diff --git a/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs
index 8ecce74..42b3eda 100644
--- a/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/fparkan-runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ pub enum MissionLoadPhase {
     GraphVisualWears,
     /// Resolve MAT0 documents while expanding visual dependencies.
     GraphVisualMaterials,
+    /// Progress marker emitted after each 64 MAT0 validation requests.
+    GraphVisualMaterialRequests(usize),
     /// Validate TEXM documents while expanding visual dependencies.
     GraphVisualTextures,
     /// Progress marker emitted after each 64 TEXM validation requests.
@@ -723,12 +725,19 @@ fn load_mission_with_options_and_progress(
                 record_load_phase(&mut trace, &mut on_phase, runtime_phase);
                 last_graph_visual_phase = Some(runtime_phase);
             }
-            if progress.phase == VisualDependencyPhase::Texture && progress.request_count > 1 {
-                record_load_phase(
-                    &mut trace,
-                    &mut on_phase,
-                    MissionLoadPhase::GraphVisualTextureRequests(progress.request_count),
-                );
+            if progress.request_count > 1 {
+                let request_phase = match progress.phase {
+                    VisualDependencyPhase::Wear => None,
+                    VisualDependencyPhase::Material => Some(
+                        MissionLoadPhase::GraphVisualMaterialRequests(progress.request_count),
+                    ),
+                    VisualDependencyPhase::Texture => Some(
+                        MissionLoadPhase::GraphVisualTextureRequests(progress.request_count),
+                    ),
+                };
+                if let Some(request_phase) = request_phase {
+                    record_load_phase(&mut trace, &mut on_phase, request_phase);
+                }
             }
         },
     );
diff --git a/docs/tomes/05-render.md b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
index 520361c..c49ca66 100644
--- a/docs/tomes/05-render.md
+++ b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
@@ -1103,8 +1103,9 @@ is only the last phase reached in one run: it is not proof of a single global
 bottleneck or of Vulkan involvement.
 
 Visual expansion now reports each dependency-class entrance, its first request
-and every 64th later request; this is diagnostic-only and does not alter
-traversal, edges or validation. A
+and every 64th later request; runtime progress persists MAT0/TEXM counts at
+those boundaries. This is diagnostic-only and does not alter traversal, edges
+or validation. A
 later controlled 180-second Part 2 probe ended at `GraphVisualMaterials`,
 before the first TEXM progress marker. The differing checkpoints rule out the
 previous overly narrow claim that TEXM is the sole remaining target. Profiling
@@ -1118,6 +1119,13 @@ unchanged. The same controlled 180-second Part 2 probe still ended at
 `GraphVisualMaterials`, so this is a complexity/correctness improvement rather
 than measured evidence of a startup checkpoint advance.
 
+The MAT0 counter now records `GraphVisualMaterialRequests(N)` with the same
+64-request throttle. A fresh controlled Part 2 probe ended at
+`GraphVisualMaterialRequests(71)`: at least 71 MAT0 requests had begun before
+termination. It does not preserve the simultaneous TEXM count, so it neither
+identifies a slow individual material nor attributes time to MAT0 parsing; the
+next profiler revision needs one cumulative snapshot of all classes.
+
 Mission loading now raises the decoded-payload cache entry budget from 64 to
 256 while retaining its 64 MiB byte budget. This avoids premature entry-count
 eviction during resource-rich loads without making memory unbounded. The same