diff --git a/docs/tomes/05-render.md b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
index 5eef3ed..e0970c7 100644
--- a/docs/tomes/05-render.md
+++ b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
@@ -1735,6 +1735,26 @@ recovered lookup routine. Therefore a future runtime implementation must treat
 cache availability as contextual and cannot dereference or prebuild the cache
 solely from constructor state.
 
+`tools/capture-terrain-shade-cache.ps1` now makes the same evidence repeatable
+without debugger attachment. It discovers `Terrain.dll` with Toolhelp, opens
+only `PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ`, searches readable
+32-bit-process regions for the already proven cache vtable, and excludes the
+Terrain image itself because relocations there also contain that pointer value.
+It reports only addresses and count metadata; it does not alter the process or
+save game resources. On the unattended GOG AutoDemo process 5632 on 2026-07-18
+it found the live cache at `0x035C64B4`, with entry table `0x17284590` and
+exclusive count `3462`. Two adjacent passive captures retained the cache
+address/table/count but returned result views `0x0274BD89` and `0x008A60DC`.
+That changing result view is direct evidence that it is transient lookup
+state, not a persistent cache identity or a WEAR row. The observation narrows
+the next terrain task to profiling the cache's generated entries and their
+consumer; it still does not establish a Land1 blend equation.
+
+```powershell
+powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `
+  tools\capture-terrain-shade-cache.ps1 -ProcessId <iron_3d-pid>
+```
+
 The static Vulkan bridge now carries each contiguous face run as a separate
 draw range keyed by the original packed `material_tag`; it neither reorders
 triangles nor collapses the high byte. For the first usable visual layer, the
diff --git a/tools/capture-terrain-shade-cache.ps1 b/tools/capture-terrain-shade-cache.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7de5f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/capture-terrain-shade-cache.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+    [int]$ProcessId,
+    [ValidateRange(1, 60)]
+    [int]$CaptureAttempts = 6,
+    [ValidateRange(0, 1000)]
+    [int]$RetryIntervalMilliseconds = 100,
+    [ValidateRange(0x00010000, 0x7fff0000)]
+    [UInt32]$SearchStart = 0x01000000,
+    [ValidateRange(0x00010000, 0x7fff0000)]
+    [UInt32]$SearchEnd = 0x20000000
+)
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# This observer deliberately opens only PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ.
+# It neither sends input nor writes, suspends, injects into, or calls the original game.
+Add-Type -TypeDefinition @'
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+public static class FparkanTerrainShadeProbe {
+    public const uint TH32CS_SNAPMODULE = 0x00000008;
+    public const uint TH32CS_SNAPMODULE32 = 0x00000010;
+    public const uint PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x00000400;
+    public const uint PROCESS_VM_READ = 0x00000010;
+    public const uint MEM_COMMIT = 0x1000;
+    public const uint PAGE_NOACCESS = 0x01;
+    public const uint PAGE_GUARD = 0x100;
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+    public struct MODULEENTRY32 {
+        public uint dwSize;
+        public uint th32ModuleID;
+        public uint th32ProcessID;
+        public uint GlblcntUsage;
+        public uint ProccntUsage;
+        public IntPtr modBaseAddr;
+        public uint modBaseSize;
+        public IntPtr hModule;
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 256)] public string szModule;
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 260)] public string szExePath;
+    }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    public struct MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION {
+        public IntPtr BaseAddress;
+        public IntPtr AllocationBase;
+        public uint AllocationProtect;
+        public IntPtr RegionSize;
+        public uint State;
+        public uint Protect;
+        public uint Type;
+    }
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern IntPtr CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(uint flags, uint processId);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern bool Module32First(IntPtr snapshot, ref MODULEENTRY32 entry);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern bool Module32Next(IntPtr snapshot, ref MODULEENTRY32 entry);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern IntPtr OpenProcess(uint access, bool inheritHandle, uint processId);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern bool ReadProcessMemory(
+        IntPtr process, IntPtr address, [Out] byte[] buffer, IntPtr size, out IntPtr bytesRead);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern IntPtr VirtualQueryEx(
+        IntPtr process, IntPtr address, out MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION buffer, IntPtr length);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr handle);
+
+    public static int FindU32(byte[] bytes, uint expected, int start) {
+        for (int index = start; index <= bytes.Length - 4; index += 4) {
+            if (BitConverter.ToUInt32(bytes, index) == expected) return index;
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
+'@
+
+function Get-LastWin32ErrorText {
+    $code = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::GetLastWin32Error()
+    "$code ($([ComponentModel.Win32Exception]::new($code).Message))"
+}
+
+function Get-TerrainModuleBase {
+    param([int]$ProbeProcessId)
+    $snapshot = [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(
+        [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::TH32CS_SNAPMODULE -bor [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::TH32CS_SNAPMODULE32,
+        [uint32]$ProbeProcessId
+    )
+    if ($snapshot -eq [IntPtr]::Zero -or $snapshot.ToInt64() -eq -1) {
+        throw "CreateToolhelp32Snapshot failed: $(Get-LastWin32ErrorText)"
+    }
+    try {
+        $module = [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe+MODULEENTRY32]::new()
+        $module.dwSize = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SizeOf([type][FparkanTerrainShadeProbe+MODULEENTRY32])
+        if (-not [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::Module32First($snapshot, [ref]$module)) {
+            throw "Module32First failed: $(Get-LastWin32ErrorText)"
+        }
+        do {
+            if ($module.szModule -ieq 'Terrain.dll') {
+                return $module.modBaseAddr.ToInt64()
+            }
+            $module = [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe+MODULEENTRY32]::new()
+            $module.dwSize = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SizeOf([type][FparkanTerrainShadeProbe+MODULEENTRY32])
+        } while ([FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::Module32Next($snapshot, [ref]$module))
+    } finally {
+        [void][FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::CloseHandle($snapshot)
+    }
+    throw "Terrain.dll is not loaded by process $ProbeProcessId"
+}
+
+function Read-Bytes {
+    param([IntPtr]$Process, [Int64]$Address, [int]$Length)
+    $buffer = [byte[]]::new($Length)
+    $read = [IntPtr]::Zero
+    if (-not [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::ReadProcessMemory(
+            $Process, [IntPtr]$Address, $buffer, [IntPtr]$Length, [ref]$read)) {
+        return $null
+    }
+    if ($read.ToInt64() -ne $Length) {
+        return $null
+    }
+    return $buffer
+}
+
+function Find-ShadeCache {
+    param(
+        [IntPtr]$Process,
+        [UInt32]$ExpectedVtable,
+        [UInt32]$Start,
+        [UInt32]$End,
+        [Int64]$ExcludedImageStart,
+        [Int64]$ExcludedImageEnd
+    )
+    $mbiSize = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SizeOf([type][FparkanTerrainShadeProbe+MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION])
+    [Int64]$cursor = $Start
+    while ($cursor -lt $End) {
+        $mbi = [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe+MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION]::new()
+        $queried = [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::VirtualQueryEx(
+            $Process, [IntPtr]$cursor, [ref]$mbi, [IntPtr]$mbiSize
+        )
+        if ($queried -eq [IntPtr]::Zero) { break }
+        $base = $mbi.BaseAddress.ToInt64()
+        $size = $mbi.RegionSize.ToInt64()
+        if ($size -le 0) { break }
+        $next = $base + $size
+        if ($mbi.State -eq [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::MEM_COMMIT -and
+            ($mbi.Protect -band [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::PAGE_NOACCESS) -eq 0 -and
+            ($mbi.Protect -band [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::PAGE_GUARD) -eq 0) {
+            $regionStart = [Math]::Max($base, [Int64]$Start)
+            $regionEnd = [Math]::Min($next, [Int64]$End)
+            for ([Int64]$offset = $regionStart; $offset -lt $regionEnd; $offset += 65536) {
+                $length = [int][Math]::Min(65536, $regionEnd - $offset)
+                $bytes = Read-Bytes $Process $offset $length
+                if ($null -eq $bytes) { continue }
+                $searchIndex = 0
+                while ($searchIndex -le $bytes.Length - 4) {
+                    $index = [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::FindU32($bytes, $ExpectedVtable, $searchIndex)
+                    if ($index -lt 0) { break }
+                    $candidate = $offset + $index
+                    if ($candidate -lt $ExcludedImageStart -or $candidate -ge $ExcludedImageEnd) {
+                        return $candidate
+                    }
+                    $searchIndex = $index + 4
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        $cursor = [Math]::Max($next, $cursor + 4096)
+    }
+    return $null
+}
+
+if ($SearchEnd -le $SearchStart) { throw 'SearchEnd must exceed SearchStart' }
+$terrainBase = Get-TerrainModuleBase $ProcessId
+$process = [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::OpenProcess(
+    [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION -bor [FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::PROCESS_VM_READ,
+    $false,
+    [uint32]$ProcessId
+)
+if ($process -eq [IntPtr]::Zero) { throw "OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ) failed: $(Get-LastWin32ErrorText)" }
+
+try {
+    $expectedVtable = [uint32]($terrainBase + 0x643d0)
+    $last = 'cache vtable was not present in readable scan range'
+    for ($attempt = 1; $attempt -le $CaptureAttempts; $attempt++) {
+        # The vtable value itself naturally appears in the Terrain image as
+        # relocation data; only a heap-resident object is a cache candidate.
+        $cache = Find-ShadeCache $process $expectedVtable $SearchStart $SearchEnd $terrainBase ($terrainBase + 0x100000)
+        if ($null -ne $cache) {
+            $header = Read-Bytes $process $cache 324
+            if ($null -ne $header) {
+                [ordered]@{
+                    schema = 'fparkan-terrain-shade-cache-v1'
+                    process_id = $ProcessId
+                    terrain_module_base = ('0x{0:X8}' -f $terrainBase)
+                    cache_vtable_rva = '0x643d0'
+                    cache_object = ('0x{0:X8}' -f $cache)
+                    result_view = ('0x{0:X8}' -f [BitConverter]::ToUInt32($header, 24))
+                    entry_table = ('0x{0:X8}' -f [BitConverter]::ToUInt32($header, 316))
+                    entry_count = [BitConverter]::ToUInt32($header, 320)
+                    scan_attempt = $attempt
+                } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
+                exit 0
+            }
+            $last = "cache candidate 0x$('{0:X8}' -f $cache) became unreadable"
+        }
+        if ($attempt -lt $CaptureAttempts -and $RetryIntervalMilliseconds -gt 0) {
+            Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $RetryIntervalMilliseconds
+        }
+    }
+    throw "No live GetShade cache after $CaptureAttempts scans ($last)"
+} finally {
+    [void][FparkanTerrainShadeProbe]::CloseHandle($process)
+}