diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index 281e6978..9c8685e9 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 coordinatesOnRadar: () => _persistedGameplay.CoordinatesOnRadar,
                 uiLocked: () => _persistedGameplay.LockUI,
                 playerEntities: () => _entitiesByServerGuid,
-                copySpatialCandidates: _worldState.CopyLiveEntitiesNearLandblock);
+                spatialQuery: () => _worldState);
             var retailChatVm = new AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Panels.Chat.ChatVM(Chat, displayLimit: 200);
             _retailChatVm = retailChatVm;
             AcDream.App.UI.RetailUiPersistenceBindings? persistence = _settingsStore is null
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Streaming/GpuWorldState.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Streaming/GpuWorldState.cs
index f1e004b6..23a05e2f 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Streaming/GpuWorldState.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Streaming/GpuWorldState.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Numerics;
 using AcDream.App.Rendering.Vfx;
 using AcDream.App.Rendering.Wb;
+using AcDream.App.World;
 using AcDream.Core.World;
 
 namespace AcDream.App.Streaming;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ namespace AcDream.App.Streaming;
 /// Threading: not thread-safe. All calls must happen on the render thread.
 /// </remarks>
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class GpuWorldState
+public sealed class GpuWorldState : ILiveEntitySpatialQuery
 {
     private readonly LandblockSpawnAdapter? _wbSpawnAdapter;
     private readonly EntityScriptActivator? _entityScriptActivator;
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProvider.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProvider.cs
index a4d714d1..96cafad2 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProvider.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProvider.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Numerics;
+using AcDream.App.World;
 using AcDream.Core.Items;
 using AcDream.Core.Net;
 using AcDream.Core.Physics.Motion;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public sealed class RadarSnapshotProvider
     private readonly Func<bool> _coordinatesOnRadar;
     private readonly Func<bool> _uiLocked;
     private readonly Func<uint, RadarRelationshipTraits>? _relationshipFor;
-    private readonly Action<uint, int, List<KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>>>? _copySpatialCandidates;
+    private readonly Func<ILiveEntitySpatialQuery?>? _spatialQuery;
     private readonly List<KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>> _candidateScratch = new();
 
     public RadarSnapshotProvider(
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public sealed class RadarSnapshotProvider
         Func<bool> uiLocked,
         Func<uint, RadarRelationshipTraits>? relationshipFor = null,
         Func<IReadOnlyDictionary<uint, WorldEntity>>? playerEntities = null,
-        Action<uint, int, List<KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>>>? copySpatialCandidates = null)
+        Func<ILiveEntitySpatialQuery?>? spatialQuery = null)
     {
         _objects = objects ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(objects));
         _worldEntities = worldEntities ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(worldEntities));
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public sealed class RadarSnapshotProvider
         _coordinatesOnRadar = coordinatesOnRadar ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(coordinatesOnRadar));
         _uiLocked = uiLocked ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(uiLocked));
         _relationshipFor = relationshipFor;
-        _copySpatialCandidates = copySpatialCandidates;
+        _spatialQuery = spatialQuery;
     }
 
     public UiRadarSnapshot BuildSnapshot()
@@ -90,12 +91,16 @@ public sealed class RadarSnapshotProvider
         float range = RetailRadar.GetRangeMeters(isOutside);
 
         _candidateScratch.Clear();
-        if (_copySpatialCandidates is not null)
+        // Retained UI mounts before the production GpuWorldState. Resolve the
+        // spatial owner per snapshot just like the live dictionaries above;
+        // retaining a method group here binds forever to the empty bootstrap
+        // state and produces a working compass with no object blips.
+        if (_spatialQuery?.Invoke() is { } spatialQuery)
         {
             // Retail radar is at most 75 metres while a landblock is 192
             // metres wide. The current block plus its eight neighbours is a
             // complete broadphase (the cheap spatial pre-filter).
-            _copySpatialCandidates(playerCellId, 1, _candidateScratch);
+            spatialQuery.CopyLiveEntitiesNearLandblock(playerCellId, 1, _candidateScratch);
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/World/ILiveEntitySpatialQuery.cs b/src/AcDream.App/World/ILiveEntitySpatialQuery.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b587267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/World/ILiveEntitySpatialQuery.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using AcDream.Core.World;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.World;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Read-only spatial broadphase for live server-object projections.
+/// Consumers resolve this owner late because <c>GameWindow</c> replaces its
+/// empty bootstrap world state after retained UI construction.
+/// </summary>
+public interface ILiveEntitySpatialQuery
+{
+    void CopyLiveEntitiesNearLandblock(
+        uint centerCellOrLandblockId,
+        int landblockRadius,
+        List<KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>> destination);
+}
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProviderTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProviderTests.cs
index 16f5957c..393c682a 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProviderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/RadarSnapshotProviderTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Numerics;
 using AcDream.App.UI;
 using AcDream.App.UI.Layout;
+using AcDream.App.World;
 using AcDream.Core.Items;
 using AcDream.Core.Net;
 using AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
@@ -210,8 +211,8 @@ public sealed class RadarSnapshotProviderTests
             [unrelated] = Entity(unrelated, new Vector3(6f, 0f, 0f), Quaternion.Identity),
         };
         var spawns = entities.Keys.ToDictionary(guid => guid, Spawn);
-        uint copiedCell = 0;
-        int copiedRadius = -1;
+        var spatialQuery = new RecordingSpatialQuery(
+            new KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>(nearby, entities[nearby]));
         var provider = new RadarSnapshotProvider(
             objects,
             () => entities,
@@ -222,20 +223,70 @@ public sealed class RadarSnapshotProviderTests
             selectedGuid: () => null,
             coordinatesOnRadar: () => true,
             uiLocked: () => false,
-            copySpatialCandidates: (cell, radius, destination) =>
-            {
-                copiedCell = cell;
-                copiedRadius = radius;
-                destination.Add(new KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>(nearby, entities[nearby]));
-            });
+            spatialQuery: () => spatialQuery);
 
         UiRadarSnapshot snapshot = provider.BuildSnapshot();
 
-        Assert.Equal(0xA9B40001u, copiedCell);
-        Assert.Equal(1, copiedRadius);
+        Assert.Equal(0xA9B40001u, spatialQuery.CopiedCell);
+        Assert.Equal(1, spatialQuery.CopiedRadius);
         Assert.Equal(nearby, Assert.Single(snapshot.Blips).ObjectId);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildSnapshot_ResolvesSpatialOwnerAfterBootstrapReplacement()
+    {
+        const uint player = 50u;
+        const uint monster = 51u;
+        var objects = new ClientObjectTable();
+        objects.Ingest(Weenie(player, "Player", ItemType.Creature));
+        objects.Ingest(Weenie(monster, "Drudge", ItemType.Creature) with
+        {
+            RadarBehavior = (byte)RadarBehavior.ShowAlways,
+        });
+        var entities = new Dictionary<uint, WorldEntity>
+        {
+            [player] = Entity(player, Vector3.Zero, Quaternion.Identity),
+            [monster] = Entity(monster, new Vector3(5f, 0f, 0f), Quaternion.Identity),
+        };
+        var spawns = entities.Keys.ToDictionary(guid => guid, Spawn);
+        ILiveEntitySpatialQuery currentSpatialQuery = new RecordingSpatialQuery();
+        var provider = new RadarSnapshotProvider(
+            objects,
+            () => entities,
+            () => spawns,
+            playerGuid: () => player,
+            playerYawRadians: () => 0f,
+            playerCellId: () => 0xA9B40001u,
+            selectedGuid: () => null,
+            coordinatesOnRadar: () => true,
+            uiLocked: () => false,
+            spatialQuery: () => currentSpatialQuery);
+
+        Assert.Empty(provider.BuildSnapshot().Blips);
+
+        currentSpatialQuery = new RecordingSpatialQuery(
+            new KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>(monster, entities[monster]));
+
+        Assert.Equal(monster, Assert.Single(provider.BuildSnapshot().Blips).ObjectId);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class RecordingSpatialQuery(
+        params KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>[] candidates) : ILiveEntitySpatialQuery
+    {
+        public uint CopiedCell { get; private set; }
+        public int CopiedRadius { get; private set; } = -1;
+
+        public void CopyLiveEntitiesNearLandblock(
+            uint centerCellOrLandblockId,
+            int landblockRadius,
+            List<KeyValuePair<uint, WorldEntity>> destination)
+        {
+            CopiedCell = centerCellOrLandblockId;
+            CopiedRadius = landblockRadius;
+            destination.AddRange(candidates);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static WorldEntity Entity(uint guid, Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation) => new()
     {
         Id = guid,