diff --git a/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs b/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs
index e02e5c50d..d838b6eaf 100644
--- a/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs
+++ b/Aetheria.State.Daemon.Smoke/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Aetheria.State.Daemon;
 using GameCult.Aetheria.State.Verse;
+using System.Globalization;
 
 var checks = new AetheriaDaemonYmirSmokeChecks();
 checks.Run();
@@ -814,6 +815,15 @@ internal sealed class AetheriaDaemonYmirSmokeChecks
         Require(pickup.VelocityX < 0 && pickup.PositionX < 60, "Ymir must pull a pickup inside the forward tractor volume toward the ship");
         RequireEqual(1, pickup.Item.Quantity, "tractor force must not consume the pickup item");
         RequireEqual(0, CargoQuantity(ship, "salvage"), "scooping must remain a separate capacity-checked transaction");
+        var frame = new AetheriaRuntimeDaemonFrameDocument { FrameId = 1, Run = run };
+        var surface = AetheriaRuntimeDaemonGameSurfaceBuilder.Build(frame, new AetheriaRuntimeDaemonHealthDocument(), AetheriaRuntimeDaemonCommandBoundaryDocument.Create("daemon"));
+        var pickupNode = Flatten(surface.Surface.Root).Single(node => node.Id == "aetheria.daemon.game.world.pickup.3");
+        RequireEqual("prefab.entity.pickup", pickupNode.Props["assetRef"], "Eve world must reference provider-owned pickup asset semantics");
+        RequireEqual("salvage", pickupNode.Props["itemKey"], "Eve pickup must expose item identity");
+        Require(double.Parse(pickupNode.Props["remainingLifetime"], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) < 30,
+            "Eve pickup must expose daemon-owned remaining lifetime");
+        Require(AetheriaRuntimeAssets.ProjectManifest(null).Assets.Any(asset => asset.Ref.AssetKey == "prefab.entity.pickup"),
+            "provider asset manifest must advertise the pickup visual used by Eve");
     }
 
     private static void PickupIsCapacityCheckedExactlyOnceAndExpires()
diff --git a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs
index 00a0d0433..55e5aa6e7 100644
--- a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs
+++ b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeAssets.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace GameCult.Aetheria.State.Verse
             Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.station", "Station", "Prefabs/Stations/AsteroidOutpost"));
             Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.orbital", "Orbital", "Prefabs/Stations/Zenith"));
             Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.projectile", "Projectile", "Prefabs/Lightning"));
+            Add(entries, MapPrefab("prefab.entity.pickup", "Pickup", "Assets/Prefabs/RPG/Pickups/Tetrahedron"));
             foreach (var inventoryAsset in InventoryUiAssets())
                 Add(entries, inventoryAsset);
 
diff --git a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeDaemonGameSurfaceBuilder.cs b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeDaemonGameSurfaceBuilder.cs
index f5ead8a29..b3ac408b7 100644
--- a/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeDaemonGameSurfaceBuilder.cs
+++ b/Packages/org.gamecult.aetheria.state/Runtime/AetheriaRuntimeDaemonGameSurfaceBuilder.cs
@@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ namespace GameCult.Aetheria.State.Verse
                 .Concat((zone.Projectiles ?? Array.Empty<AetheriaRuntimeProjectileCommit>())
                     .Where(projectile => projectile != null && projectile.LifetimeSeconds > 0)
                     .Select(projectile => PlayableWorldProjectile(projectile, run, zone)))
+                .Concat((zone.DroppedPickups ?? Array.Empty<AetheriaRuntimeDroppedPickupCommit>())
+                    .Where(pickup => pickup != null && pickup.AgeSeconds < pickup.LifetimeSeconds)
+                    .Select(pickup => PlayableWorldPickup(pickup, run, zone)))
                 .ToArray();
 
             return new AetheriaRuntimeSurfaceComponent(
@@ -589,6 +592,36 @@ namespace GameCult.Aetheria.State.Verse
                 Array.Empty<AetheriaRuntimeSurfaceComponent>());
         }
 
+        private static AetheriaRuntimeSurfaceComponent PlayableWorldPickup(
+            AetheriaRuntimeDroppedPickupCommit pickup,
+            AetheriaRuntimeRunCheckpointCommit run,
+            AetheriaRuntimeZoneSnapshotCommit zone)
+        {
+            var pickupId = $"{run.RunId}:zone:{zone.ZoneIndex}:pickup:{pickup.PickupIndex}";
+            var props = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+            {
+                ["entityId"] = pickupId,
+                ["entityKind"] = "pickup",
+                ["label"] = pickup.Item?.ItemKey ?? "Pickup",
+                ["itemKey"] = pickup.Item?.ItemKey ?? "",
+                ["quantity"] = Math.Max(1, pickup.Item?.Quantity ?? 1).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+                ["assetRef"] = "prefab.entity.pickup",
+                ["position"] = string.Join(",", new[] { pickup.PositionX.ToString("0.###", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), pickup.PositionY.ToString("0.###", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), pickup.PositionZ.ToString("0.###", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) }),
+                ["velocity"] = string.Join(",", new[] { pickup.VelocityX.ToString("0.###", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), pickup.VelocityY.ToString("0.###", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), pickup.VelocityZ.ToString("0.###", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) }),
+                ["radius"] = "5",
+                ["age"] = FormatNumber(pickup.AgeSeconds),
+                ["lifetime"] = FormatNumber(pickup.LifetimeSeconds),
+                ["remainingLifetime"] = FormatNumber(Math.Max(0, pickup.LifetimeSeconds - pickup.AgeSeconds)),
+                ["selectable"] = "false",
+                ["controllable"] = "false"
+            };
+            return new AetheriaRuntimeSurfaceComponent(
+                $"aetheria.daemon.game.world.pickup.{pickup.PickupIndex}",
+                "world.entity3d",
+                props,
+                Array.Empty<AetheriaRuntimeSurfaceComponent>());
+        }
+
         private static string PlayableWorldAssetRef(AetheriaRuntimeEntitySnapshotCommit entity)
         {
             if (entity == null)