diff --git a/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Packets/PacketCodec.cs b/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Packets/PacketCodec.cs
index 615c729..b3cd209 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Packets/PacketCodec.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Packets/PacketCodec.cs
@@ -115,6 +115,104 @@ public static class PacketCodec
         return new PacketDecodeResult(packet, DecodeError.None);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Assemble a datagram from a header and an optional-section body.
+    /// Computes the checksum (both unencrypted and ISAAC-encrypted forms)
+    /// and writes it into the header before packing.
+    ///
+    /// <para>
+    /// Callers pass a mutable <paramref name="header"/> because
+    /// <c>Checksum</c> and <c>DataSize</c> are filled in by this method.
+    /// <paramref name="body"/> is the packet payload that goes after the
+    /// 20-byte header — for a LoginRequest packet this is the
+    /// <see cref="LoginRequest.Build"/> output; for an AckSequence packet
+    /// this is a 4-byte ack sequence number; and so on.
+    /// </para>
+    ///
+    /// <para>
+    /// For packets with fragments (<see cref="PacketHeaderFlags.BlobFragments"/>),
+    /// the caller is responsible for having pre-serialized the fragment
+    /// sequence into <paramref name="body"/>. A future phase can add a
+    /// higher-level helper that packs fragments for you.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="header">
+    /// Header fields the caller wants. The Checksum and DataSize fields
+    /// are overwritten by this method — any values the caller set there
+    /// are discarded.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="body">
+    /// Bytes that go between the 20-byte header and the end of the
+    /// datagram. May be empty.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="outboundIsaac">
+    /// ISAAC keystream used to encrypt the checksum if the header's
+    /// <see cref="PacketHeaderFlags.EncryptedChecksum"/> flag is set.
+    /// Null means unencrypted; will throw if the flag is set but no ISAAC
+    /// is provided.
+    /// </param>
+    public static byte[] Encode(PacketHeader header, ReadOnlySpan<byte> body, IsaacRandom? outboundIsaac)
+    {
+        header.DataSize = checked((ushort)body.Length);
+
+        // Parse the optional-section length out of the body so we can hash
+        // it separately from any subsequent fragments. Without the BlobFragments
+        // flag, the entire body IS the optional section. With BlobFragments,
+        // we need to know where the optional section ends.
+        //
+        // We don't actually need to parse it field-by-field — we just need to
+        // know how many bytes the optional section consumed. For encode we
+        // cheat: we ask the caller to give us the full body and hash it as
+        // (optional = all body bytes that come before the first fragment
+        // header). Since the caller built the body, they can tell us.
+        //
+        // Simpler approach for now: use PacketHeaderOptional.Parse to measure.
+        // This is slightly redundant work but correct and lets the existing
+        // Packet types stay as the single source of truth on section layout.
+        var optional = new PacketHeaderOptional();
+        int optionalLen = optional.Parse(body, header.Flags);
+        if (optionalLen < 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException("body's optional section is malformed", nameof(body));
+
+        uint optionalHash = Hash32.Calculate(body.Slice(0, optionalLen));
+
+        // Hash any fragments in the body tail.
+        uint fragmentHash = 0;
+        if (header.HasFlag(PacketHeaderFlags.BlobFragments))
+        {
+            var tail = body.Slice(optionalLen);
+            while (tail.Length > 0)
+            {
+                var (frag, consumed) = MessageFragment.TryParse(tail);
+                if (frag is null || consumed == 0)
+                    throw new ArgumentException("body contains a malformed fragment", nameof(body));
+                fragmentHash += CalculateFragmentHash32(frag.Value);
+                tail = tail.Slice(consumed);
+            }
+        }
+
+        uint headerHash = header.CalculateHeaderHash32();
+        uint payloadHash = optionalHash + fragmentHash;
+
+        if (header.HasFlag(PacketHeaderFlags.EncryptedChecksum))
+        {
+            if (outboundIsaac is null)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "EncryptedChecksum flag set but no ISAAC keystream provided");
+            uint isaacKey = outboundIsaac.Next();
+            header.Checksum = headerHash + (isaacKey ^ payloadHash);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            header.Checksum = headerHash + payloadHash;
+        }
+
+        byte[] datagram = new byte[PacketHeader.Size + body.Length];
+        header.Pack(datagram);
+        body.CopyTo(datagram.AsSpan(PacketHeader.Size));
+        return datagram;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Hash32 of a single fragment = Hash32(header 16 bytes) + Hash32(payload).
     /// Matches ACE's ClientPacketFragment.CalculateHash32. Public so callers
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Core.Net.Tests/Packets/PacketCodecEncodeTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Core.Net.Tests/Packets/PacketCodecEncodeTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa9aa74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AcDream.Core.Net.Tests/Packets/PacketCodecEncodeTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+using AcDream.Core.Net.Cryptography;
+using AcDream.Core.Net.Packets;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Tests.Packets;
+
+public class PacketCodecEncodeTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Encode_Then_TryDecode_UnencryptedChecksum_RoundTrips()
+    {
+        // 4-byte ack sequence in the optional section, no fragments.
+        byte[] body = new byte[4] { 0x78, 0x56, 0x34, 0x12 };
+        var header = new PacketHeader
+        {
+            Sequence = 7,
+            Flags    = PacketHeaderFlags.AckSequence,
+            Id       = 1,
+            Time     = 100,
+        };
+
+        byte[] datagram = PacketCodec.Encode(header, body, outboundIsaac: null);
+
+        var result = PacketCodec.TryDecode(datagram, inboundIsaac: null);
+        Assert.Equal(PacketCodec.DecodeError.None, result.Error);
+        Assert.Equal(0x12345678u, result.Packet!.Optional.AckSequence);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Encode_DataSizeIsOverwritten_MatchesBodyLength()
+    {
+        // Caller sets DataSize to garbage; Encode should overwrite it with
+        // the actual body length.
+        var header = new PacketHeader { Flags = PacketHeaderFlags.AckSequence, DataSize = 9999 };
+        byte[] body = new byte[4];
+        byte[] datagram = PacketCodec.Encode(header, body, null);
+
+        var parsed = PacketHeader.Unpack(datagram);
+        Assert.Equal(4, parsed.DataSize);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Encode_EncryptedChecksum_PairsWithDecodeUsingSameIsaac()
+    {
+        var seed = new byte[] { 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x01 };
+        var isaacSend = new IsaacRandom(seed);
+        var isaacRecv = new IsaacRandom(seed);
+
+        byte[] body = new byte[4] { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        var header = new PacketHeader
+        {
+            Flags = PacketHeaderFlags.AckSequence | PacketHeaderFlags.EncryptedChecksum,
+        };
+
+        byte[] datagram = PacketCodec.Encode(header, body, isaacSend);
+        var result = PacketCodec.TryDecode(datagram, isaacRecv);
+
+        Assert.Equal(PacketCodec.DecodeError.None, result.Error);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Encode_EncryptedChecksum_WithoutIsaac_Throws()
+    {
+        var header = new PacketHeader { Flags = PacketHeaderFlags.EncryptedChecksum };
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(
+            () => PacketCodec.Encode(header, ReadOnlySpan<byte>.Empty, outboundIsaac: null));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Encode_LoginRequest_DecodableAndBodyRoundTrips()
+    {
+        // End-to-end that exercises the whole outbound pipeline we care
+        // about for integration testing: build LoginRequest body → pack
+        // into a Packet with the LoginRequest flag → send through Encode →
+        // decode via TryDecode → re-parse the body back to credentials.
+        byte[] loginPayload = LoginRequest.Build("testaccount", "testpassword", 42);
+        var header = new PacketHeader { Flags = PacketHeaderFlags.LoginRequest };
+
+        byte[] datagram = PacketCodec.Encode(header, loginPayload, outboundIsaac: null);
+
+        var decoded = PacketCodec.TryDecode(datagram, inboundIsaac: null);
+        Assert.Equal(PacketCodec.DecodeError.None, decoded.Error);
+        var parsed = LoginRequest.Parse(decoded.Packet!.BodyBytes);
+        Assert.Equal("testaccount", parsed.Account);
+        Assert.Equal("testpassword", parsed.Password);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Encode_FragmentBodyWithBlobFragmentsFlag_DecodeRebuildsFragment()
+    {
+        // Build a fragment body (16-byte header + 3-byte payload), set
+        // BlobFragments flag, encode, decode, verify fragment is intact.
+        var fragHeader = new MessageFragmentHeader
+        {
+            Sequence = 1, Id = 0x80000001u, Count = 1,
+            TotalSize = 19, Index = 0, Queue = 0,
+        };
+        byte[] body = new byte[19];
+        fragHeader.Pack(body);
+        body[16] = 0xAA; body[17] = 0xBB; body[18] = 0xCC;
+
+        var header = new PacketHeader { Flags = PacketHeaderFlags.BlobFragments };
+        byte[] datagram = PacketCodec.Encode(header, body, null);
+
+        var result = PacketCodec.TryDecode(datagram, null);
+        Assert.Equal(PacketCodec.DecodeError.None, result.Error);
+        Assert.Single(result.Packet!.Fragments);
+        Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC }, result.Packet.Fragments[0].Payload);
+    }
+}