diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index 15a037ca..596c40b7 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -926,6 +926,11 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             // Cannot be changed at runtime; Quality changes mid-session that would
             // alter MsaaSamples are logged as a restart-required warning.
             Samples = startupQuality.MsaaSamples,
+            // #117 (2026-06-11): the aperture punch's depth gate needs a
+            // stencil buffer (PortalDepthMaskRenderer two-pass mark+punch).
+            // GLFW defaults to 8 stencil bits, but make the requirement
+            // explicit rather than platform-implicit.
+            PreferredStencilBufferBits = 8,
         };
 
         _window = Window.Create(options);
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalDepthMaskRenderer.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalDepthMaskRenderer.cs
index 809d6211..969396b8 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalDepthMaskRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalDepthMaskRenderer.cs
@@ -9,17 +9,13 @@ namespace AcDream.App.Rendering;
 /// writes — the port of <c>D3DPolyRender::DrawPortalPolyInternal</c>
 /// (Ghidra 0x0059bc90, pc:424490).
 ///
-/// <para><b>⚠ RESERVED — NOT wired into the frame as of 2026-06-11.</b> The
-/// first BR-2 attempt wired this as a seal (interior root) + punch (outdoor /
-/// look-in) and was reverted at the visual gate: the outdoor far-Z punch
-/// erased the depth of DYNAMIC objects (player / NPCs) standing in a door
-/// aperture, so the interior painted over them. The gate also proved #108
-/// (cellar grass-sweep) is a MEMBERSHIP bug, not a depth bug — the punch was
-/// only masking it on outdoor-classified cellar frames. The correct depth
-/// discipline (punch → interior → dynamics-last ordering) will be rebuilt
-/// during BR-3 when it can be verified against the shell-chop deletion. This
-/// class is the verified-correct depth-write primitive kept for that work; it
-/// has no callers today.</para>
+/// <para><b>Wired by T1 (BR-3, `579c8b0`):</b> seal on interior roots, punch
+/// on outdoor / look-in roots, via <c>GameWindow.DrawRetailPViewPortalDepthWrite</c>
+/// (the <c>DrawExitPortalMasks</c> slice callback) — safe alongside the
+/// dynamics-drawn-LAST frame order (the first BR-2 attempt punched after
+/// dynamics and erased the player; reverted 88be519). #117 (2026-06-11)
+/// added the two-pass stencil depth gate on the punch side — see
+/// <see cref="DrawDepthFan"/>.</para>
 ///
 /// <para>Retail projects a portal polygon, software-clips it against the
 /// installed portal view (<c>polyClipFinish</c>), and draws the survivor as a
@@ -52,10 +48,11 @@ public sealed class PortalDepthMaskRenderer : IDisposable
 {
     private const string VertSrc = @"#version 430 core
 layout(location = 0) in vec3 aPos;
-uniform mat4 uViewProjection;
-uniform int  uPlaneCount;
-uniform vec4 uPlanes[8];
-uniform int  uForceFarZ;
+uniform mat4  uViewProjection;
+uniform int   uPlaneCount;
+uniform vec4  uPlanes[8];
+uniform int   uForceFarZ;
+uniform float uDepthBias;   // NDC bias toward the viewer (mark pass only)
 out float gl_ClipDistance[8];
 void main()
 {
@@ -64,6 +61,8 @@ void main()
         gl_ClipDistance[i] = (i < uPlaneCount) ? dot(uPlanes[i], clipPos) : 1.0;
     if (uForceFarZ == 1)
         clipPos.z = clipPos.w * 0.99999988;   // retail far-z punch constant (0x0059bc90 tail)
+    else if (uDepthBias > 0.0)
+        clipPos.z -= uDepthBias * clipPos.w;  // #117 mark-pass bias (see DrawDepthFan)
     gl_Position = clipPos;
 }";
 
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@ void main() { }   // depth-only: color writes are masked off by the caller state
     private readonly int _locPlaneCount;
     private readonly int _locPlanes;
     private readonly int _locForceFarZ;
+    private readonly int _locDepthBias;
 
     private const int MaxFanVerts = 32;
     private readonly float[] _scratch = new float[MaxFanVerts * 3];
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void main() { }   // depth-only: color writes are masked off by the caller state
         _locPlaneCount = _gl.GetUniformLocation(_program, "uPlaneCount");
         _locPlanes = _gl.GetUniformLocation(_program, "uPlanes");
         _locForceFarZ = _gl.GetUniformLocation(_program, "uForceFarZ");
+        _locDepthBias = _gl.GetUniformLocation(_program, "uDepthBias");
 
         _vao = _gl.GenVertexArray();
         _vbo = _gl.GenBuffer();
@@ -130,10 +131,39 @@ void main() { }   // depth-only: color writes are masked off by the caller state
         return s;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// #117 (2026-06-11): the mark-pass depth bias, in NDC, toward the
+    /// viewer. Retail's punch is DEPTHTEST_ALWAYS and is safe only because
+    /// retail's outdoor pass is painter's-ordered far→near (anything nearer
+    /// redraws AFTER the punch and re-covers it). Our z-buffered MDI frame
+    /// has no such order, so an unconditional far-Z punch erased the depth
+    /// of NEARER occluders (terrain hills, closer buildings) at aperture
+    /// pixels — doors/interiors painted through them (the T5 #117 report).
+    /// The z-buffer-correct equivalent: punch ONLY where the aperture
+    /// polygon itself wins a depth test at its true depth (two-pass
+    /// stencil below). The bias keeps the #108 case covered — terrain
+    /// hugging the door plane (centimeters in front of the aperture) must
+    /// still be punched; a hill or another house meters nearer must not.
+    /// 0.0005 NDC ≈ 6 cm at 5 m / ≈ 1 m at 20 m with znear=0.1.
+    /// </summary>
+    private const float PunchMarkDepthBias = 0.0005f;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Draw one portal polygon as an invisible depth write, clipped to the
     /// slice's clip-space half-planes. <paramref name="forceFarZ"/> selects
     /// punch (true, retail maxZ1) vs seal (false, retail maxZ2 true depth).
+    ///
+    /// <para><b>Seal</b> (interior root): one pass, retail-verbatim —
+    /// depth ALWAYS + true projected depth. It runs immediately after the
+    /// gated full depth clear, so there is no nearer content to stomp.</para>
+    ///
+    /// <para><b>Punch</b> (outdoor root / look-in): two passes (#117).
+    /// Pass A marks stencil where the aperture fan passes a LEQUAL depth
+    /// test at its (biased) true depth — i.e. where the aperture is
+    /// actually visible against everything drawn so far. Pass B writes the
+    /// far-Z punch with depth ALWAYS but stencil-gated to the marked
+    /// pixels, and zeroes the stencil as it goes (self-cleaning). This is
+    /// the z-buffered equivalent of retail's painter's-order safety.</para>
     /// </summary>
     public void DrawDepthFan(
         ReadOnlySpan<Vector3> worldVerts,
@@ -159,8 +189,6 @@ void main() { }   // depth-only: color writes are masked off by the caller state
         _gl.Disable(EnableCap.CullFace);       // portal fans face either way
         _gl.Disable(EnableCap.ScissorTest);
         _gl.Enable(EnableCap.DepthTest);
-        _gl.DepthFunc(DepthFunction.Always);   // retail DEPTHTEST ALWAYS
-        _gl.DepthMask(true);                   // z-write on
         _gl.ColorMask(false, false, false, false);   // alpha-0 fan ≙ no color
         for (int i = 0; i < planeCount; i++)
             _gl.Enable(EnableCap.ClipDistance0 + i);
@@ -183,13 +211,47 @@ void main() { }   // depth-only: color writes are masked off by the caller state
                 fixed (float* pp = p)
                     _gl.Uniform4(_locPlanes, (uint)planeCount, pp);
             }
-            _gl.Uniform1(_locForceFarZ, forceFarZ ? 1 : 0);
 
             _gl.BindVertexArray(_vao);
             _gl.BindBuffer(BufferTargetARB.ArrayBuffer, _vbo);
             fixed (float* v = _scratch)
                 _gl.BufferSubData(BufferTargetARB.ArrayBuffer, 0, (nuint)(n * 3 * sizeof(float)), v);
-            _gl.DrawArrays(PrimitiveType.TriangleFan, 0, (uint)n);
+
+            if (!forceFarZ)
+            {
+                // ── SEAL: retail-verbatim single pass ──
+                _gl.DepthFunc(DepthFunction.Always);
+                _gl.DepthMask(true);
+                _gl.Uniform1(_locForceFarZ, 0);
+                _gl.Uniform1(_locDepthBias, 0f);
+                _gl.DrawArrays(PrimitiveType.TriangleFan, 0, (uint)n);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // ── PUNCH pass A: stencil-mark visible aperture pixels ──
+                _gl.Enable(EnableCap.StencilTest);
+                _gl.StencilFunc(StencilFunction.Always, 1, 0xFF);
+                _gl.StencilOp(StencilOp.Keep, StencilOp.Keep, StencilOp.Replace);
+                _gl.StencilMask(0xFF);
+                _gl.DepthFunc(DepthFunction.Lequal);
+                _gl.DepthMask(false);
+                _gl.Uniform1(_locForceFarZ, 0);
+                _gl.Uniform1(_locDepthBias, PunchMarkDepthBias);
+                _gl.DrawArrays(PrimitiveType.TriangleFan, 0, (uint)n);
+
+                // ── PUNCH pass B: far-Z write on marked pixels only;
+                //    zero the stencil as we go (self-cleaning) ──
+                _gl.StencilFunc(StencilFunction.Equal, 1, 0xFF);
+                _gl.StencilOp(StencilOp.Keep, StencilOp.Keep, StencilOp.Zero);
+                _gl.DepthFunc(DepthFunction.Always);
+                _gl.DepthMask(true);
+                _gl.Uniform1(_locForceFarZ, 1);
+                _gl.Uniform1(_locDepthBias, 0f);
+                _gl.DrawArrays(PrimitiveType.TriangleFan, 0, (uint)n);
+
+                _gl.Disable(EnableCap.StencilTest);
+            }
+
             _gl.BindVertexArray(0);
             _gl.BindBuffer(BufferTargetARB.ArrayBuffer, 0);
         }
@@ -198,6 +260,7 @@ void main() { }   // depth-only: color writes are masked off by the caller state
         for (int i = 0; i < planeCount; i++)
             _gl.Disable(EnableCap.ClipDistance0 + i);
         _gl.ColorMask(true, true, true, true);
+        _gl.DepthMask(true);
         _gl.DepthFunc(DepthFunction.Less);
         _gl.Enable(EnableCap.CullFace);
         _gl.CullFace(TriangleFace.Back);