diff --git a/docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md b/docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md
index 716a2607..92cc0839 100644
--- a/docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md
+++ b/docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md
@@ -783,6 +783,9 @@ name and the existing payload, plus fields where Gen 2 genuinely carries more
 
 The list is much shorter than it was. What is outstanding, in descending value:
 
+- `battle.field_residual`: the first guarded call site is in Gen 1 end-of-round
+  processing. Gold already has a native weather/between-turn pipeline but does
+  not yet expose the shared data-only descriptor hook.
 - `trainer.before_battle`: Gold constructs and pushes its trainer battle in
   `src/world/gen2/World.lua:startBattle`, which does not yet expose a deferred
   preparation boundary or a battle-local player-party view. Gen 1 mods can use
diff --git a/docs/modding.md b/docs/modding.md
index 1a2251b0..05c11360 100644
--- a/docs/modding.md
+++ b/docs/modding.md
@@ -931,6 +931,47 @@ which stay unconditional and are never visible to a subscriber.
 Developer mode also arms the mod loader's dev tripwire, which flags mods
 that reach outside their permission set.
 
+## Battle field residual hook
+
+`battle.field_residual` lets a Gen 1 battle-rule mod request end-of-round
+damage without mutating live battlers. It is guarded and runs after vanilla
+status residuals, before field-token expiry and `battle.turn_ended`. The
+wrapper receives `(next, context)`, calls `next(context)` for the existing
+descriptor list, and appends data-only rows:
+
+```lua
+mod.hooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+  local rows = next(context)
+  rows[#rows + 1] = {
+    side = "enemy", amount = 7,
+    message = context.battlers.enemy.name .. " is buffeted!",
+  }
+  return rows
+end)
+```
+
+`context.field` is a detached, data-only view with the same
+`{ weather, tokens }` shape that battle checkpoints capture; it does not expose
+`field.sides` or any live battler aliases. The projection recursively retains
+raw tables and finite numbers, strings, and booleans under scalar keys. It
+strips metatables and omits functions, userdata, threads, unsupported keys, and
+cyclic edges. Consequently a wrapper cannot obtain or invoke an engine callback
+even if a live field token uses one internally, and changing any nested view
+value cannot change live field state. `context.battlers.player` and `.enemy` are
+detached `{ side, name, hp, maxHp, types, vanished }` views, and `context.turn`
+is the current turn number. A descriptor accepts `side`
+(`player` or `enemy`), a positive, finite integer number `amount`, and an
+optional string `message`.
+Numeric strings and invalid rows are ignored; damage is clamped to current HP.
+The engine retains HP-bar, faint, experience, and replacement authority. If
+both active battlers take terminal residual damage together and the player has
+no healthy reserve, this hook batch queues only the player faint authority and
+resolves as a blackout loss without an enemy-faint EXP award or replacement.
+That precedence is local to accepted rows from this hook; native faint paths
+are unchanged when no hook is active. Hook callbacks remain process-local;
+checkpoints serialize only field data. Gold does not yet raise this hook; its
+native weather pipeline is documented in `docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md`.
+
 ## Process-lifecycle hooks
 
 These exist so a platform-specific launcher integration (a native shell
diff --git a/docs/rfcs/0016-battle-field-residual.md b/docs/rfcs/0016-battle-field-residual.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07eba812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/rfcs/0016-battle-field-residual.md
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# RFC 0016: Engine-owned field residual descriptors
+
+## Status
+
+Proposed.
+
+## Motivation
+
+Battle-rule mods can keep deterministic data-only state in the public battle
+field and observe `battle.turn_ended`, but that event fires after the engine's
+residual and faint pipeline. A listener cannot safely deal end-of-round field
+damage: directly changing live HP bypasses bar drains, faint messages,
+experience, replacements, double-faint resolution, and checkpoint continuation.
+Putting callbacks into `battle.field` is also rejected by the checkpoint
+serializer, correctly, because executable state is not save-safe.
+
+## Decision and plan extended
+
+This implements **D-AT-004: public engine-owned field residual execution**, the
+consuming decision required by Adaptive Trainers capability `ENGINE-FIELD-
+RESIDUALS`. The plan is
+[`docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-14-adaptive-trainers.md`](https://github.com/MaxTomahawk/gen1recomp-adaptive-trainers/blob/main/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-14-adaptive-trainers.md),
+Task 8. The engine delta defines only a generic end-of-round extension point;
+it contains no weather names, immunities, damage formula, trainer identity, or
+Adaptive Trainers policy.
+
+## Exact API delta
+
+Add the guarded Gen 1 hook:
+
+```lua
+mod.hooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+  local rows = next(context)
+  rows[#rows + 1] = {
+    side = "enemy",
+    amount = 7,
+    message = context.battlers.enemy.name .. " is buffeted!",
+  }
+  return rows
+end)
+```
+
+The hook runs once during an undecided battle's end-of-round processing, after
+vanilla status residuals and before field/side token expiry and
+`battle.turn_ended`. With no subscriber, the guarded site builds no context and
+changes nothing. Vanilla contributes an empty list.
+
+`context` is `{ field, battlers, turn }`. `field` is a strictly data-only view
+with the same `{ weather, tokens }` shape captured by battle checkpoints. Its
+recursive projection retains raw tables and finite numbers, strings, and
+booleans under scalar keys. It strips metatables and omits functions, userdata,
+threads, unsupported keys, and cyclic edges. Thus it exposes neither
+`field.sides` nor a graph or executable callback back into live engine state.
+`battlers.player` and `battlers.enemy` are detached snapshots with `{ side,
+name, hp, maxHp, types, vanished }`. Changing either detached view cannot
+change the live battle. `turn` is the current Gen 1 turn counter.
+
+A result row is `{ side = "player"|"enemy", amount =
+positive_finite_integer_number, message = optional_string }`. Numeric strings,
+zero, negatives, fractions, NaN, infinities, malformed sides, and non-string
+messages fail closed. Damage is clamped to current HP. The engine owns
+mutation, HP-bar drain rows, and its existing faint pipeline. It applies every
+accepted row before scheduling newly fainted battlers. If this hook batch
+terminally faints the player with no healthy reserve, it queues only the player
+faint authority, so descriptor order cannot race a blackout against an enemy
+EXP/replacement path. Otherwise it schedules newly fainted battlers in fixed
+player/enemy order. This precedence is scoped to this hook response; native
+faint paths, including `enemyMonFainted`, keep their existing no-hook behavior.
+Wrappers compose by calling `next(context)` and appending their own rows.
+Callbacks are not part of the descriptor contract and hook functions are never
+stored in the battle.
+
+Gold already owns native weather and a generation-specific between-turn order;
+this first additive call site is Gen 1-only. A future Gold site must keep the
+same context and descriptor contract and choose its native ordering explicitly.
+
+## Migration and compatibility
+
+Existing mods change nothing. No hook name or payload changes. With no wrapper,
+Gen 1 performs the same residual, token, event, and faint work as before,
+including native simultaneous-faint resolution, and allocates no context. Gen
+2 is unchanged. Existing and new checkpoints keep
+serializing only the data stored in `battle.field`; hook callbacks remain
+process-local loader state and are never serialized.
+
+The v1 surface remains unchanged: `content.X:register/override/get`,
+`events:on`, `hooks:wrap`, `mod.log`, `mod:read`, manifest v1 fields, and
+`pokemon.before_give` keep their existing behavior.
+
+## Verification
+
+- The catalog hook parity gate proves null and live-empty buses return the
+  vanilla list unchanged.
+- A sandboxed fixture mod exercises the seam through `mod.hooks`, verifies the
+  detached checkpoint-shaped context, applies damage, and reaches the engine
+  faint pipeline.
+- Engine validation tests cover strict number validation (including numeric
+  strings, NaN, infinities, zero, and negatives), nested mutation isolation,
+  omission of functions/userdata/threads/cycles and metatables from the public
+  field projection, optional messages, non-table results, clamping, and
+  settled-battle suppression.
+- Both descriptor orders are driven through queue completion for a simultaneous
+  terminal residual. Each proves player blackout loss with no EXP event,
+  enemy replacement, or replacement UI.
+- A disabled-bus sentinel proves the guard performs no `Runtime.call` or field
+  context construction. An ordering probe proves the enabled hook runs after
+  vanilla status residuals and before token expiry and `battle.turn_ended`.
+- A no-hook native regression proves a simultaneous zero-HP state still enters
+  the pre-existing enemy-faint EXP and win authority outside this hook batch.
+- Capture/restore/capture evidence proves checkpointed field state round-trips
+  while the enabled process-local hook remains installed and callable.
+
+## Docs with the change
+
+`docs/modding.md` documents the Gen 1 timing, detached payload, descriptor
+validation, simultaneous-terminal result, and checkpoint boundary.
+`docs/mod-api-gen2-compat.md` records that Gold does not yet expose the hook.
+No registry or schema changes are involved, so generated registry docs do not
+change.
+
+## Deprecation etiquette
+
+Nothing is deprecated. The hook is additive.
diff --git a/src/battle/BattleState.lua b/src/battle/BattleState.lua
index bae8aaa7..c4e50160 100644
--- a/src/battle/BattleState.lua
+++ b/src/battle/BattleState.lua
@@ -2792,6 +2792,111 @@ function BattleState:queueResidual(b, opp)
   end
 end
 
+local function fieldBattlerView(battler, side)
+  local types = {}
+  for index, typeId in ipairs(battler.curTypes or {}) do
+    types[index] = typeId
+  end
+  local mon = battler.mon or {}
+  return {
+    side = side,
+    name = battler.name,
+    hp = tonumber(mon.hp) or 0,
+    maxHp = tonumber(mon.stats and mon.stats.hp) or tonumber(mon.hp) or 0,
+    types = types,
+    vanished = battler.invulnerable and true or false,
+  }
+end
+
+local function publicScalar(value)
+  local kind = type(value)
+  if kind == "string" or kind == "boolean" then return value, true end
+  if kind == "number" and value == value
+      and value < math.huge and value > -math.huge then
+    return value, true
+  end
+  return nil, false
+end
+
+local function publicDataCopy(value, visiting)
+  local scalar, ok = publicScalar(value)
+  if ok then return scalar, true end
+  if type(value) ~= "table" then return nil, false end
+
+  visiting = visiting or {}
+  if visiting[value] then return nil, false end
+  visiting[value] = true
+
+  local copy = {}
+  for key, child in next, value do
+    local copiedKey, keyOk = publicScalar(key)
+    local copiedChild, childOk = publicDataCopy(child, visiting)
+    if keyOk and childOk then copy[copiedKey] = copiedChild end
+  end
+  visiting[value] = nil
+  return copy, true
+end
+
+local function checkpointFieldView(field)
+  field = field or {}
+  local view = publicDataCopy({
+    weather = field.weather,
+    tokens = field.tokens or {},
+  })
+  return view
+end
+
+-- Public field residuals are data-only requests. Mods can inspect a detached
+-- checkpoint-shaped field view and detached battler views, but only the engine
+-- mutates HP, animates the bar, or enters the faint pipeline.
+function BattleState:applyFieldResiduals()
+  if not Runtime.wantsHook("battle.field_residual") then return end
+  local views = {
+    player = fieldBattlerView(self.player, "player"),
+    enemy = fieldBattlerView(self.enemy, "enemy"),
+  }
+  local rows = Runtime.call("battle.field_residual", function() return {} end, {
+    field = checkpointFieldView(self.field),
+    battlers = views,
+    turn = self.turnCount or 0,
+  })
+  if type(rows) ~= "table" then return end
+
+  local fainted = {}
+  for _, row in ipairs(rows) do
+    local battler = type(row) == "table" and row.side == "player"
+      and self.player or type(row) == "table" and row.side == "enemy"
+      and self.enemy or nil
+    local amount = type(row) == "table" and row.amount or nil
+    if battler and battler.mon.hp > 0 and type(amount) == "number"
+        and amount > 0
+        and amount < math.huge and amount == math.floor(amount)
+        and (row.message == nil or type(row.message) == "string") then
+      amount = math.min(amount, battler.mon.hp)
+      if type(row.message) == "string" and row.message ~= "" then
+        self:sayNext(row.message)
+      end
+      battler.mon.hp = battler.mon.hp - amount
+      self:drainNext(battler, battler.mon.hp)
+      if battler.mon.hp <= 0 then fainted[battler] = true end
+    end
+  end
+  -- A terminal player faint owns a simultaneous field-residual batch. Queue
+  -- only that authority so its blackout cannot race an enemy EXP/replacement
+  -- path from the same hook response. Native faint paths remain untouched.
+  if fainted[self.player]
+      and not Party.firstHealthy(self:playerPartyView()) then
+    self:onFaint(self.player)
+    return
+  end
+
+  -- Otherwise resolve the two sides in engine order after every accepted
+  -- descriptor has landed. Descriptor order must not decide resolution.
+  for _, battler in ipairs({ self.player, self.enemy }) do
+    if fainted[battler] then self:onFaint(battler) end
+  end
+end
+
 function BattleState:endOfTurn()
   -- the same ret: a decided battle never reaches HandlePoisonBurnLeechSeed
   -- or CheckNumAttacksLeft (core.asm:417-421, 456-460), so the residual
@@ -2845,6 +2950,7 @@ function BattleState:endOfTurn()
       b.trappingTurns = nil
     end
   end
+  self:applyFieldResiduals()
   self:tickTokens()
   Runtime.emit("battle.turn_ended", { battle = self, turn = self.turnCount or 0 })
 end
diff --git a/tests/engine/battle_field_residual_validation.lua b/tests/engine/battle_field_residual_validation.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a61c589b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/battle_field_residual_validation.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+-- Validation and fail-closed behavior for battle.field_residual descriptors.
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+love = love or require("tests.love_stub")
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local BattleState = require("src.battle.BattleState")
+local Checkpoint = require("src.core.Checkpoint")
+local Events = require("src.mods.Events")
+local GameMethods = require("src.core.Game")
+local Hooks = require("src.mods.Hooks")
+local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
+local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+local StateStack = require("src.core.StateStack")
+local TypeChart = require("src.battle.TypeChart")
+
+local data = T.fixtures.fresh()
+TypeChart.load(data)
+
+local function newBattle()
+  local save = SaveData.newGame()
+  save.party = { Pokemon.new(data, "FIXMON_A", 30) }
+  local game = {
+    data = data,
+    save = save,
+    stack = { top = function() return nil end, push = function() end },
+  }
+  local battle = BattleState.newWild(game, "FIXMON_C", 30)
+  battle.phase, battle.queue = "menu", {}
+  return battle
+end
+
+local savedEvents, savedHooks, savedErrors = Runtime.events, Runtime.hooks,
+  Runtime.errors
+local hooks = Hooks.new()
+Runtime.install(savedEvents, hooks, {})
+
+local battle = newBattle()
+local playerHp, enemyHp = battle.player.mon.hp, battle.enemy.mon.hp
+local playerType = battle.player.curTypes[1]
+local cyclic = { label = "cycle-data" }
+cyclic.self = cyclic
+local metatableData = setmetatable({ label = "plain-data" }, {
+  __index = { hidden = "metatable-data" },
+})
+battle.field.weather = {
+  id = "probe", turns = 3,
+  callback = function() end,
+  handle = io.stdout,
+  worker = coroutine.create(function() end),
+  cyclic = cyclic,
+  metatableData = metatableData,
+}
+battle.field.tokens[1] = { id = "nested", turns = 2,
+  state = { intensity = 4 } }
+battle:enter()
+hooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+  local vanilla = next(context)
+  T.same(vanilla, {}, "the vanilla contribution is an empty descriptor list")
+  context.battlers.player.hp = 0
+  context.battlers.player.types[1] = "MUTATED"
+  T.eq(context.field.sides, nil,
+    "the field view has the checkpoint shape and no live side graph")
+  T.eq(context.field.weather.callback, nil,
+    "the field view omits executable values")
+  T.eq(context.field.weather.handle, nil,
+    "the field view omits userdata")
+  T.eq(context.field.weather.worker, nil,
+    "the field view omits threads")
+  T.eq(context.field.weather.cyclic.label, "cycle-data",
+    "the field view retains scalar data around a cycle")
+  T.eq(context.field.weather.cyclic.self, nil,
+    "the field view omits cyclic edges")
+  T.eq(getmetatable(context.field.weather.metatableData), nil,
+    "the field view carries no metatable")
+  T.eq(context.field.weather.metatableData.label, "plain-data",
+    "the field view retains raw data from a metatable-bearing table")
+  T.eq(context.field.weather.metatableData.hidden, nil,
+    "the field view does not expose metatable-provided values")
+  context.field.weather.turns = 0
+  context.field.tokens[1].state.intensity = 99
+  return {
+    false,
+    { side = "unknown", amount = 20, message = "invalid side" },
+    { side = "player", amount = "3", message = "numeric string" },
+    { side = "player", amount = 0, message = "zero" },
+    { side = "player", amount = -2, message = "negative" },
+    { side = "player", amount = 1.5, message = "fractional" },
+    { side = "player", amount = "not a number", message = "bad amount" },
+    { side = "player", amount = 0 / 0, message = "not finite" },
+    { side = "player", amount = math.huge, message = "non-finite" },
+    { side = "player", amount = 2, message = function() end },
+    { side = "enemy", amount = 3 },
+  }
+end, 0, "validation_probe")
+
+battle:applyFieldResiduals()
+T.eq(battle.player.mon.hp, playerHp,
+  "a descriptor with a non-string message fails closed")
+T.eq(battle.enemy.mon.hp, enemyHp - 3,
+  "a valid descriptor may omit its message")
+T.eq(battle.player.curTypes[1], playerType,
+  "mutating the detached type view cannot mutate the live battler")
+T.check(battle.player.mon.hp ~= 0,
+  "mutating detached HP cannot replace engine damage authority")
+T.eq(battle.field.weather.turns, 3,
+  "mutating the detached weather view cannot mutate live field state")
+T.eq(battle.field.tokens[1].state.intensity, 4,
+  "mutating nested detached token state cannot mutate live field state")
+
+local guarded = newBattle()
+local fieldReads, runtimeCalls = 0, 0
+guarded.field = setmetatable({}, { __index = function()
+  fieldReads = fieldReads + 1
+  return nil
+end })
+local realRuntimeCall = Runtime.call
+Runtime.call = function(...)
+  runtimeCalls = runtimeCalls + 1
+  return realRuntimeCall(...)
+end
+Runtime.install(savedEvents, Hooks.new(), {})
+guarded:applyFieldResiduals()
+Runtime.call = realRuntimeCall
+T.eq(runtimeCalls, 0,
+  "a disabled field hook never enters Runtime.call")
+T.eq(fieldReads, 0,
+  "a disabled field hook does not construct its field context")
+
+local nilBattle = newBattle()
+local nilHp = nilBattle.player.mon.hp
+local nilHooks = Hooks.new()
+Runtime.install(savedEvents, nilHooks, {})
+nilHooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function() return nil end,
+  0, "nil_probe")
+nilBattle:applyFieldResiduals()
+T.eq(nilBattle.player.mon.hp, nilHp,
+  "a non-table hook result fails closed")
+
+local settled = newBattle()
+local settledCalls = 0
+local settledHooks = Hooks.new()
+Runtime.install(savedEvents, settledHooks, {})
+settledHooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+  settledCalls = settledCalls + 1
+  return next(context)
+end, 0, "settled_probe")
+settled.result = "win"
+settled:endOfTurn()
+T.eq(settledCalls, 0,
+  "a settled battle never invokes field residual policy")
+
+local function drainQueue(battle)
+  local rows, guard = {}, 0
+  while battle.queue[1] and guard < 1000 do
+    guard = guard + 1
+    local row = table.remove(battle.queue, 1)
+    rows[#rows + 1] = row
+    if row.fn then
+      battle.nextInsert = 0
+      row.fn()
+    end
+  end
+  T.check(guard < 1000, "the simultaneous-faint queue completes")
+  return rows
+end
+
+local function simultaneousTerminal(order)
+  local save = SaveData.newGame()
+  save.party = { Pokemon.new(data, "FIXMON_A", 30) }
+  local game = {
+    data = data,
+    save = save,
+    stack = { top = function() return nil end, push = function() end },
+  }
+  local double = BattleState.newTrainer(game, "OPP_FIX_YOUNGSTER", 1)
+  double.phase, double.queue = "menu", {}
+  local originalEnemy, originalEnemyIndex = double.enemy, double.enemyIndex
+  local startingExp = double.player.mon.exp
+  local events, doubleHooks = Events.new(), Hooks.new()
+  local awardCalls, expEvents, switches = 0, 0, 0
+  events:on("battle.exp_gained", function() expEvents = expEvents + 1 end,
+    0, "double_probe")
+  events:on("battle.battler_switched", function() switches = switches + 1 end,
+    0, "double_probe")
+  Runtime.install(events, doubleHooks, {})
+  doubleHooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+    local rows = next(context)
+    for _, side in ipairs(order) do
+      rows[#rows + 1] = {
+        side = side,
+        amount = context.battlers[side].hp,
+      }
+    end
+    return rows
+  end, 0, "double_probe")
+  doubleHooks:wrap("battle.exp_award", function(next, context)
+    awardCalls = awardCalls + 1
+    return next(context)
+  end, 0, "double_probe")
+  double:endOfTurn()
+  local queued = drainQueue(double)
+  T.eq(double.player.mon.hp, 0,
+    "simultaneous residuals settle the player side")
+  T.eq(double.enemy.mon.hp, 0,
+    "simultaneous residuals settle the enemy side")
+  T.eq(double.result, "lose",
+    "a simultaneous terminal residual resolves as player blackout")
+  T.eq(double.afterQueue, "finish",
+    "the completed simultaneous-faint queue closes the battle")
+  T.eq(double.player.faintQueued, true,
+    "the terminal hook batch queues player faint authority")
+  T.eq(double.enemy.faintQueued, nil,
+    "the terminal hook batch suppresses only its enemy faint authority")
+  T.eq(double.player.mon.exp, startingExp,
+    "a blackout does not award contradictory enemy-faint EXP")
+  T.eq(awardCalls, 0,
+    "a blackout never enters the enemy EXP-award policy")
+  T.eq(expEvents, 0,
+    "a blackout emits no contradictory EXP event")
+  T.eq(switches, 0,
+    "a blackout does not send the trainer's reserve into battle")
+  T.eq(double.enemyIndex, originalEnemyIndex,
+    "a blackout leaves the enemy roster position unchanged")
+  T.check(double.enemy == originalEnemy,
+    "a blackout queues no contradictory enemy replacement")
+  for _, row in ipairs(queued) do
+    T.eq(row.ui, nil,
+      "a simultaneous terminal residual queues no replacement UI")
+  end
+end
+
+simultaneousTerminal({ "player", "enemy" })
+simultaneousTerminal({ "enemy", "player" })
+
+local timing = newBattle()
+local timingOrder = {}
+timing.ruleset = require("src.battle.rulesets.modern_clean")
+timing.player.mon.status = "PSN"
+timing.field.tokens[1] = { id = "expires", turns = 1,
+  onExpire = function() timingOrder[#timingOrder + 1] = "token_expired" end }
+local timingEvents, timingHooks = Events.new(), Hooks.new()
+timingEvents:on("battle.turn_ended", function()
+  timingOrder[#timingOrder + 1] = "turn_ended"
+end, 0, "timing_probe")
+Runtime.install(timingEvents, timingHooks, {})
+local preStatusHp = timing.player.mon.hp
+timingHooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+  timingOrder[#timingOrder + 1] = "field_residual"
+  T.check(context.battlers.player.hp < preStatusHp,
+    "the hook snapshot observes completed vanilla status residuals")
+  return next(context)
+end, 0, "timing_probe")
+timing:endOfTurn()
+T.same(timingOrder,
+  { "field_residual", "token_expired", "turn_ended" },
+  "the hook runs before token expiry and battle.turn_ended")
+
+local oldGetState, oldSetState = love.math.getRandomState,
+  love.math.setRandomState
+local checkpointRng = "field-residual-rng"
+love.math.getRandomState = function() return checkpointRng end
+love.math.setRandomState = function(state) checkpointRng = state end
+
+local function checkpointBattle()
+  local save = SaveData.newGame()
+  save.meta.playthroughId = "field-residual-checkpoint"
+  save.party = { Pokemon.new(data, "FIXMON_A", 30) }
+  SaveData.validate(save, data)
+  save.player.map, save.player.x, save.player.y = "FIX_TOWN", 2, 3
+  save.player.facing, save.player.surfing = "left", false
+  local stack = setmetatable({ states = {} }, { __index = StateStack })
+  local overworld = {
+    map = { id = "FIX_TOWN" },
+    player = { cellX = 2, cellY = 3, facing = "left", surfing = false },
+    runner = { isRunning = function() return false end },
+    parallelRunners = {}, pendingScripts = {}, parallelQueue = {},
+    scriptMoves = {},
+  }
+  function overworld:captureSave(target)
+    target.player.map = self.map.id
+    target.player.x, target.player.y = self.player.cellX, self.player.cellY
+    target.player.facing = self.player.facing
+    target.player.surfing = self.player.surfing and true or false
+  end
+  function overworld:restoreBattleContinuation(restored, origin)
+    restored.onFinish = function() end
+    return origin.kind == "wild_encounter" and origin.map == self.map.id
+  end
+  local game = setmetatable({ data = data, save = save, stack = stack,
+    overworld = overworld }, { __index = GameMethods })
+  stack.states[1] = overworld
+  local battle = BattleState.newWild(game, "FIXMON_C", 30)
+  battle.phase, battle.queue = "menu", {}
+  battle.checkpointOrigin = { kind = "wild_encounter", map = "FIX_TOWN" }
+  battle.musicKind = battle:computeMusicKind()
+  battle.onFinish = function() end
+  battle.field.weather = { id = "checkpoint-weather", turns = 5 }
+  stack.states[2] = battle
+  return game, battle
+end
+
+local checkpointGame = checkpointBattle()
+local checkpointHooks, restoredCalls = Hooks.new(), 0
+Runtime.install(Events.new(), checkpointHooks, {})
+checkpointHooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+  restoredCalls = restoredCalls + 1
+  T.same(context.field.weather,
+    { id = "checkpoint-weather", turns = 5 },
+    "the enabled hook observes checkpointed field state after restore")
+  return next(context)
+end, 0, "checkpoint_probe")
+local snapshot, captureCode = Checkpoint.capture(checkpointGame)
+T.check(snapshot ~= nil,
+  "an enabled process-local hook does not enter the checkpoint: "
+    .. tostring(captureCode))
+if snapshot then
+  checkpointGame.stack:top().field.weather.turns = 1
+  local restored, restoreCode, restoreMessage =
+    Checkpoint.restore(checkpointGame, snapshot)
+  T.check(restored == true,
+    "field state reconstructs while the hook remains enabled: "
+      .. tostring(restoreCode or restoreMessage))
+  if restored then checkpointGame.stack:top():applyFieldResiduals() end
+  if restored then
+    T.same(Checkpoint.capture(checkpointGame), snapshot,
+      "enabled-hook field state completes capture/restore/capture round-trip")
+  end
+end
+T.eq(restoredCalls, 1,
+  "the process-local hook still runs after checkpoint reconstruction")
+love.math.getRandomState, love.math.setRandomState = oldGetState, oldSetState
+
+Runtime.install(savedEvents, savedHooks, savedErrors)
+T.finish("battle.field_residual validation")
diff --git a/tests/modkit/cases/battle_field_residual.lua b/tests/modkit/cases/battle_field_residual.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72097f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modkit/cases/battle_field_residual.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+-- A sandboxed mod can contribute data-only field residual damage while the
+-- engine retains HP, queue, and faint authority. The case also proves that
+-- no-mod battles allocate no hook context and remain byte-equivalent.
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+love = love or require("tests.love_stub")
+
+local T = require("tests.modkit")
+local BattleState = require("src.battle.BattleState")
+local Pokemon = require("src.pokemon.Pokemon")
+local SaveData = require("src.core.SaveData")
+local TypeChart = require("src.battle.TypeChart")
+
+local FIXTURE = {
+  ["mods/field_residual_probe/manifest.json"] = [[{
+    "id": "field_residual_probe",
+    "name": "Field Residual Probe",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "entry": "main.lua",
+    "api": 2
+  }]],
+  ["mods/field_residual_probe/main.lua"] = [[
+    local mod = ...
+    mod.hooks:wrap("battle.field_residual", function(next, context)
+      mod.exports.calls = (mod.exports.calls or 0) + 1
+      mod.exports.context = context
+      local callback = context.field.tokens[1]
+        and context.field.tokens[1].onExpire
+      mod.exports.callbackType = type(callback)
+      if callback then callback() end
+      local rows = next(context)
+      rows[#rows + 1] = {
+        side = "player", amount = 7,
+        message = context.battlers.player.name .. " is buffeted!",
+      }
+      rows[#rows + 1] = {
+        side = "enemy", amount = 999,
+        message = context.battlers.enemy.name .. " is buffeted!",
+      }
+      return rows
+    end)
+  ]],
+}
+
+local function newBattle(data)
+  TypeChart.load(data)
+  local save = SaveData.newGame()
+  save.party = { Pokemon.new(data, "FIXMON_A", 30) }
+  local game = {
+    data = data,
+    save = save,
+    stack = { top = function() return nil end, push = function() end },
+  }
+  local battle = BattleState.newWild(game, "FIXMON_C", 30)
+  battle.phase, battle.queue = "menu", {}
+  battle.field.weather = { id = "sand", turns = 4, source = "probe" }
+  return battle
+end
+
+local vanilla = T.sdk.loadNone({})
+local plain = newBattle(vanilla.data)
+local plainPlayerHp, plainEnemyHp = plain.player.mon.hp, plain.enemy.mon.hp
+plain:endOfTurn()
+T.eq(plain.player.mon.hp, plainPlayerHp,
+  "no-mod end of turn preserves player HP")
+T.eq(plain.enemy.mon.hp, plainEnemyHp,
+  "no-mod end of turn preserves enemy HP")
+T.eq(plain.field.weather.turns, 4,
+  "no-mod path does not reinterpret an unknown data-only field extension")
+vanilla.release()
+
+local run = T.sdk.loadMods({ "mods/field_residual_probe" }, {
+  fs = T.sdk.memfs(FIXTURE),
+})
+T.eq(#run.errors, 0,
+  "the public field-residual probe loads cleanly")
+local battle = newBattle(run.data)
+local playerHp, enemyHp = battle.player.mon.hp, battle.enemy.mon.hp
+local callbackInvocations = 0
+battle.field.tokens[1] = {
+  id = "callback-bearing", turns = 2,
+  state = { intensity = 4 },
+  onExpire = function() callbackInvocations = callbackInvocations + 1 end,
+}
+battle.player.invulnerable = true
+battle:endOfTurn()
+
+local out = run.loader.exports.field_residual_probe or {}
+T.eq(out.calls, 1, "the public hook runs exactly once at round end")
+T.check(out.context.field ~= battle.field,
+  "the hook receives a detached checkpoint-shaped field view")
+T.same(out.context.field.weather,
+  { id = "sand", turns = 4, source = "probe" },
+  "the detached field view carries checkpointed weather state")
+T.eq(out.context.field.sides, nil,
+  "the detached field view exposes no live battler aliases")
+T.eq(out.callbackType, "nil",
+  "the sandboxed wrapper cannot obtain a live field callback")
+T.eq(callbackInvocations, 0,
+  "the sandboxed wrapper cannot invoke the engine-owned callback")
+T.same(out.context.field.tokens[1], {
+  id = "callback-bearing", turns = 2, state = { intensity = 4 },
+}, "the public field view retains data while omitting the callback")
+T.eq(out.context.turn, battle.turnCount or 0,
+  "the hook receives the current turn counter")
+T.eq(out.context.battle, nil,
+  "the hook does not expose the live engine battle object")
+T.eq(out.context.battlers.player.side, "player",
+  "the detached player snapshot identifies its side")
+T.eq(out.context.battlers.enemy.side, "enemy",
+  "the detached enemy snapshot identifies its side")
+T.eq(out.context.battlers.player.vanished, true,
+  "the detached view reports Gen1 semi-invulnerability")
+T.eq(out.context.battlers.player.hp, playerHp,
+  "the player snapshot carries pre-residual HP")
+T.eq(out.context.battlers.enemy.hp, enemyHp,
+  "the enemy snapshot carries pre-residual HP")
+T.check(out.context.battlers.player ~= battle.player,
+  "the public battler view is detached from the engine wrapper")
+T.check(out.context.battlers.player.types ~= battle.player.curTypes,
+  "the public type list is detached")
+
+T.eq(battle.player.mon.hp, playerHp - 7,
+  "the engine applies the validated player residual amount")
+T.eq(battle.enemy.mon.hp, 0,
+  "the engine clamps residual damage to current HP")
+T.eq(battle.enemy.faintQueued, true,
+  "the engine, not the mod, owns residual faint orchestration")
+
+local sawPlayerMessage, sawEnemyMessage, drains = false, false, 0
+for _, row in ipairs(battle.queue) do
+  local text = row.text and tostring(row.text) or ""
+  if text:find("buffeted", 1, true) then
+    if text:find(battle.player.name, 1, true) then sawPlayerMessage = true end
+    if text:find(battle.enemy.name, 1, true) then sawEnemyMessage = true end
+  end
+  if row.drain then drains = drains + 1 end
+end
+T.check(sawPlayerMessage and sawEnemyMessage,
+  "validated public messages enter the normal battle queue")
+T.check(drains >= 2,
+  "residual HP changes use normal engine drain rows")
+run.release()
+
+T.finish("battle.field_residual public seam")
diff --git a/tests/parity_double_faint.lua b/tests/parity_double_faint.lua
index cb136229..01844892 100644
--- a/tests/parity_double_faint.lua
+++ b/tests/parity_double_faint.lua
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
 if not _G.love then _G.love = require("tests.love_stub") end
 local BattleState = require("src.battle.BattleState")
+local Runtime = require("src.mods.Runtime")
 local S = require("tests.harness").suite("parity double faint")
 local check, eq = S.check, S.eq
 
@@ -107,4 +108,21 @@ do
   check(not saidBlackout(b), "and does not black out")
 end
 
+-- enemyMonFainted is also a native authority path used by move effects.  A
+-- field-residual hook must not change what that path does when no hook is
+-- installed, even if both active mons are already at zero HP.
+do
+  Runtime.reset()
+  local b = battleWith({ 0 }, nil)
+  b.player = { mon = b.game.save.party[1] }
+  b.enemy = { mon = { hp = 0 } }
+  b.awards = 0
+  b.awardExp = function(self) self.awards = self.awards + 1 end
+  BattleState.enemyMonFainted(b)
+  eq(b.awards, 1,
+    "no-hook simultaneous faint still enters native enemy EXP authority")
+  eq(b.result, "win",
+    "no-hook simultaneous faint preserves native enemy-faint resolution")
+end
+
 S.finish()