diff --git a/packages/ludic.render3d/r3d.ludic b/packages/ludic.render3d/r3d.ludic
index 19ddcab7..07d98a96 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.render3d/r3d.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.render3d/r3d.ludic
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import "fog_casters.ludic"
 import "fog_impostors.ludic"
 import "actor.ludic"
 import "stream.ludic"
+import "stream_baked.ludic"
 import "fog_streams.ludic"
 import "grass.ludic"
 import "grass_gpu.ludic"
diff --git a/packages/ludic.render3d/stream.ludic b/packages/ludic.render3d/stream.ludic
index bb2a5463..3ff6290d 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.render3d/stream.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.render3d/stream.ludic
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ property Stream {
   arena:   words,          # every kept chunk's instances, in the order of `chunks`
   top:     int = 0,        # words of the arena in use
   spare:   []Chunk,        # records not in use: all of them are made with the stream
-  cap0:    int = 0         # the layer's capacity for the whole reach (fog_streams.ludic)
+  cap0:    int = 0,        # the layer's capacity for the whole reach (fog_streams.ludic)
+  ox:      float = 0.0,    # the grid's corner: 0 for cells from world zero, the terrain's for baked chunks
+  oz:      float = 0.0
 }
 
 # microseconds spent per frame, split so the hitch can be attributed (R3D_PROF=1)
@@ -220,8 +222,8 @@ function stream_evict(render3d_st: mut Render3dState, s: Stream) -> void {
 }
 
 function stream_update(render3d_st: mut Render3dState, s: Stream, cam_x: float, cam_z: float) -> void {
-  let ccx = int(Math.floor(cam_x / s.size))
-  let ccz = int(Math.floor(cam_z / s.size))
+  let ccx = int(Math.floor((cam_x - s.ox) / s.size))
+  let ccz = int(Math.floor((cam_z - s.oz) / s.size))
   if ccx == s.last_cx and ccz == s.last_cz and not s.pending and s.view_gen == render3d_st.sc_view_gen { return }
   let first = s.last_cx == 999999
   s.view_gen = render3d_st.sc_view_gen
@@ -244,8 +246,8 @@ function stream_update(render3d_st: mut Render3dState, s: Stream, cam_x: float,
       while cx <= ccx + ring {
         let edge = (cz == ccz - ring) or (cz == ccz + ring) or (cx == ccx - ring) or (cx == ccx + ring)
         if edge {
-          let wx = (float(cx) + 0.5) * s.size
-          let wz = (float(cz) + 0.5) * s.size
+          let wx = s.ox + (float(cx) + 0.5) * s.size
+          let wz = s.oz + (float(cz) + 0.5) * s.size
           let dx = wx - cam_x;  let dz = wz - cam_z
           let d = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dz * dz)
           let band = stream_band(s, d)
@@ -323,8 +325,8 @@ function stream_update(render3d_st: mut Render3dState, s: Stream, cam_x: float,
 # whose short shadows still fall inside it.
 function stream_chunk_visible(render3d_st: Render3dState, s: Stream, cx: int, cz: int, c: Chunk) -> bool {
   let half = s.size * 0.5
-  let wx = float(cx) * s.size + half
-  let wz = float(cz) * s.size + half
+  let wx = s.ox + float(cx) * s.size + half
+  let wz = s.oz + float(cz) * s.size + half
   let hy = (c.ymax - c.ymin) * 0.5
   let cy = c.ymin + hy
   let r = Math.sqrt(half * half * 2.0 + hy * hy) + 8.0
diff --git a/packages/ludic.render3d/stream_baked.ludic b/packages/ludic.render3d/stream_baked.ludic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c05a8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ludic.render3d/stream_baked.ludic
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# stream_baked.ludic — a stream filled from baked chunks instead of generated ones (plan 26 of
+# maroon-lake). The bake stores every instance of a kind once per 64 m chunk, at full density and in a
+# shuffled order, so a distance band draws a PREFIX of it: a nearer band holds everything a farther one
+# does. A record is 12 bytes: u16 x, u16 z (1/65536 of the chunk), u16 y (cm above the chunk's y_base),
+# u8 scale (lo..hi, the kind's range), u8 yaw, u8 seed, u8 wind.
+
+const SB_REC: int = 12
+
+# the stream's cells laid on the baked chunks' grid: `size` metres from the corner (ox, oz)
+export function stream_set_grid(s: Stream, ox: float, oz: float) -> void {
+  s.ox = ox
+  s.oz = oz
+}
+
+# the first `keep` records of a chunk emitted into the chunk being filled (inside r3d_stream_fill)
+export function stream_emit_baked(render3d_st: mut Render3dState, s: Stream, recs: pointer, count: int, keep: int, x0: float, z0: float, y_base: float, lo: float, hi: float) -> void {
+  let n = min(keep, count)
+  let span = s.size / 65536.0
+  let sr = (hi - lo) / 255.0
+  for i in 0 .. n {
+    let o = i * SB_REC
+    let x = x0 + float(recs[o] | (recs[o + 1] << 8)) * span
+    let z = z0 + float(recs[o + 2] | (recs[o + 3] << 8)) * span
+    let y = y_base + float(recs[o + 4] | (recs[o + 5] << 8)) * 0.01
+    let scale = lo + float(recs[o + 6]) * sr
+    let yaw = float(recs[o + 7]) * (2.0 * PI / 256.0)
+    stream_emit(render3d_st, s, x, y, z, scale, yaw, float(recs[o + 8]) / 255.0, float(recs[o + 9]) / 255.0)
+  }
+}
+
+# how many of a chunk's records a band keeps: all at band 0, then the share each band out had of the
+# generated density (the caller's table), rounded so a band is never empty where the chunk is not
+export function stream_band_keep(count: int, share: float) -> int {
+  if count == 0 { return 0 }
+  return max(1, min(count, int(float(count) * share + 0.5)))
+}