diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index 4404954..733c026 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -684,6 +684,14 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             }
         }
 
+        // Apply ObjScale by baking a scale matrix into each MeshRef's
+        // PartTransform. Scenery hydration already does this pattern
+        // (scaleMat baked into PartTransform at Setup flatten time).
+        // Fallback to 1.0 if the server didn't send ObjScale (common for
+        // creatures/characters whose size is intrinsic to the mesh).
+        float scale = spawn.ObjScale ?? 1.0f;
+        var scaleMat = System.Numerics.Matrix4x4.CreateScale(scale);
+
         var meshRefs = new List<AcDream.Core.World.MeshRef>();
         for (int partIdx = 0; partIdx < parts.Count; partIdx++)
         {
@@ -697,7 +705,11 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             if (resolvedOverridesByPart is not null && resolvedOverridesByPart.TryGetValue(partIdx, out var partOverrides))
                 surfaceOverrides = partOverrides;
 
-            meshRefs.Add(new AcDream.Core.World.MeshRef(mr.GfxObjId, mr.PartTransform)
+            // Pre-multiply scale so it happens FIRST (local mesh coords) before
+            // the part-local transform and the entity-root transform.
+            var transform = scale == 1.0f ? mr.PartTransform : scaleMat * mr.PartTransform;
+
+            meshRefs.Add(new AcDream.Core.World.MeshRef(mr.GfxObjId, transform)
             {
                 SurfaceOverrides = surfaceOverrides,
             });
diff --git a/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/CreateObject.cs b/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/CreateObject.cs
index edafedd..da6cae2 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/CreateObject.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/CreateObject.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public static class CreateObject
         IReadOnlyList<TextureChange> TextureChanges,
         IReadOnlyList<SubPaletteSwap> SubPalettes,
         uint? BasePaletteId,
+        float? ObjScale,
         string? Name);
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -134,6 +135,13 @@ public static class CreateObject
     /// </summary>
     public static Parsed? TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> body)
     {
+        // Accumulators declared at the top so PartialResult (local function
+        // at the bottom) can reference them before they're conditionally
+        // populated — C# rejects forward references otherwise.
+        ServerPosition? position = null;
+        uint? setupTableId = null;
+        float? objScale = null;
+
         try
         {
             int pos = 0;
@@ -229,7 +237,6 @@ public static class CreateObject
                 pos += 4;
             }
 
-            ServerPosition? position = null;
             if ((physicsFlags & PhysicsDescriptionFlag.Position) != 0)
             {
                 if (body.Length - pos < 32) return null;
@@ -263,7 +270,6 @@ public static class CreateObject
                 pos += 4;
             }
 
-            uint? setupTableId = null;
             if ((physicsFlags & PhysicsDescriptionFlag.CSetup) != 0)
             {
                 if (body.Length - pos < 4) return null;
@@ -288,7 +294,12 @@ public static class CreateObject
                 if (body.Length - pos < childCount * 8) return null;
                 pos += childCount * 8;  // each child = guid u32 + locationId u32
             }
-            if ((physicsFlags & PhysicsDescriptionFlag.ObjScale) != 0) pos += 4;
+            if ((physicsFlags & PhysicsDescriptionFlag.ObjScale) != 0)
+            {
+                if (body.Length - pos < 4) return PartialResult();
+                objScale = BinaryPrimitives.ReadSingleLittleEndian(body.Slice(pos));
+                pos += 4;
+            }
             if ((physicsFlags & PhysicsDescriptionFlag.Friction) != 0) pos += 4;
             if ((physicsFlags & PhysicsDescriptionFlag.Elasticity) != 0) pos += 4;
             if ((physicsFlags & PhysicsDescriptionFlag.Translucency) != 0) pos += 4;
@@ -316,13 +327,13 @@ public static class CreateObject
             }
 
             return new Parsed(guid, position, setupTableId, animParts,
-                textureChanges, subPalettes, basePaletteId, name);
+                textureChanges, subPalettes, basePaletteId, objScale, name);
 
             // Local helper: if we ran out of fields past PhysicsData, still
-            // return the useful prefix (guid/position/setup/animParts/textures/palettes).
+            // return the useful prefix (guid/position/setup/animParts/textures/palettes/scale).
             Parsed PartialResult() => new(
                 guid, position, setupTableId, animParts,
-                textureChanges, subPalettes, basePaletteId, null);
+                textureChanges, subPalettes, basePaletteId, objScale, null);
         }
         catch
         {
diff --git a/src/AcDream.Core.Net/WorldSession.cs b/src/AcDream.Core.Net/WorldSession.cs
index c85de0e..7de33b1 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Core.Net/WorldSession.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Core.Net/WorldSession.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public sealed class WorldSession : IDisposable
         IReadOnlyList<CreateObject.TextureChange> TextureChanges,
         IReadOnlyList<CreateObject.SubPaletteSwap> SubPalettes,
         uint? BasePaletteId,
+        float? ObjScale,
         string? Name);
 
     /// <summary>Fires when the session finishes parsing a CreateObject.</summary>
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ public sealed class WorldSession : IDisposable
                         parsed.Value.TextureChanges,
                         parsed.Value.SubPalettes,
                         parsed.Value.BasePaletteId,
+                        parsed.Value.ObjScale,
                         parsed.Value.Name));
                 }
             }