diff --git a/LIGHTING.md b/LIGHTING.md
index f09f04d2..c7de7b00 100644
--- a/LIGHTING.md
+++ b/LIGHTING.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ behind each constant.
 | Sky dithering | a faint screen-space dither in the FFXGlow combine so smooth sky and fog gradients do not band (MONKEY p0; was env-only) | Advanced Graphics → Sky Dithering, cvar `skyDither` 0/1 (default 0, Graphics preset High = 1), env `WOW_DITHER=1` still forces it on; bridge in `benilla-app/src/monkey_gfx.rs` |
 | 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` |
+| 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/` |
 | Night and interior level | global dimming of the night sky term and of interior ambient | `nightGain`, `interiorGain`, `interiorBakeFloor` |
 
 Players reach all of it from **Options -> Advanced Graphics** (a Lighting Quality preset Off / Low / Medium / High plus the individual rows; Off is the original client look). The dev build has a panel for all of it: **Ctrl+Shift+D → Lighting & shadows**, with Dim / Default /
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ is its own module, documented in `WATER.md`.
 - **Census**: `cargo test -p benilla-world --lib lighting::daylight::census -- --ignored --nocapture`
   (`WOW_CENSUS_WMO`, `WOW_CENSUS_PLACE=map,tx,ty,uid`) prints, per interior room of a city WMO,
   whether a daylight fixture, a bleed fixture or neither reaches it, and the sky-room count.
+- **Wind**: `wind/mod.rs` resolves the WXL-derived shared field and nearest-unit benders;
+  `clutter.rs` authors blade weights/phases; `static_gx` classifies and marks alpha-tested leaf
+  batches. `wind_hook.wgsl` owns the displacement shared by clutter, retained trees and fade twins.
 - **Tools**: `benilla-extract <Data> wmolights <wmo> [--verts <group>]`, `wmolamps`, `m2firescan`
   print the inputs the system works from (groups, batch classes, portals, claims, flame emitters).
 
@@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ is its own module, documented in `WATER.md`.
   (`benilla-world/src/lighting/monkey_frame.rs`); `global_light::pack_monkey_frame` packs it after
   the point table and fills `time_of_day` / `night` itself. All zero = no visual change.
 - World lights use upstream's `WorldPointLight`, never Bevy's `PointLight`.
+- Foliage wind is vertex-only. Tree and leaf shadow meshes stay static; the small mismatch is the
+  accepted first-stage cost/complexity tradeoff.
 - WGSL only fails at pipeline creation, so a shader edit is verified by running a world scene, not
   by `cargo check`.
 - Exterior point lights are selected per draw unit (12 slots, ranked against the chunk's box); the
diff --git a/THIRD-PARTY.md b/THIRD-PARTY.md
index 91aa78fd..5e7d9a14 100644
--- a/THIRD-PARTY.md
+++ b/THIRD-PARTY.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ where they stand. Do not remove either.
 | `crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/cloud.wgsl` | `wxl-retail-clouds` | `Clouds.cpp` | The 3-tap march toward the sun (self-shadow, ambient floor) and the one-tap silver lining |
 | `crates/benilla-world/src/clouds/layer.rs` (`update_cloud_fx`) | `wxl-retail-clouds` | `Clouds.cpp` | March direction = the sun projected on the sheet, strength folded by its flatness (noon clouds evenly lit) |
 
-Planned (not yet in the tree): breaker index from `sea/Shore.hpp`, `shaders/Wave.hlsli`; grass wind from `wxl-experimental-wind`
-(`field/Wind.*`, `grass/GrassWind.*`).
+| `crates/benilla-world/src/wind/mod.rs` | `wxl-experimental-wind` | `field/Wind.hpp`, `field/Wind.cpp` | Stateless three-sine gust and veer field, default profile, and weather gain (ported) |
+| `crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wind_hook.wgsl` | `wxl-experimental-wind` | `grass/GrassWind.hpp`, `grass/GrassWind.cpp` | Two-wave grass sway, gust response, lean, blade phase/variance, distance fade and radial parting (ported; extended to eight benders) |
+| `crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl` (MONKEY wind hook) | `wxl-experimental-wind` | `grass/GrassWind.cpp` | Grass vertex displacement call seam (technique) |
+| `crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs` (MONKEY wind attributes) | `wxl-experimental-wind` | `grass/GrassWind.cpp` | Per-blade bend weight and per-tuft phase inputs (technique; height replaces WXL's unverified texture-V weight) |
+
+Planned (not yet in the tree): breaker index from `sea/Shore.hpp`, `shaders/Wave.hlsli`.
 The lane that ports one adds its row here.
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/OptionsFrame.xml b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/OptionsFrame.xml
index fc95db89..e515d034 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/OptionsFrame.xml
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/OptionsFrame.xml
@@ -528,12 +528,16 @@
                 interiorDarkness = "Interior Darkness",
                 -- MONKEY (p0 skyDither)
                 skyDither = "Sky Dithering",
+                -- MONKEY (wind)
+                foliageWind = "Foliage Wind",
+                windGrass = "Grass",
+                windTrees = "Grass + Trees",
                 yards = "%d yd",
                 tips = {
                     LIGHTING_QUALITY =
                         "Sets character, world, indoor torch and outdoor torch shadows; dynamic "
                         .. "interior lighting; moon shadows; volumetric fog; water quality; lava glow; fire and spell brightness; fire flicker; "
-                        .. "and night and interior darkness. Low, Medium and High also set shadow "
+                        .. "foliage wind; and night and interior darkness. Low, Medium and High also set shadow "
                         .. "resolution; Medium and High also set resident and moving torch shadow counts.\n\n"
                         .. "Off restores the original client's look: Classic water, no volumetric fog, lava glow or synthesised fire lights, "
                         .. "night gain 1.0 and interior gain 1.0. All other settings, including "
@@ -644,6 +648,11 @@
                     SKY_DITHER =
                         "Adds a faint noise to the final image so smooth sky and fog gradients do not "
                         .. "break into visible bands. Off is the original client's look. Practically free.",
+                    -- MONKEY (wind)
+                    FOLIAGE_WIND =
+                        "Grass bends in two travelling wind waves and parts around nearby characters. "
+                        .. "Grass + Trees also gives classified tree and bush foliage a gentle sway.\n\n"
+                        .. "Off makes no vertex displacement and restores the unchanged image. Tree shadows stay static.",
                 },
             },
             ruRU = {
@@ -685,6 +694,10 @@
                 interiorDarkness = "Темнота помещений",
                 -- MONKEY (p0 skyDither)
                 skyDither = "Дизеринг неба",
+                -- MONKEY (wind)
+                foliageWind = "Ветер листвы",
+                windGrass = "Трава",
+                windTrees = "Трава + деревья",
                 yards = "%d ярд.",
                 tips = {
                     LIGHTING_QUALITY =
@@ -811,6 +824,11 @@
                         "Добавляет едва заметный шум в итоговое изображение, чтобы плавные переходы цвета "
                         .. "неба и тумана не распадались на полосы. Выключено — вид оригинального клиента. "
                         .. "Почти ничего не стоит.",
+                    -- MONKEY (wind)
+                    FOLIAGE_WIND =
+                        "Трава гнётся двумя бегущими волнами ветра и расступается вокруг персонажей. "
+                        .. "Трава + деревья также добавляет мягкое качание листвы деревьев и кустов.\n\n"
+                        .. "Выключено не смещает вершины и восстанавливает исходный вид. Тени деревьев остаются неподвижными.",
                 },
             },
         }
@@ -877,6 +895,8 @@
                 "RowNightDarkness", "RowInteriorDarkness",
                 -- MONKEY (p0 skyDither)
                 "RowSkyDither",
+                -- MONKEY (wind): appended for conflict-free lane merges.
+                "RowFoliageWind",
             },
             -- Player Guild Names is a child of Player Names, as in 1.12 (l.702-708).
             Nameplates = {
@@ -2985,6 +3005,23 @@
                                                     "BENILLA_TOOLTIP_SKY_DITHER")
                                             </OnLoad></Scripts>
                                         </Frame>
+                                        <!-- MONKEY (wind): three foliage tiers; appended at the end of the page. -->
+                                        <Frame name="$parentRowFoliageWind" inherits="OptionsDropdownRowTemplate">
+                                            <Anchors>
+                                                <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="$parentRowSkyDither" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-9"/></Offset></Anchor>
+                                                <Anchor point="TOPRIGHT" relativeTo="$parentRowSkyDither" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-9"/></Offset></Anchor>
+                                            </Anchors>
+                                            <Scripts><OnLoad>
+                                                OptionsRow_OnLoad(self, "foliageWind",
+                                                    BENILLA_ADVGFX.foliageWind,
+                                                    "BENILLA_TOOLTIP_FOLIAGE_WIND")
+                                                OptionsDropdownRow_Setup(self, {
+                                                    { text = BENILLA_ADVGFX.qOff, value = "0" },
+                                                    { text = BENILLA_ADVGFX.windGrass, value = "1" },
+                                                    { text = BENILLA_ADVGFX.windTrees, value = "2" },
+                                                })
+                                            </OnLoad></Scripts>
+                                        </Frame>
                                     </Frames>
                                     <!-- The poll (see AdvGfx_OnUpdate): this is the one page whose
                                          settings move from outside it — the Lighting Quality row
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/fixtures.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/fixtures.rs
index 595a64f2..756b8968 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/fixtures.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/fixtures.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,65 @@ const CHEST_GUID: u64 = (0xF110u64 << 48) | 0x744;
 /// face, `rear` the tail — the same body, its lit and unlit sides.
 const SUBJECT_YAW: f32 = 2.36;
 
+/// MONKEY (wind): stand one real player in the grass-parting world capture without loading the
+/// player UI. `UiFixture::Subject` intentionally opts the whole HUD in; parting needs the live
+/// entity path but a pristine world framebuffer. `look` is the scenario's documented feet point.
+pub(super) fn seed_wind_player(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    ctx: Res<CaptureCtx>,
+    progress: Res<WorldLoadProgress>,
+    mut seeded: Local<bool>,
+) {
+    let Some(scenario) = ctx.scenario else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if *seeded
+        || scenario.name != "wind-player-parting"
+        || !(progress.total > 0 && progress.ready == progress.total)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    *seeded = true;
+    use benilla_protocol::messages::ObjectFields;
+    commands.spawn((
+        crate::net::Guid(0x51),
+        crate::net::NetEntity {
+            kind: benilla_protocol::EntityKind::Player,
+            // HumanMale.m2; the normal entity visual path supplies the body.
+            display_id: Some(49),
+            scale: 1.0,
+        },
+        crate::net::ObjectStore(ObjectFields::from_pairs(&[
+            (22, 100),        // UNIT_FIELD_HEALTH
+            (28, 100),        // UNIT_FIELD_MAXHEALTH
+            (34, 12),         // UNIT_FIELD_LEVEL
+            (35, 1),          // UNIT_FIELD_FACTIONTEMPLATE
+            (36, 1 | 1 << 8), // UNIT_FIELD_BYTES_0: human warrior
+        ])),
+        // A player visual waits for its equipment resolution handshake before attaching. This
+        // fixture is intentionally naked, so its final resolved set is known immediately.
+        crate::entities::Equipment {
+            settled: true,
+            ..default()
+        },
+        // Mark this visible remote body as the capture's viewer. The real client publishes the
+        // local body through `Viewer::at`; this server-less instrument has no active Player.
+        benilla_world::world_unit::ViewerUnit,
+        benilla_world::world_unit::WorldUnit {
+            wades: true,
+            scale: 1.0,
+            height: crate::entities::CollisionHeight::default().0,
+            bound: None,
+        },
+        Transform {
+            translation: wow_to_bevy(scenario.look),
+            rotation: Quat::from_rotation_y(SUBJECT_YAW),
+            ..default()
+        },
+        Visibility::default(),
+    ));
+}
+
 /// Seed the fixture window's state resources once, right after the scene goes resident — the real
 /// feeds then push it into the VM during the settle window exactly as live wire data would. Item
 /// icons resolve through the offline `ItemDisplayCatalog` (display ids chosen from entries that
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/mod.rs
index 51e87b91..226cc85d 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/mod.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ mod probes;
 mod scenarios;
 use crate::run_mode::CaptureMode;
 pub(crate) use depth_probe::DepthProbePlugin;
-use fixtures::seed_ui_fixture;
+use fixtures::{seed_ui_fixture, seed_wind_player};
 pub(crate) use live_shot::LiveShotPlugin;
 pub(crate) use phase_probe::PhaseProbePlugin;
 pub(crate) use pick_probe::PickProbePlugin;
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ impl Plugin for CapturePlugin {
                 bailed: false,
             })
             .add_systems(Update, pin_scene.in_set(WorldStage::Present))
+            .add_systems(Update, seed_wind_player)
             // Before the UnitFeed pass: the seed stands in for wire data that in live play
             // filled the app caches on EARLIER frames, so the same frame's feeds (item-template
             // / player-req pushes, then the merchant paint) must all see it. Unordered, the
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/scenarios.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/scenarios.rs
index 2b9d643a..3438f5a1 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/scenarios.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/capture/scenarios.rs
@@ -1562,6 +1562,36 @@ pub(super) const ON_DEMAND: &[Scenario] = &[
         minute: 720,
         ui: None,
     },
+    // MONKEY wind: keep these at the END of the table. They are the three visual instruments for
+    // W1: authored grass weight/lean, static-tree classification/sway, and the viewer bender.
+    Scenario {
+        name: "wind-grass-elwynn",
+        map: Some(MAP_AZEROTH),
+        // Inside the grassy hill that the earlier long shot put beyond clutter's 70 yd horizon.
+        eye: [-9460.0, 45.0, 60.5],
+        look: [-9442.0, 27.0, 57.5],
+        minute: 720,
+        ui: None,
+    },
+    Scenario {
+        name: "wind-forest-elwynn",
+        map: Some(MAP_AZEROTH),
+        // East of Goldshire looking south-west across the lake and Elwynn forest.
+        eye: [-9380.0, -30.0, 80.0],
+        look: [-9600.0, -200.0, 62.0],
+        minute: 720,
+        ui: None,
+    },
+    Scenario {
+        name: "wind-player-parting",
+        map: Some(MAP_AZEROTH),
+        eye: [-9472.0, 57.0, 60.5],
+        look: [-9460.0, 45.0, 57.5],
+        minute: 720,
+        // The capture plugin stands a real player at `look` without opting into the HUD: this is
+        // a world-image instrument, and UI script errors must not cover the grass it measures.
+        ui: None,
+    },
 ];
 
 /// MONKEY (p0 baseline): the Elwynn programme view, above the canopy east of Goldshire looking
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
index 936c40cc..008532be 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
@@ -938,6 +938,12 @@ pub(crate) const REGISTERED: &[Registered] = &[
         "0",
         "benilla's own: sky quality, 0 Classic / 1 Enhanced (smooth gradient, sun glow, stars) / \n         2 High (+ detailed sun-lit clouds)",
     ),
+    // MONKEY (wind): one tier controls the grass-only and grass-plus-tree receivers.
+    ours(
+        "foliageWind",
+        "2",
+        "benilla's own: foliage wind, 0 Off / 1 Grass / 2 Grass + trees",
+    ),
     ours(
         "waterQuality",
         "1",
@@ -2041,6 +2047,8 @@ pub(crate) const LIGHTING_PRESETS: &[(&str, &[(&str, &str)])] = &[
             ("interiorGain", "1.0"),
             ("moonShadowStrength", "0"),
             ("fireFlicker", "0"),
+            // MONKEY (wind): Off is the exact zero-displacement path.
+            ("foliageWind", "0"),
         ],
     ),
     // Character silhouettes and lit rooms, and nothing that costs a second shadow pass: no world
@@ -2068,6 +2076,8 @@ pub(crate) const LIGHTING_PRESETS: &[(&str, &[(&str, &str)])] = &[
             ("interiorGain", "0.5"),
             ("moonShadowStrength", "0"),
             ("fireFlicker", "1"),
+            // MONKEY (wind): Low animates the denser grass lane only.
+            ("foliageWind", "1"),
         ],
     ),
     // Both sun lanes, indoor torch shadows at half the residency, and the moon term — but no
@@ -2098,6 +2108,8 @@ pub(crate) const LIGHTING_PRESETS: &[(&str, &[(&str, &str)])] = &[
             ("interiorGain", "0.5"),
             ("moonShadowStrength", "0.35"),
             ("fireFlicker", "1"),
+            // MONKEY (wind): Medium and High include classified trees.
+            ("foliageWind", "2"),
         ],
     ),
     // **High IS the shipped default**, member for member — which is a property, not a coincidence:
@@ -2129,6 +2141,8 @@ pub(crate) const LIGHTING_PRESETS: &[(&str, &[(&str, &str)])] = &[
             ("interiorGain", "0.5"),
             ("moonShadowStrength", "0.35"),
             ("fireFlicker", "1"),
+            // MONKEY (wind): High preset = grass plus classified trees.
+            ("foliageWind", "2"),
         ],
     ),
 ];
@@ -3010,8 +3024,9 @@ mod tests {
         for (name, want) in lighting {
             assert_eq!(d[name], want, "{name}: registered default left the knob");
         }
-        // …and the census IS the row set. A name here that nothing registers would weld against a
-        // row the client does not have; the length is the other half — 36 rows, 36 welds.
+        // …and the census is the VideoConfig-backed row set. A name here that nothing registers
+        // would weld against a row the client does not have; the length is the other half — 37
+        // VideoConfig rows, 37 welds. MONKEY (wind): `foliageWind` is a world resource bridge.
         let welded: std::collections::BTreeSet<&str> = lighting.iter().map(|(n, _)| *n).collect();
         // MONKEY (volumetric fog): the atmospheric tier joins the default-consumer weld.
         assert_eq!(welded.len(), 37, "the lighting lane welds 37 distinct rows");
@@ -3031,10 +3046,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(d["spellLightGain"], 1.0, "the spell lane ships neutral");
         assert_eq!(d["waterQuality"], 1.0, "mirror reflections stay opt-in");
         assert_eq!(d["lavaLightGain"], 1.0);
-        // The 33rd lighting row, `lightingQuality`, is deliberately NOT in that census: it is the
-        // only one with no `VideoConfig` knob to weld to, because it is a NAME for the rows above
-        // rather than a knob of its own. Its own weld is `the_high_preset_is_the_registered_
-        // defaults` — a fresh config must read "High", not "Custom".
+        // `lightingQuality` and MONKEY (wind) `foliageWind` deliberately are not in that census:
+        // neither is a `VideoConfig` knob. The former names the rows above; its own weld is
+        // `the_high_preset_is_the_registered_defaults`. The latter bridges directly to the
+        // world-owned `FoliageWind` resource in `monkey_gfx`.
         // ── end MONKEY (lighting) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
         // The pane half-rate (1444) welds to the portrait knob's shipped default.
         assert_eq!(d["boothHalfRate"] != 0.0, PaneRate::default().half);
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/lib.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/lib.rs
index 87b89dd9..e7a8b27a 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/lib.rs
@@ -315,12 +315,13 @@ pub fn run(build: BuildId) -> AppExit {
     // never fights the director's screen (decision 0703; `WOW_BG` overrides). See `bgwin`.
     let background = benilla_world::bgwin::background_run();
     if capturing {
-        // Ground clutter scatters with per-run randomness, so disable it for byte-stable baselines
-        // — clutter isn't what the lighting rework validates, and the regression diff must not be
-        // masked by grass wobble. Set before plugins build so `ClutterConfig::from_env` reads it.
-        // It is not the only source of per-run drift, though it was long documented as such: the
-        // other is the frame clock itself, frozen in `capture` (decision 0723).
-        std::env::set_var("WOW_CLUTTER_DENSITY", "0");
+        // Ordinary baselines omit clutter, but a feature-specific capture may explicitly ask for
+        // it (MONKEY wind does). Scatter is now chunk-seeded and deterministic; the default stays
+        // zero so unrelated lighting diffs are not masked by grass. Set before plugins build so
+        // `ClutterConfig::default` reads it.
+        if std::env::var_os("WOW_CLUTTER_DENSITY").is_none() {
+            std::env::set_var("WOW_CLUTTER_DENSITY", "0");
+        }
         // Third source of per-run drift, and the one the lighting matrix (decision 0746) hit: the
         // anim-LOD park/wake gate (`creature_anim::lod::gate_rig_animation`). Whether a rig is
         // parked, and which pose it wakes into, depends on when its model finished loading relative
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/monkey_gfx.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/monkey_gfx.rs
index 60ab7e9b..630a9c07 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/monkey_gfx.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/monkey_gfx.rs
@@ -5,17 +5,39 @@
 //! | cvar | values | default | Graphics preset High | resource |
 //! |---|---|---|---|---|
 //! | `skyDither` | 0 Off / 1 On | 0 | 1 | `benilla_world::ffx_glow::SkyDither` |
+//! | `foliageWind` | 0 Off / 1 Grass / 2 Grass + trees | 2 | 2 | `benilla_world::wind::FoliageWind` |
 
-use bevy::prelude::*;
 use benilla_world::ffx_glow::SkyDither;
+use benilla_world::wind::FoliageWind;
+use bevy::prelude::*;
 
 /// The programme's cvar observer (registered by [`MonkeyGfxPlugin`]).
-pub(crate) fn on_cvar(ev: On<crate::cvars::CvarChanged>, mut dither: ResMut<SkyDither>) {
-    if ev.key().as_str() == "skydither" {
-        let want = ev.num() >= 0.5;
-        if dither.0 != want {
-            dither.0 = want;
+pub(crate) fn on_cvar(
+    ev: On<crate::cvars::CvarChanged>,
+    mut dither: ResMut<SkyDither>,
+    mut foliage_wind: ResMut<FoliageWind>,
+) {
+    match ev.key().as_str() {
+        "skydither" => {
+            let want = ev.num() >= 0.5;
+            if dither.0 != want {
+                dither.0 = want;
+            }
         }
+        // MONKEY (wind): numeric tier, live; 0 is the exact no-displacement path.
+        "foliagewind" => {
+            // Capture-only A/B override. Normal runs have no such environment variable and obey
+            // the live CVar exactly; the instrument can force Off without rewriting Config.wtf.
+            let requested = std::env::var("WOW_FOLIAGE_WIND")
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|v| v.parse::<f32>().ok())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| ev.num());
+            let want = requested.clamp(0.0, 2.0) as u8;
+            if foliage_wind.0 != want {
+                foliage_wind.0 = want;
+            }
+        }
+        _ => {}
     }
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +47,8 @@ pub(crate) struct MonkeyGfxPlugin;
 
 impl Plugin for MonkeyGfxPlugin {
     fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
-        app.init_resource::<SkyDither>().add_observer(on_cvar);
+        app.init_resource::<SkyDither>()
+            .init_resource::<FoliageWind>()
+            .add_observer(on_cvar);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs b/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs
index 248e663e..5176f2fe 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ pub fn register_shaders(app: &mut App) {
     load_shader_library!(app, "shaders/fog_hook.wgsl");
     // MONKEY (post): shared opt-in HDR multipliers; tier 0 is an exact identity.
     load_shader_library!(app, "shaders/emissive_hook.wgsl");
+    // MONKEY (wind): `benilla::wind_hook`, shared vertex displacement for grass and foliage.
+    load_shader_library!(app, "shaders/wind_hook.wgsl");
     // MONKEY (enhanced water): the optional water module, `benilla::enhanced_water` (WATER.md).
     load_shader_library!(app, "shaders/enhanced_water.wgsl");
 }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/monkey_frame.wgsl b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/monkey_frame.wgsl
index 97cbeba8..4600d38e 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/monkey_frame.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/monkey_frame.wgsl
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 //
 // Coordinates are Bevy world space (Y up, 1 unit = 1 yd), the space of the receivers'
 // `world_position`: WoW `(x, y, z)` is Bevy `(-y, z, -x)` (`benilla_assets::coords::wow_to_bevy`).
-// Member names carry no trailing digit: naga_oil refuses a composable-module identifier that
-// naga's namer would rewrite (`fog0` -> `fog0_`), so the rows are `fog_a..fog_d`, `wind_a/b`, `wet_a`.
+// Member names carry no trailing digit: naga_oil refuses composable-module identifiers that its
+// namer would rewrite, so the rows are `fog_a..fog_d`, `wind_a/b`, `wet_a`.
 struct MonkeyFrame {
     fog_a: vec4<f32>,  // height_fog_density, height_fog_height (world Y, yd), height_fog_falloff, curve_blend
     fog_b: vec4<f32>,  // sun_fog_rgb (gamma 0..1), sun_fog_strength
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wind_hook.wgsl b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wind_hook.wgsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c398dbf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wind_hook.wgsl
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// Ported from WarcraftXL (https://github.com/WarcraftXL) by iThorgrim — module
+// wxl-experimental-wind, grass/GrassWind.hpp and grass/GrassWind.cpp.
+#define_import_path benilla::wind_hook
+
+#import benilla::monkey_frame::MonkeyFrame
+
+const WIND_TAU: f32 = 6.28318530718;
+
+fn wind_cross_dir(dir: vec2<f32>) -> vec2<f32> {
+    // WarcraftXL's secondary wave is 35 degrees off the primary.
+    return vec2<f32>(
+        dir.x * 0.819152 - dir.y * 0.573576,
+        dir.x * 0.573576 + dir.y * 0.819152,
+    );
+}
+
+// MONKEY (wind): WarcraftXL's two travelling waves, gust response, downwind lean, per-tuft
+// phase/variance and distance fade, plus the same radial parting extended from the player to the
+// eight MonkeyFrame benders. `bend_height` is authored from local mesh height, never texture V.
+fn grass_offset(
+    world: vec3<f32>,
+    bend_height: f32,
+    tuft_phase: f32,
+    camera: vec3<f32>,
+    frame: MonkeyFrame,
+) -> vec3<f32> {
+    let anchored = clamp((bend_height - 0.30) / 0.70, 0.0, 1.0);
+    let weight = anchored * anchored;
+    if (weight <= 0.0 || frame.wind_b.z <= 0.0) {
+        return vec3<f32>(0.0);
+    }
+
+    let dir_primary = normalize(frame.wind_a.xy + vec2<f32>(1.0e-6, 0.0));
+    let dir_secondary = wind_cross_dir(dir_primary);
+    let wave_primary = WIND_TAU / 18.0;
+    let wave_secondary = WIND_TAU / 6.5;
+    let travel = frame.wind_a.z * 0.33;
+    let phase_primary = wave_primary * dot(dir_primary, world.xz)
+        - wave_primary * travel * frame.wind_b.x + tuft_phase;
+    let phase_secondary = wave_secondary * dot(dir_secondary, world.xz)
+        - wave_secondary * travel * 1.37 * frame.wind_b.x + tuft_phase * 1.7;
+    let gust = 1.0 + 0.5 * (frame.wind_a.w - 0.5) * 2.0;
+    let variance = mix(0.7, 1.3, fract(sin(tuft_phase * 12.9898) * 43758.5453));
+    let distance_fade = 1.0 / (1.0 + distance(camera, world) * 0.015);
+    var xz = (
+        dir_primary * 0.060 * (sin(phase_primary) + 0.35)
+        + dir_secondary * 0.020 * sin(phase_secondary)
+    ) * gust * variance * weight * distance_fade * frame.wind_b.y * frame.wind_b.z;
+
+    let count = min(u32(frame.misc.x), 8u);
+    for (var i = 0u; i < 8u; i += 1u) {
+        if (i < count) {
+            let bender = frame.benders[i];
+            let away = world.xz - bender.xz;
+            let r = length(away);
+            let radial = away / max(r, 1.0e-3);
+            let edge = 1.0 - smoothstep(0.0, max(bender.w, 0.01), r);
+            let cone = smoothstep(0.30, 0.80, world.y - bender.y);
+            xz += radial * 0.50 * edge * cone * weight * frame.wind_b.z;
+        }
+    }
+    return vec3<f32>(xz.x, 0.0, xz.y);
+}
+
+// MONKEY (wind): our tree/bush design (WarcraftXL has no tree wind). Only leaf-card batches call
+// this: a low-frequency crown sway, small leaf flutter, stable anchor phase and distance fade.
+fn tree_offset(
+    world: vec3<f32>,
+    anchor: vec3<f32>,
+    camera: vec3<f32>,
+    frame: MonkeyFrame,
+) -> vec3<f32> {
+    if (frame.wind_b.w <= 0.0) {
+        return vec3<f32>(0.0);
+    }
+    let h = max(world.y - anchor.y, 0.0);
+    // A one-yard bush still needs a crown; tree leaf cards generally begin above this range and
+    // therefore reach full weight, while the first 0.15 yd remains a planted base.
+    let crown = smoothstep(0.15, 1.5, h);
+    let weight = crown * crown;
+    let dir = normalize(frame.wind_a.xy + vec2<f32>(1.0e-6, 0.0));
+    let cross = vec2<f32>(-dir.y, dir.x);
+    let phase = fract(sin(dot(anchor.xz, vec2<f32>(0.173, 0.317))) * 43758.5453) * WIND_TAU;
+    let travel = frame.wind_a.z * 0.08 * frame.wind_b.x;
+    let slow = sin(dot(dir, world.xz) * (WIND_TAU / 34.0) - travel + phase);
+    let side = sin(dot(cross, world.xz) * (WIND_TAU / 21.0) - travel * 0.61 + phase * 1.7);
+    let flutter = sin(frame.wind_b.x * 2.3 + dot(world.xz, vec2<f32>(1.7, 2.1)) + phase * 2.0);
+    let gust = 0.75 + frame.wind_a.w * 0.5;
+    let fade = 1.0 / (1.0 + distance(camera, world) * 0.006);
+    let xz = (
+        dir * (0.045 + slow * 0.055)
+        + cross * side * 0.025
+        + dir * flutter * 0.012
+    ) * weight * gust * fade * frame.wind_b.y * frame.wind_b.w;
+    return vec3<f32>(xz.x, 0.0, xz.y);
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl
index e4de91be..4da4afdb 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/shaders/wow_model.wgsl
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // the tuft, which the reference writes onto the clutter vertex.
 // Not built: a specular term (the M2 per-material shininess is only inferred) and the WMO
 // per-group authored colour.
+// Ported from WarcraftXL (https://github.com/WarcraftXL) by iThorgrim — module
+// wxl-experimental-wind, grass/GrassWind.cpp (grass vertex displacement seam).
 
 #import bevy_pbr::{
     pbr_fragment::pbr_input_from_standard_material,
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@
 #import benilla::fog_hook
 // MONKEY (post): shared tier-gated HDR emission; Off is an exact identity.
 #import benilla::emissive_hook
+// MONKEY (wind): WarcraftXL-derived grass motion and the matching tree fade-twin motion.
+#import benilla::wind_hook
 
 // bevy_pbr 0.18.1's `forward_io::FragmentOutput`. No depth output: a fragment depth write costs
 // the pipeline early-Z, so the sky lane pins its depth in the vertex stage.
@@ -1077,8 +1081,27 @@ fn vertex(vertex: WowVertex) -> WowVsOut {
     // Precision: camera-relative to clip space; `clip_from_world × p_world` cancels
     // catastrophically with camera and geometry near 9 k yd. `world_position` is absolute again:
     // lighting and fog need no such precision.
-    let p_cam = (frame_from_local * vec4<f32>(vertex.position, 1.0)).xyz
+    var p_cam = (frame_from_local * vec4<f32>(vertex.position, 1.0)).xyz
         + (frame_origin - view.world_position);
+    // MONKEY (wind): clutter UV_B is `(height-from-base, per-tuft phase)` authored by clutter.rs;
+    // UV_0 and vertex colour alpha retain their texture/cutout meanings.
+#ifdef VERTEX_UVS_B
+    if (m.clutter_fade.w > 0.5) {
+        let world = p_cam + view.world_position;
+        p_cam += wind_hook::grass_offset(
+            world, vertex.uv_b.x, vertex.uv_b.y, view.world_position, wow_light.monkey
+        );
+    }
+#endif
+    // MONKEY (wind): a retained tree inside its fade band renders here. StaticGx marks only its
+    // alpha-tested leaf batches in MeshTag bit 18; use the same anchor/field maths to avoid a pop.
+    let wind_tag = mesh_functions::get_tag(vertex.instance_index);
+    if ((wind_tag & 262144u) != 0u && m.clutter_fade.w <= 0.5) {
+        let world = p_cam + view.world_position;
+        p_cam += wind_hook::tree_offset(
+            world, frame_origin, view.world_position, wow_light.monkey
+        );
+    }
     out.world_position = vec4<f32>(p_cam + view.world_position, 1.0);
     let view_rot = mat3x3<f32>(
         view.view_from_world[0].xyz,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs
index b9c584aa..da9cd94d 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Ground clutter (`GroundEffect*.dbc`): the terrain streamer scatters each chunk's tufts at tile
 //! load, and a chunk's meshes exist only inside the 70 yd detail-doodad horizon (`[0x867958]`),
 //! the reference's per-chunk `CDetailDoodadInst` build and unlink.
+//! Ported from WarcraftXL (https://github.com/WarcraftXL) by iThorgrim — module
+//! `wxl-experimental-wind`, `grass/GrassWind.cpp` (bend-weight/phase technique).
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
@@ -321,9 +323,20 @@ fn build_chunk_clutter(
             continue;
         }
         for sub in subs.iter() {
+            // MONKEY (wind): source M2 Z is up. Normalize the actual tuft geometry rather than
+            // trusting texture V (WXL's 3.3.5 detail doodads use inverse V, but vanilla assets are
+            // not guaranteed to). UV_1 stays free here and carries height + per-tuft phase.
+            let (min_z, max_z) = sub
+                .positions
+                .iter()
+                .fold((f32::INFINITY, f32::NEG_INFINITY), |(lo, hi), p| {
+                    (lo.min(p[2]), hi.max(p[2]))
+                });
+            let height_span = (max_z - min_z).max(1.0e-4);
             let vcount = sub.positions.len() * placements.len();
             let mut positions = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
             let mut uvs = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
+            let mut wind = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
             // The ground normal under each tuft, never the blade's own M2 normal.
             let mut normals = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
             let mut colors = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
@@ -335,6 +348,7 @@ fn build_chunk_clutter(
                 let rot = Quat::from_rotation_y(d.yaw);
                 // The reference's random per-tuft scale, in [0.9, 1.1].
                 let inst_scale = d.scale;
+                let phase = tuft_phase(origin);
                 // One tint per tuft. The reference makes the grey the lit material (colour material
                 // on ambient and diffuse, `0x59cfec`), `clamp(grey × light) × texture`; the shader
                 // multiplies it outside the clamp, `texture × grey × clamp(light)`, so under light
@@ -343,6 +357,7 @@ fn build_chunk_clutter(
                 for (i, p) in sub.positions.iter().enumerate() {
                     positions.push((rot * (wow_to_bevy(*p) * inst_scale) + origin).to_array());
                     uvs.push(sub.uvs[i]);
+                    wind.push([((p[2] - min_z) / height_span).clamp(0.0, 1.0), phase]);
                     normals.push(sp.ground_normal);
                     colors.push(tint);
                 }
@@ -354,6 +369,8 @@ fn build_chunk_clutter(
             );
             mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_POSITION, positions);
             mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_UV_0, uvs);
+            // MONKEY (wind): second UV set enables VERTEX_UVS_B only for clutter meshes.
+            mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_UV_1, wind);
             mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, normals);
             // The MCSH tint, under the `VERTEX_COLORS` def the shader's clutter path reads.
             mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_COLOR, colors);
@@ -403,6 +420,13 @@ fn build_chunk_clutter(
     out
 }
 
+/// MONKEY (wind): deterministic per-tuft phase from its world-space origin. This is an identity
+/// hash, not state; rebuild order and frame timing cannot change the blade's motion.
+fn tuft_phase(origin: Vec3) -> f32 {
+    let h = (origin.x * 0.737 + origin.z * 1.311).sin() * 43_758.547;
+    h.fract().abs() * std::f32::consts::TAU
+}
+
 /// Squared distance from a point to an axis-aligned box, zero inside.
 fn box_distance_squared(p: Vec3, (lo, hi): (Vec3, Vec3)) -> f32 {
     (lo - p).max(p - hi).max(Vec3::ZERO).length_squared()
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/lib.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/lib.rs
index 0fb8964a..6cf725d6 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/lib.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ pub mod vis_chain;
 pub mod water_fx;
 pub mod wdl;
 pub mod weather;
+pub mod wind; // MONKEY (wind): shared stateless gust/veer field and foliage quality gate
 pub mod wmo_portal;
 pub mod world_census;
 pub mod world_map;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/mesh_tag.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/mesh_tag.rs
index d6ddc327..85339128 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/mesh_tag.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/mesh_tag.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ const SHADE_SHIFT: u32 = 6;
 /// Sits in the exterior payload's reserved bits, so [`with_shade`]/[`with_alpha`]/[`with_rig`]
 /// carry it through and the shader's 8-bit shade decode never sees it.
 pub(crate) const MATTE_INDOOR_BIT: u32 = 0x0000_4000;
+/// MONKEY (wind): bit 18 on an exterior, non-Matte static doodad exile marks a classified
+/// tree/bush leaf batch. It aliases the top lane-weight bit safely: lane weight is read only with
+/// [`MATTE_INDOOR_BIT`], which these exterior fade twins never carry.
+const FOLIAGE_WIND_BIT: u32 = 0x0004_0000;
 /// Bits 15..=18 of the exterior payload (MONKEY, portal lane fade): the **lane weight**, a 4-bit
 /// crossfade `0` (fully exterior-lit) … [`LANE_MAX`] (fully room-lit) that the shader mixes the
 /// two lanes by. It rides beside [`MATTE_INDOOR_BIT`] — the bit says "this part is on the room
@@ -204,6 +208,16 @@ pub fn alpha_bits(alpha: f32) -> u32 {
     }
 }
 
+/// MONKEY (wind): marks or clears the fade-twin foliage receiver without disturbing its live
+/// alpha. Only exterior static doodad exiles use this payload convention.
+pub(crate) fn with_foliage_wind(tag: u32, on: bool) -> u32 {
+    if on {
+        tag | FOLIAGE_WIND_BIT
+    } else {
+        tag & !FOLIAGE_WIND_BIT
+    }
+}
+
 /// Sets or clears [`INTERIOR_FOG_BIT`] alone: the probe slot says how a prop is lit, the
 /// reference's `[0xca7f00]` only which fog triple its batch gets.
 pub(crate) fn with_interior_fog(tag: u32, on: bool) -> u32 {
@@ -352,6 +366,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(shade_of(t, ext()), 10);
     }
 
+    // MONKEY (wind): the fade-twin marker is orthogonal to the live fade field.
+    #[test]
+    fn foliage_marker_survives_alpha_writes_and_clears_cleanly() {
+        let alpha = alpha_bits(0.5);
+        let marked = with_foliage_wind(alpha, true);
+        assert_eq!(marked & FOLIAGE_WIND_BIT, FOLIAGE_WIND_BIT);
+        assert_eq!(marked & ALPHA_MASK, alpha);
+        assert_eq!(with_alpha(marked, 0.25) & FOLIAGE_WIND_BIT, FOLIAGE_WIND_BIT);
+        assert_eq!(with_foliage_wind(marked, false), alpha);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn probe_bits_compose_with_the_alpha_field() {
         let t = probe_bits(6660);
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl b/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl
index 244787bb..7144918e 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/shaders/static_gx.wgsl
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #import benilla::fog_hook
 // MONKEY (post): shared tier-gated HDR emission; Off is an exact identity.
 #import benilla::emissive_hook
+// MONKEY (wind): shared foliage vertex displacement; tree shadows intentionally stay static.
+#import benilla::wind_hook
 
 // Group 0 is Bevy's standard mesh-view bind group (view matrices, directional-light records and
 // the shadow textures the retained pass reads).
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ const WORD_HAS_VC: u32 = 134217728u;   // 1 << 27: the batch authors vertex colo
 // INTERIOR without WMO is an interior M2 prop, the entity shader's `interior_prop =
 // flags.z && !flags.x`: probe lighting, interior fog, no point lights.
 const WORD_MATTE: u32 = 268435456u;    // 1 << 28: ShadeSel::Matte, fixed intensity 1.0
+// MONKEY (wind): alpha-tested leaf batch of a classified static tree/bush model.
+const WORD_FOLIAGE_WIND: u32 = 536870912u; // 1 << 29
 
 // MONKEY (room gate): record column `w` bits 15..=26 — this item's ROOM KEY, packed as
 // `group + 1`, so **0 means the item names no room** and takes every fixture (a terrain-cell item,
@@ -1284,8 +1288,15 @@ fn vertex(v: GxVertex) -> GxVsOut {
         return out;
     }
     // Camera-relative for f32 precision: the recentred vertex plus (cell origin - camera).
-    let p_cam = v.position + (cell.origin.xyz - view.world_position);
-    let world = v.position + cell.origin.xyz;
+    var p_cam = v.position + (cell.origin.xyz - view.world_position);
+    var world = v.position + cell.origin.xyz;
+    // MONKEY (wind): placement anchor is already baked per vertex. Only classified leaf-card
+    // batches carry the bit; animated doodads were rejected before this retained path.
+    if ((v.word & WORD_FOLIAGE_WIND) != 0u) {
+        let offset = wind_hook::tree_offset(world, v.anchor, view.world_position, wow_light.monkey);
+        world += offset;
+        p_cam += offset;
+    }
     out.world_position = vec4<f32>(world, 1.0);
     let view_rot = mat3x3<f32>(
         view.view_from_world[0].xyz,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/bake.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/bake.rs
index d4fe063a..e7df0540 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/bake.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/bake.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ use super::{
     MAX_DIRTY_FRAMES, REBAKE_FRAMES,
 };
 use super::{
-    WORD_CLASS_INT, WORD_CLASS_TRANS, WORD_FOG_OFF, WORD_HAS_VC, WORD_INTERIOR, WORD_MATTE,
-    WORD_SHADE_LIT, WORD_TEXTURED, WORD_UNLIT, WORD_WINDOW, WORD_WMO, WORD_WRAP_X, WORD_WRAP_Y,
+    WORD_CLASS_INT, WORD_CLASS_TRANS, WORD_FOG_OFF, WORD_FOLIAGE_WIND, WORD_HAS_VC, WORD_INTERIOR,
+    WORD_MATTE, WORD_SHADE_LIT, WORD_TEXTURED, WORD_UNLIT, WORD_WINDOW, WORD_WMO, WORD_WRAP_X,
+    WORD_WRAP_Y,
 };
 
 /// Print the declined-batch census, beside the accepted count, once the counts have sat still for
@@ -208,6 +209,8 @@ fn bake_cell(items: &[GxItem], meshes: &mut Assets<Mesh>) -> render::GxCellDraw
             | (u32::from(item.matte) * WORD_MATTE)
             | (u32::from(item.texture.is_some()) * WORD_TEXTURED)
             | (u32::from(has_vc) * WORD_HAS_VC)
+            // MONKEY (wind): only classified alpha-tested tree/bush leaf cards carry this bit.
+            | (u32::from(item.foliage_wind) * WORD_FOLIAGE_WIND)
             // An interior prop is WORD_INTERIOR without WORD_WMO; a slot-less prop keeps the
             // exterior law, as on the entity path.
             | item.prop.as_ref().map_or(0, |p| {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/cull.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/cull.rs
index f1adab2c..8db109b1 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/cull.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/cull.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ fn spawn_exile(commands: &mut Commands, f: &GxFader, alpha: f32, admitted: bool)
             },
             crate::model_render::EntityPathWhy("exile"),
             crate::interact::PickMesh(b.geometry.clone()),
-            bevy::mesh::MeshTag(crate::mesh_tag::alpha_bits(alpha)),
+            // MONKEY (wind): bit 18 is the fade-twin leaf marker in exterior payload mode.
+            bevy::mesh::MeshTag(crate::mesh_tag::with_foliage_wind(
+                crate::mesh_tag::alpha_bits(alpha),
+                b.foliage_wind,
+            )),
             crate::model_fade::DoodadFade {
                 radius: f.radius,
                 local_center: f.local_center,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/mod.rs
index 02222794..e860e688 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/static_gx/mod.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ const WORD_HAS_VC: u32 = 1 << 27;
 // `ShadeSel::Matte`, fixed 1.0: a map doodad never reaches the 2.5 site (`0x69e4ad`). Not
 // `WORD_SHADE_LIT`, so lifting the shader's `min(I, 1)` cap leaves this at 1.0.
 const WORD_MATTE: u32 = 1 << 28;
+// MONKEY (wind): classified alpha-tested tree/bush foliage; bits 30-31 remain free.
+const WORD_FOLIAGE_WIND: u32 = 1 << 29;
 // An interior M2 prop is WORD_INTERIOR with WORD_WMO clear, the entity shader's `interior_prop =
 // flags.z && !flags.x`: SH-probe light from its record slot, interior fog, no live point lights.
 
@@ -173,6 +175,8 @@ struct GxItem {
     prop: Option<GxItemProp>,
     /// `Some(uid)` on a fader item: the placement it exiles with.
     fader: Option<u32>,
+    /// MONKEY (wind): an alpha-tested leaf-card batch of a static tree/bush model.
+    foliage_wind: bool,
 }
 
 /// A WMO-prop item's referrer set (an index into [`GxCell::sets`]) and folded SH-probe slot;
@@ -211,6 +215,8 @@ struct GxFaderBatch {
     blend: Handle<benilla_assets::materials::WowModelMaterial>,
     blend_mode: ModelBlend,
     geometry: Arc<RenderSubmesh>,
+    /// MONKEY (wind): mirror the retained batch's sway while this placement fades as an entity.
+    foliage_wind: bool,
 }
 
 /// A fader's exile state. Steady: drawn retained at fade 1. Exiled: drawn as ordinary entities,
@@ -481,6 +487,10 @@ impl StaticGx {
                 return false;
             }
         };
+        let foliage_wind = foliage_wind_batch(&b.object.label, b.blend, b.wmo.is_some());
+        if foliage_wind {
+            log_foliage_classification(&b.object.label);
+        }
         let wmo_key = b.wmo.as_ref().map(|w| w.instance);
         let wmo = b.wmo.map(|w| GxItemWmo {
             group: w.group,
@@ -559,6 +569,7 @@ impl StaticGx {
                 blend: seed.blend,
                 blend_mode: b.blend,
                 geometry: b.geometry.clone(),
+                foliage_wind,
             });
             if is_new {
                 // A placement's later batches share its sphere: the caches move only on a new one.
@@ -594,6 +605,7 @@ impl StaticGx {
             wmo,
             prop,
             fader: fader_uid,
+            foliage_wind,
         });
         if !entry.dirty {
             entry.dirty_since = self.frame;
@@ -691,6 +703,44 @@ impl StaticGx {
     }
 }
 
+/// MONKEY (wind): conservative leaf classification. Alpha test excludes trunks/rocks even when a
+/// whole model path says tree; the name terms cover vanilla's tree/bush/plant families. Animated
+/// doodads never reach this function because `assemble.rs` excludes them before `StaticGx::divert`.
+fn foliage_wind_batch(path: &str, blend: ModelBlend, wmo_geometry: bool) -> bool {
+    if wmo_geometry || blend != ModelBlend::AlphaTest {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let p = path.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    // Substrings alone otherwise catch StreetLamp, tree huts, dead stumps/logs and painted tree
+    // facades. Those can carry alpha-tested cards, but moving the whole card is not foliage sway.
+    if ["street", "treehut", "stump", "log", "facade", "fallen"]
+        .iter()
+        .any(|term| p.contains(term))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    [
+        "tree", "bush", "shrub", "foliage", "fern", "palm", "plant", "willow", "canopy", "hedge",
+        "thorn", "cactus", "vine", "reed", "kelp",
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .any(|term| p.contains(term))
+}
+
+/// Log each classified model once so false positives can be audited from an ordinary scene load.
+fn log_foliage_classification(path: &str) {
+    use std::collections::HashSet;
+    use std::sync::{Mutex, OnceLock};
+    static SEEN: OnceLock<Mutex<HashSet<String>>> = OnceLock::new();
+    let mut seen = SEEN
+        .get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(HashSet::new()))
+        .lock()
+        .unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
+    if seen.insert(path.to_string()) {
+        info!("MONKEY wind: classified foliage leaf batches for {path}");
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct StaticGxPlugin;
 
 impl Plugin for StaticGxPlugin {
@@ -834,6 +884,45 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(gx.cells.len(), 1);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn foliage_classifier_requires_a_leaf_batch_and_a_plant_name() {
+        assert!(foliage_wind_batch(
+            "World\\Azeroth\\Elwynn\\PassiveDoodads\\Trees\\ElwynnTree01.m2",
+            ModelBlend::AlphaTest,
+            false,
+        ));
+        assert!(foliage_wind_batch(
+            "World\\Generic\\PassiveDoodads\\Bush\\Bush01.mdx",
+            ModelBlend::AlphaTest,
+            false,
+        ));
+        assert!(!foliage_wind_batch(
+            "World\\Azeroth\\Elwynn\\PassiveDoodads\\Trees\\ElwynnTree01.m2",
+            ModelBlend::Opaque,
+            false,
+        ));
+        assert!(!foliage_wind_batch(
+            "World\\Stormwind\\StreetLamp01.m2",
+            ModelBlend::AlphaTest,
+            false,
+        ));
+        assert!(!foliage_wind_batch(
+            "World\\Azeroth\\SwampOfSorrow\\PassiveDoodads\\TreeHuts\\LostTreeHuts03.m2",
+            ModelBlend::AlphaTest,
+            false,
+        ));
+        assert!(!foliage_wind_batch(
+            "World\\Azeroth\\Elwynn\\PassiveDoodads\\Tree\\ElwynnLog02.m2",
+            ModelBlend::AlphaTest,
+            false,
+        ));
+        assert!(!foliage_wind_batch(
+            "World\\Wmo\\TreeHouse.wmo",
+            ModelBlend::AlphaTest,
+            true,
+        ));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_fader_divert_registers_its_placement_seed() {
         let mut gx = StaticGx::default();
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/wind/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/wind/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b848969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/wind/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+//! Ported from WarcraftXL (https://github.com/WarcraftXL) by iThorgrim — module
+//! `wxl-experimental-wind`, `field/Wind.hpp` and `field/Wind.cpp`.
+//!
+//! MONKEY (wind): one stateless wind field shared by every visual system. The field is a pure
+//! function of its profile, weather and time; consumers read [`WindField`] rather than inventing
+//! their own heading or gust clock. [`FoliageWind`] only gates the foliage receivers.
+
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::lighting::MonkeyFrame;
+use crate::weather::{storm_blend, WeatherState, WeatherTick};
+use crate::world_unit::{ViewerUnit, WorldUnit};
+
+const TAU: f64 = std::f64::consts::TAU;
+const RATIOS: [f64; 3] = [1.0, 0.437, 0.1913];
+const WEIGHTS: [f64; 3] = [0.60, 0.28, 0.12];
+
+/// The WarcraftXL wind profile. Units are yards, seconds and degrees.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct WindProfile {
+    pub base_speed: f32,
+    pub heading_deg: f32,
+    pub gust: f32,
+    pub gust_period: f32,
+    pub veer_deg: f32,
+    pub veer_period: f32,
+    pub weather_coupling: f32,
+    pub seed: u32,
+}
+
+impl Default for WindProfile {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            base_speed: 9.0,
+            heading_deg: 45.0,
+            gust: 0.55,
+            gust_period: 17.0,
+            veer_deg: 22.0,
+            veer_period: 53.0,
+            weather_coupling: 1.0,
+            seed: 0x5749_4E44,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// One resolved instant of the shared field, in Bevy's horizontal XZ plane.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct WindSample {
+    pub dir: Vec2,
+    pub speed: f32,
+    pub heading_deg: f32,
+    /// The shaped gust envelope, 0 at a lull and 1 at a peak.
+    pub gust: f32,
+}
+
+/// The public shared wind resource. Future water/cloud consumers read [`Self::sample`].
+#[derive(Resource, Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct WindField {
+    pub profile: WindProfile,
+    pub sample: WindSample,
+}
+
+impl Default for WindField {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let profile = WindProfile::default();
+        Self {
+            sample: sample(profile, 0.0, 0.0),
+            profile,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Foliage wind quality: 0 Off, 1 grass, 2 grass + trees.
+#[derive(Resource, Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct FoliageWind(pub u8);
+
+impl Default for FoliageWind {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        // The resource exists before the CVar host. Its ordinary default therefore has to equal
+        // the registered default; a default-valued CVar emits no change event at boot. The env
+        // arm is capture-only and lets the A/B harness force the exact zero-displacement path.
+        let tier = std::env::var("WOW_FOLIAGE_WIND")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|v| v.parse::<f32>().ok())
+            .unwrap_or(2.0)
+            .clamp(0.0, 2.0) as u8;
+        Self(tier)
+    }
+}
+
+fn seeded_unit(seed: u32, index: i32) -> f64 {
+    let mut h = seed ^ (index as u32).wrapping_mul(0x9E37_79B9);
+    h ^= h >> 16;
+    h = h.wrapping_mul(0x7FEB_352D);
+    h ^= h >> 15;
+    h = h.wrapping_mul(0x846C_A68B);
+    h ^= h >> 16;
+    f64::from(h & 0x00FF_FFFF) / f64::from(0x0100_0000u32)
+}
+
+/// WarcraftXL's three-sine band-limited wander in `[-1, 1]`.
+fn wander(seed: u32, lane: i32, period: f32, seconds: f64) -> f32 {
+    let period = f64::from(period.max(0.05));
+    RATIOS
+        .into_iter()
+        .zip(WEIGHTS)
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(i, (ratio, weight))| {
+            let phase = seeded_unit(seed, lane * 97 + i as i32) * TAU;
+            let turns = seconds / (period * ratio);
+            weight * (turns.fract() * TAU + phase).sin()
+        })
+        .sum::<f64>() as f32
+}
+
+/// Resolves the pure wind field. `storm` is 0 for clear weather and 1 for a full storm.
+pub fn sample(profile: WindProfile, seconds: f64, storm: f32) -> WindSample {
+    let raw = wander(profile.seed, 0, profile.gust_period, seconds);
+    let gust = ((raw + 1.0) * 0.5).powf(1.7);
+    let gust_gain = 1.0 + profile.gust * (gust - 0.5) * 2.0;
+    let weather_gain = 1.0 + storm.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * 1.1 * profile.weather_coupling;
+    let speed = (profile.base_speed * gust_gain * weather_gain).max(0.0);
+    let heading_deg = profile.heading_deg
+        + profile.veer_deg * wander(profile.seed, 1, profile.veer_period, seconds);
+    let heading = heading_deg.to_radians();
+    WindSample {
+        dir: Vec2::new(heading.cos(), heading.sin()),
+        speed,
+        heading_deg,
+        gust,
+    }
+}
+
+/// MONKEY (wind): resolve once at the frame boundary, then publish the same sample and clock to
+/// Rust consumers and the appended MonkeyFrame block. A zero tier clears every visual strength.
+fn update_wind(
+    time: Res<Time>,
+    weather: Res<WeatherState>,
+    quality: Res<FoliageWind>,
+    mut wind: ResMut<WindField>,
+    mut frame: ResMut<MonkeyFrame>,
+) {
+    let seconds = time.elapsed_secs_f64();
+    wind.sample = sample(wind.profile, seconds, storm_blend(weather.sky_density));
+
+    frame.wind_dir = wind.sample.dir.to_array();
+    frame.wind_speed = wind.sample.speed;
+    frame.wind_gust = wind.sample.gust;
+    frame.wind_time_s = seconds as f32;
+    frame.sway_strength = if quality.0 > 0 { 1.0 } else { 0.0 };
+    frame.grass_strength = if quality.0 >= 1 { 1.0 } else { 0.0 };
+    frame.tree_strength = if quality.0 >= 2 { 1.0 } else { 0.0 };
+}
+
+/// MONKEY (wind): player first, then the seven nearest streamed units in the 40-yard bubble.
+/// MonkeyFrame stores Bevy world coordinates and a per-body 1.5–2 yard radius.
+fn update_benders(
+    quality: Res<FoliageWind>,
+    viewer: Res<crate::view::Viewer>,
+    viewer_unit: Query<&Transform, (With<ViewerUnit>, With<WorldUnit>)>,
+    units: Query<(&Transform, &WorldUnit), Without<ViewerUnit>>,
+    mut frame: ResMut<MonkeyFrame>,
+) {
+    frame.bender_count = 0;
+    if quality.0 == 0 {
+        return;
+    }
+    // Capture/world-viewer fixtures have no live Player resource, but can still publish a real
+    // ViewerUnit. In play `Viewer::at` remains authoritative; the entity transform is only the
+    // no-avatar fallback that lets the parting instrument exercise the same receiver.
+    let Some(player) = viewer
+        .at
+        .or_else(|| viewer_unit.single().ok().map(|t| t.translation))
+    else {
+        return;
+    };
+
+    frame.benders[0] = [player.x, player.y, player.z, 1.75];
+    frame.bender_count = 1;
+    // Fixed insertion list: this is a per-frame scan, so do not allocate and sort a Vec of every
+    // unit just to retain seven entries.
+    let mut nearby = [(f32::INFINITY, Vec3::ZERO, 1.5); 7];
+    for (transform, unit) in &units {
+        let at = transform.translation;
+        let d2 = (at.xz() - player.xz()).length_squared();
+        if d2 > 40.0 * 40.0 || d2 >= nearby[6].0 {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let mut slot = 6;
+        while slot > 0 && d2 < nearby[slot - 1].0 {
+            nearby[slot] = nearby[slot - 1];
+            slot -= 1;
+        }
+        nearby[slot] = (d2, at, (1.5 * unit.scale).clamp(1.5, 2.0));
+    }
+    for (slot, (_, at, radius)) in nearby
+        .into_iter()
+        .take_while(|(d2, _, _)| d2.is_finite())
+        .enumerate()
+    {
+        frame.benders[slot + 1] = [at.x, at.y, at.z, radius];
+        frame.bender_count += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Installs the shared field after this frame's weather ramp has resolved.
+pub struct WindPlugin;
+
+impl Plugin for WindPlugin {
+    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
+        app.init_resource::<WindField>()
+            .init_resource::<FoliageWind>()
+            .add_systems(Update, (update_wind, update_benders).after(WeatherTick));
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn defaults_are_the_warcraft_xl_profile() {
+        let p = WindProfile::default();
+        assert_eq!(p.base_speed, 9.0);
+        assert_eq!(p.heading_deg, 45.0);
+        assert_eq!(p.gust, 0.55);
+        assert_eq!(p.gust_period, 17.0);
+        assert_eq!(p.veer_deg, 22.0);
+        assert_eq!(p.veer_period, 53.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn field_is_stateless_and_weather_only_scales_speed() {
+        let p = WindProfile::default();
+        let clear = sample(p, 123.456, 0.0);
+        assert_eq!(clear, sample(p, 123.456, 0.0));
+        let storm = sample(p, 123.456, 1.0);
+        assert_eq!(clear.dir, storm.dir);
+        assert_eq!(clear.gust, storm.gust);
+        assert!((storm.speed / clear.speed - 2.1).abs() < 1.0e-5);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn direction_is_unit_length_and_gust_is_bounded() {
+        let p = WindProfile::default();
+        for t in [0.0, 1.0, 17.0, 53.0, 86_400.0] {
+            let s = sample(p, t, 0.0);
+            assert!((s.dir.length() - 1.0).abs() < 1.0e-5);
+            assert!((0.0..=1.0).contains(&s.gust));
+            assert!(s.speed >= 0.0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/world_plugins.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/world_plugins.rs
index 98ffb5ff..2886de92 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/world_plugins.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/world_plugins.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ impl PluginGroup for WorldPlugins {
             .add(crate::clouds::CloudsPlugin)
             // Weather (`SMSG_WEATHER`): the storm light blend and precipitation.
             .add(crate::weather::WeatherPlugin)
+            // MONKEY (wind): one weather-fed field shared by foliage and future water/cloud lanes.
+            .add(crate::wind::WindPlugin)
             // The sun disc and glow halo (`CSky::Render`).
             .add(crate::sun::SunPlugin)
             // The interior classifier: M2 entities in a WMO room lit off its baked floor colour.