diff --git a/Aetheria.State.Verify/Program.cs b/Aetheria.State.Verify/Program.cs
index bcb12dffc..c73bbac7b 100644
--- a/Aetheria.State.Verify/Program.cs
+++ b/Aetheria.State.Verify/Program.cs
@@ -10970,9 +10970,7 @@ static void RequireMainMenuContinueRunState(string root)
     {
         "public sealed class AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier",
         "public bool ApplyLatestZoneRender()",
-        ".Aetheria()",
-        ".ZoneRender",
-        ".LatestAsync()",
+        "observer.LastObservedState?.ZoneRender",
         "private bool TryRestoreEntityGraphFromZoneRender(",
         "if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(render.RunId))",
         "Aetheria zone-render feed does not identify a run id.",
@@ -11826,9 +11824,7 @@ static void RequireUnityObserverDoesNotTickLocalSimulation(string root)
     {
         "public sealed class AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier",
         "public bool ApplyLatestZoneRender()",
-        ".Aetheria()",
-        ".ZoneRender",
-        ".LatestAsync()",
+        "observer.LastObservedState?.ZoneRender",
         "private bool TryRestoreEntityGraphFromZoneRender(",
         "AetheriaUnityDaemonEntitySnapshotProjector.CreateSnapshots(runId, render.ZoneIndex, render.EntitySnapshots)",
         "AetheriaUnityDaemonEntitySnapshotProjector.EntityIndexFromRecordKey(entity.RecordKey)",
@@ -13770,9 +13766,9 @@ static void RequireRuntimeStateReaderOwnsUnityStateAcquisition(string root)
 
     if (!observedFrameApplier.Contains("private AetheriaRuntimeZoneRenderDocument _lastZoneRender;", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
         !observedFrameApplier.Contains("ApplyLatestZoneRender()", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-        !observedFrameApplier.Contains(".Aetheria()", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-        !observedFrameApplier.Contains(".ZoneRender", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
-        !observedFrameApplier.Contains(".LatestAsync()", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        !observedFrameApplier.Contains("observer.LastObservedState?.ZoneRender", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+        !observedDaemonState.Contains("public AetheriaRuntimeZoneRenderDocument ZoneRender { get; }", StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
+        !observedDaemonState.Contains("ZoneRender = zoneRender ?? AetheriaRuntimeRtsProjection.ProjectZoneRender(Frame);", StringComparison.Ordinal))
     {
         throw new InvalidOperationException(
             "Observed zone-render state acquisition must live behind AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier.");
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs
index 97275401a..0ff6c6611 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs
@@ -65,13 +65,7 @@ public class ActionGameManager : MonoBehaviour
             SetCurrentEntity = entity => CurrentEntity = entity,
             GetViewDirection = () => _viewDirection,
             SetViewDirection = direction => _viewDirection = direction,
-            ResolveZoneRender = () => ResolveDaemonObserver()
-                ?.Client
-                ?.Aetheria()
-                .ZoneRender
-                .LatestAsync()
-                .GetAwaiter()
-                .GetResult(),
+            ResolveZoneRender = () => ResolveDaemonObserver()?.LastObservedState?.ZoneRender,
             ApplyActionBarBindings = ActionBarBindings.ApplyBindings,
             EnablePlayerInput = EnablePlayerInput,
             DisablePlayerInput = DisablePlayerInput,
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier.cs
index 0a28f41f9..412158ca1 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public sealed class AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier
             return false;
         }
 
-        var render = ReadLatestZoneRender(observer);
+        var render = observer.LastObservedState?.ZoneRender;
         if (render == null)
         {
             return false;
@@ -69,24 +69,6 @@ public sealed class AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier
         return TryRestoreEntityGraphFromZoneRender(render);
     }
 
-    private AetheriaRuntimeZoneRenderDocument ReadLatestZoneRender(AetheriaDaemonObserver observer)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            return observer.Client
-                .Aetheria()
-                .ZoneRender
-                .LatestAsync()
-                .GetAwaiter()
-                .GetResult();
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            _logWarning($"Failed to read Aetheria zone-render feed from local Verse state: {ex.Message}");
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
     private bool TryRestoreEntityGraphFromZoneRender(AetheriaRuntimeZoneRenderDocument render)
     {
         if (render == null || render.ZoneIndex < 0)
@@ -148,6 +130,8 @@ public sealed class AetheriaUnityObservedFrameApplier
             zoneRenderer?.ApplyZoneRender(render);
             zoneRenderer?.RestoreDroppedPickupsFromZoneRender(render);
             _lastAppliedZoneRenderFrameId = render.FrameId;
+            _lastAppliedZoneRenderRunId = runId;
+            _lastAppliedZoneRenderZoneIndex = render.ZoneIndex;
             _lastZoneRender = render;
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Tests/DaemonRuntimeDocumentTests.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Tests/DaemonRuntimeDocumentTests.cs
index 3fc1026fe..7b0c54abf 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Tests/DaemonRuntimeDocumentTests.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Tests/DaemonRuntimeDocumentTests.cs
@@ -2179,6 +2179,10 @@ public class DaemonRuntimeDocumentTests
         Assert.AreEqual("daemon-run", observed.Run.RunId);
         Assert.AreEqual("entity:observer-target", observed.Run.CurrentEntityKey);
         Assert.AreEqual(300, observed.Frame.FrameId);
+        Assert.AreEqual(AetheriaRuntimeDaemonSchemas.ZoneRender, observed.ZoneRender.Schema);
+        Assert.AreEqual(300, observed.ZoneRender.FrameId);
+        Assert.AreEqual("daemon-run", observed.ZoneRender.RunId);
+        Assert.AreEqual("entity:observer-target", observed.ZoneRender.CurrentEntityKey);
         Assert.AreEqual(301, observed.SoaView.Generation);
         Assert.IsFalse(observed.SoaView.Buffers[0].ObserverWritable);
     }
@@ -2222,6 +2226,10 @@ public class DaemonRuntimeDocumentTests
         Assert.AreEqual("daemon-frame-only-run", observed.Run.RunId);
         Assert.AreEqual("entity:frame-only-target", observed.Run.CurrentEntityKey);
         Assert.AreEqual(301, observed.Frame.FrameId);
+        Assert.AreEqual(AetheriaRuntimeDaemonSchemas.ZoneRender, observed.ZoneRender.Schema);
+        Assert.AreEqual(301, observed.ZoneRender.FrameId);
+        Assert.AreEqual("daemon-frame-only-run", observed.ZoneRender.RunId);
+        Assert.AreEqual("entity:frame-only-target", observed.ZoneRender.CurrentEntityKey);
     }
 
     [Test]
diff --git a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeObservedDaemonState.cs b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeObservedDaemonState.cs
index 476081657..7d990db89 100644
--- a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeObservedDaemonState.cs
+++ b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeObservedDaemonState.cs
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@ namespace GameCult.Aetheria.State.Verse
     {
         public AetheriaRuntimeObservedDaemonState(
             AetheriaRuntimeDaemonFrameDocument frame,
-            AetheriaRuntimeDaemonSoaViewDocument? soaView)
+            AetheriaRuntimeDaemonSoaViewDocument? soaView,
+            AetheriaRuntimeZoneRenderDocument? zoneRender = null)
         {
             Frame = frame ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(frame));
             SoaView = soaView;
             SoaIndex = AetheriaRuntimeDaemonSoaViewIndex.Build(soaView);
+            ZoneRender = zoneRender ?? AetheriaRuntimeRtsProjection.ProjectZoneRender(Frame);
         }
 
         public AetheriaRuntimeDaemonFrameDocument Frame { get; }
         public AetheriaRuntimeDaemonSoaViewDocument? SoaView { get; }
         public AetheriaRuntimeDaemonSoaViewIndex SoaIndex { get; }
+        public AetheriaRuntimeZoneRenderDocument ZoneRender { get; }
         public bool HasSoaView => SoaView != null && SoaIndex.IsValid;
         public bool IsAuthoritative => Frame.IsAuthoritative;
         public AetheriaRuntimeRunCheckpointCommit Run => Frame.Run;