diff --git a/src/world/OverworldController.lua b/src/world/OverworldController.lua
index fe8ab8d1..2de18dd9 100644
--- a/src/world/OverworldController.lua
+++ b/src/world/OverworldController.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ local mapScripts -- registry of hand-ported map scripts
 local COMPASS = { up = "north", down = "south", left = "west", right = "east" }
 local DIRVEC = { up = { 0, -1 }, down = { 0, 1 }, left = { -1, 0 }, right = { 1, 0 } }
 
+-- pokered's wNumberOfNoRandomBattleStepsLeft: three completed steps
+-- after a wild battle before another random battle can start.
+local WILD_ENCOUNTER_GRACE_STEPS = 3
+
 -- Fly animation coord paths (engine/overworld/player_animations.asm):
 -- y/x pairs in GB screen pixels, one pair every 3 frames (DoFlyAnimation's
 -- Delay3).  The port anchors a path on the player's own position instead
@@ -224,6 +228,8 @@ function OverworldState:enter(mapId, x, y, facing, opts)
   -- a fresh entry, or a stale flag can freeze player input forever
   self.engaging = false
   self.emote = nil
+  -- volatile WRAM state in pokered; never serialize across save/load
+  self.wildEncounterGraceSteps = 0
   -- survives save/load: a loaded game may start inside a building whose
   -- exit mat is a LAST_MAP warp
   self.lastOutdoor = Game.save.lastOutdoor
@@ -3476,6 +3482,10 @@ end
 
 function OverworldState:onStepComplete()
   local p = self.player
+  local suppressWildEncounter = self.wildEncounterGraceSteps > 0
+  if suppressWildEncounter then
+    self.wildEncounterGraceSteps = self.wildEncounterGraceSteps - 1
+  end
   self.todSteps = (self.todSteps or 0) + 1
   -- UpdatePikachuHappinessAndMood rides the step counter (poison.asm)
   require("src.world.PikachuFollower").onStep(Game.save)
@@ -3588,6 +3598,9 @@ function OverworldState:onStepComplete()
   -- wild encounters in grass, on water while surfing, or -- on indoor
   -- maps whose tileset is not FOREST -- on EVERY tile
   -- (wild_encounters.asm: caves, towers, the Mansion, Power Plant)
+  -- The cooldown is checked after all other step processing so repel and
+  -- movement systems continue to advance during the protected steps.
+  if suppressWildEncounter then return end
   local encDef = Game.data.encounters[self.map.id]
   local enc
   local indoor = Game.data.field.indoorEncounters
@@ -3974,6 +3987,9 @@ end
 -- battle is optional; when given, Oak's Lab OPP_RIVAL1 losses skip the
 -- blackout (pret HandlePlayerBlackOut) so the map script can HealParty.
 function OverworldState:afterBattle(result, battle)
+  if battle and battle.kind == "wild" then
+    self.wildEncounterGraceSteps = WILD_ENCOUNTER_GRACE_STEPS
+  end
   local lead = Game.save.party[1]
   Logger.info("battle over: %s (lead %s %d/%d)", tostring(result),
               lead and lead.species or "-", lead and lead.hp or 0,
diff --git a/tests/mod_world_tests.lua b/tests/mod_world_tests.lua
index 60aefb97..08319cb4 100644
--- a/tests/mod_world_tests.lua
+++ b/tests/mod_world_tests.lua
@@ -823,6 +823,29 @@ do
       and caught.enemy.mon.species == "TANGELA",
       "and it is the species the authored encounter table names")
 
+    -- Trainer battles do not arm the wild-encounter cooldown.
+    walker.wildEncounterGraceSteps = 0
+    walker:afterBattle("win", { kind = "trainer" })
+    check(walker.wildEncounterGraceSteps == 0,
+      "trainer battles do not start the wild encounter grace period")
+
+    -- pokered grants three completed steps after a wild battle before the
+    -- next random battle can start (end_of_battle.asm + home/overworld.asm).
+    local finishedWild = caught
+    walker:afterBattle("run", finishedWild)
+    caught = nil
+    withBuses(function(_, hooks)
+      hooks:wrap("encounter.roll", function()
+        return { species = "TANGELA", level = 5 }
+      end, 0, "grace-period")
+      for step = 1, 3 do
+        pcall(walker.onStepComplete, walker)
+        check(caught == nil, "wild encounter grace period blocks step " .. step)
+      end
+      pcall(walker.onStepComplete, walker)
+      check(caught ~= nil, "wild encounter is eligible on step 4")
+    end)
+
     -- the same walk with an encounter.roll wrapper never starts a battle
     withBuses(function(_, hooks)
       hooks:wrap("encounter.roll", function() return nil end, 0, "nuzlocke")