diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Wb/WbDrawDispatcher.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Wb/WbDrawDispatcher.cs
index de29be3..9ad4986 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Wb/WbDrawDispatcher.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Wb/WbDrawDispatcher.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ public sealed unsafe class WbDrawDispatcher : IDisposable
     // of GC pressure on the render thread under the original T17 shape.
     private readonly List<(WorldEntity Entity, int MeshRefIndex, uint LandblockId)> _walkScratch = new();
 
+    // Tier 1 cache (#53) — per-entity classification collector. Reused across
+    // frames; cleared once per static entity inside Draw. Animated entities
+    // skip this scratch entirely (collector = null).
+    private readonly List<CachedBatch> _populateScratch = new();
+
     // Per-entity-cull AABB radius. Conservative — covers most entities; large
     // outliers (long banners, tall columns) are still landblock-culled.
     private const float PerEntityCullRadius = 5.0f;
@@ -385,6 +390,8 @@ public sealed unsafe class WbDrawDispatcher : IDisposable
                 Matrix4x4.CreateFromQuaternion(entity.Rotation) *
                 Matrix4x4.CreateTranslation(entity.Position);
 
+            bool isAnimated = animatedEntityIds?.Contains(entity.Id) == true;
+
             // Compute palette-override hash ONCE per entity (perf #4).
             // Reused across every (part, batch) lookup so the FNV-1a fold
             // over SubPalettes runs once instead of N times. Zero when the
@@ -410,6 +417,14 @@ public sealed unsafe class WbDrawDispatcher : IDisposable
             }
             if (anyVao == 0) anyVao = renderData.VAO;
 
+            // Cache-miss path (animated entities skip cache entirely).
+            // Static entities collect into _populateScratch on the first frame
+            // they're visible, so the cache has fresh data for the next frame.
+            // Task 10 will add the cache-hit fast path that skips slow
+            // classification when an entry already exists.
+            var collector = isAnimated ? null : _populateScratch;
+            collector?.Clear();
+
             bool drewAny = false;
             if (renderData.IsSetup && renderData.SetupParts.Count > 0)
             {
@@ -422,17 +437,25 @@ public sealed unsafe class WbDrawDispatcher : IDisposable
                         entityWorld, meshRef.PartTransform, partTransform);
 
                     var restPose = partTransform * meshRef.PartTransform;
-                    ClassifyBatches(partData, partGfxObjId, model, entity, meshRef, palHash, metaTable, restPose);
+                    ClassifyBatches(partData, partGfxObjId, model, entity, meshRef, palHash, metaTable, restPose, collector);
                     drewAny = true;
                 }
             }
             else
             {
                 var model = meshRef.PartTransform * entityWorld;
-                ClassifyBatches(renderData, gfxObjId, model, entity, meshRef, palHash, metaTable, restPose: meshRef.PartTransform);
+                ClassifyBatches(renderData, gfxObjId, model, entity, meshRef, palHash, metaTable, restPose: meshRef.PartTransform, collector: collector);
                 drewAny = true;
             }
 
+            if (collector is not null && collector.Count > 0)
+            {
+                // Populate cache for static entity on cache-miss.
+                // Each entity classifies once at first visibility; subsequent
+                // frames will hit the fast path (added in Task 10).
+                _cache.Populate(entity.Id, landblockId, collector.ToArray());
+            }
+
             if (diag && drewAny) _entitiesDrawn++;
         }