diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollEntityBuilder.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollEntityBuilder.cs
index 76d3bf2e..3dee4351 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollEntityBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/DollEntityBuilder.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ public static class DollEntityBuilder
     /// </summary>
     public const uint DollServerGuid = 0xDA11_D011u;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reserved render-local entity id for the doll. FIXED (the doll is a singleton)
+    /// and high enough never to collide with <c>_liveEntityIdCounter</c> ids. The
+    /// renderer passes this in <c>animatedEntityIds</c> so the dispatcher treats the
+    /// doll as animated — which BYPASSES the Tier-1 classification cache
+    /// (WbDrawDispatcher.cs:1142). That matters because a re-dress builds a NEW
+    /// WorldEntity with this SAME id; without the cache bypass the dispatcher would
+    /// serve the previous doll's cached batches and the new gear wouldn't appear.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const uint DollRenderId = 0xDA11_D012u;
+
     // retail set_heading: 191.367905° about +Z, expressed as a Quaternion
     // (axis-angle, axis = (0,0,1), θ = 191.367905° in radians).
     private static readonly float _headingRad = 191.367905f * (MathF.PI / 180f);
@@ -104,7 +115,7 @@ public static class DollEntityBuilder
         // replace it before registration.
         return new WorldEntity
         {
-            Id = 0u,
+            Id = DollRenderId,
             ServerGuid = DollServerGuid,
             SourceGfxObjOrSetupId = setupId,
             Position = Vector3.Zero,
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index a3ab1db0..860568d6 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
     private AcDream.App.UI.Layout.InventoryController? _inventoryController;
     // Phase D.2b Sub-phase C — paperdoll equip-slot controller (wield drag handler).
     private AcDream.App.UI.Layout.PaperdollController? _paperdollController;
+    // Phase D.2b Sub-phase C Slice 2 — the 3-D doll viewport: an off-screen RTT renderer, the UiViewport
+    // widget that blits it, the inventory frame (for the open-gate), and a dirty flag (re-dress on 0xF625).
+    private AcDream.App.Rendering.PaperdollViewportRenderer? _paperdollViewportRenderer;
+    private AcDream.App.UI.UiViewport? _paperdollViewportWidget;
+    private AcDream.App.UI.UiNineSlicePanel? _inventoryFrame;
+    private bool _paperdollDollDirty = true;
     // Phase D.2b Task 9 — plugin UI registrations buffered before OnLoad; drained in OnLoad.
     private readonly AcDream.App.Plugins.BufferedUiRegistry? _uiRegistry;
     // Phase I.2: ImGui debug panel ViewModel. Lives for as long as
@@ -2257,6 +2263,13 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                     // slot position is seen + usable; the live 3D character (the doll) is Slice 2.
                     emptySlotSprite: contentsEmpty);
 
+                // Slice 2: capture the doll viewport widget (Type 0xD, element 0x100001D5) + the inventory
+                // frame so the per-frame pre-UI hook can render the 3-D doll into the widget's texture only
+                // when the window is open and in doll-view. The renderer itself is built after the
+                // WbDrawDispatcher exists (further down this method).
+                _paperdollViewportWidget = invLayout.FindElement(0x100001D5u) as AcDream.App.UI.UiViewport;
+                _inventoryFrame = inventoryFrame;
+
                 Console.WriteLine("[D.2b-B] retail inventory window from LayoutDesc importer (0x21000023).");
             }
             else Console.WriteLine("[D.2b-B] inventory: LayoutDesc 0x21000023 not found.");
@@ -2366,6 +2379,16 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             // A.5 T22.5: apply A2C gate from quality preset.
             _wbDrawDispatcher.AlphaToCoverage = _resolvedQuality.AlphaToCoverage;
 
+            // Slice 2: now that the dispatcher exists, build the paperdoll doll RTT renderer and hand it to
+            // the viewport widget. Reuses the dispatcher + the scene-lighting UBO + _gl. The widget only
+            // blits the texture; the pre-UI hook drives the 3-D pass (see OnRender).
+            if (_paperdollViewportWidget is not null && _sceneLightingUbo is not null)
+            {
+                _paperdollViewportRenderer = new AcDream.App.Rendering.PaperdollViewportRenderer(
+                    _gl, _wbDrawDispatcher, _sceneLightingUbo);
+                _paperdollViewportWidget.Renderer = _paperdollViewportRenderer;
+            }
+
             // Phase A8: EnvCellRenderer init. Shares _meshShader (mesh_modern.{vert,frag})
             // with the dispatcher — both consume the same global mesh buffer (VAO/IBO)
             // from ObjectMeshManager.GlobalBuffer.
@@ -3751,6 +3774,52 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             BasePaletteId = md.BasePaletteId,
         };
         OnLiveEntitySpawned(newSpawn);
+
+        // Slice 2: a player appearance change (equip / unequip) rebuilt _entitiesByServerGuid[player]
+        // above; flag the paperdoll doll to re-clone from it on the next doll pass (the C# analog of
+        // RedressCreature). Cheap flag — the rebuild is deferred to the pre-UI hook when visible.
+        if (update.Guid == _playerServerGuid)
+            _paperdollDollDirty = true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Rebuilds the paperdoll doll from the live player entity (retail makeObject(player) +
+    /// DoObjDescChangesFromDefault). Clones the player's already-resolved Setup / MeshRefs / palette /
+    /// part overrides into a dedicated <see cref="DollEntityBuilder"/> entity posed at the scene origin
+    /// facing the viewer. The MeshRefs are COPIED so the doll holds a stable pose independent of the
+    /// player's live in-world animation. Returns false (leaving the dirty flag set to retry) when the
+    /// player entity isn't available yet.
+    /// </summary>
+    private bool RefreshPaperdollDoll()
+    {
+        if (_paperdollViewportRenderer is null) return false;
+        if (!_entitiesByServerGuid.TryGetValue(_playerServerGuid, out var pe) || pe.MeshRefs.Count == 0)
+        {
+            _paperdollViewportRenderer.SetDoll(null);
+            return false;   // player not ready — retry next frame
+        }
+
+        uint? basePal = null;
+        List<(uint, byte, byte)>? subs = null;
+        if (pe.PaletteOverride is { } po)
+        {
+            basePal = po.BasePaletteId;
+            subs = new List<(uint, byte, byte)>();
+            foreach (var r in po.SubPalettes) subs.Add((r.SubPaletteId, r.Offset, r.Length));
+        }
+
+        List<(byte, uint)>? parts = null;
+        if (pe.PartOverrides.Count > 0)
+        {
+            parts = new List<(byte, uint)>(pe.PartOverrides.Count);
+            foreach (var p in pe.PartOverrides) parts.Add((p.PartIndex, p.GfxObjId));
+        }
+
+        var meshRefsCopy = new List<AcDream.Core.World.MeshRef>(pe.MeshRefs);   // frozen-pose snapshot
+        var doll = AcDream.App.Rendering.DollEntityBuilder.Build(
+            pe.SourceGfxObjOrSetupId, meshRefsCopy, basePal, subs, parts);
+        _paperdollViewportRenderer.SetDoll(doll);
+        return true;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -9002,6 +9071,20 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             SkipWorldGeometry: ;
         }
 
+        // Phase D.2b Sub-phase C Slice 2 — paperdoll 3-D doll: render the re-dressed player clone into the
+        // viewport's off-screen texture BEFORE the 2-D UI pass blits it, but only when the inventory window
+        // is open AND the paperdoll is in doll-view (the widget's Visible is driven by the Slots toggle).
+        // The 3-D pass is fully sealed in a GLStateScope so it doesn't disturb the world/UI state.
+        if (_options.RetailUi && _paperdollViewportRenderer is not null
+            && _paperdollViewportWidget is { Visible: true } dollWidget
+            && _inventoryFrame is { Visible: true })
+        {
+            if (_paperdollDollDirty && RefreshPaperdollDoll())
+                _paperdollDollDirty = false;
+            dollWidget.TextureHandle = _paperdollViewportRenderer.Render(
+                (int)dollWidget.Width, (int)dollWidget.Height);
+        }
+
         // Phase D.2b — retail-look UI tree (render-only; input integration deferred).
         // Self-contained 2D pass: UiHost.Draw → TextRenderer.Flush sets its own
         // blend/depth state and restores. Drawn before ImGui so the devtools
@@ -13081,6 +13164,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
         _terrain?.Dispose();
         _terrainModernShader?.Dispose();
         _sceneLightingUbo?.Dispose();
+        _paperdollViewportRenderer?.Dispose();   // Slice 2: the doll's off-screen FBO + textures
         _particleRenderer?.Dispose();
         _debugLines?.Dispose();
         _uiHost?.Dispose();
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PaperdollViewportRenderer.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PaperdollViewportRenderer.cs
index ba293f5a..d57a8200 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PaperdollViewportRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/PaperdollViewportRenderer.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ public sealed unsafe class PaperdollViewportRenderer : IUiViewportRenderer, IDis
     // neverCullLandblockId the entity is never culled. 0 is unused by live streaming on the doll path.
     private const uint DollLandblockId = 0u;
 
+    // The doll's render id, passed as "animated" so the dispatcher bypasses the Tier-1 classification
+    // cache (WbDrawDispatcher.cs:1142) and re-classifies from the current MeshRefs every frame. This is
+    // what makes a re-dress (a new WorldEntity built with the same DollRenderId) actually take effect,
+    // AND what lets the idle animation (later slice, TickAnimations rebuilds MeshRefs) show.
+    private static readonly HashSet<uint> _dollAnimatedIds = new() { DollEntityBuilder.DollRenderId };
+
     public PaperdollViewportRenderer(GL gl, WbDrawDispatcher dispatcher, SceneLightingUboBinding lightUbo)
     {
         _gl = gl ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(gl));
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class PaperdollViewportRenderer : IUiViewportRenderer, IDis
             frustum: null,
             neverCullLandblockId: DollLandblockId,
             visibleCellIds: null,
-            animatedEntityIds: null);
+            animatedEntityIds: _dollAnimatedIds);   // doll treated as animated ⇒ cache-bypass (re-dress correctness)
 
         return _colorTex;
     }