diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs
index 74f495afb..a47577d38 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/ActionGameManager.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ public class ActionGameManager : MonoBehaviour
     }
 
     public static Galaxy CurrentGalaxy;
+    // Whether a run is live: a failed start and a finished run both clear the galaxy, and the scene's update paths (this
+    // manager's, the renderer's) step and draw nothing without one.
+    public static bool RunLive => CurrentGalaxy != null;
     // The scenario a new run starts from: MainMenu.Launch sets it, and StartGame's new-run branch consumes it once.
     public static Scenario PendingScenario;
 
@@ -1339,8 +1342,7 @@ public class ActionGameManager : MonoBehaviour
 
     void Update()
     {
-        // No live run (a start that failed, a run that ended): the main menu is up, and nothing steps a zone or reads a player.
-        if (CurrentGalaxy == null) return;
+        if (!RunLive) return;
         if(!_paused)
         {
             _time += Time.deltaTime;
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Zone Display/ZoneRenderer.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Zone Display/ZoneRenderer.cs
index f63f746bd..24ce8a494 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Zone Display/ZoneRenderer.cs	
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Zone Display/ZoneRenderer.cs	
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ public class ZoneRenderer : MonoBehaviour
 
     void LateUpdate()
     {
+        if (!ActionGameManager.RunLive) return;
         Map.Draw(Zone, ActionGameManager.Clock.Lead);
     }
 
@@ -550,6 +551,7 @@ public class ZoneRenderer : MonoBehaviour
 
     void Update()
     {
+        if (!ActionGameManager.RunLive) return;
         var lead = ActionGameManager.Clock.Lead;
         GravityLowering.Lower(Zone, lead, ref _gravityWells);
         foreach (var loot in _floatingItems.Values)