diff --git a/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader b/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader
index d8389ebbe..6a6893ed0 100644
--- a/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader
+++ b/Assets/Shaders/DitheredParticles.shader
@@ -54,6 +54,33 @@ Shader "Aetheria/Dithered Particles"
         ditherClip(screenUV + i.ditherOffset, c.a);
         return c;
     }
+
+    // The particle in the G-buffer: black, unreflective, emissive, so deferred lighting adds nothing and its depth is in the
+    // depth texture the nebula march fogs by. A forward pass draws after that texture is taken, so the fog paints over it.
+    struct GBufferOut
+    {
+        half4 albedo : SV_Target0;
+        half4 specular : SV_Target1;
+        half4 normal : SV_Target2;
+        half4 emission : SV_Target3;
+    };
+
+    GBufferOut frag_deferred(v2f i)
+    {
+        float4 c = tex2D(_MainTex, i.texcoord) * _Color * i.color;
+        float2 screenUV = i.screenPos.xy / i.screenPos.w;
+        ditherClip(screenUV + i.ditherOffset, c.a);
+        GBufferOut o;
+        o.albedo = 0;
+        o.specular = 0;
+        o.normal = half4(.5, 1, .5, 1);
+        float3 light = c.rgb;
+        #ifndef UNITY_HDR_ON
+        light = exp2(-light);
+        #endif
+        o.emission = half4(light, 1);
+        return o;
+    }
     
     float4 frag_shadow(v2f i) : COLOR
     {
@@ -71,12 +98,23 @@ Shader "Aetheria/Dithered Particles"
         Tags { "Queue"="AlphaTest" "RenderType"="TransparentCutout" "IgnoreProjector"="True" }
         Pass
         {
+            Tags { "LightMode" = "ForwardBase" }
             CGPROGRAM
             #pragma vertex vert
             #pragma fragment frag
             ENDCG
         }
         Pass
+        {
+            Name "DEFERRED"
+            Tags { "LightMode" = "Deferred" }
+            CGPROGRAM
+            #pragma vertex vert
+            #pragma fragment frag_deferred
+            #pragma multi_compile ___ UNITY_HDR_ON
+            ENDCG
+        }
+        Pass
         {
             Name "ShadowCaster"
             Tags { "LightMode" = "ShadowCaster" }