diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/CellVisibility.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/CellVisibility.cs
index 80477c0e..7cabee61 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/CellVisibility.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/CellVisibility.cs
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ public sealed class LoadedCell
     /// grab_visible_cells decomp:311878). The stable anchor for the terrain-draw test.
     /// </summary>
     public bool SeenOutside;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Render unification (2026-06-07): true for the synthetic OUTDOOR cell node built by
+    /// <see cref="OutdoorCellNode.Build"/> — the outdoor world modelled as a flood-graph cell whose
+    /// shell is the landscape. <see cref="PortalVisibilityBuilder.Build"/> seeds OutsideView
+    /// full-screen when the root carries this flag (so terrain/sky/scenery draw as the node's shell).
+    /// An explicit flag, not a cell-id heuristic: interior EnvCell ids are >= 0x100 in production but
+    /// test fixtures use low ids for interior cells, so keying on the id would misfire.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsOutdoorNode;
 }
 
 /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/OutdoorCellNode.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/OutdoorCellNode.cs
index 0830f096..6ce08e3a 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/OutdoorCellNode.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/OutdoorCellNode.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public static class OutdoorCellNode
         {
             CellId = outdoorCellId,
             SeenOutside = true,
+            IsOutdoorNode = true,
             WorldTransform = Matrix4x4.Identity,
             InverseWorldTransform = Matrix4x4.Identity,
         };
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalVisibilityBuilder.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalVisibilityBuilder.cs
index 461d1145..e421e3a4 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalVisibilityBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PortalVisibilityBuilder.cs
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ public static class PortalVisibilityBuilder
 
         frame.CellViews[cameraCell.CellId] = CellView.FullScreen();
 
+        // Render unification (outdoor-as-cell, 2026-06-07): when the root IS the synthetic outdoor
+        // node, the landscape is visible FULL-SCREEN, so seed OutsideView with the full-screen NDC
+        // quad. ClipFrameAssembler turns that into a full-screen OutsideView slice, so DrawInside's
+        // DrawLandscapeThroughOutsideView draws terrain/sky/scenery/weather as the node's "shell" —
+        // the very same callback that already draws the doorway slice when an INTERIOR root reaches
+        // outdoors. Keyed on the explicit IsOutdoorNode flag (set by OutdoorCellNode.Build), NOT a
+        // cell-id heuristic: production EnvCell ids are >= 0x100 but test fixtures use low interior
+        // ids, so an id test would misfire. An interior root never sets this flag, so the indoor
+        // exit-portal path (OtherCellId==0xFFFF below) still owns the doorway OutsideView region.
+        if (cameraCell.IsOutdoorNode)
+            frame.OutsideView.Add(new ViewPolygon((Vector2[])FullScreenQuad.Clone()));
+
         // Distance-priority work list (retail PView::cell_todo_list). Cells pop closest-first;
         // each cell carries the camera→nearest-portal-vertex distance that put it on the list
         // (retail keys on InitCell's per-portal min-vertex distance, decomp 432988-433004). The
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/OutdoorCellNodeTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/OutdoorCellNodeTests.cs
index 1129b295..17faa55e 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/OutdoorCellNodeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/OutdoorCellNodeTests.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class OutdoorCellNodeTests
 
         Assert.Equal(outdoorId, node.CellId);
         Assert.True(node.SeenOutside);
+        Assert.True(node.IsOutdoorNode); // the flag PortalVisibilityBuilder keys the full-screen OutsideView on
         Assert.Equal(Matrix4x4.Identity, node.WorldTransform);
         Assert.Single(node.Portals);
         Assert.Equal((ushort)(0xA9B40170 & 0xFFFF), node.Portals[0].OtherCellId);
@@ -48,5 +49,6 @@ public class OutdoorCellNodeTests
         var node = OutdoorCellNode.Build(0xA9B40031, System.Array.Empty<LoadedCell>());
         Assert.Empty(node.Portals);
         Assert.True(node.SeenOutside);
+        Assert.True(node.IsOutdoorNode);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/UnifiedFloodTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/UnifiedFloodTests.cs
index 75323d17..4beede61 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/UnifiedFloodTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/UnifiedFloodTests.cs
@@ -60,4 +60,50 @@ public class UnifiedFloodTests
         var frame = PortalVisibilityBuilder.Build(node, eye, Lookup, view * proj);
         Assert.True(frame.OrderedVisibleCells.Count < 10); // bounded, no runaway
     }
+
+    // Step A (cutover): rooting at the outdoor node must seed OutsideView with the FULL-SCREEN NDC
+    // quad so DrawLandscapeThroughOutsideView draws the landscape as the node's shell. Without this
+    // the outdoor-root frame would have OutsideViewSlices.Length==0 -> TerrainMode.Skip -> no terrain.
+    [Fact]
+    public void Build_RootedAtOutdoorNode_SeedsFullScreenOutsideView()
+    {
+        var building = MakeBuildingCell(0xA9B40170);
+        var node = OutdoorCellNode.Build(0xA9B40031, new[] { building });
+        LoadedCell? Lookup(uint id) => (id & 0xFFFFu) == 0x0170 ? building : null;
+
+        var eye = new Vector3(0, -3, 1);
+        var view = Matrix4x4.CreateLookAt(eye, new Vector3(0, 5, 1), Vector3.UnitZ);
+        var proj = Matrix4x4.CreatePerspectiveFieldOfView(MathF.PI / 3f, 16f / 9f, 1f, 5000f);
+
+        var frame = PortalVisibilityBuilder.Build(node, eye, Lookup, view * proj);
+
+        Assert.False(frame.OutsideView.IsEmpty);
+        // The union bounds of OutsideView must cover the whole NDC viewport (a full-screen quad),
+        // so ClipFrameAssembler yields TerrainMode != Skip and the terrain draws everywhere.
+        Assert.Equal(-1f, frame.OutsideView.MinX, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(-1f, frame.OutsideView.MinY, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(1f, frame.OutsideView.MaxX, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(1f, frame.OutsideView.MaxY, 3);
+    }
+
+    // Pure-outdoor regression guard (spec section 10): an outdoor node with NO nearby buildings must
+    // resolve to exactly {node} with a full-screen OutsideView -> full-screen terrain, no interior
+    // cells, byte-for-byte today's open-world draw. Visual-gate the open field, not just the cottage.
+    [Fact]
+    public void Build_EmptyOutdoorNode_FullScreenOutsideView_OnlyNodeVisible()
+    {
+        var node = OutdoorCellNode.Build(0xA9B40031, Array.Empty<LoadedCell>());
+        Assert.Empty(node.Portals); // no doorways
+
+        var eye = new Vector3(0, -3, 1);
+        var view = Matrix4x4.CreateLookAt(eye, new Vector3(0, 5, 1), Vector3.UnitZ);
+        var proj = Matrix4x4.CreatePerspectiveFieldOfView(MathF.PI / 3f, 16f / 9f, 1f, 5000f);
+
+        var frame = PortalVisibilityBuilder.Build(node, eye, _ => null, view * proj);
+
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { 0xA9B40031u }, frame.OrderedVisibleCells); // only the node
+        Assert.False(frame.OutsideView.IsEmpty);
+        Assert.Equal(-1f, frame.OutsideView.MinX, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(1f, frame.OutsideView.MaxX, 3);
+    }
 }