolution (depth-reconstructed normals, 6/12 spiral taps, 4x4 depth-aware blur, bilateral upsample) multiplied into the opaque scene after the opaque pass and before the water copy, so water, particles and UI are untouched; fades out 45-90 yd (Low) / 60-120 yd (High), spares sky and bright pixels (`benilla-app/src/ssao.rs`, `benilla-app/src/shaders/ssao.wgsl`) | Advanced Graphics → Ambient Occlusion (Off/Low/High; default Off, High preset 2), cvar `ambientOcclusion`, env `WOW_AO=0\|1\|2`, `WOW_AO_DEBUG=1..4` diagnostic views (factor, protection, distance, raw occlusion), `WOW_AO_GAIN`/`_RADIUS`/`_BIAS`/`_STRENGTH` tuning |
 | Lamp fog | MONKEY (lampfog): the fog fullscreen pass selects the nearest resolved exterior and interior point-table sources and analytically integrates their softened inverse-square light over the camera-to-scene-depth ray. A near-field haze floor makes lamps visible inside the ordinary volumetric haze's 10 yd clear zone; it is zero by day, stronger in rain/fog, and deliberately unshadowed. The table colour already includes intensity, flame flicker and `fireLightGain`. Halo output uses destination headroom and stays below 1.0, so a later bloom pass cannot blow it out | Advanced Graphics → Lamp Fog, cvar `lampFog` 0 Off (default, unchanged) / 1 Low (16 lamps) / 2 High (32 lamps; Graphics preset High = 2), env `WOW_LAMPFOG=0\|1\|2`; `benilla-app/src/volumetric_fog.rs` |
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ is its own module, documented in `WATER.md`.
   | `misc` | bender_count | time_of_day 0..1 | night 0..1 | 0 |
   | `benders[8]` | world x | world y | world z | radius |
 
+  MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-shelter region follows the MonkeyFrame block (row 549: two
+  header rows, then 16384 packed `u32` cells, 65568 B; `weather/shelter.rs`), and the prop-probe
+  region moved up by that much. `terrain`, `wow_model` and `static_gx` mirror it as
+  `shelter_hdr`, `shelter_cfg`, `shelter`; `enhanced_water` reads it through its row view.
+
   Positions are Bevy world space (Y up, yards; WoW `(x, y, z)` = Bevy `(-y, z, -x)`), the wind
   direction is a unit vector in world XZ. Lanes write the `MonkeyFrame` resource
   (`benilla-world/src/lighting/monkey_frame.rs`); `global_light::pack_monkey_frame` packs it after
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/enhanced_water.wgsl b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/enhanced_water.wgsl
index 411ffc0f..faf60bd9 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/enhanced_water.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/enhanced_water.wgsl
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #import bevy_pbr::mesh_view_bindings::{view, globals}
 // MONKEY (p0 MonkeyFrame): the programme block's struct, mirrored after the point table.
 #import benilla::monkey_frame
+// MONKEY (rainshelter): the shelter-grid lookup the surface receivers share.
+#import benilla::wet_hook
 // MONKEY (p0 fog hook): the one distance-fog law every receiver calls.
 #import benilla::fog_hook
 
@@ -66,6 +68,25 @@ fn water_monkey() -> monkey_frame::MonkeyFrame {
     return m;
 }
 
+// MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-occlusion grid right after the MonkeyFrame block
+// (`weather/shelter.rs`): two header rows, then the packed cell words, four to a row.
+const SHELTER_ROW: u32 = 549u;
+fn water_shelter_word(i: u32) -> u32 {
+    return bitcast<u32>(water_light[SHELTER_ROW + 2u + i / 4u][i % 4u]);
+}
+// 1 open .. 0 under a bridge or a roof.
+fn water_rain_open(world_pos: vec3<f32>) -> f32 {
+    let hdr = water_light[SHELTER_ROW];
+    let cfg = water_light[SHELTER_ROW + 1u];
+    let st = wet_hook::shelter_taps(world_pos, hdr, cfg);
+    if (st.live <= 0.0) {
+        return 1.0;
+    }
+    return 1.0 - wet_hook::shelter_amount(st, water_shelter_word(st.idx.x),
+        water_shelter_word(st.idx.y), water_shelter_word(st.idx.z), water_shelter_word(st.idx.w),
+        world_pos.y, cfg);
+}
+
 // What the fragment stage hands over: the three varyings this module reads.
 struct WaterFragment {
     clip_position: vec4<f32>,
@@ -256,13 +277,16 @@ fn ripple_hash(p: vec2<f32>) -> vec2<f32> {
     q += dot(q, q.yzx + 33.33);
     return fract((q.xx + q.yz) * q.zy);
 }
-fn rain_ripple_normal(world_xz: vec2<f32>, footprint: f32, distance: f32, room: bool) -> vec2<f32> {
+fn rain_ripple_normal(world_pos: vec3<f32>, footprint: f32, distance: f32, room: bool) -> vec2<f32> {
     let wet_row = water_monkey().wet_a;
     let rain = clamp(wet_row.x, 0.0, 1.0);
     if rain <= 0.0 || water.lane.x > 1.5 || room {
         return vec2<f32>(0.0);
     }
-    let reach = (1.0 - smoothstep(35.0, 60.0, distance)) * (1.0 - smoothstep(0.05, 0.14, footprint));
+    let world_xz = world_pos.xz;
+    // MONKEY (rainshelter): no rings under a bridge or a roof.
+    let reach = (1.0 - smoothstep(35.0, 60.0, distance)) * (1.0 - smoothstep(0.05, 0.14, footprint))
+        * water_rain_open(world_pos);
     if reach <= 0.0 {
         return vec2<f32>(0.0);
     }
@@ -595,7 +619,7 @@ fn enhanced_water(in: WaterFragment, shallow: vec4<f32>, deep: vec4<f32>) -> vec
         open_sea_fold = water_gerstner(p, t, shore).w;
     }
     // One surface gradient: the procedural bands and the shore break.
-    let surf_grad = wave.yz + shore_grad + rain_ripple_normal(in.world_position.xz, footprint,
+    let surf_grad = wave.yz + shore_grad + rain_ripple_normal(in.world_position.xyz, footprint,
         length(eye_pos), in.room_fog != 0u && water.lane.w > 0.5);
     var n = normalize(vec3<f32>(-surf_grad.x, 1.0, -surf_grad.y));
     if dot(n, to_view) < 0.0 { n = -n; }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/terrain.wgsl b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/terrain.wgsl
index 9bc38773..4ea363e3 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/terrain.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/terrain.wgsl
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ struct WowLight {
     points: array<vec4<f32>, 512>,
     // MONKEY (p0 MonkeyFrame): the programme block after the point table (monkey_frame.wgsl).
     monkey: monkey_frame::MonkeyFrame,
+    // MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-occlusion grid (`weather/shelter.rs`): `[origin_x, origin_z,
+    // 1/cell, active]`, `[base_y, cells per side, 0, 0]`, then one packed word a cell (wet_hook.wgsl).
+    shelter_hdr: vec4<f32>,
+    shelter_cfg: vec4<f32>,
+    shelter: array<u32, 16384>,
 };
 @group(#{MATERIAL_BIND_GROUP}) @binding(90) var<storage, read> wow_light: WowLight;
 
@@ -757,9 +762,20 @@ fn fragment(in: TerrainVsOut) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
     //   specular = per-vertex sheen · gloss_mask · shadow → gated to ZERO in shadow (no sheen in shade)
     // (`tex·primary` is the MODULATE-1× diffuse; the sheen is added after, separate-specular.) Then
     // LDR-clamp; gamma/byte throughout; raw gamma out (GAMMA LANE, 0161).
+    // MONKEY (rainshelter): nothing gets wet under a roof, porch or bridge (the shelter grid).
+    var wet_open = 1.0;
+    if (wow_light.monkey.wet_a.y > 0.0) {
+        let wet_st = wet_hook::shelter_taps(in.world_position.xyz, wow_light.shelter_hdr,
+            wow_light.shelter_cfg);
+        if (wet_st.live > 0.0) {
+            wet_open = 1.0 - wet_hook::shelter_amount(wet_st, wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.x],
+                wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.y], wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.z],
+                wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.w], in.world_position.y, wow_light.shelter_cfg);
+        }
+    }
     // MONKEY (wet): rain-darkened ground + puddles (wet_hook.wgsl); a dry frame returns `color`.
-    let wet = wet_hook::wet_puddles(wet_hook::wet_surface(color, n_lit, in.world_position.xyz, 1.0,
-        wow_light.monkey), n_lit, in.world_position.xyz, wow_light.monkey);
+    let wet = wet_hook::wet_puddles(wet_hook::wet_surface(color, n_lit, in.world_position.xyz,
+        wet_open, wow_light.monkey), n_lit, in.world_position.xyz, wet_open, wow_light.monkey);
     color = wet.albedo;
     let diffuse_term = color * primary * (0.3 * shadow_lit_eff + 0.7) * character_shadow_term;
     let spec_term = in.specular * specmask * spec_gate;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wet_hook.wgsl b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wet_hook.wgsl
index 4bf3b73b..c09903e4 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wet_hook.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wet_hook.wgsl
@@ -13,6 +13,57 @@
 
 #import benilla::monkey_frame::MonkeyFrame
 
+// MONKEY (rainshelter): the four cells around a fragment in the camera-centred shelter grid.
+// `hdr` = `[origin_x, origin_z, 1 / cell, active]`, `cfg` = `[base_y, cells per side, 0, 0]`;
+// `live` is 0 when the map is off or the fragment lies outside it (open sky).
+struct ShelterTaps {
+    idx: vec4<u32>,
+    frac: vec2<f32>,
+    live: f32,
+}
+
+fn shelter_taps(world_pos: vec3<f32>, hdr: vec4<f32>, cfg: vec4<f32>) -> ShelterTaps {
+    var t: ShelterTaps;
+    t.idx = vec4<u32>(0u);
+    t.frac = vec2<f32>(0.0);
+    t.live = 0.0;
+    if (hdr.w < 0.5) {
+        return t;
+    }
+    let g = (world_pos.xz - hdr.xy) * hdr.z - 0.5;
+    let gf = floor(g);
+    if (gf.x < 0.0 || gf.y < 0.0 || gf.x + 1.0 > cfg.y - 1.0 || gf.y + 1.0 > cfg.y - 1.0) {
+        return t;
+    }
+    let side = u32(cfg.y);
+    let first = u32(gf.y) * side + u32(gf.x);
+    t.idx = vec4<u32>(first, first + 1u, first + side, first + side + 1u);
+    t.frac = g - gf;
+    t.live = 1.0;
+    return t;
+}
+
+// One cell: low half `(top − base_y) × 64 + 32768`, high half the soft cover as unorm16
+// (`shelter::pack_cell`). Sheltered when a covered top lies a yard or more above the fragment; the
+// roof's own surface (at `top`) stays open.
+fn shelter_cell(word: u32, y_rel: f32) -> f32 {
+    let top = (f32(word & 0xffffu) - 32768.0) / 64.0;
+    let cover = f32(word >> 16u) / 65535.0;
+    return cover * smoothstep(0.5, 1.5, top - y_rel);
+}
+
+// How sheltered the fragment is, 0 open .. 1 under cover, bilinear over the four cells.
+fn shelter_amount(t: ShelterTaps, wa: u32, wb: u32, wc: u32, wd: u32, world_y: f32,
+    cfg: vec4<f32>) -> f32 {
+    if (t.live <= 0.0) {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+    let y_rel = world_y - cfg.x;
+    let near = mix(shelter_cell(wa, y_rel), shelter_cell(wb, y_rel), t.frac.x);
+    let far = mix(shelter_cell(wc, y_rel), shelter_cell(wd, y_rel), t.frac.x);
+    return clamp(mix(near, far, t.frac.y), 0.0, 1.0);
+}
+
 struct WetSurface {
     albedo: vec3<f32>,
     // Gloss weight for `wet_sheen`: 0 dry, ~1 a soaked top face, up to 2 in a terrain puddle (the
@@ -61,11 +112,13 @@ fn wet_noise(p: vec2<f32>) -> f32 {
 }
 
 // Terrain bonus: puddle patches on flat ground once it is well soaked — darker, and a stronger
-// gloss weight so they read as standing water catching the sky.
-fn wet_puddles(s: WetSurface, n: vec3<f32>, world_pos: vec3<f32>, mf: MonkeyFrame) -> WetSurface {
+// gloss weight so they read as standing water catching the sky. MONKEY (rainshelter): `exposure`
+// as for `wet_surface`, so no puddle forms under cover.
+fn wet_puddles(s: WetSurface, n: vec3<f32>, world_pos: vec3<f32>, exposure: f32,
+    mf: MonkeyFrame) -> WetSurface {
     let wet_row = mf.wet_a;
     var o = s;
-    if (wet_row.y <= 0.0) {
+    if (wet_row.y <= 0.0 || exposure <= 0.0) {
         return o;
     }
     let xz = world_pos.xz;
@@ -73,7 +126,8 @@ fn wet_puddles(s: WetSurface, n: vec3<f32>, world_pos: vec3<f32>, mf: MonkeyFram
     let level = smoothstep(0.94, 0.99, n.y);
     // Puddles grow with the wetness: the threshold falls as the ground soaks.
     let edge = mix(0.8, 0.6, smoothstep(0.4, 1.0, wet_row.y));
-    let puddle = smoothstep(edge, edge + 0.06, field) * level * smoothstep(0.35, 0.8, wet_row.y);
+    let puddle = smoothstep(edge, edge + 0.06, field) * level * smoothstep(0.35, 0.8, wet_row.y)
+        * clamp(exposure, 0.0, 1.0);
     o.albedo = o.albedo * (1.0 - 0.45 * puddle);
     o.boost = max(o.boost, 2.0 * puddle);
     return o;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl
index 87f03641..427dd528 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ struct WowLight {
     points: array<vec4<f32>, 512>,
     // MONKEY (p0 MonkeyFrame): the programme block after the point table (monkey_frame.wgsl).
     monkey: monkey_frame::MonkeyFrame,
+    // MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-occlusion grid (`weather/shelter.rs`): `[origin_x, origin_z,
+    // 1/cell, active]`, `[base_y, cells per side, 0, 0]`, then one packed word a cell (wet_hook.wgsl).
+    shelter_hdr: vec4<f32>,
+    shelter_cfg: vec4<f32>,
+    shelter: array<u32, 16384>,
     // The interior-prop SH probes, 7 rows per slot (`MAX_PROP_PROBES` = 8192 slots). Only this
     // shader declares this tail; the other shaders bind the same buffer by its prefix.
     prop_probes: array<vec4<f32>, 57344>,
@@ -1762,8 +1767,19 @@ fn fragment(in: WowVsOut, @builtin(front_facing) is_front: bool) -> WowFragOut {
     // Mod/Mod2x, additive and dry = untouched.
     let wet_dry = is_interior || interior_fogged || is_rig || is_emissive || is_mod || is_mod2x
         || (u32(m.clutter_fade.z) & 4u) != 0u;
-    let wet = wet_hook::wet_surface(rgb, n_lit, in.world_position.xyz, select(1.0, 0.0, wet_dry),
-        wow_light.monkey);
+    // MONKEY (rainshelter): nothing gets wet under a roof, porch or bridge (the shelter grid).
+    var wet_open = 1.0;
+    if (wow_light.monkey.wet_a.y > 0.0) {
+        let wet_st = wet_hook::shelter_taps(in.world_position.xyz, wow_light.shelter_hdr,
+            wow_light.shelter_cfg);
+        if (wet_st.live > 0.0) {
+            wet_open = 1.0 - wet_hook::shelter_amount(wet_st, wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.x],
+                wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.y], wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.z],
+                wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.w], in.world_position.y, wow_light.shelter_cfg);
+        }
+    }
+    let wet = wet_hook::wet_surface(rgb, n_lit, in.world_position.xyz,
+        select(1.0, 0.0, wet_dry) * wet_open, wow_light.monkey);
     rgb = wet.albedo;
     if (wet.boost > 0.0) {
         rgb = min(rgb + wet_hook::wet_sheen(wet.boost, n_lit, normalize(view.world_position - in.world_position.xyz),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/global_light.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/global_light.rs
index a93b71ff..c67291c7 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/global_light.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/global_light.rs
@@ -729,12 +729,15 @@ pub fn new_shared_light_buffer(device: &RenderDevice) -> SharedLightBuffer {
 /// whole layout at each draw.
 pub fn light_blob_bytes() -> u64 {
     per_frame_blob_bytes()
+        // MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-occlusion grid region (`weather::shelter`).
+        + crate::weather::shelter::REGION_BYTES
         + (7 * MAX_PROP_PROBES * 16) as u64
         + crate::rig_palette::palette_regions_bytes()
 }
 
-/// The per-frame prefix's size, which is also the probe region's offset.
-pub(super) fn per_frame_blob_bytes() -> u64 {
+/// The per-frame prefix's size, which is also the rain-shelter region's offset (MONKEY
+/// (rainshelter); the probe region follows that).
+pub(crate) fn per_frame_blob_bytes() -> u64 {
     std::mem::size_of::<LightStd430>() as u64
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/mod.rs
index 27f253b0..5ce93176 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/mod.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ pub use global_light::{
 pub use prop_probes::{PropProbeSlot, PropProbes, MAX_PROP_PROBES};
 // The std430 layout stays in the crate: off-world producers state values through `LightBlob`,
 // never a row index.
+pub(crate) use global_light::per_frame_blob_bytes; // MONKEY (rainshelter)
 pub(crate) use prop_probes::prop_probe_region_offset;
 pub use resolve::WmoCrossfade;
 use resolve::{apply_sky_backdrop, setup_lighting, update_time_lighting};
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/prop_probes.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/prop_probes.rs
index c6ddd114..01043ece 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/prop_probes.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/lighting/prop_probes.rs
@@ -195,9 +195,10 @@ pub(super) fn publish_prop_probes(
     }
 }
 
-/// Byte offset of the probe region in the shared light buffer, right after the per-frame blob.
+/// Byte offset of the probe region in the shared light buffer, after the per-frame blob and
+/// MONKEY (rainshelter) the rain-shelter grid region.
 pub fn prop_probe_region_offset() -> u64 {
-    super::global_light::per_frame_blob_bytes()
+    super::global_light::per_frame_blob_bytes() + crate::weather::shelter::REGION_BYTES
 }
 
 /// Render world, in `PrepareResources`: writes the probe region when the table changed; the
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl b/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl
index 9009163e..142c032e 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ struct WowLight {
     points: array<vec4<f32>, 512>,
     // MONKEY (p0 MonkeyFrame): the programme block after the point table (monkey_frame.wgsl).
     monkey: monkey_frame::MonkeyFrame,
+    // MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-occlusion grid (`weather/shelter.rs`): `[origin_x, origin_z,
+    // 1/cell, active]`, `[base_y, cells per side, 0, 0]`, then one packed word a cell (wet_hook.wgsl).
+    shelter_hdr: vec4<f32>,
+    shelter_cfg: vec4<f32>,
+    shelter: array<u32, 16384>,
     // lighting::prop_probes: 8192 slots of 7 rows; the buffer's later regions are not mirrored.
     prop_probes: array<vec4<f32>, 57344>,
 }
@@ -1993,10 +1998,21 @@ fn fragment(in: GxVsOut) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
     if ((in.word & WORD_UNLIT) != 0u) {
         rgb = folded;
     }
+    // MONKEY (rainshelter): nothing gets wet under a roof, porch or bridge (the shelter grid).
+    var wet_open = 1.0;
+    if (wow_light.monkey.wet_a.y > 0.0) {
+        let wet_st = wet_hook::shelter_taps(in.world_position.xyz, wow_light.shelter_hdr,
+            wow_light.shelter_cfg);
+        if (wet_st.live > 0.0) {
+            wet_open = 1.0 - wet_hook::shelter_amount(wet_st, wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.x],
+                wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.y], wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.z],
+                wow_light.shelter[wet_st.idx.w], in.world_position.y, wow_light.shelter_cfg);
+        }
+    }
     // MONKEY (wet): rain on sky-exposed surfaces (wet_hook.wgsl); interior, unlit and dry = untouched.
     let wet = wet_hook::wet_surface(rgb, n_lit, in.world_position.xyz,
         // MONKEY (fix-wet): lit WMO windows (WORD_WINDOW) are not darkened by rain either.
-        select(1.0, 0.0, (in.word & (WORD_INTERIOR | WORD_UNLIT | WORD_WINDOW)) != 0u),
+        select(1.0, 0.0, (in.word & (WORD_INTERIOR | WORD_UNLIT | WORD_WINDOW)) != 0u) * wet_open,
         wow_light.monkey);
     rgb = wet.albedo;
     if (wet.boost > 0.0) {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/mod.rs
index 09548546..10bc0526 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use bevy::prelude::*;
 use crate::dev_state::DebugState;
 
 mod precip;
+pub mod shelter; // MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-occlusion height map the wet lane reads
 mod wetness; // MONKEY (wet): surface wetness + the rain-ripple clock -> MonkeyFrame wet0
 pub use wetness::{RainSurfaces, Wetness};
 
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ impl Plugin for WeatherPlugin {
             .add_systems(Update, weather_tick.in_set(WeatherTick));
         precip::register(app);
         wetness::register(app); // MONKEY (wet)
+        shelter::register(app); // MONKEY (rainshelter)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/shelter.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/shelter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adef8eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/shelter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,740 @@
+//! MONKEY (rainshelter): the rain-occlusion height map. A camera-centred top-down grid
+//! ([`GRID`]² cells of [`CELL`] yd, ~96 yd across, recentred in [`STEP`]-cell steps) that says,
+//! per cell, how high the topmost surface is and whether open air lies under it, so the wet lane
+//! (`wet_hook.wgsl`) keeps ground and walls under porches, bridges and roofs dry.
+//!
+//! Source: CPU vertical rays against the collision world, the same `SpatialQuery` and
+//! [`WorldCollision::body_filter`](crate::collision::WorldCollision::body_filter) the precip
+//! ground oracle lands drops on roofs with (`precip/pool.rs`, `HeightCache`). It is the cheapest
+//! robust source: the colliders already exist (terrain, WMO groups, collidable doodads), cost
+//! nothing to build, and see exactly the roofs the rain itself sees. Each cell casts down from
+//! [`LIFT`] yd above the camera: the first hit is the top surface; then it keeps casting from just
+//! under each hit (at most [`MAX_HOPS`]) until it finds an air gap of at least [`GAP`] yd (a roof,
+//! a deck, a floor over a room) or runs out of surfaces (open ground). A roof's own shell (its
+//! outer and ceiling faces a hand apart) is thinner than the gap, so it does not count as shelter.
+//! Doodads without a canopy collider (most trees) do not shelter; that is a limit of the source.
+//!
+//! Per cell the GPU gets one `u32` ([`pack_cell`]): the low half the top height relative to the
+//! header's `base_y` in 1/64 yd (±512 yd), the high half the soft cover 0..1 as unorm16. The cover is the
+//! raw 0/1 gap flag eroded by two cells (the drip margin: ground just inside an eave stays wet)
+//! then box-blurred over 3×3 (the soft edge), so it ramps 1/3, 2/3, 1 inward over ~2 yd.
+//! A fragment is sheltered by `cover × smoothstep(0.5, 1.5, top − y)`: the roof itself (at `top`)
+//! stays wet, everything a yard or more under it is dry.
+//!
+//! The grid rides the shared light buffer as its own region, right after the MonkeyFrame block
+//! ([`region_offset`]), so no receiver needs a new binding. The region is two header rows
+//! (`[origin_x, origin_z, 1/CELL, active]`, `[base_y, GRID, 0, 0]`) and `GRID²` words.
+//!
+//! Inert unless it is wet: with `rainSurfaces 0` or a zero wetness (`MonkeyFrame::wetness`) the
+//! system casts nothing, the header's `active` is 0 and every reader skips the map. It stays live
+//! while the ground dries after the rain, so a porch does not turn wet when the rain stops.
+//! The precip splashes do not read the map: they already land on the topmost surface through the
+//! reference's own ground oracle (`0x67c760`), which is the right answer for a drop.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use avian3d::prelude::{SpatialQuery, SpatialQueryFilter};
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy::render::extract_resource::{ExtractResource, ExtractResourcePlugin};
+use bevy::render::renderer::RenderQueue;
+use bevy::render::{Render, RenderApp, RenderSystems};
+
+use crate::lighting::{MonkeyFrame, SharedLightBuffer};
+use crate::view::WorldCamera;
+
+/// Cells per side.
+pub const GRID: usize = 128;
+/// Cell size in yd (the grid spans `GRID × CELL` = 96 yd).
+pub const CELL: f32 = 0.75;
+/// The recentre step in cells (12 yd): the camera stays at least 48 cells from every edge.
+pub const STEP: i32 = 16;
+/// Ray start above the camera, yd.
+pub const LIFT: f32 = 50.0;
+/// Camera height drift (yd) that restarts the grid, since the ray start decides which roofs count.
+const RECAST_DRIFT: f32 = 20.0;
+/// How far a column is searched below its ray start, yd.
+const REACH: f32 = 250.0;
+/// The smallest air gap under a surface that counts as shelter, yd.
+pub const GAP: f32 = 1.2;
+/// Surfaces followed down a column before it is called open.
+pub const MAX_HOPS: usize = 4;
+/// Cells cast per frame while cells are unsampled (nearest the camera first).
+pub const FILL_BUDGET: usize = 192;
+/// Cells re-cast per frame once full, so streamed-in colliders show up within a few seconds.
+pub const REFRESH_BUDGET: usize = 32;
+/// The drip margin: covered cells this many cells from open sky count as open (1.5 yd), so a
+/// column sampled just under an eave never leaks shelter outside it.
+const ERODE: i32 = 2;
+/// Header rows before the cells.
+pub const HEADER_ROWS: usize = 2;
+/// The region's size in the shared light buffer: the header and one word a cell.
+pub const REGION_BYTES: u64 = (HEADER_ROWS * 16 + GRID * GRID * 4) as u64;
+/// A missing top: far below anything, so `top − y` never shelters.
+const NO_TOP: f32 = -60_000.0;
+
+/// Byte offset of the region: right after the per-frame blob (and before the prop probes).
+pub fn region_offset() -> u64 {
+    crate::lighting::per_frame_blob_bytes()
+}
+
+/// One column's answer.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Column {
+    /// The topmost surface, world Y; `None` when the column hits nothing.
+    pub top: Option<f32>,
+    /// Open air of at least [`GAP`] under some surface of the column.
+    pub covered: bool,
+}
+
+/// Walks one column down from `from_y` with `cast(origin_y, max_dist, first) -> hit distance`.
+pub fn probe_column(from_y: f32, mut cast: impl FnMut(f32, f32, bool) -> Option<f32>) -> Column {
+    let Some(d) = cast(from_y, REACH, true) else {
+        return Column {
+            top: None,
+            covered: false,
+        };
+    };
+    let top = from_y - d;
+    let mut y = top;
+    for _ in 0..MAX_HOPS {
+        let start = y - 0.02;
+        let reach = start - (from_y - REACH);
+        if reach <= 0.0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        let Some(d) = cast(start, reach, false) else {
+            break;
+        };
+        let next = start - d;
+        if y - next >= GAP {
+            return Column {
+                top: Some(top),
+                covered: true,
+            };
+        }
+        y = next;
+    }
+    Column {
+        top: Some(top),
+        covered: false,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Height steps a yard in a packed cell (1/64 yd over ±512 yd around `base_y`).
+pub const HEIGHT_SCALE: f32 = 64.0;
+
+/// Packs a cell: the low half the top relative to `base_y` as `rel × 64 + 32768` (clamped), the
+/// high half the cover as unorm16. Plain integers, so the shaders need no float16 capability.
+pub fn pack_cell(top_rel: f32, cover: f32) -> u32 {
+    let h = (top_rel * HEIGHT_SCALE + 32_768.0)
+        .round()
+        .clamp(0.0, 65_535.0) as u32;
+    let c = (cover.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * 65_535.0).round() as u32;
+    h | (c << 16)
+}
+
+/// The inverse of [`pack_cell`]: `(top_rel, cover)`, as `wet_hook::shelter_cell` decodes it.
+pub fn unpack_cell(w: u32) -> (f32, f32) {
+    (
+        ((w & 0xffff) as f32 - 32_768.0) / HEIGHT_SCALE,
+        (w >> 16) as f32 / 65_535.0,
+    )
+}
+
+/// The nearest-first cast order: cell indices by distance from the grid centre.
+fn fill_order() -> Vec<u16> {
+    let c = GRID as f32 / 2.0 - 0.5;
+    let mut order: Vec<u16> = (0..GRID * GRID).map(|i| i as u16).collect();
+    order.sort_by(|&a, &b| {
+        let d = |i: u16| {
+            let (x, z) = (f32::from(i) % GRID as f32, (usize::from(i) / GRID) as f32);
+            (x - c).powi(2) + (z - c).powi(2)
+        };
+        d(a).total_cmp(&d(b))
+    });
+    order
+}
+
+/// The grid: raw columns, the derived cover and the packed words the GPU reads.
+#[derive(Resource)]
+pub struct ShelterGrid {
+    /// World cell coordinates of cell (0, 0) (`floor(world / CELL)`).
+    pub origin: IVec2,
+    /// World Y the rays start from.
+    pub cast_y: f32,
+    top: Vec<f32>,
+    raw: Vec<f32>,
+    eroded: Vec<f32>,
+    sampled: Vec<bool>,
+    pending: usize,
+    refresh: usize,
+    order: Vec<u16>,
+    /// The packed words, shared with the render world.
+    pub cells: Arc<Vec<u32>>,
+    /// Grid rows changed since the last publish, `[lo, hi)`.
+    dirty: Option<(usize, usize)>,
+    /// Whether the map is live (it was wet this frame).
+    pub active: bool,
+    started: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for ShelterGrid {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let n = GRID * GRID;
+        Self {
+            origin: IVec2::ZERO,
+            cast_y: 0.0,
+            top: vec![NO_TOP; n],
+            raw: vec![0.0; n],
+            eroded: vec![0.0; n],
+            sampled: vec![false; n],
+            pending: n,
+            refresh: 0,
+            order: fill_order(),
+            cells: Arc::new(vec![pack_cell(NO_TOP, 0.0); n]),
+            dirty: None,
+            active: false,
+            started: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ShelterGrid {
+    /// The origin a camera at `cam_xz` wants: its step, less half the grid.
+    pub fn origin_for(cam_xz: Vec2) -> IVec2 {
+        let cell = (cam_xz / CELL).floor().as_ivec2();
+        (cell.div_euclid(IVec2::splat(STEP)) - IVec2::splat(GRID as i32 / STEP / 2)) * STEP
+    }
+
+    /// The Y relative heights are stored against.
+    pub fn base_y(&self) -> f32 {
+        self.cast_y - LIFT
+    }
+
+    /// The cell holding a world XZ, if inside.
+    pub fn cell_of(&self, xz: Vec2) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
+        let c = (xz / CELL).floor().as_ivec2() - self.origin;
+        let n = GRID as i32;
+        (c.x >= 0 && c.y >= 0 && c.x < n && c.y < n).then_some((c.x as usize, c.y as usize))
+    }
+
+    /// A cell's centre in world XZ.
+    pub fn cell_centre(&self, x: usize, z: usize) -> Vec2 {
+        (self.origin.as_vec2() + Vec2::new(x as f32 + 0.5, z as f32 + 0.5)) * CELL
+    }
+
+    /// Cells still to cast before the grid is whole.
+    pub fn pending(&self) -> usize {
+        self.pending
+    }
+
+    /// Forgets every column.
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.top.fill(NO_TOP);
+        self.raw.fill(0.0);
+        self.sampled.fill(false);
+        self.pending = GRID * GRID;
+        self.refresh = 0;
+        self.rederive_all();
+    }
+
+    /// Follows the camera: shifts the grid by whole steps (keeping every column still inside)
+    /// and restarts it when the camera has climbed or dropped past [`RECAST_DRIFT`]. Returns
+    /// whether anything moved.
+    pub fn follow(&mut self, cam: Vec3) -> bool {
+        let want_y = cam.y + LIFT;
+        if !self.started || (want_y - self.cast_y).abs() > RECAST_DRIFT {
+            self.started = true;
+            self.cast_y = want_y;
+            self.origin = Self::origin_for(cam.xz());
+            self.clear();
+            return true;
+        }
+        let want = Self::origin_for(cam.xz());
+        if want == self.origin {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let d = want - self.origin;
+        self.origin = want;
+        let n = GRID as i32;
+        let mut top = vec![NO_TOP; GRID * GRID];
+        let mut raw = vec![0.0; GRID * GRID];
+        let mut sampled = vec![false; GRID * GRID];
+        for z in 0..n {
+            for x in 0..n {
+                let (ox, oz) = (x + d.x, z + d.y);
+                if ox < 0 || oz < 0 || ox >= n || oz >= n {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let (i, o) = ((z * n + x) as usize, (oz * n + ox) as usize);
+                top[i] = self.top[o];
+                raw[i] = self.raw[o];
+                sampled[i] = self.sampled[o];
+            }
+        }
+        self.top = top;
+        self.raw = raw;
+        self.pending = sampled.iter().filter(|s| !**s).count();
+        self.sampled = sampled;
+        self.rederive_all();
+        true
+    }
+
+    /// Casts up to a frame's budget of columns with `probe(xz)`, nearest unsampled first, then a
+    /// slow refresh sweep. Returns how many columns were cast.
+    pub fn step(&mut self, mut probe: impl FnMut(Vec2) -> Column) -> usize {
+        let mut cast = 0;
+        if self.pending > 0 {
+            for k in 0..self.order.len() {
+                if cast == FILL_BUDGET {
+                    break;
+                }
+                let i = usize::from(self.order[k]);
+                if self.sampled[i] {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                self.cast_cell(i, &mut probe);
+                cast += 1;
+            }
+        } else {
+            for _ in 0..REFRESH_BUDGET {
+                let i = usize::from(self.order[self.refresh]);
+                self.refresh = (self.refresh + 1) % self.order.len();
+                self.cast_cell(i, &mut probe);
+                cast += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        cast
+    }
+
+    fn cast_cell(&mut self, i: usize, probe: &mut impl FnMut(Vec2) -> Column) {
+        let (x, z) = (i % GRID, i / GRID);
+        let col = probe(self.cell_centre(x, z));
+        if !self.sampled[i] {
+            self.sampled[i] = true;
+            self.pending -= 1;
+        }
+        let top = col.top.unwrap_or(NO_TOP);
+        let raw = if col.covered { 1.0 } else { 0.0 };
+        if top != self.top[i] || raw != self.raw[i] {
+            self.top[i] = top;
+            self.raw[i] = raw;
+            self.rederive(x, z);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn rederive_all(&mut self) {
+        self.rederive_rect(0, 0, GRID - 1, GRID - 1);
+    }
+
+    /// A raw change reaches the cover `ERODE + 1` cells out (erode, then blur).
+    fn rederive(&mut self, x: usize, z: usize) {
+        let r = ERODE as usize + 1;
+        self.rederive_rect(
+            x.saturating_sub(r),
+            z.saturating_sub(r),
+            (x + r).min(GRID - 1),
+            (z + r).min(GRID - 1),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Recomputes the cover and the packed words over an inclusive rect.
+    fn rederive_rect(&mut self, x0: usize, z0: usize, x1: usize, z1: usize) {
+        let n = GRID as i32;
+        let at = |v: &Vec<f32>, x: i32, z: i32| {
+            if x < 0 || z < 0 || x >= n || z >= n {
+                0.0
+            } else {
+                v[(z * n + x) as usize]
+            }
+        };
+        // Erosion over the rect grown by one (the blur reads it).
+        let (ex0, ez0) = (x0.saturating_sub(1), z0.saturating_sub(1));
+        let (ex1, ez1) = ((x1 + 1).min(GRID - 1), (z1 + 1).min(GRID - 1));
+        for z in ez0..=ez1 {
+            for x in ex0..=ex1 {
+                let mut m = 1.0f32;
+                for dz in -ERODE..=ERODE {
+                    for dx in -ERODE..=ERODE {
+                        m = m.min(at(&self.raw, x as i32 + dx, z as i32 + dz));
+                    }
+                }
+                self.eroded[z * GRID + x] = m;
+            }
+        }
+        let base = self.base_y();
+        let cells = Arc::make_mut(&mut self.cells);
+        for z in z0..=z1 {
+            for x in x0..=x1 {
+                let mut s = 0.0;
+                for dz in -1..=1 {
+                    for dx in -1..=1 {
+                        s += at(&self.eroded, x as i32 + dx, z as i32 + dz);
+                    }
+                }
+                let i = z * GRID + x;
+                cells[i] = pack_cell(self.top[i] - base, s / 9.0);
+            }
+        }
+        self.dirty = Some(match self.dirty {
+            Some((lo, hi)) => (lo.min(z0), hi.max(z1 + 1)),
+            None => (z0, z1 + 1),
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// The two header rows.
+    pub fn header(&self) -> [[f32; 4]; HEADER_ROWS] {
+        let o = self.origin.as_vec2() * CELL;
+        [
+            [o.x, o.y, 1.0 / CELL, if self.active { 1.0 } else { 0.0 }],
+            [self.base_y(), GRID as f32, 0.0, 0.0],
+        ]
+    }
+
+    /// The sheltered amount a fragment at `p` gets: the CPU twin of `wet_hook::shelter_amount`
+    /// (bilinear over the four nearest cell centres), for tests and probes.
+    pub fn shelter_at(&self, p: Vec3) -> f32 {
+        if !self.active {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+        let g = (p.xz() / CELL - self.origin.as_vec2()) - 0.5;
+        let gf = g.floor();
+        if gf.x < 0.0
+            || gf.y < 0.0
+            || gf.x + 1.0 > (GRID - 1) as f32
+            || gf.y + 1.0 > (GRID - 1) as f32
+        {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+        let f = g - gf;
+        let (x, z) = (gf.x as usize, gf.y as usize);
+        let y_rel = p.y - self.base_y();
+        let tap = |x: usize, z: usize| {
+            let (top, cover) = unpack_cell(self.cells[z * GRID + x]);
+            let t = (top - y_rel - 0.5).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+            cover * t * t * (3.0 - 2.0 * t)
+        };
+        let a = tap(x, z) + (tap(x + 1, z) - tap(x, z)) * f.x;
+        let b = tap(x, z + 1) + (tap(x + 1, z + 1) - tap(x, z + 1)) * f.x;
+        (a + (b - a) * f.y).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+    }
+}
+
+/// The render-world copy: the header every frame, the cells when they changed.
+#[derive(Resource, Clone, ExtractResource)]
+pub struct ShelterExtract {
+    header: [[f32; 4]; HEADER_ROWS],
+    cells: Arc<Vec<u32>>,
+    generation: u64,
+    /// Rows this generation changed, `[lo, hi)`.
+    rows: Option<(usize, usize)>,
+}
+
+impl Default for ShelterExtract {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            header: [[0.0; 4]; HEADER_ROWS],
+            cells: Arc::new(Vec::new()),
+            generation: 0,
+            rows: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Main world: follows the camera and casts this frame's columns while it is wet; idle (no rays,
+/// the header marked off once) otherwise.
+fn tick_shelter(
+    frame: Res<MonkeyFrame>,
+    cam: Query<&GlobalTransform, With<WorldCamera>>,
+    spatial: SpatialQuery,
+    mut grid: ResMut<ShelterGrid>,
+    mut out: ResMut<ShelterExtract>,
+) {
+    let wet = frame.wetness > 0.0;
+    let cam = cam.single().ok().map(GlobalTransform::translation);
+    let live = wet && cam.is_some();
+    if !live {
+        if grid.active {
+            grid.active = false;
+            // Stale columns would lie on the next shower; forget them.
+            grid.started = false;
+            out.header = grid.header();
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    let cam = cam.unwrap_or_default();
+    grid.active = true;
+    grid.follow(cam);
+    let filter = crate::collision::WorldCollision::body_filter();
+    let x0 = grid.cast_y;
+    grid.step(|xz| cast_column(&spatial, &filter, xz, x0));
+    let header = grid.header();
+    if out.header != header {
+        out.header = header;
+    }
+    if let Some(rows) = grid.dirty.take() {
+        out.cells = Arc::clone(&grid.cells);
+        out.generation = out.generation.wrapping_add(1);
+        out.rows = Some(rows);
+    }
+}
+
+fn cast_column(
+    spatial: &SpatialQuery,
+    filter: &SpatialQueryFilter,
+    xz: Vec2,
+    from_y: f32,
+) -> Column {
+    probe_column(from_y, |y, max, first| {
+        spatial
+            .cast_ray(Vec3::new(xz.x, y, xz.y), Dir3::NEG_Y, max, first, filter)
+            .map(|hit| hit.distance)
+    })
+}
+
+/// Render world: writes the header each frame it moved and the changed cell rows.
+fn upload_shelter(
+    queue: Res<RenderQueue>,
+    buffer: Option<Res<SharedLightBuffer>>,
+    data: Option<Res<ShelterExtract>>,
+    mut last: Local<(u64, [[f32; 4]; HEADER_ROWS])>,
+) {
+    let (Some(buffer), Some(data)) = (buffer, data) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if last.1 != data.header {
+        last.1 = data.header;
+        queue.write_buffer(
+            &buffer.0,
+            region_offset(),
+            bytemuck::cast_slice(&data.header),
+        );
+    }
+    if last.0 == data.generation || data.cells.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    // Only the changed rows after a consecutive generation; everything after a skipped one.
+    let (lo, hi) = match data.rows {
+        Some(r) if last.0.wrapping_add(1) == data.generation => r,
+        _ => (0, GRID),
+    };
+    last.0 = data.generation;
+    let words = &data.cells[lo * GRID..hi * GRID];
+    queue.write_buffer(
+        &buffer.0,
+        region_offset() + (HEADER_ROWS * 16 + lo * GRID * 4) as u64,
+        bytemuck::cast_slice(words),
+    );
+}
+
+pub(super) fn register(app: &mut App) {
+    app.init_resource::<ShelterGrid>()
+        .init_resource::<ShelterExtract>()
+        .add_plugins(ExtractResourcePlugin::<ShelterExtract>::default())
+        .add_systems(Update, tick_shelter.after(super::wetness::wetness_tick));
+    if let Some(render_app) = app.get_sub_app_mut(RenderApp) {
+        render_app.add_systems(
+            Render,
+            upload_shelter.in_set(RenderSystems::PrepareResources),
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A flat ground at y 0 with a 6×6 yd porch roof (outer face 3.2, ceiling 3.0) at x, z 10..16.
+    fn porch(xz: Vec2) -> impl FnMut(f32, f32, bool) -> Option<f32> {
+        move |y: f32, max: f32, _first: bool| {
+            let under = (10.0..16.0).contains(&xz.x) && (10.0..16.0).contains(&xz.y);
+            let surfaces: &[f32] = if under { &[3.2, 3.0, 0.0] } else { &[0.0] };
+            surfaces
+                .iter()
+                .find(|&&s| s <= y && y - s <= max)
+                .map(|&s| y - s)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn filled(cam: Vec3) -> ShelterGrid {
+        let mut g = ShelterGrid {
+            active: true,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        g.follow(cam);
+        let from = g.cast_y;
+        while g.pending() > 0 {
+            g.step(|xz| probe_column(from, porch(xz)));
+        }
+        g
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_column_under_a_roof_is_covered_and_open_ground_is_not() {
+        let roof = probe_column(50.0, porch(Vec2::new(12.0, 12.0)));
+        assert!(
+            roof.covered && (roof.top.unwrap() - 3.2).abs() < 1e-4,
+            "{roof:?}"
+        );
+        let open = probe_column(50.0, porch(Vec2::new(0.0, 0.0)));
+        assert_eq!(
+            open,
+            Column {
+                top: Some(0.0),
+                covered: false
+            }
+        );
+        let none = probe_column(50.0, |_, _, _| None);
+        assert_eq!(
+            none,
+            Column {
+                top: None,
+                covered: false
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_thin_shell_is_not_shelter() {
+        // Two faces 0.3 yd apart and nothing under them: a slab lying on the ground.
+        let c = probe_column(10.0, |y, _, _| {
+            [1.3f32, 1.0].iter().find(|&&s| s <= y).map(|&s| y - s)
+        });
+        assert!(!c.covered);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_transform_round_trips_and_the_camera_sits_mid_grid() {
+        for cam in [
+            Vec2::new(0.0, 0.0),
+            Vec2::new(-8_532.4, 671.9),
+            Vec2::new(123.4, -9_876.5),
+        ] {
+            let mut g = ShelterGrid::default();
+            g.follow(cam.extend(20.0).xzy());
+            let (x, z) = g.cell_of(cam).expect("the camera is inside its grid");
+            for c in [x, z] {
+                assert!((48..80).contains(&c), "camera cell {c} too near an edge");
+            }
+            let centre = g.cell_centre(x, z);
+            assert!((centre - cam).abs().max_element() <= CELL / 2.0 + 1e-3);
+            assert_eq!(g.cell_of(centre), Some((x, z)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_grid_recentres_only_in_whole_steps_and_keeps_its_columns() {
+        let mut g = filled(Vec3::new(13.0, 1.0, 13.0));
+        let origin = g.origin;
+        // Within a step: nothing moves.
+        assert!(!g.follow(Vec3::new(13.0 + 5.0, 1.0, 13.0)));
+        assert_eq!(g.origin, origin);
+        // Past it: one step, and only the new strip is pending.
+        assert!(g.follow(Vec3::new(13.0 + STEP as f32 * CELL, 1.0, 13.0)));
+        assert_eq!(g.origin - origin, IVec2::new(STEP, 0));
+        assert_eq!(g.pending(), STEP as usize * GRID);
+        // The porch kept its shelter across the shift.
+        assert!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(13.0, 0.0, 13.0)) > 0.99);
+        // A big climb restarts the grid.
+        assert!(g.follow(Vec3::new(
+            13.0 + STEP as f32 * CELL,
+            1.0 + RECAST_DRIFT + 1.0,
+            13.0
+        )));
+        assert_eq!(g.pending(), GRID * GRID);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_frame_casts_at_most_its_budget_nearest_first() {
+        let mut g = ShelterGrid {
+            active: true,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        g.follow(Vec3::new(13.0, 1.0, 13.0));
+        let mut calls = 0;
+        let mut far = 0.0f32;
+        let n = g.step(|xz| {
+            calls += 1;
+            far = far.max((xz - Vec2::new(13.0, 13.0)).length());
+            Column {
+                top: Some(0.0),
+                covered: false,
+            }
+        });
+        assert_eq!((n, calls), (FILL_BUDGET, FILL_BUDGET));
+        // The first frame covers the camera's own neighbourhood (grid centre is ≤ a step away).
+        assert!(far < 20.0, "first cells reach {far} yd");
+        assert_eq!(g.pending(), GRID * GRID - FILL_BUDGET);
+        while g.pending() > 0 {
+            g.step(|_| Column {
+                top: Some(0.0),
+                covered: false,
+            });
+        }
+        // Full: only the refresh trickle.
+        assert_eq!(
+            g.step(|_| Column {
+                top: Some(0.0),
+                covered: false
+            }),
+            REFRESH_BUDGET
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn under_the_porch_is_dry_the_roof_and_the_drip_line_are_wet() {
+        let g = filled(Vec3::new(13.0, 1.0, 13.0));
+        // Ground under the middle of the porch: sheltered.
+        assert!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(13.0, 0.0, 13.0)) > 0.99);
+        // The roof's own top: open.
+        assert_eq!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(13.0, 3.2, 13.0)), 0.0);
+        // Open ground: open.
+        assert_eq!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(5.0, 0.0, 5.0)), 0.0);
+        // Just inside the eave (the drip margin): mostly wet; a yard in: mostly dry.
+        let edge = g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(10.2, 0.0, 13.0));
+        let inner = g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(11.8, 0.0, 13.0));
+        assert!(edge < 0.5, "drip line {edge}");
+        assert!(inner > edge && inner > 0.6, "inner {inner}");
+        // At and just outside the eave: fully wet.
+        assert_eq!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(9.6, 0.0, 13.0)), 0.0);
+        assert_eq!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(10.1, 0.0, 13.0)), 0.0);
+        // Walls and floors a story under the roof are dry too; a fragment above it is not.
+        assert!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(13.0, 1.5, 13.0)) > 0.99);
+        assert_eq!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(13.0, 4.0, 13.0)), 0.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_inactive_grid_shelters_nothing_and_packs_off() {
+        let mut g = filled(Vec3::new(13.0, 1.0, 13.0));
+        g.active = false;
+        assert_eq!(g.shelter_at(Vec3::new(13.0, 0.0, 13.0)), 0.0);
+        assert_eq!(g.header()[0][3], 0.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn packed_cells_round_trip_to_a_sixty_fourth_of_a_yard() {
+        for (top, cover) in [
+            (0.0f32, 0.0f32),
+            (1.0, 1.0),
+            (-2.5, 0.5),
+            (3.21, 1.0 / 3.0),
+            (-60.0, 0.0),
+        ] {
+            let (t, c) = unpack_cell(pack_cell(top, cover));
+            assert!((t - top).abs() <= 0.5 / HEIGHT_SCALE, "{top} -> {t}");
+            assert!((c - cover).abs() <= 1e-4, "{cover} -> {c}");
+        }
+        // Out of range clamps: a missing top reads 512 yd under the base.
+        assert_eq!(unpack_cell(pack_cell(NO_TOP, 2.0)), (-512.0, 1.0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_region_is_aligned_for_the_probe_rows_after_it() {
+        assert_eq!(REGION_BYTES % 16, 0);
+        assert_eq!(region_offset() % 16, 0);
+        assert_eq!(
+            crate::lighting::prop_probe_region_offset(),
+            region_offset() + REGION_BYTES
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/wetness.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/wetness.rs
index 1dcca38b..93f9f539 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/wetness.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/weather/wetness.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fn env_overrides() -> &'static EnvOverrides {
     })
 }
 
-fn wetness_tick(
+pub(super) fn wetness_tick(
     time: Res<Time<Real>>,
     state: Res<WeatherState>,
     cvar: Res<RainSurfaces>,